Show me some love, or I'll be blowin' you up!

Music to set the mood - Back and Forth, Dr. Steel

I’d never lie to you
You know I’d die for you
Yeah, I love you too
So just do what you do,
Consume and gobble it up
Come on, show me some love
Or I’ll be blowin' you up!

So then.  Things new in my life.

We managed two Thanksgiving dinners this year.  The first was with Josh's aunt and her family on Wednesday up in Arlington.  They have a beautiful piece of land up there, and I look forward to taking the children back in better weather.  So that I can kick them outside and tell them to come back when they've run themselves out.  Their house is old, and large - I was a little amazed by how spacious it seemed.  I was also a little amazed by how well they filled it up.  And I thought we had too much stuff.

Our next dinner was down in Tacoma with Nick's family.  That was a little awkward in parts, but for the most part it was a very nice time.  The kids did better than I had feared they would.  It probably helped that they had people so willing to play with them - Nick always seems to love running around with them, and Camille is a pre-school teacher, so there you have it.  Corwyn actually spent a lot of time curled up on my lap while we watched Invader Zim in the family room.  And I took a post-dinner nap.  It worked out.

The wedding planning is still moving right along.  I've started keeping track of the hours I devote to it, just so I can have something to show Leah in, say, January and go "all right, I want you to look at this, and we're going to talk about how much I should be paid".  I feel like people are looking at me unfavorably over this, because I should be willing to  help a friend without compensation, right?  And I am willing to help a friend.  This just goes way beyond helping.  This goes into doing it for her.  In my opinion, that takes us into a whole new realm.  I mean, for pity's sake, I am going to be making the groom and groomsmen's attire because our seamstress will be overworked with what she currently has to do.  Oy.

Speaking of which, I need to order fabric.  Work, work, work.  Found a good price on Egyptian cotton, though.  Just need to check that it's heavy enough.

I feel a little off moving into the holidays - this is the first holiday season that I have been so very cut off from all of my family and our friends.  However, unless we win the lottery, there is no way we can afford a trip out to Colorado before next summer.  Well, okay, theoretically we could in Spring after we get our tax returns back, but I really don't want to spend the entirety of my tax return on trying to fly during Spring Break season.

Back to the wedding planning, I've decided on a company name.  I've already checked, and it is available.  As is the corresponding domain name.  No, I'm not telling anyone what it is.  Not until we get the website launched.  I don't know if this will end up going anywhere, but if it did I think I would be a very happy camper.  I mean, even if it just worked out a little bit.  Though I think I need at least one more job before people take me seriously.

And now I have a house to clean.  Josh and I are going out for the first time since Halloween tonight.  Leah and Nick are watching the kids, and they're going to get here early so that Leah and I can take a look at the menu and research food items so that I can call the nice lady at The Edgewater on Monday and go "all right, Kelsey, it's time to talk to the chef".