Bring on the Holidays

Jett and Hollyn's first birthday party was Saturday, November 18, 2017. There was high winds and storms predicted all day. Thank goodness they had an indoor party.

We went to Chili's for lunch after church on Sunday, November 19.

I also visited my daddy for a while.

 Dr. Nash and I went to lunch at Cheddar's. Monday, November 20, 2017. 

What is with the new name anyway? 😕

I don't know about you, but I don't wanna know what they are scratchin' in the kitchen. 😨😝

I made chili for dinner and had the kitchen cleaned by 5 pm

We let the dogs in for a while on Tuesday, November 21st. They took naps.

We had a set up on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Devin and I had it done quickly.  We had time to relax and get ready for the holiday.

They finally got the date of death put on moms headstone on Wednesday.

On Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23, 2017, I got up, thought about mom for a while and decided that today is the first day of New Thanksgiving traditions. I have never missed a Thanksgiving dinner at my moms in my entire 41 years of life. I am so very thankful for that.

Just like the Dr. Seuss saying goes...

So, today begins the first year of New Thanksgiving traditions.

I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade just as always.

Then, I laid around on the couch for while till time to go to Mildreds for dinner.

We also got a text from a girl that used to be in our class on Wednesday's. It was so sweet that she thought of us and was Thankful for us 😊

I got the Christmas tree put up on Friday, November 24th.

While everyone else is either shopping for "black Friday" or sleeping all day from "pitch black Thursday all night shopping", you can find me at home dragging out the decorations.

Maleigha and I had our 6th annual Christmas shopping trip on Saturday, November 25, 2017.  We hit a lot of stores in Murfreesboro and had the best of luck with good parking spots and uncrowded stores.

 After church on Sunday, November 26th, we had lunch at El Tapatio.
Later, I went to Sparta to gather moms Christmas decoration because I thought now would be the prime time to donate all of them.
I took a picture of the TV stand because I will be in charge of getting rid of it since I was the one that bought it for her.
The sad part of this photo is the reflection of her empty chair. 😢
The chair too is mine too. I bought it to rock Devin in when he was born. There is still sooo many things to find new homes for.

 On Monday, November 27, 2017, I cooked ribs in the crock pot, worked on Christmas cards and watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I also left an ink pen on the couch which bled on the cushion and left an ink blob.😟

I sold 21 of the new toys that I invested in on Tuesday, November 28. That made for a good day of sales. Brooke and I also put Christmas lights on the spruce trees outside. It looked pretty janky, so we didn't take a picture.
Before Church on  Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Brooke and I met Heather at Tech and walked around the quad to check out the new Christmas lights.

Thursday, November 30th was Sharon A's annual "Nibbles and Sips" Christmas drop in. I was one of the first ones to arrive. 😄  What can I say...they had me at "Nibbles and Sips" ...and those tiny chocolate pies go fast 😋
I got a few decorations set on the porch. Kimba just likes to photo bomb.

That's November 2017 in a nutshell.