Thankvember?

Sorry if anyone was holding their breath for the laaaast Thankvember post! It's in the process, and will be late. Obviously. :)

The 30th was our day off and it was EPIC. We had a list of things we wanted to do in the French Quarter before leaving and we pretty much scratched all of them off. And had a blast in the process. Favorite restaurants, music, scootin' around, taking care of errand-business, movie, etc.

Tonight I was totally going to finish the post, but I was having a lot of fun playing Fireboy & Watergirl with my husband, and time got away from us.

Always worth it, time  spent with that man.

You know what else would be "worth it?":

Spending the money, time and effort to make THIS cake (below), just to eat it. I ate Tim-Tam cookies almost exclusively when I lived in New Zealand for a semester in 2005. I will always miss them...

Not only is it a cake that looks like a massive Tim-Tam, it actually HAS TIM-TAM COOKIES BAKED INSIDE!!!

Also, in case you were wondering: studies have shown conclusively that pie > cake. Read for yourself, here*. (*language alert)

Thankvember 11/29

Because I'm doing everything backward yesterday & today, here are photos of Sarah & Jamen's sweet girls! (see yesterday's post if you don't get the backwards reference)

Charis (left) and Alathea :

Sarah says they like to be touching one another - probably because they've spent their whole lives up to this point in veeerrry close quarters, and are comfortable all up in each other's space. Note the overlapping legs and arms (gah! precious!).

Charis is older by about 14 minutes, but almost a whole pound smaller than Alathea (they are both under 6 lbs). Their names are the Greek words for grace and truth. Everyone in the family is doing great. :)

Ok, now on to the rest of the post.

Please watch the following video:

So kids, the moral of the story is, don't underestimate the power of dreams. Sometimes you can just attribute them to the hawaiian pizza from the night before, and sometimes - if you're lucky - they're ...MAGICAL.  :D

p.s. As much as I enjoyed sharing my epic, life-changing dream with you, I also really like hearing about people's dreams. I know they won't be as amazing as my R. B. dream, but I'm sure some of them hold entertainment value.

p.p.s. I also want to clarify that I do not find Russell Brand attractive in the least. He was adorable in Arthur, but not attractive. That was not the point of the dream. ...Just making sure you got that.