he's maybe kinda oldish

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Sorry I pulled all your hair out.

consumer reports

This Perrier is good.
This lotion is good. It is thick and makes for suppleness and is found behind the pharmacy counter and is not expensive.

This is a package of electrical tape. It says it is "STICK SYSTEM ROLLER COVER". What?

the runs and such

Rebekah hiding in the Christmas tree box:

I had stomach flu, but I ran the 5K anyway. It was hard. I swear it was uphill the whole way. I'm proud of myself. Here is before, with Rebekah:

Here is Aubrey before the race, just because she looked cute all sleepy and such:

Starting the race, halfway back among hundreds of people:

At the finish line, taken with Rebekah's cell phone because the camera battery had just died:

After the 5K my day was sleeping, punctuated by "runs" to the bathroom. So I didn't make Thanksgiving dinner. Jerry had to go out and get takeout at the only restaurant he could find open. We basically failed at Thanksgiving. But this morning (the day after Thanksgiving) I got up feeling better and made a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We ate it at 7:45 AM. Here we are:

big bird

• Quotation of the day: "Canned peas are so fluffy and moist. These are just wrinkly." --Rebekah H., while eating peas that were originally frozen but had been warmed up.
• So I saw Twilight with a big group of women and girls. I was not a fan of the books; Bella bugged me. But I liked the movie. It was so fun to scream for Edward with the rest of the estrogen-driven, high-pitched mob in the theater on opening night. There were whole chunks of the movie I couldn't hear because of screaming, which was just fine, because the cacophony was just as entertaining as the movie. My mom was visiting at the time too. Here is a picture of my mom and me in the theater, then a picture of superfriend Tate-opotomus, Rebekah, and me.



• This picture, courtesy of April, appeals to the vegetarian in me. Note the cookies on Cookie Monster's plate. He's got the right idea.

elusive hot flash

• Quotation of the day: "You just can't start up a good hot flash when you need one." --Kimberly's mother while experiencing Virginia cold weather.
  
• Here is some footage of Rebekah on the day she first got most of her cheerleader uniform.
  

Bones spoiler

Okay I found this clip, from last night's Bones episode, to be cute. Especially how she blinks behind those glasses and is so brilliant but totally clueless. Love this show. It has its own slightly altered state of reality.

i feel like dancin'

Here are my new shoes. I find myself always looking down today.