Melissa's Last Week

Well this will be Melissa's last week at work ... she quit the week before Thanksgiving ... and is staying till December 3rd ... it is weird when someone quits and is still at work ... and it couldn't have been at a worse time ... this is our busiest time of year ... sucks but what can you do ...


we have a temp in and she seems pretty good ... but we are all out of sorts at having another person quit at our businest time ... Victoria last year and now Melissa this year ... it is just hard ...


I have tons of work to do this week so maybe I won't notice too much ... I am sure we will pull through ...

Thanksgiving ...

We had such a great time this evening ...


Thanksgiving was hosted at Steven and Sharon's house ... and everyone was there ...

Steve, Sharon, Andrew, Jason, Jenny, Ellie, Mark, Sonni, George, Maureen, David and me ... it was so nice to have the whole family on both sides there ...


and Sharon took care of everything beautifully ... she did such a great job with no stress at all ... and after hosting it last year it sure was nice to not have to do anything at all ...


The kids were so cute ... Andrew is just a doll ... if you say "cheesy smile" on cue he does the most adorable smile ... it is fantastic ...


I really have a lot to be thankful for this year ... I married the greatest man and am really enjoying being married ... being a wife ... I have a beautiful niece and nephew this year ... my family is all close ... George W. Bush won the presidency ... and I have a good job ... all in all 2004 is wrapping up to be a pretty groovy year ...

First anysoldier.org email

I've been using the site AnySoldier.org for a while now ... every day I pick a new name and write a letter ... tonight I received my first email back from someone who got my letter ... he is a Cpl in the Marines ... and it was so nice to hear from someone ... I of course wrote back right away ...


hearing that my letter made someone feel good about what they are doing and appreciate the support meant so much to me ... especially after David and I spent the day signing 150 Christmas cards and addressing them to troops ... it really is nice to know that we can help in some way ...


since it is after 1AM it is now Turkey day ... Happy Thanksgiving to everyone ... I believe we all have so much to be thankful for this year ... :)

Writing more often

I am not sure what has been happening that I haven't been writing ... but I need to get better ... so lets recap what has been happening ...


Last weekend David and I got a new coffee table that is totally awesome ... a new end table ... and new hall lights ... all of them rock ... it was a great weekend ... and my coffee table is so great for scrapbooking I can hardly believe it ... and the new lights are beautiful ...


at the beginning of the month we made our first attempt at having a baby but alas it didn't happen on the first try ... I didn't really think that it would but it should would have been great if it did ... we are both so excited to expand our family of 2+cat ... :)


On Thursday David developed the most awesome lint catcher for the dryer ... it may not sound that great but we don't have a vent that leads outside so the house can get pretty dusty from all the lint ... his contraption is amazing ... and he put dimmer switches on our hall and entry lights which makes such a huge difference ... sometimes they were a bit too bright ...


This weekend I discovered [was told about by my brother] FreeCycle.org ... the site is amazing ... it is location specific ... and people list stuff they are giving away or things they are looking for ... so far I have given away our coffee table and someone is coming by tomorrow morning to pick it up ... and I posted that I needed paperback books and other items for care packages for our troops in Iraq and have gotten 4 responses from people so far that have things to donate ... so awesome ... the site is totally worth checking out ... it is like eBay for free ... I mean we had to get rid of our old coffee table ... it is in good shape and I hated to give it away ... now it will have a good home ... this will be a fantastic way to get rid of stuff that has piled up in the house that we just don't need anymore ... I highly suggest checking it out ... :)