FAMILY THANKSGIVING

clockwise from lower right:

lime and grape jello, brussel sprouts, salad, peas and peanuts, pasta salad, mashed yams, cranberry sauce, gravy, turkey.

oh yeah, and mom me dad michael juliet.

Urban Family Thanksgiving (plus Bangs)

First of all, i got bangs.
see self-snapped pic to the left for visual

I realized, after the fact, that I had used a picture of one of the Pussy Cat Dolls to show my hair dude what I wanted. Ummmmm weird.


Second of all, yesterday was my First Annual "Urban Family" Thanksgiving! I got the idea from a coworker - basically you invite your "urban family" (all your closest friends in the city) for a Thanksgiving Dinner the weekend before everyone goes to their family homes for REAL Thanksgiving.

It was super fun!!! I made a turkey - first time doing it, but Alton Brown / The Food Network steered me well and it came out quite yummy.


I had over 9 other people (was supposed to be 13 total but a few people couldnt make it last minute) - was suprised/impressed I was able to fit 10 comfortably. I suppose that's what a hardcover-book-raised-coffee-table and $16 Christmas Tree Shop folding table and folding-chairs-from-mom will do!

After much wine/cider/port Lindsay stole the camera and got a candid of me with the new bangs. And I followed up with a picture of the aftermath - turkey carcas and MUCHO MUCHO leftovers. Yay!! I can eat well for the next 3 days... until I eat well again for REAL thanksgiving :)

This was super fun and I am 150% going to do it again next year!

NEW CAR awww yeah

PRETTY SWEET, HUH??


My brand new 2009 Honda Civic LX Sedan in Atomic Blue Pearl.




I learned I needed a new car on Thursday 11/13, test drove vehicles Sunday 11/16, Bought a vehicle 11/16, and picked it up Tuesday 11/18. Pretty speedy for a multi multi thousand dollar expenditure. I'm pretty sure it takes me longer to decide on a pair of boots!













When I uploaded these photos I found some from election day - polls opened at 7am, I arrived at 6:50 am and was about #50 in line. I got to the voting booth at 7:30 am. When I left, this was the line... HOLY CARP BALLS. I love democracy, but hate city planning/infrastructure

i <3 zombies.... but not recession

tenuous at best, but i love zombies so it's ok

I BOUGHT A CAR!

yes, another one

The 1999 Elantra I got before has been having a lot of issues, and after sinking a carp load of cash into it the mechanic recommended I just get rid of it (because they didnt know how much more $$ it was going to take to make it pass inspection.) That was thursday. I spent much of thursday and friday researching cars, and then today went to some dealerships with my coworker Devon. He knows a ton about cars and loves the car-buying process, so I thought he'd be a great help (plus he's a dude, and we all know how car dealers dont like to deal w/ chicks.)

My plan was to just look today, do some test driving and then decide what I wanted. Then I was going to wait until the last weekend of the month to actually buy, since I know dealers have to meet monthly quotas and thats supposed to be the best time to get a good deal. I brought my checkbook just in case I decided to buy - I figured I'd make a ridiculous low ball and see what happened.

Well, I managed to get a 2009 Honda Civic Sedan LX Automatic at Invoice price. Edmunds.com says that the true market value (i.e. what people are ACTUALLY paying at the dealerships right now) is full MSRP on this vehicle. Umm, like woah. So basically I saved a bunch of dough, which is nice since I lost a bunch on my first car. I'm pretty happy with the purchase... for now all I have is the website photo (I cant pick up the car until Tuesday since they have to install the fog lights I ordered... i hate delayed gratification!!!!!) I'm SURE I'll post live pics at that point.

On a related note - Today was my first trip through a car wash (as I prepped my Hyundai for trade-in evaluation.) Car washes are f*ing awesome!!

no energy to post more...

... so here are some pics of recent pottery