Happy Thanksgiving!

What a great holiday. Surprising how it changes for me over the years. Still wonderful but different. I guess it hasn't lost any of its meaning, I am still grateful for all that I have, which is a lot. But, I hope my scattered little family is all happy this day. I love them. I won't see you all for who knows how long, but I miss you.

Thankfully, my husband has a wonderful family too! It's a relief to fit in and never feel out of place. A blessing, truly. But, time for the day to begin, lots to do with so little time!

Enjoy this day, really this season, it's the greatest time of the year!

Ian is Blogging for APX Alarm

Hey guys,

I am on the APX Alarm blog team, I publish the "Know your system" section of the blog. I'll be adding new stuff their weekly and its kind of a cool little webpage. Most of you probably don't have an alarm system, but if you want to know how all that stuff works, take a look at my column each week. Thanks!

Cats, also known as little demons.

I love my cats. But, I have to say: if children are anything like these stupid cats then we will not be having children for a while.

Ever since we brought them home things have been fine, except for the occasional scratching and clawing, they were little angels. However, as we have been pulling out the Christmas decorations things have taken a turn for the worse. The little fetchers keep yanking all the lights off of the christmas tree at every chance they get. It is beginning to be completely exasperating. In order to try and stop them from tearing the tree apart we'll grab the spray bottle and hose them down whenever they start ripping things up, however this just makes them more hyper and makes them want to play with things all the more. Reasoning with them does not work either, they never seem to understand what I am saying to them.

Even at this moment, as I write this post, I can here Tara downstairs giving Ender the what for. "ENDER! Knock it off! I'm going to toss you out the window!"

Its a good thing they are stinking cute, or they would be homeless at this moment.

P.S. If I am going to post on this Blog the girly background has got to go. I'm just saying.

My Like List, going hand-and-hand with my DO NOT LIKE LIST!

Super quick, I just have to say...I am really excited for "New Moon" to come out! However, I cannot stand Kristen Stewart. I absolutely cannot stand her!! So annoying, her voice, her mouth, her overall face...FAIL! Taylor on the other hand...He is with my other most favorite Taylor. Taylor Swift! Love them!! Too bad Kristen is in "New Moon." Also, I heard on the radio about a little squabble between Sarah Palin and Levi Johnson (the pig the impregnated her underage child). Seriously, he said "She underestimates me..." as if he is a threat?! What a dweeb. Oh my gosh. Sarah Palin is not anything too special in my book, however, this little wannabe, Levi, is getting on my nerves. He thinks he is cool. Really?! I will say, if she is paying Levi to insight this drama, it's working. I want to read about it in her book! HA HA! Going Rogue...her book, I am intrigued.

Ahh, Robert's...

So, cool story. The other night, my friend and co-worker, Nicole, and I went to the craft store. Clearly Robert's is the best in town so that's where we headed. Nicole needed to pick out some Christmas paper to make the Christmas count down blocks and I tagged along for moral support. My husband was going to pick me up from Roberts on his way home (it's right on the way). So, Nicole and I finished our shopping and headed outside to wait for my hubby. It was 6:07pm (funny how things sear into your memory...). As we were talking, all of the sudden, there was a really loud crash/scrap/breaking noise. I turn around towards Orem Blvd. and I was like, "what just happened?" Nicole was like, "that car just hit the motorcycle!" It was already dark so everything was just kind of black. We were only like fifty feet away so we started walking and then running over there. We were the first on the scene! We went to the motorcyclist and he was like half kneeling on the ground. Luckily he was ok, what we would have done if he was really hurt...no clue. So I talked to the guy asking him if he were ok and all that jazz. His shoe had been knocked off so I grabbed it for him, BUT before I touched anything I asked him if he wanted me to take pictures (thank you CSI/Law and Order SVU) he said no. Kind of sad, I wanted to be cool. :( So, I gave him his shoe. Nicole found his glasses. And then I started directing traffic. Nicole had to hold up the girl's dumper so she could pull in the turn lane. Her dumper was practically torn off her car. By the way, Nicole and I were running on adrenalin completely. Dang. Unreal. So, as we are doing this, another APX employee shows up! Protecting families, on and off the clock! He had been behind the driver of the car. He help the motorcyclist pick up his HUGE motorcycle that was lying in the road. Nicole and I started gathering broken glass and car/motorcycle parts out of the road. The police arrived and it was all over. 5 minutes. Seriously. So much happened...yikes. Scary. Crafts and car accidents, who would have known. ps. We decided it was most likely the motorcyclists fault in the accident. And, he was not wearing a helmet.