November 27, 2009
“Give the gift you know can’t fail!”
This is how you know it’s Christmas in Oklahoma.
Jewelry is the gift to give,
‘Cause it’s the gift that’ll live and live …
Archive for November, 2009
November 26, 2009
grace in small things: fifty three
Thanksgiving seems like the perfect day for a Grace in Small Things post, doesn’t it?
Today I am thankful for my family and friends (of course), for snow, for turkey, for fast WiFi, for comfortable shoes and a warm sweater dress. I’m thankful to be starting my day at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, and thankful that I will end it at home with my babies.
Your turn — what are you thankful for this year?
Want to see what I’ve been up to this morning? Check out the Butterball blog for live updates and photos!
November 25, 2009
tradition
Do you have any holiday traditions? Did you ever stop to think about how those things — a certain food, a certain ritual — came to be elevated to the status of Tradition?
Repetition. That’s what makes something a tradition — the sheer fact that you do it over and over.
Last year, I spent Thanksgiving at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. It was one of those crazy! things! that was so hard to explain to people — why would I leave my kids on Thanksgiving? Who would cook? How on earth did I wind up getting paid to talk about turkey?!?
Eh, I still can’t really explain that last part. But I can tell you that spending Thanksgiving with the Talk-Line experts was the perfect way to pass the holiday.
I’m back in Chicago again this year, which seems to mean that this is becoming a tradition. On Friday, I’ll be cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family, and while I’m looking forward to spending the day with them, I’m really excited to be here for the actual holiday, to spend it doing work I love with people I really like.
I think that part — the feeling of joy — is an essential component of tradition. Don’t you?
Tomorrow I’ll be live blogging from the Turkey Talk-Line. So when you’re hiding from the family pretending to baste the turkey looking for helpful tips and hints about how to cook the perfect dinner, come by! I can’t imagine any place I would rather be on Thanksgiving morning.
Especially if there’s cake.
November 23, 2009
where have I been? oh, you know …
I have a hacking cough; it started over a week ago and just will not go away. Mmm pleasant, especially if you’re someone who has to talk to me on the phone during the day. Or live in the house with me. Tonight Wade nearly knocked me down to stop me from unloading the dishwasher and coughing all over the clean dishes.
Who can blame him, really?
My hacking cough is preventing me from doing all sorts of things, like talking without gasping and updating this blog, but it didn’t stop me from buying a super cute cocktail dress this weekend. For FORTY SIX DOLLARS, you all.
Go me.
Despite the fact that all I really want to do is crawl into my bed and stay there, I’ve been compelled to do other fun things, like take the kids to turkey bingo (we won two turkeys! woo!) and take Charlie to the doctor because he has an ear infection (whoops). Ok turkey bingo really was fun, but the pediatrician not so much.
I’ve also been working, because the internet never closes; if my thrilling cough updates aren’t really doing it for you, here are some other fun things you can read.
At the Butterball Blog, I solve your what to wear for Thanksgiving dilemmas.
At BlogHer, I’m giving thanks for some great fall trends.
And at The Working Closet, I have suggestions about where — and why — to buy a slip. I’m just praying that post doesn’t go the way of this post (seriously, read the comments — omg).
I’m going to crawl into bed now and try to sleep, because on Thursday morning I’ll be liveblogging from the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line headquarters, and I would really love not to be coughing. Continuously. Ugh.
