November 26

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Hope you had a wonderful day and were able to spend it with family and friends. I'm thinking about all of my loved ones, both near and far this holiday. Spent some time at the in-laws today, and was amazed to learn that DH is an extremely good fussball player. I mean, like, freakishly good.

Also, I'm not into the whole Black Friday get-up-at-4-a.m.-so-I-can-get-a-$5-television-I-don't-need shopping thing, but if you're looking for something cool to buy, check out TOMS Shoes.  They send a pair of shoes to a kid who really needs them for every pair that you buy.  Pretty cool organization.  Check them out.

November 25

Tonight DH and I went to my folks' house for a Thanksgiving dinner, and had fun playing my new game Quelf and some Mexican train dominoes. That's my winning dominoes hand.

We also drank some homemade dandelion wine out of fun martini glasses that lit up, and Dad made a TurDuckHen this year. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

November 24

Today we drove to the Quad Cities to visit our favorite baby! (See Jan 31). We had fun playing with her, and she had fun playing the drums on DH's head.

November 23

DH and I went for a walk to enjoy the crisp November air. Here are some self-portraits we took.

November 22

Why I hate tail-gaters, Part 1. So I went down to do laundry this morning (which is in the basement), and I have to go through the storm cellar door. Some awesome person that my landlady let park in her yard decided to dump their grill contents basically right on my porch in front of my door. Awesome.

November 21

Someone lost some feathers. I loved the little dewdrops on them.

November 20

I don't know how long this has been on the market.  I have neither kids nor crayons, but I think I need this.  It's a crayon maker from Crayola.  You can melt your old crayons and make new swirly ones!!


And I was reminded this morning how beautiful my Bare Escentuals Chameleon eyeshadow is.  The photo just doesn't quite capture its radiance.

November 19

DH and I went out and got some Mexican food for dinner.  It's been such a tough week at school, and it was nice to just sit back and relax after work tonight.  The margarita was just what I needed.

November 18

I'd say that about sums up the week so far.  It'd be a much more effective photo if you could hear my head hitting the table.

November 17

I know, I know, it looks like I have a giant arm, but it's really hard to take a picture of your left arm with your right one.  If you don't believe me, try it some time.  I was way too nervous to even think about remembering my camera even though I really wanted a shot of it, but today a monumental thing happened:  I had to give my first injections to a living person.  I gave two intramuscular and one subcutaneous shot.  As I condition of doing this practice, I had to submit to the same, and the only proof I have is the picture of the band-aids on my arms.  It's a very strange thing to puncture someone's skin with a sharp object, but I did it without managing to faint.  Ah-ha!!