2 posts tagged “thanksgiving”

My end-of-week/weekend was pretty sweet.  Thursday we did the Turkey Trot: Jenn, her mom, my mom, Dane, and me.  And approx. 34,000 other people.  I think we've decided next year to do it at some nice park area in Coppell and save the commute, parking hassle, port-o-potties and massive herds of people for everybody else.  Just map a course and do it ourselves.  But it was fun!  It's a good place to shop for future dogs with my husband.  "Bigger than that one, but with shorter hair, but smaller than that one.  And longer legs.  That's what I want."

Then we went over to Laurie's house and had a deeeelish meal, except with no jellied cranberry sauce which was very sad.  I think I'll just go buy a can of it and eat it, for my one time in 2008.  I guess there aren't any rules against that kind of thing.  So after we ate, which was super dee duper fun at the kids' table, let me tell you, if not always 100% G-rated.  :)  I guess that's ok since we're not actually kids any more.  Anyway afterwards we somehow found this I Love Lucy marathon on tv which was SO funny.  I can't believe how totally hilarious and relevant that show still is.  I mean, it's STILL funnier than 90% of the stuff on now.  Seriously.  It was great.

Then it was time for Fam #2, (just chronologically, not in order of importance).  I went in and took over Teresa's hand in a game of Hand and Foot, or Hand in Foot, or something, and it was fun but Mother Ann and I lost.  Oh well.  And then Cary showed us this AWESOME game called World of Goo that you should go google and download.  It's super fun.  And then we played it until super late.

Friday Dane worked all day and I went to B&N to just bum around, 'cause I didn't want to be sitting at home and that seemed like it might be one of the chiller places to be on Black Friday.  It was.  I found this music magazine and then went to the back and listened to samples of a bunch of new bands, and I think I found some good new stuff.  I asked for it all for Christmas so hopefully I'll get a few new albums.  Then I went and hung out at my parents' house, then went and met Dane when he got home after his computer crashed, and then we went to see Australia with my parents.  It was crazy long, at least crazy-long-feeling, but I really liked it.  It kept moving the whole time, just felt like it might end about 4 or 5 times.  But I mean, Hugh Jackman.  Hee, at one point he did something all muscley and I leaned over to Dane and I was like "He's huge!" and Dane goes "Well yeah, his name is Huge.  Huge-ackman."  Hee!  Ok well I laughed.

And then Saturday was IKEA cinnamon rolls, a bit of shopping, a lot more World of Goo at the Daniels house and hanging out with the siblings (-in-law), and then we had this super yummy Greek food that Teresa made and then we did all the Christmas decorations in their house and then all piled in the car (6 of us, with one on laps) and went to Pier 1 and World Market, where I got some chili powder chocolate (I opted for that over the bacon-and-sea-salt-chocolate, although I'm still totally curious).  It was like the most fun day with the in-laws ever.

Then yesterday we had church where they showed this video Dane made that was really good and the music was really good, and then we went and ate at mom and dad's house, and then watched Lost on the elliptical with Mom and Dane, which holy cow I didn't really forget how awesome that show is but I kind of did.  And now I'm all pumped up for Season 5.  And then we went and helped the Knights move their piano and their new baby stuff (!!!!!) into their house and then had pizza and I just LOVE hanging out with them.  Then we went home last night and had beer and Curb Your Enthusiasm, which I think CAN be like so funny and creative and really different, but I think we might wait a while for the next disc from Netflix cause it's also kind of uncomfortable and honestly, just about all the people on the whole show are cynical vindictive jerks.  Which can be hilarious!  But you know.  I don't know. 

Anyway, Ecuador tomorrow!  Expect pictures when I get back.  If I can find my universal international power adapter thingie to charge my camera batteries.  Hmmm....

So tomorrow is a short day, and I tend to just about NEVER get on the computer unless I'm stuck behind it at work, so I'm going to pay my Thanksgiving dues a couple days early.  I mean, cheesy, but it's a good idea to honestly stop and think about what I'm grateful for, right?  So here it is, in no particular order except Dane is first:

Dane and how unbelievably FUN he is, like almost all the time, and sweet and understanding when it's not really the time for fun. 

My job, I know a lot of people looking really hard for jobs right now and there just isn't much to be had.  And aside from just being A job, I have a particularly awesome job.

Family being around and involved and real and comfortable, there really is just nothing like it.

Our awesome warm/cool apartment with the comfy bed and the fridge full of food and the closet(s) full of clothes.

My car.

Awesome friends who try to make each other (and themselves) into better people.