Our 4 Day Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving weekend really starts on Wednesday as soon as you are done with work! You just cannot beat a 4-day weekend. I decided to really take the entire 4 days off and not do any work. I have to say not sneaking in 30 minutes here and there to get a few things done has been refreshing. I think it also helped that I didn't receive emails from people over the 4 days either!
Wednesday
Wednesday after work had a full schedule for me. I darted off to the bank to deposit a few checks for Dan and to grab some cash for myself for Black Friday shopping. I drove home quick because I was also taking Junior to get his pictures taken at the mall. I rushed into the house and grabbed my little man and changed his clothes, grabbed him a snack that would not be smeared all over his face and some water for the ride. We pulled into Sears at 6pm on the dot, our appointment time. Junior was a ham taking his photos this year and our photographer was great with him. He sat and posed where she wanted to him and then would look up and say "cheese!" After pictures we headed to Pretzelmaker for a pretzel dog to share and wait for our pictures. Once we picked out the prints we wanted it was off to the grocery store to grab our last minute items for our Thanksgiving Day Feast. Dan had given me a short list of what he still needed from the store. I was in charge of appetizers and pumpkin pie which I had not started and had bought nothing. Junior and I raced through the grocery store and then the checkout. We were on our way heading back home and sitting at the turn single I realized I had forgotten the one thing Dan had asked for and I forgot Cool Whip for our pie - darn it. There is nowhere to turn around and get back to the store I was at so we headed off in a different direction to Walmart. I am already racing against the clock at this point thinking, Junior needs to get to bed here eventually and I still need to bake a pie and I was thinking a glass of wine would be nice before bed too. As we are pulling into Walmart all of the sudden there is a fire truck and an ambulance pulling in behind me. What is going! on and Really!, are going through my head. I had to stop at this store?! Something had happened I guess, but we were on a mission at this point and didn't see what the commotion was all about. We ran through Walmart and found what Dan had needed and headed over to get the Cool Whip section. I am in the pie and dessert fridge isle and I'm standing there and cannot see anything. I all of the sudden realize that there is a HUGE empty location and I get up close and read the tags. Yep, it was the Cool Whip section - Gone! I couldn't even help it I just blurted out loud - You've got to be shittin me, they're out of cool whip?! There was some guy standing next to me and he just looked at me strangely and I shrugged my shoulders and kept on moving. I did end up finding some store brand cool whip on an end section and there were only about 10 of them left. We paid and darted out of the store and to the car to get home. We finally were home by about 8:45pm and I still needed to get Junior to bed and bake my pie. Dan already had Katelynn in bed when we got home and Junior wanted to play with Dan for a little bit. I let them play and cleaned up a little and started my pie and then took him to bed. Once I had my pie in the oven I opened a bottle of Shiraz and enjoyed a glass of wine and chatted over text and Facebook with one of my girlfriends and my brother. I finally went to bed around 11:30pm that night. Dan of course already had the Turkey stuffed and everything that he needed all completed or laid out for the next morning.
Thanksgiving Day!
Dan woke up around 5am and put the Turkey in the oven and came back to bed. The kids were up and running around about 7am and I stayed in bed for a little while! I finally crawled out and had a cup of coffee and went straight for the newspaper and the Black Friday ads. I did clean the house up a bit since I hadn't done much the night before. We watched the Macy's Day Parade and kind of just bummed around for the morning. Around 11:00 I started getting out the appetizers and snacks to start munching on and we cracked open the first bottle of wine. My cousin Rory was joining us for Thanksgiving dinner which we were having around 1pm. We had a great feast as usual with Dan making most everything. After we ate Dan went and laid down and took a nap and the rest of us went and played Wii. I think that we Wii for about 5 hours straight from Wii sports to Wii fit to Wii Dance Moves. I was completely wore out and I think the kids were too. We ate again and hung out some more and then Dan and I put the kids to bed. I had been out shopping earlier in the week and had come across The Elf on The Shelf at Target. I had read a few things and heard about The Elf on the Shelf the last couple of years and thought that it would be fun for the kids to do this year. I took out the book and Dan and I and the kids all piled into Katelynn's bed and read the book. We told them that the Elf would probably show up at our house that night and they could look for him in the morning. After the kids were in bed Rory and I decided to finish off the wine. I had full intentions of going to bed right after the kids did since I wanted to get up and go shopping for Black Friday deals around 3:30am. I wasn't up for the Midnight change and since I wasn't going after any electronic deals I figured there would still be items left in the store for what I wanted. Rory and I ended up having a few beers after the wine and did some really deep talking and I didn't go to bed until 12:30. I knew I was in trouble because 3:30am comes really quick then and I was tired from staying up late the night before.
