Great Idea...or so I think it is

This year our Christmas will be spent in California with Terry's side of the family. We have not been down there for Christmas since I was pregnant with Reeece, so it is time. I was thinking about all my neighbors and what we could give them before we go on the 16th of December. I have decided that they are going to get a Christmas tin with cookies and fudge in them, homemade of course. But included in that tin will be recipe cards for the cookies and fudge. I am going to have Reece decorate a cover and I will make a small ccokbook. I will post pictures when Reece finished the covers. I thought this idea was cute and easy.

Tip of the day: Check garage door after the wind storms and make sure tracking is working.

Seattle Trip

We enjoyed the trip to Seattle with our neighbors. The short 28 hours that we were there was packed. We stayed at the Westin Hotel downtown and had a great view of the Needle. Upon arriving, we walked around to a few stores to shop and then went swimming, had dinner and headed to bed. After dropping off Judi at the studio, the kids and I headed to the Children's Museum. The Sesame Street exhibit was wonderful and very educational. After eating lunch, we went to Archie McPhee's, which is not a place for little children i.e Fredy. We then picked up Judi and headed home with a short stop at the outlet mall in Marysville.

We barely got in the door when Judi and I headed to our homeowners association meeting. I took the position of secretary on the board. We will see how that pans out.

I finally got a message from Terry that he make it to Korea and that his cell phone does not get coverage.

Now, I have to finish unloading the car and give it a good bath inside and out.

Tip of the Day: Pack swim diapers when you go to a hotel.

Thanks to all those men and women who are or have served our Country.

Computer Savy

Finally, I have figured out how to do a few extra things on this blog. Do you see the words on the picture? Not hard just time consuming. How about the music? This is not hard at all. The only thing hard about it is picking the music. I am going to pick the song that is my fav of the week.

Terry is off to Korea for the week. Please pray for a safe trip and for my sanity!

Our neighbor has a photo shoot in Seattle on Tuesday so the kids and I are going to join her and her son. We will be spending the night down there on Monday. While she is at the photo shoot on Tuesday, I plan to take the kids to the Children's Museum at the Seattle Center. The 3 kids and me, yikes. I use to have 23 to 30 at a time, so this will be nothing.
I will keep you posted on return.
Have a wonderful start to your week.

Update on our niece Brandie, She has finally come home. Please keep her and her family in your prayers as they adjust to their new life style.

Got It!

Halloween 2009 went well. The weather was nice and the kids were healthy. Reece and I did a few things together while Fredy took a nap. Then in the early evening Fredy, Reece and I went Trick-or-Treating with the neighbors. At the first house Fredy was not so sure what to do but by George, he new exactly what to do when it came to the second house. He was the leader of the three on every other house. He would knock. say "treat", sign thank you and run off to the next porch. Now, the problem is he expects treats when we knock on someone's door.

2 types

Have you ever had something happen and you got that Ah-ha feeling? Being a teacher, I saw my students get those often when it came to learning, like when they finally got a math concept or figured out an unfamiliar word. Over the years, I have had few including one last week when I realized that there are really two types of people in the world when it comes to dealing with uncomfortable situations.
I am not sure what I would call or label these 2 types of people, but I can definitely describe them. The first type of person is one who will try to live with, work around or help out the situation to feel comfortable about it. The second type is the person who will change the whole situation in order to feel comfortable about it. Now neither type is wrong or right, but personal choice. I sat back and asked myself which type am I and do I want to be that type?

My answers to these are,"Hell yeah I know and hell yes I want to be that type for oh so many reasons."

Cabin Fever

No one in my family has the swine flu but we are staying inside the house alot lately. The mix of the rain and the "scare" of the swine flu makes it easy to stay home. Right now, my children are sitting at the bottom of the steps, still in their pajamas, playing with the Legos and the train set. I, myself and not too happy about staying home. I like to do things but a few friends are sick and there is really no where to go that is clean and safe. I have signed my children up for their first round of the H1N1 vaccine but that is not until next Wednesday so I am trying to keep them away from a ton of germs. My daughter went to preschool yesterday and I over heard an adult say that his son had been coughing, yet he still brought him to school. When his mom picked him up, the teacher said he coughed alot. YIKES! I heard the mom said maybe we will see you on Friday. Maybe....stay home and get better and stop spreading your germs!

My Corner

Yesterday as I left the mall I spotted a man and woman standing in the median holding a sign that read, "Have family, out of work. Anything helps. God Bless." Then I noticed the usual guy that hangs out on that corner on my right. He was yelling something at the couple. So the noisy person that I am, I rolled down my window. As I was doing that the single man walked his bike over to the median and continued to yell rude comments to the couple. The man with the woman was saying, nicely I might add, that they do not stand out here often and they had the right just as much as he does to stand out there. He said that he respected him and that he should be respectful to them also. The single man was very upset and was really rude. The man and woman were just about to leave and go home, I heard him say and he apologized to the single man for taking away items or money that would have gone to him if they were not there.
I had to leave then because the light turned green but wondered what else was said. I left with mixed emotions. One, feeling sorry for the man and woman for their hard times. Two, feeling angry that the single guy thought it was his right to have that corner of the street to himself and himself only. I understand that man and woman falling on hard times, I have never seen them before but I do not understand the single man standing out there day after day, which he does! It drives me crazy that people in this county think that it is the responsibility of others to take care of them. I believe in helping others but only those that can help themselves first.