1. December 1st?! How did that happen? I just put the halloween/fall decorations away, threw away the last bit of harvest mix that I couldn't finish and put up Christmas decorations this weekend!
2. How was your thanksgiving? Hope you had lots of your favorite foods and got to share time with loved ones.
3. Is it wrong to hid green beans in spaghetti sauce? Brady, who basically only eats carbs and meat (goldfish and chickens), needs his veggies. So I used my Pampered Chef food chopper to chop up a whole can of green beans and put it in my spaghetti sauce last night and Brady ate 2 bowls!! I figured everybody was getting their veggies that way. Now how can I hide some fruit?
4. I love reading blogs and commenting but I forget that I have a blog to post too! I figured I better update soon before I lose my 5 readers! I know www.lovethesimplethings.typepad.com will be happy to look at a new post!
5. Still busy editing a last minute halloween wedding and my last shoot of the season. Two things I need to do in 2010...get a new camera (mine is doing the slow death, it doesn't want to focus all the time). I am thinking Nikon...only because of Ashton Kutcher's commercials and Karen Russell shoots Nikon now. Maybe I could sell my lenses and flash on craigslist. And the laptop needs overhauled. It has never been right since Face book but I need it through the holidays.
6. Eddie spent the better part of the day yesterday loading more CD's onto our IPod touch. Now here's a question - what do you do with your CD's once they are loaded onto the ipod or mp3 player? Do you resell them? Pack them away in boxes?
7. After our thanksgiving cabin getaway, we put up our christmas tree on saturday. The boys couldn't wait! then on Sunday we got another tree! We put that one up too. why 2 trees? Well when we were hanging up ornaments, we kept coming to meemaw's ornaments that she made all the kids growing up, and we didn't want them to get lost on our big tree. So we decided to decorate a smaller tree with just things that meem made eddie growing up. Lots of ornaments,an elf candy cane holder, carolers, a plane, a train with cars and even the Santa towel holder she made after we were married. It's eddie's favorite tree. I think Meem would have gotten a kick out of it.
8. After seeing New Moon. I am team Abs Jacob. There was something oh so wrong about it all, but I couldn't stop watching. I was so excited to see Tara's Team Jacob shirt she was sporting on turkey day! the boys called us Twilight geeks- but we didn't care! Anybody watching True Blood on HBO? tara brought some of the episodes - it's about vampires -but it's SO GRAPHIC, in your face. I would not recommend it, I am still recovering from seeing one episode. I will stick with Twilight, thank you very much.
9. what's up with romantic comedies lately? The last 2 that I have seen: Couples Retreat & 4 Christmases (both with Vince Vaughn) They were okay. Couples Retreat - funny with a LOT of serious, almost awkward moments. 4 Christmases with Reese Witherspoon also. it was just okay. And Reese is my girl. But I just couldn't like it. One thing her hair kept changing from her hair to a really bad wig or hairpiece. So I started watching for that. But more serious than comedy. Have you seen any good movies lately?
10. I think I am going to do the Ali Edward's christmas book. But maybe put it together in January - just keep my journaling and bits in a little notebook. I still have time to take a picture today so I am not already behind. Okay I have an hour and 1 minute left, better get this posted and go take my picture!
good night!
Love the new look! My camera is having an awful time lately too. I have been thinking Nikon as well....the pics are just so clear! Oh well...So much to comment on but it's 1 in the morning..I'll be back tomorrow.
Posted by: Missy | December 02, 2009 at 01:31 AM
I'm back...Started my December daily Friday night. I did the layouts for up to page 8. Figured that will give me some time then I can just slap the pics on. Bummer- I wanted to rent 4 Christmases. Hee hee, you are halarious with the veggie idea. And the Memaw tree is wonderful. I am sure she is smiling up there at her own special tree. Love ya!
Posted by: Missy | December 02, 2009 at 08:51 AM
HAHAHA-abs jacob :)
don't leave me canon girls!
and yeah, four christmases was weird. but i just watched the holiday again and oh i love that movie :) and we had a great thanksgiving :)
Posted by: marie | December 02, 2009 at 04:01 PM
love reading your updates, Rachel! As for the CD question... we have ours in the basement on shelves, even though we don't really touch them. Ever. I just can't get rid of them all... I looked into getting the sleeves that DJs use so we could save all the printed matter from the case (the kind you buy at Best Buy are actually a little too small so you'd have to throw away the back of the CD, only the liner notes would fit) but it is expensive.
I am no help, apparently! Let me know when you figure out a good solution, ha.
Posted by: Elizabeth | December 02, 2009 at 04:40 PM
I puree tons of veggies to hide in different things!
Posted by: cassie | December 06, 2009 at 07:58 PM
Ok, so I posted and jumped the gun...I have so much more to say! I agree with Team abs, but like you saw...Edward has my heart. True Blood is way to terrifying for me...Not to mention the nudity. I blush every time! And I scream at the characters for not being like Edward.
Posted by: cassie | December 06, 2009 at 08:05 PM