This, That, and The Other

Thanksgiving: My Thanksgiving was grand enough. No family came to dinner, so it was the parentals and some of their friends from work. The kids L and A were pretty easy to deal with. A locked himself into the room with the PS2 in order to play Kingdom Hearts....he also Ooo-ed and Ahh-ed over my Boffer Keyblade. L was very social and kept getting herded around by the puppy.

Ate too much at dinner, as everyone does, and afterwards we all played madlibs for awhile. I'd never heard an 8 year old girl suggest the words like "stinky, butt, fart, and weiner" so often. *facepalm*

By around 8:30, Joey showed up and I was thankful to be rescued. We ran off to see Spongebob Squarepants, the Movie (who L declared "The greatest movie of her life that she's seen this year")....and it wasn't that great. Though totally worth it for the Hasselhoff stuff. The theater was virtually empty, so keep that in mind readers: Thanksgiving night is a good time to see a movie!

Ended up staying out until 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning. Not too sure on the exact time, as I was kinda zonky by then.


Friday: Typical family stuff today. Woke up early and went to San Mateo to have breakfast at Stacks. Mom, dad, brother, sister, and niece were all there, and all us siblings made it a point to embarass the snot out of 16 year old Niece. *snicker*

After breakfast, we all went to Ah Sams to pick out a Christmas ornament. My brother got a wood working monkey, mom got a glittery purple bird with a floofy tail, dad got a glass blown snail, and I have a frog that sits upon an eighth note playing a flute. I don't remember if Sister and Niece got anything...

After we came home, the females walked to Mervyn's to take advantage of the sales. I picked up two pairs of jeans (I always need jeans), and Niece got an assload of clothes. I don't understand being a shop-aholic. I guess I'm missing that particular "girl gene," since I can't STAND shopping for shoes and can't phathom sacraficing comfort for "cute."

Niece got into a snit when "Hot Guy From English" called and wanted to see a movie with her. We invited him to see Polar Express with all of us, but HGFE didn't want to see that. So that caused Niece to claim that she didn't want to either because it looked "Too Happy" and "the eyes are scary." *Facepalm...again* She eventually went to see Alexander.

Saw Polar Express and loved it!

Had leftovers for dinner, then everyone went home. Quite a day in the life of The Kitola.



Saturday (Today): Saw Joey today for about an hour and a half. Since he saw his San Jose friends yesterday, and is seeing the San Francisco ones tonight, and is leaving in the morning...I got to spend some time with him to get a proper goodbye before he leaves Sunday Morning. That made me feel just wonderous.

Things I'm Thankful For:
-Having Joey in my life for the past (almost) two years. Twenty-two months and three days, to be exact.
-Having friends and family in my life.
-That I was able to have Rover in my life. He had so much personality.
-Being alive and happy.
-Being loved.