Turkey Day!

I am always glad when Thanksgiving rolls around. It has long been my favorite holiday and not just because I love to eat. Some of my best childhood memories are those of Thanksgivings spent with family. This year, we all wrote down something we're thankful for and I couldn't resist putting in my two cents. I have always been thankful that I come from a good family. We're close, we see each other often, my children are surrounded by aunts, uncles and a plethora of cousins and the glue that holds us all together is faith in God. It's always a good day to be a member of my clan but today, especially, is a day when I'm most thankful I have the family that I do.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

Yea. It's just around the corner. It totally doesn't seem like the holidays are upon us. I say it every year but I'm really not into it this year. Well, not into Christmas. It probably doesn't help that we're still having highs in the mid 70's and like the day before yesterday, 80. But seriously, our household is totally slacking. We have ALWAYS put out Christmas decor the day after Halloween, but this year when did we get the tree put up? Monday. It's very sad. My poor hubby loves Christmas more than any other holiday so I know he looks forward to getting the stuff up early to get him in a non-Grinch mood for at least a month out of the year.
Okay, so let's get past Thanksgiving (my all-time favorite holiday) and then we'll worry about tackling the dreaded Christmas.

My Bucket List

I was thinking about life the other day (imagine that) and how a lot of people make lists of things they hope to accomplish before they die. I have a bucket list of my very own and even though I've posted it once before, I thought I'd post it again as a reminder that I should look forward to these things. Here we go...

-Watch a Dallas Mavericks game in living person (I haven't seen one in person since I was about 6 years old).
-Go to an Iowa State football game in Ames
-Ride a mechanical bull (check)
-Be a professional singer or actress (check)
-Visit the following places in the world: Vienna, Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland
-Visit the following places in the US: Boston and Salem, Mass; Portland, OR; NYC, Maine, Nantucket Island, Seattle (again)
-buy a house
-drive a 325i BMW
-See Billy Joel and Rod Stewart in concert
-Participate in an athletic competition that I spend a long time preparing for
-go to Connecticut in the fall to see the foilage
-go to Woodstock, VT in the winter for their annual Wassail Festival
-I want a real wedding on the beach
-Live to be 100

My Debut...

Last week, I made my debut as "Vera" the pillowfighter. Unfortunately, my friend "Smashley" kicked my ass. Good times were had by all and sorry, boys, the girls stayed tucked in, haha!

President Barack Obama

Like it was a huge shocker. All I have to say now is, "Lord, help us all."

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures of my oldest as Beetlejuice (and his neighbor friend as that monster). There's my youngest as my knight in shining armor and my crazy hubby as... mullet man!