I just ride around with a nice patina of mother earth on my car. Dirt colored cars for the win!

Sadly, most people will read the above and think "Woo! More partying time!" Not "Hmm... perhaps I should stress out less about getting a 97 rather than a 92 on the final and put in some time in other enriching activities."

My great grandmother's recipe included a fifth of run, and a fifth of bourbon, since she could never quite decide which alcohol she liked better. It's a great concoction, but will knock you flat.

Some rules I try to live by:

Hmm... Kids selection was really sparse. I'll stick with Hour Eyes. Happily, my son gets headaches without his glasses, so he guards them with his life.

I worry about some of my immediate family. It seems all they do is watch TV. At first it was the show they had to catch on Thursdays... Then they started watching the one before it. Then that show moved to Wednesdays, so they started watching it, and then the show after it. Now, every night there's some show they're…

Having money go automatically into savings is the only thing that works for me, initially. Once I have a nice little nest egg, I find it's almost addictive to see how much I can transfer in there.

You know what helps me? Having it be freaking seventy degrees out on Thanksgiving. :(

Yup. We got our request from my mother. This time, we're hoping she'll listen to us, instead of blowing us off, buying what she wants, then pouting that it doesn't do everything she wants.

Weight Watchers rocks. You can work anything you want into your diet: it helps you moderate how much.

Yay MasterLopez!

Turkey bags, ftw!

This year, we're trying a turkey breast on a rotisserie. My step-father found an attachment for his grill somewhere, and has been cooking hunks of meat the size of his head every night for two weeks now. If anyone has any advice on rotisserie + turkey breast, I'd welcome them.

@CaffeinatedSquint: As a crafter and painter, I do NOT recommend going this route. What you make often takes a lot of time, and gets tossed with the other Christmas gifts. I only give the handmade stuff when it's not a Christmas holiday (I usually give it on utter non-holidays).

@Cruds: I'm with you (though our definition of 'make' might differ. I still buy from the jar and heat it up).

I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned food. Maybe living with such picky boys has skewed me. I'd grab:

Have kids, if you want them. The time will never be right, the money will never be good enough. Your floor will never be as clean as you think it should be. Don't wait until the stars align just right.

Just... don't overdo it. I have clients that get peeved if they hear from me 'all the time,' and that varies from person to person. One only wanted contact once a month, because he traveled all the time. True, to me it was only a week between calls, but to him, it was EVERY TIME he was finally back in the office.

There has never been a case where I said, boy, wish I hadn't been saving that much... Even when my husband I were making crap, we'd put some away. True, it usually got eaten up by the occasional disaster, but that's what it's there for.

@goinglikesixty: