One Month Later...

Ok, I still don't know what I am doing. It has been a busy month.

My Uncle Mike passed away on the 6th and I went to Arizona for the funeral, which was on the 13th. I took my mom and two youngest ones with me. The funeral was very nice. Uncle Mike was given full military honors at a special tribute at the cemetary. It was also very nice and it was neat to experience that.

My mom has been with us since she came here on the 8th or 9th, I can't remember. She ended up with a very bad UTI and has been sick most of the time here. Today she didn't even come upstairs. I guess she thinks we are tired of her. Perhaps some of us are, I don't know. It was good to have her here with us on the anniversary of my dad's passing. Given the fact that my dad passed away on our daughter's first birthday, four years ago, we try to make her birthday the focus of the day. As it should be! We had a really nice day on the 21st and celebrated Marissa's birthday the following day with her first birthday party with friends. It was a big event for her! It was lots of fun! We handed out little skirts, made fairy wings and butterfly masks, had a pinata, cake, ice cream, punch, and party favors. We played duck-duck-goose, animal charades, put the nose on "Benny" the clown (a family tradition), and opened up a few gifts. Marissa went to a birthday party before hers, so I think she was a bit overdone at the end of the day, but it was a fun day.

Thanksgiving Day was a joke this year. Doug and I had an argument and he spent the day downstairs. It was a bummer. Oh well! At least the Turkey was good!

Today I went to Mervyn's to see what they might still have. Their "going-out-of-business" sale was ok. Several items were picked over, but there was still a lot of stuff left. They will be there until after Christmas.

It is hard to believe that so many iconic stores are closing down. It will be intersting to see what becomes of others in the not too distant future. With the largest bank in the U.S. seeking assistance, I wonder what the future holds. I don't fear too much yet, but I feel something major is coming. I just hope I am ready.

Enough doom and gloom. Tomorrow is another day! :)

OK

I totally don't know what I am doing. I will get this set up right one of these days. But for now, goodnight.

Today I decided to enter the world of blogging! Yay! I am not sure what the heck I am doing, but I think this will be fun.

I completed a 6 week gardening class hosted by our Stake (at church). I gained a lot of knowledge and my head is spinning. Now I just need to put it to the test and see how I can do. The hardest, most intimidating part for now is where to plant and getting the soil ready to plant in the spring. Hopefully I can acquire some assistance from the rest of my bunch and get things ready in time. A garden full of fresh vegetables would be wonderful!

I also went and got my hair cut today. I'll have to post a new picture once I figure out how. I went with Jacob and Doug and afterwards we went out to lunch. It was nice!

Then, I spent the afternoon trying to make some sense of our checking account and finally got things figured out, bills paid, and so forth. I hate spending money that way, don't you?

Oh well!