Thanksgiving this year was blissfully uneventful, just as I hoped it would be. I have been staying up much later than I should all this week (and failed to break the cycle last night), so I was looking forward to sleeping in until around 10:00 am yesterday morning; unfortunately, Nolan, our dwarf bunny, had different ideas. He was hungry and bored - a deadly combination, so he gnawed on a toilet paper tube for a few hours before I got up and fed him. By then, I was already awake, and got up at the ungodly hour of 9:30 am. :) I proceeded to clean the bunny's cage and the cats' litter box, and was about to toss the cats in the tub for a bath when David woke up, which was incredibly fortuitous. If you ever decide to give a cat a bath, never do it alone - you need someone to hold them captive in the tub while you scrub them down.
On Wednesday night, David and I made a new dessert to take to everyone - pumpkin cheesecake squares. They were delicious. Next time we'll let the cream cheese soften a little bit more - the idea was to swirl the pumpkin batter and the cream cheese batter with a knife, but the cream cheese ended up in big globs and some people ended up with A LOT more cream cheese than pumpkin. Oh well, everyone seemed to love them anyway.
We went to visit my parents before Davids' family's Thanksgiving. We arrived just as they were finishing the dishes from their feast - perfect timing, in my opinion. We looked through the holiday ads in search of Christmas present fodder, and then drove back up the canyon to enjoy our own feast. It was excellent. My mother-in-law cooked two turkeys, so we all ate very well. After dinner, David, his brother, and two cousins ran upstairs to engage in some post-Thanksgiving dinner zombie killing, and his adult relatives went to watch "Land of the Lost," which meant that my only viable option was to help my mother-in-law clean up, which I didn't mind. I never mind cleaning other people's houses - it's my own that makes me balk. The evening was spent watching for sightings of the mysterious creature that now lives in the backyard. Guesses as to its identity include flying squirrel, pack rat, sugar glider, and - my personal proposal - rat/squirrel hybrid.
All in all, it was a nice and relaxing day with lots of good food and family - just as Thanksgiving should be.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Workhorse Debut
Guess what? My new fashion blog, Workhorse, is up and running! Click on the button on the margins of this blog to check it out!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
New Blog
I must admit that I have neglected this blog as of late. I really must find a way to make my life more exciting so I have something worthwhile to post every now and again. As it is, my life is rather dull. I go to work 8:30-5:15 Monday through Friday; David goes to school Monday through Friday, goes to work before I get home, and comes home to do homework just when I'm about ready to go to bed. He's obviously frenetically busy, and I must admit that I am jealous in a way. I've been the one who's had a million things to do and only time to do ten for the past I don't know how many years, and now that I'm done with school and just working, I don't know what to do with myself. I'm antsy. And my job is not the most thrilling in the world - it's really difficult to drag myself out of bed every morning knowing that I'll just go sit in an ancient swivel chair for eight hours waiting for other people to post the pictures and details of their far-more-exciting lives. I need a hobby, but hobbies cost money, and I don't have any of that.
Actually, I lied. I do have several hobbies that don't cost money: doing dishes, vacuuming, cleaning my house, watching anything on the Food Network or TLC, and fashion. I've discovered that researching the latest fashion trends, finding cheaper alternatives, and blogging about the whole experience keeps me from actually spending money on fashion. So yes, this is a shameless promotion of my new blog, Workhorse. It's not quite up and running yet, but when it is, plan on more shameless promotion! I have several fashion blogs that I already follow quite religiously, but realized that the same phrase kept popping into my head as I read: "That's adorable, but I can't wear that to work." So, for all you ladies out there who work in a professional, office environment, this blog is for you! Look for it starting next Monday!
Actually, I lied. I do have several hobbies that don't cost money: doing dishes, vacuuming, cleaning my house, watching anything on the Food Network or TLC, and fashion. I've discovered that researching the latest fashion trends, finding cheaper alternatives, and blogging about the whole experience keeps me from actually spending money on fashion. So yes, this is a shameless promotion of my new blog, Workhorse. It's not quite up and running yet, but when it is, plan on more shameless promotion! I have several fashion blogs that I already follow quite religiously, but realized that the same phrase kept popping into my head as I read: "That's adorable, but I can't wear that to work." So, for all you ladies out there who work in a professional, office environment, this blog is for you! Look for it starting next Monday!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Moving Up
Check out the new header to our blog! I am a photoshop wizard. And irrationally proud of myself. :)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Life, etc.
I promise that I will write about David and my Halloween party soon! Consider this an interim post. I just thought all you avid followers out there (one of you being David) were wondering how our lives were going. Even if you didn't, you're going to find out anyway. :)
October flew by. And now it's November. I have been trying to prevent David (rather unsuccessfully) from listening to/singing Christmas music for the past month. The snow came early, and he was already singing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Except when he'd sing it, he would only get as far as "It's beginning to look a lot like..." before glancing at me, receiving a scathing glare, and finishing rather timidly with "...autumn." Before you label me a scrooge, allow me to present my defense. I am thoroughly opposed to what I refer to as "steamroller-ing" holidays. You know what I mean - Halloween isn't even over before the Christmas decorations are up, Christmas has barely passed before the Valentine's decorations are up, etc. There's a reason there's usually only one holiday per month: they're supposed to last the whole month. I would argue that Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated and unrecognized holiday of them all. It's also the only holiday that the world hasn't been able to commercialize; it is difficult to turn gratitude for blessings into something monetarily profitable. Hah, take that, consumerism!
In my husband's defense, however, there aren't any Thanksgiving songs except "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians," and that gets old fast. When I would protest to David singing Christmas songs in October, he would say, "But you're supposed to have Christmas spirit in your heart all year long!" and I would respond, "Yeah, but not in your vocal chords!" Now that it's November, however, I've told him that I'm still opposed to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but if singing it actually does help him be more charitable, compassionate, and kind, he's welcome to sing all he wants. :)
In other completely unrelated news, I read an article that said that during economic recessions when budgets are being cut, cops give out more tickets to make up the difference. I can personally testify to the veracity of this analysis. I got a speeding ticket about two weeks ago, and went down to the courthouse to contest it today; no dice - five miles over the speed limit, $90. I suppose I'll just call Wells Fargo and tell them that I can't pay the student loan this month because the state of Utah is in a budget crunch and is extorting money out of their taxpayers. I'm sure they'll understand.
October flew by. And now it's November. I have been trying to prevent David (rather unsuccessfully) from listening to/singing Christmas music for the past month. The snow came early, and he was already singing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Except when he'd sing it, he would only get as far as "It's beginning to look a lot like..." before glancing at me, receiving a scathing glare, and finishing rather timidly with "...autumn." Before you label me a scrooge, allow me to present my defense. I am thoroughly opposed to what I refer to as "steamroller-ing" holidays. You know what I mean - Halloween isn't even over before the Christmas decorations are up, Christmas has barely passed before the Valentine's decorations are up, etc. There's a reason there's usually only one holiday per month: they're supposed to last the whole month. I would argue that Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated and unrecognized holiday of them all. It's also the only holiday that the world hasn't been able to commercialize; it is difficult to turn gratitude for blessings into something monetarily profitable. Hah, take that, consumerism!
In my husband's defense, however, there aren't any Thanksgiving songs except "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians," and that gets old fast. When I would protest to David singing Christmas songs in October, he would say, "But you're supposed to have Christmas spirit in your heart all year long!" and I would respond, "Yeah, but not in your vocal chords!" Now that it's November, however, I've told him that I'm still opposed to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but if singing it actually does help him be more charitable, compassionate, and kind, he's welcome to sing all he wants. :)
In other completely unrelated news, I read an article that said that during economic recessions when budgets are being cut, cops give out more tickets to make up the difference. I can personally testify to the veracity of this analysis. I got a speeding ticket about two weeks ago, and went down to the courthouse to contest it today; no dice - five miles over the speed limit, $90. I suppose I'll just call Wells Fargo and tell them that I can't pay the student loan this month because the state of Utah is in a budget crunch and is extorting money out of their taxpayers. I'm sure they'll understand.
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