Just checking in so I don’t miss a day of NaBloPoMo… I’m at Major and Steph’s housewarming party. The Snook and I made a DIVINE carrot cake, and we’re celebrating a new (for me) personal best 5K time. Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

Hooray! It looks like Amazing Race – All Stars is definitely happening, and my favorite team will be coming back. (Sorry, Robert.) Oh man, please let them come to Sydney! I’m on alert.

The Carbo Family
Here he is! Newborn babies are so weird looking, aren’t they? Like tiny old people. (Don’t tell my sister, but I kinda think Penn looks VERY ATTRACTIVE.) (Edited 10 years later.) But it’s nice to see that Amy pulled through okay, though she does look tired. (I don’t blame her.) And how great is Dan’s grin? That is one proud Papa.

I guess it’s not hard to think of things to be thankful for today after all.

Uni Watch – a website devoted to the obsessive study of sports uniforms. Surprisingly, I found this fascinating! I’ll have to go back and read more through the archives. The author’s also posted some great pictures of Notre Dame’s green jerseys from last week.

Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know that turkeys can reproduce asexually? That utterly and completely blows my mind.

Baby Update: I left you on a cliffhanger, didn’t I? Well, my poor sister has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride for the past 48 hours. They doped her up with pitocin to induce labor but nothing was happening. Then her blood pressure started climbing and the baby’s heart started racing, so they took her off. The doctor checked her out though and gave them the okay to put her back on. I’m getting updates every few hours from Mom. The latest word is “She’s doing good. In active labor now. Lots of pain. Waiting on Dr. Don’t think it will be long!” Man, having a baby is hard.

Three hours later: They’re wheeling her in for a C-section. Positive thoughts would be appreciated!

Six hours later: He’s out! The little sucker is finally officially out of the womb. Penn Joseph Carbo weighed 9lbs 10oz and is 21 1/4″ long. He’s apparently covered in black hair and looks just like my sister did when she was a baby. (I always thought she looked like a monkey, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt until they send me a photo.)

How English Are You? Well, we left London five years ago today and I’m proud to announce that I still scored 73%! Of course, I only learned the correct answer to the jam and cream question this past weekend. Thanks, Snookums. (Link courtesy of the thoroughly upper-crust kirsty.)

Drumroll please…
You all remember how Ma and Pa Snook brought us a pile of crafty stuff from his Grandma’s house, right? Well, I’ve kept you all in suspense for long enough. It’s time to unveil the masterpiece. I call this composition: “Nudie Tapestry and My Cat’s Ass.”

She’s actually way more tasteful than I expected. (The tapestry woman, I mean, not our cat.) The thing is fully the length of the back of our couch too, so it’s going to be a monster to hang. I’m hoping it gives a “boudoir” feeling to our IKEAesque living room.