Because I know that you are all so worried, I feel duty bound to provide an update on the state of my wounded finger. That, and I am procrastinating from the massive amounts of school work I have piled around me.
Anyway, my finger is doing just fine. There is no pain unless I poke or prod at it, which I've been known to do. I even took a picture of it for those who want to see it (though it isn't a very good picture...). That reddish area in the middle is where I sliced into the finger. I should have taken a picture when it was all bloody and the flap of skin was visible. All the squeamish boys in the family would have loved that...
I suppose I should get back to my planning and grading. And the Star Wars marathon (where, during the commercials, I've been listening to my new favorite Star Wars/John Williams song).
Because Steve feels I should blog about the mundane details of my life...
Today was an awesome day. Going into it I had three difficult-to-accomplish goals: be lazy, not get dressed all day, and eat leftovers. I am proud to say I accomplished all three.
I spent the entire day on the couch with my lazy cat. We watched a variety of television programs, including the movies Hercules and half of Aladdin. I also downloaded lots of music (legally). It's always important to add to my Christmas music collection. Thank you Amazon free downloads and discounted albums. I ate some leftover lasagna (that accidentally sat on the counter all night, hope I don't die or anything...) and a few helpings of apple spice cake. I can't emphasize enough how yummy it is.
In a somewhat productive moment, I began to redesign my school website, but I don't really view that as work because it didn't need to be done and it was something I had fun with. It's going to be all pink and girly when I'm done with it. Break out the Weird Al music...
I also cut away some of the dead skin from the flap on my finger as a result of yesterday's accident. The bleeding has all stopped, there isn't really a scab, but it's all purply-red looking and my finger is still sore.
So that was my day. I didn't find any great deals at the Black Friday sales, but since I already did all (or most) of my gift giving, it's probably best I not spend extra money. There you have it, nothing profound or productive but an excellently lazy day!
Today felt more like Fake Thanksgiving than last week. Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday but today never felt quite right. It was certainly a nice day spent with family, but I missed the rest of our group and our normal Thanksgiving routine. Today was really just an excuse to have a nice fancy dinner.
I began work on the Apple Spice Cake during the Macy's Parade (as an aside, I really want to go see it again, as long as people don't fall out of windows and land on the person standing next to me...). Perhaps being a little too forceful with my new and awesome pink knife, I sliced through an apple and straight through the side of my left index finger, on the knuckle. Much blood and pain and bandaids later, it has mostly stopped bleeding. It probably wasn't bad enough for stitches but perhaps could have been glued or something (it is not so much deep as a sideways slice so there's a huge flap of skin).
As delicious as my cake is, both times I have made it, I have had bundt pan issues. The first time, the cake came out so quickly that it slid out of the pan and broke in half. This time, half came out easily and half was stuck. Still tasty but not at all pretty...
I set the table, digging out the tablecloth. I even got all crafty and made pretty placecards and menus. Perhaps a bit much for 3 people, but I really enjoy setting a nice looking table. I wish I had a larger table so there was really room for everything.
Maybe I should have ironed the table cloth first. Oh well.
The boys arrived promptly at 2. Perhaps they have finally learned how I value promptness. Veggies were served all afternoon. I also made, especially for David, pepperoni bread. Sadly, I brought crescent roll dough instead of the pizza dough, but they still came out ok. Oops.
Pepperoni Bread, made with crescent rolls instead of pizza dough
Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving meal, we were going with an Italian theme this year. Since we did the whole turkey dinner last week, it really didn't make sense to do it again this week. David doesn't eat it and it's a lot of work for 2 people. I made lasagna instead. Dad was lots of help (he was awesome to help with the onion cutting!) and David (and Gerald) took a nap on the couch.
I am thankful this holiday season that Dad doesn't have nearly the awful reaction I do to onion chopping.
David getting all the sleep he can before he has to show up for work at 4:45 tomorrow morning. Poor kid!
Dinner itself was yummy - lasagna, salad and garlic bread. Afterward, we watched this week's episode of Glee - Dad and David enjoyed their first glimpse of the show, I think. The cake tasted good despite how it looked.
An Italian Thanksgiving (with Clio keeping watch in the background)
All in all, it was a nice day. I'm thankful this holiday week (both Thanksgiving celebrations) for getting to spend the time with my family - while we occasionally don't see eye to eye on some things, I truly enjoy it when we are all able to get together and enjoy one another's company. It happens more and more infrequently these days.
I've never been so excited to come in second place!! The Second Place Thanksgiving Miniature Golf Tournament Plaque is mine at last!!
with my plaque and pretty, pretty new apron
Fakesgiving went well - a splendid and tasty meal as always. It continues to be my favorite holiday. Any holiday that is all about food is all good.
Real Thanksgiving is going to be odd with just the boys coming over and a very non-Thanksgiving-like meal. But it'll be good, hors d'ouevres, dinner, and dessert - the works. Maybe I'll even break out the fancy table stuff and wear my awesome new apron...
Are we ready for Fakesgiving-Hannumas 2009? I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not crazy about this early, fake holiday but we'd best make the most of it - it's likely to be our last Florida holiday for quite some time.
We will celebrate Fakesgiving with Sir Turksalot (if he arrives in time). Isn't he cute?
And this is the year I win the 2nd place mini golf award.
We're the Rosenbergs. Sometimes some of us write about trips we go on, meals we eat, or other random things. Sometimes we don't write anything for long periods of time.
