Gotta have a good Story.

O.K., I love cute Christmas stories. The sad ones are good but I like the ones with a good ending. I like this one. The Missing Five Pound Note Chippenham George worked for the Post Office and his job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day just before Christmas, a letter landed on his desk simply addressed in shaky handwriting: 'To God'. With no other clue on the envelope, George opened the letter and read: Dear God, I am an 93 year old widow living on the State pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £100 in it, which was all the money I had in the world and no pension due until after Christmas. Next week is Christmas and I had invited two of my friends over for Christmas lunch. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. God; can you please help me? Chippenham George was really touched, and being kind hearted, he put a copy of the letter up on the staff notice board at the main Fareham sorting office where he worked. The letter touched the other postmen and they all dug into their pockets and had a whip round. Between them they raised £95. [$190 USD] Using an officially franked Post Office envelope, they sent the cash on to the old lady, and for the rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done. Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter simply addressed to 'God' landed in the Sorting Office. Many of the postmen gathered around while George opened the letter. It read, Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to provide a lovely luncheon for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift - in fact we haven't gotten over it and even Father John, our parish priest, is beside himself with joy. By the way, there was £5 [$10 USD] missing. I think it must have been those thieving fellows at the Post Office. George could not help musing on Oscar Wilde's quote: 'A good deed never goes unpunished'

rain.....?

We are all so excited for it to rain on Thanksgiving here! Rain hasn't come for ages here! I love how beautiful it is.

Hi All. Last night I visited with an old family friend and ward member, Bette Sue. And I am going to make a goal to walk a marathon. I am not sure if you follow any shows or not, like The Biggest Loser -(I don't LOL!) I didn't even know she lost as much as she did. But she and her daughter were on the show for a while and her daughter won. Her daughter is so driven and inspirational. So.....It's been all I have heard about in that ward! It is so crazy. She spoke at Homemaking last night in my home ward (my mom's) and we all had a good time. She is so funny. But also aside the joking and funny side, she can be quite spititual. Which brings me to the point, that after the show Bette Sue has decided that thru much prayer and consideration, she feels it is nessasary to share her story. It is spiritually uplifting as this was a battle for her and her daughter not just for weight but to gain more confidence and draw closer to Heavenly Father. It ended up being a real neat experience. Her topic she talks about is "something lost, something gained". So if any of you would like her to visit your ward just say so.

I need to whine a bit. Just hear me out. Mike and I were talking today and Trey (guy who bought our buisness) wants to get rid of it. (Plug in scary sound effects please) Trey says he's just walking away and is starting something else. So now that leads Mike to think about leaving where he is at and trying to get the buisness back. !!!!! I want to cry. Whoa. Before I honestly do that, I have do have some good reasons why.

1. No way am I going to start the whole no getting any money in the bank because "so and so" won't pay. It happens. Some customers think they can just skip a month and then pay for 2 or 3 months at a time with out warning. It messes with my pocket. Sorry, no can do.
2. That leads me to- Cami doing the books is a really bad idea! You will see me bald from pulling my hair out, and in a straight jacket before Cmas if that goes. Bottom line, out of the question!
3. I like that there is still a paycheck if it rains. Landscaping all depends on the weather.

Ok. I am done. And I need to p/u the kids. Later.

I have been tagged

Four Random Things I Like About My Husband:

1. He is the greatest "dumb dancer".

2. He's my bud.

3. He 's sucker for soft baby's. Especially Sara. Still. It brings out such a soft side of Mike.

4. He'll do anything just to hang with me. I love it.

Four Jobs I've Had

1. Instructional Assistant- MPS

2. Crosswalk Lady- MPS

3. Respite Provider/ Assisted living- don't those jobs eventually come to mean the same thing at one point? I worked for 2 different Co.'s

4. Designer- What's New

Four Movies I've Watched More Than Once:

1. Any movie with Matt Dameon, George Clooney or Brad Pitt...you name it!

2. Spiderman

3. All Disney movies

4. Star Wars

Four TV Shows I Watch (I'm revising-Four TV Shows I Tevo & Try to Watch before they're deleted: )

1. The Doctors

2. Ellen

3. Re-runs of I love Raymond/ Frasier

4. Jay Leno

Four Places I've Been:

1. Mexico

2. Florida

3. Texas

4. Idaho

Four Of My Favorite Foods:

1. Italian

2. authentic Mexican

3. Most any salad esp.(from my garden)

4. Mike's cooking.

Four Places I Would Like To Visit:

1. Europe

2. Yellowstone

3. Disneyworld - Again

4. Alaska

Four Things I Am Looking Forward To In The Coming Year:

1. Going to Utah. hopefully for Ryan & Alaina's family being sealed in the Salt Lake Temple!!!

2. I haven't even thought about next month......

3. HMMMMMM.....

4. HMMMMMM......

Four People I Tag: (if you want too?)

1. Kathy

2. Monica

3. Jana

4. Julie

Growing

You ever hear those cute sounds that your kids make when they get up in the morning? little coos from the baby, gigling kids and let's see- at my house Dallin says- ahh man no hair yet! He is checking for facial and armpit hair. Sometimes there are other words and I shake my head, I can't decide if I should laugh or not...He is convinced that since he turned 11 (The magic number I suppose) that big things are going to happen very soon. LOL!

Dallin is so proud!

About a year or 2 ago, Dallin snuck some seeds out and put them in the ground by our mailbox. I didn't think it would result in anything. But now it is a regular thing.