Sunday, November 30, 2008

Holiday Season

Thanksgiving went off better than expected! The food was delicious (which isn't totally shocking as I'm a pretty good cook) and even more impressive... everything was ready at the same time!! Yay! And I have a ton of leftovers for awesome Thanksgiving Sandwiches! I have been eating them all weekend.
But now it's the official start of the holiday season. I decorated my house for the holidays. I have planned out where I'm going to put my tree.
And now I need to get started on gifts. I plan on knitting and crocheting a lot of gifts this year.
I also got my big gift from my parents... a sewing machine! I've never sewed anything before. I also bought a kit to knit an apron. I'm a little nervous about jumping into that project. But I figured out how to knit and crochet pretty easily, so learning to sew shouldn't be too hard... right?

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Preparations

I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow for a number of people. My parents, sister, grandmother and grandfather are coming for dinner. I've also invited one of the kids from the group home I work at. He couldn't go home with his family this year, and I thought he should spend it with a family- even if it isn't his own. Plus, he would have been the only verbal person at the house for Thanksgiving. That wouldn't be any fun. So I baked a raspberry pie yesterday. It looks delicious- we'll see tomorrow how it tastes. I have to get up at 9am and immediately start cooking butternut squash. I have to put the turkey in around 11 so that we can eat at 3. I made cornbread tonight for cornbread stuffing which I need to make tomorrow. I also need to make a green bean casserole, but that should be quick. I need to make mashed potatoes and candied sweet potatoes. But I should be able to fit the turkey and another dish in the oven, so I can cook everything throughout the day and when I take the turkey out, I can throw everything else in to warm up. I have lots of pickles (from the picklefest) to put out as appetizers. And olive tapenade. Yum. And my grandmother is making guacamole (just like the pilgrims!) Let's hope everything goes off without a hitch!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

My Life... The Horror Movie

I came home from work today. Not an extraordinary day. Not super good or super bad, just regular. When I was leaving work, I thought about going pee there, but I just wanted to get home. So as soon as I come home, I make a B-Line for the bathroom.
I sit down and I see a little black spider in front of my face. I really don't like spiders, but I do have them in my house occasionally. I've learned to man up, smunch them with a tissue and flush them down the toilet. So I do exactly that, proud of myself for being such a grown-up. Then, another one drops down in front of me. I smunch that one in a similar fashion.
Then I looked up. And started to scream. Hundreds!! Hundreds of little spiders all over my bathroom ceiling! And walls! And window! And mirror! Luckily, I have a can of bug spray by the basement door (as I thought that most of the spiders lived down there). I grabbed it and ran back to the bathroom where I proceeded to use most of the can on the hundreds of spiders. I kept spraying and spraying until I was sure that none of them would survive. Then I realized that I should shut the bathroom door as the bug spray could not be good for me or the pets.
So now I'm waiting to work up the courage to go back in there and vacuum up all the dead bodies. But I really don't want to go back in.
And my plan for tomorrow is to buy another can of bug spray in case there are more where they came from.
I HATE spiders!!!
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(note: not my spiders- I wouldn't waste time to grab a camera- these are just spiders that I found on the internet)

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Knit One, Save One

I was wasting time on the internet the other day when I stumbled upon the "Knit One, Save One" campaign. It's sponsored by Save The Children. This point is to make hats for babies in developing countries. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to lose a child because he or she didn't have something as simple as a hat. A hat that would take me an hour to knit. It seems simple enough. They have patterns to either knit or crochet. Then you send it to Save The Children by Dec. 31, and they distribute the hats to families all over the world. I have a bunch of friends who are going to do this with me. I'll send all the hats in together. It will be really nice to give to people who desperately need it this holiday season. For more information, go to http://www.savethechildren.org/programs/health/child-survival/survive-to-5/knit-one-save-one.html
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It would be totally awesome if everyone made a hat and sent it in. Think of the incredible difference we could make!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election 2008

I can't say much because I'm glued to the tv, but I hope everyone voted today. And I think you all know who has my vote. I can hardly stand the anticipation. Go Barack!!

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Monday, November 3, 2008

HALLOWEEN

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Job #2- Tina (Midnight Fairy), Steph (Halloween Spirit), Sierra (Witch), Dad(He said that he was going to be an "Ass Hole" for Halloween), Mom (Bumble Bee), Me (Peacock), Sara (Sarah Palin), and Quincy (Pig).

I will post pictures from Job #1 when available. I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!!