Christmas Lights

There are two houses side-by-side in the neighborhood that take Christmas lights to new extremes...

 The lights on this roof blink - so it was tough to get a good picture.

And the snowflakes are all over this roof...

How We Roll

This is how John-boy rolls...

 We pack the backseat floor with our bags and you know who uses them as an extension of the back seat so he can rest his head on the arm rest...

And when he is super sleepy on the way home, he yawns...every time I try to take a picture...

Thanksgiving, Part 1

We made the trip to Georgia for Thanksgiving.  We were able to spend time with both families and ate more food than any one person should ever eat in a 24 hour period.

Here are a few pictures from the Nunn Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's.

If Mom and I start making 5 recipes at the same time, in the same kitchen - we suggest running for your life..

it has been known to get a little out of hand.

And if you can't find the lid to a pot or know that you threw the lid to your pressure cooker you got as a wedding present nearly 40 years ago - just get the skillet you got at the same time out and use it...

Pumpkin Spice Hershey

Okay, okay - I will admit that I have an issue when it comes to chocolate and sweets and most anything pumpkin.  I love them all - in fact, if I turn away chocolate, a sweet, or pumpkin - make sure I'm not sick.  However, for the first time ever, I couldn't handle something that was all of the above - chocolate, pumpkin, and sweet.  A Pumpkin Spice Hershey kiss.  It was horrible.  I think they are white chocolate first of all - and let's all admit that white chocolate is not chocolate.  Second, the pumpkin spicy was too much.  Third, it was gross...just gross.

Yes, I am still running.  Shocking, I know.  I'm dreading the 6-miler the day after Thanksgiving.  There is no way in heck I'm cutting back on food for Thanksgiving, but I do think I will stick to beer over wine this year.  The 3-mile runs twice a week are dreaded more than the long runs...that's because once I get beyond mile 2.5 I really start hitting my pace and feel great.  Before mile 2.5 - I feel like crap.

In other news - Andrew's truck has made it to 100K miles.  Not sure how it made it, but it did!!  Now if we can just keep it going for another couple of years, I will be happy.  However, it still hates me.  If I drive it, it makes all sorts of weird noises and does funny things - guess it knows that I don't like it.

Not Good...

I was washing some new clothes over the weekend and obviously forgot to remove the price tags before I washed them...

 See all those lovely little pieces of gray, white, and red...yep that would be price tag paper...

 In case you are wondering how to remove said objects from your washer - here is my solution.  The clothes can go straight in the dryer - it will pull out the paper for you.  To clean the washer, you have two options.  Option A, boring - pick it out by hand.  Option B, inner-kid thriller - fill the washer up with a couple of inches of water (it was a small load so all the paper was at the bottom), and let the spin cycle run for about 10 seconds, throw open the lid, stick a slotted spoon in the gap between the spinner and the wall and watch it collect on the spoon...repeat this process until it is all gone.  Modification - create your own spin cycle (then it doesn't drain the water).

Yes, I went with option b - and had a great time cleaning up my mess.

Snug as a Bug

Tucker has been waking us up numerous times every night lately for unknown reasons.  So we decided that since we know he is a bit cold natured that maybe it was because he was cold.  We haven't turned on the heat at our house and the fan is still on high...so yeah, he could be cold.  Well, last night we tried to cover him up with a blanket to see if it would help.

Guess what??  It worked!  He slept all night long.  He did get out from under the blanket during the night, but he didn't ask to go out or get in his chair!  We covered him back up this morning for the picture - but really, believe me - he slept all night like this.  Looks like my favorite blanket for watching TV has been reassigned to Tucker duty.