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I don’t exactly rate my Thanksgivings- for me, as long as I’m hanging out with my family and eating good food, that’s pretty much all I need. However, today was probably one of the most fun Thanksgivings I’ve had.

First, my brother and sister in law didn’t get their dogs fixed in time, and so there were 3 adorable 2 week old puppies in the house. Second, my sister in law’s entire family (almost) came- her niece, her parents, her brother and his wife and their son, her aunt, two cousins, and the cousins’ nephew and niece, and her brother brought his two dogs (so there were 4 adult lap dogs and 3 puppies whose eyes haven’t opened yet) (this is in addition to their 3 kids and my parents). Her family is awesome and fun, but what really, really made my day was watching one of her cousins playing with my 5 year old playa nephew. Please note that he’s 5 years old and has a 6 year old girlfriend. And makes a point of introducing himself to every pretty girl no matter her age.

Now, my SIL’s very pretty cousin who is probably around my age seems to be as taken with my nephew as he is with her. They danced together, she listened to his philosophy on life, and even took the time to figure out what on earth a “white thunder suit” is (turns out they’re police car themed shoes with blinky lights on the front). In fact, at one point, he had my SIL’s SIL packing his vitamins in a ziploc bag, and when we asked him why, he said “Because I have to take my vitamins every day, and I’m going with her.” as he pointed at SIL’s cousin.

So, at the end of the evening, I’m sitting and chatting with my brother as my nephew continued to woo a woman approximately 5-6 times his age… I forget what he did or said, but my brother laughed at him and said “You’re incorrigible.” My nephew paused for a moment, then said “No, I’m lucky!”.

I hope everyone had a Thanksgiving as good as mine.

Hahaaaaaaah! Bet you’re all jealous!

Yes, indeed, It’s not yet Thanksgiving but I’m almost totally done with Christmas shopping. I have one item left to order for my husband, one to pick up in a store, one or two items to get my mom (had one of them, but the seller refunded because he found stains on it after listing), one more for my nephew and one or two more for my dad. My nephew and my dad are the only ones that I’m still searching for the items, the rest I’m just lazy.

I put my tree up two nights ago, and will probably slowly decorate it throughout the week. We bought our wrapping paper on Sunday, aaaaand, the cutest thing ever.

A big plushy (so soft!) hippo wearing a Santa hat and scarf, and when you press its paw (hoof?) it sings “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”. I love that song!

You guys all know that my husband and I try to go to Walt Disney World every year, or close to. We always end up staying in a Disney resort, but it’s a rare vacation that we don’t at least discuss getting a vacation rental.

Since the closest city to Walt Disney World is Kissimmee, we usually do a search for Kissimmee area vacation rentals. There are some gorgeous vacation homes in that area, but they’re still a bit of a drive from the parks, and while you gain a lot of privacy, you lose a lot of perks.

However, this year we can’t afford a trip to Disney. We’ve decided that we’d like to do something different and closer to home rather than bypass a vacation altogether, so we’re actually looking at visiting New England, or getting a Jim Thorpe vacation rental here in PA. Hubs loves the mansion there, and I like the creepy small town atmosphere.