***Our Thanksgiving dinner was delicious, and the company (18 of us) was pretty nice, too. Here's how Mr.4444 likes to present his turkey:
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photo courtesy of my sister, Mary.
***I miss my camera so much :(
***I am really geeked-out about Google TV, which I learned about on Sunday. Although it doesn't seem ready for prime time, I will be watching its evolution closely, as having the features it promises feels like a dream come true.
***The annual "Why can't we get a fake Christmas tree?" debate has begun. I am completely outnumbered. With Maren here this year, especially, I guess I should let it go; we can't have a fake tree for our Norwegian guest!
***I'm contemplating going to see the movie, Lincoln. If you've seen it, I'd be interested in your review.
***This week, I listened to a really great audio book called Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The author of Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand, wrote the memoir after hours of interviews with the man who survived his POW experience at the hands of the Japanese. I found the book inspiring, compelling, educational, and uplifting; I learned a lot from a perspective I've never taken before. The audio book is read by Edward Hermann. I thought he did a terrific job. I highly recommend this book; even though it takes about nine chapters to get to the meat of the story, I had a hard time "putting it down." In the end, I stayed up til midnight to finish it.
***I'm trying the Disqus commenting system again. Let me know if you run into any trouble with it.
***Kendall and I trimmed Milo's nails today; you'd think we were hanging him by his toenails, for all the screaming he did. (No, I did not cut him at all.) I took him to a pet store last time; he screamed bloody murder there, too; it was a little embarrassing. Oh well...suffering builds character.
***They say that turkey meat contains tryptophan, which causes naps. I think turkey has love in it, because I am really full of that right now. I'm very thankful for you; thanks for reading my blog.
Yes it has tryptophan in it but its the volume of food that makes everyone so sleepy.
ReplyDeleteWe are thankful for you hosting this every week.
You know what? I vote for a real tree and don't you dare tell me I don't get a vote.
ReplyDeleteThe turkey looks delicious, I have just started thinking about the meat for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI no longer believe in cutting down a live tree for a few days at Christms time and throwing it away afterwards. We've had the one simple artificial tree for many years.
That is a great idea to have your own time capsule, with a realistic opening date!
Hugs and Blessings, Jan
We side on the fake tree side. We gave up on fresh trees years ago when it became a fire hazard even before Christmas. The time capsule sounds like a wonderful idea. Who knows where we will be in 5 years time.
ReplyDeleteWe shared a wonderful meal with old friends who live down here as well, because my sister was eating at the assisted living facility with her grandmother-in-law and we mutually agreed it was not the best avenue for my children. Today I'll spend the day with my children and someone special who was out of town for the holiday and got back late last night....hard not to feel full!
ReplyDeleteI alternate. This year, since we are away for the holidays, I will have a fake tree of the small, table-top variety. On the years we are home, we get a full-sized real one!
You would win in our house we have a fake one and that baby is going up today! I have allergies and fire issues so a real tree ended a long time ago. I get a nice pine smelling plug in!! Lame I know but it's how I roll! Love the time capsule idea!! Turkey looks awesome...I bet Maren is enjoying all the American holidays. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletePS I heard Lincoln is amazing but long.
A fake tree is my only option in Honduras. It is illegal to have a live one due to the ever-increasing deforestation in this once heavily forested nation.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for being a great hostess.
ReplyDeleteThere's a beautiful fake tree on sale at Hobby Lobby. I might go buy it and save it for next year...I like your idea of alternating. I don't know why Mr.4444 cares--He's ALLERGIC to some pines! Last year, we had throw the danged thing away after just a week!
ReplyDeleteI love your pine plug-in idea! I'm afraid with the puppies, the tree is going to go down repeatedly anyway, so why not have one without water in it? (Hey, I JUST came up with that argument--Isn't it a GOOD one?!haha
ReplyDelete150 minutes. Hm.
I see... I look forward to pics :)
ReplyDeleteHa! But I just came up with an awesome new argument against it! Puppies...."new" carpeting...tree likely to go down at least twice...we could avoid wet carpeting!!
ReplyDeleteI followed those google TV links you posted. Interesting but we dropped cable a few months ago. Saving money. It would work better if the cable provider just built it into their system.
ReplyDeleteOh if you are polling - we have had a fake tree for years now.
First-timer here! I trim my cats' nails with pretty much the same results!
ReplyDeleteI think having a very full belly causes naps.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who had trouble with posting the name under the image in Linky? I was only given 15 characters, which didn't allow me to enter what I usually do. ?? Maybe it's due to the fact that I'm posting from DH's laptop instead of mine.
ReplyDeleteI want to see Lincoln, so I'm interested in hearing what others have to say about it. Of course, with DH's hearing issues, we'll wait for it to come out on DVD. ;-)
We always do a real tree. I prefer the scent of a real tree. Plus we've never had a fake tree last longer than 3-4 years, which makes them pretty expensive.
The fake trees now have improved over what they used to be. I would never fuss with a real one, especially with the cats!
ReplyDeleteYour turkey looks so good! We have one cat who gets her nails trimmed by Daddy and one who gets them trimmed at the vet, she cries like he's slowly pulling them out rather than trimming them! Difference from Milo is Kaline is calm when the vet does it.
ReplyDeleteThat turkey on the plate is cracking me up!
ReplyDeleteGreat fragments! We've had a "fake" tree for years and years. I can't imagine anything else. :o) But, I do remember the years of the "real" ones. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteLookey here! I finally gave in and put a password on Disqus so I could have my picture on the Disqus blog comments!
ReplyDeleteWoot!
oh, dear; I didn't realize they don't last very long! Still, with the puppies this year, I hate the idea of water on the floor, as their knocking it over is inevitable.
ReplyDeleteKyle and I saw Lincoln today and liked it very much, and I think seeing it on DVD would be fine.
So sorry---I couldn't remember how many characters i usually allow, so I picked the default. I'll know better next time :) Thanks for your patience!
Welcome!! Thanks for linking up :)
ReplyDeleteI really liked Lincoln, but hubby was not nearly as delighted. I posted a full review last Monday http://dementiawoman.blogspot.com/2012/11/lincoln.html
ReplyDeleteAbout your artificial tree dilemma, prelit seem like a great idea, and for the first couple of years they are - - - then the lights start to burn out and it is the same old same old pain of stringing lights on them. Just info for you to "process" as you think about your own artificial.
ReplyDeleteWe have always gotten a real tree---and here they grow on tree farms, nobody is denuding the forests, but for the first time we're thinking about getting a more permanent solution. I'd probably end up leaving it up until Easter though, I'm so lazy. We've had kittens in the past who knocked the tree over and we've had to wire it into a corner. As it was the decorations were rolling all over the floor. More dang fun!
ReplyDeleteyeah, I figure we'll need to keep the bottom three feet ornament-less this year... I have learned that artificial trees don't last as long as one might think; someone said three years!? That's made me rethink...
ReplyDeleteThat turkey looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteI have good memories of a fake Christmas tree because of my grandmother. She once had a tree that had turquoise undertones.
I don't know if you've already seen Lincoln but I've heard nothing but good things. Even from people who hate history. I'm waiting for my husband to see it.
Kyle and I saw it on Saturday. We both really liked it. As long as you're not expecting something different (and why would anyone expect anything but historical/bio?), it's great!
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