Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was very, very nice....quiet, but nice. The only people who were here were my mom, Pat, Evan and me. Mikel was sorely missed. I did get to talk to him - twice. He called once very early in the morning (well, okay, not too early...around 8:30 or so) and then again around 5:45. He's doing well, but he's ready to come home for Christmas. Anyway...on Thanksgiving we had the traditional turkey (which I cooked, thank you very much), dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry salad (those three prepared by my mom), baked green beans (mine), corn on the cob, rolls...it was a LOT of food for just us! Oh yeah...pumpkin and pecan pie, too (neither of which was made from scratch, which is fine by me).

We watched the Country Music Awards (that I had DVR'd) and then Mom left shortly after that. Evan and I went to Blockbuster to take back some movies and get more. We rented Kung Fu Panda - which he was all excited about in the store - and Peter Pan (again). I also rented Hancock, with Will Smith, and bought (3/$20) What Happens in Vegas, Made of Honor, and Leatherheads. The only thing that's been watched so far is Peter Pan. Of course the kid has no interest in Kung Fu Panda now...

Friday morning Pat and I went and did a little shopping while Evan had his break from us with Liz (thank you SO MUCH, by the way). Well, okay, we went to one store (Wal-Mart in Moore) and bought one gift for Evan. Then we went to the mall for Pat's eye appointment. While we were there I decided I should probably get mine checked too...more on that development in a later post.

After we did the eye appointments we picked Evan up, ate some lunch and then went back to the mall to get Pat's glasses. (Couldn't get mine just yet because I have to do a little more selective shopping for frames.) While we were there, we had Evan's picture made with Santa. Surprise, surprise, there was hardly a line! He was really excited to see Santa - until it was time to sit on his lap. Then all he would do was make the, "You're in big trouble and I'm going to embarrass you, " face. They got two pictures - one with his finger in his mouth and one with just a hint of a smile. Little turkey. We thought about getting the one with the finger in his mouth, but went ahead and opted for the near-smirk.



After we got home, Nebraska was playing Colorado. It was a very...well, I'll use the word "tense"... tense environment in our house. They ("they" being Nebraska, as if my two followers didn't know that) pulled it out, but it caused some concern.

Saturday was pretty laid back. I'm not sure anyone around here even bothered to get "dressed," other than to throw a sweatshirt over pj's or something like that. Of course there was somewhat of a big football game on Saturday night. There was quite a bit at stake seeing as how there was a three-way tie for the Big 12 South leader. Fortunately, OU's win moved them ahead of Texas in the standings (as that would have been the tie-breaker to see who plays in the Big 12 Championship) and OU will play Missouri. The only thing that would have made losing to OSU less painful (if that had happened) would have been that Texas Tech would have played in the championship instead of Texas. What a mess. I can't believe I just put that much energy into writing about it, actually. I suppose I did it for the sake of memory later when I can't remember what the deal was...

We went to Journey Church this morning and then came home to another fairly relaxed day. Now I'm just going to work on getting the Energizer Bunny to go to bed...

As of right now, counting today and the day he gets home, there are 21 days until Mikel comes home for Christmas. I CANNOT WAIT. In fact, I think I would rather not count today and the day he gets home because then there's only 19 days. That's fair, wouldn't you say?