Friendsgiving aka Tanksgiving

 

  It took a bit of moving things around, but we got The Chosen One to fit into the refrigerator.  I sent this to everyone who was coming to the big event to get everyone excited.

  Bill smoked the turkey this year.  This photo is curtesy of Shane because I was still getting Ryan when it came out of the oven.  It does most of the cooking in the smoker and is finished in the oven.

  Bill smoked the turkey (as seen above), and also made cranberry sauce, gravy, and yeast rolls.  J-Dub made the mashed potatoes.  Shane brought some King's Hawaiian Rolls and made two kinds of stuffing.  I joked that I brought Ryan.  We all ate way too much and had to sit around before we had the apple pie and/or pumpkin pie that Shane also brought.

  Once we were a bit more out of our food comas, J-Dub went home and the rest of us played Just Dance until we were too tired.  We even got Bill to play a few songs.  After that we watched random YouTube videos until it was time for people to either go home or find a place at our house to crash for the night.

  It was a lot of fun and I was worried about finding space for everyone, but we would have been fine.  A few people ended up not being able to make it, but I think we would have been able to fit them in.

  Tank was a bit weirded out by so many people being over, but he was being okay for it.  There was some pacing, but he didn't try and jump on the table or anything.  He got grumpy when we were playing Just Dance, but he does that when I play it alone.  I don't know why he is so against dancing.

  I then got to spend my Black Friday the way I like to, eating cold turkey dipped in ketchup and not dealing with people in stores.

Laptops, am I right?

   I don't remember if I posted about the time I ran over my laptop bag with my work laptop in it.  But I got the screen fixed and everything was fine.  After a few months I go to sit down to get some work done and it won't power on.  I thought I had forgotten to plug it in, so I checked that.  The brick's light came on, but nothing on the computer.  I ordered another one in case that was the problem and it didn't work.  Luckily I'm pretty good at backing up everything.

  I didn't mention that when I got my order of business cards for work, I also got some Toyota car parts.  The bottom of the box looked like it had opened and was taped back up.  VistaPrint had no idea about it, so I contacted FedEx.  I got a few numbers to call and eventually got to talk to someone who could help me out.  She said to put them back in a box and that they would pick it up, do some research, and see if they can figure out who the car parts were supposed to go to.  I got a call the day after they picked them up by a very confused guy.  Seems they didn't let anyone know what was happening.  He was confused and thought he was supposed to send them back to VistaPrint.  I told him that I was told that his end would do some research and see who might have filled a claim for a missing shipment of a Toyota Front Left & Right Outer Tie Rod Ends, since VistaPrint didn't add them.  He agreed that that would make sense and thanked me for helping to clear his confusion.

  We were able to meet inside at the Church, so Carola decided to come.  She's been a busy little bee while we were apart.  They are all so cute and it's really fun to look at all the little details.  They make me want to make more huggable things.