BUSY BUSY BUSY

We are all super busy this time of the year but this year I'm so far behind for Christmas that it is causing me to loose sleep at night literally. Usually I'm ready for Christmas no later than October but this year I've not gotten anything yet!!! I'm gonna have to say it's working full time that has prevented me from accomplishing all that I normally do. Of course all my kids want are things like: the Wii, Nintendo DS's, IPod's, Cell phones, Game Boys, Guitar's with amps and a hot pink & purple type writter! What ever happened to a foot ball, skateboard, roller blades or a baby doll??? :o)

Last week I worked almost 50 hours! It's hard to come home pick up the house, cook dinner, help with any homework, get kids in the shower, manage the finances, do the grocery shopping and all of that stuff. Saturdays are my cleaning, laundry and shopping days but since Will started sitting the Liberty Model homes I help go do BPO's for him on Saturdays so I've not had any time to go Christmas shopping.

This week I've had two 3.5 hour dentist visits to squeeze into work and I was supposed to go on a field trip to Shamrock Farms with Calvin's 1st grade class tomorrow but it got cancelled due to rain and the farm being too muddy for us to walk around. Shamrock Farms is only 20-25 minutes from us and there are many other huge dairy farms around hence the lovely odor here. :o) Friday I have a payroll training class to go to in Glendale which is about 1 - 1.5 hours from here from 8am til 5pm so that will be a long day then Friday evening we have a family Christmas party in East East Mesa again about 1 - 1.5 hours from here one way. I might have to work Saturday because payroll needs to be done no later than Monday at 8am due to Christmas and not having the Governing Board available to sign our voucher so when will I get to shop on Christmas EVE?????

See why I can't sleep??? :o)

Want to go to the Temple Lights tonight?

We are going to the Mesa LDS Temple Lights tonight Saturday arriving there at 6:30pm if anyone was interested in going also or meeting there just call me on my cell #480-216-6880 and let me know. :O)

I absolutely LOVE this picture......

I've always tried to imagine what Heavenly Father looks like

My Sweet Grandma Glenna

My beautiful Grandma Glenna just lost her husband of 27 years, my step Grandpa Charlie a little over a month ago. Of course she is heart broken and doesn't know what to do with all of her free time since she was used to taking care of him 24/7....but now she is left with a huge financial burden too. I feel so bad for her. She has gotten in excess of $93,000 worth of hospital bills, had to charge my Grandpa's funeral expenses and is only getting $3000 from his insurance towards that, needs new glasses, has skin cancer that is growing rapidly that will require radiation and will only have a thousand bucks to live on a month not to mention any other bills such as utilities etc. I don't share this to embarrass her by anymeans.

Below is a picture taken with her 5 daughters the day after Grandpa's funeral. Back row from left to right: Diane, Toni, Debbie and my Mom Sherri. Front row: Grandma and Shirley. She has 5 yes FIVE sons as well. She has 56 Grandchildren. 62 Great Grandchildren and one due...and she has 1 Great Great Grandchild with another due soon. What a large family! :o)

So I'm trying to get all of the able family members to contribute some money for her for Christmas for some of her burdens like a cheap car. I figured if everyone contributed a minimum of $25 that she could get a used sedan and if each of us contributed even $5-10 per month to her every month that she could afford to get new glasses and pay some necessities. I know she would be so embarrassed if she even knew I was asking but I can't help but ask I guess I'm taking my chances. I also don't want any family members to feel bad if they aren't able to contribute times are tough and money is tight. I wish I were rich and I could just take care of her. I might have to resort to a fund raiser of some kind like bake sale or something....any ideas???

Here she is the day of Grandpa's Arizona funeral...yes there were two because he was cremated and he is from New Mexico and his brother passed away and so they did a double funeral and burial. She is an angel in my eyes, she is a shining example to me and one day I hope to be half the lady she is. I love her very much and want to do whatever I can to help her, so if you have any good idea's for a fund raiser please let me know.

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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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.