Beccy... I believe I covered that in my first post. I AM going to chow down ahead of time. I've been doing it for years. I just can't eat potaoes whipped with milk and a SHITLOAD of margerine, carrots drenched in margerine, green and yellow beans drenched in margerine, brussel sprouts drenched in margerine, brocolli drenched in margerine and cheese, mushrooms and onions drenched in margerine... the only thing without a pound of marg on it is the salad, which is drenched in mayo... and DRY, "couldn't cut it with a chainsaw", ham. The only way you can stay out of the water closet is to just drink the water. But, I love watching the kids fight with her over getting dessert without eating supper (when they are five years old, they can almost get away with, "I don't like it. It doesn't taste good.") Ahhh, quality time.