we're going to Europe!!!

hey everyone!

sorry for the long delay! thanksgiving was a great success! we had about 12 people over for dinner and then scott and joel came over later to play some games! i took off the wednesday before to make pumpkin pies and make sure i had everything ready for the big day! i struggled with the 22 pound turkey in the morning, hahaha, getting it in that turkey bag was a challenge, but i think everything turned out great! we had so much food, it was crazy! but i think it was good to have a lot for the size of the group that we had. all in all, thanksgiving has quickly become one of my fav holidays! i was coming down with something the whole week, so that sorta sucked because i didn't get to hang out with tory's fam the last day they were here, so that sucked! merr. but i think they had a great time all in all and i hope that they will come back next year! i ended up cooking: turkey, ham (which i don't think we'll do next year), stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, crescent rolls, gravy, corn, and tory made green beans. i think that's about it... haha. then phil and geraldine brought an apple pie. trent and emily brought some bourbon punch (so good!), a potato dish and another appetizer, so that was nice. we had so much food and it was sooooo yummy! man oh man, just thinking about it makes me want it right now!!

so, in other news.. TORY AND I ARE GOING TO EUROPE!!!! ahhhhh!!!!!! hahahaha. i know, i know.. crazy!?!!!! i sorta got a little tired of work, the daily grind, etc. i've been wanting to go to europe for years now... i don't even know how many. i still haven't been... i've been waiting around for someone to agree to go with me and it's gotten more and more frustrating. the more i thought about it the more i was just like, whatever, i'll book the ticket, if someone can come, great, if not, looks like i'm finally going to do this thing! sooo... about a week ago i was sitting at my computer, frustrated, looked up a europe map, picked random airports to fly in and out of and booked it without looking at any other websites/comparing prices (dumb, i know) but i had to do it. i NEEDED to do it. soooo.. i booked a flight to fly into London, UK and fly out of Lisbon, Portugal. i knew i wanted to fly out of Portugal, but had no idea what city so i googled "Portugal travel destinations" and this was the first city to pop up, so i picked it. hahaha. i am crazy. i didn't even tell tory that i was booking the flight until after the fact. (we had talked about it, but not specifics.) so i think now i am borderline insane at this point. hahaha. he was ... shocked? to say the least when i called and told him to guess what i just did.. hahaha. he thought i had adopted a puppy.. so i guess maybe he was relieved? hahaha. at this point he's still trying to figure it out to see if he can go the whole time. i booked my trip to be in europe the entire month of May 2012. so, hopefully he can come the whole time, that would be grand, but if he can't, i think he is still going to try and come a majority of the time anywho. so, that will be nice!! he is also starting to get really excited about the trip, which i am excited about! soooo.. here are the main places that we are going to try and stop: london, paris, mabye belgium (bruges?), amsterdam, germany (amberg and munich), maybe switzerland (there's a small town tory has found, can't remember the name, but it's beeeeeautiful), hopefully venice, barcelona, madrid (if there's time) and lisbon! a friend that we met at coachella a couple of years ago lives in amberg, so i think we'll get to see/stay with him, so that will be really nice. i know someone who knows someone that lives in barcelona, so maybe we will stay with them. other than that, i think we'll be sticking to hostels/cheap hotels. i don't know what i'm going to end up doing with my job, i guess i'll try and keep it if they want to find a freelancer to fill my spot until i return, but if they don't want to do that, then that's fine too. i can't even begin to tell you guys how excited i am for this trip. i've been wanting to do it for SOOOO LONGGGG and now it's finally happening!!!! i can't wait until tory books his flight so we can really start planning! man.. i'm so pumped!!!! i'll be sure to keep you guys updated about developments, etc.

anywho, tory and i are going home in about a week and i am really excited about it! it feels like it's been forever since i've been home, even though i was just there over the summer, hahaa. it will be nice to be there for christmas this year! maybe i'll even see some snow!! that would be suhhweeet.

well, i guess that's about it as far as what's going on with me! hope y'all are having a good friday and had a great Thanksgiving! hope y'all have a great christmas!!

love and miss you all,

jenn