Thanksgiving 2009

Well we spent most of yesterday at Ben's Grandpa's house with his mom and Grandpa. His mom's cousin Danny and his friend Larry came over along with Ben's uncle Don. We had a wonderful feast - his Grandpa really out did himself! We had turkey, mashed potatoes, butter noodles, stuffing, corn, green beans, gravy, coleslaw and rolls. It was all so delicious! I don't know how I stopped eating it because it was all so good. Then we went and visited his Aunt Irene's sister's that lived close by. We stayed there for a little while and visited. Then I came home and fell asleep around 9! I was so tired from eating all that food that I just crashed. Ben wasn't far behind me either!

Today we went out to my parents, they had to put a part on Ben's car. We went to lunch at Golden Corral which was not busy at all. Then we took my stepdad and Ben back to my parents house to work on the car while me and my mom went out shopping. We just went to JC Penneys and Best Buy. Both places were pretty crowded but not absolutely horrible which was nice. Now I'm just home and Ben and his mom are both sleeping. Not much else planned for this weekend off besides putting up the Christmas tree Sunday. I'm excited to decorate for the holidays :) We need to get everything out of the basement and put up.

No pictures from Thanksgiving though...well there was one of Ben's grandpa cooking but no other ones, not even of me and Ben :( I was really sad that we didn't get a picture together! We always do :(

Thanksgiving Plans

So for Thanksgiving we are going to Ben's Grandpa's house. Normally we would go to his other side of the family but too much drama lately and I don't think anyone is really having it. His aunt that lives across the street is having his grandparents over so we might go up there for a minute and say hi. I'm very excited for Turkey though...I don't make Turkey at I think. Ever. So having Turkey now is even better! :) It was a quick week though because I only work two days then I'm off for five! Very nice and everyone is jealous. I have little doubt that I will actually accomplish anything. I might try to get our Christmas Tree up but see as I have no idea where we are putting it since we rearranged our living room, I don't know what's going to happen. I might get it up, I might not. I really would like to. I am hoping Ben's mom doesn't bring out any of her Christmas stuff though because I really don't need any more stuff in the house nor do I want it. I know she has a bunch of stuff but I really don't want it out. So we will see!

As for other updates, not much else going on. Just working. I worked a little over the weekend and I might come in on Saturday to try to catch up on a few things. We will see. It would be so much easier if I could work from home on the things I needed to do. I could but of course I don't have a lap top so it's not that easy.

Mel and Brian and I went to the doctor on Monday and they are having a boy. Mel was pretty upset because her heart was so set on a girl but she seemed to get better with it as time went on. Brian was very excited that it was a boy (which we all knew he would be). But I think it doesn't really matter to them as long as the baby is healthy - Mel just wanted to buy dresses and bows :). But congrats to them!

Also, we found out this week that Ben's cousin Carmie Jo is pregnant. They leave in Kenmore so congrats to them also!

Well

I ended up going to see New Moon last night :) Me and Ben meet my sister, Amy, and her husband Matt at the movie theater in Macedonia which is a 30 minute drive for us! I went home and crashed for a bit then woke up and went up there. Total I got maybe 5 hours of sleep, I'm dragging already today. I wish I would have taken half a day! Oh well. It was worth it :) I'm glad I got to go and I think it was better then Twilight.

This weekend I hope will be relaxing...we are going to that seminar tonight at our church from 7-9:30 and then I will probably come home and go straight to bed. I might do some cleaning and laundry this weekend. I have a few books to read so hopefully I will get through those and all my DVR'd shows that I Haven't gotten to! I might have to come in to work for a while but we will see!

Monday is Mel and Brian's appt to find out what they are having, she asked me last night if I wanted to go. Well she kind of said that she already thought I was. Which confused me because she didn't really want me to go last time we talked about it, she wanted it to just be her and Brian. Oh well. So I guess I'm going. One of them will be upset though because she wants a girl and he wants a boy.

New Moon

I am really tempted to go see this tonight at midnight. I'm sure everywhere is sold out by now though or else I probably would try to go see it. We are going to an "Investing in Your Marriage" thing at our church tomorrow night and then we might go see it after that. Or we will go Saturday night. Not sure yet. I'm very excited about it though and can't wait to see it :)

Ben's mom didn't hear anything back on the jobs she applied for yet. She called a few places yesterday that she applied at but still nothing. Keeping my fingers crossed for her! We will see what happens.

Melanie and Brian find out what they are having on Monday. We will see what happens with this. She wants a girl and he wants a boy.

It's been a long time

Well It's been a long time since I've written. Things have just been so crazy!

My parents finally made it home from Mexico. A lot happened. My stepdad brought my grandma home from Mexico (on a Thurs night). We saw her Friday at the hospital. She looked very dehydrated and malnoursished but mentally she was all there. She knew who we were. Early Sunday morning she took a turn for the worse and she passed away Sunday night (Nov. 25). RIP Grandma Joan :( It was just too sad, she never should have been taken advantage of the way she was. Hopefully we will get our revenge...if not one day those people will have to answer for what they did to her.

Ben's mom is in town now for good. She is staying with us until their house in Arizona sells. Who knows when that will be. But she is working on finding a job right now. We thought she may have gotten one yesterday but it turns out they didn't evne have any jobs openings they just wanted her to fill out paperwork. Weird. She is calling a few places today that she put applications in to and she went some more places yesterday and filled applications out. So hopefully soon she will get something. We could use the financial help and I don't know that she will be able to help us all that much until she gets something permanent. She is driving me slightly crazy though, she is doing my laundry which bugs me. I don't want anyone doing my laundry. She can do towels and stuff but not everything else. But she continues to do it. I keep telling Ben to tell her not to do our laundry but he won't of course. And she is burning all my candles! Those things aren't cheap because they are Yankee Candles and she's already gone through 2 of them! I am not happy about that at all. I usually save them for when we have people over but she burns them all night long grrrr....

In other news, still busy at work. Things are crazy here and still working a good amount of overtime!