Happy UltraFeast!

Happy (Thanksgiving) UltraFEAST !

If you're thinking that because we are MEGA holiday people that we go nuts over Thanksgiving, well, you're very very wrong. Not that we aren't extremely thankful for all that we are blessed with, but neither of us are really big on Thanksgiving. Our first Thanksgiving together Sarah whipped up all the traditional items and then we just sat and looked at them, then scarfed down the mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. (Carb-aholics Anonymous is calling!) We tried the traditional route because "thats what you're supposed to do". Then we remembered we're adults now and can do ANYTHING we want together, and often we do just that. So Thanksgiving got a new name: UltraFEAST to separate it from "tradition" and on this day of Ultra Feasting we feast upon the greatest goodies known to man and although this changes a bit from year to year it is always full of carbs and calories. Yum! It also includes a new game each year to play throughout the day. The game tradition was a bit harder this year since we've purchased many (MANY) board games throughout the year (Thanx, Petries!) so we went the videogame route and played the new DonkeyKong for the Wii.

Now, you may be asking yourself: "What about your families"? Well, yeah- what about them? Haha. UltraFEAST tradition has always held that we spend Thanksgiving alone together, without either family. Although we're in Colorado we don't attend the dinner at Grandpa Berrymans. They know we love them, and they still love us- goofy traditions at all.

UltraFeast is about 1) Feasting and 2) really being surrounded by what we are most thankful for: EACH OTHER and that we are TOGETHER. Forever.

HAPPY UltraFEAST to all!

One of my BlackFriday "must gets"

BlackFriday is a HUGE holiday for our small family. Do I really need to even mention that? We're the people who camp out in a tent early, win $1,000 gift cards in contests, have a collection of the yearly JCPenny blackfriday snowglobes, etc...

Well heres another BlackFriday must: The Bath and Body Works BlackFriday VIP bag. Usually I just buy somethings for me and then divide up the VIP bag for other gifts to send people. Well, thats the idea and I always end up keeping it all for myself. I lurv Bath and Body works!

They released a "sneak peak" at this years deal:

Thats spend $40 and for just $20 get the VIP bag. Yeah, yeah, do the math thats $60 to spend but think of all you can get. It bugs me that it states a "$115" value.. thats IF you spend full price which no one should ever do with constant sales/coupons. Also this years bag reminds me of a stuffed silver garbage bag. Nonetheless, I'm getting it. I never use the bags (who doesn't have a gazillion totes already?) butI use the products.

Heres what I can see from the tiny photo:

A silvery trash bag looking tote

Full sized Clementine hand sanatizer

Full size Twilight Woods (for men?)

A bright pink Spongy Thing

A Wallflower starter air freshener

A mysterious-to-me green tube (lip care perhaps?)

Full sized Secret Wonderland lotion

Full sized Secret Wonderland showergel

Full sized Secret Wonderland fragrance mist

I have heard if you don't enjoy a scent you can return for a different one, but don't quote me on that. And personally I love all their scents (especially Winter!)

A Turkey for Chocolate Lovers!

GOBBLE GOBBLE (we are experiencing camera difficulties)

I made these lil' guys for my first graders today since it would be my last day teaching them this semester *sniff* and because it's TURKEYWEEK! This reffers to thanksgiving of course, but also all week at school the lessons were turkey themed. So fun!

To make:

everything is "glued" with vanilla icing, but I realized after chocolate would blend in more!

The base is a two-toned store brand "oreo" cookie flipped to the vanilla side

The butt is a two-toned store brand "orero" cookie flipped to the chocolate side

The tummy in an unwrapped mini reeses peanut butter cup

The head is a single whopper ball

The red-dangly turkey neck thing (hows that for a name?) is a red-hot cinnamon candy

The feathers are M&Ms

Variations: I've seen candycorn for feathers or beak, my store didn't have them after Halloween

I didn't bother buying orange frosting gel to do feet or eyes

StarWars Day!

My friend Kara loves.. and I mean LOVES.. StarWars. I'm not a really big fan myself, but I guess its okay. We went to a local Star Wars day event and I gotta say that those 501 guys are kinda hawt. At least using my imagination that they each look like Harrison Ford under the helmet they are (yes yes, I know he wasn't a stormtrooper).

Here is me wearing Kara's helmet with one of the ...friendlier... 501 guys. You may refer to him as "the wannabe future Mr. Kara"

Things I learned today:

Its better that the helmets are kept on or the illusion is gone

Its called a TaunTaun, not "those kangaroo things they ride on"

There are different types of stormtroopers

Kara gets hit on wherever we go and it is *always* hilarious