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Thanksgiving Posts!

Two Thanksgiving classics:

(Thanks to crystalcheats for posting the vid)

For the one below, go to about five minutes thirty seconds in to get to the truly memorable part.

More kiddo pics!

My mother-in-law called this one "bashful". Actually, she did all of these as names of Dwarves from Snow White. Anyhow...

And this one would be Happy...

She called this Sneezy. Guess there wasn't a "Hungry", was there? Oh, and there's Murphy, the in-laws' basset hound, in the background.

Yep. Sleepy.

The heat is....off?

Waiting for the furnace repair guy to come by and (probably) replace our pilot light.

I think we're at about 58 degrees inside and out. Glad it isn't a cold day today, and that I didn't need to go anywhere. Kiddos are still comfy in their jammies.

And is it just me, or are the footed jammies for big kids just weird?? I saw them at Target the other day - I mean, they looked huge (They were in the boys' section, so we're talking the boys' large, which is easily tall enough to fit me, yeesh). Do boys in that age range really want to still wear footed PJs? I'd think they'd be much happier in pajama pants/tops. Or even thermals. Footed PJs for me just scream little kids.

And don't get me started on the "not tonight, dear" adult footed jammies. Or even those lounge-wear blanket zip up things that (I thought) I used to see in the Carol Wright catalogs (don't seem to be any available online. Guess they weren't all that popular. Wonder why?).

Mom suggested baking something to warm up the house. I already made another batch of pumpkin muffins last night. Wonder what I can bake today? Time to browse the cookbooks...

Meme!

Swiped from Sashera, who swiped it from Ceosanna. Bold the ones you've done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/Disneyworld
8. Held a praying mantis
9. Climbed a mountain
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in person
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (when I was a kid, LOL, which might be cheating. ;) Satisfied, for me, would mean debts paid and money in the bank for an emergency - perhaps enough for two to three months with no income).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day


31, unless I miscounted. Several of these are on my to-do list if I ever get to Europe.

Turkey quiz!

Take the turkey quiz!

I got 13 right. I missed:

The state that produced the most
Arkansas's rank
the tribe that celebrated with the colonists
the president who made it the last Thursday in Nov.
the % American households who eat turkey for Thanksgiving
the speed they fly
the highest per capita turkey consuming country

Listen *and* watch!

Saw this linked over at Uncle Orson Reviews Everything

Ahh, the 70s...

I got a box of patterns (and several copies of "The Workbasket" magazine) at a garage sale some time ago. The box was free, and I figured I might find something in there of interest.

Interest, definitely, LOL.

Unexpected gem #1: From the March 1971 vol. of the magazine - an article expounding on the wonders of sewing double-knit polyester. Okay, it's the 70s, big deal. Then - "...This particular fabric costs about $8 a yard." Holy cow! $8 a yard in 1971??? It's not even some kind of fancy silk brocade, it's 100% polyester!

Man.

I'll spare you the recipe for Kraut-Olive Salad, intended to be pressed inside a hollowed french loaf and chilled. How...um...appetizing. And I don't think I could make myself try the Kraut chocolate cake, either (takes 2/3 cup of rinsed, drained, and chopped sauerkraut). It might be fine, I dunno, but I'm afraid to try.

The knit two-color man's tie is pretty amusing too. It reminds me of the ones that were in when I was in middle school (in the mid-80s).

I think I'm gonna enjoy just flipping through the little magazines.

A pleasant surprise

Took the kiddos in for their flu vaccinations.

Found out that they were using the flumist vaccine - nasal spray syringe, not a needle. Apparently this had been an age 5-49 thing, but was reformulated and can now be used for 2-49. So the kiddos avoided being jabbed - yay!

Though Calla still ran when she saw the bandaids and syringes. And still cried while we were holding her still for the nasal spray. She just does not like to be messed with.

But! When it was over, she calmed right back down (muuuuch faster than if it had been a needle).

So, now the kiddos and I have our flu vaccines. Hopefully they'll have guessed correctly on the strains to vaccinate against!

