Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was an eye-opener to me. We have suddenly found ourselves without a job this holiday season. While we will be just fine, it was really disappointing. But I think we'll be better for it. I didn't know I took so many things for granted. We always say the things that we're thankful for in our prayers, but its entirely different when something is gone wrong and you may not have one of those things anymore.

And it was just another testimony of prayer to me as within a few days, we found some part time hours that will get us through until something else happens.

So this Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm trying to be grateful for all the things that I didn't know I took for granted.

The Movie...

For anyone that has interest in this topic--did you go see Twilight? Did you like it? I thought for a low-budget film, going off a book-it was pretty good. I think I went in with pretty low expectations. I wasn't a huge fan of the guy who plays Edward, but I think its growing on me a little. It wasn't too bad. What did you think?
It made me want to visit Washington. SOOOOOO pretty. I've wanted to take a roadtrip along the northwest coast before, but now I really want to go. So pretty. Or at least wherever they filmed was really pretty.

photo shoot

I got a little bored today so I put Ella in the new winter dress to see if she would work with me a little. No smiles today, but I still think she looks soooo cute in this dress.

Project House

So, since we no longer have any boxes in this house, we are having fun making up projects to get done. There are a few that need to be done and some are just wants. But it is fun to be in a place that we can paint whatever color we want, and decorate however we want. I also realized that I haven't posted any pictures of this house. And I'm OK with taking pictures now that is it somewhat cleaned up, so I will post pictures as we make progress. And hey, I am open to decorating ideas and such, so please make some comments. This is our current project. . . the front room.

So this morning while Ella took a lovely long nap, I went out and put all our leaves in a pile. Can you tell which chore I have put off the longest?

Twilight

Or you could call it Twi-lig-it, like my sister. OK-so I have decided after this week I could possibly have an addictive personality. My sisters, sister-in-law, my mom, several other people I know have all read these books. When they came out at first, I didn't pay attention. I was working, pregnant sick and frankly I didn't care. When I had Ella, I forgot about them and now that things have settled, they have resurfaced. I was at my sisters house one day last week and they came up, and the fact that I had not read them. She then gave me her copy to borrow and read. At first, I could read a chapter, put it down, and pick up the next day, until about half-way through the book. In one week, I have read all four books. Is it bad that I like reading books like that because they are fast, and when I'm done, I could say 'I just read 600 pages'.? So, I want to know-did you like these books? Which was your favorite, and are you going to see the movie? And of course--Team Edward, or Team Jacob?