Snowy Thanksgiving

We are supposed to have a cold, snowy, icy winter. So far we've already endured two windstorms and a snowstorm.

This was our neighborhood a couple days before Thanksgiving. Sean didn't go to school all week. Though school was on regular schedule Monday, I called in to say we wouldn't be coming. We already had about an inch of snow on our road and it was getting colder and snowing hard.
So we had a week off from school because Tuesday and Wednesday the roads were icy and school was cancelled, then Thursday and today were holiday break.

We had a nice Thanksgiving. The snow was starting to melt, but the roads were still icy. We drove grandma to Aunt Bennie's and had a good dinner and watched a couple of movies.
One of them was "Toy Story 3." We were laughing through the whole movie. Then we watched "The Last Airbender," and I wasn't so thrilled with it. Sean loves that show, so he thought it would be great. Even he wasn't as impressed as he thought he would be.

Today we went out to search for red wigs. A local theatre is putting on a play based on the book, "Red Ranger Came Calling," by Berkeley Breathed. It is one of my favorite books, and Sean loves it too. We have been reading it during the Christmas season for the past couple of years. So those who have red hair get in to the play for $10. Of course, I don't have to buy a wig :-) Knew someday it would pay to have red hair!
Sean wants to do a temporary dye job on his, and I was looking for wigs for Bennie and Rhian.
There could be more of us going, just have to confirm.

Anyway, we came up empty on the wigs. I started to buy yarn to make a Raggedy Ann type wig, but that shop had a line around the store because of Black Friday deals.
I can get yarn tomorrow, or next week. No big deal.
I love this time of year, so much going on!

So this month is almost over, and this Sunday we will make Advent Wreaths in my Godly Play class. I LOVE Advent Season. Love everything Christmas and everything about it. I don't really enjoy shopping so much anymore, but maybe it's because I don't have a partner in crime here. Before I moved from home Karen and I shopped together a lot.

I turned my radio station to the Christmas music station today. I listen to it in the car throughout the season. I love the decorations in the stores, love the Christmas commercials on TV and the television specials like Charlie Brown and all the shows for kids. We'll be pulling out "It's a Wonderful Life," and "Home Alone," and all the old Christmas movies on our shelves.

In December we have quite a few events. There's the Red Ranger show. I want to go to the Journey to Bethlehem again if possible, and we are also going to see the Puget Sound Revels again this year. Then we'll be on our way to Tennessee and I'll meet my first granddaughter, Parsla. Can't WAIT! Her ETA is Dec. 5.

It's a little strange to think of myself as a grandmother when I have a child who is 8, but I love the way my family has grown. I'd love for it to get even bigger. (Not that I want a baby, but I like adding new people to our tree.)

December will be a whirlwind for work. I'll probably start on the January edition Monday, and that's the day our December edition is delivered. Work is crazy. I need to try to hire some new people, work on some contracts, finalize a budget, and somehow do a little bit of shopping.

I also agreed to help out with a local non-profit. I was asked by the director of Interfaith Youth Camp to help write a grant. I'm getting a crash course in grant writing next week, then we'll see what happens. I'm supposed to try to write it and get it finished before the end of the year. Whoohooo. Lot on my plate. I like being busy, then when I'm finished I like to just crash and do something mindless, like watch "The Housewives of Atlanta."