As I said earlier, my birthday was yesterday. I did not receive one of the best harmonicas for sale at Musicians friend. I did get a really cool board game. (Lupin the 3rd Board Game, which I didn't even know existed.) While I love music, I don't know how to actually play any instruments. Well, that's a lie. I can vaguely play the violin but not very well. My daughter is learning how to play the trumpet and I hope she sticks with it. Good ol' Mom will just have to play along with the tamborine. That I can play!
Thanksgiving is almost over.
So the givings of thanks is almost over. It was a pretty nice day. My daughter and I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade until my husband got annoyed at our mini-naps (dude, that this is FOREVER long and it takes FOREVER for them to get to the good stuff) and turned on a Mythbusters episode we had on the DVR. Then we went to my in-laws' for dinner, which was not awful. Then we went to my aunt's in order to play some board games, but they decided they didn't want to play any so we ended up sitting around and talking for a couple of hours. I think this may be the earliest we have ever been home on a holiday. Tomorrow is my birthday. (Sorry Black Friday, you are getting kicked to the background.) The PA Renaissance Faire is having their holiday Open House this weekend and I'd like to go to see if there are some gifts I'd like to buy for my family. And maybe I'll browse around qualitybath.com for kitchen faucets because we could really use a new one. Heck, we could use a whole new house.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Where has November gone?
I feel like the weeks have been going by so quickly lately. Not only is it already Wednesday, but Thanksgiving is tomorrow too! Then after Thanksgiving is my birthday! What happened to the month? I'm not really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. We're going to my in-laws' house, which is rarely an enjoyable time. Maybe I'll be lucky and my husband will get me one of the karaoke machines at acekaraoke.com for my birthday. Then we'll have tons of fun! *insert evil laugh*
Ah well. Hopefully it will go quickly too.
Argh November!
I wanted to write a review about the animated short that played before Wreck-It Ralph but I haven't gotten a chance. I'm going to try to get it written this weekend but I do have another fitness training seminar so I'm not sure how much time I will have. (This will make me licensed in Zumba, Zumba Gold, and Zumbatomic and certified in Hip Hop Hustle and Red Hot Dance Fitness.) I think that my family is going to try to go to the Open House at the PA Renaissance Faire over Thanksgiving weekend. Not only will we be able to buy discount passes for the regular faire season but I'm hoping to pick up some Christmas presents there as well. There was a merchant during the regular season that sold outdoor pottery type stuff that was pretty cool. Hopefully they are there for the Open House too.
Time to Clean Up!
My home computer is a mess. I have this bad habit of keeping all of my files on my desktop so I can easily access them. Of course, it ends up making everything difficult to find. So I have to do a Windows cleanup. For me, that just means organizing all of my files a bit better. I'm already all defragged and all of that jazz. I just need to be tidier.
Movie review: Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph is a different type of video game movie. The main character, Ralph, is the villain in his video game. He destroys buildings a la Rampage while Fix-It Felix Jr, the hero, fixes the building and saves all the apartment dwellers. As such, the NPCs of the game love Felix and hate Ralph. But Ralph is unhappy with this situation. After all, he's a pretty nice guy. (In the game, he only destroys the building because the builders moved the stump where he lived to the local dump in order to build the apartment. This mad Ralph angry so he went all loco on them. To be honest, I don't blame him.) So he leaves his game in order to get a hero medal, which he believes will make the NPCs like him.
We all enjoyed the movie immensely. I thought it was awesome that each character moved the way they would in their video game. The NPCs of Fix-It Felix all do this little hop-walk when they move. These games are not only their jobs but their lives. This is how they live. I also really liked all of the cameos. My husband and I spent a bit of time trying to pick out everyone. I don't want to give away too much of the plot because everyone should go see this. Seriously. Stop reading and go.
As a bonus, I'll give you the theme song for one of the other games in the movie: Sugar Rush
Cravings
I quit smoking cigarettes a long time ago. It's been about 13 years or so. That doesn't mean I don't get cravings once in awhile though. I tried e-cigs. They are pretty awful. My husband and I tried pipe smoking at one point but I didn't like it very much. I thought about buying some cigars on sale to try but I don't really like cigar smoke. I can't imagine liking actually smoking one. Instead, I deal with my cravings the way any good woman would - Chocolate. I just have to make sure I exercise enough so I don't gain a million pounds.
Dragons!
As I've said before, my family enjoys the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. We've actually gone three times this year. It's a record! One of our favorite vendors at the faire is Imaginarium Galleries. They sell dragon puppets called drabbits. (A drabbit is a cross between a dragon and a rabbit.) The smallest drabbit costs about $20. From there, you can find a variety of sizes and prices up to a hand-made staff with a drabbit perched atop for about $7,000. My husband and daughter both bought mid-sized drabbits during our second trip to the faire.
My daughter named her drabbit Pinkie Pie.
My husband named his Saurum.
During this past trip, the two of them talked me into buying my own drabbit. I have not named him yet.
Each of these dragons moves their heads up/down and left/right. The more expensive models have an additional cable that allows their wings to move as well. And the best part? Throughout the day, the staff at the store hands out raffle tickets. At the end of the day, they give away a variety of drabbits. (By the way, they aren't all dragons. There are also griffins and owls and many other species.) Even if you can't afford to buy one yourself, please make sure to stop by the shop and take a look at the puppets. Not only are they amazing, but they will also make you smile like a kid again.
Is it summer yet?
The winter is a terrible time of year. I don't believe people that say they love winter. How could you possibly love a season where (almost) everything green is dead? I much prefer the summer. I would love to get a pool, not so I can go swimming but so I can lay next to the pool and soak up the sun. (Yes, the experience is completely different when you don't have a pool.) I know my husband would love a intellichlor system. He keeps talking about how he'd like to have a salt water pool because it's better than chemicals. I believe this is a similar system. Ah, summer.