Thanksgiving is two weeks from today. That means that preparations move into high gear.

• If you are traveling for the holiday and plan to anything except drive: good luck finding a ticket at a reasonable price. You may need to be very flexible about your travel times. If you are in this situation, make a note for next August/September so it doesn’t happen again.

• Get final numbers for your guest list. (But welcome last minute guests with nowhere to go.)

• Iron table linens and polish silver as needed.

• Give the fridge a good cleaning.

•  Find the leftover containers and put them somewhere you'll be able to access them easily as you put away the food on Thanksgiving.

• If you will have houseguests, set the guest room now.

• Grocery shop for all of your non-perishables this weekend.