🦃 November in Review
November was a pretty good month! I had some time off work, and of course Thanksgiving! I’ll just get right into it.
📚 Books Read
Another bad reading month where I only finished one book, but at least it was a good one! This was another book for my virtual mystery book club that I run at work.
- Somewhere in the Dark by R.J. Jacobs
🌟 Favorite Book of the Month: Somewhere in the Dark
📺 What I Watched
🎬 Movies
- Unhinged: Jerry and I watched this one and it was a very good thriller!
- Cranberry Christmas
- Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater
- Chateau Christmas
- On the 12th Date of Christmas
- Christmas in Vienna
- The Angel Tree
- Heart of the Holidays
- Five Star Christmas
📺 Shows
- The Great Food Truck Race: Holiday Hustle (from 2019… I saved it on my DVR from last year when I never got around to watching it. Oops!)
- Holiday Wars
- 20/20: If Something Happens To Me (episode about Susan Powell)
- Destination Fear: I had never seen this show before, but I had to DVR an episode because it was filmed at Rolling Hills Asylum which is local-ish to us (about 45 minutes). It’s a very well known abandoned asylum turned “haunted” destination, and I’ve been wanting to visit for awhile. Anyway, as most of these haunting shows are, this was very, very cheesy.
🍽️ Eats & Treats
- Jerry made conchas for the first time — a favorite from his childhood. He also made another Mexican sweet dish with fried tortillas for Thanksgiving!
- I made my yearly pecan pie for Thanksgiving, and picked up pie-shaped cookies from a local baker for the kids.
- Good snacks were had by all at my Double Blend Bash too!
💖 What I Loved
- Caleb’s kindergarten photo came back and it is the CUTEST!
- I managed to get a ton of our Christmas shopping done — just a few more things to get!
- I had a lot of time off — Veterans Day, a few for the Blend Bash, and time off for Thanksgiving.
🧠 What I Learned
- My new migraine medication (Topamax) worked well — only 4 mild migraines this month compared to the 8 or 9 I’d been having!
- Had my nutrition seminar over Zoom with my new nutritionist, Molly — already like her much better than the old one.
- Salt rooms are an interesting experience, but I probably won’t do it again. Water floats next, maybe?
📌 Happenings & Tidbits
- I hosted my second Pink Zebra Blend Bash — a Double Bash, so very hectic, but successful and fun.
- Others who bought kits came over separately to blend. It was great to catch up with my besties.
- I did a live interview with one of my Pink Zebra team leaders. Kind of nerve wracking, but fun — and I was #5 in team sales for November!
- My dad retired! Yay!
- Jerry unofficially started in the grounds department at work!
- Car drama: I got a flat two days before my inspection. But we were able to get inspections, brakes, and tires done thanks to a health insurance reimbursement check — what a relief!
🎄 Coming Up in December
- Christmas Eve, brunch, and dinner with my parents and brother’s family. No extended family this year, but that’s okay with my anxiety.
- I want to make graham cracker gingerbread houses with the kids — a new tradition since many usual ones were canceled.
- Lots of Christmas movies and reading planned!
- Quite a few days off for the holidays for both Jerry and me — yay!
And there you have it… November in review! I’m hoping for a festive December, even though most of our traditions will be on hold for the year, like dinner with Santa. We’ll make the most of it!
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