I can't say that my weekend made me sick. I discovered the first swollen gland in my neck on Friday, before I even felt sick. Did I heed the warning and stay in? Not bloody likely.

But wait, let me back up. First I must say that Thanksgiving was lovely, as it usually is. I had a great time with my family, we successfully drew names for Christmas ( Read more... )

I was all set to write a stellar entry about my weekend, and now some kind of illness has reared its ugly head. Sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, fever, the whole nine yards. Oh, how awesomely awesome!

Argh. Perhaps another day for a for-real update. In the meantime, please enjoy some horrible Thanksgiving cakes, courtesy of Cake Wrecks. Ewwww.

Sunday afternoon Tiff and I headed to my Grandma's for what was billed as an "impromptu" ham dinner. In most people's vocabulary, "impromptu" implies that there was little preparation and it'll probably be pretty low-key. At Grandma's house, it means a ham (with glaze and pineapple), a huge pan full of potatoes, carrots, and onions, steamed ( Read more... )

Today, the cast of Murphy Brown was reunited on the Today Show. I loooooved Murphy Brown so I was pleased to see all of them. The only weird part was that Grant Shaud, who played Miles, was "there" via satellite from LA, and when Meredith Viera asked him about leaving the show early, he said he was sad to leave, and all his castmates looked ( Read more... )