Holy Hannah... the Holidays are here...

I just realized, as I prepare for a 12.5 hour drive over this weekend, that the holidays are most definitely here... YIKES!! First we have Thanksgiving - the holiday of engorging yourself silly. I refuse to eat until I'm not comfy this year. As a matter of fact, I plan to keep the less fortunate in mind... and I hope that all of my friends find someone to offer them warmth and a good meal this holiday.

I hear this saying in my Weight Watchers meeting quite often... "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." I refuse to take steps down that good ol' comfortable fork in the road this year. I am going to ask my mom if I can make a salad and the dessert for Thanksgiving dinner this year. I want to make this terrific-sounding Antipasto Salad that I have a recipe for... and I'm hoping to take a step in a different direction with dessert and make some Pumpkin Flan (the Flan itself is only 2 points!! It's amazing what dropping the crust will do!!)

Of course, once Thanksgiving is here... we're just a hop, skip and a jump from Christmas. YIKES!! I haven't done most of my stuff yet... luckily most of it is gift cards or gift baskets. Just have to get online and order away. What's even more frightening is I need to get holiday decor set up between this week and the weekend after I come home from Oklahoma... because it's not too much longer until we bring our new kitten home. I don't want to be messing with ornaments and hooks when she's brand new to the house.

So, hold on to your hats ladies and gents... because I'm sure the time is going to just fly by.