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I just found out that even though I was told my insurance would only cover 1/5 of this $5000 device, they just covered all but $466!!!! This is the hugest load off my mind!!!!!! Like how to find and extra $4000 off my mind. I don't know what we did to deserve this but we are SO THANKFUL! Whooopeeee!!! And I am so excited, I'm linking this one picture to photo story Friday so everyone can hear. SO if you're photo storying here, you don't even have to read about the Thanksgiving dinner that I didn't take pictures of and the best things got eaten before I got out the camera, so I gave up. You are excused. I won't be offended if you move on. But here's my chef and the low down on our festivities:
Papi made his traditional Thanksgiving spread and we have enough leftovers to last us all weekend and maybe even beyond. We had some friends over and ATE! He made turkey and I nearly fainted that someone convinced him to use vinegar in his concoction this year. We do not like dry turkeys and as usual, it wasn't dry :) He made ham and shrimp in garlic butter and avocado cups and scallops with mayo, and rice and a mushroom sauce and potato salad and tomato salad and probably I'm forgetting something else. He bought a pecan pie and a caramel apple pie with nuts and chocolate drizzle and Enigma made some pumpkin rolls and lemon tarts. Then the guests brought Tiramisu and lemon meringue pie and more pecan pie. And we had that wicked sticky stuff called soda pop too. All I had to do was clean up and make some gravy. While I was tasting the gravy, the shrimp popped hot butter all the way across the stove and landed on my hand. I flipped the gravy all over my hair and the stove and screamed. I ran lots of cold water on my hand and then slathered it in aloe vera and I'm all good to go. Nothing really hurt but my pride. I don't know why I feel compelled to tell these embarrassing stories, but I can't seem to help myself. Can you imagine if I'd made the whole dinner? I'm thankful for Papi. My THIRD announcement is, the infidels have taken over my home. That enigmatic one who is on the verge of jumping out into the big world of adulthood soon wanted to go join in that evil day called black Friday that I avoid. Passionately. I hate it. I think it should be canceled. I think we should sleep in till late and then bond all weekend. But, she, being the capitalist consumer that she is, thought she could get a really, really good deal on another abomination. One of those things that attaches to your boob tube and gets people playing games until they are totally oblivious of who they are and where they're at and who their mom is and that she is calling them to dinner, and also severs all ties to siblings whom they will squash like a bug if they try to take over the game. But at least they will move their bodies while using it. Can you guess what that thing that she wanted was? (I'll give you another hint. It rhymes with Pii.) So, I figured that the easiest way to brush her off was to let her try. I did a rash and foolish thing, I gave her some plastic with strict rules to follow or she would never make it to the age of 18. And I let her try. Because, I figured there was no way she was going to get it. She wasn't even planning to wait in line for hours ahead of time. And do you know what? for Pete's sake, she even slept in and got there late. And they were all gone. Then as she rounded the corner from where the empty shelf was, hanging her head in despair, a heavenly chorus sang and a light shone down on one last misplaced item. And she bought it. I'm in shock. And my whole Christmas and Christmas budget is turned upside down. I'm going to love every last minute I have with my children before they finally fall into that bottomless pit of gaming. And I'm making up great ground rules so they will still look me in the eye on occasion. :)
In a nutshell, so far we are having a great weekend. I am so happy we are having a great holiday with family events and gatherings coming up, and this time they're not funerals :)!!! Hope you are having a safe and happy holiday, too!! And now, back to cleaning offices and bedrooms (sort of) while watching videos with the family.
