Happy Turkey Day!

Or Fried Camel Day, as hubby called it. Today was great... Let me recap Wednesday first because I failed to blog...
Yesterday work was so slow. They gave out E-time and eventually they said if you got off by 5 you could leave. That was at about 3:45-4:00 PM. My luck, my schedule was til 5:15, so I was stuck there. Not much revenue. Got to do a crossword puzzle and read the latest comics so I can send them to hubby.
When I got off work, I went to Kroger and got the Hawaiian rolls and sodas to take to the in-laws tomorrow. Got a few other groceries as well. Then picked up little ones from day care. Came home to find C & L still hadn't completed the chores I left them with, as they were out of school with no little ones and no excuses. I also took them home some chicken sandwiches from McD's on my lunch break. I have come to the conclusion that they are lazy good for nothings and apparently no amount of physical or mental punishment can break them. I give up. I really do. I will just have to ignore their requests as they do mine and go in a different direction with this. Something has got to give. Cici is not as bad as L, but they are both pitiful.
I try to instill pride in the home, cleanliness = good health, the whole kit and caboodle, but they let it go in one ear and out the other and I'm so sick of it.
Anyway, I went to Blockbuster and got the Angels and Demons movie along with a free rental of Davinci Code and another freebie called Let the Right One In. It's a french vampire movie that is supposed to be really good. It's subtitled but that doesn't bother me. I fell asleep on Angels and Demons and I'm glad I didn't buy it. It was kind of boring/slow. I think I remember liking Davinci Code much better. Maybe I will try again tomorrow to watch it. I didn't make it to the other movies. I just ended up getting up off the couch and going to bed.

Got up at 8 AM today. Did some chores. Did my hair, washed and crimped with waving iron. Looks nice. I liked it. Got all the kiddos dressed for Thanksgiving. We all went and picked up my Mom. Her boyfriend ended up not coming. He was sick, nauseated from his Chemo meds. I hope he is feeling better soon and that it works to cure him. They have changed up the neighborhoods where hubby's bro and sis-in-law live. I got a bit turned around. I had timed it to show up right at 1, which was scheduled dinner time. We ended up showing up at 1:15. Not too bad. Luckily, sis-in-law's sister was late too so it wasn't just me. Her kids were there and Bubba found a little running buddy. So nice cause he's always around girls.
Dinner was really good. Mac-n-cheese, dressing, cranberry sauce, turkey, ham, green beans, greens, sweet potatoes, potato salad... Yum! Bro asked his wife if she used mayonnaise to make the potato salad and she said yes... He said MUSTARD! And my Mom was like thank goodness A wasn't here to talk potato salad with them! LOL. He bought her a really nice Sony camcorder that records in HD and does still photos and all. Hubby's bro was slightly jealous. He read the instructions and showed Mom a bunch of stuff about how to work it. The pics that I am sending to you (hubby) are taken from my Mom's camera... I still have some more that I will send in a later package for you. We stopped at CVS on the way home, it was open!?! and just developed the few I thought you'd like to see of the family.
Mom kinda drove me nuts with the camera but other than that, she seemed to be on her best behavior. The Cowboys beat Oakland. It was an ok game. They both actually played kinda sorry but the better sorry team won. I am not a huge Cowboys fan, but they are my home team so I rooted for them. We left after the game was over. So we got home at about 7:30-8:00-ish. It was really nice seeing my Mother-in-Law. She is a riot. We laughed about her cooking skills or lack there of... I want to see her again this weekend before she leaves. We'll figure that out.
Highlight of today... got to talk to hubby on Skype. I was a dodo and left my laptop at home but bro set up skype on his PC and hubby got to say hi to everyone. I miss my baby so much. (love you baby!)
Once I got home, I did an assessment of Christmas gifts... I need to get Pinky at least one more thing. I wish I could find another one of those blocks in the wagon... Oh well, I am sure I will find something over the weekend. I have a ton of stuff to do this weekend, even though I am off work. Oh well. Ce la Vie for this little Seabee wife.
Oh, did I mention the Navy Wife hat I found. It's perfect. A navy blue ball cap with Navy Wife embroidered in Pink and the Navy seal in the center and again pink smaller letters "Navy Wife" on the brim. Found it at the local hardware store if you can believe that when I went to get the light bulbs to replace in the ceiling fan in the living room. And I blew thousands of leaves off the back drive the other day and now I am dreading raking them. Maybe the gods will smile down on me and actually allow Ellie and Cici to help without any complaints... Man I hope I get to go to the movies this weekend. I want to see New Moon so bad. I am jealous! Hubby got to see 2012 and I haven't seen it yet! :) You finally beat me to one, baby!
Well, it's almost midnight. I am going to get up to go work out on base in the AM. Trying to keep my promises where I can. Everyone else is asleep and the house is quiet. Let's see what happens now...