Are you totally stuffed from eating all day yesterday? As you are reading this, my mom and I are out shopping and have been over night. Lots of walking everywhere, so holiday calories totally don’t count for me, right? If you are planning to go out today, you can read my tips from last year. Don’t be a noob.
Favorite Christmas Song: Sarah McLachlan’s version of O Little Town of Bethlehem is absolutely beautiful.
Favorite Float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: Obviously there are a ton of fancier ones, but I love seeing Snoopy every year! As long as I see him, I am happy!
Favorite Decor in my House: Our Christmas stuff is up!!! I worked hard on Monday to get it all out. Here are a few areas….
Favorite Pictures of Gracie and Mac:
Favorite Moment: Going to my dad’s Wednesday night to see some family that came in town from Pittsburgh. Both of my parents were only children, so my dad’s cousins are our closest cousins. Charlie and Terri came through Alabama on their way to a dog show and we got to play with their award winning Papillons! He had five that were puppies, the picture below is Victory. I really want one! They always have the most beautiful Papillons I have ever seen! One of the ones with them is 18 years old and I remembered when she was a puppy. It was so good seeing them, as it has probably been about 10 years since I have!
Charlie and Victory. Want to come home with me Victory? His sister Calista was SUPER sweet too. Ahhh puppies!!!
Also, my dad had all his Christmas decor up. He plays Santa every year around Christmas time and visits hospitals and other non-profit children homes to bring gifts and give a little hope. Of course his house looks like the North Pole. I loved all the elves that looked like they were decorating the tree!Tallest tree ever.
One of my favorite movies around this time of year is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. It cracks me up every time, and I always think of this crazy lady and her gobble gobble gobble sound she makes on the phone.
Then Steve Martin’s character tells her what’s up…
A classic you guys! Classic! Then I realized, this movie is full of amazing gifs!!!! My life in Planes, Trains, and Automobile gifs
–Shelling out money for the latest iPhone
–In the parking lot after leaving Walmart
–Standing in line the day after Christmas to return something
–When life gives you a bitch slap
–When you have to shake some sense into your friend
–When someone pulls up in the car next to you and they catch you dancing
–That feeling when you take your bra off after an 18 hour day
–That look you give your friend when your mutual enemy is talking
–How 19 degrees feels after it was in the 70’s for a week
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!! Make sure to get your nap in after all that turkey!
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and everyone likes to take time to reflect on what they are thankful for. I have plenty of things to be thankful for; my husband, family, dogs, our home, my job, friends, health, food, this blog and all the people I have connected with.The thing is, shouldn’t we be reflecting on that every day? Not just the big obvious things either, but all the little things we take for granted…
Pain relievers, toilet paper, extension cords, soap, washing machines, light bulbs, coffee, cars, beer, HVAC systems, chocolate, and the list goes on and on.
So as we enter in to this holiday season, every time you get frustrated because four different people want you to come to their house to celebrate on the same day…be thankful that you have those four people in your lives who care enough to want you there.
When your child is screaming in the store and wants all 987 toys they see in front of them, take a deep breath and be thankful that your child is healthy enough to want those toys. Some parents will spend their holiday in the hospital with a child fighting for their lives, or mourning the one they lost or never got to meet.
And when you are stuck in the holiday mall traffic, be thankful that we have men and women every day who are risking their lives for our country to have freedom and petty things like commercialism.
And of course, Wednesday isn’t really Wednesday without a few confessions.
It is time for another installment of Shit Chris Says!!!!
One of my friends tagged me in a post on Facebook that was really sweet and she left a comment that she tagged me because she said that is how she saw mine and Chris’s relationship.
In the article it said something about the guy making the girl breakfast. As I was reading it, she left a comment saying she tagged us because we have our hobbies and give each other space. My response, followed by Chris’s….
This one makes me a little sad to share, because I still miss Livvy…but she provided us with a lifetime of stories in the little time she lived with us
–Livvy is running around the living room super fast, jumping from the couch to the chair.
Me: She just flies around the house like Harry Potter!
