Belated!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Hey got this off my cousins blog....those that say "check" behind them and in bold letters, I have done. Copy and post and see what you have come up with


1. Started your own blog...check
2. Slept under the stars...check
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii.....check
5. Watched a meteor shower...check
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/Disneyworld......check
8. Climbed a mountain...check
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea...check
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch...check
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables....check
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21.Had a pillow fight...check
22. Hitch hiked...check
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill....check
24. Built a snow fort...check
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping ( maybe, maybe not..Who is really going to answer this truthfully???)..check
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen an eclipse....check
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset...check
31. Hit a home run...check
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community...check
36. Taught yourself a new language..started anyways
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing....check
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight...check
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling...check
52. Kissed in the rain...check
53. Played in the mud...check
54. Gone to a drive-in theater...check
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business...check
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason....check
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check....check, check
68. Flown in a helicopter....check
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone....check
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car, new to us at least...check
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper...check
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating....check (Deer hunting Season, Duh!)
88. Had chickenpox...check
89. Saved someone’s life, indirectly...check
90. Sat on a jury...check
91. Met someone famous...check
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one...check
94. Had a baby...check
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone...check
99. Been stung by a bee...check
100. Talked your way out of a ticket...check

Birthdays

To all the November Birthday's....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!


Especially to you Kris!

Celebrating 7 years today....

We decided to spend the day together. Will eat out a couple times and do some shopping for hunting. Sound like fun?? YOU BET!

Ah, yes...Last day of October

Hey, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

AND since this is the last day and once again I have been nothing but a busy bee...

Happy Birthday to-

Mike
Jackie
Jimmy
Dolly

and to everyone else who I may have forgotten

Happy Anniversary to-

Jim and Julie

WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN

1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'

2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'

3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the bottle. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'

4) MORE NUDITY A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop? Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?'

6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied puzzled. The boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'

7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'

8) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!)

9) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'

10) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'

What nice MEA weekend.....

It was a fabulous MEA weekend. The family I use to Nanny for came up for 4 days. It was so much fun. The highlight of the whole weekend it that we saw a wolf on the driveway and then later that night Barry started to howl. There had to be about 5-6 wolves howling back. COOL! Then we went to explore the big bog that we have nearby. NEAT!


Dad.....

He continues to do well. He now has the Okay to drive again. Good thing, too, because he drives Mom nuts by being that "back seat" driver. Though he never says anything when I drive =)


Sad news...

We have sold our 3 year old Appaloosa. It is not what we really wanted to do but we didn't have the time to train her and she needed to have something to do. Someone came out to see her Saturday and fell in love with her. I delivered to to her new owner on Monday. We will miss her terribly and we hope that the new owner will stay in touch with us so we know how and what she is doing.