Black Friday Shopping!
3:30am definitely came quick after staying up way to late! But I was ready for it. I rolled out of bed and got ready and was out the door with my coffee, purse, and Black Friday ads. One of my girlfriends was supposed to join me and I had sent her a few texts when I woke up and tried to call her, but she was snoozing away and missed out. I was off and running, well, running at a snails pace! My first destination was Walmart. I pulled in a not so busy parking lot and a not so busy store. I was kind of shocked. I walked around the store and grabbed the items that I was wanting and the only items that I didn't get were the cheap Wii games and it could have been because I missed them. I walked straight up to the checkout line and out the door in no time at all. Next stop was Kohl's. I walked in and same thing at this store. There were a few people shopping around still and I was able to grab my items and even took the time to look around at a few others and right through the check out line. Off to Old Navy and Target next. Same deal at both of these stores! Got my stuff, no line to wait in at the check out and out the door. My next destination was McDonald's. I was starving and needed some more coffee and there was no way I was going to attempt to get in-line at a Starbucks, way too busy! I grabbed a quick bite in the parking lot and then went to the Outlet malls and hit a few stores and got a few more gifts. It was nearing 7:00am and I was heading over to the mall for my final stops. There were a few stores there that had opened at Midnight, some opened at 6am and the rest were opening at 8:00am. My girlfriend finally sent me a text at 7:30am that just said "I suck!" and I replied - Yes, you do and missed out on all the good shopping, I am almost done. I hit the last few stores I needed to hit and was home by 9am. Success!
Friday
Every year Dan and the kids get out the Christmas Tree while I am out doing my shopping. This year was no different. I got home and the kids still in their pj's and the tree was up. They are not aloud to decorate or take anything else out without me, but they enjoy getting the tree out at least. Katelynn could not wait to decorate this year. I really just wanted to go back to bed! I didn't though. I started to take down any Thanksgiving decorations we had up and started to clean up so we could make room for Christmas. We decorated throughout the day. I did get a short nap in thank goodness. Friday night I was exhausted and was in bed by 9pm. We didn't forget to move Elf on the Shelf aka Chippy.
Saturday
Saturday we continued to decorate. Dan went to a gun auction and the kids and I hung out decorated, cleaned, played Wii and watched a movie. Dan was still gone in the later afternoon so we decided to head out to Kohl's to look at Christmas decorations. The kids are wild in the stores. Junior goes one way and Katelynn is daydreaming in her own section and I am trying to wrangle both of them up. I found a couple of decorations to buy and the kids each picked out a decoration to hang on the tree. Typical girl / boy picks - Katelynn picked a flower and Junior picked an airplane. The kids were really over eating turkey and left overs so we went to Red Robin and ate there instead. Surprisingly when I take the kids out to eat by myself they are angels. We had a good time and Dan was home when we got home. We watched another movie and had some popcorn and it was off to bed. We still didn't forget about Chippy and the kids were starting to warm up to him.
Sunday
Sunday morning we bummed around again and then Katelynn and I went to church. We got home just at the start of the Vikings game. It's getting less and less exciting to watch them, but I paid for the NFL ticket so I feel that in order to get my money's worth I do what I must and watch them lose week after week. We did a lot of laundry and finished up the decorating.
