I can't believe that it's been a month since I last posted! November really flew by. We started off with D, the oldest turning 16! I really feel old after that. Add to that, High School Bowling for D and Thanksgiving, then throw in a couple winter storms and that was our November.
The first weekend in November, DF, Bug and I went to a small town called Wishek, ND for "Germanfest". It's actually a annual family reunion for DF's family. It's something I look forward to every year. But this year, nobody made sauerkraut and there wasn't a whole lot of kuchen, two of my favorite things. Bug did get to try a ton of different types of food and loved everything. It was a great weekend, except for two things. The furnace in our camper wasn't working and it got down to about 35 that night so it was a snugglefest with DF, A, myself and our puppy, Sasha. On the way home on Sunday, we were about 120 miles from home and my truck died. If it wasn't for DF's mom only being a few miles ahead and her having AAA, we would have been stuck there for quite a while. The tow bill was over $400! But I wanted it towed to where I work, since I have an account. And thank goodness I did. Turned out to be the catalytic converter was plugged. the fuel filter was still the original one from 2004 and the fuel pump was going out. The final bill was over $900. That's going to cut a nice hole in Christmas gifts this year.
D's birthday was uneventful. He's working tech for his high school play so he didn't get home until close to 10 that night and as usual, heads right for his room, so he can talk to his girlfriend that he just saw at tech. We didn't do much, because of the play and all the late nights he's putting in until it's done this weekend.
Thanksgiving started off with storm #1. It dumped about a foot of white fluffy stuff by noon and then started blowing it around. Not fun driving in it when you can't see the road at times. Bug, D, C and myself spent at my parents' house in the afternoon. DF had to work late the night before so he slept most of the day. Nothing too exciting there. Bug had his first real turkey (not the stuff in the jars), stuffing, and scalloped corn, which my mom hasn't made in about 15 years at least.
We went out to eat with DF's mom that night since she worked most of the day and didn't want to cook when she got home from her nursing shift. Man, can Bug put away a sweet potato.
I decided to stay home on Black Friday, since there wasn't a whole lot I saw n the ads that I HAD to go out and get. I did do some shopping online, though. I picked up a Jingle Bell Pack and the holiday scent "Sugar Ray Plum" from RnG. It took about 3 hours for my order to finally go through since the site kept crashing (sorry Kim). I bought my first Rumparoo, 2 FuzziBunz (for $10.95 each), and 3 Cow Pattie pockets for 60% off. (Megan, you rock! Thanks for all the hard work you did for that wonderful sale!) I finally get my skulls! I also got a MN Vikings one as a surprise for C and DF since they are both Viking fans. I also got a Christmas one that will be so adorable on Bug.
The month of November closed out with another winter storm. Not as much snow as the one on Thanksgiving, but a lot more wind so it was no fun heading to work after a 4 day weekend and not being able to see the road.
But, we all made it through November in one piece. I'm going to TRY and post once a week, every 2 weeks at the most, but dont' hold me to it.
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