Random rambles

Updates of a random variety. Of course... isn't this how I always do it?

Thanksgiving went really well. Small and quiet as usual. My Orange-Cranberry Relish went over well but the biggest hit was my pumpkin pie. I'm darn proud of that pie, haha.

Friday I put up all my Christmas decorations. Things came out really well this year. I am super excited because I finally have a manger for my Nativity set. Years ago I saw a Nativity set by Lenox and fell in love with it. I got most of the pieces (well all the main ones at least) before it was discontinued from stores. But all these years I didn't have a manger for them... my moms old one was too small. My dad said he'd build one but never did. However, a friend of my mom's does wood working, and made me an almost exact replica of the Lenox manger. It's awesome. I need to get pictures of everything.

On Wednesday a guy came out to look at the damage to my car. I got a phone call from the other guy's insurance agency yesterday telling me that my car was deemed a total loss :( Boo. Now we are waiting on them receiving a copy of the police report and accepting liability (arguing may start here). After that they have to make an offer... and most likely that will have some back and forth.

Anyone else watch that Britney Spears documentary thing on MTV? Is it me or does she seem really unstable still? Looking at her eyes makes me sad... she looks like she's about to fall off the edge of the proverbial cliff.

Nearly all of my Christmas shopping is done. If I don't have it for someone, I at least know what I'm getting them. Hopefully I can finish that up this weekend so that I can get on with the wrapping and stuff.

I'm exhausted and I still need to work on the evaluations for my kiddos. Add to that showering and reading for a while just because I want to.