Thanksgiving

[stef_tm]

Mellow weekend; spent Thanksgiving with my gf and her family. Traditional menu. Their family has an annual viewing of "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" and the movie withstands the test of time (IMNSHO.) Of course, it was odd seeing people smoking in restaurants, arriving to the airport 5 minutes before a flight, and walking on a tarmac. Silly, good fun.

Friday we went for a walk in the park and did some window shopping (far from the Black Friday crowds - small, independent stores.) On Saturday we ventured out to do errands rewarding our bravery to venture to the Stanford Mall followed by REI with tapas. Today I spent most of the day working. I have some odd sinus/cold hybrid which has completely blocked my right ear.

My frequent business travel has been restricted to customer-only in order to save some cash for the end of quarter calculations which is just fine with me.

I miss when LJ was thriving, pre Facebook and the "brand" we create on it. I miss reading about peoples' lives. My net time is primarily news and political blogs; the Kindle is getting lots of use lately.

Comments

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

Strangely, my right ear is problematic, too.

I too miss the sharing folks would do here. I know that i've been in a different place in my writing for a while, constant inner life examination. I'm slowly adding "friends" -- looking for folks who are connected to the folks i've been connected with over the years who still post.

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

I really enjoy the inner life examination and will be posting more personal stuff to the "friends only" list.

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

You went into SM on Black Friday? You're one brave woman! :) It wasn't the mall itself I used to fear, but the parking lot.

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

OMG, no! I went to SM on Saturday afternoon. The trick is to park near Neiman Marcus where few dare to shop.

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

Ah, I misread it as on Saturday you rewarded Friday's bravery. :) I was thinking you were giving a while new meaning to living dangerously!

We did grocery shopping on Friday and it was unbelievably calm and non-confrontational. I couldn't believe it. Parking wasn't even a problem.

ETA: Oh! BTW, if I answer your question under my card post, it unscreens your address, so I"ll answer here. Yes, please, and thank you. :)

[crm17.livejournal.com]

I wander in and out of both FB and LJ activity, but right now I am loving the LJ a lot more and trying to be more active here. This is a home with good conversations. The other is a wall we take turns spraying graffiti on.

[leatherfemme.livejournal.com]

Well put. I use FB for family updates and some interest group updates, but that's about it.

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

Well said! I'm getting serious FB fatigue.

[whatwouldruthdo.livejournal.com]

We LOVE Planes, Trains & Automobiles. The perfect Thanksgiving movie.

[stef-tm.livejournal.com]

Hey! I need to send you my address. Doing holiday cards, too - do you prefer a given kind (xmas, season's greetings, hannukah, etc)

[whatwouldruthdo.livejournal.com]

I celebrate Christmas, but I'm not religious. You can email me your address at dianaelainelee at gmail dot com.

[curiouseve.livejournal.com]

Can I skoom on a Solstice card?