In between the short rain splatters, we got our tree. 
I always knew that surf rack would be good for something.
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Archive for November, 2009
Thanksgiving is over. Time for Christmas, then. Finally.
We have candles in the windows, but decided to put small wreaths in the windows and we’ll put a large, real wreath on the front door. So, we picked up some wreaths and bows from Michael’s, which I put together. Simple and so much less expensive to just attach the bow itself. Tomorrow, perhaps the tree?
I suppose Thanksgiving is nearly over and I haven’t updated in quite some time, so, might as well.
Last weekend, we had pre-Thanksgiving festivities with my family. Unfortunately, we forgot our cameras (rawr!), so I don’t have any pictures to speak of. Just a couple of shots taken on Christopher’s phone and a few videos, but nothing worth publishing. It was great to be home visiting with the family and we brought our new kitten with us–for some crazy reason. She cried for the first two hours in the car and then nestled on Mr. Rufus’s cage (our rabbit). It all is rather silly traveling with a dog, rabbit, and cat just for a couple of days. I felt like one of those circus wagons riding along the road and our’s happened to be part of the zoo. I’m glad that we brought all of them, though, because my niece and nephew really love the rabbit and the dog and got to meet the kitty whom they also fell in love with.
Now on actual Thanksgiving, Chris and I were hosting for the first time and his family came to Lynchburg today. We woke up to Neko and Abed-nego having a vicious dog-cat battle on our bed. Chris managed to take a video with his phone (is this the hey-Chris-has-a-phone entry or what?) and I posted it here for all the world to see if it so chooses. I think you have to have Quicktime. As you can see in the video, these fights are always started by the cat, she always goes for Abed-nego’s neck, and he always lets her win. How sweet….
We got up and I did last minute cleaning while Chris prepped the turkey. We brushed butter and herbs on the outside and stuffed the turkey with celery, onions, and herbs. The turkey stood prepped and popped in the oven around 10:30 am and we waited for family to arrive.
His family came in around 11:30 am, hellos and talks and how-cute-is-that-kitty and yes-Bendy-we-still-love-you and then we smelled it…. A hint of burning. The turkey–which we expected to be done around 2:30 pm–was completely done at 1:00 pm! So, we quickly made the rest of the sides (corn, broccoli with cheese, cranberry sauce, hand-made mashed potatoes, stuffing, and rolls). No, I’m not a casserole person. Sorry. Had there been requests, I certainly would have complied, but there were none. Anyway, we threw it all together while Chris and his dad carved the turkey.
p.s. How cute is my sister-in-law, Elizabeth?
Everyone seemed quite happy with the food, so I think it was quite the successful first Thanksgiving. Then, as we were doing dishes, someone (I don’t remember who) pointed out that we completely forgot to put the rolls on the table. Ahh! They’re the best part! After dinner and clean up and dessert with coffee, we rode around to look at the silly people camped out in front of stores and wandered through Wal Mart to look for silly people. Picked up Funny People from a Redbox, but turned it off about 20 minutes it. Too over the top. Sorry. Instead, we watched bits of Home Alone and Love Actually. And now it is time for bed.
Tomorrow: catching a movie and crazy shopping.
kt: The Guess Who also has a song like that.
Chris: Who?
kt: The Guess Who…
Chris: Ah, you got me.
kt: But I wasn’t trying to!
Chris: Oh
Blackwater Creek bike ride with Stephanie and Bernard!
Ahh, I love that my house is so close to the park. So awesome.
Chris and I hung some curtains in the living room. It has been a mostly brown room, so I thought some curtains would help bring in more color. I’m not much of a curtain person and don’t really plan to hang more in any other rooms. I like simple, open, bright windows.
With the curtains, new lamps from Ikea, and pictures, I think the living room has come a long way from when I first posted pictures of our house renovations.
We also got these antique-style, crystal door knobs to pull them back.
Mr. Rufus in the garden.
We planted the collards just for her, but she wasn’t interested.
Kitty loves to play. And killl.
Wouldn’t it feel nice to always be clasping a piece of artwork when opening or closing a door?
I am on the lookout for old doorknobs. I am happy to say that all of the doorknobs in our house are old, worn, and I believe original to our 1938 home. However, the backdoor does not have a door knob at all–just a big hole where one once was and metal plate around it. So, I’m trying to figure out how in the world we can find one to fit.
This past weekend, my dad and Chris were able to put a back light up along with a few other things. It is quite cute.
Chris drilling the hole into our brick…
And… Tada!
We have some significant home improvement plans coming up. We’re going to tackle the upstairs bathroom and it is going to go down hard and be a big pain and somehow we will tile the shower and then it will be awesome.
By the way, isn’t this kitchen from Design*Sponge amazing?
It kind of reminds me of my own, which makes me pretty happy. I guess that is why I like it.