Chris: LIVVY! JUST GO NORMAL SPEED!
Ummm I am pretty sure that cat only knows one speed, and she is set to crazy! It was just hilarious how serious he was when he said “go normal speed!”
–Chris brings a handful of Cheez Its to the couch.
Me: Your nightly Cheez Its?
Chris: Yeah, I am going to eat them otter style
Then paws some in his mouth like an otter
–After watching the Law and Order SVU and Chicago PD crossover episodes Chris says…
“That was one of the best crossovers ever. One time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were on the Power Rangers and that was the best crossover ever.”
Good to know…
And there you have it folks! Another edition of Sh!t Chris Says! He always keeps me laughing, and I love that!!
Oh, sweet home Alabama! Or at least that is what Chris (girl friend Chris,not to be confused with husband Chris) and I said as we crossed in to Alabama last night! In the past 48 hours, I spent 24 of them in a car. Fun times!
Friday – I headed to Pelham at 4:50 am to drop my car off at Chris’s house (friend not husband) and we headed to Big Bad Breakfast for a blogger breakfast. I loved that when I asked Chris if she was cool to go, she got all excited and said of course! We met some really nice people and enjoyed a lovely breakfast! I ordered the Hog Parlor Croissant that had ham, swiss cheese, pesto aoili, and dressed greens. As my side, I chose the home fries which were diced potatoes and onions. It was AMAZING.
After breakfast, we parted ways with the other bloggers and headed out to the open roads! We traveled through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, then finally, Texas! It rained a good part of the way, and at one point it was so bad it looked as if we were driving on a lake! The weather turned out 10 hour trip in to a 12 hour trip. It was ok though, we made it in one piece and Chris and I had lots of girl talk the entire trip. We grabbed out third friend from the hotel, and headed to the bride’s parents house. The bridal party had run late with their rehearsal dinner as well, so we arrived at the out of town guest party right on time!
The party was just desserts, and since we hadn’t had dinner….we stopped by Taco Cabana on the way back to our hotel room!
Saturday morning I was super excited because Lauren and I had plans to finally meet in person!!! You guys, can I just tell you how surreal it is to travel to another state and have a friend there to meet up with? I just love blogging!!!!
Lauren came and picked me up from my hotel so that I wouldn’t get lost, and took me to Fielding’s! I got to experience a Houston Top 100 with her 🙂
We each ordered a pastry to share – The Nutella and Bacon Bombolini and a Vanilla Cream Beignet and then we each ordered bacon and potatoes as well. Each with a different dipping sauce to try!
The breakfast was delicious, I will dream about that Nutella and Bacon Bombolini forever. And the company, the company was superb! After we were finished eating, Lauren and I headed to the shopping area near by for her to run an errand and we snapped a few mandatory blogging pictures with Christmas as our background!
Normal faces
Blogging faces!
She left me with the sweetest present of a local Christmas ale, local coffee and a Christmas mug that said Greetings from Houston and other Texas like sayings. I love it!!!!
Afterwards, I met back up with Chris and Rashmin, and we headed back to the shopping area that Lauren showed me. Rashmin and I tried Jamba Juice and it was delicious! We walked around some shops, and then had Pot Belly for lunch. I ordered a grilled chicken salad that had apples, cranberries and grapes and it was delicious!!!
It was then wedding time!!!! I only have two pictures from the wedding, as Chris took the rest with her camera and I may share a few of those another day.
First dance
Father/daughter embrace as Courtney’s dad presented her with a beautiful present before their dance.
The wedding was lovely and we had fun!
Sunday – We had breakfast at the hotel before hitting the road and saying goodbye to Rashmin.
At a gas station stop, we saw this old hunting dog passed out in the drivers seat after a hard morning’s work. I had to snap a picture!!!! There must have been 8 dogs in this truck total between the back seat and the bed. All yellow labs, all adorable!
And that was my weekend in Houston!
I am off today to clean the house, go grocery shopping…and hopefully get that Christmas tree up!!! Have a great week!
Tallest tree ever.
