Before I dive in to the December holidays (spoiler alert: Jason got covid- he's fine), thought I'd take a quick minute to get us through November. My birthday, Thanksgiving, family pics, the fun just doesn't stop. Hit it!
First, turning 41 was meh. Definitely not as lustrous as 40. We did have Katie and Brian over for a sushi feast that was positively amazing but this is the only picture we took.
It's basically accurate lol. Further breakdown of me at my age:
Peloton rides: 733
New, quite dangerous and impractical obsession: Golden Goose sneakers. I should leave all my Facebook groups but. I. just. can't. I. need. all. the. pairsssss. Count so far: 2.
Persevering pet peeve: In reviewing my 40 post, I do mention packaging and my extreme distaste for opening things. Thought I'd share my latest masterpieces.
I don't even try to do this. It's become somewhat of my trademark, along with randomly leaving my car door open. This is at the Bentley hockey game whoops.
I have also weirdly noticed that I never fully close drawers.
Something I could improve on: my road rage. I do, I have it. Next.
Beauty must-have: Lumify eye drops. This stuff turns your eyeballs into dinner plates my friends. In the best way possible. Your whites become white. Like you can't really tell how tired I am at all when I use it lol. I'm also still very into my press-on nails and my skincare routine has become quite robust and expensive.
Other random things about me at 41: During the day I prefer to wear jeans over leggings. Leggings just make me feel like I'm in pajamas. I even tried the Vuori joggers that everyone raves about but the truth is if I'm not in real pants, at home or otherwise, I feel sleepy and lazy.
Wrapping paper makes me really happy. I have so many rolls! Ironically I'm not the best at the actual "folding and taping" part but I do love giving pretty things in pretty packages :) I also enjoy decorating tremendously, as in all the small Home Goods knick knacks with garlands and whatever else is seasonally appropriate. I think there are 6 bins in the basement for Halloween alone.
I never did watch Hamilton, if you read my 40 post, but none of the other details have really changed. Another year, same me :)
Ok what else happened in November. Oh we took our family photos, usually the worst 30 minutes of our entire year, but actually the boys were SO cooperative and mild-mannered! FINALLY! These are the two I loved the most.
A little behind the scenes for you - Alex's haircut. Thank god you can't tell from the front.
November was the month that Jason and I got our boosters and the boys got fully vaccinated.
I personally think vaccines are one of the biggest privileges of our society and don't understand anyone who doesn't, but that's a whoooooole other subject.
Lastly, turkey day! Jason's brother and sister couldn't make the trip due to COVID and other reasons. Happily, GG and Erik accepted a last minute invitation. Grandma and Grandpa came early on Tuesday, just in time to watch Ashton win the annual 4th grade Lilja turkey trot. This was like, a very big deal. Pretty much the entire school was betting on him to win - it was 3 loops around the grounds for a total of 2 miles. He smoked everyone and ran at a 7 minute pace!
He's in the very front, white shorts. I took almost zero pictures but this was the beginning and by the end, he came in first by a couple minutes.
And then that night, Jason and Grandma made the apple pie and so commenced 2 more full days of cooking and merriment :)
Boys' favorite part was dessert of course.
We rounded out the weekend with a Bruins/Rangers game (I admit even I was starstruck by the players and the Garden is HUUUUUUGE! We had awesome seats and it was so fun)
and then a Bentley hockey game with a bunch of our friends (in which the players came out after to do autographs, it was very sweet).
And with that, we bid November, turkey, and 41 goodbye ;)
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