November 25, 2008 
jon & kate have a yard sale
November 24, 2008 
I should start by saying something nice. 
Jon appears to have lost weight .. all that time with the personal trainer looks like it’s paying off.
After 15 minutes of watching .. my 7th grader looks up and says, “gosh, that woman complains a lot”
Observant boy.
Will post more later …
OK. It’s later.
That really had to be one of the most boring Jon & Kate episodes ever. I could nit pick on a few things, but seriously … the worst thing about it? zzzzzzz …. BORING.
Time to move on to a yearly update.
thanksgiving
November 23, 2008 
oh, how I love Thanksgiving. In some ways, I enjoy it more than any other time of the year. The food … SO good. Oh, my goodness. I went to the first of 3 Thanksgiving meals I’ll have this week tonight. A potluck at church. Some of those ladies can COOK, let me tell you. None of this run to the Kroger deli and grab a pie type deal, either. (not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m the president of that club, LOL) Homemade gravy, rolls, potato casserole .. and desserts. WOW. So yummy.
Other things I love about Thanksgiving? The anticipation of Christmas .. the kids looking through the newspaper ads, making their wish lists for Santa .. that’s one of my favorite things. We always travel, which I don’t love. But the kids always like seeing their extended family, so that’s worth it.
The very best thing about Thanksgiving comes on the day itself. Midway between the parents is a little place called United Dairy Farmers … UDF to those of us from Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati. To the uninitiated, it’s a gas station. But inside, it’s an ice cream parlor.
Best. Milkshakes. Ever.
During the holidays, UDF serves egg nog shakes. The hubster loves UDF egg nog shakes. In the interest of his happiness, we stop and have a milkshake break during our long 90-minute drive over the river and through the woods from one grandmother’s house to the other. You gotta do what you gotta do, right?!
relieved or furious?
today was one of those days … good LORD … one of those days I hate being the parent of a college kid.
stupid, stupid choices. sadly, I know how stupid they are because I made similar stupid ones … apples, trees, and all that. 
could’ve been worse. thankful that it wasn’t. but damn, I want to smack the boy in the head.
