Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Our was fabulous until the Aggie game. One day, we'll manage to stay in the top five through November. Not sure what the heck happens the last few weeks of the season, where we suddenly turn into a completely different team, but it's the weirdest, most frustrating thing ever. Gah!

Very happy for LSU's Coach Orgeron. He deserves that spot!

I think the Thanksgiving dishes took three loads in the dishwasher. There is no pain like putting flatware into the basket and slamming a fork tine underneath your fingernail. Yes?

Hee!

Saturday 9: Baby's in Black (1964)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) Black is this week's signature color because Friday, November 25, was "Black Friday," when retailers cut their prices and consumers flock to the stores. Did you score any "Black Friday" bargains?

Nope. I was in my PJs all day, decorating for Christmas.

2) Feasting and football are also popular Thanksgiving weekend pastimes. Do your Thursday-Sunday plans include pigging out or watching a game?

Yes and yes. Watched a few college games.

3) At Thanksgiving dinners, Crazy Sam's homemade gravy is always a hit. (Probably because she's so generous with the cognac, which gives the gravy a nutty taste.) What was particularly delicious at your Thanksgiving table?

My slow cooker turkey breast and Scott's apple-cranberry pie.

4) Among the biggest the Black Friday advertisers are Target, Kohl's, Macy's and Best Buy. If you could have a $100 gift card to any one of those stores, which would you choose? 

Target

5) This week's song, "Baby's in Black," is about a girl who wears black because she's in mourning. Do you find that the color you're wearing reflects your mood?

Nah. It's all about either looks or comfort, depending on the activities of the day.

6) The woman who inspired this song, Astrid Kirchherr, has been friends with Paul McCartney since he and his bandmates (John Lennon, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best) met her in Hamburg back in 1960. Tell us what you believe are the components of a strong, lasting friendship.

"getting" each other, similar sense of humor, good communication, mutual respect

7) In the early days of the Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon began writing a play but abandoned it. Do you have a novel, painting, play, song or poem that you're going to finish "someday?"

My musical is on the back burner, waiting to get pen to paper.

8) When he was 16, George Harrison dreamed of moving to Canada, Australia or Malta. In just a few years, he would visit all those places with Beatles and eventually decided there was no place like home and stayed in England. Have you ever thought about moving to another country? If so, where?

I would enjoy a year or two living in the UK. I'd travel around Europe.

9) Random question: Finish this sentence -- If you want me to give you "yes" for an answer, the best time to approach me is _____________________.

Anytime! I come from a place of yes at all times of day.