Thanksgiving

This year I volunteered to cook the turkey for our family dinner. I got a really good recipe from one of my aunts and decided that I could probably figure it out. I got all the stuff ready the night before and had the bird all ready to go in the oven at 6:30 in the morning. I set my alarm the night before so I could get it in the oven on time. Well I woke up about a hundred times worrying that I wouldn't get the turkey in on time and what happens. The power went off at about 4:00 in the morning and didn't come back on until 8:30!!! So needless to say, we ate dinner later than we had planned. It turned out pretty good, and we were all stuffed for the rest of the day. So now I can say that I have cooked a turkey and it turned out good.
I have crossed over the line of craziness!! I got up today at 4:00 in the morning to go to one of the early bird sales on BLACK FRIDAY!! I don't know what I was thinking. I also don't know what I was expecting, but it was so chaotic!!! It is amazing how many people rush thru the doors to find a good bargain. I never thought I would do that. I don't really like to be pushed into people or run over by shopping carts, but there was a great deal on a portable DVD player and Matt and I wanted to get one for Christmas for Parker. So there I am in the midst of a ton of commotion. I got what I went for, barely. There were only about 20 players and 300 people, go figure. After the experience I decided that when going shopping for an early bird special on black Friday, you need to have a team of people working together to get the things you want. One to go to one end, another for the other end and then a gathering place. Next year I will know and Matt will have to get out of bed too!!!