You Are Mashed Potatoes

Ordinary, comforting, and more than a little predictable You’re the glue that holds everyone together.

No kidding? Dammit! I was hoping to be something a tad more exciting. Like, umm, the Turkey or the Yams. Mashed potatoes, indeed! Hmmph!

We had a great day, yesterday. The deep-fried turkey was to die for. If you’ve never had it before, you simply must, sometime. I took a portrait of it for my Saturday PhotoHunt post, tomorrow on Flamingo Fotos (it’ll be up after midnight – the beauty of scheduled posting!).

I toyed with getting up at the crack of dark to do some early shopping, but the comfort of my bed and the warmth under the covers (you have to understand – once the mercury drops below 80 and the humidity below 60%, we open all the windows and don’t close ‘em again until it goes above those conditions – no matter how cold it gets at night. And it had to be in the low 50′s or high 40′s last night!) acted like some kind of super-gravitational force, and I didn’t even open my eyes until almost 10:00 a.m.! I couldn’t believe it! I never sleep in that late! Yeesh!

So, instead I did a lot of damage at Amazon and at my Daily Click sites (I repeat, you must do some of your holiday shopping there – it’s great!), enjoyed what MJ and I call “coffee on the veranda” for about an hour and a half, late this afternoon, and watched the parrots – all of them! – descend on the feeders one last time for the day.

Charla gave us some leftovers to take home – no pie, though – and I’m going to add some mashed potatoes, and we’ll be happy to do it all over again…. yum!

So, what did you do today?

And now a short break from beating up on politicians:

Along with everything else that’s happening around us these days, please remember to Click to Give. It costs you nothing and means everything to women without means. Your Daily Click will help provide mammograms to women who can’t afford them. While you’re there, you can also click to help save the rainforests, support animal shelters, feed the hungry, and more.

So, please take a minute and Click!

Back soon with our regularly scheduled politician bashing!

Just a quick reminder to do your Daily Click! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and if The Breast Cancer Site receives enough clicks to earn 500 mammograms for needy women, its premier sponsor will donate 200 more.

Remember – it’s free to you, and all you have to do is click! While you’re there, don’t forget to click on the tabs to donate to all the other worthy causes. Your clicks feed the hungry, promote literacy, benefit shelter animals, and more. And it doesn’t cost you a penny! So what are you waiting for?

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It’s Caturday once again, and MJ and I are headed out to the movies. Yup. An old-fashioned triple feature. There are a number of big-screen blockbusters out there, right now. You know – the ones we’ve just got to see on the big screen ’cause they’re just way too big for even our 42-incher at home?

We’re going to see Ironman (finally!), the new Indiana Jones (hey! we’ve got the outfits courtesy of the Florida Lottery, remember?), and the new Narnia flick, “Prince Caspian”. That last one’s for me. I have always loved the C.S. Lewis Narnia book series. I’ve read them all at least 2 times – if not more. And despite the overtly Christian tone (Lewis was a minister, after all), there are two genres of literature and film I can barely resist: a good fantasy, and a period piece. Alright, three. Good kiddy lit. Just sucks me right in.

So, we’re off to breakfast and a 10:45 am start time for Ironman (good Saturday morning cartoon, right?). And we won’t be back till dark. Yay!

While I’m gone, you should get over to The Breast Cancer Site and get your Daily Click out of the way, eh? The numbers are getting up there and there are only 17 days left to get 8,000,000 Clicks! You can do it! And don’t forget the other free donation tabs – literacy, hunger, rainforest, child health, and animal rescue. Remember – it doesn’t cost you a cent and all you have to do is Click. Click on any of these links or pop over to the Blogroll and click on Daily Click! Go on, now!