A Young Wife’s Tale

Just in time for Cyber Monday…I’ve opened my Etsy shop! I have had so much fun knitting this year. After I knit something for everyone I possibly could on my Christmas list, I wanted to keep on knitting, so I decided maybe I could sell some of my creations. Check out my Etsy store here! [...]

Our Shop Rite ran a special where if you spent $300 there during a certain time period, you got a free turkey. I got the biggest free turkey I could find. That’s right, I’m making a 20.49 pound turkey for two. We will have lots of leftovers, and I’m planning on turkey pot pies and lots of good stock.

Typically, David and I watch all of the extended versions of the Lord of the Rings movies around Thanksgiving. This year, we decided to switch things up and have a Star Wars movie marathon. ‘Cause we’re crazy cool like that.

We did a lot on Friday. David did better than I had anticipated. He was able to walk around in most of the stores. He even looked at antique comic books and hand carved walking sticks, although he couldn’t find any tall enough for his 6′ 4″ body. One of the little shops there is called Creative Treasures. They have candles in “Fried Green Tomato” fragrance. They smell great. Not like french fries or tomatoes if you ask me.

That night we saw a parade on the River Walk. They have floats, but instead of being on vehicles, they’re on boats. We were so excited that we got front row tickets. Then we learned that there is such a thing as too close.

This Thanksgiving we took a family vacation with David’s side of the family to San Antonio. While we were waiting for our departing flight at Love Field, we had dinner at Chili’s. We met a lovely couple who had just arrived in Dallas from San Antonio. They were going to meet their daughter’s finance’s family. [...]