Jenny Penny and Turkey Lurkey

This year thanksgiving is at my house. It was my idea, I think it will be nice, but im starting to stress out a little. We found out about all these new fun food allergies, and it means that I can't use any convenience food, no pie crusts from the dairy case, no premade cookies, no premade pies, no stovetop, no already made for me dinner rolls, nope none at all. I will be making it all from scratch, which is quite an undertaking. Thanks GOODNESS I don't have to pluck the turkey!!!!

My OCD might be taking over, I have opened a google document with 4 collaborators to plan my menu and I have a "strategy" document where I have listed out all of the days left until thankgiving with all of the things we need to do. I of course have planned for using all 24 hours of the day. Sleep didn't make the list. I have this planned out down to which decorative craft the kids will be doing each day and I have broken the house down into "zones" for deep cleaning. I think, perhaps, they have medication for this.

Brian has threatened to ban any and all Martha Stewart books and TV shows from the home. She only feeds my OCD, and he finds it creepy when I turn to him, bleary eyed because I haven't slept in 48 hours and say "its a good thing". It might explain why some people describe her as "grouchy", you can't be that anal without being a grouch. She has great ideas, but she also has a staff to help out behind the scenes. I also have good ideas, but I have three children who find whatever I am doing terribly interesting and they need to take it apart. So unfair.....

So I will have to keep updated on my progress, today I met all my goals, I got the kitchen prepped for painting, wrangled all the summer clothes, and went grocery shopping, yay! Tomorrow I have to test out several recipes, paint, clean the carpets, and start our thanksgiving crafts.....