We had turkey, ham and all the trimmings. Linda brought over her carrot casserole (YUMMM!) and Brussels sprouts and Sandra supplied a Caesar salad.
Last night Ron and I met with Jim and Linda for a viewing of "Quantum of Solace". . .I thought it quite good. I think Twilight is next on the agenda, as the others haven't seen it yet.
Only a couple of days left and a few more loose ends to tie up yet. . .Gotta go work on them again now. . .
Today was the Invertebrate zoology lab final for me. I did he usual, study, study, study, then blank for the test. Ah well, it's done now.
Tomorrow we will have a houseful for Thanksgiving number two. . .we celebrate the Canadian one in October. The kids and I baked 2 pumpkin and 2 lemon meringue pies this evening.
I have a "group project" due Monday night (along with a final) and my drawing portfolio is due early Tuesday morning (neither project is finished yet!!!). Fortunately, after that life gets back to a more manageable level of activity for me until January.
We celebrated with gifts and cake last night, since Ron worked and the rest of us spent the morning at church today. He requested a white cake with chocolate butter-cream icing and a chocolate-lavender ganache filling. It came out pretty well, and I will have to try to recreate it again another time.
We made Kaili's week last Thursday night when I took her to the 10 pm "sneak preview" of the Twilight movie. She is reading through the series for the second time and thought she would have to wait for it to come out on DVD. It was quite the experience. I think there were 10 Y-chromosomes in the theater and about 15 of us over the age of 25. The rest of the auditorium was filled with screaming, chatting, bouncing teen girls. I was a little apprehensive about seeing the film, as I had enjoyed the books so much (film versions can be so disappointing). I was pleasantly surprised. The movie itself was very entertaining, and was fairly true to the book; if a bit cheesy and the make-up needed help. The girls and the almost cult-ish-party atmosphere reminded me a little of "The Rocky-Horror" midnight movies of the '70's. Many of the girls were wearing homemade tee shirts featuring book quotes or character names. In the line-up and while waiting for the film to begin, there was an excited chatter, with everyone talking to everyone else. During the movie, a couple of scenes were verbatim from the book, and I heard girls reciting them with the characters. There were at least two scenes that would not be very funny unless you had read the book; then they were hilarious! Kaili says it is "officially her favorite movie" now.
The weather continues cool and mostly clear here and my schedule remains nutty for anther 10 days or so.
The temp hovered right around 34 degrees today.
The girls had their last gymnastics lesson today. I think the kids will be ice skating with school weekly after Christmas break.
The end of the semester is in sight, but the end of the schoolwork/studying for it isn't quite there yet. . .soon, I hope!!! Hopefully I get to the end of the work before I reach the end of the time!
Just a quick "hello". I have something going every evening this week. . .class tonight, Kaili's Young Women in Excellence presentation tomorrow, baby shower Wed (might not be able to make that one, don't know yet, Visit teaching appt Thurs, Relief Society Dinner Friday. . .Maybe Ron and I will try to sneak at date in Saturday night (we still want to see 007). Adam's 17th is on Sunday.
Still doing the insomnia thing. . . The schoolwork thing is about to hit its crescendo next week. . .Then we'll do American Thanksgiving on Friday. . .(I think I am supposed to dig out our nativities to place in a public display soon too!!!)
Anyway, weather is crisp and all are healthy here so far.
I can't decide whether I love or hate this process. It is very tedious to place thousands of dots on a piece of paper. Especially using liquid ink and pen. It is kinda cool to see the picture form in the dots though.
Last night was another serious battle with insomnia for me. . I was too hot, then too cold. My back was bugging me. Then I was thinking, OK 1 month on the island, (Loud Ron Snore) followed by 2-1/2 down South. This is gonna be awesome, since Ron can actually join us this time. How can we make the trip comfy for the cats, since (Another loud snore) they can't be here alone for 3-4 months. What will we do with the fish. .(SNORE) .I guess he can come too. . . I end-up getting out of bed and working on my English paper until just after 1 am, then watching a subtitled French film on TV until the wee hours, when I finally dropped off.
Today, I got my report bound (as requested by the prof) after failing a quiz in invertebrate lab. Ah well, the lab final is in two weeks, hopefully, I will have it together (and will remember where I put it!) by then.
It was chilly and windy this afternoon on my way home from school.
The photo is the current state of my desk. . .You may be wondering--"How can anyone get any work done in that mess?"
Well, for today, they didn't.
Today was a "do next-to-nothing" day for me. I guess I needed the break. I managed to get on the Wii Fit today for the first time in 26 days. . .YIKES! Hopefully, I will be a little better about doing it again for awhile. I have lost another 1.3 lbs since the last time, I think it is the lowest weight I have been since we started it.
It was another cool, but pleasant day here, and the backyard still looks nice after the kid's efforts yesterday.
Today was a fuzzy morning for me, but I managed to get several loads of laundry done as well as some schoolwork. I expected to get a lot more done than I actually did but oh well. Tomorrow will be another day home from school for me.
This afternoon the kids cleaned up the back yard. I went out to check on them and Kaili decided to show me her "round-off". I showed her mine and Dax uttered a shocked, "I didn't know you could still do cartwheels!" I wasn't quite sure how to react to his reaction, ya know what I mean?
This evening I went to an orientation meeting at St. John ambulance. I will begin volunteering once I get my certifications back up to snuff. (I guess I still don't have quite enough on my plate!)
It was pleasant but cool here today.
It is less than a month to semester's end for me, so things are still piling-up in the schoolwork dept.
Time to get ready to head out now, it's a overcast and a little chilly here today. . .
Things are still the same here, too much to do, not enough time, money and energy to do it all!
This morning I was working on my paper when I realized it was time to take the girls to the gym. We rushed out and I got them there just barely on time. I was headed up the hill to deliver the 'Burb to Ron's job, when I realized I forgot my bus pass and cash at home. OK. . .so now I have to backtrack, pick up my stuff at home, drive across town, drop the 'Burb and since I am now late, I figure I missed the bus that stops 2 blocks from the store. As I am power walking to the mall bus stop, about 5 blocks away, the bus I thought I had missed, passes me. AH WELL. . .on to the mall, where I sit in a huge puddle of water on the bench while waiting for the bus. . .(BRRRR It was COLD). I did manage to make it to class on time, so I guess everything worked out OK. Now, I need to get back to the schoolwork, since I have procrastinated myself into a corner with it.
Good to hear the news from South of the 49th! Let's pray for the Obama family's safety. There are plenty of rabidly bigoted nut-jobs out there. I was very impressed with McCain's concession speech and it sounds like President Bush is being very gracious too. Good for them, let's hope their followers will follow their lead in this too.
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