Our Thanksgiving

One of the things I did not fully anticipate when considering a move so far away from family was not being able to see them for holidays. So far we've missed on July 4th, Halloween, my birthday (which isn't a holiday), and now Thanksgiving. I worked from 7am-7pm on Thanksgiving day, and to be truthful it was depressing. We only had one patient on the floor and guess who had her? That's right, me. I did cook a small dinner on Wednesday night for some friends of Erik's from law school as they weren't going home for the holiday either. By the way, a turkey breast in the crockpot in insanely easy and very moist. Friday I got up at 4:20 am and hit Belk's for a Christmas tree, Wal-Mart, which I walked into but then quickly walked back out, Target, and Hobby Lobby. I was done with everything by 8:30 and came home and read New Moon all day and put up my new pre-lit 7.5 foot Christmas tree. I forgot to mention, I'm now a little obsessed with the Twilight series. It's so good, so if you like love stories and/or vampire stories, read it! The movie was good too!

I bought new stockings for the dogs and these have a little slot where you can put the dog's picture in it so here are a few that I took.



Here is my Christmas tree. I went back to the first set of ornaments that I have that I my mom bought me before we got married.


Since we are shipping most of our presents this year to Arkansas and Tennessee, I haven't really wrapped very many. However, when we got home from church Sunday, I found this.
Thanks, Roxy. It's our fault really. When she was a puppy we gave her cardboard paper towel holders to chew on, and she loves anything cardboard.

I'm really excited this week because the law school is hosting a "law prom" and Erik and I are going. It's a casino theme where you play real casino games and you trade in your chips for raffle tickets that go towards cool prizes. Also the law auxilary is having craft night Thursday and we're making ornaments. It should be a fun week!