This is a red flag weekend. It is the Canadian Thanksgiving, and the town that I am from has the 2nd largest Oktoberfest in the world from Oct. 5 - 14. I had planned Thanksgiving dinner with a couple of adjustments, and I thought, great, I can do this ... then my son said that his best friend, and his friend from Mexico were coming home for the weekend and would be having dinner with us. The young man from Mexico had never celebrated Thanksgiving. Well, the cancelled Apple crisp which is my favourite came back on the menu. So for 9 people, I have a 8kg turkey (over 16 lbs.), lots of home made stuffing (red flag food), 4 pumpkin pies with whip cream, an 8x12 apple crisp, sweet potatoes(yam) casserole with brown sugar, whipped potatoes, and a nice healthy salad. The good news is that the 2 of the 4 boys will be taking food back to university with them. It is just today, I have to make the right choices. As for the rest of the week and Oktoberfest, I did not buy any tickets for any of the beer drinking events, and I will be running a 10K race next Sunday. My goal is to lose 2 lbs. by Oct. 9 and another 2 lbs. by Oct. 16. Let's see how I do.