Remember Mike?

Yes, he was the headless chicken I once blogged about. I'm not quite that bad yet, but with the Thanksgiving countdown nearing zero, I have my moments. I'm very excited that a lot of family (both sets of parents and sisters, as well as my sister's husband) will be coming. My sister and I will do most of the shopping tomorrow as well as complete some of the prep work and desserts. Last year we did Christmas dinner with my immediate family at our duplex, so I'm not too worried about how it will go this year. My sister's doing a lot more this year (last year she busy with school stuff), which is helpful and more fun!

Speaking of my sister, we celebrated her birthday Friday night and it was a lot of fun! We ate at Roadhouse and then went back to her house for cake (mmm, chocolate). Then we disappeared for a little while, off to the Park's going away party at the bowling alley. A couple of people laughed that Joe brought his bowling ball (with a bag as fancy as the rental shoes), but they weren't laughing long!

Joe got a 226! Not only his best game, but a good 75 points more than the most he usually gets. I'm pretty sure it's been about 3-4 years since we last bowled, but no one could believe that. Joe's the man! Of course, things were also sad because the Parks were moving to Dallas. Honestly, it wasn't that hard for me. At one point we were very close to David and Shelley, but we've naturally drifted apart over the last year (we've had different groups of friends and they have been a lot more busy). Parts of that drifting have been very hard, but I think by Friday night I'd already let go and said goodbye.

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