It's been a quiet month for me on the blogosphere. That means that I've had a month of not wanting to share or a month of too much busy-ness...or both. In this case, it's been both.
But I had a great time with family this past week. In the past four or five years, we've spent it with my family, usually with one or both of my sisters' families. Unfortunately, work and finances prevented travel this year, so we spent a quieter thanksgiving with my parents. It worked out just right.
On Wednesday morning, we travelled to my parents' after getting some doughnuts at Krispy Kreme...for which we paid $1.06. I had two free doughnut coupons and a free coffee coupon and that worked out great for the three of us! We all pretended to be different customers, which is always amusing for us. Somehow the three of us all enjoy playing little games on people which I'm sure people see right through. Anyway, after arriving on Wednesday afternoon, I prepped sweet potato casserole and a lima bean/broccoli casserole while the girls helped. On Wednesday night, mom made "chicken patties" (her description) which were really ground chicken burgers. K said they were like "Indian hamburgers." Apt description, yet they weren't bad! We also watched part 1 of the first Lord of the Rings movie.
Since I did prep work on Wednesday, Thursday was low key in the cooking department. A trip to my parents always means an adventure on Dad's computer, and this trip proved to be no exception. I put a password (finally) on Dad's router after explaining that people with smartphones could be stealing his internet. He proclaimed technology an anathema. Okay, not really, that was a dramatic re-enactment of his reaction. It was touch-and-go when I realized I didn't have the password to the router, but I was able to get it going with my supreme tech support skills. (this is ridiculous)
We ate. And ate. Green bean casserole and a rice dish with rolls along with turkey rounded out our meal. The fun thing is that Dad shared stories from when he first came over the US, and the girls seemed fascinated. In past years, they weren't quite mature enough to listen like that, but on this trip, they actually wanted to hear more. And I was glad that Dad got a chance to share that with them.
We headed for Black Thursday shopping at 6:30. We hit Old Navy (50% off!), Target (lines everywhere with shoppers looking like the Walking Dead), Kohl's (long waits but great deals), Shoe Station (waste of time), and Belk (too late). Somehow, I have learned how to shop with my daughters. I used to fight with both of them - with M at "Limited Too" and with K about not shopping at all - but we've learned to get along! And we know our limits too. The next morning, after a fitful night of sleep and dreams about missed deals, I got up and headed for more shopping with my parents at 8. World Market, Costco, and Belk again (while Dad went power walking). I finally stopped after another visit out after lunch, but instead of relaxing, I re-configured their TV-DVD-Soundbar setup. This is how I relax.
We headed home Saturday before the awful Iron Bowl, but only after lots of pictures and some attempts by Mom to give me more stuff, which I hate. I was mean and refused as much as possible (I was told this later by M and K). I did call and apologize the next day. I think these visits mean so much to them, but I realized today that they mean a lot to me, too.
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