I Am Thankful For.....

With Thanksgiving only 3 days away,
I thought it wise to take a moment to think
about what I am truly thankful for.

I am thankful for caller ID.
-When my relative who is "fond of the sauce" calls to
complain about the family, I can now tell ahead of time
and just not answer instead of pretending I can't hear
her as I drive through a tunnel..... while on the house phone.

I am thankful that my 7-11 is right next to my Starbucks
-so that when I'm getting into my car with my $1.75 cup
of joe, I can see those jerks who just spent $5 on bitter
crapopla and laugh at them as I drive away.

I am thankful for those little lift up things in the seat part
of the grocery cart...
-so that when I put my $1.75 cup of joe on the seat of the
cart while I go through every apple just to get 5 good ones
and then start to move the cart and forget that my coffee is there,
that little plastic lift up thing is there to catch the coffee instead
of letting it fall through the leg space in the seat. It took me a while
to figure that out, but I am thankful that I did.

I am thankful for that woman who parked next to me
at the grocery store.
-as she got out of her H2, I noticed she had about 10
reuseable canvas bags to carry her groceries.
I'm thankful she's going that extra mile for the environment.

I am thankful for all the things that make my life a little easier:
-catalogs
-ebay
-Tide to Go
-microwaves
-long yellow lights
-Purell

Now if someone could just come up with something to
empty the dishwasher for me...........

So Great.

I caught this on VH1.
John Lennon and Cheap Trick.
So great!

Saturday

Feeling much better - thank God, too much to do.
It's Dylan who isn't feeling well.
He was sick Tuesday with a fever
and swollen glands. He had giant marbles
on the side of his neck, so weird.
Took him to the MD, no strep.
By Wednesday night he feels better, no fever.
Thursdy he wakes up crying because his
sides, under his arms, really hurt.
No fever.
I give him Tylenol and off we go to school.
Under arms hurt all day and he's very tired.
Falls asleep in the car which is
SO NOT LIKE DYLAN!
He hasn't taken a nap since he was 2!
Stop at mom's house, she's a nurse.
She thinks he as a virus, keep him home.
Friday, he wakes up crying again, sides
really hurt, but he wants to go to school for
a presentation they're putting on.
Ok, tylenol and off we go.
Right after presentation he's at the nurse.
Off we go to the doctor.
Again, he falls asleep in the car.
I'm thinking maybe it's mono.
Doc says it's a virus.
What virus - who knows?
Motrin every 6 hours.
If it still hurts in a few days,
go back to the Doc.
It still hurt this morning, but not enough
to keep him home from a birthday party at
Yankee Stadium.
Hope he doesn't fall asleep there!

Just can't win.

Up since 2:30.
Sore throat.
Stuffy nose.
Didn't I just go through this???
crap.

Thanksgiving Approacheth

Yes, Thanksgiving is upon us, although
you'd never know it if you visited the stores
lately. You'd think Christmas was tomorrow.

I like to have Thanksgiving here.
It's better than Christmas - it's a one day
thing, no presents, great food, go home.
Perfect holiday.

Sheila, my awesome step-mother, asked if
I'd be brining the bird again this year.
No freakin' way.
I shall share with you the Great Brine Disaster of '06.
Yes, I decided to brine the bird.
I had an enormous zip lock bag which came with the brining herbs.
I put tons of liquid in the bag.
All looked good.
I put the briny bird on the bottom shelf of the fridge.
I didn't like the way it looked, so I tried to move it a bit.
In order to get a better grasp, I sat down on the floor in front of the bird.
I pushed the enormous bag full of bird and liquid.
Apparently the enormous bag didn't like that I pushed it.
I OPENED and all that brine had to go somewhere.
That somewhere was ALL OVER ME!
There will be no more brining in this house I tell ya!

Love the people I work with.

Dylan is selling Christmas Wreaths for Boy Scouts.
I made an announcement at our morning meeting.
Didn't think I'd sell any.
Quite often there are things in the teacher's lounge, asking
for sponsorship for a walk-a-thon, or cookies for sale, etc.
Never much response.
Sold 16 wreaths in one day.
As the admissions director was handing me her check for
2 wreaths, I told her I was overwhelmed by the response.
She said "It's because we love you."
Tears.
Love the people I work with.

The Best Shoes

These are my new favorite shoes.
They are Dansko Glennas.
LOVE
THEM
I have them in this color.
Aren't they me??!!!
I'm going to get them in grape too.
Love 'em.
They don't seem to want to kill me like my old
Danskos wanted to.

Good and Bad

Well, apparently something I sent to
Gift Maker Mag which was to be published in their
June issue, has gone missing.
Bummer.
I told them I could whip up another right away.
We'll see what happens.
*note: all is fine! They apologized profusely for loosing it
and asked if I could make another. No prob.)

On a good note -
I'm the December guest designer over at
My Scrapbook Nook.

Makin' Stuff

These are my Lil Notes.
I love them. I've already used a couple:
1 - as a tag on a present
2 - as a little thank you for someone
They were part of my design team entry for
Worldwin Papers. I did not make the new
design team. I'm a little perplexed, I got quite
a few things published for them - 7, but I guess
I'm not what they're looking for this time around.
That's ok. I'm looking forward to getting away from
"cardstock only" creations and playing with the 5 kits
I have sitting here from Serendipity Kits.
Milissa has the best kits!

The Big Costume Decision

I want to thank all of you for your
costume suggestions for the party we
were SUPPOSED to go to this past Saturday.
Here's what we decided on:
Ever see the movie Castaway, with Tom Hanks?
Well, Paul was going to be Tom Hanks
and I was going to be Wilson the volleyball.
Thank you, thank you, all my idea.
Well, guess what....
I was still sick on Saturday so we
skipped the party!
Paul was a little "miffed".
"I grew this beard for 3 weeks and now
we're not even going????"
Oh well, there's always next year, right?
And just think how the beard will look then!!!
Perfect.

iPod Commercial

Dylan went to his first school dance last night!
It was a costume dance.
Here he is.
He won most original costume.

Question:

What I want to know is....
With all the hand washing I do....
HOW
THE
HELL
CAN
I
BE
SICK?