I wasn't ignoring you

nor was I busy. I just forgot to update this since there is nothing going on!!!!!! My life is pathetically boring.

We had a great Thanksgiving at my Mom's cousins. It was fun, the food was great, and we sang songs. It was hilarious. As we sang a few Christmas carols I had to laugh because I'm sure that if their Grand Piano was set up and tuned, we would have been gathered around it belting out our songs. We all wrote down three things we were thankful for and one thing we were NOT thankful for. We each read other peoples cards from serious to silly, it was definitely entertaining when you've got siblings and teenagers and 90 year olds who aren't thankful for wrinkles. :)

No, I did not participate in Black Friday. I've been avoiding the mall area. I'm trying to get creative enough with my Christmas gifts so they won't involve anything from the mall. I have found a few little shops/boutiques that I really love.

Oh, Devan and I have a new favorite restaurant. It's a pizza place called Guido's. It's New York style pizza and you can order straight off the menu or you can order a personal pizza. When you order the personal pizza they bring you pan with the dough in the bottom with the pizza sauce on it and you get to put your own toppings on at the topping bar. It was really fun. Devan used pepperoni and Canadian bacon to make a face complete with hair. Then you hand off your pizza to the cooks and go back to your seat and enjoy the atmosphere. When your pizza is done they bring it out to you. Now that is definitely a personal pizza!

Actually this week I have been a little busy assembling cards for the cousins and sending out resumes. I have two meetings tomorrow and I'm going to hit up a few retail shops that have signs in their windows.

School is going well for the kids. I got Jordan's progress reports. She has all A's with her lowest grade being a 93%. I don't have Devan's yet because the school had issues printing them. I expect his any day. He is doing well though. Last time he had A's and B's with one C. The grades here are higher though. In Oregon an A was 90 or above. Here it's 92 or above and it works that way all throughout. To get a C you have to get above a 74%. I know it's been a difficult transition for him since the schools here are so strict but he's doing well. I reward him with trips into Nashville to the skate parks. :)