And we’re off for the holiday rush…
We had a really nice Thanksgiving at home. Djembe fixed an exquisite turkey breast that was tasty, juicy, and absolutely perfect if I may say. He also made pumpkin and pecan pies. I am not a huge fan of pecan pie. I like it and all, but I don’t salivate for it every holiday. This was the absolute best tasting pecan pie! OMG it was awesome with a little vanilla bean ice cream on the side! The pumpkin pie was pretty good too. He tried a Paula Dean recipe that involved apple butter, really good. Tomorrow I plan to heat a little and try it with ice cream. 
The wine library selections paired nicely with the meal. (You may be wondering what my kitchen role was…sides. That’s all. Jem is the real cook and I can accept that. I’ve watched him enough that I could probably do the holiday meal if I had to, but why? He is so good at it!) After a morning of Macy’s parade watching, preparing for the meal, and having the meal the afternoon was spent taking the holiday nap. After playing a game or two with lil bit I curled up on the couch to nap while Jem enjoyed the NFL Thanksgiving day games.
Tomorrow is Black Friday, are YOU ready? Yeah, me either. I am not a Black Friday shopper. I just can’t handle it. TOO many people and most are in less than a Christmas spirit kind of mood. Don’t get me wrong…all about getting a good deal. Just not into fighting some little old lady for it. I have discovered that if I take my iPod shopping in the crowded chaos doesn’t bother me nearly as much. I had to go to Wal-Mart last night and I was completely oblivious to the insanity around me. Wonderful, beautiful, precious iPod. I must again thank Djembe for this exceptional gift.
Obviously I have been playing with my blog. Not really that thrilled with the white theme. I kind of like th header though. I’ll keep playing. I have another that I came up with, but it is dark. I’m wanting to go for something lighter and more festive. I found a wp theme generator that doesn’t allow complete and total control, but it does make things easier.
Finally I stopped ignoring the WP Dashboard notices about version 2.3.1 being available. I was still using 2.1 which was fine and compatible with all of my plugins and widgets, but I still thought it would be a good idea to upgrade. I should have researched a little more. Several plugins were not compatible so I had to go in search of similar tools. I found a great admin drop down plugin that makes site management cleaner. Instead of category-access I switched to hide-this. I tried it on a few old posts and it seems to work OK. I’m not sure if I like the tag cloud feature of the new WP. So many toys to waste time with.
Off to bed before I decide to mess with the theme again. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 23 2007 12:46 am | Ramblings and Tech stuff
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