The Burrs In Our Saddles

I guess I did go to Twilight for the midnight showing on Nov. 23/24. I'm kind of ridiculous--a local radio station was giving away free tickets, but you had to go to a specified spot to get a secret word, then text it to the radio station. I thought, why not, I only have a little bit of time, if I win, great, if not, no big deal. (How would you make that last bit grammatically correct? I'm not really too worried.) Anyway, the girls and I went to Schlotzky's Deli to try it out. The station was giving out the "secret words" every 1/4 hour. We arrived for the 5:15 secret word...I texted (the wrong thing--it had to have a z in front of amber. I just texted amber. I was doomed before I even started), I didn't win. So I said to the kids, one more try. If I win great, if not, we'll go home and have our pork chops for dinner. (Sounds enticing, doesn't it?) I wait for the 2nd secret word and type it: zrunning. send. After about 10 minutes of wait...

I've been catching up on a few of my old friends. I mean friends from when I was 8 years old and lived in Michigan, old. I love blogs. I love Facebook. I love technology that we can reconnect with those we truly loved at certain times in our lives. For those of you reading my blog, I apologize--I've not had much to blog about since Halloween. I'm doing the same things--driving my kids around, working at the Vet Hospital, keeping my house (sort of) put together, making dinner, and Primary. That's pretty much it. But I am getting geared up for Thanksgiving. I get to go to my Mom's house in Utah. I can't wait to see her, my sister and her family and friends from when I was even younger than 8. There will be (I heard through the grapevine) 47 people at the Thanksgiving Tables this year. I can't wait for the hustle and bustle of food preparation and reminiscing with the Pommervilles. It's going to be amazing. I'm getting all jittery inside ju...