Thanksgiving

So this Thursday is thanksgiving. Thank god it is not at my house this year because last year it was a mad dash to set everything up the night before. See in my family we always wait until the last minute to do things so mom was up at like 3 in the morning still cooking and my brother and I were setting things up. This year will be different. We are going to my dad’s side of the family for breakfast around ten a.m. My grandpa always makes honey baked ham and it is the bomb. At this time we also draw names for the secret Santa, so we don’t have to buy gifts for all other family members. Around one o’clock or so we will be leaving there to go to my mom’s side of the family. My grandma there makes almost ever Thanksgiving dish imaginable. She will force me to eat and eat until I feel sick. If I don’t eat a lot she will pull the guilt trip and say “what’s the matter is my cooking not good?” that will force me to eat more and more. We usually end the night with rummy royal. This is a card game in which the players lay down one card at a time in ascending order starting with the lowest and matching the suit and going in numeric order, the players also go in clockwise direction. Thanksgiving is always a blast and I cannot wait for all the food this year.     

one more time

I am hoping this year that we will at least reach 70 degrees one more time so I can do some more fishing. All of my other friends are deer hunters so I have had a lot of time to myself. This weekend will be even worse because it’s the start of shotgun season in Illinois. I plan to do a lot of fishing so that is why I want just a few more warm days. I was planning on catching enough to have a good fish fry. There is not a better meal in the world then fried fish, potatoes and some homemade ice cream. It is also going to be deer fest this weekend in Red Bud which I might go to, see as how they are going to have a chili cook off. Last year I tried a chili so hot it made my eyes tear up and almost made me puke, I can’t remember if that was someone from deer fest or just someone’s chili I tried. Well I think that is enough rambling for this week.

GO RAMS

The NFL footballs season is halfway over and I cannot believe how well the Rams are doing.  Besides one game they have been there till the end in all of their losses. I thought they were going to do a lot worse than what they are now because the season started off with a couple of losses and a lot of injuries. After that I thought here we go again. But they really turned things around since then.  Although they have more losses than wins I am still impressed on how well they are doing. They have won more than 3 games this year and they have not done that since like 2007. They also have finished last in their division since then. This year will be different. They have had some impressive wins like beating the Seahawks and have won four games which I know is more than everyone expected.  I am very optimistic to say the least that they will finish first in their division this year. Next year when they are all healthy there is not a doubt in my mind that they will finish first in their division. I am looking forward this week to giving the Atlanta Falcons a beat down.