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The Weekend After…

Ahhhh… the aftermath of Thanksgiving.

I woke up Friday morning with every intention of cleaning house, having the carpets cleaned. The plan was to begin preparing for Christmas. Instead I woke up with a massive migraine that left me incapacitated for most of the day. I returned from the land of pain and darkness just in time to enjoy the winter rain storm that had blown in and make a pot of French Onion soup.

This morning my darling husband is still in bed (now 10:30am and counting) although, in his defense, he’s tired. He rented a Rug Doctor and cleaned all of the carpets yesterday… so the carpets are clean but the house still requires some minor clean up before Ethan and I climb up to the storage loft in the laundry room and start dragging down boxes of Christmas decorations.

Katie put in a labor intensive two days at my mom helping her create an enormous Thanksgiving feast (which was absolutely awesome!!!) and is still at Nana’s house. Last report I received she slept in until 11:00 yesterday morning (unheard of for Kate) and was treated to a movie with Nana (Yours, Mine and Ours - which they said was really cute).

Oh to be young and in the safety and resort-style comfort of Nana’s house again… *sigh*

I’m trying to find something amusing in all of this and I have to admit I’m having a difficult time… instead I feel like I am behind in what I wanted to achieve this weekend and if I don’t hurry up and accomplish something there will be almost no point in picking out a Christmas tree tomorrow.

It could be worse… I could have spent yesterday shopping at the mall.

AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!

Just the thought of it gave me chills and cold sweats.

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November 26th, 2005
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8 Responses to “The Weekend After…”

Zube Girl says:

November 26th, 2005 at 1:16 pm

Ugh, I make it a point to not shop the day after Thanksgiving!

Glad everyone had a great time, and you’ll get done what you need to. No worries. :)

Aurelia says:

November 27th, 2005 at 9:23 am

I love your blog - it is so refreshing and down to earth!! Thanks for sharing your life with us!!

Amy says:

November 27th, 2005 at 10:15 am

Zube Girl Me too!!! Plus there is this nasty “sheeple” effect to Black Friday shopping and I refuse to be a conformist!!! ;o)

I did manage to get the lights up on the front of the house and to hang the garland! Yippee!

aurelia Thank you very much!! And, thanks for stopping by - you are welcome anytime! :o)

tj says:

November 27th, 2005 at 11:46 am

Shopping at the mall??? NOOO WAAYYY! Simply NOT doing that, you were very productive :-)

Amy says:

November 27th, 2005 at 12:32 pm

TJ Thank you! I think so too.
;o) I have to admit, the pics of your house are what inspired me to get out there and get my lights hung up even though it took until after dark to finish up!

txsm says:

November 27th, 2005 at 8:32 pm

I never did the “Black Friday” shopping thing until ‘98. Remember that stupid “Furby” the one all kids HAD to have, well, Wal-Mart had them for like $10, so Mom and I forged out at 6am that morning, but I didn’t get one…I was pist….and why I felt I had to put myself through that again..year after year…but now it’s kind of a ‘tradition’ with my Mom now, we go every year. This year wasn’t too bad…we didn’t get up early this time. I am pist though….Gomer failed to get our Christmas stuff down…so now I have to wait until he gets back again……yeah…he knows I’m not happy!

mergrl says:

November 28th, 2005 at 9:50 am

Hope you are feeling better and you have plenty of time to get things done (hugs)

I didn’t shop Friday, but I did power shop on Saturday, out of town to boot so got a mini vacation and all of my shopping done :0) the only way to go LOL

Dana says:

November 28th, 2005 at 9:57 am

We just got back from Alabama last night and I haven’t even unpacked. And here I was hoping to put up the Christmas tree. Yeah, right. LOL I can sympathise with ya’.