Happy Thanksgiving

Had a great meal hosted by Heid. Played a game of Outburst (FUN) now we are relaxing and watching Batman Begins. Mom, greg, Me, Don, Zach, Travis, Carrie, Jon and Gen, Michele, Jim, Kelsey,Adam,Abby were all in attendance. Carrie and Heidi will have pix. Meeting up with Mom, Greg and Heidi at 3:30 am for shopping tomorrow.

tomorrow is Thanksgiving

I will be making my Awesome Apples and Sausage Stuffing (also has cranberries) from All Recipes.com. It is very delicious and I can't imagine a holiday without it. Tonight is a Twolves game with my friend Sharon (aka Pnut, Roz etc). I have another game on Sat and Abby will be my date.

Plan on shopping Fri - Sears has a great deal on a washer/dryer and I really need those! Need a gas stove too but looking for a deal still.

Yay for the upcoming long weekend!!

Carrie - take me to the Container Store

assorted

Wolves win finally - broke an 8 game losing streak. Me and LRH3(Carrie) went - she is a fun Twolves date just like LRH2(Heidi). We had supper at Eddingtons before the game, yummy soup and breadsticks! I had tomato pine nut basil and Carrie had the chicken wild rice.

I have a crappy cold - chesty cough - sore throat and lots of snot. Not so yummy!

Tomorrow night Heidi and I will be at the game - Celtics in town - which means KG in da house AND he will play. Last year he was injured. They are giving away posters as it is the 20th year. WE WILL BE EARLY TO GET THE FREE GOODS!!!!

Dad's surgery went well - talked to him this morning and he sounded great. Hope all stays well.

Sun - Don is taking a card making class with me at Archivers. We will be making Shimmer and Shine Christmas cards - so this year if you get an embossed card it may have been handmade with love by Don. He took a similar class with me last year and enjoyed it. He won't sit around and craft but he likes this class cuz it uses tools - heat gun. So last year after the class I bought a heat gun for home. I have used it several times and really do like embossing. Of course I love glitter, bling and glamour :)

over and out

heard the one about ballots in the trunk?

http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2008/11/13/4585/hannity_and_pawlenty_still_passing_car_ballot_fiction

http://minnesotaindependent.com/17385/recount-hannity-pawlenty-car-ballot-lie

5 years making butter

I received my Land O'Lakes key chain today for my 5 year gift. On my actual anniversary (Monday) my boss will get a cake from Taste of Scandinavia. YUM!!

dreams

while not as dramatic or crazy as Heidi's dreams I did have a minor nightmare last night. SOMEONE stole my beloved Coach purse. I was on a trip with a bunch of folks (on a bus?? I think) and stuck my purse down with all the luggage in bins cuz I wasn't going to need to access it. When we got home (it seemed to be a school or college) I went over to where everything was being unloaded and the bin my purse was in was EMPTY!! How could someone I had just be on a trip with walk off with my purse?!?!?!? Then I was thinking - oh well...not so bad - at least my wallet and check book weren't in there as I had removed them prior - but wait that's right I put them back just before I put it in the bin. Great - now I have to call the bank and credit card companies - what a pain!

Then I woke up (fell asleep on couch) and saw my purse on the chaise and all was well.

Having my purse in my sight at all times is a bit of an OCD issue for me - no matter what kind of purse it is - if I can't see then I think something is wrong (forgot it, lost it etc). That's right.....I am slightly nuts!!!

The Patriot

AM 1280 Radio station The Patriot is not news - it is right wing propaganda. No source should be your single source of info. You are not informed.....you are brainwashed.

Veterans Day

Called Jon this morn to wish him a Happy Vet's Day.

I am anti-war - marched with my sibs in an anti-war protest on Labor Day when the RNC was in town.

Spent many sleepless nights and joined a group when my baby bro was in the first Gulf War.

This "war" we are in now is BS.

However...just because people are anti-war does not mean they are unpatriotic or don't support the soldiers!!!!!!!!

It doens't mean we are anti-america either Michele Bachman.

BRING THE TROOPS HOME!!!

random

Fri I was off so went to Archivers early and it was packed. I did get a few things and make a cute frame I am going to give to Joni and Jesse for their new babe.

Sat - crafted - ran kids to and from work - went to Carries with Heidi for pizza and a movie. The movie is "Once" and I recommend it!

Sun - off to the Rockettes Holiday show. It was awesome!!! They even had iceskaters. Then I went home and made a nice steak dinner with salad and baked potatos for me and T. Then Sunday night telly.

Now for Don's hunting saga. He and Phil went to Lancaster on Fri and as of last night had nary a shot - hardly seen a deer. What? You may ask....how can that be?

Well Shleprock is with them this trip - SAT - they got soaked as the field was very wet; no extra shoes - 4 wheeler broke down - Mr Heater broker down (they are in a tent) so they had to buy a new one in town.

Sun - friend Mike is is working in ND on a project decided to drive out and hang with them. He ended up towing them back to town as they bottomed out and ripped the oil filter off and drained out all the oil.....spent the day repairing the car.
So Mike drove 4 hours (he thought it would only be a couple) to hang out for 4 hours and then drive back 4 hours.) And the hanging out ended up being towing and repairing.

I'm thinking it should make a turn for the better as they had 3 things break down.

Meanwhile - weekend hunter, Jim Hunter, got 2 deer I hear. Bastard! hehehe

mostly hoops

so my Halloween post isn't working - I'll try again later. Tried to upload a video.

Twolves lost in double OT to the Spurs last night - they played pretty good but there were some dumb errors and a rash of bad calls. No one could stop Parker tho' -he had over 50 points. It was ridiculous - he doesn't even look that good but man he was unstoppable. Pnut went with me and we had a great time. She is a good bball date as she likes the game and UNDERSTANDS the game. It was free parking too - BONUS!

Kevin Love is looking good - people mad about the Mayo trade should get over it. He may not be a Superstar but he has talent and has been an asset already.

No we just need to start winning - next home game is the 15th but I will be in Lancaster. Who wants my tix?

Election is over

OBAMA WINS! I was home in my jammies last night switching between about 8 channels of coverage. At 8:10 I decided to throw some clothes on and head over to OBBS Bar where my state rep Sheldon Johnson was having an election night do. The drinks were cheap and there were free appies (which I didn't eat). It was fun - caught up with some folks I hadn't seen in a while (like Kathy Lantry City Council President).
I decided to go home aroudn 10 and put my jammies back on and settle in for a late night when to my surprise they started calling Obama the winner. It was SO AWESOME!

Headed home and watched both speeches. McCain gave an excellent speech even though some of the morons in the audience started booing. When Obama gave his speech and mentioned McCain the dems clapped.....I'm just saying.

Looks like Franken is giong to lose - it is very close and there will be a recount but I don't think it will matter.

Now we just have to keep it together and not screw anything up. The DEMs have a huge responsibilty. It is a very tough road ahead and I don't envy the pols who will try to fix the messes.

I voted

went to the polls at about 7:10 - line was outside the bldg but it went really quickly. Of course by the time we left the line was virtually gone. Don was number 114 and I was number 112. That is a good sign! A guy in Lakeville called in and said there were 400 people already at 7am. Hope they weren't McCain voters.

Secret Life of Bees

A really awesome movie. Time is the 60's and the Civil Rights movement. There were some shocking moments that hurt my heart. To be hated so for no apparent reason is just so hard to grasp. In one scene Jennifer Hudson's character goes to town to register to vote and a group of old white guys stop her to ask what she thinks she is doing - I won't tell more but I just gasped....and then cried. So much hate in the world.