My Favorite Things

Can I tell you a few of my favorite things? You will discover it does not take much to make me happy.

PEAPOD (Giant grocery store delivery service) Such a timesaver!! You enter everything online and then early the next morning the grocery fairy delivers food to your doorstep. It costs maybe $8 for delivery, but there are generally coupons out there for $5 off or free shipping. If you don't find a coupon it is still worth it as anyone who has ever gone shopping with a preschooler knows you will spend far more than $8 by the time you buy things not on your list like Diego gogurt or boxes of cheezit crackers with Spongebob on the box.

FLYLADY (www.flylady.net) I love her plan for getting your house in order and the fact she gave me permission to only do 15 minutes of housework a day. Doing any chore for 15 minutes is still cleaner than if you didn't do it at all. Actually, 15 minutes is usually too long for me so I have shortened it to 5 minutes. BABYSTEPS!

PIONEER WOMAN (thepioneerwoman.com) Her cooking site with step by step instructions and photos in particular is a favorite. Because I don't cook. And she almost makes me feel I can. In a flash of insanity I volunteered to bring pecan pie and make the turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Holy moly, what have I done? and this brings me to a new favorite I haven't even tried yet but I know will be a family tradition for years to come....

PIE NIGHT My brother's family will be visiting with us the day before Thanksgiving and we decided that we will hold our first annual pie night- you don't have to wade through the turkey to get to the good stuff. Everyone is bringing pies and that's it. It is my favorite part of the meal, anyway.

I can see a theme here, actually... in preparation for Thanksgiving I'm going to be doing a little bit of all of the above this week. Wish me luck!