Growing up, I always hated Thanksgiving. My mom would drag me to someone’s house to eat a bunch of food that I didn’t really like (cranberry sauce, mystery casseroles, dry turkey) and the only TV in the place was turned to football. Always football. I hated football.
The year we bought our house, I thought it [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Thanksgiving
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Great Guest Bathroom Redo – Part Deux
Posted in Home Sweet Home on November 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I really didn’t mean to abandon this blog, especially when I was doing such a good job of posting nearly every day. But my mom came in town last Thursday and all things Thanksgiving and Xmas shopping related have consumed my life ever since.
And of course, there was the Great Guest Bathroom Redo – Part Deux. Let [...]
Thankful
Posted in All About Me, Holidays, Loves It, Music on November 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
As much as I’ve been Christmas-obsessed lately, I want to take a moment to remember Thanksgiving and focus on the things that I am thankful for in my life.
Just some of things I can think of right now:
My husband. Even when I’m having a bad day, he always reminds me that he’s my biggest fan and that no [...]
Bathroom Update
Posted in Home Sweet Home on November 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Progress continues on the Great Bathroom Floor Retiling Project of 2009.
Here’s where we were Sunday afternoon, around 5pm.
And here’s where we are now:
Still left to do:
Grout
Install floor/wall border
Install threshold
Replace toilet and sink
I have a nice long list of dos and don’ts when it comes to tiling. Lessons learned the hard way. But despite all the [...]
Other People’s Kids
Posted in Random on November 15, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Last night we hosted the neighborhood Saturday Night Bonfire. We’ve only officially hosted it maybe one or two other times, and we really didn’t expect to host it this week, but it was getting late and no one had really offered so we stepped up to the plate. After the last one, I now realize [...]
Dreaming
Posted in Travel, Vacation, tagged beaches, Europe, Travel on November 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A co-worker of mine recently went to Spain with his wife (before she got pregnant. Or maybe that’s when she got pregnant. Hm.) But I was browsing their pics on Facebook and I felt a pang of jealousy, as is often common when I look at someone’s pictures from any vacation that involves crossing an [...]
Countdown: Two Weeks
Posted in Food and Drink, Holidays, tagged Thanksgiving on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey, um, you guys? Do you realize Thanksgiving is exactly two weeks from today? Crazy right?
And so let us commence with the running around all scatter-brained and busy-like.
I have a menu to plan for 8 people, which isn’t an army by any means, but it’s a bit of a challenge when three of those 8 people [...]
Welcome to the Gun Show
Posted in Random on November 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Tonight after work, I met up with one of my best girlfriends for dinner. She’s shockingly single, despite being beautiful, intelligent, and sweet as can be, but thems the breaks I guess. So whenever we go out, I like to pretend that I’m her “wing man.” Not so much because I think she needs to [...]
Facebooking
Posted in Family on November 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It took awhile, but I’m pretty sure almost my entire family is on Facebook now. A couple of weeks ago, my mom and sisters in law joined, and just last week, my mother-in-law joined. On one hand, I’m glad because now I can post family pics and they can all see them easily without me [...]
The Shopping Bug
Posted in I like to buy stuff on November 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The shiny new credit cards finally came in the mail on Saturday (you know, after my unfortunate misplaced wallet incident last Monday) and they’ve just been burning a hole through my purse all weekend. Finally today I couldn’t stand it any longer and so after work, I went to DSW to hunt for some new shoes [...]
