GleeCap: Thanksgiving

Well, it's thanksgiving on Glee. It's also Sectionals. So what happened?

~Marley's taking laxatives now
~Jake is an amazing dancer. And he and Ryder have worked things out
~Santana and Quinn aren't getting along.
~Kitty has Quinn completely snowed. Thank God Santana has her number.
~ the SE actually squeed when they started playing "Let's Have a Kiki."
~Tina KILLED Gangam Style.....

Then Marley passed out. Now I know where Ryan Murphy was going with her. Apparently there are HUGE consequences. It'll be an interesting episode.

I'm a total mixer...

And I'm not talking mixed drinks.

I was looking at my beauty regimen, and realized that I don't use anything the way that it was intended!

• My shampoo and conditioner are mixes of the two half bottles that I had lying around.
• My under-eye cream is a mix of the half jar of cream that I had, and a sample that I got from Birchbox
• My facial moisturizer is a mix of moisturizer with an SPF of 15, a sample of SPF 30 sunscreen and anti-acne moisturizer.
• When I put on lotion, I miss unscented and scented lotion...

Apparently I can't leave well enough alone...

In other news.. after a break, we're back to doing creative things with the leftover ham tonight....  There's so much of it!!!

Back to the grind...

Yesterday at 5am, my alarm went off again.  I got myself together, and went to work.  But in anticipation, I baked a cake.

Here's the recipe:

1 box of devil's food cake
1 can of pumpkin.

Mix the two together well (I used a hand mixer) until light and fluffy.  Put in a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  Let cool then frost.

Seriously, that's it.  No eggs, no oil.

The taste is different.. not overly pumpkiny (when mixed with chocolate)

But Monday came, and Monday went without any problems.

I'm going back to dance class today, unprepared with my solo which is part of my final.  Apparently tonight and tomorrow night I have some work to do...

The Hallmark Channel helps fuel my addiction

As we all know... I love Christmas!  Seriously.. I even have my tree up already!  Isn't it nice!  It's new, it's not too big.  It fits all of the important ornaments (even the new ones that my late Grandmother put on her tree).  I have my new coffee maker, and thanks to the gift card that I got with purchase, I have k-cups to use with it.

But I have to confess something....

The Hallmark channel has been running cheesy Christmas movies.  And I've been watching.  And the ones I don't catch, I record!  My DVR is FULL of cheesy Christmas movies!

I have seen, or have recorded the following:

The Wishing Tree
Annie Claus is Coming to Town
Naughty or Nice (which records tonight)
A Christmas Wish
Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Christmas Song
Lucky Christmas
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Matchmaker Santa
It's Christmas, Carol
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A Princess for Christmas
The Christmas Heart (Which is on the DVR Schedule)

Plus there's some coming up, including one starring Summer Glau that I'm going to record!

In other news... I have WAY too much ham!  Tonight fir dinner is ham-less pasta... before we go back to eating ham!!!


in other, other news... I've wanted this loveseat, and this chair,  It now comes in a bed!  Ir's WAY too expensive, but I love it!  Isn't it cute???

Black Friday

I know... shopping at Black Friday is bad...  But I was on the hunt for a good deal for this coffee maker, and Target had the best.

We got to Target around 7:30, and my friend, and the exchange student she's hosting for the year were already in line.  We stood with them and chatted, which made the time pass quickly.  9pm came, and they let the people into the store in batches.  I think we were the second batch in.  Once in, I got a cart, went right to the home goods section, got my coffee maker and was the first person to check out! We were home before 9:30.

This morning, it's pumpkin pancakes for breakfast.  I was going to make bacon, but we have too much ham in the house!!

Then it's off to see Rise of the Guardians!


Later on, I'm decorating!  Picture to follow!

GleeCap: Dynamic Duets

I just finished with this one, and I'm still trying to process all that spandex.  but here are my thoughts:

• Ryan Murphy's issues de jour seem to be learning disabilities and eating disorders.  I have issues with both... but more on that later
• Seriously, I want to slap Kitty.  Slap her silly for being a bigger bitch than Sue.  Honestly, are teenage girls THAT mean these days?
• Thank you Sam for giving Blaine the verbal slap to the face that he needs.  He's been beating himself up about this for way too long.  (And in that department, so has Kurt)
• Marley... I can see what Ryan Murphy is doing.  Setting up an eating disorder storyline.  He's going about it oddly, having Kitty manipulate her into it.. but Marley's insecurities and body image issue do lend itself to something like that.  I hope an intervention (and a slap to Kitty's twinkling smile) happen soon.
• Ryder's learning disability... Well, the thought is nice.  I know that they try to involve actual parents rarely, like the Peanuts, but for all of that testing to happen... parents needed to sign off on it.

Next week is sectionals.. and the week after is a episode titled "Swan Song"... which is worrisome.

I'm interested in seeing where this is all going....

That, and they are doing Gangnam Style at Sectionals!

(I just downloaded it for Just Dance 4!  Much love!!)

Now, I'm off to munch some leftovers!

Not a bad day!

Today starts my 5 day weekend.  I celebrated by sleeping in before running to WalMart for provisions.  (Mike's hard Margarita, and supplies for 2 Ingredient Cake, among other things...)

I made a to do list of everything I needed to accomplish for the long weekend and have already check off a few things (laundry, dishes, sorting the Tupperware).  But I have been lax in working out.

I must tell you... The working out has really made a difference.  See here:

The beginning of November I was all good!  The lowest I've been in ages!  Then I got a monster migraine, and we got discount candy... and I was back up in the 176's.

But between working my butt off in class, and Just Dance 4 (and getting rid of said candy), The weight has come down!  See?

Now, Let me tell you... I have undying love for the Just dance games.  But 4?  AMAZING!  (And seriously, no one is paying me to say this!)

The game has the best Sweat mode of any of them.  You pick the length of the workout (10, 25 or 45 minutes), which of the 5 workouts that you want and you're off.  It plays a short workout, then a song, then another.. and so on.  I love it!

But the songs are new (They even Rick Rolled us), they have extreme version (rather difficult) for the advanced dancers, and a battle round!  LOVE IT!

Apparently, JD4 has just released Gangnam Style...

I'm off to try it out!