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dancerjodiThanksgiving dinner went wonderfully. The turkey was very juicy and flavorful but not too much for my Mom (who tends to prefer kind of bland food - she's from a Canadian family after all). Dad said it may have been the best turkey he's ever had. Our experiments (the turkey, gravy) worked out well, we were able to fit people and food in the dining room, cleanup was pretty easy, and playing Star Wars Trivia Pursuit with a 7 year old is always fun. The fam was amused to watch the Waltham clip on the Disney Documentary http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/heartandsoul/flash.html - has sound (picking out people they knew from the audience at the show filmed at Bill's Bar 3 or so years ago). Dad has borrowed the DVD to watch the rest of it - he's really patriotic and its totally up his alley to watch a bunch of skits about interesting Americans. I still get get over seeing old friends on a Disney movie (or seeing one actually *on* the front cover of the DVD box).
We spent the rest of the day vegging and watching TV/Movies. I've been craving a watch of Detroit Rock City lately and James had never seen it (!) so we went out to Blockbuster to rent one. "I JUST LOST MY VIRGINITY IN A CHURCH CONFESSIONAL". Gotta love it! I still can't believe I don't own this movie - it costs like $10 in the Best Buy Clearance Bins or at Target. I just keep forgetting.
Once Brian gets his lazy ass out of bed we'll do something, not sure what. The holiday lighting on the Waltham Common is at 6:00 (complete with free refreshments and the high school show choir singing holiday songs). They used to always do this on the night that I had dance class and it always bugged me to be upstairs on Main Street watching from there, but not able to participate (the studio is across from City Hall, on the 3rd floor). The first year we were able to go we went with a group of friends - including one I was very close to that I later had some kind of falling-out with. It was VERY cold, and people seemed to be pretty bored with the whole thing. How can I expect your average city apartment or condo dwelling person to appreciate a hokey small-townlike holiday tradition? Manytimes I feel like I have to experience things alone or just with Brian (if he's not into something directly he tends to get enjoyment seeing my amusement with it). I hate feeling like I'm just dragging people along to something that they are bored about.
We'll see you peeps at MR tonight who are going to the Dita show (whoot)! Tomorrow I have a dance practice and Sunday a Candle Party. Somewhere in there too will be raking (finally), and perhaps some house cleaning/holiday decorating. We have some ideas for where to put our eventual holiday tree and given that I have so much time this weekend to play with it I think it may be a good time to try them out! Part of this may involve putting shelves up high on the naked wall in our den. It would allow us to store books, make the wall a bit less naked, *and* could give us some room in our living room for a small tree in the corner (where the bookshelf currently is). Its either there or in the dining room (though we're not sure if there will be room once we take the center leaf out of the table) . . . its pretty cozy in there. Ah the joys of buying a smaller house closer to Boston for more money (compared to the almost cavernous house we had in Framingham - much too big for 2 people).
We spent the rest of the day vegging and watching TV/Movies. I've been craving a watch of Detroit Rock City lately and James had never seen it (!) so we went out to Blockbuster to rent one. "I JUST LOST MY VIRGINITY IN A CHURCH CONFESSIONAL". Gotta love it! I still can't believe I don't own this movie - it costs like $10 in the Best Buy Clearance Bins or at Target. I just keep forgetting.
Once Brian gets his lazy ass out of bed we'll do something, not sure what. The holiday lighting on the Waltham Common is at 6:00 (complete with free refreshments and the high school show choir singing holiday songs). They used to always do this on the night that I had dance class and it always bugged me to be upstairs on Main Street watching from there, but not able to participate (the studio is across from City Hall, on the 3rd floor). The first year we were able to go we went with a group of friends - including one I was very close to that I later had some kind of falling-out with. It was VERY cold, and people seemed to be pretty bored with the whole thing. How can I expect your average city apartment or condo dwelling person to appreciate a hokey small-townlike holiday tradition? Manytimes I feel like I have to experience things alone or just with Brian (if he's not into something directly he tends to get enjoyment seeing my amusement with it). I hate feeling like I'm just dragging people along to something that they are bored about.
We'll see you peeps at MR tonight who are going to the Dita show (whoot)! Tomorrow I have a dance practice and Sunday a Candle Party. Somewhere in there too will be raking (finally), and perhaps some house cleaning/holiday decorating. We have some ideas for where to put our eventual holiday tree and given that I have so much time this weekend to play with it I think it may be a good time to try them out! Part of this may involve putting shelves up high on the naked wall in our den. It would allow us to store books, make the wall a bit less naked, *and* could give us some room in our living room for a small tree in the corner (where the bookshelf currently is). Its either there or in the dining room (though we're not sure if there will be room once we take the center leaf out of the table) . . . its pretty cozy in there. Ah the joys of buying a smaller house closer to Boston for more money (compared to the almost cavernous house we had in Framingham - much too big for 2 people).
