Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Divorce

A man in Jacksonville calls his son in San Diego two days before Thanksgiving and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough."

Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Denver and tell her."

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this."

She calls Jacksonville immediately, and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced! Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own way."

That Happened to Me!

That totally happened to me the first time I made a turkey for Thanksgiving when I was in college!!!

Unfortunately they are trusting me to cook the turkey this year. But maybe...

Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend. The prince hung all our Christmas lights on Saturday, and the princess had her first dance event on Sunday. Now we're busy cleaning up so we can enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving that we'll be hosting on Thursday. Have a good week!

Are you confused?

I know the following entries are hopelessly out of order, chronologically speaking. I think I'm all caught up now--with the blog anyway--so maybe the next few entries will not jump around so much! Se la vi!

Halloween Shots

Flavaflav and Banana

Velma and the Ninja

A work in progress...

Still more work in progress...

The finished product! Spooky cool!

And then there were two...

While I was away, my man, Marcus, was voted out of Survivor. We made it longer than ever before losing one. The Prince and Princess are still hanging in there.



The Prince's gal.



The Princess' gal--and potential winner, if you ask me!

Missed Birthdays

While I was cruising the Caribbean, I missed a few early November birthdays--just a few. Really people, we don't need anymore people born in November in this family!! My own kid, included! Anyway, Happy Birthday family members! Hope your day was exta special!

Aunt Lynelle

Cousin Mark

Cousin Mariah

Cousin Isaiah

The Princess' Birthday

The great thing about being my kid is that you get your "friend" birthday party AND your "family" birthday party. This year the princess ended up with even more celebrations. There was the cool limo party with her friends. Presents with her immediate family because I was leaving, and then having Grandma, Kathi and Rick over for Boston Cream Pie! The partying really never seemed to stop! But trust me, it's over now! We're into holiday mode!

She picked out this boring white cake because her friend is allergic to chocolate. Can you think of anything worse?

Presents from her peeps!

Yum!
After catching her hair on fire at her "friends" party, she learned!

Cash gifts garnered her this cool aquarium!

Cruise Photos

At the Ship's pool.

St. Maarten

St. Maarten

St. Thomas

St. Thomas

San Juan

San Juan

Ship's deck

Ship's kid pool

Freedom of the Seas!

Our AZ trip in October

Photo at Grandma and Grandpa's

Photo at Blake and Robin's

London Bridge

Driving the boat on the Colorado River

Kicking back on the Colorado River

Oatman

Vegas, Baby!

It's a "Gas"

In July, when my sister and family were here visiting, gas was $4.17/gallon. Today I paid $2.07/gallon! Gotta love that!

Now about our 401K...