I never really thought about how much I truly do love Thanksgiving. Katie always talked about how it was her favorite holiday, and for some reason I use to think that was dumb. Sorry Katie! HOWEVER, I have now come to realize I truly love Thanksgiving for many reasons, which I will now tell you about! hahaha! First off I love the food you make at Thanksgiving like green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and well turkey! I also love the fact that after Thanksgiving there is always a huge load of leftovers...and turkey sandwiches are truly near and dear to my heart and stomach! :) I also like the fact that the holiday is all about thankfulness. I have a lot to be thankful in my life, and I think it's a great holiday where you can just sit and really think about all that you are really thankful for. So what am I currently most thankful for...my parents and the fact that they are being very supportive through my current life situation!! Gotta love Steve and Carla! :) I also love the fact that after Thanksgiving it means that Christmas is soon...which means Christmas decor, cold weather, Christmas music, and Christmas movies (which are the best)! I feel that everyone is just happier during the holidays!!
So one thing I realize I hate about the Thanksgiving holiday is BLACK FRIDAY! After working in retail for about 4ish years now I have never worked a single black Friday...that was until this past one! I now realize why it is so black...it's awful! I didn't think many people would be at Old Navy on black friday...well was I wrong! It was INTENSE and CRAZY to say the least! For all you that went out there shopping...I hope you found it worth it!! My favorite part about retail is when people begin to barter with you at the check out...they say how about 1.99 for this shirt, instead of the 3.99 it is...I want to look at them and be like "this is not a garage sale...we don't barter" , but instead I put on my fake smile and say "Oh, I wish I could, but you see these prices are what they are..." Oh life! So yes the past 2 days of my life have been Old Navy...gag!!!
Funny story from subbing:
So Monday and Tuesday I was subbing in ISS in an elementary school, which I found sad that they even had ISS in elementary school, but nevertheless I was there. So the first day I had 5 kids and then on Tuesday it was luckily only 3! haha! So one of my repeat friends on Tuesday goes Ms. Bee your feet smell..I say umm what, not they don't (well this is me hoping they don't..hha) SO then he goes on..."Ms. Bee are you wearing pantyhose?" Another kid in the class says..."Rowdy (yes that is his name) you're not suppose to ask ladies that" ..he responds, "Well she was wearing pantyhose yesterday!" (The day before I was actually wearing tights) ..so at this point I'm just smiling...holding back the laughter at the fact that a 2nd grade boy just said pantyhose. Well I guess little Rowdy caught on to the fact that I found it hilarious so he turns to me and goes "PANTYHOSE, PANTYHOSE, PANTYHOSE" ...with that I BURST out laughing...which in ISS is no good, because it's suppose to be quiet! Anyway this may be hard to imagine in your head, but just think about a little boy yelling pantyhose at you! :) Oh life with little kids, they really do say the silliest things!
One last funny story...so I don't know how many of you know that I probably have the worlds largest Golden Retriever...my dog Buddy weighs....drum roll...134lbs! hahahah! Yes my dog probably weighs more than most of yall! hahahaha! Anyway we took him to the doctor and I guess he has a thyroid problem and this is why he won't loose weight! Anyway the doctor said that now that he is on medicine he should shed about 40 lbs in about 8 weeks...I wanted to be like could I get some of those too! haha! So my story...Buddy must be walked everyday so that this weight loss can happen and well that's my new job :) So I take him and our other dog Lucy, who mind you is about 100 lbs herself, around our neighborhood. On our first adventure I walk out of my house and the construction men across the street goes "Holy mother, that's a lot of dog!" ...I wanted to say well it's "234lbs of dog if you want to be exact!" but instead I just laughed it off! Literally if the dogs wanted to they could run me down! So alas this is my life in Anna...come visit me and you can see the attention buddy gets! :)If you want to see some more pics of the dogs...you can see them here
http://picasaweb.google.com/ashleybesco/Dogs02#
Well I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a restful weekend! Just remember I am thankful for you all!
Love you!
Ashley
