Since Thanksgiving is this Thursday, it's a light week on the Christmas preparations. It's more important to celebrate the holidays that are here than to prepare for the ones that are coming.

But if you are looking for something to occupy your time while you watch football or try to digest that third piece of pie:

• Keep working on any crafting you have yet to complete. I find crocheting while watching football highly entertaining.
• Keep working on your cards. You don't want to mail them before December 1^st, but it's more      fun if you do a bit at a time. And it’s another thing you can do while waiting for the pies to bake and the potatoes to boil.
• Make sure you have your gift lists finished. I find that people give good gift hints just before slipping into a turkey coma.
• This weekend is an excellent opportunity to get your decorations out of the attic or basement. You don't have to put them all up, but it's nice to have them at hand. I like to decorate a bit at a time so that Christmas takes over my house.

Most of all, enjoy Thanksgiving with those you love!