I can’t believe that it’s already the middle of November – incredible! Since it’s our first Thanksgiving in our new house, Alex is adamant about having Thanksgiving at our house. My family was already planning on having Thanksgiving at their house, so we were planning on asking his family over for dinner and then have everyone over for dessert afterward. Unfortunately, he waited too long to ask Beck, Kevin and Nora were already had plans to have dinner at Kevin’s parents house. So, it will just be Alex’s parents and us for dinner at our house. It will still be a good time and will probably be less expensive and less work – so that’s good. We’ll have a full house, though, when my family and Beck and her family come over for dessert. That will be fun! I think that my big brother and his family are even coming up from South Carolina – so I really can’t wait for Thanksgiving Weekend!
I haven’t started planning AT ALL yet for Thanksgiving dinner, so I better get a move on. I saw a recipe for Roast Turkey with Truffle Gravy on Cooking Light – I might try that this year… if I can find or order Truffle Oil in time. I freaking love Truffle Oil. Mmmmmm…
If Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, then The Holidays must really be right around the corner. I think we’re planning on Christmas Eve with my family, Christmas Day with Alex’s family, and then going to PA to be with my PA family for a few days. We’ll need to be back before New Year’s Eve, though, since Alex is on call this year – so it looks like it will be a quiet New Year’s for me (which is A-OK with me, actually). The rest of this year is really going to fly by quickly – it will be 2010 before we know it!
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Filed under Holidays | Comment (1)I get these “Playbill Club” emails with discount Broadway ticket offers and this morning I got one for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway! I love the movie White Christmas, and so does my Wham so I forwarded her the email right away saying that we should totally go see it while she’s home. She emailed me back saying that she’s going to bug Dad to get them to come home early. Alex is even on board with going – he suggested that they spend the night in NYC when they fly in and we’ll come meet them the next day to walk around the city and see the show. I’m SO excited! I hope it works out!!! 
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David turned 21 today! Amy made him spaghetti (at his request) and
baked him a cake. Alex and I came over for this early part of the
party. Right about now, they’re piling in a limo with a bunch of his
friends to go (legally!) drinking in Albany. Ah, the Wavid. Almost an
adult. 
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Filed under family | Comment (0)I got some sad news last week – my PopPop died. 
He had emphysema and underwent a surgical procedure to try and improve his condition. Apparently the surgery was a success but he ended up in ICU for about 2 weeks and died last Tuesday. I hadn’t seen PopPop in a while, so I had no idea how bad off he was… and I felt terrible that it’d be so long since I last saw him and now he’s gone.
Alex and I went to the funeral in Pottsville this past weekend. We drove down on Thursday and stayed at the Quality Inn in downtown. Alex kept calling it the “non-quality inn”, but it wasn’t that bad. A little outdated and a little rough around the edges, but certainly not the worst I’ve ever seen. And they had free wireless, so that was a bonus – it was nice to be able to google directions etc.
The funeral was Friday morning at St Joe’s. Father Connelly did a very fire and brimstone homily. Very much “be Catholic or be prepared to suffer the consequences.” After the service we went to the cemetery and there was a short service there as well. We went to Christy Joy’s catering for a reception afterwards. We had something called City Chicken there which apparently is not made of chicken… Alex was quite disturbed. I think it’s pork and veal that’s on a stick and breaded. It wasn’t too bad – but it’s weird that you’d have “mock chicken”. I guess it’s a Pottsville thing.
We hung out with my family Friday and came home on Saturday. It was really great to see everyone again – my Nana, my Aunts and Uncles, my cousins, and my Mom and RJ – but it was a shame that it had to be for such a shitty reason.
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So the fireworks did not get rained out! The weather was pretty nice for the 4th (well, nicer than it’s been lately) and we had a great time. I hung out with my family for the day while Alex, unfortunately, worked. Went to the parade in Clifton Park in the morning, the neighbor’s house for a little party in the afternoon and then walked over to see fireworks at night. Good times. The fireworks were really great – but there were a few scary moments. One of the large, roundish fireworks exploded on the ground and many of them didn’t appear to fire high enough. We didn’t see any ambulances, though, so I think that no one got hurt.
I’m very much not into being back at work after the four day weekend, though. I’ve got so much to get done, but my motivation level is zero. Suck. Anyway, better get back to it…
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