Just click your heels 3 times and say...

..."There's no place like home."

Beau and I are going to California next week to see my parental units. I talked to my dad this afternoon and he said that if I wanted to come home, he would buy the airfare. It is his Christmas gift to me. WOW!! I couldn't ask for a better gift. They usually send me money every year. (Hey, I don't mind that!) But this is so much more meaningful. We booked the flight and have the rental car all reserved. We will be leaving next Thursday the 7th and will return Monday the 11th. Short visit, but I can't swing any more days off than that. Well, I probably could but I didn't want to ask. Anyway, we're going home!!! I'm so excited I think my cheeks are going to explode.

The Friday Five

At the suggestion of The Incurable Insomniac, I have decided to make the Top Five things that: Make me be weird.

1. Finding a stem in a can of green beans.

2. Getting a 12 pack of pop, and finding that odd, unopened, yet mysteriously empty can.

3. Spam jelly.

4. Pooping in public restrooms.

5. People with lazy eye. I mean seriously! Which one should I look at?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY

Friday Fives

I've decided, since I am so bad about keeping up on my blog, I am going to start a weekly project. I am going to start the weekly Friday Five. Nothing too deep, just five things I have been thinking about, or maybe a top five, maybe the five reasons why I... Here is the first of my Friday Fives.

Five silly things that happened this week:

1) My husband attempting to explain to me the subtle nuances of the difference between the top crust and the bottom crust of a chicken pot pie.

2) My baby cat managed to get himself closed up in the bathroom all day yesterday (not really silly or funny, as I almost cried when he came out) But, he spent about 10 minutes in the box taking care of 9 hours worth of kitty business. ( good boy!)

3) A single sentence of a conversation I overheard: "I looked in my rear view, and there was a naked guy running across the street."

4) I got a rubber chicken key chain.

5) I inadvertently bought children's toilet paper. I didn't even know there was such a thing. It has pictures on it, designed to illustrate how much is appropriate to use.

I will take suggestions for Friday Fives. If there is anything you want to know and have always been afraid to ask. This is the time. :-)

Mmmmmm... turkey

Thanksgiving will soon be upon us. Next next Thursday as a matter of fact, and I would like to extend a heartfelt and warm welcome to anyone that can make it. I make a mean delicious bird and always have WAY (no really, I mean it WAY) more than Beau and I can consume. Aside from the ALMOST unmatched bird (I say almost, because if you have ever tasted Nettl(no E)'s, well, let's just say my mouth waters even now), there will be fabulous home made mashed spuds, green bean casserole, delicious dressing, pie, pie and more pie, corn, lovely, sort of, homemade bread (I have a bread maker) wonderful butternut squash and, well more as I add them.

I love this holiday, I love to cook and if you can make it, or want to... let me know.

Happy Birfday U!!

Happy Birthday Micah.

Chickenheads in Stillwater USA

There is a new "Chik-fil-A" opening here in Stillwater. Just what this town needs is another fast food place. It's due to open tomorrow morning. Apparently they have this grand opening deal, where the first 100 people to enter the restaurant on the first day of opening get Chik-fil-A for a year (bleh, can you imagine?). There is nothing too remarkable about that really. It's a gimmick. All business have a gimmick. The odd thing about this is that there are people who actually stalk out these grand openings and travel to camp out to be one of the first 100. I read it in the paper a few days ago, but I wasn't sure that I could believe it. Well, as I drove in to work this morning and passed the new eyesore, there they were. Tents of wayward Chik-fil-A fanatics actually camped out on the small strip of lawn in front of the store.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was like a mini dead show. Dozens of chickenheads wandering around lost in their own beautiful dream of greasy chicken sandwiches and over-sweetened glasses of tea for a full year! The thought of eating that slop for a year is enough to make me want to hurl. Well, to each his own, I guess. I suppose some people will do anything for the chance at getting something for free.