A Week Off the Grid

So, I'll bet you guys think I've been carried off by the Turkey of Thanksgivings Past, huh? Well, here's what really happened...

I got up early Tuesday to get Riley off with his grandparents to Austin. Then, settled in with a cup of coffee to do my post - my normal routine. However, Blogger was apparently having issues and I could never get on. So, after about an hour, I just gave up.

Then, I cooked most of the day on Wednesday with my mom, we had an awesome time, and the rest of the week is kind of a blur. But, hey, it's the holidays, right? So, please forgive me for appearing to drop off the face of the earth...

How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was amazingly good! We, along with my parents, spent Thanksgiving Day with my in-laws and 3 of Robert's sisters and families. We had so much food, you would have thought we were a 5 star buffet. But, hey, who's complaining? Not me!!

Then, we spent the rest of the day visiting, playing games and planning our Black Friday shopping strategy. Yes, I'm one of THOSE people. My bonus daughter and daughter-in-law talked me into going Black Friday shopping 2 years ago and I was hooked. So, this year I talked my mom, MeMe, into going with us. She may never be the same, poor girl.

We went to Target at 9:00 and got there about 5 minutes before they opened the doors. Mom decided she'd push the cart, her with her eyes as big as saucers. We shopped for around an hour, then headed to the check-out line, which, of course, was wrapped all the way around beauty, pharmacy and grocery. MeMe decided to call Robert and ask him to come get her. And, thus concludes her Black Friday shopping debut.

My sisters-in-law and nieces and I continued on to Kohls and Macys after hitting Target and finally made it back to my in-laws' house around 3. I really did get some good deals, though, and have made a definite dent in my Christmas shopping. Definite dent, definite dent...

Then, Riley got home on Saturday, oh joy, oh happy day! I miss that guy when he's gone. He had a good time, too, and got to see some of the sisters-in-law before they left on Sunday. He DID NOT eat Thanksgiving Dinner at HOOTERS like I thought he said he was going to do, either. He had actually said HOOVERS, but I thought he'd said HOOTERS and had a small fit before I was coherent enough to realize he was shaking me, saying, "HOOVERS, MOM, HOOVERS!" Oh, well, that's altogether different. Anyway, I guess his dad wanted to avoid the whole issue and they went to The Austin Club instead. Good call...

Also, Robert and I went to see Lincoln last Wednesday night. It was a fantastic movie! It reminds me that Lincoln might be my favorite president. If you haven't seen it, GO. That's an order. OK, not an order, but a strong suggestion.

Anyway, we are back on somewhat of a regular schedule, with Robert back at work and Riley back at school for 3 more weeks.

My take: The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are NEVER normal, however, so I better get with it. The whole holiday depends on it, know what I mean? Well, that might be a slight exaggeration, but sometimes I feel like it does!