Thanksgiving Vacation

Life has been crazy, and the funny thing is that when life is crazy I am less inclined to write. I would think that in the crazy times writing would be therapeutic, but instead it just feels like a chore. I start to write and then my brain starts exploding with stuff and I just never have enough time to get it all out and end up scrapping the post. I could just put these half-thought-out posts up but that would drive me crazy because my brain does not work that way. I neeeed to get my whole thought out or nothing at all. So now, rather than regular and meaningful updates, I end up posting randomly over periods of time with lists of relatively mundane events in my life. Not my ideal, but at least something is getting written. So here is what happened over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Thursday:
Riley got us up early. We took it easy first thing in the morning but got to cleaning and getting ready for the visitors about mid-morning. Hannah was not feeling well so her mother and I did most of everything. I cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed and did some other random chores while Hannah's mother got the food together. Then the extended family came over and we had a wonderful time. Lots of good food and warm conversation. Later when most everybody had gone, Hannah, her mother, brother Ben, and I were the only people left and sat down to enjoy the movie Elf. It is kind of a new tradition of ours to watch it together each year :-). That along with a glass of Mojito made the evening very relaxing. We called and had a wonderful but brief conversation with my parents before going to bed. 'Twas a great Thanksgiving.

Friday:
I got up and went to Target at 5:30am to brave the Black Friday sales. It was wild and crazy. The line from the doors was desperately long and everyone went crazy once the doors opened at 6. It was quite disturbing watching these rabid shoppers carrying multiple televisions as they rand wildly through the isles. I have to say that is about what is worst about our country. Needless to say I found the small portable DVD player for Riley Joy I was looking for. Then I ran to Hackman's and got a couple items at dramatically reduced prices. We relaxed the rest of the day.

Saturday:
We spent almost the entire day doing yardwork. We cleared bushes, raked leaves and sticks, trimmed bushes, I put up a wire fence, and we put away the patio furniture for the season. It kept us busy but was really fun. It is so refreshing to work outside on a nice day and get a lot accomplished.

Sunday:
Church went great. Pastor David talked about Contending for the Faith. Our scripture passage was from the first half of Jude. We need to contend for our faith and the truth of the Gospel no matter what the circumstances. We can not let out faith grow cold and miss out on the grace and blessings God has for us. For example, Israel let their faith grow cold after they crossed the Red Sea and therefore did not get to enter the Promised Land.


Wow, I am finally done. Quick note--it has taken me THREE DAYS to finish this quick post... why am I having such a hard time writing?