I stopped at the store on the way home to pick up the items I need to make my dishes for Thanksgiving. I will be taking this sweet potato dish:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/yummy-sweet-potato-casserole/

Plus, I am making one of Nanas traditions, that we call beefy bread dip. It includes creme cheese, sour cream, buddig beef, green onion, and garlic salt mixed up and baked inside a sourdough bread bowl. We use oven toasted sourdough bread for dipping. This has been a family favorite since I can remember and is only made on special occasions. We always think of Nana when we have it.

Tomorrow is my last day of work this week. In order to take another long weekend, I worked straight thru the day today- lunch at the desk..and I will do the same tomorrow including getting there early. I have a feeling the rest of the year will be at this pace.

I do sneak in a few breaks to get online shopping done. I am on track to complete all shopping/wrapping by the end of this coming weekend- which is a good feeling, especially having so many grandbabies to buy for!

Funny thing- the store I stopped at to pick the things up tonight is NOTORIOUS for their Black Friday sock sale. 50% off of very overpriced socks. You would be AMAZED at how many people rush to partake of this 'deal'. They had about a 100 foot row of tables stacked under and over, front and back full of socks in preparation for Friday. I chuckled to myself as I walked by. The craziness.

I love that I dont need a single thing on Friday. I will enjoy a peaceful day at home.