An update on my life

Thanksgiving was good. We went to the parade in Center City in the morning with friends of ours. We took the train in, which worked out great.

For dinner we went to family friends of Mr. Doodlebug's house and met his parents there. I overstuffed myself as I always do on holidays. Baby Doodle had a ball playing with his grandparents and the dog that was visiting.

Friday, we braved what we thought would be huge crowds and went shopping. There weren't that many people out. I bought a pair of jeans at Old Navy for $15, Christmas pajamas for baby Doodle, and a birthday present for a friend. We perused flat screen TVs at Best Buy but didn't buy any.

Saturday, we went back to Best Buy and bought a Magnavox (which is now owned by Philips)26-inch flat screen TV. Since we don't have HDTV cable the picture isn't any better than our 19-inch 25-year old television. We're looking into HDTV. It's a really nice TV and we're happy with it. Hooking it up was super easy. Oh yea, the TV has a built-in DVD player so we moved our other DVD player up to our bedroom. We're moving our antiquated 19-incher to the guest room. The new TV is our Christmas gift to ourselves so we can check that off the list now.

Sunday, I spent the entire morning vacuuming every rug in our house. We have a runner rug on our first floor stairs that hadn't been cleaned in a while. Then I went grocery shopping by myself -- luxury -- while baby Doodle and Mr. Doodlebug played at the playground. The park was covered with leaves making it a lot of fun!

Today is Monday and it's back to the old routine. We went to the zoo this morning even though it's cold and wet outside. We went to all the indoor stuff we skipped this summer. Baby Doodle now says "lemur" and "crocodile."

I love this time of year. I feel like we always have social plans and Mr. Doodlebug has more time off from work than usual. I love it when he's home.