2007 November

While it is always fun, exciting and adventuresome traveling and visiting family, it is also really, really, really nice to get back home.  There is nothing like being in your own bed or in your own space.  I think that is why I like traveling in the RV so much more than staying in motels.  [...]

Well, that is what Thanksgiving will probably be to us this year.  Joe and I are headed for Benjamin and Amber’s (son and daughter-in-law) house this week.  We’ve Thanksgiving"ed" Texas for several years now.  This year we will go out for dinner rather than make a big meal at home.  We decided there would be [...]

                                            
While in Washington, we were able to spend quite a bit of time sight seeing.  I wrote about what we did in the Seattle area (and thanks to everyone who gave me even MORE Seattle area ideas!).  I wanted to write about and post pictures of MT. Rainier.
I think the MT. [...]

Since Veterans Day fell on a Sunday (November 11) this year, the memorial service at our State Capitol grounds was held yesterday.  There was a small crowd of people attending, maybe about 100 or so.  Not really a great turn out for a town the size of Des Moines, Ia. but at least there were [...]

When I was a young girl Autumn had a definite flavor to it. Candied apples, caramel corn, candy corn with peanuts, popcorn balls all seemed to appear only for eating in the Fall.  I think that still rings true today, however, there is something about Fall that many people never experienced.  It’s not the taste [...]

We aren’t huge movie goers but venture into the theatre maybe once every other month.  I am not sure if it is for the movies or for the movie popcorn and candy :0 The types of movies we like tend toward comedies or "makes ya feel good" shows.  I am definitely not into scary or [...]

I know I am taking a chance of drawing criticism with this post but they say to write when you are upset and you will feel better.  So I’m writing.
I belong to the Friends of the Library group in our town and today was the beginning of our annual book sale.  We generally sale the [...]