Going Private for reals & Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Ok so I've been a total blogtard and haven't made my blog PRIVATE yet like I said I would...the biggest reason is because I've not had a lot of time lately and the other reason is that my Mom is worried she won't be able to access my blog anymore. Luckily I will see her this week and will have the opportunity to show her how easy it is even when it's a private blog. So that is what I will do wait until we get back home from Northern Arizona and are full of turkey and I feel like sitting down in front of the computer for awhile.

If you haven't emailed me directly or commented on my previous Going Private post...you have a few more days. :o) Wishing you all a Very Very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I'd like to know why we don't hear more stories like this on the news? Our church does so many wonderful humanitarian things and never tries to drum up recognition. They have always done amazing things like this. Isn't this wonderful!?! I think so.

Maybe if all of the protesters stopped hating they would see all of the "LOVE" that our church supports and offers. (see below) Maybe they would realize that it's not HATE that the church is promoting by NOT supporting same sex marriage. I know that Heavenly Father loves all of his children. I also know that he created Adam and Eve not Adam & Adam or Eve for Eve. I know and love some people that have same sex attraction and my heart breaks for them, but it is not morally right and so I could never support same sex marriage. I do not hate them either and just wish they would stop hating on us and our wonderful church.
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Church Sends Aid to Myanmar Cyclone VictimsThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently shipped 142,000 pounds of medical supplies and other aid to Myanmar. United Parcel Service (UPS) provided the cargo plane and CARE International will distribute the supplies to those affected by the cyclone. Watch a video of the Myanmar emergency supply airlift.



Update on Measles Vaccination CampaignThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has partnered with other humanitarian organizations to vaccinate children in 28 countries. The effort is saving lives worldwide.

And the answer is....

I spent a grand total of $92.23 on all of that stuff it was 81.5% Savings! It was at one grocery store Fry's and I had Will come with me. :o)

Nikki - it's not that I'm a great shopper it's that Coupon Sense does the work for me and all I have to do is go on their website and print out their list, clip those coupons and go to the store. I've done Coupon Sense for about 4 years now and I seriously have saved thousands of dollars. You can email me with ?'s or visit their website www.couponsense.com. I can sign you up if you want to try it for $4 for the first month. They do it all over AZ, UT and a few other states.

My Blog Is Going PRIVATE

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I'll be going PRIVATE with my blog and my kid's blogs by this weekend Sunday, 11/23/08. Sudden I know but it is necessary.

So I would absolutely LOVE to add any and all of you...just not those crazies that cruise the elementary schools trying to snatch precious children. So everyone BUT them and you know who you are!!!

So just leave me a comment with your email address and I will gladly add you to the list. :o)

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For any of you that want to start tracking who is viewing your blog you can add that Live Feed off of my blog down by the map on the right. I highly suggest it!

Super Duper Deals!!!

On my day off today I went shopping...yes one of my favorite things to do as Calvin mentioned in my previous post. :o)

Today was so awesome I just have to brag a little....

I SAVED according to my receipts even with the sale prices $344.20!!! So even with my prep time, clipping, organizing and shopping it was 3 hours and so that is $114.73 per hour for my time. I've NEVER had a job where I earned that much an hour!!! Here's what I got:

Take a GUESS at how much I actually spent??? :o) All of this filled my 8 person table & 2 chairs. I love Coupon Sense and today alone paid for my subscription for the next two years! I LOVE saving money honey

Oops & kids speak the truth

Well today was Fast Sunday for our ward because last Sunday we had Stake conference however I forgot and ate a bowl of cereal this morning and as usual had a Dr. Pepper around 10:30am ate some yummy cornbread and went to church. When Bishop Jones announced we'd have testimonies for the next 40 minutes McKenna looked at me with big eyes and said Mom we didn't fast! OOPS! I think that Will fasted enough this week for all of us he went for 4 days only having water & OJ when his blood sugar was low!!! What a STUD!

Calvin was the second one up to the microphone to share his testimony...he did a great job and is always so cute. McKenna is way too shy and so she won't do it not even if I try to bribe her. Calvin kept asking me if I was going up so finally I did...who knows what I said because I get so nervous that I probably just babble like a fool but I think Heavenly Father knew I was thanking him for so many wonderful blessings in my life and expressing my firm beliefs in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the LDS religion. Will had to work today so he missed church..probably an added incentive for me to go to the mic. We are just grateful he has work at this point.

After sacrament I went to Nursery of course where I get to be with the 2 year olds and how wonderful it was today...the kids are so darling but sometimes 13-14 little ones can keep us on our toes and today we only had 7. The mello ones too so it was great! After church I got set apart for my calling which I had forgotten that I never was for Nursery (basically you get a special prayer and blessing that you can fulfil the duties of that calling and help willingly as we are all volunteers) and that is always great to get some good words of encouragement.

It was super windy outside today and cloudy, it reallys seems like Autumn is here. When we got home and were ready to eat...Calvin tells me, "Mom, you are really really good at 2 things...one is cooking and the other one is loving us." That melted my heart and honestly I can't think of anything I'd rather him think I was better at because he needs to eat to live and he needs to know that I love him dearly to be happy right? :o) Well of course I said THANK YOU CALVIN and that I loved him to pieces! Then he immediately followed those sweet words up with, "You are also addicted to two things Mom...shopping and Dr. Pepper!" Couldn't we just leave it to the cooking and loving? :o)

Old Roommates Costume Party 2008

More Pics from the luncheon 10/20/08

Oct 20, 2008 Grandpa's Funeral - The Luncheon

BOO BOO BOOO

Boo Hoo we have a new Commander and Chief and he's not who I was sincerely hoping & praying for! Luckily we still have out Ultimate Commander and Chief and Creator Heavenly Father to help us through these troubled times. I do want to say one thing and that is that I'm very proud to have a Black/African American as a President it's not his color that I worry about it's his socialist views and communist ideals that have me worried. I hope I'm wrong and he is makes the USA a better place I truly hope.

