Comments on byhillary: Don't call my name

You look smokin' in pencil skirts, lady! And y...

2009-11-25T11:40:30.282-05:00

You look smokin' in pencil skirts, lady! And your hair has gotten SO long!

I'm spending my second Thanksgiving in a row in NYC with my "family" of friends. I hosted last year, but someone else in my group of friends took the reigns, so all I have to do is bring a side, which is great!

Oh no! My dog is diabetic - it really freaked me o...

2009-11-25T10:40:34.600-05:00

Oh no! My dog is diabetic - it really freaked me out and stressed me out at first but now it's just part of the routine. It only took a few days to get used to the injections and after that the biggest challenge I've found is just finding a boarding place that will give insulin injections (well...and the PITA vet visits every week while they try to figure out how much insulin to give).

I think I read somewhere that there's a new insulin option for cats that is a pill, so that might be an easy option. Good luck - sounds like you have your hands full!

Lesa Thank you so much for asking. I appreciate it...

2009-11-24T23:10:50.573-05:00

Lesa Thank you so much for asking. I appreciate it and it means a lot. My own parents didn't bother to ask. She seems to be doing good. But because life is like that we found out today Daisyboo is diabetic. blarg.
The girls have their own blog but I am not good at updating it. ahem. I mean they aren't good at updating it.
http://daisybooandwaffle.blogspot.com/

Just checking in on Waffle...poor baby.

2009-11-24T22:45:50.339-05:00

Just checking in on Waffle...poor baby.

one side of my family is VERY traditional (dad). I...

2009-11-24T16:15:54.952-05:00

one side of my family is VERY traditional (dad). Its that day or not at all (such as birthday if you say anything the day after you get "ITS NOT MY BIRTHDAY")
and you always do stereotypical things. Turkey on Thanksgiving, Ham on Christmas.

Then my mom we used to go to Key West or order Chinese food for Thanksgiving. She is impatient and presents get open early and she usually tells you what it is before you even open it.

Dave's family will make WHATEVER you want (literally one Christmas we all picked two things and we ended up with summer sausage, croissants, french fries, Chinese food, shrimp...) They also aren't big on the day they will "do Christmas" the day before or after or whenever.

The print on that skirt is fantastic. Mmmm, shiny....

2009-11-24T16:11:11.060-05:00

The print on that skirt is fantastic. Mmmm, shiny.

I'm not big on any super traditional holiday, but my family tends to eat paella or crab cakes or standing rib roast for Thanksgiving so I guess I shouldn't complain!

I'm not a big Thanksgiving person either. It ...

2009-11-24T15:13:03.354-05:00

I'm not a big Thanksgiving person either. It doesn't exist in Japan. No one in my fam likes turkey so we'd make roast chicken and potatoes, but mostly to celebrate my parents' anniversary and not turkey day. Aaron loves it though so we do the traditional thing, he makes everything.

Love your owl necklace. And your hair! Your hair i...

2009-11-24T13:48:08.757-05:00

Love your owl necklace. And your hair! Your hair is glorious. I couldn't create one of your pigtails with all the hair on my head.

The night before Thanksgiving my aunt has a sleepover - usually it ends up being mostly my cousins with a couple aunts and uncles. We eat crap and play games and whoever wins the most games gets to get the "top turkey" crown for that year. It's cheesy and SOO fun. Then on Thanksgiving day we wake up and eat lunch together, then my parents, brothers, and I are going to my cousin's house (other side of the family) for that party. Hopefully I will stop at home in between parties to change from pajamas to real clothes ;-)

Oh - and my favorite part about Thanksgiving is when all my aunts and female cousins come to the party hours before husbands and sons do, and we all cook together. Making bourbon pecan pies is probably my favorite, because we all take a drink from the bottle after we've used everything we need for the pies ;-)

I love your owl necklace!! I am so obsessed with o...

2009-11-24T13:42:37.824-05:00

I love your owl necklace!! I am so obsessed with owls right now.

My husband and I are going to do the multiple Thanksgiving thing...we will go to my parents for lunch and his mom's for dinner. I love both their cooking sooo much but I am going to try and really moderate my food intake so I am not in a food coma. Plus, my husband desperately wants the Best Buy Playstation 3 deal for Christmas (it comes with 2 games for free) so we are probably going to be camping out at Best Buy and I really don't want a tummyache for all that. :)