Chelsea Hacked GRAMMA's Page only cause i knew she would approve

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Thanksgiving is

The turkey and all its trimmings

Getting to eat the drumstick

Pies and birthday cake

Aftermath of the dessert table

Siblings. One of my 9 remaining sibs. Kevin. There were 12 of us.

The "D" Cousins. Darius and Darian

Visiting with Great Grandma

Sisters

Around the table

Cousins having fun

Children and their spouses

Games together. Two games of Phase 10 going at once

Having one more holiday with your mother.

Thanks to all who have prayed for her all of this year.

The only thing missing from this wonderful day was Trish, Dave and the boys.

If I say to much,

They might cut my service, but I have a question.

Why the $#%^ when unemployment is at 15% in the United States, is Verizon paying someone in India, who I might add barely speaks English, to do the job someone here would be delighted to do?

Oh, silly me, it is the 2 rupes a day there as opposed to the $75.00 a day to pay someone here.

That being said, I have been on the phone since 8:30 this morning. It is now 11:30 and we still are not resolved. I finally asked to speak to someone in the United States. It is frustrating beyond being able to vocalize.

Better call them back now and see if I can get any satisfaction.

An Award

From my friend Lindsey @ Meet the Falkers. Usually I forget to pick them up and post them. I am always delighted to see that someone is reading me.

I think I am suppose to pass this on to some of my favorites now, but that is so hard because I have so many favorites. Usually, I play it safe and pass my awards on to my children because I love them so much and they are great bloggers. If you care to check them out and you have not, go to :

CanDarBry Gardens for crafty inspiration from my daughter Karyn

What's Next to visit with my ever so talented daughter Kris

It's my Crazy Life and I Love it, for a few chuckles with my daughter Tricia

A Handful of Life for the crazy goings on in the life of my daughter Gina

And The Only Son to meet my favorite son Bryan

I have one more daughter Angie, but she tells me she is to busy to blog. Silly her:)

Since they all know how much I love them and that I read them the moment they post, I will pass the award on to some of my other favorites.

Henya @ Chicken Stitches. Henya is a Russian immigrant. Once in a while she regales us with stories of the country of her birth. Personally, I think she should be writing a book, but right now she is busy raising six children and knitting up a storm. That is how I found her, by looking for other knitting blogs. Not only does she knit, she and I share very similar political beliefs. Big shock huh?

Namaste @ My Voice on the Wings of Change. Whom I linked up with by searching out other Women Conservative Bloggers. She writes what I think, but she knows how to put it into words.

Owais Zargar A young man living in India. He is a photo journalist and will take you on a tour of his country like none you have ever experienced in your life. He shows the pretty as well as the ugly in the part of the world he lives in. Sometimes I marvel that he is able to post some of the pictures he does.

This is just a sampling of my favorites. If you want to get to know most of the others, just scroll down my blog roll on my side bar. Everyone is not listed there because there is not room.

So once again Lindsey, thank you for thinking of me while you were handing out awards. It is always nice to be remembered.

Why is it that Papa gets nervous when we use this

To do this,

And all he uses it for is this

And it is a great place for this?

Maybe, just maybe

we have discovered why I have been so sick since July.

Yesterday when I used a little used bathroom in the downstairs I noticed what looks like mold under the flooring. I actually knew something was there, but it is growing and spreading across the floor. It is between the flooring and the cement, but it is discoloring the flooring. Lights snapped on in my brain and a connection was made.

Stan and I both remembered a time the toilet overflowed down there. Water must have seeped in between the floor and the cement at that time. It also flowed into the family room. Now we thought we had cleaned it up well enough, but perhaps we didn't. I spend many hours each week down there. It is where the tv is and I do much of my knitting down there.

Time to tear up the flooring and perhaps the carpet. We had purchased tile for the bathroom earlier this year, just had not taken the time to install it. The plan has been to tile the bathroom, entry into the house, hallway to the family room and the laundry room. Now it looks like carpet may be on the agenda also. Not that I wouldn't mind new carpet. Stan chose the carpet we have down there without consulting me. But the $$$ that I see in this project (carpet) that we had not planned on spending.

Oh to feel normal again.

I have been knitting.

For the past few days. Getting some hats ready to put into my friends Christmas store. If I sell any, the proceeds will go to my Refugee project. Most are running in the $20.00 range since the yarn costs an average of $10.00 per skein. With the exception of the bottom blue one. That yarn was a bit more costly, thus a little higher price tag for it. All are 100% wool. I plan to make some mittens also. Will probably start them next week. I do have a few other hats made, but my model has not been available for a photo shoot.

If anyone is interested in making a purchase, contact me. I will be happy to work out the arrangements. If you want something different than what I am showing, I will be happy to work that out also.