Let's Have a Look-See

I worked this week until Thursday. As a matter of fact, I think we were the only district in the Magic Valley that went to school on Thursday. Just thinking about spending the week before Christmas with 18 seven year olds was over whelming. I thought about what I used to do with my own kids. We had a Santa day. They had written to Santa, and he wrote back. I had a parent tell me that their daughter was so excited about the letter that you would have thought 'that Jesus had come to our house that day.' They were good letters. Turns out Santa knew something personal about every student. We did 2 days of Reindeer writing and activities. Concluding with reindeer cookies. Okay, so these didn't really work out, but they were good. We went across the icy  parking lot and street to a Senior living center and sang for them. I saw some big smiles from some grandpas and grandmas. We did a readers theater. It was ...

I'm telling you right now, this post is ridiculous. I feel the need to be ridiculous sometimes. I would like to take a minute and talk about my favorite Christmas Song. It is, hands down, Santa Clause is coming to Town. I loved it as a kid, but I had some real concerns because I was pouter. Would he come or not? Then when I grew a little older, Bruce Springsteen came out with this version . I love this. I love it when my son Scott sings it. It is my goal this year to record it without my cackle or voice in it. For the record, I haven't been able to do it to this point. And then there is this version by the Carpenters. You can't be my age without a little Carpenters love in you. I had no idea when I was a child that I grow up to become the Santa Claus. A job I loved and took seriously. At any rate, I hope you take some time for some fun this Christmas.

It has been a while since I posted.   I'm not sure where time goes. We had a very nice trip to California last weekend. The weather was nice. The company was nice. And the food was wonderful. My son and his family flew in from Canada. It was soooo good to see them. We had a lovely Thanksgiving at my sister's home. I am truly grateful for my family, friends, and faith. Keith's girls are always in motion. Here is my dad, brother and his sons. My mom thought it might be fun to get a picture with them and the greats.  We tried. One is missing. He had a meltdown. I figure if only one had meltdown, we did okay. We ate outside. It was a lovely day. The kids sat on one end of the table, and the adults on the other,  but it was one table. My parents sat in the center. -by the heater- We had some park time. And Lucy had a birthday. And this was our view on the ...

I debated about writing this. But, hey, it's my blog, so I can post my feelings. I was more than disappointed in the election results. I have never claimed to be a Republican, And I don't really like Hillary, so I'm not sure if any result would have been a good one. But let me say this: I felt like Hillary lost because Americans  would rather vote for any man, before they would vote for a woman. I felt a little stepped on. Second, When I think of Donald Trump as the President of the United States, I get a sick feeling. I'm feeling better today, but it still makes me sick. Now, Let's move on. Let's pray for better candidates in the next election. Let's keeping standing up for what is right. And let's pray for those idiots in Washington, sorry that slipped the leaders of the greatest Nation in the World. And lastly, Let's understand that there are people who are really scared. They are scared...

I can't help it, I love fall colors. Okay, to be honest,  around here it's mostly, yellow and brown. But they are pretty none the less. We went for a walk in the canyon yesterday. I have always loved these, and the crunch of leaves, It's just a good time of year.

I went to Yuba City to visit lady weekend. This is the only picture I took. I had a great time seeing my nieces.   Then I came home to a wet week here. My flowers are loving it. The one is front is the flower that got delivered secretly. It grew. The middle one was a little one I bought in July for .99 cents. It grew.

I really don't like to talk about politics,  but I have a couple of things on my mind. Why I can't voter for Trump. 1.  He calls people names. It is immature and unprofessional. These are two characteristics that I feel are not presidential.  2. He's not a Republican. Neither am I, but I'm not pretending to be one. 3.  He has a 9 year old son. Have you ever seen him with him? Have you ever heard him talk about him? It bothers me. These are my top three.  There are 300 more. Why I can't vote for Clinton. 1.  I have always felt like she and Bill were Felons. Their time in the White House was interesting. 2.  I think she has the art lying down to perfection. Never take anything she says at face value. I don't even have a third one. I won't lie, I admire what she has done in her life. She has worked for the rights of children, education and health care. However, I can't stand this campaign and I ...