It’s bright and sunny out.  But it’s also less than 75 degrees, so it’s cold!

I’m on the couch with Penny pressed against me wearing red Christmas pajama bottoms and a navy hoodie. The radio is on, currently blasting “Sexy Can I” and the apartment smells like food.  We’re getting ready to have lunch, which is actually our Thanksgiving dinner.  After eating out yesterday and lounging around watching movies, we just didn’t feel like eating a big Thanksgiving meal, but now, mmm, we’re ready!

The turkey came out great, albeit a tad salty. I think it’s because I used salted butter, and although the original recipe didn’t specify, I think it was calling for unsalted butter. The skin was the salty part, but it was also very crispy and delicious, and the meat was juicy and moist and reminded me of quality deli turkey, which I love. Our turkey is definitely way too big for the two of us; there’s so much meat on that bird.  We cut it up and put it away. The dark meat will be made into soups and stews.

So for lunch today, I’m gonna be having some juicy, flavorful turkey white meat, mushroom gravy, Jimmy Dean sausage stuffing, sauteed Italian squash, garlic mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. What a lunch!

I’ve been casually browsing Black Friday deals online. No way in hell am I going to the stores today. This morning a Walmart worker was trampled to death at a store in Long Island. What the heck man! Isn’t this the season of love and giving? They say even after he fell, and even after emergency workers tried to save his life, people kept rushing in. So tragic, stupid, and preventable. Sometimes, I really hate people.

But anyway, I’m thinking about getting a new digicam or a more portable, smaller laptop. I don’t really care about screen size or having all the bells and whistles; just something light with a keyboard that I could take out with me and get online with.  There’s a few deals online, but I need to do more research.  Stores I’m checking are:

• NewEgg
• Tiger Direct
• Target
• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Circuit City
• Walmart
• Dell

Maybe at some point today we’ll go out for a fresh-cut Christmas tree. Until then, it’s time to eat and get back to the “shopping.”

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