Unlike Monday, where the agony of returning to work after a long holiday nearly suffocated me, today I woke up really happy. I slept well, there’s a Christmas tree in my living room, gymnastics is tonight, and… it’s hump day. I’ve awakened from the post-turkey coma and the weekend is quickly approaching. Hooray! The only…
What I Ate: Thanksgiving…& Christmas Tree Friday
Well, I hope everybody’s belly is full from a delicious feast & family-filled Thanksgiving. Ours was wonderful: beautiful sunny weather, an outstanding meal, and lots of laughs with my parents, in-laws, and granny-in-law. I’m getting close to wrapping up my “month of thankfulness,” so I’ll be quick: Day #20: thankful for safe travels; #21, thankful…
Monday Morsels
1) Sail! Thanks to my husband, I’ve been watching this video over and over. It’s funnier each time! 2) Apparently “Black Friday” was first used to describe the day after Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, PA, in 1961; officers working downtown used the term when dealing with frustrating traffic jams in the city due to the influx…
Friday’s Feast & Mother-Daughter Day
Happy Saturday! This week went by slowly, but luckily it ended well with our office Thanksgiving potluck. I’ve missed having these for the last few years, so we were all really excited about it this time around. For my dish, I contributed this Italian Lentil Salad from Giada. It’s light, fresh, and vegan, actually, so…
WIAW #4 + Food Survey
I just cannot believe Thanksgiving is only 1 week away…where has this year gone? It seems like days—not months—ago I was listening to Christmas music to and from work and now it’s almost that time AGAIN. I can’t wait to spend the holiday with my parents, in-laws, and hopefully “granny-in-law,” and I am ecstatic for…
Weekend Wrap Up
The weekend sure flew by quickly—as usual. Good news is the Saints beat the Falcons! A dirty bird can’t fly with a broken wing. This weekend was fun and very “food-centric.” Saturday, we drove to Grand Bay and picked some fresh veggies at Oak Hill Produce‘s “u-pick” garden. The pickings were slim—seems like the unusually warm…
Eating Alabama
Happy Friday, all! I am so glad for the weekend. This week, much like last, was incredibly slow at work. I’d rather be busy than searching for things to do in order to appear busy, but I survived. Something that did help the week go by, however, was seeing a film at the Crescent Theater…
WIAW #3: Post-Election
Happy “election results” day—and congratulations, President Obama. I’m disappointed with some of the statewide results in Alabama (namely that we voted down an amendment to remove racist language from our Constitution and re-elected the infamous Roy Moore as Chief Justice), but it is what it is. At least we renewed the Forever Wild Land Trust,…
Exercising my right…to eat shrimp
#6: Today I’m thankful for the opportunity to vote for my elected officials. While this election cycle has exhausted my patience (I’m quite tired of the vitriol and outright lies from both ends of the spectrum), I value the democratic process and the rights that were ensured by others’ sacrifice. (Iggy didn’t really vote–that would…
Remember, Remember the 5th of November
As a self-proclaimed Anglophile, I just had to get that out there. I’ve been obsessed with all things British, long before the movie, V for Vendetta, came out and everybody else in the world knew about Guy Fawkes. My husband can attest for my obsession, since I always manage to inject “this one time in…
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