Thanksgiving

If I sit and think about it for a long enough time, I bet I could remember just about every Thanksgiving of my life and what I was doing for it. Growing up with a mother that hates cooking, we rarely spent a Thanksgiving in our own home. Most years, we traveled. Sometimes out of the country. If we did stay home, we went to friends' houses and made it into a big group affair.

I can remember eating spaghetti in Mexico. Traveling to Kansas to visit my grandfather and eating at my first and last ever "kids' table". Going to Vegas. Staying in Boulder during college and hosting Thanksgiving at my apartment. Having a big potluck dinner with my parents and their friends. Being in Mexico again, but this time eating the 20-pound turkey that my grandmother brought along, only to find out there was no oven in our condo (we boiled and/or microwaved it, in case you were wondering) (and, yes, my family really is crazy enough to take a turkey with us to Mexico).

More recently, we've gone to Phoenix to visit my dad's mother. It gives us a chance to escape to the heat once more before winter and spend time with family.

Strangely enough, my favorite Thanksgivings have been those when we stayed home, just our family and ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Of course, I love traveling and didn't mind the trips to Vegas or Phoenix or Mexico (crazy turkey story and all), but I really do love being home for Thanksgiving. Regardless, it doesn't matter where I spend the holiday. Most important is who I am with. I would hate to not be able to celebrate with those closest to me.

For the past few years, I haven't been able to spend Thanksgiving with my family and spent it with Matt's instead. I am forever grateful that they welcomed me with open arms. Now, they're my family too and I truly enjoy spending the holiday with them.

Yesterday, we spent the day eating, cooking, drinking mimosas, playing Guitar Hero, laughing, eating, drinking wine, playing with the dogs, drinking champagne, playing Apples to Apples, laughing, eating and probably laughing some more. It was a great way to spend the day and while I still missed spending it with my family, I was glad I had such a great group to enjoy it with. We truly are blessed.

And, since I wouldn't feel right without saying it, I am thankful for my loving husband; my wonderful family--both immediate and extended; my friends; my dog and the happiness she's brought into our lives; the roof over my head; the food on my table; the car I drive; those that fight every day to keep our country safe; having been born in the best country in the world; and the health and happiness of everyone I care about.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello, I think I love you!

Thanks to some great sales at both Macy's and Kohl's recently, I have discovered the wonderfulness that is cashmere. Or, Cashmere, as I have so fondly grown to referring to it as. Yes, I do believe I am in love.

Tonight, and Every Night.

Me: What do you want for dinner?
Matt: I don't know, what do you want?
Me: I don't know. Up to you.
Matt: Hmmm....
Me: Pasta? Mexican?
Matt: I don't know, we just had pasta. [Which, we probably totally did.]
Me: Okay, well, it's up to you.

[10 minutes later]
Matt: So, did you decide?
Me: Nope, you?
Matt: No. Whatever you want.

And it goes on and on.

Happy Birthday Aaron!

Happy Birthday.

I love you!

Twilight Stuff

If you haven't read the Twilight Series, this post is probably not for you. It contains spoilers for some or all of the series and a lot of it will likely be lost on you. I, however, find it all very funny and, well, awesome. So, I felt the need to share with my fellow "Twihards".

First off, if you've finished the series and haven't read what there is of Midnight Sun, go do that now.

Now then. Let's get started with the rest of it. Here is Twilight in 5 minutes (contains Twilight spoilers):


Next, here is New Moon in 5 minutes (contains New Moon spoilers):


And, here is Growing Up Cullen. A hilarious IM exchange between two people. Start at the bottom, read that exchange and then work your way up the page through the exchanges. It does contain spoilers for the entire series. I laughed out loud several times while reading this.

Following that, I give you Edward Cullen's review of Breaking Dawn (contains Breaking Dawn spoilers, obviously).

I am still working on getting beyond nearly a little bit through this, but Miss Cleolinda's take on Twilight is HILARIOUS.

Finally, the Twilight Trailer Spoof is good for a chuckle (contains no spoilers past what you may have already seen of the trailers online and on TV):


I hope you enjoy all of this as much as I have. And, may you randomly find yourself muttering phrases such as "Werewolves, nobody cares...Goddamn", "Get in the car loser we're going sparkling", and several others from Edward's recap that I won't repeat due to language. You are welcome.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

As I sort of alluded to in a previous post, there has been a lot going on in our lives lately. I've shared the bad with you, so now on to the good. Or, so far, so good.

I have a new job. I no longer work with my husband. You did know that I worked with my husband, right? Maybe not. Well, I did. And, now I don't.

To answer some of the more obvious (and popular) questions:
Yes, he is still in business. Yes, we are still married. This just seemed to work out. And it is what it is.

It's a little bittersweet, but I'm enjoying it so far. I survived the first week and I plan on returning Monday. It's a great company with great people who do great work. So far, I really enjoy it. But, it's busy. Like, really busy. It's definitely going to take me some time to adjust to reporting to and working for someone else. And, I feel like I'm lost in the world by not being able to feed my internet addiction as much. But again, I really like it.

I don't plan to blog much, if at all, about work. It seems to work better that way. However, I would be remiss if I didn't at least mention it in passing.

And, now you know. And, really, tell me you don't have that song stuck in your head now.

GO VOTE!

If you haven't already, please take some time to vote today. Yes, it is that important.


...and here's hoping!

It's November and that means...

...all Holiday music, all the time on one of the major radio stations in the Milwaukee area. Ew.

I am sorry, but November 1 seems waaaaay too early to start monopolizing one of my favorite stations with Christmas music. I actually had a "WTH?!?!" moment in the car today when I flipped over to that station and heard Bing Crosby. Then I realized it was November 1st and that it's "officially" time to start playing this stuff.

Goodbye 99.1! You've been booted from the presets. See you again in January.