No love for Thanksgiving?

Me - Change iGoogle theme to winter village
Hubby - "Whatever happened to Thanksg...
Me - minimize browser window to show huge Thanksgiving wallpaper on computer desktop.
Hubby - "Oh."

Hee!

Rather entertaining!

Maps at live.com

A friend of mine used this to show me where he grew up. I then spent the next hour putting in addresses and looking around. Of course it gets our location wrong - I expect that now of about every map service - but knowing what you're looking for, it's usually easy to find it.

Put in the address, then click bird's eye view. You can zoom in or out, and you can rotate view. I spent a while "driving" (click and drag the hand) around my hometown, looking at the first house I remember, then looking at the lake downtown, then following one of the roads out to Acme, etc. If it seems to pause while loading, don't just sit still waiting - continue to move the view some, and it'll load. At Acme, there was a black square where nothing showed, but when I rotated the view, it came in.

It's easy to lose track of time!

Another funny...

This one found on New Every Morning

A day of mothering in 3 minutes:

Funny...

Found on Metrolingua.

Font Conference:

All girl...

Calla's been sick, and spent much of the day today napping off-and-on. Waking from one nap, she said: "go to mall? go to mall?"

Heh.

Pic from before the party

Patrick is in his t-shirt, and Calla has her wings on, so she's still in fairy-mode.

Voting Day

It was ever-so-much-fun with two squirmy toddlers. So glad I did it *early* when there was no line (a week and a half ago or so) instead of today. Heck, I hear there were lines even for early voters, as the day approached. Guess I beat the rush.

Anyhow, hope y'all voted. And whoever wins, I hope and pray that they do well by the country, and that, as divisive as this election has been, it won't be a lasting division.

And that it won't be a tainted/questioned win for the elected ticket.

Party and arms

The party was fun - kiddos really enjoyed it. Calla didn't want to leave, she wanted to go on another hayride, LOL.

Pictures of Patrick in his traditional shirt-and-hat (pic in them every year) and of Calla in her fairy/princess/ballerina outfit will be up probably around the middle of next week, as soon as my mother-in-law gets them uploaded.

My right arm is getting sorer and sorer (I checked, that's the arm the pneumonia vaccine was in. I didn't recall the flu shot bothering me that much last time I got it, so that it was the other vaccine makes sense). At this point, it hurts to raise it *at all*. Heck, it hurts a bit to type (with my upper arm tightly at my side). So, some ibuprofen, and I'm gonna get off the comp for the evening. Brief kudos to Target, though (as that's where I got the immunizations); they included a gift bag of: a pharmacy coupon (free gift card with purchase of new or transfer of old prescription), a travel pack of Kleenex, a travel bottle of Purell, a sample of Theraflu (plus $2 off coupon), and a bottle of 500mg vitamin C supplements (15 tablets). I don't know if this was the intent or not, but I'm gonna be taking them for the next two weeks to hopefully keep from contracting the flu from the vaccine.

Off to bed to relax. Night y'all!

Sore arms.

Well, both the hubby and I have sore arms now. Mine are from the flu and pneumonia vaccines. His is from a paintball session. He has three really admirable welts on his shoulder.

I think I'll skip the pics this time, LOL.

The kiddos did not want me to get the shots. They saw the needles and were crying, even though I kept telling them they were for me, not for them. Well, either they were crying from the needles, or just crying b/c I wasn't there at the cart with them, but instead, sitting behind a table. Could have been a little of both, but everyone around them seemed to think it was cute and assumed that it was b/c they didn't want me to get the shots. Hey, at least the other folks were amused instead of annoyed!

Kiddos got to have my "good girl" candy. Then milk at Starbucks. All was then right with the world, as far as they were concerned. :D

Not-Halloween Halloween party tonight. Bonfire, hayrides, etc. Should be fun! Calla will be a fairy, Patrick is just going in a Halloween-themed shirt and hat. They get to ride there in "Papi's brown ride" (1931 Studebaker), so they will LOVE that.

Two hours until the party. I'm gonna relax for a bit.