Okay, I know, I haven't posted in a long time. I felt like I couldn't until I did something about sponsoring a child somewhere somehow. I have been waiting to hear from my church as I signed up a long time ago and was waiting for more sponsors before we could get the program going. I got an e-mail this week that says we can pick out our child this Sunday so the kids and I will do that and then I can fill you in on more details. I'm excited.

As for what we have been up to lately. Not a lot but it's been nice. Today is Thanksgiving and I am very full. We went to Joe's sister's house today and ate way too much. Joe's mom makes the best dressing and I just can't stop until it is time to go,and then we pack a lot more into tupperware containers and bring it home to eat more tomorrow. Actually, I'm thinking I might go eat some now....

We also went to my dad's for a short visit. He is doing a lot better. He doesn't have much of an appetite so he has lost a lot of weight. It is getting better though. He is eating a little and gaining strength. He is frustrated because it isn't moving fast enough for his satisfaction, but isn't that the way all recoveries go?

My birthday was Sunday. I've had a really nice week. We went to eat at a friends house Friday night and really had a good time. I thought about my parents as we finished our dinner but still sat at the dining room table for a long time after and just talked and laughed. I remember my parents having people over for dinner and they would stay at the dining room table for hours. I never understood what they were doing. Now I understand, you are just having so much fun, you don't dare move to the living room for fear of breaking the groove and having to end the night. Thanks, T and M, we really enjoyed it.

I have also been taken to lunch with 2 friends that was fun, Thanks B and T. Went shopping with a friend, thanks A. Ate at the Olive Garden with 2 more friends and then we did some late night Target shopping, thanks D and K. Anyway, it has been nice and I've been spoiled.

Whoops, forgot to mention that Joe and I had a date to Amsterdam Cafe and then to a movie.

This was my first 39th birthday and I plan to have 10 more, until my 1st 49th birthday. Maybe tomorrow I'll post some Flashback Friday pictures of a younger me.

First though, I'm getting up really early to go Black Friday shopping!!

One of these days I'll tell you about last years birthday and black Friday. It is a memory I'll never forget, and I'm telling you, my friend Anne and I are the smartest people in Auburn!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

I got on the computer this morning and read all of my favorite blogs. I thought if anyone is reading mine that doesn't read these other 3 is really missing out. My friend at Where the Green Grass Grows (please check my friends blogs on the right hand column as I can't figure out how to put a link directly in a post) tells the best stories. She really has me laughing out loud or nodding my head in agreement with every post. I look forward to your posts every day Tiff, you add a smile to my day every time you have a new post.

My other favorites are Big Mama and The Pioneer Woman, usually also telling funny stories or posting about their daily life. But right now, Big Mama and The Pioneer Woman's family are in the Dominican Republic on a Compassion Trip. I hope you will check out their blogs as they are posting pictures and thoughts about this trip. Compassion is an organization where you sponsor a child to provide food and healthcare, and also you form a relationship with this child. I think if I can slow my self down tonight and realize how much I have and how much these people don't, I will show these posts to my children and probably sign up to sponsor a child.

Maybe I'll do some research, I know there are many organizations like this. Is there one that looks at some of the children right here in America? Maybe that is a much harder thing to do. I don't know, but I think it is important. For me and for my children. I'll keep you updated. I hope you will check out these blogs too as they are very interesting.

And on a lighter note, these 2 girls are just like me on a daily basis and their blogs are fun and head nodding too. Check out Ree on The Pioneer Woman, her love story of her and her husband is great, it is a novel you can't put down. The links are again in my right hand column, under my favorite sites.

I am also going to let Kate post about the election. It was a historic day, she might be the first 8 year old to actually vote in a presidential election! Though I do hope that who ever you voted for you are excited about the history that was made last night and how involved so many more people are in this process than ever before.

Double the Loot!!

Boy did my kids ever luck out. We got to go Trick or Treating twice!

In the town we live in, if Halloween falls on a Friday, they reschedule Trick or Treat for Thursday. They say it is for High School Football. I also think that it probably helps to keep the mischief and partying down if the teenagers have a school night curfew.

We had a fun time in our neighborhhod. We all get together in the cul-de-sac for a pizza party before dark so the kids can all see each other's costumes and play for a while. Before we get down to serious gettin candy business.

There were some great costumes!!
Then the race is on!!! Nobody is home because they all are about our age and have kids too. So the kids just run and get a piece of candy out of a bucket left on the porches. It is an all out sprint, fast as you can before the buckets are emptied!! We had a great time and thanks to my nephew Will, I didn't have to sprint with my kids, he kept up with them and made sure they were safe. Thanks Will!!

So, On Friday night. We went back home to my hometown. Now they do Halloween up right!!! Golf Carts are a main means of transportation so we can go all over town in the golf cart for trick or treating. The golfcart paths in town run all through the woods and behind the neighborhoods, off the main streetways, so that is fun because it is dark and quiet and perfect for Halloween.

This guy had "Ghostbusters" playing as he drove his kids around to get their goodies. Looks like there is a skeleton in the background who needs a ride!!

There are several neighborhoods in town that really get into Halloween. They decorate their houses, have haunted mazes, live action drama etc... We had a great time!!

Thank you Wendy and Bobby for the fun and hospitality!! Thanks to all the Conners for allowing me to keep my Honorary Connerary status!

And my kids got the Double the Loot!!!

(This picture aint nothin, cause they have eaten half of it already!!