Time for Christmas Cheer

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it is time to decorate for Christmas! We got our tree decorated, and sometime this weekend, we will work on getting the lighted deer and other decorations in the yard. Look, Toby even has his penguin toy with a Santa hat out to play with.

Black Friday Shopping!

In an attempt to boost the economy, my mother and I did our part today during Black Friday shopping! We began this morning at Wal-mart at 5 am (I can't say that I recommend this, as it was very poorly managed and people were acting like idiots). We made it to Target in time to get in line to enter the store at 6 am, where we were able to obtain the purchases that we were hoping for. We made a quick stop to Best Buy to get some Blu Rays; where I might add that this is the shortest trip that I have ever had in Best Buy for Black Friday shopping, there was barely a line (I think I stood in line for about 3 minutes. We then went to Macy's to get a few items we were looking for, and a few we didn't expect to get, but were too good of deals to pass up. Finally, we ended up picking up my step-sister and went to the mall for our final excursion. As you can see, the car trunk was absolutely FILLED (and this is a rather large trunk). Overall, a great day of shopping, and boy am I ready for a nap!

Thanksgiving Laughs

I went down to SC to have dinner and spend time with my family. While lunch was cooking, we were being silly and all decided to sit on each other's lap. From left to right it is my mother, my aunt Jamine, myself, then my aunt Joy. We had a bunch of fun today, and even got to play the Wii to burn off some calories from the amazing meal. Who would have ever thought my grandmother and grandfather would be playing a video game and enjoying it!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Early Thanksgiving Shopping

My mother and I woke up early this morning to get to K-Mart at 7 am for their Thanksgiving Day sales. The crowds were much shorter and we were able to get a Blu-Ray player and a Wii Guitar Hero on a great sale! Time to drive to SC for Thanksgiving!

Spencer/Salisbury Christmas Parade

Today, I was driving to work and noticed an unnatural amount of cars parked on the side of the road and by the train museum. I then remembered, after seeing a sign that reminded me, that it was the day for the Spencer/Salisbury Christmas parade today from 2-5 pm. Thankfully, we were able to leave work at noonish due to low census (as many of our patients were discharged today, and most hospital patients would decline coming to Rehab to return home for Thanksgiving). As I was driving home, one lane on each side of the road was already closed off, and the vendors were already out selling hot chocolate, balloons, and other trinkets. Parking was already becoming an issue, and people had their lawn chairs and blankets out to enjoy the parade. It was really funny to see such a big crowd forming 2 hours early for a local parade, but I guess it is good timing since children are out of school and some parents probably took off as well. I'm just happy that I got through the traffic and didn't get caught having to find an alternate route home!

Happy Early Thanksgiving everyone!

Snow!

We woke up this morning to have a small amount of snow in the yard and on my car. It was nice to see, and thankfully, it is not bad enough to be on the roads. Very pretty way to start the morning.

The Farm House

As our caseload at work is down a bit, we all decided to go to the Farm House for lunch today. It looks like a log cabin that has been converted into a restaurant, and it was nice Southern style cooking. There was even a nice cozy fire burning on one side of the room. We all had a great time, and it was nice to go eat somewhere new and see part of Salisbury.