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| the lovely traditional Thansgiving feast |
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| and of course, it just isn't Thanksgiving without nearly a pie per person! lol. I just love pie too much to pick a single flavor, plus everyone has their favorites. We went with a store bought apple pie (groan. -_- ), but I did get to try making a pecan pie (huge success! and really easy! plus, I LOVE my new glass pie pan, though it's on the big side for fruit pies...), and of course the classic staple and my favorite, pumpkin pie! yum! |
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A few other things of note during the month of November: One of my friends, Kate, who had graduated the past year and moved to Houston got to come up for a night and stay with us. The reason for coming? Harry Potter 7, pt 1 midnight showing!!! We are both huge Harry Potter fans, and when the sixth movie had come out a couple summers ago, we both went to the midnight showing. When it came close to the next movie to come out, she gave me a call and basically said, "you're the only friend I know that loves Harry Potter as much as me and would want to go to a midnight showing of the new movie! wanna go?" well, of course! and we let Danny tag along too. Unfortunately, despite making plans three weeks in advance, the first 8 showings at our local theater were already sold out! So we bought tickets for the 12:51 showing (they ended up having 14 showings within the first three hours).
We got there around 11:15 that night, and they had already started seating! Luckily, we found three good seats together and while it felt like eternity waiting for it to start, we had a bit of live entertainment while we waited. A group of at least twenty or more all came dressed as different characters from the book, and some of the more obscure ones too (like Doby, or the portrait of the Fat Lady, or Mr Lovegood ... don't even remember seeing some of the more main characters, like Hermione, lol... oh, and the group happened to be sitting in the two rows in front of us). Well, they had several skits planned that they put on throughout the night, including one huge one were a death eater came to the front of the theater and proudly announced that all was right in the world now that Lord Voldemort had finally risen to power, then a guy decked out in full Voldemort attire walked in, followed by a bunch more death eaters. Then, the guy dressed as Harry Potter ran to the front and made a dramatic scene of his scar hurting, and then all the people in front of us, aka the entire order of the phoenix, all jumped up and started a pretend wand battle with the death eaters. ... pretty thought out, to say the least, and fun to watch.
On top of all the fun beforehand, the movie was AWESOME! so incredible, definitely one of the better ones. While when I first heard they were splitting the seventh book into two movies, I was kinda annoyed, I'll admit, now I'm really glad. There was just so much in this movie alone, and they even had to squeeze it to the bare bones, but I really agree with what they kept and left out and think they made some great directing decisions. The one downside? having to wait until stinking july to see the rest of it! But it'll be EPIC! Totally having a Harry Potter marathon this summer!
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Another thing for November was our RS enrichment. Thanks to my friend Rachel being in the presidency, she put in a good word to them about my creative card abilities ... um, sure. Anyway, for the November enrichment (or homemaking or additional RS meeting or whatever they call it now), they decided to have it be about Christmas on a budget. So, they planned for a think-tank panel, so to speak, with people representing all the stages of life (a newlywed, a young mother, an older mother, and an empty-nester grandmother) to answer questions and spur discussions in the group on ways we can keep and make traditions for the holidays that don't add stress or bust our budgets. It was actually a really good meeting.
... as for my part. The presidency asked me to do a short display/presentation on making cute Christmas cards on a budget ... hmm. okay. sure. So, over the next couple weeks, I thought a lot about it, drew up some ideas, bought supplies, thought some more ... finally it came to the day of, and while I had dozens of ideas and some direction as to how I wanted to present it, I still hadn't made a single card. ugh. (I'd been sick for a good amount of late October/November (and most of December, I might add, but that's another story), and things just caught up to me, I suppose). So, that morning I knew Danny had school all day, so I had free reign of the office, no interruptions. I basically cut, glued, hole-punched, drew, traced and tied as long as I could. I didn't get all my ideas done, and some of them I threw together with a lot less care or patience than I would've hoped for, but I knew I had to get something to show, and not just a few, as many as I could! As I finished a card, into the box and onto the next one! ...I guess I wasn't really keeping track, but I kept thinking, "I have more ideas, I need more to show!"
... So I finally have to stop because I need to leave, I went and at the end of the table discussion, I gave my presentation. And I just kept thinking to myself, oh I guess I made quite a few cards, huh? Then at the end, they all politely clapped, and said they liked the ideas I shared. Then one lady asked, "when did you make all these?" I simply answered honestly, "uh, today...?" ... to which I was faced with a few second speechless stare which then become a standing ovation! :O I was shocked to say the least. (oh and my friends told me later I turned beat red). I even got offers to come and make their cards, haha. Though I have to say, in my defense (and theirs), I had no school, work, or kids, so of course I have plenty of time, whereas all of them had at least one of those if not all three filling their days. Anyway, now I have a couple dozen assorted blank Christmas cards ... and I didn't even send cards this year! oh well.
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| my christmas cards |
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