As you begin preparing what to make for this year's Thanksgiving feast, there is one side dish many Illinoisans prefer to see left off the dinner table.

Are You Ready for Thanksgiving?

On November 2 I went grocery shopping, and quite frankly I was amazed by the amount of people there who were clearly already shopping for Thanksgiving.

Everywhere I looked shoppers were pushing carts full of potatoes, gravy mixes, frozen turkeys and pumpkin pies.

I don't typically make my family's Thanksgiving feast, so maybe I'm ignorant and way off base here, but isn't November 2 a little early to buy all that turkey day fixings? Or am I just huge procrastinator that needs to get with the program?

Here are two things I do know: I will be going to another family member's house for Thanksgiving this yea

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