It's November. Time to officially start thinking about the nutty holiday season. Thanksgiving will be huge this year. My cousin is leaving on a mission the first week of December, so the whole family wants to get together one more time before he leaves. And my step-mother's family wants to have everyone together, too. And this will all take place at my parents home. We have managed to seat 45 at one time there, so I'm sure we'll all fit. And it will be fun! Just a lot of work.

I wonder how many pies I'm making this year? Ugh.

It's Halloween! Time for trick or treating! Time to get ready to swipe any and all Reeces that my kids may bring home! LOL

A thought: People who can't post a comment on a blog and take credit for it probably shouldn't post their comments. I admire people who can loathe me, dislike me, or whatever and have the courage to let me know their views and actually let me know who they are. They are people to be admired, even with opposing viewpoints. And while I know I'm not admired or respected by everyone, I do have the backbone to post my name with any comments I may make.

I love pithy emails:

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!" (T. D. Jakes)

Stomach flu sucks. Especially when it doesn't go away for days. But I lived and I'm back.