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lydamorehouse) wrote2010-11-29 10:53 am
lydamorehouse) wrote2010-11-29 10:53 am
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Cold Turkey
Unbelievably, we have almost no leftover turkey in the house today. This is made especially amazing by the fact that I roasted a ginormous 24 pounder. To be fair, there is some ground turkey in the freezer awaiting soup, but there's almost no stuffing left, no potatoes, no gravy, no yams, and just a tiny bit of cranberry sauce. How am I supposed to have lunch? I suppose I could have the stuffing and cranberry sauce, but that's just kind of sad, don't you think? Although my stomach just growled at the idea....
We had our usual Thanksgiving guests, the Jacksons, for fud and jigsaw puzzling. My friends, who love me, got us this awesome puzzle, which was entitled "Michael the Archangel Slays the Dragon While Almost No One Pays Attention." Tell me that wasn't tailor made for me?! Plus, it was actually challenging. It took us almost the whole time the Jackson were here to put it together. Luckily, Shawn "the Closer" Rounds helped at the very end when most of the rest of us (except stalwart Michele, of course,) were completely burned out.
Plus, we got to have the occassional discussion that started with Jack saying, "Why does Michael fight the Dragon anyway?" Though I probably never properly explained it, since I had a hard time talking and puzzling.
Also, since the Jackson kids are now old enough to be excellent babysitters, Shawn and I got to have an adult night out with the Jacksons which involved dinner and a movie. We went to see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Part 1). I am now glad that we decided NOT to take Mason to this in the theatre. More under the cut... I found this movie unrelentingly grim. I know it follows the book pretty accurately, but if it had been my movie to direct, I would have considered ending at a more upbeat moment, say, the break-in of Gringotts, and condense a bit of the wandering in the woods. Also, Ron had the radio on all the time, but there was no Fred and George revolution radio! Much sads! Also, when they're nabbed by the snatchers, no Dean to tell us about what's been happening at Hogwarts! Doubly-doubly sads!. However, I enjoyed seeing the book come to life as usual. Though I think Mason will like having Part 2 to watch immediately after, since, at least, we know it ends pretty well.
It was still cool to go to the theatre. The last time Shawn and I were out to a movie, it was for Star Trek (the new one.)
The only other news I have is that while I was cut off from the interwebs, Tate's Ana #2 arrived all copyedited, which means I have to review that and get it back to the office by Dec. 6th. No more lying around playing video games for me, boy howdy.
We had our usual Thanksgiving guests, the Jacksons, for fud and jigsaw puzzling. My friends, who love me, got us this awesome puzzle, which was entitled "Michael the Archangel Slays the Dragon While Almost No One Pays Attention." Tell me that wasn't tailor made for me?! Plus, it was actually challenging. It took us almost the whole time the Jackson were here to put it together. Luckily, Shawn "the Closer" Rounds helped at the very end when most of the rest of us (except stalwart Michele, of course,) were completely burned out.
Plus, we got to have the occassional discussion that started with Jack saying, "Why does Michael fight the Dragon anyway?" Though I probably never properly explained it, since I had a hard time talking and puzzling.
Also, since the Jackson kids are now old enough to be excellent babysitters, Shawn and I got to have an adult night out with the Jacksons which involved dinner and a movie. We went to see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Part 1). I am now glad that we decided NOT to take Mason to this in the theatre. More under the cut... I found this movie unrelentingly grim. I know it follows the book pretty accurately, but if it had been my movie to direct, I would have considered ending at a more upbeat moment, say, the break-in of Gringotts, and condense a bit of the wandering in the woods. Also, Ron had the radio on all the time, but there was no Fred and George revolution radio! Much sads! Also, when they're nabbed by the snatchers, no Dean to tell us about what's been happening at Hogwarts! Doubly-doubly sads!. However, I enjoyed seeing the book come to life as usual. Though I think Mason will like having Part 2 to watch immediately after, since, at least, we know it ends pretty well.
It was still cool to go to the theatre. The last time Shawn and I were out to a movie, it was for Star Trek (the new one.)
The only other news I have is that while I was cut off from the interwebs, Tate's Ana #2 arrived all copyedited, which means I have to review that and get it back to the office by Dec. 6th. No more lying around playing video games for me, boy howdy.