ammogirl

Oh my god you guys, we are totally in the home stretch.  Do you know what’s really funny?  In the beginning of the month, I thought, “Well, this is going well!  So much more fun than last year!  Perhaps I will keep on posting right through December!”  

HA HA HA!

I played Rock Band for the first time in MONTHS today.  It sucks a little because we got a new Xbox, which means all my unlocked songs are locked and I have to start over from the beginning.  Since it’s been so long, I figured I should start on easy, but after three songs I was totally bored so I jumped to hard, where I…amazed myself with my fabulous drum skilz.  It’s like riding a bike!  God I love Rock Band.  And they have Duran Duran songs now!  I downloaded Rio.  My next purchase will be Rock Band 2, solely to get Everlong.  In fact, I almost braved the day after the day after Thanksgiving shopping crowds to get it but as I was drying my hair my desire to mingle with crowds quickly dissapated.  So I sat down and pretended to do homework instead.  

Also, I discovered that although I have a sourdough starter ready to go (it’s been fermenting for 9 days–yum), making sourdough bread in a bread machine is not recommended.  And we all know that I’m not making bread by…hmm.  

Hmm.  Hmmmm.  Why COULDN’T I make bread by hand?  It can’t be THAT hard, can it?  I mean, kneading surely isn’t a blast but wouldn’t it be worth it?  I might have to ponder that.  Do you think the manual way (hand mixing/kneading + oven) uses less energy than the bread machine way?  On one hand, the oven is on, but on the other, the bread machine is on for like…4 hours.  Or maybe 2 and a half.  Either way.  

Okay gotta go!  One more day!

Tschuss!

Did you get up and go shopping today?  I didn’t!  Because there is no such thing as Black Friday when you live in Germany.  Well, at the BX there is, but trust me…the BX is nothing special.  They don’t have anything good, ever, and the prices aren’t as fab as they like us to think they are, AND…when there are exactly two places for Americans to do their American shopping at in a 20 mile radius, you can imagine how busy it gets, especially on today.

Nope, I actually didn’t do any shopping today, because remember, my family doesn’t do gifts anymore, and the girls want cash to buy their own clothes, so: easy.  Instead I watched movies and did girl stuff with the girls.  John’s leaving tonight to go snowboarding in Austria with Matt; he’ll be back later tomorrow night.  And that right there is the one good thing about living in Europe–randomly driving to Austria for a day-long snowboarding trip.  Unless you’re me, and you don’t like cold, snow, winter sports, or spontaneous bus rides with strangers.  Although, I will say…I don’t like those things a lot less than I used to and right here is where I cross the line with my adoration of Zoloft.

Wait.  One more thing, but I’ll tie it into the holiday.  I have to tell you that this year the one thing I’m overwhelmingly grateful for is that daily half of a yellow pill, because even John will tell you that I am much, much better for it.  OKAY AND NOW I’M DONE.

We had leftovers for lunch today, and pie for dinner, but I have been craving a ham sandwich for the last 45 minutes so I think I’m gonna go make one.

Oh, also, I have my first batch of sourdough starter just waiting to be made into a tasty treat.  Tomorrow is the big day.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

Tschuss!!

PS only two more days of this THANK YOU BABY JESUS.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I hope your all stuffed and sleepy and feeling fat.  Or will be, depending on the timezone/when you eat your holiday dinner.  I know I’m definitely all of those, especially after the two pieces of peanut butter pie I just ate.  Yum!

Now, you have much better things to be doing than reading my posts…and I do too.  Enjoy your day!

Tschuss!!