A silly and serious thankful list
Well tomorrow is the big day, Thanksgiving, and I am already fasting as I type this. My parents are divorced so every year I have two Thanksgivings in one day. Moms in the morning and dads in the evening. And the first year we worked out this arrangement, I thought my stomach was going to explode from all the food. My dad found me passed out with a plate of turkey next to me and woke me up to go to bed. The image of me passed out on a couch, drooling with turkey next to me is hilarious. I wish I had a photo of it. Anyhow, tonight I’m on my way back to Wisconsin to be with my family, shop my heart out and try to get into the Christmas spirit. But before t

Operation Thanksgiving dessert
The men and women in my family have a simple rule: recognize our strengths and outsource our limitations. For me, this includes the kitchen. But after a recent successful baking weekend, I decided to give it another try by volunteering to bake a dessert for our Thanksgiving this year. Yes, there will still be the best apple pie ever (Elegant Farmer) and a tragically uneaten pumpkin pie, but I’m excited to make something special. Except now Thanksgiving is this week and I can’t decide what to make! Eeek

Weekend recap: New Moon and more football
Happy Sunday everyone! I cannot believe it’s time for Thanksgiving but at the same time, I’m ready for a break from the city, basking in the scary quiet of the suburbs and one-on-one time with my parents. Well, at least for a few days :) Anyhow, let’s get started! Vampires, werewolves and shirtless action, oh my! As you know, Friday morning at 12:45 a.m., TC and I were at the Chicago AMC theater with several hundred other Twilight fans to get our New Moon-on. We arrived at 11, thinking the line wouldn’t be too bad and were greeted with this.

New Moon: it’s time!
As I write this, I’m struggling to contain my excitement because tonight, well actually tomorrow morning at 12:45 a.m., TC and I have tickets to see this little movie in Chicago. And I’m so excited I might actually scream out loud. But I’m an adult so I will try to contain myself. That’s right, we have early morning tickets because we’re both crazy enough to go at that ungodly time. We will be quite a pair at the theater. In fact

Healthy train mini-derailment
So you all know that three weeks ago I went to the doctor and found out that I need to get back on the healthy living train. Well, this weekend I went back to the doctor for more tests and I was actually looking forward to the dreaded weigh in, because I was DYING to see if all my recent hard work was paying off. I wasn’t expecting a major weight change, but something. One pound, maybe two, just a little something to validate my hard work. So I walk in, take the shoes and