It's hard to believe that it is only Friday of this weekend and I don't have to get back to work until my normal Tuesday. So much I probably could do, but it is cold and snowy in MI and I just want to stay in my warm house and do nothing. The kids have been pretty laid back the last few days - a little sick - just wanting to watch videos and cuddle on the couch. I'm not complaining at all because neither of my girls are not much for cuddling (I'll take it when I can).
Wednesday night started my Thanksgiving happenings. I had a Thanksgiving Eve service at our church that I had to work in the nursery for. We had a joint service with a Spanish speaking church that uses our building every Sunday after our two services. It was very neat to see and feel the two community's worshipping God and being thankful together.
Thursday morning was a "normal" morning since we didn't have to be to my MIL until noonish for lunch. Me and the girls watched the Macy's Parade. The girls like to see all the balloons and kids floats and I just like to watch all the fanfare in New York. After the parade we headed over to the in-laws for a traditional Thanksgiving lunch and watched the Lions-Packers game. After lunch we headed back home to get the girls down for naps. Then we did absolutely nothing at night. Normally we would have celebrated Thanksgiving night at the local roller skating rink with my extended family & friends, but they closed this year so we won't be doing that anymore. I tried to think of something fun to do, but nothing really jumped out at me. I thought about going to the Bee Movie or go bowling, but I think that both of those things are a little advanced for our 3 yr old and 1 1/2 yr old. At least, I can't justify spending that kind of money for something they won't enjoy all that much. Oh well, we stayed inside and had fun anyway. I guess we will look for new traditions to start in the next few years when the girls will be able to enjoy them more.
Today has been a very boring day. I have gotten a few little "housekeeping" things done that have been put off for quite a while. But by this afternoon I was ready to get out of the house for a little while. So, we had lunch and all got ready and headed over to the in-laws again to say hi to a relative from the U.P. It was just nice to get out of the house for an hour. Now we are back home for naps and I am doing nothing but catching up on blog posting and blog reading (I'm not in the mood to comment so I have just visited your sites, sorry!). I'm not a shopper at all, so I have NO desire to get out and battle the crazy crowds. There are things that I would like to go out and get because we need them and I have a husband home to watch the girls, but I don't need the stress of shopping. Maybe tomorrow I'll get out to some of the stores and take care of some things on my list. For those who don't know me well enough, I am not talking about Christmas gifts. I don't even like to think about shopping for Christmas until I absolutely HAVE to. I can never make up my mind about what to buy so I wait until I am forced to make a decision and then deal with the consequences. It's probably a bad attitude to have about Christmas shopping, but it stems from a deep hatred for shopping in general.
So, we don't have much planned for the rest of the weekend either. Sunday will be a busy day because we have church in the morning and then we are going to my family to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of them. I'm looking forward to that meal - my mom is an awesome cook. Then, we made plans with one of my best friends to do dinner at night. There will be a lot of eating on Sunday. :)
I had my amnio scheduled for Tuesday, but as of Wednesday this week, the results had not come back from the first one so I rescheduled it for next week Thursday. I figured there was no sense going to work on Monday and my amnio on Tuesday if we didn't know for sure whether or not another amio would be necessary. Hopefully by Monday or Tuesday I will know if I have to have the rest of the amnios.
This is getting really long, but I will leave you with my latest LO, which of course is a desktop. Didn't have many pics to choose from for November so they aren't great pics, but it's better than nothing. 
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving Day weekend!
Oh I am SUCH a shopper. I live for the day after Thanksgiving shopping. I had decided not to go this year, and totally couldn't miss out and ended up going. :-) It wasn't bad this year though. Enjoyed reading your last 2 posts and catching up on your life. I'll pray that you DON'T need another amnio. Best wishes for a smooth rest of your pregnancy.
Posted by: Sarah Huizenga | November 23, 2007 at 09:10 PM