I'm doing the Thanksgiving host thing this year. My mom used to do it all the time but her health is starting to fail and she just can't pull it off anymore. So she's "helping" me, so that she can still feel like a part of it.

I'm cooking the bird (22lbs!) and she's going to bring over the potatos, cranberries and assorted other goodies.

There will be a total of 18 people in my house (gasp). I've got most of the major cleaning done. One bedroom is going to be "off-limits" because we've been using it as a storeroom and its a mess.

Of course the kitties are helping. Our kitchen floor needed to be cleaned and waxed, and they helped me by showing that it wasn't dry yet by leaving their little kitty-foot prints on it.