Wednesday was a busy busy day! The owners at work, including Hubby, made the executive decision to close at noon on Wednesday. Nice! So, at noon Hubby and I headed up to Whole Food for our Thanksgiving feast fixings. We ate some lunch to build up our energy before we wiggled our way through the crowds!!! It was CRAZY in the store! But we were able to get just about everything we needed! I only had to stop at another grocery store to pick up 2 more items.
After that we went to get my car. We had dropped it off that morning to get new tires. The tires it had were HORRIBLE in the snow last winter. So, in order to support my NASCAR friends, I got some Goodyear Triple Treads put on it. Ok, I didn’t really get the Goodyear’s to support NASCAR; I got them because Consumer Reports rated them top of the line for all weather tires. I have to say, they are dang pretty! Who knew a tire could make me smile? Is my life just that sad that I get excited about tires? Still, I looked at them again today and smiled and thought “man, those are some nice looking tires!” Sigh…..
Hubby went home and started prepping food for the next day. I went and ran some errands I have been wanting to do, but hadn’t had time. I also wanted to get them done before the craziness of the holiday shopping started.
That night our friend Rick came over for dinner. Not sure if I mentioned it before or not, but he had been working for this aircraft company in Denver for something like 10 years. When the economy started to go horrible, they closed, and he lost his job. Then the rumor mill started saying that a Russian company was going to invest in it, which they did and after he had been out of work for a couple months, he got his job back. But then, about a month ago, when the stock market really started to dive, the Russian investors pulled out. Result was that he lost his job again. So, he is currently unemployed again. Courtney adores him, so she gets a huge kick out it when he comes over.
We also bought his motorcycle from him about a month ago as well. Now Hubby and Courtney both have a bike to ride!
Hubby stayed up late Wednesday night. He put the bird on the smoker at midnight. Next morning we started cooking about 9am. My mom and Dad arrived just after 10am. Which was great, because then they could distract the kid, so I was able to be the sous-chef. We ate a huge, yummy meal about noon. After we stuffed our selves full, Courtney went down for her nap.
While Courtney was napping we put up the Christmas tree. By “we” I mean Hubby brought it up from the basement, and he and my mom put it together, then my mom and dad decorated it. I sat on the couch whole time drinking wassail. Don’t worry, the wassail was non-alcoholic. Hubby also took down our large blow up turkey in the front yard and replaced it with our blow up Santa riding a motorcycle. So, in one fell swoop we went from Thanksgiving to Christmas!
I am pretty much done with my Christmas shopping! I am waiting for a few packages to arrive to wrap, but other than that, I am just about almost done. There are just a few things I need to go out and get still. Maybe tomorrow but I sure wasn’t going to go out today! Sorry, but I don’t get into that whole Black Friday thing. I also avoid shopping on my birthday, too crazy again!
We got snow Thanksgiving Day! We got a few flurries during the day, but then that evening it really started to snow. We got probably an inch. It made for super slippery driving for those crazy people who were out before the crack of dawn shopping. By the afternoon the sun had melted most of the snow. I got up a few minutes ago and looked out and apparently it’s snowing again! According to the weather man it’s supposed to do this off and on through Sunday.
We are currently a household of 4 dogs. Greg and his fiancée Tania went up to Blackhawk for the holiday. All their kids are in NY for the holidays, so they were able to go and have a grown up Thanksgiving. So, Romeo is here to play. Bristol really likes playing with Romeo because Romeo plays with him and isn’t bossy and pushy like Maggie. For the first hour that Romeo was here, it was crazy while the two of them ran around and got all the playing out of their system. Now, he is just like another dog in the house. They will pick him up on Sunday.
My mom bought these snow boots for Courtney that are white with princesses on them. She is now HOOKED on them. We can talk her out of wearing them around the house all the time, but when we leave the house, forget it. She is going to wear her boots. The other day she insisted on wearing her boots in the car to daycare but I told her we had to bring her shoes and put them on once we got to daycare. But for the last few days when we run errands, she insists on the boots. Some battles you just don’t pick.
THEN my mom got her a Santa hat and gave it to her yesterday. Now, whenever we leave the house it’s her boots and her Santa Hat she has to wear. So, tonight we went to Walgreens with boots and a Santa Hat on. She took the hat off before going in the store, but she was trudging around Walgreens in her boots! She’s pretty cute!
So, the pregnancy is still going smoothly. I have been going through a lot of days this week where I don’t feel the baby move most of the day. Then late afternoon I start to get a little panicked about it. But then that evening she starts to move again. I know I drive Hubby crazy, but it drives me crazy! Hubby swears I went through this when I was pregnant with Courtney too. I don’t remember that, but that’s not saying much. Now if we ask Courtney where her sister is she will reply “in mommy’s belly”. It’s pretty cute.
Well, I am off to move laundry and maybe watch a movie!
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