post thanksgiving

also, i went (for my first time EVER) to BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING. except i would call it thanksgiving night insanity. my brother and sisters (and Brett) met up at Walmart first. this is where i started sweating and having mini panic attacks. then, when everyone started going crazy, i just started laughing. cause i didn't know how else to react. my sister Molly got shoved. Nicole didn't get what she needed. Kyle got yelled at "are you talkin shit about me?!". Molly got shoved again, this time by a cart, when we were unable to move. after this, we went to Supertarget (Nicole pooped out on us), the line was outside and the store didn't open until midnight. luckily, kyle had blankets and i had my ipad. we sat in line watching I AM NUMBER FOUR, with subtitles, cause i don't have mega speakers. i just have to say that shopping at target from 12-2 AM was so much nicer than the 30 minutes we were in Walmart. no shoving. no cursing at us. no people being mean. room to walk. two totally different experiences. but. I GOTS MY STUFF!

thanksgiving

i have to go shopping now.

O M GROSS

chocolate cake, white cake, apple pie and who knows what else all rolled into one disgusting cake.

a jello mold cornucopia

yams+marshmallows+ground turkey+stuffing+mashed potatoes=where's the bathroom?

sweet mother of mercy. they came up with a turkey mold and filled it with avocado jello.

ENJOY THANKSGIVING!

lollipops and rainbows

my mom would love to tell this story. let me rephrase that. my mother would take GREAT PLEASURE IN TELLING THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THIS STORY! i know mom, i know, i know, i know, you are never going to let me live this down. i can see you at my funeral, or if you had already passed on you will have left a note saying read this at Marci's funeral, telling THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THIS STORY. i then would say, "hahahaha jokes on you, i am not having a funeral, SO THERE!". i totally digress, i just had to let the Internet know that my mom LOVES THIS STORY so much, and it just happened on Thanksgiving night. here goes.



since it was just going to be my mom, sister molly, and i for Thanksgiving together (along with everyone at my grandma Metcalf's) we decided to go see a late night movie at the movie theatre. i have already seen practically everything so i thought," hey, Marci what about seeing the new scary alien movie. hahaha that will be so much fun.". i am soooo stupid. so stupid. this alien movie, THE FOURTH KIND, scared the living poop out of me. and while it was scaring the living poop out of me, my mom and sister were sitting there laughing at me. so after about an hour of me sitting there with my stomach churning (which doesn't feel good at all after eating a Thanksgiving dinner) i had to excuse myself to the bathroom. oh and by the way, in the middle of the movie (the aliens disguise themselves as these spooky owls) my mom leans over and says to me, "Marci, that is how the aliens do it. they disguise themselves to look like something else." to which i yelled back to her, "NOT HELPING MOTHER".



so i am sitting in the bathroom for like five minutes thinking i am going to be sick when finally my stomach calms down and i realize it is the movie doing this to me. i decide to go back in and give it a try (the movie only had like 35 minutes left, you can do this Marci). as i am walking in the aliens are talking on a recorded tape IN THEIR ALIEN LANGUAGE! i sit down next to my mom and she tells me what i missed, i nod my head, sit there for another minute, then turn to them and say, "i can't do this. i thought i could. i feel like throwing up. i am going to go sneak into another movie to ride this out." i then stand up and leave with my mom and sister laughing me all the way out of the movie. i then start darting from theatre to theatre in the hallway where our movie was playing, all the while the ticket taking lady is staring at me. first theatre...2012, crap already saw that one. second theatre...The Fourth Kind (later showing), OMG GET ME OUTTA HERE. third theatre...Old Dogs, OK i can hang out here let me just find a seat, sit down, and...credits start rolling. fourth theatre...middle of Pirate Radio, too confusing to watch from the middle of. by now i have reached to ticket taking lady and she is just looking at me funny. i then turn to her and laughingly say, " yeah, i was just in the movie, The Fourth Kind, and it was making me sick. my mom is supposed to be in a showing of New Moon and i can't figure out what theatre that one is???" to which she replies, "oh, it's not showing in this area (or, sorry you are screwed. you are totally stuck with the movie you paid for. SUFFER!) so i smile and walk back and sit on a bench to wait it out.



