Its probably normal for people to try and relate their lives to movies or books. Its not always possible to relate to the movies you consider your favorites (its pretty doubtful that Eric will learn the Force) but sometimes it feels like your living out a movie. This week, we've been living out
Marley & Me. For anyone who hasn't seen it, the movie is all about a family with a crazy but loveable dog. Its very easy to laugh at for the most part especially if you've ever had a large dog with lots of energy. Why do we feel like we're living in this movie? Here are the most common phrases used this year:
- Don't chase the cat.
- Don't chase the other cat.
- Off, off, OFF!
- Whats for dinner?
- OUTSIDE!
- OFF THE BED!
- YOU CHEWED A HOLE IN THE BED!?! OUTSIDE!
Yeah, its been an adventurous year so far, all 7 days of it. It's also been really hard to get anything
done. Between taking holiday decorations down and getting the house put back together (we're still finding pine needles from
last year) theres a lot to do so we hunkered down this week and procrastinated most of it. Eric's favorite chair is still covered in ornaments that haven't been put away and the house still smells like pine needles. The only major progress we've made is taking down the outside lights and taking the tree outside. Its also a good time to talk about one of the Christmas Eve traditions we've shattered this year and why were so glad we did. We usually serve jellied cranberry, you know that purple glob that comes out shaped exactly like the can and jiggles? Most entertaining side
ever. This year we went with a cranberry compote Charisse found over at
finecooking.com. This was by far the best use of cranberries since they were first juiced and mixed with vodka. With the sliced scallions they looked as festive as they taste.
