Feeling the crunch already!

It isn't Thanksgiving until next week and already I am feeling behind for Christmas! I think the reason is because on Dec. 1 I will start teaching full time until the end of January for a teacher who is adopting a baby from Taiwan. I am so happy for her, and of course, I will have the Christmas break, but my house gets so out of order when I am at work all of the time. I am trying to get things done now so I will be ready, but nothing ever stays orderly around here for that long! This will be our first Christmas all together since Tyler has been home from his mission and I want it to be wonderful. I know it will be, I just always worry. I tried to put a pix from Christmas past on here, but I couldn't find one I wanted or that anyone else would appreciate. I'll have to get some good ones this year.

Things I am thankful for today.....

Today I want to give thanks. After all, it is November, so why not get started. Here is a list of things I have loved about today:

*I went to church. Glen spoke in Sacrament meeting. He said that no one was perfect, except for Helen of course. Jacob made sure to tell me that Dad was really kidding about that. Everyone teased me about it. But, it made me feel loved by my husband.

*Tyler got home safely from California.

*Aaron rubbed my shoulders as he stood behind me as he talked to me. He didn't do it too hard like sometimes, and it felt really good!

*I had a good talk with Lindsey on the phone. It was nice.

*I talked a little with Alicia, but she had company. I was glad she had company because she is stretching her social wings. She will call and talk to me later.

*Jacob showed me that he had read the directions on his math paper and no one else in his class had done so. His teacher was very proud of him. He is a real smarty.

*Madalynn and I laughed and laughed together tonight. She is a crack-up sometimes.

*We put out our Thanksgiving decorations. The table looks particularly nice.

*Jacob, Maddy and I watched "Brother Bear" together and ate popcorn and drank hot chocolate.

*It actually rained a little bit today. It finally looks like fall!

I hope you all have had an equally wonderful day! I feel so blessed.

Afterall, Tomorrow is Another Day...

I always hated that ending line of Gone With the Wind, but I do feel a little better today. I am glad that the voting in AZ went well, if not in the entire country. All I can do is what I can do for me and for my family and as one neat lady once told me, "Just lay it on the cross!" So, that is what I am going to do. (sigh)

My worst fears

The last thing I am noticing about Barrack Obama is the color of his skin. The thing I notice is that our apparently next President has been elected with terrorist money and we now have a liberal president and a liberal Senate and a liberal House. What were you all thinking when you stepped into that voting booth? I am listening to John McCain speak as he concedes the election and I can hear in his voice his love for our country. It is my hope that those few Senators and representatives like him left in our Congress will not allow those who would tear down our country and our Constitution to prevail. At the very least, Obama is wishy washy and inexperienced. At the worst he is the most liberal president we have ever seen and supported by people in the middle east, terrorists and palistinians. My prayers are fervent that America will not fall because of this election. I am heart broken.