I have the utmost respect for Senator John McCain and appreciate all of his efforts for bettering America and I truly LOVED his speech tonight. He is such a patriot and was so positive despite his devastating loss tonight.

God Bless America now more than ever! I think I'll go cry myself to sleep and tomorrow will begin coupon sensing my brains out so I can be a little more prepared in the food, cleaning and necesitites departments in my home.

Please GO VOTE!!!! GO VOTE YES on AZ Prop 102

I got this (the words anyways and the above picture) from my sister Brandy's Blog - she is an anchor on a TV morning show Mon - Fri and I think out of anyone I know the most well informed, well rounded, trust worthy journalist out there! Take a minute to read below or go to her blog she has more pictures too! :o)
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Please Go VOTE

"Tomorrow is the big day that our country could literally change as we know it. We could go from a democracy to a socialist/communist country. Hope you all like high taxes and sharing all of your hard earned money with those less fortunate or just plain lazy. The newest rhetoric spewing out of his mouth...I'll bankrupt the coal mines. Where did this guy come from and why are Americans so blinded by Barack Obama? It's almost like he has people in a trance. Wow, I'm so surprised that supposedly smart individuals can't see through all of this. I'm not a political expert by any stretch of the imagination but I do know enough to say NO WAY to this guy. We had an expert on the show the other day and he said that by March Americans will realize what a huge mistake they have made. I was talking to a friend the other day who said our wicked nation has brought this upon our selves. We have been caught up in the worldly aspects of life, we have become a nation of greed, sex, lies, we have taken God out of everything...so, when we really need him he won't be there for us. He called it cleansing and said that Obama is the modern day Korihor. Why do we have the housing crisis??? All of those things plus a nation full of greedy and unlawful lawmakers and CEOs.

How long did we think that Heavenly Father would watch over us. Yes, I'm ranting. I'm upset that tomorrow Barack Obama will probably become our new President. That should scare the crud out of you...I know it does me. I don't want to be Debbie Downer but I will say get your house in order. That's my advice. I think all the years of church officials telling us to get our act together is for the road ahead...the road we are getting ready to travel down...like it or not. Boyd K. Packer gave a talk recently at his ward during fast meeting and it's been leaked out and some say it was exaggerated but his secretary confirmed that he did speak and that he did touch on these important subjects although some of it could have been transcribed wrong...by the way, you're not supposed to take notes like that in a meeting...only general conf. Regardless, Elder Packer basically said times are going to get tough...be prepared.

I hope that there is some sort of miracle tomorrow and that John McCain wins the election. Not because I think he's the best person to be our Commander in Chief but he is the best of the worst. Encourage every American you know to go vote! I would also recommend a healthy dose of prayer!!! Heaven knows we need it. "

My Sister Brandy
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Amen to that sista!!! And Oh no I'm not nearly prepared as I should be!!!!

My Halloween Cuties

Count Calvin and Rodeo Queen Kenna all set to go Trick or Treating! Calvin ran to every door he could McKenna decided that those boots hurt her feet so she was a little slower. She was a bit sad when I informed her that next year she will probably just get to do trunk or treat and not go house to house because she is about 5 feet tall and everyone thinks she is a teenager and too big to trick or treat. Poor little 10 year old but we keep telling her she'll love it in basketball and volleyball when she's so tall. :o)

(Calvin wanted me to explain that he changed his mind from a Mummy Spider King because it was too hard to find the costume.)

McCain all the way....

Thought this was appropriate since we all are going to go and VOTE on Tuesday, November 4th for John McCain...... It didn't come out as clear as I had hoped..it basically says that Obama raised $150 million dollars and he was all proud and then the guy he is telling says, "well, let's spread the wealth and give some to Senator McCain." Obama says no way I worked hard for that money! Haven't we all worked hard for our money and 401k's to see this smooth talking terriost associated abortionist take all of it to spread it around and to raise our taxes up to 44%! Yikes

Please Vote and Hopefully you Vote for McCain

(these are my opinions of course and aren't meant to offend anyone but if you are offended...please remember that we all have FREEDOM OF SPEECH thankfully to our troops and I truly believe he will ruin America and we will all be poor!)

So much going on....Bye Mom

Grammy this morning before we left for the airport. Isn't she Pretty?

So today we took my Beautiful Mom to the airport but the past few weeks have been such a whirl wind with so many things going on that it just seemed like she got here. First we went to Utah for my Mom's surgery just a month ago, her surprise 50th birthday party, came back to Arizona to learn that my Grandpa was very sick and was flown to Phoenix to the hospital where he was for almost 2 weeks until he passed away, my Mom flew in, we went up North for the funeral, came back home, all the while working full time, got nasty cold/sinus infection, costume party, then this past week we had the pleasure of having my Mom...Grandma...and my Aunt Debbie here for the week and finally Halloween. It was so fun to have my family here this week and we were spoiled rotten! Everyday they were here I would come home from work to a clean house with dinner cooking and usually dessert too! We stayed up super late every night talking and loved every minute of it! This week will be back to normal...boo hoo! I have a ton of pictures and hope to be able to get some posts in today.

Poor kids were crying when Grammy got out at the airport and wanted to call her as we drove home. I'm so blessed that she is such a caring, loving Grandma who constantly calls and comes and visits my children. Mom you are an amazing woman who I totally love, admire and most of adore!!!!