Thanksgiving is Quickly approaching!

This is going to be my 1st Thanksgiving staying at home and preparing all the goodies by myself. I just bought my 1st Turkey, so now I will have to get my mom to come over Wednesday and tell me what to do. Remember I have never cooked a whole turkey, nor have I made dressing to go with it. So it will be a great experience, and I will get to test it on my kids and husband this year. That way if it all goes well, I can spread my wings and feed other family members in the future. Wish me luck!

22 years ago...

It's been 22 years ago, this week, that my dad passed away. My memories, I'm sure are different from Carrol and mom's. I was 11 years old, it was about 2 1/2 weeks before my 12th birthday. A friend of mine had stayed the night that Friday night. The next morning we woke up and went to town because she was on a bowling league. After she was finished bowling we sat outside of the bowling place and talked while waiting for her mother to come pick us up. As we sat outside, an ambulance with it's sirens on goes flying past heading toward my town. I had this feeling come across me and I said to my friend, "I wonder where they are going"? We waited a few moments later and her mother arrived. She took us to her clothing store there in town so we could hang out until closing time. We started getting hungry and walked from her store to a couple of blocks down to Wendy's. We ordered and sat down, then I saw my cousin and her friend rushing in to get me. They told me I had to leave with them because they were taking my dad to the hospital because he had a heart attack. Remember I was only 11 years old, I was not familiar with heart attacks. They drop my friend off at her mom's shop and we rushed to the ER. They took me back to a room where my mom and other family was. I sat there crying because I didn't understand what was going on. All I heard next was, "did you tell her?". They said "no, not yet". They then proceeded to tell me that he died. I felt like my heart fell out of me. They took us back to a room where he was laying on the table in his overalls.

What had been happening at home while I was at the bowling alley? Well, dad was down by the barn working on a car. He started having chest pains. Mom or Carrol called 911 to meet them in our small town, because the closest ambulance was 30 min. away. Mom got the vehicle and Carrol helped put dad in. On the way to town, Carrol started giving dad CPR. When they met up with the ambulance they took over, but I believe he passed before arriving at the hospital. My memory of their story maybe off a little, and I am sure their memories are more vivid that I am even stating.

But isn't it funny how God knows what we can handle. He knew that I was too young to handle the stuff going on at home and he removed me from the situation. Then brought me back in when it was time. He is still working on my life and others all the same way. He prepares us all, if we listen. He told me months before this happend that something was going to happen to my dad. I didn't know what, I thought it was just a nightmare I was having. I would wake up scared and crying because it was like a question being asked to me. Which one is it? Mom or Dad? The answer was always Dad. A few months later it happend. God prepares us all, he knows what we can handle and what we can't.

We buried my dad on November 17th, on November 17th, 2001 is when Jody proposed to me. He changed a sad moment in my life to a happy new beginning. How great was that!

It's getting there!

My sweet sister-in-law, Kathleen, came to visit this weekend while the guys went camping/hunting for the weekend. Little did I know, she would be a woman on a mission. To get you caught up, we just had wood floors put in the living room last Tuesday. Things at my house were put on hold while furniture was moved and floors were layed. So Kathleen came and started cleaning house, laundry, dishes, etc, you name it... she did it. I don't know if she ever went to sleep! But I appreciated that so much, and YES I helped her too! But I took a few breaks and I think she kept on truckin'!

1st weekend of November...

This past weekend was the Youth deer Hunt. Jody took Bryce hunting while we stayed at my sister-in-laws house and hung out. In the middle of the day we played at the park at the campgrounds. No, Bryce hasn't got a deer yet but I am sure he will.

I am a picture junkie, so I hope you enjoy the next montage.

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Halloween Pictures!

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I VOTED!!

I dropped all the kiddos off for school & sitters, and was there at the polls at 7:30am. Guess what, as I stand in line for 25 minutes, I get to the front of the line to sign in and my name's not on the list. They told me I was at the wrong location. I was ticked, mainly at myself for not double checking before hand. Anyway, I get to the right location at City Hall to vote. I am standing in line when a policeman comes in to tell us that anyone parked on the side of the road will be towed. (It's a dead end street by the way) So I had to get out of line and move my vehicle across the Highway and walk back to get in line. So by this time it's like 8:30am, I am in line. I left there at 10:15am. Needless to say, it felt good to vote but it was a very frustrating process for me.