 Well hello and welcome to Vlogs Giving Day Dose. Today is Tuesday and I just got home from work. It's been like a really, really late day and I was discussing politics with my father on the phone on the way home. So, but anyway, I'm not here to talk about politics because that's just not what this channel's about. I am gonna show you how I make, well not how I make my taco dip, but like I'm gonna prep my food for the taco dip because I am bringing that tomorrow for our potluck. Actually I had to stop at the dollar store on my way home because I needed something for like the chips to go in and then also I needed like a little platter. So I got this as well. I didn't wanna bring like my nice stuff with me, like my nicer things because it breaks, it was only a dollar. So I'm gonna wash all that stuff up and get that stuff ready to go for tomorrow, but I need to prep a bunch of stuff. So I think I'm gonna ground, well not ground my turkey, the turkey is already ground. I had this in the freezer so I thawed that out and then I also had some turkey as well. So I figured I'm gonna do all of this because I'm gonna do another taco dip actually on Thanksgiving, which I talked about yesterday. So I'm just gonna brown up all my meat and just like have it ready to go. That's really the only like cooking thing I need to do. Everything else is just like washing up things and cutting things and putting them in a container and that's about it. So I think I'm gonna cut up and prep everything tonight if I possibly can and then just go from there. So I'm gonna put you guys down. Somehow I'm gonna like show you guys what I'm doing. I think I might just like do check-ins because it's kind of a lot and I only have two hands and I kinda need my two hands to get this thing done. I also need olives, which are right here. Pull those out. And then I have a donkey load. New term, a donkey load of tomatoes. Let me show you. Yep, that's what we like to call a donkey load. Yep, donkey. So that's my donkey load. I need to actually wash those up and then cut them and do all that good stuff. So I am just trying to find all the containers I need. I really like these, by the way. If I can find them on like Amazon or something, I'll link them below. Sistema, I think is how you say it. But I like the white ones, of course, because I'm like super anal-retentive. But I do have some green ones too, which I don't totally mind, but I prefer the white, but that's all I could find. So I'm gonna use these because they're lighter weight and they'll be easier to carry in to a large, large building tomorrow morning. Usually I would use my glass, but I'm not gonna use that for tomorrow. So anyway, I'm gonna start cooking up the meat and then start cutting up a bunch of things. And hopefully, I don't cut my fangos. Okay, so food prep is all done. I got my sack of trash. I always like to take out my garbage when I cook meat, especially ground meat. Well, really any meat, to be honest, because it smells so bad the next day if you leave it in your garbage can. Plus, it's time to take out the trash anyways, but still, I just have its own little sack. But anyway, before I show you what I have done, I totally forgot to show you all the other things I got at the dollar store. I got some ribbon. I figured I would have this for Christmas and like gift wrapping and stuff. And then I got some green ribbon. Look at me, all the color. And these are like the gross green ribbon. And then this is like a light eye-free color. So that, those would be nice for the holidays or really anytime. And if you guys follow me on Instagram, you would have noticed that I was looking for some lowball glasses. And look what I found. It's like a pentagon, is that what it is? Five, looks kind of like a star, which is like totally my design aesthetic. And these are like heavy, like super heavy, just a dollar. I got all eight of them. There was only eight in my store that I went to, but I'm so excited about these and I'm gonna wash these up probably tonight. But that barcode's kind of oaky. Let me see. This is the barcode, if you're interested. Hello. So you guys can screenshot that if you really want to. But I'm like super excited about these. I think these look really nice. And I couldn't believe that these were a dollar. So I literally paid eight dollars for all eight of these glasses. So I'm excited. They're dishwasher safe and everything too. Cause I double check that. But yeah, they're like really substantial, very heavy weight. So that's what I got there. Oh, and then I also got a silver like serving thing. It's like plastic, but it's like a fork and a spoon because I figured I would use that for tomorrow. All right. So the piece de resistance, let me show you the foods that I made. So I already prepped everything. So the meat, this isn't all the meat, but this is part of the meat is in this little container here. And it's just that ground turkey. And then I also put in some taco seasoning. So that's in there. Obviously this is some shredded lettuce. So I shredded up ahead of lettuce right there. I've got my little tomatoes that I quartered up. This is top the tater with a little bit of the same taco seasoning packet. And then I've got two of these little guys. This is all the black olives. And then I also have some shredded cheese. I don't think to be completely honest, I'm going to need as much of this as I need. I know for sure I'm going to use all of this and I'll probably use all the cheese, but I don't know if I'm going to use all the rest of the stuff, but we'll see. But yeah, that is the feast for tomorrow to make the taco dip. And you're probably wondering, well, how do you eat the taco dip? Well, you can eat it straight, like with a spoon if you really want to. But most people use it with like tortilla chips is what I bring with as a little vehicle to put it in the mouth. So yeah, but I have my little can right there of all of my turkey grease, which is disgusting, but I like siphon it out because you and no. So yeah, but that is like it for what's going on here. Currently, it's pretty late and I still haven't eaten any dinner yet. So I think I need to figure that out. Now that I have like all of this stuff handled, I'm going to throw all of that in the fridge and get my chips. Actually, I should grab my tree ops. I went to Uldi and got the Uldi brand white tortilla rounds. So, because