I heard the commentators for the parade saying they told their kids the Elf on the Shelf watched them all December to see if they were good. Bringing up good members of the surveillance society there.

I ran across Mensch on a Bench. I'm not kidding.

Cooking continues apace.

I'm thankful to have so many places & people welcoming me into their homes and company.

Heh. I love the dinosaurs but I was kind of chuckling at Teppy being creeped out by the elf.

For the same reason I did not like the Dinovember thing that was going around.

Tim and I have been harassing each other with Dinovember. But we don't have kids, so there's no lying going on; just pranks.

I ran across Mensch on a Bench. I'm not kidding.

I read an article about that today! Apparently a Cincinnati-area guy came up with it: [link]

I was kind of chuckling at Teppy being creeped out by the elf.

The individual elves that people have in their homes are bad enough (CREEPERS!), but the giant Elf on the Shelf balloon in the parade was horrifying. THOSE EYES.

I am, as ever, grateful for all of you.

Chili Egg Bake is ready to go in the oven along with pumpkin bread. The only pie we are having is oreo pudding pie (Grace loves pudding). I am baking pumpkin bread instead of pumpkin pie.

I will work on potatoes next. Blargh. My least favorite part.

But yay, LEGO vampire! Sparkly bat stickers!

It is embarrassing to admit we have had that for you for YEARS. It has been in multiple houses.

I hate elf on shelf. It's just weird. I do like the thought of leprechauns making a mess on St. Pat's day, but not enough to do it.

I don't get the Elf on the Shelf. Where did he come from? There was no such thing when I was a kid.

I also think the dinosaurs are funny. I just can't imagine doing that much work every night before bed.

There are no elves or dinos in my house, which smells of pumpkin pie at the moment. We'll stuff and bake a chicken later in the day, and do simple sides. We're just two for the holiday today, but grateful for each other.

And as always, you guys are extended family, and I'm thankful for that, and for y'all. H is grateful for you, too, as you keep me amused and engaged and out of his hair--at least some of the time.

Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Channukah, celebrants! And a fabulous Thursday and following weekend, people who observe neither of those things.

Oh, good--it was just an issue of a closed box sitting in the living room.

Glad Leifur was just being a cat.

Fallout Boy is performing on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles float. That's not a combination I would ever have predicted.

I would. Actually, I would predict Fall Out Boy playing on a float dressed as the TNMTs.

Need to go poke at the internet to show me this.

Things are cooking. I fear I am going to have to put foil on my turkey to stop it overbrowning. That is a step beyond what I was mentally prepared to do.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and boy am I thankful for you people.

We're going a friend's place for the annual friends & extended family thing, which means I get to see people I love AND one of my awesome goddaughters.

I would. Actually, I would predict Fall Out Boy playing on a float dressed as the TNMTs.

True, very true.

Need to go poke at the internet to show me this.

Oooh, if you find it, send me the link. Especially since I woke up earwormed with Patrick Stump's version of "Life on Mars".