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A Little Birdie Told Me...

• Thanks for all the comments and messages - some comments are quite entertaining! I'm slowing responding - thanks for your patience! #
  


• Today was a sad day in history several times over, probably the most well-known being the day President John F. Kennedy… #
  


• This was the first many saw about the assassination. #
  


• Totally *love* seeing this!! #OCC #
  


• It's National Cranberry Relish Day - apparently a day John Lennon could have gotten into... #
  


• Want to spice up your cranberry relish for National Cranberry Relish Day or Thanksgiving? How about jalapeño? #
  


• Here's a whole bog of cranberry relish recipes (over 400), whether you want it plain, with apples, oranges, nuts, peach… #
  


• End violence against women - now - on V-Day. #
  


• Just how bad is violence against women? As of 2004, one in six American women had been the victim of an attempted or co… #
  


• ~l.i.v.i.d~ about a jerkwad on myspace making inciteful, hateful comments ***GRRRRR*** #fb #
  


• Tomorrow is National Cashew Day - I shall heartily and happily celebrate! #
  


• You can make gluten- and dairy-free ranch dressing from cashews? Who knew?? #
  


• Tomorrow is also Eat a Cranberry Day - okay, you can have two! #
  


• Just got a phone call that my grandfather is being taken to the ER with suspected pneumonia; prayers for Tommy Tennison appreciated #fb #
  


• OMG, it's not all about you! focus, you twit! #
  


• @JohnCWhitney YES! #
  


• Sarah got my klutziness - she just hit her face on the corner of her dresser - I think she's gonna have a black eye :( #fb #
  


• Life magazine is 74 today, and Miley Cyrus is finally an adult (not that it will change her lifestyle or anything). #
  


• Here's a compilation of all the covers of Life magazine. They tell an interesting story in and of themselves. #
  


• Want to read Life? Here ya go - all of them. #
  


• Keep the kids out of the kitchen with a pile of Thanksgiving games! #
  


• I like word searches (can't help it - I'm a nerd). Here's a Thanksgiving word search printable for everyone from beginn… #
  


• While the kids are playing, you can find the perfect cranberry sauce recipe - and Eat a Cranberry Day is perfect for it! #
  


• Lara reading "365 Penguins" to everyone #
  


• Sofia came hear the story, too #
  


• The library gang ((Kids, Library)) #
  


• Can you pass this Thanksgiving trivia quiz? #
  


• Tomorrow is National Espresso Day - a lot of us are gonna need it to get ready for Thanksgiving. #
  


• The other thing you need tomorrow to get ready for Thanksgiving? An apron! Share one with some… #
  


• Don't have an apron for Tie One On Day? Make one! #
  


• Irish ATC with watercolor and glass embossing (don't like it) #
  


• Another Irish ATC attempt - still not happy #
  


• Last attempt, done with the brayer #
  


• Added an embellishment to the second - going with minimalism #
  


• Irish ATC Series #
  


• let's see if the misery will wash out in the shower... #fb #
  


• Here's a cute and easy Thanksgiving craft, and it uses some of the Halloween candy stash, too! #
  


• Why it's called "Fall" #
  


• Life in the midst of death #
  


• Texas Autumn #
  


• Here's some Thanksgiving quotes for you - from celebrities, so be warned! #
  


• Here, some Thanksgiving quotes that are more... well, Thanksgiving. #
  


• Ok, ok - I know you want to know: what the heck are turkey cooking times per pound? Here are the USDA recommendations. #
  


• It's not Thanksgiving without sweet potato casserole! Here are over 1100 recipes to choose from - get cooking! #
  


• The other Thanksgiving must? Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2010 on NBC at 9am ET! #
  


• attempting to link my posterous account to 3stairs.com, so you're forewarned if everything goes wonky #fb #
  


• Do you have the green bean casserole recipe for Thanksgiving? Here's the classic Campbell's everyone knows and loves. #
  


• Whether you want a simple apple pie recipe or a sugar-free one - one of the 14 on this site devoted to apple pie recipe… #
  


• Just what I need - a *no-fail* turkey gravy recipe from drippings! #
  


• With Alton Brown in the kitchen, the science behind this sweet potato pie recipe is sure to make it about perfect. Pass… #
  


• This gives a whole new connotation to playing with you… #
  


• Misty's slouchy beanie #
  


• Misty's matching phone tote #
  


• This is my all-time favorite commercial. I look forward to it every year to officially start my holidays! #
  


• More humiliation: my first grade school picture #
  


• A tender and loving tribute to Charles Schulz, in his obituary from The New York Times. #
  


• Did you know there's a Schulz Museum? I think a trip to California just made it to my bucket list... #
  


• It's National Cake Day! This is my go-to cake recipe (I eat it for breakfast!). #
  


• So you don't want gingerbread cake? These guys have everything from Angel to Zucchini! #
  


• And it wouldn't be National Cake Day without some cake disasters, would it? #
  


• This is the bakery that made cakes famous - and amazing. #
  


• Bootsie's new spot #
  


• @lauriepercival WAY TO GO! isn't it amazing what those kids can make us do, before they even get here??? #soproudofyou cc: @percival #
  


• I'm loving these reindeer! #
  


• Want glitzy ornaments in colors *you* choose? He… #
  


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The pretty part of me

Bootsie's new spot

Michael took him to our room as always, but he started fussing. Michael followed him to the hallway thinking he wanted to go outside. Boots went straight the the girls' room and meowed at the door. Michael opened the door and he went right to the pillow where he slept with Sarah last night (but Sarah's at Granma's house tonight).

Friday Fill-in

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1. Three things I must have on my Thanksgiving table: turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce (the jellied, shaped-like-the-can stuff).

2. There's always at least one person sacked out on the couch.

3. This is one of the best meals of the year.

4. I like to decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, but  it hasn't happened that way in several years.

5. Oh, man, thankfully it's going to get slightly warmer this weekend.

6. I need to perfect the art of sorting through clothes and keeping the amount of clothing we have down.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a whole lotta nuthin', tomorrow my plans include church and a nap and Sunday, I want to have a safe trip to Sherman and back!

More humiliation: my first grade school picture

Misty's matching phone tote

Misty's slouchy beanie

In which we discover Crystal really is posting...

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So I finally got up the gumption to attempt to link my Posterous blog to this one so you, my faithful readers, can see the photos I take (mostly with my iPhone) on an almost daily basis.

Which is ridiculous, because it was ridiculously simple.

That said, you will now be regaled with more than just Wordless Wednesday and Friday Fill-in posts.

Huzzah!

I'm not sure yet if I'll transfer everything from Posterous over here, so feel free to go browse through the photos here.

Texas Autumn

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Life in the midst of death

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Why it's called "Fall"

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