Time to get this house in order.
I neeeeeeeeeed to clean it before we go on our Disneyland trip on Tuesday. I am so excited. We bought our tickets on ebay, and actually I am a little *concerned* about that cause I've never done it before. What we did was find someone who was using the first 3 days of their 5 day passes and selling the last two days, apparently a common practice online. I found a great deal on ours ($170 for three 2-day park hopper passes... over $100 off regular price), and I am supposed to be meeting the lady who is giving us the tickets at our hotel the night before we are supposed to go. She's already got our money, so hopefully she comes through. If not it's definitely a lesson learned.
Thanksgiving was great, mostly cause there was *NO* drama!! (hard to do with 36 of us!) Tinty and Lukey were sorely missed, but we still had a great time... three turkeys (one in the oven, one on the rotisserie, and one in the deep fryer), tons of stuffing, yams, sweet potatoes, veggies, rolls, jello, and so much more. I was in charge of a relish tray since Melinda wasn't there and if I do say so myself it was great. It looked so beautiful and colorful with dill & sweet pickles, black & green olives, baby corn, grape tomatoes, and sugar snap peas in the pods. Mmmmmmmm! The kids loved the tomatoes and peas!
Tish and Leslie outdid themselves with a great Turkey Treasure Hunt for the kids, which brought the funniest line of the night, uttered by Violet.
Leslie: Where do you wash your clothes?
Violet: OOOH! THE DISHWASHER!!!!!!!!
We were all stuffed and then ate and drank some more. I think there were 8 pies. Rick and the cousins all played poker at the game table while I shared my Chatterbox contest album (woohooo!! FINISHED!) with mom, Pam, and a few others. They all loved it, especially cause Rick wrote his own journaling for the side that told his perspective.
Liane and I got up at oh-dark-thirty to hit the sales on Friday morning, making a 5:30 a.m. stop at Starbuck's for some shopping fuel. We did some GREAT shopping, and we even had to stop midway through our excursion to unload the car to make room for more stuff. Gotta love it!! She left for college this afternoon and I already miss her... it was really the best weekend I had with her in forever. I can't wait till she comes back for Christmas!!
And the pile of laundry still beckons me, so I must go...
1 comment:
such fun times! i so wish we were there to share in the fun! maybe one of these days you'll get to visit us... wherever we're living! :)
disneyland sounds like so much fun! i hope the ebay thing comes through. take pics and send them to me!!!!
it was great talking to you on t-day! i miss you lots and love you more!
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