Thanksgiving 2008

Happy Belated Thanksgiving. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Mike and I had a great one. We went to my parents house for a couple of days. We went down on Tuesday afternoon and spent that evening with my parents. On Wednesday Mike hung with my parents and I had a girls out afternoon with my friends Jillea (see previous post). That afternoon I made pie and we spent the rest of the day with my parents.

Thanksgiving day began early. Fred likes to get up super early when he's at my parents house. I try to go back to sleep but he wants in and out of the bedroom all morning long. He does not get up early at home. Mike was also an early bird on this trip. I just wanted to sleep in. I'm not a morning person or a late night person(I love sleep). That morning we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving parade and then the dog show. I love seeing all the different breeds of dogs. There was a basset hound named Noodles. So cute. The only thing I contributed to the dinner beside pie was yams and apples. It's my mother in laws recipe and I love it. I had not made it before, but it turned out great. My aunt and uncle came to dinner and we had fun eating lots of food and chatting. After pie we left for home.

We had one incident this trip with Fred. Mike and the rest of the gang had gone outside to pack our car, I was in the bedroom making sure we had everything when I realized Fred was by himself in the kitchen. That is never a good thing. He has short legs but a long torso. So I walked into the kitchen and there he is with his paws on the counter grabbing turkey legs off the counter. I had quite the tug of war getting that leg out of his mouth, but I got 95% of it out of there. He did get a bite in there. Boy was I mad. Needless to say he was in trouble. He is such a brat when food is within his reach. He will get it and no means nothing to him.

Even with that incident we had a great time. Now it's time for Christmas decorating at home. Here are a couple of pictures. One is of Mike watching the dog show and the second is of my family. My parents are on the left and my aunt and uncle are on the right with Mike.

Twilight

Twilight the movie. What can I say? I loved it. I'm surprised I liked it. I went into the movie thinking that I would not like it. I rarely like a movie after having read the book. I was wrong. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving my friend Jillea and I went to lunch at Applebee's and then went to see Twilight. It was her second time seeing it and she loved it. She was such a good sport to see it a second time so I had someone to go with. Now I know why she was so willing to see it again. I want to see it again. I can't wait till the rest of the movies come out. I may have to read the books again. Here's a picture of Jillea and I at the restaurant.

Coldplay

Mike and I went to Coldplay last night at the Energy Solutions Center. It was a great concert. The concert opened with a band called Sleeper Car. They were very good. I'm not always a fan of opening bands, but this one was really good. Next up was a solo artist name Jon Hopkins. I have no idea what his music was, but I was bored after a few minutes of it.

It took awhile after the last singer before Coldplay came onstage, but it was worth the wait. They were fabulous. They sang all the best songs and the light show was a great addition to the singing. I would definitely like to see them again.

I have one complaint about the show and that was the noise level. I don't know if I'm getting old or if it's the ES center, but it was extremely loud. I couldn't even hear Mike who was sitting next to me. The concert was still worth the noise level.

UFC Fight Night

On Saturday night Mike and I attended fight night at Hooters with a couple of friends of ours and some of my co-workers. I was a little apprehensive about going to Hooters. I had not been there before and I think it's reputation was preceding itself. Not sure what I was expecting, but it was a fun place to go to watch the fight and eat a lot of buffalo wings.

The gang included myself, Mike, Steve, Ryan, Frank, Clint, Spencer, Jim and Tanner. I don't usually hang out with 7 guys and be the only girl, but it was lots of fun. I think it's cool that the guys from work invited me and my husband and friends to hang out with them.

The fight itself was good. I was rooting for Lesnar and he won by submission. He is a HUGE guy and beat the heck out Couture in round two. I'm just excited it went past one round. To me it's not much of a fight if it only lasts a couple of minutes. The prefights were all very short but fascinating. One guy looked like he was going to get his arm broken off.

Here are some pictures. The first picture is the whole gang, second picture is Steve(on the left) and Ryan (on the right). The third picture is Frank (on the left), Clint (in the middle) and Spencer on the right.

Quiz

I definitely love these quiz's. They are so fun and revealing.

1. Do you like blue cheese salad dressing? No
2. Have you ever smoked? No
3. Do you own a gun? No, but it's tempting to have that type of protection in our home
4. What is your favorite drink at Starbucks or other specialty coffee shop? I don't have one. I've never been to Starbucks.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Every time. I'm such a wuss.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Love them!
7. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Water or hot chocolate. I'm off the Mtn Dew.
9. Can you do push ups? Yes, not very well or very many.
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My diamond studs
11. Favorite hobby? reading, scrapbooking or cooking. Depends on the day
12. Do you have A.D.H.D? At work I do
13. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? extreme worrier
14. Middle name? Elizabeth
15. Name 3 thoughts right now? When's Mike going to get home? I hope my neighbor is okay(he got robbed today), yum leftovers are for dinner
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, water, hot chocolate.
17. The friend you had the longest? Jillea
18. Current dislike right now? Stress
19. Favorite place to be? At home
20. How did you bring in the new year? with Mike
21. Do you like to travel? Yes, but don't get to do it very often anymore
22. Name three people who will complete this? My mom, maybe Alison and Viv
23. Do you own slippers? Yes I have them on now
24. What color shirt are you wearing? White pajama top
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No too slippery
26. Can you whistle? No
27. Favorite color? Pink
28. Would you be a pirate? No, they are too mean
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? None
30. Favorite girls name? Emily and Hannah
31. Favorite boys name? Mike
32. What's in your pocket right now? Nothing
33. What is the last thing that made you laugh? Rhett, my manager at work, was telling me a very funny story about his lasik eye surgery
34. Best bed sheets as a child? Strawberry shortcake
35. Do you love where you live? The neighborhood is good(despite the robbery today) and my house is quaint and cute
36. How many tvs do you have in your house? 3. I know that's pathetic for two people.
37. Who is your loudest friend? Chad by far
38. How many pets do you have? 2
39. What is your favorite book? Little Women. A true classic
40. What is your favorite candy? I've recently discovered Dove milk chocolate
41. Favorite sports team? None, no surprise there
42. What were you doing at 12 a.m. last night? Sleeping quite soundly
43. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning? It's cold in here

This is funny!

This is Fred eating out of his food container (excuse the messy floor, I need to clean the area where he eats). On Sunday after we had returned home from having dinner with friends, Mike brought in a new bag of dog food from my car. As he fills the container I go into another room to check our phone messages. After a few minutes I realize I hear chomping coming from the kitchen. I ask Mike if he had fed the dog and he said no so I walk into the kitchen and this is what I see. Mike had inadvertently left the lid off the container and Fred was helping himself to a late night snack. Mike and I broke out into hysterically laughing as we watch Fred eat his food. A few times he would stop eating, look up at us waiting for us to get mad at him and then go back to eating. Instead of getting upset I got my camera and then fed him a little food. I guess he was hungry.