It is here... it is finally here! My absolute favorite holiday of all time! THANKSGIVING!!!!! Why is this my favorite holiday you ask? Well for one, you don't have to stress about buying gifts for anyone, get to eat mass quantities of food, watch football all day, and spend time with your family that you may not see very often. Yes, Thanksgiving is good. For some (like my mother) it can be very stressful. She has to clean the house (try to suck up all the tumbleweeds of dog hair that float around the floor) and then cook, cook and cook! Now, don't look at me like that.. I help! In between bites of cheese balls and field goals.... Here is my to do list for Thanksgiving!

1. Wake up: To the smell of fresh out of the oven Banana and Pumpkin bread
2. News: Watch Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera try to be funny during the Thanksgiving Day parade
3. Shower: Realize I have lounged so much all morning that I have about 20 min to shower and get ready before the Grandparents arrive (Actually showered with much time to spare!)
4. Cook: Run to the kitchen just as the doors are opening for my relatives so I can look like I have been productive all morning. (Already had the appetizers in the oven when they came in...boo ya!)
5. Actually Cook: Begin making the appetizers for people to snack on (my main duty)
6. Entertain: Bring the appetizers out and get lost somewhere between a football game and the cheese ball (told ya)
7. Ok, this time actually cook: Find my mother running between the mashed potatoes, stuffing and turkey and take the baster out of her hand and see a look of relief come over her face (everything went so smoothly she didn't even need me!)
8. Make a memory: Pose with my family as my 70 something grandfather shakes his way through taking a picture (he insists...) (Grandpa forgot his camera so I got to play photog!)
9. Make Conversation: Listen to my family talk about how great the food is while my brother and I make inappropriate jokes and quote Family Guy
10. Eat: Until I can no longer button my pants and I look like I'm about 4 months pregnant. 
11. Spend Time with the Family: Pass out on the sofa together
12. Sleep: Crawl up the stairs to my room, assume fetal position and tell myself those calories don't count...
13. Be Thankful: That this holiday is only once a year! No... For the health and safety of my amazing family and those who I call my friends.