RIP Dishwasher...

Thanks for only 6 years (almost)of service. Can't wait to do your job for the next 10 days while I wait for your replacement.

Black Friday

I never shop...but I always get the tree up. I did have to go to Target to buy new lights because 2/3 of my old strands were burned out when I plugged them in. That just brought it home why I don't want to ever have to go out and do any shopping ever again on Black Friday. Good deal lover that I am...it's just not worth it to me to fight all the people! I'll stick to getting my tree up (and checking the lights beforehand).

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Flowers from Brandon's garden picked on Thanksgiving Day!

Counting my blessings

I have so much to be thankful for...so, I spent a little time this evening counting my many blessings. Here are a few...

My cousin Andy wrote this quote on facebook today & I thought it was a perfect fit for this blog - "The optimist says the cup is half-full. The pessimist says the cup is half-empty. The child of God says my cup runneth over." Mine definitely does...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Luke had a fun Halloween, though it didn't turn out exactly as we had planned. We had planned to join Luke's cousin Brady for the evening's festivities. Unfortunately for Brady, he got sick at the last minute, so in order to avoid the bug, we struck out on our own. We got in some trick-or-treating only to realize after the fact that Luke appears to have come down with pink eye! So...in our quest to avoid illness, it still managed to find us in one way or another. The worst part of it all is that Luke now has to miss his first field trip at school tomorrow. He has been so excited to ride the school bus & go to the Red Barn Farm in Weston with his school buddies, but I guess it was not meant to be.

Handsome firefighter!

Posing with his faithful fire-dog.

Really scary purple teeth - made even scarier with the red eyes he's sporting!