This month has been busy with two sets of exams, but we have managed to have some fun along the way. Because I’ve been less than stellar in my punctual blog posting, here are some pictures of recent highlights:
Frank has been playing lots of basketball on KPMG’s team. (Future post to come…)
Flowers - part of my Birthday gift from Frank
We had a visit from a small lizard that went translucent and could change colors to match it’s surroundings. I think it was a baby chameleon or something. It was pretty cool looking, but not in my house. He affectionately became known as “stubby” when Frank tried to pick him up by the tail and it fell off. Here is Frank on the hunt for “Stubby,” the second time he got in our house. We knew it was him by the tail. haha.
Re: Thanksgiving Photos
The loads of supplies used to make our dinner.
This year’s new addition - Curried Pumpkin Soup as the first course.
Before and After
Cooking was a lot of fun, but boy is it work when you’re doing it by yourself. I refused to miss any of my family’s tradition dishes, so we had WAY too much food! It was all so yummy. I was really proud of the way it turned out, but bummed that I forgot to get a picture of the turkey before it was cut. Pathetic as it may be, I had some fun dissecting the turkey’s heart. I know it’s weird, but I was able to identify the atriums and ventricles, as well as, the aortic arch, brachialcephalic, left subclavian artery and left common carotid. Well, they might be called something different in a turkey, but in human terms that’s what they would have been.
Ha! See Curried Pumpkin soup. Not as bad as all of you thought it would be.
Comment by elle — December 4, 2007 @ 2:56 am
Christen, that’s really gross.
Comment by Rachael — December 4, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Sounds like you have been busy. The flowers are beautiful. Lucky girl! It looks like you had a nice Thanksgiving dinner.
Comment by Marie — December 4, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
I am peeing over the fact that you took the time to dissecting a turkey heart.
Comment by annmarie — December 5, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
I was so delighted by all the good-looking food! Yummy looking - then - the turkey heart. Oh, my gosh. That’s why I never even considered anything all close to medicine for a career! Nor did I consider being a buther - only a vegitarian.
Comment by Annie — December 10, 2007 @ 8:27 pm