Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown!!

This post has nothing to do with Charlie Brown, the title just seemed better to include him. :)

I want to wish all of my dear friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving! I'm very thankful for each and everyone of you. I could go through each of you and tell you how you have influenced my life and how greatful I am to have you. (but I won't because that would be a really long blog and some of us have to work) :)

I'm thankful for my dear and loving husband. He does kind of look like Charlie Brown so maybe that's the tie in for the title. Since I've been in a show, he has made sure the house hasn't fallen apart. The dishes are always done, the laundray is always taken care of and he even drives me to and from the theater! (there was some car break in's at the theater and it made Hutch nervous so he said he'd take me and pick me up so he'd know I was safe). He also lets me be the weird, wacky person I am. There's so much more to say about him but I won't bore with you it.

I'm thankful for my family. I'm thankful for my friends. I'm thankful for J&JDOF. I'm thankful for friends who go to Disneyland with me again and again. I'm thankful for adorable neices and nephews who cheer me up everytime I see them. I'm thankful for the theater. I'm thankful for the talents I've been given. I'm thankful that I have a job. I'm thankful for the education I have. I'm thankful for the warm home I live in. And so on...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Sick People

A lady in my ward announced that all of her Christmas cards have been sent out and all of her Christmas shopping is done. Overacheiver.

To My Shuffleboard Queens

Last time I saw you, you had a ticket in your hand going one way,
You'd put the furniture out on the curb for the Salvation Army to take away.
You don't call like you used to and I don't write like I should.
And now you're telling me life's gotten so I nearly lost you for good.
Well you've been the high notes in my laughter since you've gone
If I'd known now as I waved you goodbye, I'd have flagged that Amtrak and gotten on.
And foolish goals we derided, are my companions well known.
I guess you're finding out your own way life gets lonely alone.

But when the love of our lives has passed away
And our hair has turned silver or blue or gray
Don't forget I'll be calling you
Don't forget we have things to do
Buy us a condo in retirement land
Wear polyester and start up a band
Be every virile older man's savior
Embarrass our kids with imprudent behavior.
And maybe realize our dreams...You and me, girl, we'll be the Shuffleboard Queens.

Oh the grand lives we mapped out, oh the grand dames we'd be
I never knew how much I leaned on you, 'til I found only me
And I don't call like I used to, nothing much left to say
Cause I don't really have to tell you, I've put my dreams all away
So every wish that runs through you, throughout the years write them down.
And I swear when we get to the other end, we'll do them all before we hit the ground
Oh the good times we'll have then, like the days we once had
So don't you go start doing foolish things like learning good wine from bad

When the love of our lives has passed away
And our hair has turned silver or blue or gray
Don't forget I'll be calling you
Don't forget we have things to do
Buy us a condo in retirement land
Wear polyester and start up a band
Find a nude beach and practice our catcalls
Write feminist poetry and our names on men's stalls
And maybe realize our dreams...You and me, girl, we'll be the Shuffleboard Queens

Good Thing

I feel it's important to share with you all that I paid $1.92 for gas this morning at Sam's Club. It made me happy. I filled my tank for under $20. It's a good thing.

Tired

I think every day should have nap time. Whether you work or not.

Playing in the Leaves!!

Private

Hello my friends!!
I'm thinking of changing my blog to a private blog so you'll need to be invited and signed in to read my blog. Since I post pictures of my family and other info about myself, it would probably be safer to do it this way. Stupid internet preditors!! So please please please send me an email so I have your email and can invite you to my blog. If any of you do the same, please invite me. :) You can email me at redcandice at yahoo dot com or reply to this blog with your info. Thanks!!!

To the Guy on the Radio...

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4713197
(Proposition 8 response from LDS Church)

Dear Guy on the Radio:
"Voting choices by Latter-day Saints, like all other people, are influenced by their own unique experiences and circumstances."
Just because a member of the LDS Church votes "no" on Proposition 8, doesn't mean their temple recommend will or should be taken away. It's called Free Agency. Idiot.

Great Speeches!!

Senator McCain
http://www.johnmccain.com/splash110408.htm

President Obama
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGx3Kc

Both men gave incredible speeches. The attached sites have their speeches written out. They have more emotion and meaning if you're able to watch them speak. It was an incredible night last night. History was made. I hope, as was said in both speeches, that we as Americans can come together to make this wonderful country a better place. We can do anything!

Vote!

VOTE!!

What more can I say.