Our town has a Fourth of July parade every year, and the kids love it because people in cool cars throw them candy. Max and Khai wore red, white and blue, and I colored their hair blue for the day. They scorned my lack of patriotic clothing ( Read more... )

We had quite a spread for Thanksgiving dinner and the leftovers will last for days. The turkey seemed to turn out well-- I could not actually taste anything (it's SO not fair to be sick today). Hopefully I'll be feeling better tomorrow so I can taste the leftovers.

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Sneezing-coughing-sniffling: not helping my productivity. Most of the cleaning is done, but none of the cooking intended for today. It's going to be a long night, but I don't dare brew coffee or there will be no sleep at all.

To-do, to-night:

• mop kitchen, bathrooms & entryway
• vacuum living room and hallway
• fold & put away towels
• bake pumpkin pie
• brine ( Read more... )

Diana! World Market has the Cadbury Flake bars! When you posted about it a while back I kept thinking I had seen them somewhere-- and this time is was not just my imagination. There were a couple of different varieties, so hopefully they have the one you want ( Read more... )

Twenty to midnight
Must write for NaBloPoMo
Where are all the words?

It has been a busy day, but a good one. We picked my sister up in Plano and met my parents at Laura's Bistro for a fabulous gluten-free meal. Afterwards we spent some time at Rachel's apartment, which is already decorated for Christmas, much to the delight of Max and Khai ( Read more... )

The Mario Bros:

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From the WTF Files: Christmas Isn't Safe For Animals (.mp3 link, by of Montreal, found on Optical Atlas). Just... wow. I downloaded Sweetney's Christmas mix and was just getting around to playing it. This track came on and I had to stop immediately, break out the Google-fu and share it with you, oh beloved ones! Why rent when you can own your own ( Read more... )

It's sad, but my hands were cramping today because I was... (wait for it...) writing with a pen. I know! Why? Why write with a pen when there are keyboards everywhere? I got through about half of my Christmas cards today before having to take a break to let my hands rest. If I weren't actually writing individual notes in all of the cards, I could ( Read more... )

We made it through the Christmas party-- Josh actually golfed! Crazy, hmm? I was forced to endure a mani/pedi and a Swedish massage. I would have been happy to stay on that heated massage table all day long. I'm not sure the kids actually realized we were gone; my mom was here to stay with them and they had a blast. Max almost didn't let her go ( Read more... )

So. Very. Tired. This weekend has been a frenzy of cleaning, cooking, and craziness. I love having my family around, though-- it was all so very worth it. It would be wonderful to have a giant house that could hold everyone for a couple of weeks at a time. Maybe someday ( Read more... )