what a beautiful mess

which is far less interesting than you would think... 1. checkbook 2. notebook for those all too important thoughts and well, notes.  3. two rolls of old film. Its the last of all my old film that needs to be developed. It's at least 6 years old.  4. wallet 5. first aid kit 6. keys 7. bill that needs to be mailed. 8. pen 9. sunglasses 10. three tubes of carmex.  11. compact mirror 12. an old ring I no longer wear 12. a Sonic mint wrapper Now turn off your screen and try to write down everything you can remember seeing. You only get 30 seconds.  Ready???? Set???  GO!  I'm kidding.  But now you all no longer have to wonder "what in the world does Sarah keep in her purse?". You're welcome. :)  

Tonight, I caught Joshua playing with the soda boxes.  I'm not quite sure what he was doing but it looked like a lot of fun. We bought our Christmas tree and I think it is the smallest tree we've ever had. It is now taking up lovely space in the front room  until we decorate it tomorrow.  Trevor thought it would be fun to play with Emily's recorder.  He then told her (as he was playing "love one another") that he was trying to seduce me with it.  His face went bright red and he stammered out that he meant to  say he was going to put me in a trance.  And then he had to try to come up with an  answer appropriate for a nine year old  when she asked what seduce meant. Anna asked Trevor if it was good to be skinny  and if she was or if she was just medium.  I'm glad she asked him cause he gave a great answer.  I'm not as good at those questions as he is.  He said it's good to be healthy no matter what size you ...

My wedding ring makes me very happy.  I love it more today than I loved it 12 years ago when Trevor and I would walk by the jewelry store in the mall and I would tell him how much I loved it~ I'm sorry for the ugly hand shot though.  My hands are very dry and my fingernails are  brown cause I didn't have any gloves the last time I colored hair.  You'd think I'd keep a whole bunch of them around.  Or that I could at least remember where I keep them.  Which happens to be the case this time. 

1.   I like owls. But I don't like birds. I almost got attacked one time while I was out running and I haven't liked them since. It doesn't help that I grew up with Paco. Paco squawked louder than any bird I've ever heard and he liked to bite. I didn't like Paco very much (sorry Mom and Dad). 2.  I am afraid of rubber-bands. My older brother, Stephen, liked to flick them at me and anyone else around. I seriously hate them. He threw Chinese stars too. So I don't like those either.  3.   I wish I spoke with a British accent. Or at least could speak with one whenever I want to. Usually when I try I sound like a mixture between a southern accent and an Australian. I just love British humor and think that Hugh Grant is the greatest (except the whole arrest thing he went through~nasty) 4. I could be a nudist. I'm so much more comfortable naked then I am clothed. No worries though. I'm extremely proper. I'm only naked behind the close...

Here is our lovely spread with our homemade centerpiece, hand turkeys. The girls also made our place mats, names in the center of construction paper and a little note of what they loved about that person.  If you'll notice, we used an ice cream scoop for our potatoes~  Genius!  Trevor made an awesome turkey.   I'm just not sure what to say about this picture.   A photo of our wonderful guests.  We loved having them here!!!!!  And really, Asa was the guest of honor.  We all just couldn't get enough of him.   These three girls fought over Asa most of the weekend.   Joshua only ate his cranberries but he still got pie.  And the only pie he ate wasn't even pie, it was chocolate cheesecake and he LOVED it.  The pies were our favorite; pecan, pumpkin, apple and chocolate cheesecake.  And we only have half a pumpkin left.  I think we gained a tad bit of weight this weekend but it was soooo ...

Taking his first bite:  He's not at all sure if he likes it at first.   And the wasabi kicks in and his face goes bright red! Last year for Thanksgiving, he tried an anchovie for the first time.  This year it's sushi.  I think our tastes are improving. 

Please excuse the mess. It's Thanksgiving weekend and I have better things to do besides cleaning~