Before I gloat about the cake eating contest results I have to share something I read in my new hair dryer instructions. Instruction...sorry it's actually a Warning #6. Never use while sleeping. Hmmmmmm. Yep, I read that right......never use while sleeping. Okey doke I won't.
Today Amber brought in left over chocolate sheet cake and of course I wondered if Ogi and I would have another cake eating contest - as I'm gobbling down my first piece of cake. For those of you that aren't aware, the score of Ogi and my cake eating contests are 0-2 in Ogi's favor. While those at work today worked hard, it was that day after Thanksgiving and you didn't really want to be at work day - so other team members were asking us if we'd have a cake eating contest - so we decided we would. I went to the other side of the floor to get the rest of the team and when I got back to our side, another team member, Chris, had decided he wanted to play too - sounds good to me - the more the merrier.
Everyone crowds around, Cindy goes over the rules and does the countdown and two seconds later Chris is DONE eating his piece of cake (which was bigger than Ogi and my piece of cake)! I about choked on my cake realizing he was done. Ogi and I stop eating and everyone's going, "go for 2nd" so the game was back on and I beat Ogi!!!!! Chris said something about how he didn't chew his piece of cake, just swallowed it - I can't even begin to understand that concept when it comes to food. I know how to open my throat if I want to drink something that tastes icky (like Alka Seltzer Plus) and get it down in one big gulp, but eating something like that is beyond me. But at least I beat Ogi. hehehehehehehehe
Yesterday I went to Pella to spend time with my folks and we had a good time visiting. About 11:00 I said I was hungry and Dad said he would finish getting lunch ready. It's always interesting when Dad says he's doing the cooking. I walked out to the kitchen and was watching him stir something white in a pan and for some reason I thought they were mashed potatoes and was kind of wondering where the meat dish was but didn't say anything. Finally Dad says, "Chicken Alfredo". Ok I think, not your "normal" Thanksgiving dish but sounds good to me. Then Dad adds, "with spaghetti". But I don't see any spaghetti anywhere. And Dad says, "it's already in the chicken alfredo. We buy the really thin spaghetti, break it up in little pieces and cook it all together." I'm thinking, "now that's interesting". So we had chicken alfredo with spaghetti as the main dish and it was good.
I headed back home around 2:00 because I had lots of leaves waiting for me in the driveway that I wanted to bag - this is the last week to bag lawn items for 2010. Plus I didn't want to get home too close to it starting to get dark since I had to work today. I wanted to have a little daylight left at home to enjoy before darkness settled in. I also set my clock alarm when I got home because I thought I might forget and think it was Saturday yesterday and forget to set it when I went to bed.
I've read, heard and been told that the first holiday after losing a loved one you might want to start a new tradition and I did think about that - but Mike and I didn't really do anything special or have a tradition for Thanksgiving or Christmas - so I didn't think of anything new to start yesterday. I don't know if I'll think of anything for Christmas either......
I've had my moments the past week or so when I'd get sad or just burst into tears but yesterday I was ok. Christmas will probably be another story since the season officially started today and Christmas songs are already on the radio. I've actually thought about blogging about my favorite Christmas memory and think I know what it is - but I won't share it until closer to December 25th.