Thanksgiving weekend really starts on Wednesday as soon as you are done with work! You just cannot beat a 4-day weekend. I decided to really take the entire 4 days off and not do any work. I have to say not sneaking in 30 minutes here and there to get a few things done has been refreshing. I think it also helped that I didn't receive emails from people over the 4 days either!
Wednesday
Wednesday after work had a full schedule for me. I darted off to the bank to deposit a few checks for Dan and to grab some cash for myself for Black Friday shopping. I drove home quick because I was also taking Junior to get his pictures taken at the mall. I rushed into the house and grabbed my little man and changed his clothes, grabbed him a snack that would not be smeared all over his face and some water for the ride. We pulled into Sears at 6pm on the dot, our appointment time. Junior was a ham taking his photos this year and our photographer was great with him. He sat and posed where she wanted to him and then would look up and say "cheese!" After pictures we headed to Pretzelmaker for a pretzel dog to share and wait for our pictures. Once we picked out the prints we wanted it was off to the grocery store to grab our last minute items for our Thanksgiving Day Feast. Dan had given me a short list of what he still needed from the store. I was in charge of appetizers and pumpkin pie which I had not started and had bought nothing. Junior and I raced through the grocery store and then the checkout. We were on our way heading back home and sitting at the turn single I realized I had forgotten the one thing Dan had asked for and I forgot Cool Whip for our pie - darn it. There is nowhere to turn around and get back to the store I was at so we headed off in a different direction to Walmart. I am already racing against the clock at this point thinking, Junior needs to get to bed here eventually and I still need to bake a pie and I was thinking a glass of wine would be nice before bed too. As we are pulling into Walmart all of the sudden there is a fire truck and an ambulance pulling in behind me. What is going! on and Really!, are going through my head. I had to stop at this store?! Something had happened I guess, but we were on a mission at this point and didn't see what the commotion was all about. We ran through Walmart and found what Dan had needed and headed over to get the Cool Whip section. I am in the pie and dessert fridge isle and I'm standing there and cannot see anything. I all of the sudden realize that there is a HUGE empty location and I get up close and read the tags. Yep, it was the Cool Whip section - Gone! I couldn't even help it I just blurted out loud - You've got to be shittin me, they're out of cool whip?! There was some guy standing next to me and he just looked at me strangely and I shrugged my shoulders and kept on moving. I did end up finding some store brand cool whip on an end section and there were only about 10 of them left. We paid and darted out of the store and to the car to get home. We finally were home by about 8:45pm and I still needed to get Junior to bed and bake my pie. Dan already had Katelynn in bed when we got home and Junior wanted to play with Dan for a little bit. I let them play and cleaned up a little and started my pie and then took him to bed. Once I had my pie in the oven I opened a bottle of Shiraz and enjoyed a glass of wine and chatted over text and Facebook with one of my girlfriends and my brother. I finally went to bed around 11:30pm that night. Dan of course already had the Turkey stuffed and everything that he needed all completed or laid out for the next morning.
Thanksgiving Day!
Dan woke up around 5am and put the Turkey in the oven and came back to bed. The kids were up and running around about 7am and I stayed in bed for a little while! I finally crawled out and had a cup of coffee and went straight for the newspaper and the Black Friday ads. I did clean the house up a bit since I hadn't done much the night before. We watched the Macy's Day Parade and kind of just bummed around for the morning. Around 11:00 I started getting out the appetizers and snacks to start munching on and we cracked open the first bottle of wine. My cousin Rory was joining us for Thanksgiving dinner which we were having around 1pm. We had a great feast as usual with Dan making most everything. After we ate Dan went and laid down and took a nap and the rest of us went and played Wii. I think that we Wii for about 5 hours straight from Wii sports to Wii fit to Wii Dance Moves. I was completely wore out and I think the kids were too. We ate again and hung out some more and then Dan and I put the kids to bed. I had been out shopping earlier in the week and had come across The Elf on The Shelf at Target. I had read a few things and heard about The Elf on the Shelf the last couple of years and thought that it would be fun for the kids to do this year. I took out the book and Dan and I and the kids all piled into Katelynn's bed and read the book. We told them that the Elf would probably show up at our house that night and they could look for him in the morning. After the kids were in bed Rory and I decided to finish off the wine. I had full intentions of going to bed right after the kids did since I wanted to get up and go shopping for Black Friday deals around 3:30am. I wasn't up for the Midnight change and since I wasn't going after any electronic deals I figured there would still be items left in the store for what I wanted. Rory and I ended up having a few beers after the wine and did some really deep talking and I didn't go to bed until 12:30. I knew I was in trouble because 3:30am comes really quick then and I was tired from staying up late the night before.Black Friday Shopping!
