Thanksgiving = remodeling

Once again, a post to make you all glad you don't live in a fixer upper. It sounds like you all had fun over the weekend! We had our own kind of fun, well, at least I thought so. Rob might say it was more like a weekend at Gitmo. We should have a whole new kitchen in 2 or 3 weeks, ha ha. Because I have been mudding joints into the wee hours (drywall joints... not the other kind), I'll keep this brief.
The most exciting part of the weekend had to be at 12:30 a.m. the day after thanksgiving, when I had gone out to the garage to cut a board, while Rob re-routed one last wire. Suddenly, the lights went out, and I had visions of Rob lying dead on the kitchen floor, but I couldn't find the doorknob to get in and find out. Anyway, he wasn't, thank goodness, but he had cut into a live wire. So, at 2:00 in the morning we're still sitting there with flashlights (having no power in the house at all) fixing this stupid wire and reminding ourselves that someday we will look back on this and laugh. It was downhill from there Saturday, but we survived the weekend and hopefully now we are to the easier part.

Drowning our Sorrows

We are certainly looking forward to a Med School Buddies reunion over Thanksgiving holiday next year, but we sure did our best to have a good time in '06. We flew to Las Vegas last Sunday and met up with lots of family there. On Monday we drove to Anaheim, CA - it was 90 degrees! I had packed mostly long sleeved shirts so we actually had to buy t-shirts to keep from roasting! Awesome. The next two days we spent at California Adventure and Disneyland with my parents, my brother and sister, and my nephew. It was so fun!
We drove back to Vegas on Wednesday night so that we could attend my family's annual Thanksgiving reunion. There were about 120 of my closest relatives in attendance. My family is so diverse, it is actually funny to see so many different kinds of people in one room, but that's why I love it so much. Everyone is welcome. What? You're a drug addict, come on in! Lesbians? Sure, table #12. Illegitimate children? The more the merrier.
This is something that embarrassed me at one point. Now I am so proud to be part of a family where everyone feels accepted. Of course I wish more of my relatives had testimonies of the gospel and weren't making bad choices, but I was almost moved to tears while looking around at people from all walks of life hugging and having a great time. Too bad I was so busy talking that I didn't take any pictures. All of the attached pics are from Disneyland.
Hope you all had a great holiday. I'd better hear from you soon :)

Thanksgiving anyone?

So what did everyone do for Thanksgiving? Brandon was on call today/tonight so we went and had Thanksgiving Lunch with him at the hospital with another family - the Med Center puts on a free Thanksgiving dinner for anyone who walks in the door, so we took advantage of the oppurtunity of free food and actually, it wasn't as bad as we were expecting and that says a lot coming from the Food Divas. The highlights were when I managed to spill not one, but TWO glasses of apple cider (two separate times) in the buffet line. The cafeteria lady asked if I needed a sippy cup, which Ruby found hilarious.

Tomorrow: (Friday after Thanksgiving) I was given a free 20+ pound turkey from the grocery store (No, it's not EBT, guys. Gone are those days. Weep, weep, sob, sob) so I figured I'd go ahead and throw a party so it would actually get eaten. What started off as getting a few families from the ward together at our house has turned into a full blown ordeal with over 15 families coming over tomorrow. I'm making the turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, 2 pies and drinks and everyone else is bringing a bunch of stuff. It should be a good old crazy time. Brandon is post call that day, so around 5:00 p.m., he'll stumble down the stairs (hopefully remember to put something on besides a G-Ranger-top and scrub bottoms) and literally introdouce himself. I've noticed that people from the ward have started doing air quotes when speaking of him. He's the Hershey Ward's best kept secret. Anyway, snaps for me for attempting to be social. I'd rather be eating and gabbing with all you guys, of course. Oh well. I'll just have to wait approximately 365 days. Boooo.

Marketing Genius

One of my hobbies is to always be on the lookout for the PERFECT commercial. I am happy to report that thanks to an Australian advertising agency, my search is over.

Can this be seen at your homes too?

A man in green being attacked by small children?

In Rob's case, the scrub bottoms would of course be shorter and tapered.

Now Alisa's the one in luck!

How 'bout a turkey? They sell them on Ebay...FAN-tastic!