Thanksgiving!

My curtain project is going along very well, thanks to the help of my mom!! Sewing is fun. At least sewing in a straight line. :-)



Charlie has been sick this whole week and seemed to be getting better, then yesterday at Thanksgiving dinner, he could barely eat anything and had a high temperature. This morning he seemed better.

Yesterday we went to his parents' house - along with about 20 other people - and had some good food and visiting time. I have never seen their house so full. The had to set up 3 long tables in the family room to fit everyone. All of Charlie's cousins were there. I loved getting to play with the little ones!

Then last night after we got home, we put the lights, ribbon, and one ornament on the tree. I think it looks pretty so far.

"I have a friendly feeling"

I got this email today and enjoyed a nice laugh. I get these things all the time through my school mail and while I know they are a scam of some sort, I just don't understand how anyone would respond in the first place. :-) Hope this brightens your day! Ha!

Hello My Friend,

My name is jennifer, I have a friendly feeling, As I saw your contact today And decide to leave a message for you, I know you're many miles away. separated by such distance, But yet your letters will bring you near to me; Through the mails we will share in future if it touches you to be a friend to me and if you feel to know more about me you can reach me on my via e-mail (jennifergab@gmx.com) bye and have a nice day.

Kisses,
jennifer gabriel.

My Fun Week!

Last week was a great week. First of all, it was the last week of my internship (tear)and it was group week, which means all of the clients that come at the same time, get to have music therapy as a group with all of the therapists. It's fun for everyone and it keeps things fresh. On Friday, I got a card from everyone and the most gorgeous flowers from my supervisor. I am so lucky!



Plus, on Wednesday, Charlie and I went to the So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 tour (he got me tickets for our anniversary/my birthday). I think this season was my favorite as far as the dancers, and I was so excited to go. Charlie was definitely not the only guy there, although there were alot of screaming girls. There were people from all walks of life, and I mean ALL. And we even saw other people we knew, some we expected (our friends bought tickets the same time as us) and some unexpected! The dancing was soo good and we had great seats to see everything. I had an absolute blast.

Then, we dog-sat for my parents (my dad went to his yellow ribbon ceremony in CA with my mama) and went to see the "windmill lighting" after it was lit Friday night.



The last exciting part is that I am embarking on an adventure in unknown waters -- I am making curtains. That's right. The girl who was not even slightly interested in learning to sew (my mom used to sew clothes, curtains, costumes, everything) is coming to her senses. Mostly after I realized that I was not going to find anything premade that I liked in the stores. And that paying someone to make them would cost more than our house, ha.



So I am sure that over the course of these next 2 weeks off I will be learning some important lessons ... wish me luck!

Last Sunday

We got to visit Charlie's great uncle who recently moved to Arizona from D.C. We had dinner with his family and Charlie's family and even though we didn't get home until 10 on Sunday night, it was a fun time. My favorite part (apart from the people and their amazing home) was their dog Nicky, a standard poodle. We are feeling the urge to get a dog ... we will see!

What month is this?

I'm pretty sure it's the beginning of November, right? I'm asking because usually I am the first one to start decorating and singing Christmas songs, but this year it seems everyone beat me to it.

Example 1: I went in Pier 1 on Halloween day and they were playing Christmas music.

Example 2: Even the grocery store was decorated for Christmas. In the produce area. Now that takes alot of purposeful planning. Putting ornaments in vases in the middle of apples doesn't happen by mistake, and only after they have decorated the rest of the store, I'm sure. Haha. But there they were.

Example 3: Then two nights ago I noticed that one of the houses on our street was decked with Christmas lights. Granted, I think they are from India, so they might be for some other celebration. But there's still a chance.

I did my part yesterday to Novemberize our house by baking pumpkin pie and pumpkin muffins. And I have it in my head to make this crazy recipe I heard about where you stuff a pumpkin with delicious items and bake it for 2 hours in the oven. I guess maybe after all of that, then I will give in and start going red-and-green like everyone else!

Halloween

Last October we were knee deep in this:





This year we had a much different Halloween in our house! Charlie carved pumpkins and we had friends over for fondue. We played games like Clue and drank homemade apple cider. I loved that we actually had trick-or-treaters. We turned on all the lights and opened the blinds so people could see we were open for business, since we didn't have many decorations besides the pumpkins.



Charlie was a cowboy and I was a senorita.







Then at the end of the night, Charlie and I just sat outside and talked. We both agreed that we love the smell of candles in pumpkins. I love fall!