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The Crackling of the Fireplace…the Hum of the Laptop

Junior passed out on the couch watching Atlantis. I actually feel the same way about that movie. So I carried him up to bed an hour an a half or so earlier than he usually heads up. That means Mama has the house to herself and a fire in the fireplace. It’s a better scene for romance, but I don’t have any of that nearby, so my trusty laptop will have to do. You all understand, I hope.

A 2pm trip to Bolton Orchards to buy apples turned into an all afternoon affair with mom and dad. Mom went downstairs with Junior to play on the computer with him, and dad and I watched football. I think he thinks I watch way more football than I actually do, simply because after 20+ years of HIM watching it all weekend, then the 9+ years Mr. Dump did, added to my fantasy football team knowlege, and suddenly I’m someone’s dream date – a gal who can follow a football game and actually get into it. I do feel obligated to make comments about their uniforms, though. I mean, it’s my job, right?

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The People You Meet

I keep running into people I know over on the offical NaNoWriMo website. They are people I know either in person or from other online groups I belong to. The cool thing is when I find them because we are on the same page of the list of participants by word count. Meaning, generally we are within a few hundred words of each other. I’m glad so many people I know are keeping up with it!

Tonight I spotted Tim from BredCrumbs (Link is over on the left). Hi Tim! I’m ahead of you now!

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Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

We’re now watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for the third time today. Good thing I don’t hate it. On the other hand, I’m going to get tired of it pretty soon. Still, it’s got that awesome Vince Guaraldi background music going for it.

Charlie Brown’s Holiday Hits contains the Thanksgiving theme, but I don’t think it has the song with vocals in it. That’s “Little Birdie,” isn’t it? I will say that the reviews for this CD say that some of the songs are just samples and they’re in mono. So I don’t know that it’s worth it. I guess I’ll stick with the classic Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Charlie Brown Christmas Will be On

December 8th. Don’t blame me if you miss it.

And hey, only 9 days until the 25 days of Christmas start on ABC Family (or whatever the hell it is these days. It’s ABC now, right? It was Fox Family last year. I can only keep track of so many things before the lines start to blur.

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Funny Kid

Junior was playing with this teeny stuffed dog (an Animal Alley dog they had in happy meals a year or so ago) and he’s telling me it’s Super Dog. I asked what kind of super powers it has. In addition to heat vision (thanks Fairly Oddparents!):

“He has powers to make breakfast and other important stuff.”

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