Allison, Scott and I started our Thursday morning by participating in the YMCA Turkey trot. Scott ended up running in the event and Allison and I took up the back of the pack with Cookie in tow. Cookie was sporting her pumpkin outfit while Allison and I had our turkey hats on! We brought a wagon for Cookie-she still has issues with her torn ACL in the knee(very much like our Joe Flacco, Ravens Qback). We tried pulling Cookie some of the way, especially up the hills, but she was not interested. She kept whining and jumping out. She desperately wanted to walk with us. Now she is paying for it since she is limping around the house.
Just like poor Scott too. He wore himself out this weekend with the race as well as rollerblading at work every day since Weds. And he got a whole year older this Friday. Happy 16th Birthday to Scott! We brought my mom over for his Bday dinner after picking him up from work. Allison made him a chocolate coconut cream pie(his request). It tasted just like a Girl Scout Samoa cookie. And he was very excited to get a hoverboard, It is basically a Segway without the handle, and he seems to have mastered it. I am making him wear a helmet though, and he wants to see if he can ride it at the rink at work(not sure about that). He also wants to see if he can ride it to school(not sure about that either) The thing weighs a ton. He would have to haul it in to his locker. I am sure someone would think he was trying to smuggle in a bomb if he put it in a duffle bag to carry it around. And we think you need to be licensed to use one. At least he is covered with his driver's permit! We really don't want all the kids in the neighborhood asking to try it(don't want to be responsible for broken legs or clunked heads!) It takes some getting used to and good ankle strength!
We spent the rest of the weekend getting in some shopping. The family was off school and work on Weds, although Scott had to work at the roller rink and I was in at the nursing home. Allison did some dress shopping for an upcoming party next weekend at school with her roommate after dropping Scott off. And Tom treated everyone to a Hershey Bears Hockey game Weds night. They had a great time and enjoyed the overtime win. They did not enjoy the new high security screening before the game as they missed the first quarter standing in a very long line. Not sure how many terrroists have made their way to Hershey PA at this time. I stayed home and made stuffing after work as well as putting in my eye drops for pink eye and now rubbing on lotion to avoid getting scabies! We had a lovely scabies outbreak at our facility before the holidays. Never a dull moment!
Allison also spent the weekend getting caught up on some homework, and I put her to work helping me organize a computer photo slide show for my Dad for his memorial service this coming Christmas. Scott also had some homework to finish up this weekend, and even Tom had been on the computer completing online homework. Tom was recently in Chicago on business(glad he got home before the snow up there!). Now he will be traveling down to DC for the upcoming week for work.
On Saturday I enjoyed a special day with the family taking our Christmas photo. Afterwards we went out to lunch and to see the movie ending of The Hunger Games. In the evening, Scott went into work and Allison visited with her boyfriend Tyler and his family at his house. His family put on a surprise graduation party for him since he is a Senior and not interested in attending his school ceremony at the end of this winter semester.
On Sunday, Allison spent the morning working on her resume with Tom. She wants to send it in to Northrop for a possible internship next summer. She headed back to school after picking up her passengers for the return trip. I sent her off with an early St Nicks Day stocking as well as a few for her roommates. She also packed up a few holiday decorations for their condo. Scott was off to work in the afternoon after finishing up his homework. I dropped him off and then ran some errands, including having my new tires torque checked at Costco. Tom set up a few outdoor Christmas lights. Nothing too extravagant this year since we will be out of town. I also took down our Thanksgiving decorations. I was putting the candles in all the windows and noticed that a small lamp was left on in our spare bedroom. We had moved a pile of blankets off the guest bed to take it up to Allison's school condo and the blankets landed on the lamp. And they started burning! Along with the lampshade. Thank God I did not burn down our house!
Turkey Trot!
Scotty O'Hotty Hot Sauce
Later in the evening, we picked up Scott from work and then Tom and I enjoyed an evening out with our friend John and my fellow co worker, Ann. We headed to DC for dinner at a chinese buffet along with our neighbors and afterwards attended the Christmas Carol Dickens play at the historic Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot. John and I attended the play several years ago along with Scott and Allison and thought it was an amazing experience. Tom was not able to come since he was traveling for business, So I thought he would enjoy this special program. I also gave our group a quick tour of the Lincoln museum in the basement during the intermission. They have the actual pistol that John Wilkes Booth used to kill Lincoln. And this time I noticed they have the suit Lincoln was wearing when he was killed, along with a blood stained pillow his head was lying on. They also had Lincoln's custom made size 14 shoes! And the actual theatre door to the balcony that Booth shimmied shut when he slipped in behind Lincoln. And we got home in time for me to watch my recorded mid season finale of the Walking Dead.
All in all, a wonderful Holiday weekend. A big Happy Birthday to sister in law Sheila Bozyk who also celebrated her big day this past weekend.
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