"A Wink and a Smile"

{m} ... "Mom, I think Comet needs to go outside to the bathroom.  He's dragging his bottom on our carpet"

ADVENT CONSPIRACY HT to Greg and Jennifer

What BOARD GAME ARE YOU???? You Are Chess You are brilliant and shrewd. You can often predict what people will do in the future. You thrive in complex situations. You deal with contradictions well. You can have many streams of though going on at your mind at once. You keep track of things well. You are very patient. You have lots of endurance, even when your energy dwindles What Board Game Are You? HT to Nutmeg

I got into my car this morning and noticed that my saved XM stations were no longer the same. When I arrived home later I checked online and noted that XM/SIRIUS  have now been combined as of today.  YAY!!!! I can now listen to The CATHOLIC CHANNEL  , but more importantly I can hear GREG AND JENNIFER   more often than their Rosary Army podcast. COOL!

YOU MAKE US PROUD!!!!!!! Today I will be attending a special assembly at the school of my oldest two girls.  It is to honor America's veterans.  A few men will be talking about their years of service ...  they have served our country well.  A young lady whom I know very well will also be there to read her writing essay (contest winner) on Veteran's Day to the school.  I can't wait {e}! ... Poppie would be so proud !

I throw myself into stuff all the time.  It can be anything from the start of a swim season, a new school year, the election, a vacation, an exercise routine etc.  I'm kind of in a phase where I really don't know what my focus should be.  I turned on the television and honestly, I have no idea what is on this fall season ... NO IDEA AT ALL .  If I watched television in the past few months, it was something kid related or Fox News. I NEED A NEW FOCUS. My current thoughts  ... reading a fictional, just for fun book stepping up my exercise routine thinking about our Christmas wish lists and shopping baking more ... I really am slacking in this area ways to save money so that we can get a new (second) washer and dryer for the upstairs (not a fancy kind because this would mostly be used by my oldest two children)... I actually have hookups. I wonder if a lot of people go through a sort of "lull" period this time of the year.  Surely it doesn't last long with the start ...

It seems like the first weekend in a while that we have not had a swim meet so ... We put some younger ones to work on yard cleanup ... we still have leaves in the back, but for now it looks cleaned up in the front. Hopefully one more weekend of work and the yard will be good until spring. We also happened to find some fun little creatures in our yard.  You never know what could be hiding amongst the leaves ;) ...  Meet "Fred and Lola" *Animals have been put back into nature and the hands have been washed. The big people have been busy too.  YESTERDAY, the husband and I did a bunch of yard work, went out on a dinner date, and did a little solo shopping without children in tow.   Our to do list is long today, so back to work we all go ...