while i am sitting on the bench i decide to start texting my hubby, who is in New Mexico, and tell him my story of the movie with lollipops and rainbows. luckily he keeps me entertained for about 20 minutes and then i get a text that says at 11:05, "sorry babe. i am falling asleep. it's been a long day. goodnight sleep well my love." now i need another way to entertain myself for another 10-20 minutes...then, this old guy walks out of the PUBLIC MOVIE BATHROOM WITH JUST HIS SOCKS ON. just his socks. no shoes. socks. and then he sits down on the bench across from me and starts making business calls. while he is making these business calls he says, "yeah i am here with my son in law seeing 2012". and i am just fascinated by the fact that he is sitting there in his SOCKS making business calls at 11:15ish PM and totally missing his movie! yep, he did it for me. he entertained me until my mom and sister came out. and my mom is all, "Marci, it was just like Communion! (she says this to me like three times). to which i reply to her three times, "MOM I NEVER READ THE BOOK OR ANY BOOK HAVING TO DO WITH ALIENS!". and then my mom and sister made fun of me for the rest of the night...wait, i mean MY LIFE!

PS Kyle was the only one who guessed on why my last post was named 300. doesn't the Internet love me enough to make some funny guesses? close Ky, sooo close. it was because it was my 300th post. i have actually never seen the movie 300, but think about watching it sometimes.

the post where i say GUN and HELL

i am torn as to how to address my blog today. yes, it is thanksgiving and i should totally be doing some "I AM THANKFUL FOR..." post. but really, i don't wanna cause that is how i am. i have to say though, that the medication i am on has seriously helped my depression drama but not my anxiety issues. which is actually OK because i have a WHOLE OTHER MEDICATION FOR THAT PROBLEM. before i put myself on medication, i can remember walter saying things to me like "count your blessings" and "if you just think positive" and many other stupid positive quotes. i can remember one time i looked at him and said, "if you say that POSITIVE CRAP to me one more time i am gonna shove it up your BUTT!". this is how you feel when you are in the depths of where i was at the time, that is how i justify myself (take it or leave it).
this is who i am, and i can totally accept it. i am trying my darnedest to try and "think more positive", really i totally am, kinda, sometimes...OK on the good days i can REALLY THINK POSITIVE. today though. today i am not feeling super positive. my dad isn't here. he isn't here to celebrate his favorite holiday. with his family. who he totally deserves to be with. so my sister and i are going to go to a late scary movie after we eat with family and i am going to have her sleepover with me and watch movies in bed with me...and maybe ROXY, shh don't tell the husband.
here is the one thing i am thankful for...my husbands family is having thanksgiving in THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, NEW MEXICO and i don't have to go. when they announced this, i looked over at walter and said "no way in hell am i driving to the middle of nowhere to spend four days and not have Disneyland at the end of the destination. nope, no way in hell." he has so kindly obliged and is taking all the kids with him. so i will be all by myself for the next four days. oh sweet silence, how i have missed you so. for those of you who are worried about me being by myself...don't. i have a big dog who doesn't take kindly to strangers and lets them know with her ferocious growl/bark and i am letting her sleep with me and a gun under my pillow. HAPPY THANKSGIVING YO!

wishin my dad was here (thanksgiving part II)

i know that you were all so curious to know what we actually did on THANKSGIVING so here is the BIG rundown. we were lucky enough to be invited to eat a delicous, divine, scrumptious dinner at my cousins house.

baby cousins and 2nd cousins saylee, brenna, and tessa got down with all the toys that auntie dixine has for them to play with.

kylee was posin for everyone on the staircase.

brady and brenton were lucky enough to have uncle ross get the fire pit going so they could have some smores.

here are the boys (plus my mom) watching....ninja warrior no lie it really was ninja warrior.

ky stayed in aunt dixine's room and watched her own movie whilst bouncing lounging on the ball.
aren't sisters some much fun to take pictures with???

here is a warning to all who eat too much turkey and potatoes on thanksgiving. this could happen to you

much love and gratitude to all, Marci

singing praises (thanksgiving part I)

here is how we start our day on THANKSGIVING morning in the Ruf home...


We lay in bed and watch Macy's Thanksgiving day parade while the menfolk go and play manly football. this is kylee's fav postion to watch TV?!

Here is Tessa in all her glorified cuteness. She is thankful that her runny nose is not as runny as it was yesterday.

Our main man brenton is thankful for...

clothes, school, house, friends, and the river.

Here is our dark haired beauty kylee. She is dressed (along with her sister) in a skirt that mom made for her on this THANKSGIVING holiday. she picked out her RED RUBY SLIPPERS. Kylee is thankful for...

friends, jesus, family, roxy, aunts and uncles, grandma and grandpa, house, movies, and water.

we are thankful for all of the above!!!(thanksgiving part II tomorrow...what did the ruf's do???) oh yeah i am also thankful that i got the girls skirts made in time for THANKSGIVING.