It is over! I declare this holiday over and finished!
This year was no different than any other for us. We traveled two and half hours to my in laws' to have the twenty minute feast. I was delegated salad. So I bought a traditional salad mix and I made a broccoli salad, which I dearly love.
The pics above are of the kids and I on Friday evening walking to a nearby river and feeding the ducks. JM and BH holding hands just brings tears to my eyes. BH and his cousin, H, talking about the finer points of tossing bread is pretty cute too.
The pan of butterscotch brownies is my celebratory "thing" for tonight--the Saturday after Thanskgiving. It is over, and we must celebrate that.
The living room photos are from this morning before we headed home. My hubbie and JM were wrestling like crazy in the living room. Then we did a pile up picture on my sister in law with all the kids. That turned out pretty good considering how much set up it took.
I did do some Black Friday shopping yesterday. I replaced our portable DVD player. BH had been given too much freedom with our previous one and thought pounding on it made a nice sound. We won't be repeating that mistake.
We saw "Ratatouille" at the dollar movie theater on Friday afternoon. Okay, you all know my feelings on rats (if you don't check one of my very first posts called "Food Chain"). I was okay in the story and didn't have much "ick" factor until the huge colony of rats swarmed. I almost lost my turkey dinner when that happened. I am sorry, folks, rats are vile, disease carrying, highly evolved, smarter than a fox, rodent that just make me want to sick my dog on. If I were cast in that movie, I would be the grandmother with the shotgun in the beginning. I would shoot the crap out of my house trying to kill a rat. No, I don't want to have one cook for me. Yes, I know it's animated fiction. But since the movie, can you guess how popular rats have become as pets? Can you guess how many are named Remy? Yuck!
We also listened to the University of Oregon get shut out by UCLA on the way home from the in laws. More yuck....
We did listen to "Wallace and Grommit" on the new DVD player in the backseat.
We didn't get any leftovers from the in laws, so we usually buy our own turkey and have some great leftovers. I love stuffing!
Late last night, I watched "Deja Vu" with my mother in law. I liked it! It is an action packed version of "Back to the Future". It's time travel with Denzel. All movies are better when Denzel is in them. I liked it, and I recommend it. Plus, Jim Caviezel is in it too. It was the movie he made right after "The Passion", and he plays a really nasty guy. I think it was his successful attempt to not be typecast as Biblical characters.
Our two year old recently has been fascinated with the movie "Cars" lately. I actually really like the movie. It has a story line that kids can actually follow ("Happy Feet" failed in this department) with a really good story line with a good moral to the story. In particular, BH likes Mater. Secretly, I do too only because Larry the Cable Guy makes me laugh so hard, I really do wish I had a DVR because I miss so much of his dialogue. Anyway, picture this....
driving down the freeway. Six year old quietly playing his Game Boy. Husband driving. I am crocheting. It is quiet. It is enjoyable quiet. Guess how this peaceful bliss is broken?
Ka-Chow!
4 comments:
TOTALLY agree with you on Ratatouille. I absolutely refuse to buy that movie on DVD for the girls. EE doesn't understand why I dislike it so much. Because it's freakishly disgusting, especially the swarming scene in the kitchen near the end! Can you imagine being in the pitch meeting for that movie? "Ok, there is this rat who likes to cook French delicacies..." A what? A rat. And then the film got a green light and several million dollars. Whatever.
Amen! I was thinking the same thing! Who thought this was a good idea? It came out cute. I like it better than "Happy Feet" for sure. But how did someone schmooze an investor for this movie, I have no clue. I have had a handful of rats swarm around my feet (in my backyard, see "Food Chain") and I had a nightmare from that! I just live in reality too much. I need the imagination of a child to appreciate this movie. But folks, sorry, I find a rat in my kitchen, I am calling the HAZMAT team.
I'm looking forward to seeing this when it comes out on Netflix! :o) I'm interested because I've taken a fancy to cooking shows and cooking. I've heard good reviews.
Yeah, but if you overthink it, it is disgusting. Oh well. It will be a long time before I see it I'm sure. I'll let you know then. (We just finally watched Cars for the first time.)
I totally agree with you, Tracy. I have had too much of a close encounter with real rats that I am guilty of overthinking the movie and really taking the fun out of it. I did enjoy the story line, but just couldn't get past the rats. I think you will enjoy it too. If you liked Cars, you'll like this I am sure.
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