Dinner tonight: Orange glazed chicken Rice Green beans Dessert: Angel food cake w/ banana, watermelon, fat-free cool whip and a smidge of chocolate syrup. Then watching the Matrix on dvd!! Tomorrow night, Matrix:Reloaded on dvd. Then Wednesday (my DH's birthday) hopefully a matinee of Matrix:Revolutions and dinner at a restaurant of his choice. Z Tejas, I believe. Life is good.

OK, word to the wise: If you have ingrained packrat tendencies, do not marry another packrat. On the other hand, at least we don't fight about the piles and piles of miscellaneous junk lying around. So, in an effort to put sheer fear and adrenaline to work for us, we invited Rob's parents to our house for Turkeyday. If we can pull this off, it means that we can have other people over sometime! Started work in October, deadline 11/19: bathroom 1 (master) – clean bathroom 2 (guest) – clean bathroom 3 (downstairs) – clean bedroom – books away bedroom…