After Thanksgiving Blessing

It is always hard to get your young adult children together for many occasions. It is harder in my family this year because our daughter is an exchange student at the U of NM - many miles away. She went on a ski trip with some other exchange students and had a great time. They cooked their own Thanksgiving meal, which opened all of their eyes to different traditions from different parts of the country. My boys are still around here - temporarily! My oldest is leaving Thursday for Maui where he is going to be a hiking and rockclimbing guide. His partner on his last hike, the Continental Divide Trail, is already there doing this and Eric is going to join him. Because Jeffery is a mfg rep and goes out of town, leaving Sunday afternoon to reach their destination to be set up by Monday am, we decided to have a breakfast with them and their girlfriends Sunday morning. It was early for me - I needed some rest after the busy of Thanksgiving - but it was worth it. To have them together one last time before Eric leaves - for what may be a long time - was great. I just praise God for the wonderful young adults that my children have grown into. They don't always make the same choices I would have - but that is how life moves. I just ask God to watch over Eric in his move and to protect him in his trips with paying hikers.

Thanksgiving Blessings

After the trips to the dentist and some visits to the chiropractor, my autoimmune stuff flew into a huge flare that has had me in bed for a week and a half.......never good in November and December! Too much to do. Thankfully my kids are coming tonight to help with cooking for our contribution to the annual Thanksgiving meal. We have spent Thanksgiving with a group of 4 families with a few extras thrown in now and then, for about 15 years. Each family has developed a tradition of bringing several cherished dishes, so while it seems boring to cook the same things, everyone expects them. And it helps with the grocery shopping list!

Hope all have many things to be Thankful for this year - especially family and friends.

Another trip to dentist

Well, Mr. Tooth took me on another field trip today after my visit to the chiropractor. It was to his favorite place - the dentist's office. I thought it was to just get my crown seated - but noooo, there was a surprise waiting for me. I got another root canal! The tooth had been bothering me,but I thought a filling was going to be enough. Will this never end?

Today is also a big day because it is election day - and the end to the most contentious, mud-slinging race I have ever seen, between the candidates for the Senate seat. I live in TN and it has really been nasty. I did my civic duty and voted. I also intend to write the national parties who were responsible for much of the mud and voice my view.

It was overall a dreary rainy day to be out - and is now time for a nap!!

Until the next time.