Thankful. And full.

We had a nice, relaxing dinner at mom and dad's. Lots of food and hanging out with family. Family which will be bigger next Thanksgiving, Bobby and Marie are expecting so I'll have another niece or nephew!

The boys all spent the day in the mancave, my mom spent it in the kitchen (of course) and the rest of us were entertained by the kids. Ruby is quite the dancer and we got to see another video of Katie's skating competition. She's awesome!

I only pouted a little bit about not getting to go to Tucson this weekend to see my sister. I was too busy eating to pout too much. I didn't take may photos (stoopid camera) but here's the link.

Tofurky dinner at mom's house. The photo is a little misleading
in that I ate the entire bowl of black olives, not just the two on my plate. And I took the photo before pouring on the vegan gravy.

My mom would be horrified to have anyone left with the impression that she throws a vegetarian only Thanksgiving, so here's proof. Not one dead animal but two!

She doesn't mess around people. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

So many things I'm thankful for this year. OBAMA! All my peeps* are healthy and happy. You are all happy, right? The economy sucks but I've got a roof over my head and can afford to heat my house. I can not only afford to feed my kids but also my ever-growing eating disorder. And seriously, I can afford a vacation (just as soon as the timing works out) so I've got nothing to complain about.
Looking forward to dinner at my mom's tomorrow. Boys, nieces and nephew and Tofurky. Can't ask for more than that.

Have a good one.
xoxo

* did I just type "peeps" in public? Sorry about that.

New furniture

Really kicking myself for not getting the floors repaired or painting the walls before the new furniture was delivered. Lazy at a professional level people, it's not as easy as it looks.

So here's the ugly-but-oh-so-comfy new living room set. Can't bring myself to take the tags off because that will mean they're really mine.

Oh and I have to add, because I'm an asshole, that I beat Macaroni's high score on Donkey Konga my first time out. Holding those damn bongos between my knees hurts the old lady arthritis like nobody's business but it's actually fun. Not Mario Kart on the Wii fun but I like having a game Macaroni and I can both enjoy.

Thank You Veterans!

I haven't been to work since Thursday. It's heaven. Well, heaven would have been taking that trip to New Orleans with the girls, which is what we had originally planned when I took the days off work. Or, possibly even better, laying on a beach in Mexico all alone for five days. But not being at work is close enough.

I'm so not missing my messy desk

Trying to get a few things off my To Do List today, so that I can reward myself with a movie. Going to see Zack and Miri Make a P0rno this afternoon. So far I've almost finished shopping for the foster care kids we're sponsoring this Christmas and finally got around to framing a couple of photos from my vacations. I still need to schedule several appointments; an estimate for repairs on our hardwood floors, a physical, an eye exam and a new tattoo consultation. I also need to clean my bedroom...the window ledge above my bed is so dusty I could hardly sleep last night. Yucky dust mite nightmares! I'm sure there are a million other things too, but I really want to see this movie and feel like sitting in the dark all by myself.

Golden Gate Bridge/SF and Advocate's Close/Edinburgh

I wanted to hang these in the bathroom but Mackie

thinks that's weird. There's a giant spider in the corner.

More Halloween

I love her little shoes

Mackie's Stephen Colbert

with Grandpa and Grandma

Ruby's sugar stash

Marie, Ruby, Mac and Uncle Bobby

Does Stephen Colbert really have his mouth open constantly?

L from Deathnote with Stephen Colbert

I love what nerds they are!

Guess who got new glasses?

What is Missouri waiting for?

President Elect Barack Obama!

Still too spent to string any words together. So happy, so relieved. So glad it's over.