Dear Diary, 11.7.13

1. People seem to think it’s strange that we (me, my husband, and the kids) do everything together as a family. I think it’s strange that they don’t…

2. I’ve been having a lot of email convos with other family members about the Thanksgiving menu. I’m happy to say we seem to have just about everything worked out about who is making what, but all this talk about Thanksgiving food has made me hungry all week. It’s my favorite meal of the year. I look forward to it so much every year that I have been known to make turkey and dressing in the summer because I can’t wait. So yeah…ready for it.

3. Don’t you hate it when the one phone call you’re waiting for is the one that hasn’t come? Yeah, me too.

4. Of course, I watched the CMA Awards last night. Watching country shows is always a mixed bag for me of pride in my hometown and induced homesickness. Great show, though. Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert especially blew me away, but then, don’t they always? Loved the tribute to Kenny Rogers too. He’s amazing, as are all the artists who were in the tribute. Kenny Rogers’ music was a huge part of the soundtrack of my childhood, and I still think his songs are some the best ever.

5. I haven’t actively kept a diary since I was a teenager, but if that’s part of what this blog has become, so be it.