Okay, it's Sunday and I'm exhausted. We hosted Thanksgiving at our house and it was very nice. Everyone chips in and brings a little something and that makes it so much easier and takes a lot of the pressure off the hostess. Mom made the turkey and that was a huge help too! I love a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, it's my favorite meal of the year! So to the family members that read my blog: You are all excellent cooks and it was a fantastic day with all of you! And Jill you will have to get me the recipe for Brad's favorite sweet potato casserole that you make.
My sister Rachele and her girls stayed with us on Wednesday night and Rachele was a huge help on Thursday. So a big thanks to you! Plus, those mustache tattoos went over very well! And I am not sure what happened to the movie marathon, but maybe next time.
My sisters all packed up Thursday night to get their "shop" on, I can't do this (sorry ladies) the crowds are not worth the couple of bucks you save in my opinion. I worked retail for a very long time and it's not my thing. But from what I understand they scored some good deals. I still need to finish my shopping, but I'll do it a little at a time...there's still 5 weeks to Christmas right? Actually the hubby and I went to Target on Saturday and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
As I look back at my list of things to get done for the week, I realized that the drumline concert was not last Tuesday, but this coming Tuesday so we are still looking forward to that. We have marked off Thanksgiving and the 4-0 birthday party. It was fun to have everyone over and visit with people we haven't seen in a while...plans have been made for lunch and a vacation for next year, I'll keep you updated. I am just not very good at taking the camera around and getting pictures of everyone, so I may have to steal a couple from Facebook.
Our family also went to see the Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2. The kids and I saw it on Sunday because I didn't want anyone to ruin the "surprise twist ending" that I keep hearing about. But the hubby was working so we went again to see it in Olathe on Friday and had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse (yummy rolls!!!)
Nutcracker is now 2 weekends away and this week is our last "normal" week before we get into the thick of it. Starting Saturday we will have 9 straight days of crazy until the production is over. Luckily I have a couple of days vacation to keep myself sane. But we will have a lot of people in to watch our lovely dance so it will be a little hectic too. Whew, I'm tired just writing about it...or it's recovering form the current weekend...but probably both!
So here's this week's to-do list and hopefully I can get a menu up too!
1. Drumline concert-yes, I promise that it is this Tuesday and that there will be pictures! Promise!
2. Cleaning-probably something that should have been done before this last weekend, but there are only so many hours in a day! (Smiley face)
3. Christmas Crap (I mean decorations!)-Looks like it will be this coming weekend while the girl is at rehearsals, it's such a chore, but the hubby is a huge help (sometimes too much help!) And I feel like the fall and Thanksgiving decor should stay up through Black Friday. We would normally have put the Christmas up on Saturday, but there was a little something else going on!
4. Nutcracker-starting Saturday the 1st, we will let the crazy begin!
Well, I intend to get back on here and post more throughout the week, but you'll forgive me if it doesn't happen as often as it should.
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