I Could Write a Book

Today J learned how to count to 100. She was so excited. She can’t wait to tell her teacher tomorrow. She must have counted to 100 ten times this afternoon. I taught her how while she and I were out on a "girl’s afternoon." She also learned to snap while we were out. I really must spend more one-on-one time with her.

I tell everyone that she reminds me of Drew Barrymore in "50 First Dates." Everytime we have a holiday it is completely brand new to J. When we decorated the tree the other day she kept saying, "this is the most amazing day." She gets so excited over every little thing. She was also the only one who watched all of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade with me. She’s so special.

Kiss those you love. Tell them you love them. You just never know when it will be the last time.  

    I hope everyone has had a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving. I have. There aren’t many days when I don’t find something to complain about and this is one of them. Yes, it was a lot of work but what great experiences for my children. This was the first year that they really helped cooked. Tob made the sweet potato casserole all by himself. He was so proud.

    We had 200 oysters at tonight’s dinner. I’m trying desperately right not to keep myself from going and eating more of them. They were delicious and we finally found the secret to frying them perfectly. It’s an Emeril’s tip. shhhhhh.

    I hope all of my days are like this one and if they aren’t I’ll just remember this one. I have much to be grateful for.

~~Happy Thanksgiving~~

    Happy Veterans Day to all the Veterans who have secured our freedom. I thank you all for everything you’ve done for me and for my country. I’m proud of everyone of you.

    Please remember that freedom isn’t free and that it is always someone’s son, father, husband, uncle, nephew, brother, best friend etc who is putting their life on the line to keep American free. God Bless them all.

Today is the "Saban Bowl" here in Lousiana. Yes, that’s what everyone is calling it here. I can say that before today I really wasn’t excited at all to attend this game. However, I am now. Even if LSU gets creamed by a very good team this year it will still be fun to be there.

I can’t wait to be on campus and to feel the excitment in the air. The tailgaters are going to have a blast today. I love it that the air is a little crisp today. Hopefully, I won’t sweat to death in the stands.

Well, I’m off to an enjoyable game. One of these years, and I hope it’s sooner than later, I want to attend this game with my dear Bama friend. That would be a blast.

Peace out and Geauxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tigers ! (Roll Tide, too) 

It’s McCain vs Obama and at this moment it’s pretty clear that Obama has won. I can honestly say that I’ve never been so disappointed over an election as I am today.

My children are going to be disappointed when they wake in the morning and find out the results. I’m going to continue approaching this issue as an educational lesson for them. They’ve learned more about voting and how a president is won than I did all the way through high school in my school days. They know why I was voting the way I did. They know some of the issues. I will now use this as a teaching tool that the person you want to win something doesn’t always win and that we must pray for the other person and hope that they do the right thing for our country.

The end.