tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post2940731155471729516..comments2023-11-16T08:21:33.975-08:00Comments on Let me tell you what I think: Opinionation Station jojo cucina cucinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-48973143537621689002013-11-27T19:30:08.447-08:002013-11-27T19:30:08.447-08:00Happy Thanksgiving y'all. I am having 11 peopl...Happy Thanksgiving y'all. I am having 11 people over to our little abode tomorrow! Yikes. (It was only supposed to be 8 to start.) Anyway, it will be fun. I have brined my fresh free range turkey that i picked up today from H&L Produce (they sell meats and stuff too, including Christmas trees!). <br /><br />I have ironed my tablecloths and napkins and have the two tables set up. <br /><br />The Louvrak tradition is to play bouree (Gumbo followers will remember this from the books - since we were born in Louisiana, like those characters in the YaYa books we were taught bouree when we were little. I'm not good at it though. But there are so many of us that one table is playing Apples to Apples. <br /><br />Kylee is coming over on Saturday to do our tradition of decoration Jo's Christmas tree, which we have been doing since she was about 11 years old - so we're talking a dozen years now. Each year we get take-out Chinese from her favorite place and watch and old movie. <br /><br />This year our movie is Annie Hall. She's never seen it. <br /><br />My tree is going to be different this year because i'm getting a Frazier fir and i'm buying it from H& L and i saw them today and they are gorgeous. I'm tired of my trees looking the same and drying out by Christmas day. So I'm doing something different. Looking forward to the family tomorrow (with new baby, Brady!!!!) and with Kylee for our tradition. <br /><br />Life is good. <br /><br />Now if only i had a bigger house! <br /><br /><br /><br />jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-34365291044886155012013-11-25T19:39:34.763-08:002013-11-25T19:39:34.763-08:00Yay! It worked pearl! BTW...great job on your weig...Yay! It worked pearl! BTW...great job on your weight loss and workouts!jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-91040933450948510242013-11-24T10:18:52.740-08:002013-11-24T10:18:52.740-08:00I just made an adjustment...let's see if it wo...I just made an adjustment...let's see if it worked.pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982007511015181038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-66935351774980804462013-11-24T10:16:52.593-08:002013-11-24T10:16:52.593-08:00It's pearl - aka 'unknown'. I don'...It's pearl - aka 'unknown'. I don't know that I have a "profile" on blogger.pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982007511015181038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-86730970058769054072013-11-24T08:38:56.726-08:002013-11-24T08:38:56.726-08:00troutbirder!!!!! Love seeing you here! How are yo...troutbirder!!!!! Love seeing you here! How are you?It's been awhile. I have never ever shopped Black Friday. I hate crowds for one thing. <br /><br />I am looking gorward to Thanksgiving this year too. I think being semi retired has mellowed me out about holidays!jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-70631168141399021732013-11-24T08:11:44.767-08:002013-11-24T08:11:44.767-08:00Christmas is good. So is Thanksgiving but I hate t...Christmas is good. So is Thanksgiving but I hate this Black Friday nonsense and now the Big Boxes are adding the Thursday too. Yuk!troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-37090085404248779332013-11-23T16:17:35.737-08:002013-11-23T16:17:35.737-08:00OK, now i'm thinking this is not pearl but i f...OK, now i'm thinking this is not pearl but i feel like the doctor kit story is a yaya story and i am assuming folks are having trouble with profiles on blogger again. jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-21534904808792624702013-11-23T11:25:58.252-08:002013-11-23T11:25:58.252-08:00pearl? This is you right? The doctor kit story i t...pearl? This is you right? The doctor kit story i think i remember!jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-81921786145113520982013-11-23T10:01:33.592-08:002013-11-23T10:01:33.592-08:00My "Not a Word!" alarm went off, so I ha...My "Not a Word!" alarm went off, so I had to drop in...<br /><br />I feel you on the circuit training. I just started working with a personal trainer and it's kicking my ass. I am sore everywhere! I've lost 35 pounds so far this year, and have another 35 to go, so it was time to take it up a couple of notches. Planking is out of the question, between my previously broken elbow (that still twinges after 7 years!) and my bust-up shoulder. But the weight training is helping.<br /><br />I can't imagine being retired. It would be nice to have more time to do the things that I want to do, but I'm still afraid that I'd mostly be bored to death. Though I will admit it's hard watching my peers heading for the door. Don't want to be the last one standing!<br /><br />On Santa: I was about 7 when I got suspicious and started nosing around. Found my doctor's kit in the upstairs closet and was hit with an odd mix of Yay! (I'm getting my doctor's kit!) and Crap!(there's no Santa?) I was genuinely disappointed at that discovery.<br /><br />Thankful - that I found my soul mate and he loves me; that I've been blessed with a loving family; that I'm able to recognize year round what an amazing life I've had and that I take nothing for granted. It drives me batchit crazy when my DIL whines on FaceBook and punctuates it with "FML!" I hit my limit last night and finally posted back - "Why? You have an AMAZING life. Husband who adores you, 3 fantastic kids, a nice house - and you don't even have to work!!! (okay...I didn't write the last sentence on her page. I'm just pissed, not stupid... ;-) I love FaceBook. pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982007511015181038noreply@blogger.com