Thanksgiving Day 2009

This year we had Thanksgiving at our house instead of with the extended family. Which meant I cooked everything my mom didn't get around to while attending the bird in the oven. Though surprisingly Rachel and Michael helped out a bit in the kitchen. It was quite the experience the day before as we moved all the living room furniture into Randy's room so we could set up tables. Luckily Randy was actually home and helped (for once).

Anyway, everything worked out in the end and we had a great thanksgiving day. Now onto the pictures!

Here's my sad little plate waiting to be piled with mountains of food.


And here's the plate with it's array of colorful goodness waiting to be eaten.


Everyone on the Easr side of the tables


The West side (gangsta) of the tables.


Our "Thanksgiving tree" from the country of LAME-ZOR. Why we put it up early November I'm still trying to understand. At least Rachel and I get to decorate it while my parents are in California. We'll make it rock.


Randy's girlfriend Becky and her son Carter joined us this year for our meal. It was fun having them with us and getting to know Becky better. I have SO much in common with her. It's awesome. We even have the same camera! And Carter was hilarious through the day, very entertaining.


The one picture (out of MANY) Randy actually smiled in came out blurry. figures.


My mom wanted the butter in pretty dishes. So I made it interesting :D


The parentals


Carter LOVED the olives. Becky had to bribe him with olives so he would eat everything else on his plate.


Rachel and me holding the pies that we didn't make. Yeah, they were store bought. But we thought we'd be cool anyway and get a picture with them.


Miles also had a thing for the olives. He knows what they are and knows to hold out a finger so we can put it on the tip. He's adorable as usual.


Oh, the big ugly box behind Miles in the video is the new pots & Pans set my dad got for my mom for thanksgiving. They are SO nice! Non-stick, glass lids, oven safe, etc. I'm excited because I know I'll use them just as much as my mom!

Up next CHRISTMAS!!! Get ready for baking overload, an explosion of decorations, and cool stuff overkill. Of course documented through photographs. December is my busy month, expect lots of posts!

Bec

Stuffing Day

It's finally over! Our closing night was monday and it went really well (minus mic problems) and we had a packed house. I'm super glad I did the pit. Musicals are ALWAYS ALWAYS written in psychotic keys with either all flats or all sharps possible. Or in C with every accidental possible. I've played in 6 musical pit orchestras and have yet to be surprised by the difficulty of key signatures. Anyway, playing for Oklahoma has renewed my circle of fifths memory and when I went to SLCC orchestra last night it was cake. Six flats? Big whoop. Bring it on dawg.

Today I trimmed, thinned and layered Rachel's hair, then my mom dyed it. Hope fully it turns out well. It's making me scissor happy and I think I'll do something new with my hair. We'll see.



I"m seriously considering printing this out and pasting it to my forehead tomorrow. I'll be spending at my aunts house in Alpine with all of my dad's side of the family. I love thanksgiving, but I sure wish I was married with kids when people start asking "what I'm up to these days" I hate it when people ask me that! I think I'll try to constantly have some sort of food in my mouth so I can't talk. Andlike that will be hard to do for thanksgiving :)

I feel bad for vegetarians on thanksgiving. I bet half break free and eat some turkey. How could it possibly be resisted on such a holiday where it's the main event? I must admit though, stuffing and rolls are my favorite part. I'm not a pie person. Can't stand crust, and the only kind I'll eat is cherry or an apple pie made by Shell. I usually have 1part pie and 10 parts ice cream to drown out the pie. I'm odd. I know.

I hope you all travel safely, eat lots, have a good time with family and have a Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget to be grateful!

Heart burn from Hell

On thanksgiving I over ate - along with the rest of the entire population

I had some minor heartburn that evening, which is to be expected as food was so jam packed into my stomach it was overflowing into my esophogas, thus the burning sensation.

Today is now Saturday. You think I'd be recovered from all the pain, but no. Last night I had such painful heartburn I couldn't lay down. I had to sit up so to sleep while holding a pillow against my chest. I've never had heartburn before, but this is torture.

Hopefully the Pepcid AC and millions of tums I've consumed in the past three days will finally kick in. If not, I'll be living off yogurt the rest of my life.

Lately my jeans have been a bit snug. I have missed volleyball three weeksin a row and haven't gone to the gym since halloween. Time to kick the bum into gear again. I'm not going to wait until New Years Like I usually do. And I'm not going to completely give up because i'ts the holidays eaither. A holiday is no excuse to get fat. I'm just glad I'm not at my old job right now. Everyday someone would bring in a dessert of some sort, and clients were constantly sending in candy. This year I have a lot less temptation to deal with.

I cleaned my room this week and now my elliptical is staring me in the face every morning as a reminder to work out. As you may have noticed, I added a weight loss ticker to my blog. But, it's a special ticker, it tells you how much you've lost instead of how much you need to lose. Kind of a motivation ticker. wahoo..... Being the wimp that Iam, I was too chicken to put down my current weight. Instead I have it set up to show how much to lose. To get to the absolute lowest healthy weight for my height,body frame and age I have to lose (dare I say it) 100 pounds *cringe* It may seem drastic and unrealistic and unhealthy, but it's true, I have to lose and entire person from my body to be at my goal weight. If I was to choose the highest weight to be healthy, i would need to lose about 75 lbs. But that's borderline overweight, and I don't want to be anywhere near it.

So if anyone needs me, I'll be on the elliptical. please call for any appointments and I'll see if I can squeeze you in.

Here we go again!