Thanksgiving weekend

I joined facebook on a dare from a co-worker. Now I'm getting all kinds of email from old friends! It's really fun, but I'm really bad at facebook. So for now, I'll just keep doing these blogs and if my facebook friends want to see pictures or whatever, I know how to do that here.

My daughter Judi and I went shopping at 4 am on Black Friday. We got lots of bargains and had lots of fun. It has been a long time since we found time to shop together without kids (hers) and even though we had to forgo sleep, it was worth it. I'm adding a picture of the line at Kohls - but I'm still figuring out how my camera works (I've only had it a year or so), so the flash didn't work well.

Then there was tonight - I got hit by a 16 year old who was turning left and didn't wait for me to clear the intersection! My poor car looks terrible, but no major body damage, so that is good. I felt worse for him than for me. At least he has a grandfather who can fix his car. I guess it's a good thing my mom has a car I can use (can you believe it - usually we are the one's loaning out cars, now I have to borrow one!).

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I'm really not looking forward to going back to work already - oh well........

The BIG Game!

At our house the BIG game is always a party. Everyone dresses for the team they are cheering for and nobody gets mad or angry (except Jon, when we are all talking and he misses something - thank heavens for DVR). Anyway, even the grand kids get into it - whether they care or not. Attached are a few pictures of our fun. And of Course at the end of the game - the Y flag got turned upside down. You'd think our neighbors are used to this by now - but we still get lots of questions.

seniors

So Clem and I aren't exactly "Seniors" yet, but because Clem is in the Bishopric, we were included in the "Senior" dinner. We took my mom, but Grandma Jackson was too sick to go. The talent show from the youth was almost as good as the food. We had a lot of fun, and I got a lot of great pictures for our next neighborhood newsletter. Besides - it is amazing what you'll do for a free dinner!

Voting Day

So I drove past the place to vote several times last week - so I could vote early. No such luck. I couldn't park within a block and decided it wasn't worth standing in line 2 hours to vote early. Thus, this morning (November 4th) I decided to go to the poll early and vote before work, rather than standing in line after work. When I got there - it was about 6:20 am and they were getting all set up. They had a lot of chairs and another person was there before me, so I sat with him to visit (he is in my stake). The guy that appeared to be in charge decided at 6:45 that he should just open the poll early and let us all get to work - but another person stated quite loudly that it isn't legal to open the polls early (I don't believe it - they've been voting early for 2 weeks now, what's 15 minutes?). Anyway, the girl next to me is a real blogger. She had someone take a picture of all of us waiting there at 6:45 in the morning so she could put it on her blog (maybe I'll look, I think it was Rosanderfam@blogspot.com). Anyway - she saw my camera in my purse ( I always take it with me - you never know when you might need a picture these days). She put me to shame with her - "don't you want to save this for posterity? How can you have a camera and not use it?" So I took a picture of the poll people taking the oath to serve the constitution just as they were all putting their hands down.
I got to work 30 minutes late.
Jer stopped to vote on his way home tonight - about 5 pm. No one was there. He didn't even have to wait in line!
Moral - Just go after work on voting day - forget all this "voting early to avoid the crowds" crap!
Notice the guy in Green shorts. We called him the "cheerleader" He said if he didn't wear shorts he would be entirely soaked in sweat by the end of the day. He also announced that your red "I voted" sticker was good for a free cup of coffee at Star Bucks. I asked if Star Bucks knew that and he just grinned. Someday, you'll all have to go vote before the poll opens and watch them get ready - it was quite entertaining!