Yesterday, while Joey was working, my dad came over and helped me install three new faucets in the bathrooms. Actually, he installed them and I assisted.

Here is the before picture:

and the after picture:

I really like how they turned out. Thanks, Dad!

Now we need to change the kitchen sink to match. Maybe a Saturday when Joey is home we can tackle that project. Or maybe we should just call my dad again. He seems to know what he’s doing.

Here is our Christmas tree decorated and lit up:

and here is Coco looking for a good spot to climb:

Joey actually found Pumpkin climbing the Christmas tree too. Luckily they don’t climb in it very much (when we are home anyway) and the tree is still standing!

This year was my first time cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner. Joey’s family was out of town on Thanksgiving so it was just my parents, my grandma and my sister that came over.

Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is lot of work! I don’t think I have ever spent so much time in the kitchen. Wednesday night I made my mother-in-law’s famous Chocolate Angel Strata Pie. It is the most complicated and time consuming pie I have ever made. I think I will need to make it a few more times so it will be easier to make or maybe I’ll just wait and eat it when my mother-in-law makes it Anyway. It turned out okay. (Not quite like my mother-in-law’s.)

Wednesday night I also made a homemade cranberry sauce (it was delicious) and got some things ready for a homemade green bean casserole I saw on the Food Network. It was a lot more work than the Campbells version but it was pretty tasty.

Thursday morning my mom came and helped me get the turkey and her famous stuffing/dressing ready. Then everyone came over a couple hours later to eat.

Here are my parents and sister:

and Joey, Me and Granny:

Granny would probably like you to know that her forehead is red because of the radiation treatments she’s had for her skin cancer.

Overall, Thanksgiving turned out great. I enjoyed hosting my family and wish Joey’s family could have joined us too. I wonder who will be cooking next year’s feast?

My parents had a big screen TV they didn’t have room for (a friend of my dad’s gave it to them) so they asked if we wanted it. Who would say no to a big screen TV?

Here is the before picture:

and the after picture:

I reallly like having a big screen TV. It’s an HD TV so Joey thinks we need to upgrade and get the HD channels. We’ll see. But for now we are set to watch the BYU-UTAH game on Saturday! Go UTES!!

Today I went to the dentist to get a crown on the tooth that has been giving me problems and I did not leave there with very good news. Apparently, the dentist was unable to do what he needed to do to finish the crown. My tooth was bleeding too much. That darn tooth! So, he stopped the bleeding (I don’t know how) and put a temporary crown on the tooth. After talking with the endodontist that performed the two root canals on my tooth, he informed me that I will need to have the tooth extracted and recommended I get a dental implant.

Not exactly what I wanted to hear today. Tuesday I have a consultation with an oral surgeon. I will keep you posted.

With the help of our parents, my sister and two friends we got everything moved to our townhome yesterday. We even unpacked the kitchen and put everything away. It was a very productive day and we couldn’t have done it without them!

We brought the cats over after we moved the big stuff and they hid under the bed the rest of the night. Coco eventually came out to explore and Pumpkin did some exploring this morning. I think it will take time before they feel at home and won’t hide under the bed so much.

Last night before we were going to bed I heard Joey say “there’s a mouse in the house”.

I thought he was kidding but he wasn’t.

It was a cute little mousie and Joey was brave enough to catch it and let it go outside.

We have some traps for the mice so I was hoping we wouldn’t find anymore mice but this afternoon Joey found another mouse in the kitchen. I sure hope we don’t find anymore but if we do, Joey better be home to take care of it because me jumping on the bed (or couch) doesn’t help. Maybe the cats will help us out too but I’m not so sure I want to find a tortured dead mouse. Yikes!