Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We had the kids this year, and we all went to my parents' house to join them, one of my mom's co-workers, my grandparents, my brother, my sister, her husband, and his parents and brother for Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone had a good time, and the food was fantastic. There was ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, a sweet potato dish, stuffing, olives, broccoli casserole, corn, salad, rolls, blueberry pie, apple pie, mincemeat pie, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie, and then I recreated a scaled-down version of the dinner on Sunday so we'd have our own batch of leftovers.
Recently in the fifth year Category
Posting the picture of Hot Bond reminded me that once again it's time to update my famous boyfriends list:
Robert Downey, Jr.'s Tony Stark
Nikki Sixx
Josh Jackson
Ryan Reynolds
my CSI:NY boys (Flack and Danny <3)
Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne
Daniel Craig's James Bond
Gemma gave me her copy of Twilight so I could see what the fuss was all about, and I finally got around to reading it last weekend. It wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be, but it also was nowhere near as awesome as people are making it out to be. My biggest problem with the book was that it seems to take itself too seriously. Generally speaking, vampire romances aren't heavy reading, and this one was no exception, whether or not it knew it. Edward's character seemed assy, not at all appealing, and the sparkling in the sunlight really put me off. I'm okay with vampires being able to be in the sun, but I'd rather they not glitter when they do so, please. I never connected with Isabella, and I found myself feeling sorry for her dad. I think the only characters that I liked were her dad, Dr. Cullen, Esme, Alice and Emmett. Everyone else annoyed me more often than not. In spite of all of that, it wasn't a bad read, and I'm glad I read it, even if I don't think it's the Best Book Evar.
I voted this morning, just like I did in 2007, 2006, 2005, and the last presidential election. Four years ago I worried that another term for Bush would damage America even more, and it did. Mike and I were at the polls before they opened this morning, and it was encouraging to see so many people in line with us. Regardless of which candidate they support, I was happy to see so many people in my area taking the time to come in and vote, even if it meant standing in line for almost an hour. I'm anxious to know the results of today's election, and I'm anxious to see how the next four years go. I doubt I'll be staying up to see who wins, but I plan on checking first thing tomorrow when I wake up.
