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I'M OFTEN ASKED... "WHAT'S YOUR DAY LIKE?    SO... HERE IT IS ON T-DAY 2008. A DAY IN THE LIFE:

FIRST OFF... HOPING YOURS WAS A GOOD ONE. MINE STILL IN
PROGRESS.(10:30PM)   I'LL BE HEADING HOME FOR THAT FINAL PIECE OF PIE.   HEADING HOME AFTER WORK. (NEWS HAS NO HOLIDAY)   I OPTED TO WORK AS.... 1. A *DAY* OF GORGING ISN'T MY THING 2. MY CO-ANCHOR HAS A LARGE FAMILY, SO BETTER HE HAVE THE DAY OFF THAN I 3. WHEN WE WORK A HOLIDAY WE GET AN EXTRA VACATION DAY... WHICH I HAVE ALREADY BOOKED FOR JANUARY!!! AS WE SIT HERE ON SET, THERE'S TALK OF TURKEY AND STUFFING. STORE BOUGHT VS. HOME COOKED.   TURKEY BAKED IN A BAG, OR NO BAG. WEATHER CASTER MARIA QUIBAN SLATHERS HERS WITH SOY SAUCE, FLOOR MANAGER BOB USES BARBECUE SAUCE.

TURKEY... HHHMMMM... *SOUNDS* TASTY. WOULDN'T KNOW. BY THE TIME I'D ARRIVED(6PM) FOR THE STATION POTLUCK THE TURKEY WAS GONE. PLENTY OF ROLLS, WRITER STEPHANIE'S YAMS AND CRANBERRY SAUCE.   EDITOR CHERYL HAD ENOUGH PIES TO CARRY OVER TO THE CHRISTMAS POTLUCK.   MY BROCCOLI CASSEROLE WILL GO UN-EATEN AS, LIKE ANY GOOD THANKSGIVING, THERE WAS TOO MUCH FOOD. I FILLED UP ON STUFFING AND POTATOES AND YAMS AND EGGNOG. (NOT TO WORRY. I'D POPPED INTO WHOLE FOODS TODAY AND PICKED UP A FEW SLICES OF TURKEY FOR WEEKEND LEFTOVERS.)

MY MORNING STARTED OUT WITH TV... A CHECK OF THE MORNING'S NEWS... AND THEN THE MACY'S DAY PARADE AND A FLIP OF THE NEWSPAPER IN SEARCH OF BLACK FRIDAY SALES.   MY GUY IS CONVINCED HE'LL SNAP UP HIS FIRST H-D TV... I'M CONVINCED HE WON'T AS WE SAW PEOPLE CAMPING OUTSIDE OF BEST BUY AT 11AM THANKSGIVING MORNING... A WHOLE DAY EARLY. THE MORNING ALSO MEANT PHONE CALLS TO FAMILY... GIFTS THIS X-MAS??? OR NO GIFTS(DUE TO THE ECONOMY)?? WE TALKED FEARS OF THE ANNUAL FAMILY FIGHT OVER THE X-MAS HOLIDAY. WELL, ITS NOT REALLY A FIGHT... JUST THE VOLATILE COMBINATION OF ME, MOM AND SIS IN THE SAME ROOM. THE URGE TO RESORT TO CHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR IS CONSTANTLY KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.

WITH THANKSGIViNG ABOUT OVER, I'M PREPARING TO PACK AWAY THE CERAMIC PUMPKINS MOM MADE YEARS AGO. I ALREADY PUT OF A WREATH MADE BY A FRIEND. AND I LOVE MY FIREPLACE STOCKINGS... WHO KNEW THEY CAME FROM "ROSS DRESS FOR LESS"!!! THEY'RE FABULOUS!   ON BREAK AT WORK WE REHEARSED CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND REALIZED NONE OF US KNEW THE WORDS TO "THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS." WE GOT THE "A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE" LINE... AND "FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!"   THE REST WAS A HODGE PODGE OF MIS-MATCHED LINES... AND HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER.

SO, ON THAT NOTE... I WRAP UP THIS BLOG. I'M FILLING IN ON OUR SISTER STATION CHANNEL 13 NEWS AT 11PM.    HOPING YOU TOO WERE SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS OR FAMILY, GOOD FOOD, AND LAUGHTER.   FOR ALL OF THAT... I FEEL THANKFUL ON THIS T-DAY 2008.. AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A T-DAY ANECDOTE.

THIS WAS A TOUGH DAY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. PARTS OF INDIA ARE UNDER SIEGE. FIRE SURVIVORS ARE STILL PICKING UP THE PIECES.   TRAGIC DROWNINGS AT PT. MUGU.     THESE TOPICS TOO WERE A PART OF MY DAY... AS, AGAIN, THERE IS NO HOLIDAY IN NEWS. SEE YOU TOMORROW AT 10!

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