3:30am definitely came quick after staying up way to late! But I was ready for it. I rolled out of bed and got ready and was out the door with my coffee, purse, and Black Friday ads. One of my girlfriends was supposed to join me and I had sent her a few texts when I woke up and tried to call her, but she was snoozing away and missed out. I was off and running, well, running at a snails pace! My first destination was Walmart. I pulled in a not so busy parking lot and a not so busy store. I was kind of shocked. I walked around the store and grabbed the items that I was wanting and the only items that I didn't get were the cheap Wii games and it could have been because I missed them. I walked straight up to the checkout line and out the door in no time at all. Next stop was Kohl's. I walked in and same thing at this store. There were a few people shopping around still and I was able to grab my items and even took the time to look around at a few others and right through the check out line. Off to Old Navy and Target next. Same deal at both of these stores! Got my stuff, no line to wait in at the check out and out the door. My next destination was McDonald's. I was starving and needed some more coffee and there was no way I was going to attempt to get in-line at a Starbucks, way too busy! I grabbed a quick bite in the parking lot and then went to the Outlet malls and hit a few stores and got a few more gifts. It was nearing 7:00am and I was heading over to the mall for my final stops. There were a few stores there that had opened at Midnight, some opened at 6am and the rest were opening at 8:00am. My girlfriend finally sent me a text at 7:30am that just said "I suck!" and I replied - Yes, you do and missed out on all the good shopping, I am almost done. I hit the last few stores I needed to hit and was home by 9am. Success!
Friday
Every year Dan and the kids get out the Christmas Tree while I am out doing my shopping. This year was no different. I got home and the kids still in their pj's and the tree was up. They are not aloud to decorate or take anything else out without me, but they enjoy getting the tree out at least. Katelynn could not wait to decorate this year. I really just wanted to go back to bed! I didn't though. I started to take down any Thanksgiving decorations we had up and started to clean up so we could make room for Christmas. We decorated throughout the day. I did get a short nap in thank goodness. Friday night I was exhausted and was in bed by 9pm. We didn't forget to move Elf on the Shelf aka Chippy.Saturday
Saturday we continued to decorate. Dan went to a gun auction and the kids and I hung out decorated, cleaned, played Wii and watched a movie. Dan was still gone in the later afternoon so we decided to head out to Kohl's to look at Christmas decorations. The kids are wild in the stores. Junior goes one way and Katelynn is daydreaming in her own section and I am trying to wrangle both of them up. I found a couple of decorations to buy and the kids each picked out a decoration to hang on the tree. Typical girl / boy picks - Katelynn picked a flower and Junior picked an airplane. The kids were really over eating turkey and left overs so we went to Red Robin and ate there instead. Surprisingly when I take the kids out to eat by myself they are angels. We had a good time and Dan was home when we got home. We watched another movie and had some popcorn and it was off to bed. We still didn't forget about Chippy and the kids were starting to warm up to him.
Sunday
Sunday morning we bummed around again and then Katelynn and I went to church. We got home just at the start of the Vikings game. It's getting less and less exciting to watch them, but I paid for the NFL ticket so I feel that in order to get my money's worth I do what I must and watch them lose week after week. We did a lot of laundry and finished up the decorating.
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