You people sell me on an iPhone every day.

It's really brilliant. Semi-useless for phone calls, but brilliant otherwise.

we are back home and I have wine. football and more food and omg am full. I also knit a bit, but my shoulders hurt like whoa.

I really want mac to have a playmate out of the house tomorrow and to get a ton of cleaning done, but I bet that does not happen.

Whose house was this? I need to know in case they ever invite me, so I can turn them down. It's ALL about the cranberry sauce. You can't forget it. That's unpalatable.

You shoulda come over. Homemade cranberry sauce, and it was amazing.

Had a good dinner #1. Lots of duplicates of everything because my mother-in-law worries about there not being enough food, even when it's not her house. But good. Surprise party tomorrow for the SO's high school buddy who came from Florida to Indianapolis for his 30th birthday and from Indianapolis to Arizona for his 40th. So we figure we owe him this one. But we still don't know any details about it. Like, where it is. Or when.

I have no interest in an iPhone. I am jealous that some apps don't come for the Android, but I can't honestly get upset that I can't auto pick nail polish on my phone or tablet. It really does do most of the magic I want. And the iPod fills the frivolous gap.

I called my mother and whined that she doesn't love me. Felt good. I feel like I paid her back for the leafy greens assault.

Except I'm eating asparagus. Well, thing is, all I'm eating is asparagus, so that's not how she wants to win, but that's as much as my stomach is taking right now. I'll check back with it later.

Kate--I will be trying the nausea bracelets soon, I think.

You shoulda come over. Homemade cranberry sauce, and it was amazing.

Oh, I have no doubt. No doubt at all. However, sitting at home and feeling sorry for myself was all I was capable of today.

I was just posting "ritual sacrifice, with pie" as my fb status and the iPad was insisting on correcting "sacrifice" to "acrid ice." What a strange machine.

Erin, IMO it's almost impossible to do Hannukah wrong. It's a festival, not a holy day. Traditions tend to be family based in terms of gift-giving, so do whatever seems comfortable.

Q1: Is this sacrilegious? And is it ok to put the menorah on the mantel, because putting it by our out-facing windows means a cat or dog will no doubt light itself on fire.

No problem with any of that. It's tradition to have the menorah in the window, but it's fine to have it elsewhere if that works for you.

Q2: What are we supposed to say/sing, and does anyone have a link to them in phonetic English and a link that I can hear? (M remembers "most of the words" but hey, he's nine. I need a print out!)

[link] You say the "Blessing over Candles" and "Blessing for Chanukah" each night, and "Shehecheyanu" only on the first night. I can't listen to the recordings right now, but they're from a source that's usually good. If you want something with more of a normal person singing it (that one might be a bit overly operatic), I can find it later.

dinner was nom. yum.

Where's Jesse? And bon bon? Jezebel linked to a House Hunters drinking game. I *need* to play this.