Sunday Social - Thanksgiving

Favorite Thanksgiving Memory

I think my favorite is when I was living in Florida and couldn't go home for Thanksgiving. I actually cooked a turkey breast and some of the fixings and my brother came over from his college in Daytona and we had Thanksgiving together. It was nice to be with family even though we were several states away from the rest of our family.

Favorite Thanksgiving Food

Um, everything? I love Thanksgiving. I am really looking forward to the deep fried turkey my brother does though. It's the best turkey I've ever had!

What is a Thanksgiving Tradition you and your family have?

Our only tradition is that we get together. M and I are kind of starting one where we do Thanksgiving with my family on Thursday and then his family on Friday after he works his 12 hour Black Friday shift.

Show us a favorite Thanksgiving picture(or 5) from years past

My childhood pictures are still at my mom's house and we don't really take pictures on Thanksgiving. We tend to take a bunch of pictures at Christmas. I do have these pictures that M and I took the last couple years for our Christmas cards...

2011

2012

What are you most looking forward to about this Thanksgiving?

Deep fried turkey!
Getting out the Christmas decorations

 

Favorite Animal Kingdom Ride

Today's Disney Park Challenge is about my favorite Animal Kingdom Ride. This is an easy one for me because while I love just about all of the Animal Kingdom park, there's one ride I always ride multiple times.



I try to ride Kilimanjaro Safaris as much as possible every time I go to the Animal Kingdom. I like to space out my rides over the day for the best chance at seeing as many animals as possible.

Why do I love Kilimanjaro Safaris so much? It's a fabulous way to see so many animals in a more natural setting. And being Disney, the theming is amazing. It's easy to pretend you are actually in Africa on safari here.



What is your favorite Animal Kingdom ride?

 

Week in Review

Since we just had our 3 day Fall Break, last week was fairly quiet work-wise.  (I can't believe we've been back from Minnesota for over a week now!)

I did manage to pick up 3 days of work, all of them half days. So far, November is pretty wide open in my schedule, but I'm hopeful that it will quickly fill up with more jobs.

 Since we don't have kids, we didn't do Halloween. Trick-or-Treating doesn't seem to really happen on our street, so I don't worry about buying candy and passing it out. Plus, we take advantage of the vigil mass and go to All Saints Day mass on Halloween night. It is usually pretty empty - mostly just older people since all the families are out trick-or-treating. It's nice to have one mass a year where I don't have to deal with noisy children. (I love children, but some people really need to teach their kids how to behave in church.)

I spent the weekend at home as usual. The time-change meant that my husband got to work 9 hours overnight instead of the usual 8. I have to remind myself that his benefits are great whenever I get annoyed with his company.

I really miss the days when Indiana didn't participate in Daylight Savings Time. Thanks a lot Mitch Daniels. 

How was your week?

 

Sunday Social

What is currently on your wish list?

A DSLR, a trip to Disney World, a baby...

 More practically: a mandoline, an ice cream maker, and a Vera Bradley Hipster in Just Mousing Around.

 Share a new iPhone, droid, iPad app that you have recently discovered that we all need. 

 My newest app is Ibotta. You get paid for buying things you probably already buy at the grocery store. I even just earned 75 cents for our recent trip to Smashburger. It's super easy to use and I love getting free money.

What is a new fall TV show that you have added to your dvr? 

 We've been enjoying Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Share your social media links so we can follow you. (Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, etc) Tell us which is your favorite and why. 

Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Instagram
Tumblr

My favorite it probably Pinterest.  I use it a lot and find it very helpful.

What is a TV show, movie, or song that you could watch or listen to over and over and never get tired of?

 TV series - Sherlock
I watch it a lot just for background noise and I always end up getting sucked into it even though I've watched it a million times.

Movie - Right now, Tangled. I've also put this one on several times for background noise and end up just flat out watching it.

No specific song right now, but I do tend to just listen to Kelly Clarkson constantly in the car. I never get tired of her.