Early Prezzies - Part II

It appears some of my friends like to skim the content of this here blog and look at the pictures (ahem... William!). Picture the image of the entertainment center from the last post without a tv in it. That's where we left off.

We finally picked out a new tv and got it Tuesday. Although a Sony (as suggested by Hogweed) would have been awesome, we chose a middle of the road model -- a Sharp. We have a smaller one in the bedroom and like it fine. Plus, the price was pretty good.

Oh, BTW, we have very sturdy circa 1990 coffee table, end table and entertainment center up for grabs. I'll post pics soon.

Tomorrow morning, we will get the new furniture and then head down to Leonardtown for the weekend. Saturday, we'll hold our annual Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving with a small group of friends. I really love throwing this little gathering. I'm usually really tired by the end of the evening (not more than our July party) but it's always great fun. We watch football, maybe take a walk down to the pier, eat turkey, play charades and just have a good time.

This year, we have a fire pit that has yet to be broken in. I hope it doesn't rain so we can have a little fire, roast some marshmallows and make s'mores.

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

Sick Day

I don't often catch colds that require me to miss work. And I do have to say I've felt worse than I do right now and have gone to work (and parties!). Today however, I woke up feeling like someone was pounding my chest with every cough, so I called in sick. Having had a very busy long weekend, I think my body just needed the rest.

So, how was everyone's Thanksgiving? John and I celebrated with my MIL, BIL Mike and family and SIL's sister's family. It was a great meal and lots of fun stories. Now, really. Can a Thanksgiving meal really ever be awful? I can't say I've been to one that has even been mediocre. They've all been fabulous. I'm lucky to have family and friends who know how to cook!

Speaking of cooking, we had Turkey Part II on Saturday down at Breton Bay. John and I were off work Friday, so we headed down early to clean up the house and shop for all the groceries. At the McKay's parking lot was this car:


Do you see it? Piled up to the ceiling? All except the driver's seat... TRASH. And it was a fairly new car. I mean, I can understand having a bag or an old newspaper in the back seat. Seriously though. How does this car smell inside? There's gotta be mold and mice colonies in there! John said it's a lifestyle.

We were sad Sean, Val, Linda, Nate and Gabrielle couldn't make it down. The gang arrived between 1:00 and 3:30. They played cards and got a mini poker tournament going. Katie won $25! She beat Freddy, William, Joey and Mike (in that order). Then, we had dinner:


Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, salad, snow peas, rolls (with Katie's grandma's pumpkin pie butter (yum!)) and apple pie. After our meal (and Maryland's stomping of NC State!), we took a walk down to the pier to work off dinner.


On the way back, we took a tour of one of the houses for sale. Although the house was stuck in a decorator's time warp, it has to be the biggest one within Breton Bay Estates (over 3000 sq feet). Freddy is considering getting some family members together to buy it.

After our walk, we played Michelle's favorite small party game, Charades. It was a lot of fun, pitting me, Joey, William and Katie against John, Freddy, Michelle and Mike. Our team won after a tie breaker round.

Here's Freddy, Katie and Mike:


William, Katie and Mike:


And Freddy wrapping up Katie's feet in newspaper 'cuz her feet were cold. This must have occurred after I went to bed. We do have blankets and stuff!


It was so much fun! I can't wait for our next holiday... 12:12, of course!