not this year...

as newlyweds, sarah and i hosted thanksgiving this year. we received a lot of cool stuff for the wedding and haven't had much of a chance to use it until recently. entertaining is nice, but exhausting. sarah and i woke up this morning to darkness and horizontal rain. it's noon now and we're both ready to go home. on a high note, the house is still clean and organized.

if you want pictures, check out sarah's blog. all i will offer is some highlights/lowlights

-stayed up to 3am wednesday night after work, prepping food and the house
-thanksgiving day arrives with 18 degree weather. it was nice not having to travel
-we had 12 people over for dinner and another 7 passed through to visit at some point
-like usual, we overestimated people's appetites and had plenty of leftovers
-some numbers: 19lb turkey, 8 apples went into one mondo apple pie, 2 pumpkin pies

-day after, got up at 4am to get presents from best buy. not fun.
-get back home and get to sleep around 7am
-sarah's mom and brother brian arrive at noon to visit for the weekend
-we had a second thanksgiving, watched a lot of family guy, went to shop on the mag mile, had lots to drink, saw joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, and ate at wildfire (where faisal and arvind joined us)

All in all it was a great weekend, but let's be honest, will sarah and i be hosting people this christmas? hell no, not this year...