who cares? It all kind of tastes the same, you know? I wouldn't notice the difference. Maybe that's because I'm cheap or maybe that's because I really don't notice the difference. So yeah, and then I'm going to put these in my little sack of things. Ta-da! Do you guys like my like wrapping extravaganza over here? This weekend, it is going to be a holiday wrapping extravaganza in my home. Yeah, so you guys will see some of that. I don't really want to show like what I'm wrapping because a lot of the people that I'm buying or that I purchased for watch my videos. So I don't want to like spoil the surprise. He just randomly sits like that. I don't really understand. I think he's sitting there so pretty because I was making all of that meat and I like gave him a little, little tiny bit of it, like a couple little tiny, tiny pieces that had kind of fallen out. So they weren't seasoned or anything, but I think he's like sitting pretty so he'll get more, but it's like, dude, it's all seasoned and you're not getting any of it because I'm not picking it up. Okay, okay. But anyway, getting back to the gifts. I really don't want to show the actual gifts, but there are a couple of things that are gonna be in like nondescript boxes that I can probably show me wrapping. So maybe I'll do, I don't know. Should I do like a dedicated video on it? I'm not sure. Let me know in the comments down below because I'm gonna try, it's pretty late already, but I'm gonna try to get this up tonight if not tomorrow night at some point. But my brother's coming tomorrow, so that will be fun. So we can have like a brosgiving tomorrow. And yeah, he's gonna, I think have dinner over here. He's staying the night tomorrow, but that'll be a good time. I think he might even be coming into town tonight, to be honest, and I think he's staying over at Jackson's mom's house tonight. So then him and Jackson can spend the day tomorrow together. So he doesn't have to go to daycare. So they can have some father, son bonding time. And then I think he's gonna wait until Jackson goes to bed tomorrow, or like around dinner time or whatever, and then come on over here. And then we are going out to Thanksgiving at my dad's brother's house, so my uncle's house. But yeah, so that's what's going on here. I think I need to like just pick up a bunch of crap because my brother's coming over, not that he really cares. So yeah, I need to get his room situated. I haven't really done that, which I should. But I can always do it tomorrow. It's not the biggest deal in the world. So I'm just like ultra procrastination station here. Maybe that's what this video should be called, procrastination's giving. I think I'm gonna title all my videos something's giving because I think it's funny. You guys might think it's really stupid, but I think it's funny. But the things I think are funny are usually pretty dumb. So go figure, right? Go figure. Also a fun thing happened today at work. I had, I don't really like to like talk about work, but it's kind of work related, kind of not work related. The simple IRA representative came to the office today and had a nice meeting with her and she sent me the link to figure out like funds and things like that. So I was researching funds kind of for the rest of the day after we had had our conversation. So I'm excited to kind of get that started, talk to a couple of other coworkers about retirement because they were like, I know what's available. We're like, I don't know what to do. So we chatted about it and two of the people that I work with are now going to start their IRA, which is awesome. And the company that I currently work for does a 3% match at 100%. So like the employee only has to put in 3% and then the company will match the 3%. But say if you want to put in like 9%, the company will still only match 3%. But which is kind of cool because it's like free money. So I was kind of like explaining that to them and they just didn't really understand. So I'm like, maybe the IRA check needs to like come back or something, but I just think they had never really like thought about retirement. I think one of them was a little bit younger than me. Maybe like 30, 31 maybe. And I think the other one was maybe around the same age, maybe a little bit older, maybe by like two years or something. Maybe like 38 or something. But yeah, I don't know. They just seemed like very overwhelmed by the whole thing. But it's, I don't know, it doesn't need to be overwhelming. It's just kind of like ask questions, you know? Like I had a lot of questions and I know, I think I know quite a bit about it for not being in the financial space at all. But I still had questions because I want to make sure that I'm putting my money in the right funds and the right things. So yeah. But anyway, I'm like super procrastinating here. I think I need to do some things. Yeah, yeah, I just need to, I just need to stop and do some things. So I'm going to eat. I'm going to have my dinner finally. It's like really, really late. I might just have like some cheese and crackers because that's just kind of like how I'm feeling. Have some cheese and crackers and then like get my rumpest in gear, maybe. Maybe not, we'll see. And just like pick up a bunch of stuff. Just, I just need to pick up some stuff. It's like really boring. So I'm not going to film that because it would take me like literally longer to set up the video camera and the tripod to show you what I'm doing in each room because there's kind of like a little bit of everything in every room. But yeah, so I think I'm going to close out the vlog here. Doyle, come here, come here, come here. Hey, there he is. So let's say hello to the Doyle dogs. Hi Doyle, hello Doyle. Update on the Christmas tree. It will probably happen this weekend sometime. I just can't get it done tonight and it's not going to happen tomorrow either because bro's giving is happening tomorrow. So yeah, but that is what's going on and I am going to say goodbye for tonight. So is the Doyle dog. You're going to say goodbye to your friends, Doyle. They all missed you. Doyle. Hey, why are you going to look away, homeboy? He's looking that way because the food is that way and he doesn't realize he's not getting any. Oopsie. You're so sassy. You're such a sass boy. Okay, all right, I'm getting distracted. I will see you guys in the next vlog's giving. Margarge.