Turkey, Netflix, and Lights

Woah there, turkey!  Thanksgiving came and went just like that, and then BOOM – Christmas is suddenly upon us.  I get so caught up in all the craziness that I forget to stop and document what’s really going on.  So here’s a recap of this Thanksgiving and the weekend – highlights, lowlights, and everything in between.

Let’s start with the in-between, shall we?  Here’s what happened:  I got a Netflix account + I got Google Chromecast + I started watching Breaking Bad.  So between Thanksgiving events, late at night after the kids were sleeping, before going out in the morning, while washing dishes – I was watching Breaking Bad and all its dark drama glory.  I just can’t stop!  I’m on season 2, episode 3 so far.  So I apologize in advance if my blog is not updated or if I don’t respond to your emails, tweets, or FB posts.

Jeff had to work on Thanksgiving, so A&Z and me did the Thanksgiving party hop without him.  The first stop was at my dear Tita (aunt) Myrna’s house, where I got a chance to spend time with my cousins.  So much can happen in a year’s time, so I was thankful that I got to catch up and hug them tight.  Not to mention seeing A&Z’s guapo cousin Chase from Delaware – what a cutie pie!

Then we went off to the “no kids” Thanksgiving dinner at my Tita Jelyn’s house that actually turned out to be a nice time.  She hired a babysitter to hang out with A&Z while the grown-ups ate a 4 course meal that included two entrees!

We also stopped by Jeff’s family’s Thanksgiving for a few minutes to pop in and say hello, which was literally next door to our house.  I was so pooped that I didn’t get a chance to snap pics.

Friday thru Sunday was a blur between working, not really shopping, a few trips to Starbucks, and putting up Christmas lights!  The weather was beautiful and the kids got one last chance to play outside in the leaves that somehow never raked themselves or threw themselves in the garbage in time for the last yard waste pickup.

Jeffrey put up the Christmas lights we had from last year that were the LCD cool white lights. I remember not liking them that much, but when the were finally up I remembered that I actually HATED them.  Those dim blue lights don’t look like Christmas at all; they look like something that would be used to light up a meth lab.  Whoopsie!  Was that a reference to Breaking Bad?  I’m telling you, I can’t stop watching or thinking about that show!

Ahem!  Anyway, Jeffrey took down the meth blue lights and put up traditional lights that were from my parents’ house years ago.  We bought more lights to frame our windows and we even bought a new outdoor lighted Christmas tree!  I feel all warm and Christmas-y just looking out the windows at night.