So, being broke and not having a lot of gifts to worry about, I did snag a few ads from my grandma's house on Thanksgiving.  Fortunately for me, they weren't crazy Black Friday things.  One was even specifically a Saturday thing.  So on Friday, Matt and I hung out at home, and probably watched a lot of Star Trek on Netflix (yeah, we're nerds like that :)).  Although, I did log in from home and work for a couple of hours.  I'm glad I have the option to work from home for days like that.

Finally, Saturday afternoon (we were so lazy :)), we headed out to go shopping.  We took care of a few gifts, and even went to Petco for our kids' gifts.  Yay for sales!  Roberts was also having a sale on yarn, so I got some standard colors (not as many as I'd like considering they were pretty well cleaned out), and a cute purple that I have an idea for... if I can remember yet again how to crochet....and then learn something besides single and double stitching.... like following a pattern! ha!  I have about a month for my plan though, so it's all good.

Sunday, we headed north to Pleasant Grove where Matt's cousin was reporting on his mission.  It was kind of fun because they had two returned missionaries speaking.  Austin did an amazing job, and totally made me cry lol.  Matt's family ducked out at the end to head up to Plain City to hear Jackie report on her mission.  We, however, decided to go to Sharon's for bread and muffins.  Mmm - so good!  Again, we had an enjoyable time visiting with family and playing with Nicole's babies - Ruby (chinchilla) and Lily (pug).

Mostly, for the extended weekend off of work, I enjoyed spending time with Matt.  It was very nice to have a few days of nothing to do but hang out with each other and our animals.

For Thanksgiving this year, we went to my Grandma Wilson's house. We had fun adventures of searching for silverware, and Koreen spilling the drink on the floor and Elisabeth's feet - tee hee. When we did eventually get to eat, we enjoyed tasty food and catching up with family.

I promise I haven't fallen off the Thankfulness Bandwagon - it's just I was busy enjoying my time and less concerned with blogging about it.  Hopefully in the next few days I'll get a real post up and fill you in :)

Until then, I hope you all had a marvelous Thanksgiving and are enjoying the Christmas spirit - I know I am!

Today, I'm thankful for fingernails.  Actually, my thumbnails to be more precise.  They are such awesome little built-in tools!  I decided to have an orange today.  Usually I make Matt peel for me, but I decided to be a big girl and do it myself.  My thumbnail made an awesome little knife to dig into the skin.  They were also useful for prying the skin off of the tasty fruit inside.  Once all of the peel was off, my nails also did a wonderful job scoring the sections of orange so I could actually open it up and divide it into segments.  Yay for tasty oranges - and for my built-in tools :)

Yeah, I know I didn't post yesterday.  That's okay because I'm posting now! :)

Yesterday, because of the workload with the holiday, I ended up working 2 to 10 instead of my usual 1 to 9.  I used (most of) my time wisely.  I was so productive yesterday morning!  After taking care of the animals, I unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher - it was a necessity since Matt actually cooked dinner last night :)

Then, I worked on sorting and putting away the kids books that are still strewn about the office floor.  Thanks to my husband, a dog, and a cat, the piles they were in were much less pile-y, so I had to go through everything again.  I'm still not done, but you can navigate around the pils again.

I may not always (like rarely) use my time wisely, but I did enjoy the extra hour to really make some headway on the book situation.

Also, because I went to work later, I got to hang out with Matt, who only worked for a few hours because of the holiday.  It was nice.  We walked Mocha together before I left for work :)

I'm so thankful to have our pets.  When I'm home alone, it's not so scary because I'm not really alone. :)  Besides, now with four of them, they force me out of bed in the morning ;)

Cinco and I don't always get along, which makes me sad because I'm a cat person. (Maybe it has something to do with living 6 months in a garage in the winter? hmm...) But he has gotten better about not attacking me always, and even letting me pet him more often now :)  Granted, this is thanks to our getting Mocha.  The cat now has someone else to pick on...

I am also finding myself spending lots more time with Mocha.  Granted, part of that is she demands it, but I also enjoy how excited she is to see us and how she always wants to play.  She feels the need to be involved in everything we do - which is quite different than the cat or the birds.  For not being a dog person, I sure love our little pup.  Yesterday, I was parked in front of our window, and as I pulled out to go to work, there was a little puppy face watching me leave.  She has done this with Matt leaving too.  It's so cute.

Let us not forget our little birdies though, either.  Bethesda is such a silly girl.  In the mornings, before she has been fed, she hops around in that corner to let us know she's ready for new food.  She also sits in her food dish to eat most of the time.  (It's easier to dig through to find the seeds she wants that way.)  It's fun because the food dish is clear, so we can see her inside her dish.  She also gets poofed up (which is normal if a bird is chilly or sleepy), but when she does it, she's this little ball of feathers. lol

Turkleton is a loud mouth.  He loves to hang out with Bethesda all day.  However, he also is getting better at being social with us somewhat too.  He loves it when we take him in the shower.  Granted, that could be because lately he has been molting.  I think the warm water helps break down the casings on the pin feathers, which probably feels a lot better than having them poke him :)  He'll also give kisses, and he will sit and chatter to himself.  He likes to talk to his reflection in the mirror and try to preen it.  He also will bob his head when he's looking in the mirror.  Silly bird :) Today, Matt had eaten an orange, and he had Turk on his hand.  Turk went to town attacking his thumb.  It was funny.  He won't actually try an orange, though.  The pieces are too big and intimidating for him.


I love our furry and feathery babies, and I'm so glad they are a part of our family.  Well, most of the time.  Not so much when the cat throws up on my lambskin rug. (Yeah, that happened :\)  I'm so glad we live in our very own house where we can have them, too.  They keep us company and share their love for us.  It's nice to be needed lol.

One of my cousins on my Dad's side, Ashlee, is getting married in January.  Ashlee is younger than I am, but it's still exciting to have another wedding coming up :)  I haven't met her fiance, but he sounds like a wonderful addition to the family :)  I had to stop at Bed, Bath, & Beyond to get Ashlee's gift.