Does Anyone Else Get Weepy?

I am a crier by nature.  Lots of things make me cry.  Sad times, happy times, when I'm nervous or when my husband tickles me too much.  And for some reason, every year, around this time, EVERYTHING makes me want to cry!

And each year, as lives change or people pass on, I get a little more WEEPY.  I always think of my grandmother.  We would go to her house for Thanksgiving dinner.  We would walk in, the turkey already cooked, usually drying out on the stove top, naked of it's crispy skin because everyone that walked by before we got there would pick a piece off.  Even though the turkey was hard to eat without a bite of jellied cranberry sauce to accompany it down the hatch, I still miss going there.  I hope she gets to eat the most succulent bird she's ever tasted while she's in heaven!

But I get to have dinner this year with my husband's grandparents.  They are 89 and 91 and still getting around.  I can't believe gram wants to cook at all!  I think at that age, I'll have someone deliver my turkey and prepare it for me :o)

After that we'll head over to my sister's house to have dessert with her family and my parents.  It will be so nice to have JUST the family there.  No younger cousins running around, wasting perfectly good apple pie and Cool Whip (I also remember that from my grandmother's house, it seriously tweaked me to no end).  

I guess this year, being a newlywed, I am thankful for my husband and the love he gives me every day.  I am thankful for my family and friends and for all memories, old and new, happy and sad, that I will cherish forever.  *Yep, getting a little teary now, lol*

I swear, I'll try not to blubber all over myself when I see Santa coming down the street at the end of the Macy's parade on TV. 

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Awesome Weekend & Featured!

Matt and I were so excited to get away for the weekend!  He has family in Cape Cod, MA and they live right on the water...it's beautiful.  And the weather was perfect!  Here is a little photo recap:

On a side note...we at The Clumsy Spider have been featured!  Check us out at The Creative Itch and Giggles, Glitz & Glam!  Tina's cute window valance has gotten a lot of love this week and it's super easy, so check it out!!

Halloweenie!

I had a really fun weekend!  I love Halloween!  I dressed up as a witch with a hat I got from Walmart for $5.  And dressed up my all black outfit with an owl necklace from A Side of Peaches.  It was their daily deal...check them out :o)  I threw together a fast costume for Matt.  He was a flying monkey and I put my instructions up at The Clumsy Spider!  Please enjoy :o)  Here we are at the party we went to:

We had our family over Halloween day for snacky food and candy of course.  The kids had fun collecting their loot from my neighbors.  The adults enjoyed the peach jello shots we made :oP  We got around 150 Trick-or-Treaters!  We were totally wiped out of candy by 7pm...I felt terrible!  But they started so early this year because of it being on a school night.  So by the time the "Big Kids" came out, our light was off!  Oh well, try back next year :o)

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty excited for the holidays now!  It's early, I know, but there is just something about this season that makes me warm and fuzzy.  I'm ready to get these skeletons and jack-o-lanterns back in the attic!  Bring it on Santa!