The 2008 Holiday Season has officially started for me.

Thanksgiving started on Thursday.  We had a potluck Thanksgiving dinner at work for lunch.  My mom helped me make dressing to take.  Because of the lack of oven at work, I tried cooking it in a crockpot.  Except for the fact that I had to get up at 4 am to start it, it turned out very good.  (I was afraid it wouldn’t get done enough and we’d have gooey dressing.)  I must say that smelling dressing cooking for 7 hours was wonderful but the wait was killing me because of how good it smelled.

Christmas starts today.  We are going to my mom’s parents’ house this afternoon to decorate for Christmas (decorate her tree & hang the Christmas lights on the front porch).  Tomorrow, we are going back to their house to decorate Christmas cookies.  We had so much fun last year that we decided to do it again.

I saw Twilight the movie last night.  There are no words to properly describe my love of the movie.  While you all may not have liked Twilight or even be interested in seeing it, I’m sure you have that movie that you saw and absolutely loved.  This was Twilight for me.  I’m going to refrain from talking much about the movie right now because I don’t want to give anything away for those who are not wanting a spoiler just yet.  (I wouldn’t let the girls at work that saw the midnight showing say a word to me yesterday at work.)  I give you a week. ;)  I will say that one of my favorite parts was Bella & Edward’s first day sitting next to each other in biology.  His facial expressions were priceless throughout the movie but this scene was especially great in that area.

On Monday night, Shelby & I saw OAR in concert at Barnhill Arena on the University of Arkansas campus.  OAR was in town as part of the Campus Consciousness Tour 2008 to promote green campuses.

“Who is OAR?”  I have gotten that question quite a bit since telling folks I was going to the concert and since the concert itself.

Of A Revolution, better known as simply O.A.R., found their musical niche with college students years ago. Their jam band sound mixed with playful lyrics sparked the attention of fraternities, sororities, wannabe-hippies and other college students around the nation.

But with a new album and a tighter sound, the Maryland six-piece band is reaching even higher for the stars and for the radio airwaves.

This quote came from an article that appeared in The Arkansas Traveler about the band before the concert called OAR Brings Jam Rock to Barnhill.

OAR has a large fan base but, on the other hand, not a lot of people have heard of them.  They have very few songs that are played on the radio, especially around here.  To be honest, I only know as much as I do about them and am a fan because of my love of NASCAR.  Some of the members of OAR are friends with some of the NASCAR drivers and so their name and music comes up occasionally.

Regardless of how known they are to people, Barnhill was pretty full on Monday night.  Several people knew all of the songs, like Shelby and I did, while others sat and just enjoyed the music from a band they didn’t know prior to that night.  I definitely recommend attending an OAR concert if you are given the opportunity.  I hope they come back around here soon!

Here are the pictures I took during the concert (because you know I don’t leave home without my camera).

Karah at Diary of a Track Bunny has given my blog an award.  She’s named my blog as one of her favorites, which I appreciate very much.  Her blog has always been one of my most favorite.

This is a “pay-it-forward” type of award, so there are rules to accepting it. They are:

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Here are the blogs I love.

• Life of a Kahne Fan
• Megan’s Blog
• Answer This…
• Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Infield Parking Blog
• Sarah & NASCAR
• It’s All About Andi
• Jessica’s Blog

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you have heard of the Twilight book series and maybe even the new movie by the same name.  If you haven’t, you should probably check out the book the next time you have some spare time to read (or even if you don’t).  Twilight the movie comes out on November 21st.  I’m getting really excited about this.  It is looking like me & my sisters will be going opening night.  Any of my readers Twilight fans as well?  Are you planning on seeing the movie?