Thanksgiving Fun

Cora and Olive sporting whipped cream mustaches!  Our silly girls!  We had  a great time visiting and eating.  So happy to be together with family over the holidays. 

New TV Show

One of my favorite new TV shows this fall is "Blue Bloods".  Very well written and really good acting.  It is on Fridays at 9 p.m. CST.  Doesn't hurt that Tom Selleck is on the show either!

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.  It is hard to believe it is that time of year already.  We have had unseasonably warm weather, so it feels like it is still September.  Our family has so very much to be thankful for this year.  Good health, good jobs, good friends, loving family and a loving Savior.

Our family will be working at our church's Annual Community Thanksgiving on Thursday and an extended family gathering on Friday. 

Galatians 6:9
Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.

Gift

Kindle...yes... a Kindle!  This is one of my birthday presents.  I love new technology so this is right up my alley.  My birthday was earlier in the month, so I have been using this for the last couple of weeks and really enjoying it.  I have downloaded several free books and also bought one new release.  My first book to buy was George Bush's new book, "Decision Point".  You can buy books, newspapers, magazines and blogs.  Also you can download games.  I have a game similar to scrabble that I have been really enjoying.

I also received this really nice cover with a light - which is really handy at bedtime. 

Maybe its not so bad to get older after all -- except of course, the aches and pains part.

Fair Trade Sale Completed

What a fun weekend.  So many vendors and so many products.  The jewelry to the left is from Back to Africa which I helped sell as well as a new friend.  Beautiful creations from Kenya.

Another vendor was Amani Ya Juu from Nairobi Kenya.  I visited this group while I was in Kenya.  My daughter sold their products.  Beautiful bowls, napkins, oven mitts, and many other items.

There were approximately 20 tables covered with beautiful items from around the world.  Many people came and did early Christmas shopping.  My daughter is planning to make this an annual event. 

Other vendors included at the sale were Bead for Life, Plowshare, Forai and handmade dolls made by my daughter's friend for Muñecas for Hope.

Next Saturday (November 6) is the Holiday Fair Trade Sale at Trinity Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton Road, Chesterfield, MO.  All you St. Louis folks that possibly read this blog - put this on your calendar and come out and shop for Christmas.

I am making crayola caddies and crocheted children hats to sell so I can contribute to a Kenya Well fund-raising.  I am also selling jewelry from Heart of the Bride, "Back to Africa" products to help raise funds for this organization.

This is my granddaughter sporting one of my crocheted hats.  Isn't she growing up?  Slow down little one.

ESPN Gameday!

ESPN Gameday is in Columbia Missouri.  Missouri vs Oklahoma.  It looks like it is crazy in 'ol Mizzou!  I'll be glued to the TV at 7 p.m. tonight.  OKU is No. 1 and Mizzou is No. 11 in the BCS Standings.  Should be a great game and a fun day for those in Columbia enjoying the ESPN Gameday atmosphere.

Doctoring

My son had a tonsillectomy today.  I drove to Iowa yesterday to be with him and do some doctoring for a few days.  It usually is a lot harder on adults to have this kind of surgery than children I am told.  He will be 25 years old next week, so this isn't a great birthday present, but something that needed to be done.  Hopefully, after he gets feeling better it will be all worthwhile once he stops getting terrible sore throats.

So far he is on a diet of popcicles, sherbet, Gatorade, and Mac N Cheese.  The medicine he takes every 4 hours is a life saver but still doesn't feel great especially when it gets close to time to take more meds. 

My husband just returned from Kenya on Wednesday night and then I left Thursday morning for Iowa.  Wasn't too much of a welcome home!  Maybe by the time I return home, his body clock will be back on US time! 

Prayers for a quick recovery for my son are appreciated.  Later.