Last week was pretty tiring!

Such a busy active week before Thanksgiving. I conferenced with each child's parent/parents telling them what a good student they have and trying to gently tell them that same student can also be a knothead, or crybaby if that's the case. Then we had our traditional/non-traditional Thanksgiving feast. The feast consists of Stupid Stew (no, I don't tel them the real name of the vegetable soup), rolls or cornbread, butter and of course, popcorn. They have to "dress up" (using the term loosely) as a pilgrim or Indian before the feast. Here are the pictures of the result.

Thankful twenty-twos

I am thankful for Saturday afternoon naps. Hmmm, love 'em.

I am thankful for a Saturday afternoon movie. It it unusual one to coincide with a Saturday afternoon nap.

I am thankful for a Saturday afternoon wander around the backyard.

Thankful Twenty-ones

I am thankful for my friend of 41 years. Gay Singleton Patterson is 61 years old today. We talk to each other on the phone twice a year...on our birthdays. She is exactly 6 months older than me. She was my roommate for at least 5 years while I was at Ricks and BYU. What a history we have...I'm just thankful she put up with me for all those years. She is truly an amazing woman.

I am thankful for my RED laptop. Not only does it work wonderfully, but it is snazzy at the same time.

Okay, fine! I've gotta say it again...I'm deeply thankful for Fridays. This Friday is a special one...I don't go back to school until December 1st. Dang! gotta repeat myself again...I am so thankful that I am a teacher. LOVE IT.

Ain't life great?

If there had been thankful twentys

I would have said that I was thankful for:

My Mom! She is a lady of incredible determination. I have always known that, even when I was just a young'un. In spite of all kinds of set backs, she never, NEVER gives up. She continues to provide a worthy example for me to follow. AND, she laughs as she goes...WOW! I love my mom.

My Sister, Robin...she is a woman of many talents and great intelligence. She can entertain anyone. I have watched her do it. She cracks me up. I have always admired her kindness and her unselfishness. She has achieved remarkable success and helped others do the same thing. And she's even really pretty. Top that! I love my sister.

My Brother, Jack... He has been funny his whole life. He is a man that I knew I could always trust. AND, that is big. He has a generous heart. I love having meaningful conversations with him about meaningful subjects. He was a tremendous emotional support to me as I was raising my three wonderful kids. He's just a good man. I love my brother!

Thankful Nineteens

*Oh boy, oh boy ! I am thankful for the Kendall family who allowed me to borrow a substantial amount of money to finish my schooling and become a teacher. I think of them often with gratitude.

*Years ago (like almost 40) I was given a possible life plan. I have loved referring back to it frequently and comparing my life as it is now with the possibility that existed those 40 years ago. I am thankful for the guidance that plan has provided.

*DANG, I am so thankful for the fall colors that surround the school campus. There are trees that are breathtakingly beautiful. Hmm, maybe I'll take a picture of one of them tomorrow. I'll probably forget...I am not thankful for my memory...that's okay it's Whiny Wednesday.

Thankful Eighteens

I am thankful for Robert Frost... I love his poem, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Eve" and others as well. I used to be thankful for Shakespeare, but that was when I was in college and practiced thinking.

I am thankful for Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

I am thankful that Issac B. is at another school (he is the one who sang me the 'You're stupid, you're stupid, you're really, really stupid' song last year).

I am thankful for the month of posts...I think about being thankful all day long. It makes me aware of the wonders around me that I take for granted.

Thankful Seventeens

I'm thankful for the DVR. I can watch that REALLY good BYU Devotional any time I want.

I am thankful for Chapstick, not so much lipstick because I lick it off.

I'm thankful I get to be Easton's trampoline on Sundays. Church is so much fun with Easton and Bailey there. OOPS! is church supposed to be fun? Well, there are times!

Thankful Sixteens

I think this all the time, don't know why I haven't posted it before.

* I am thankful for my in-law kids.
Janeen - I am so grateful for her being in Chad's life. I love being around when they start playing with each other. My whole inside smiles. I LOVE JANEEN.

Morgan - he is such a great partner for Andie. I'm so glad he's there with her. They share important responsibilites and in every way they work and play together. My whole inside smiles. I LOVE MORGAN.

Norm - I am so entertained by watching Norm and Lindsay play. They are buddies! They are both ready to play when the competition gauntlet is thrown down. My whole inside smiles. I LOVE NORM.

I know how important it is to be able to play with your spouse. It keeps the friendship going. I love knowing that my kids have married someone they can play with.

Thankful Fifteens

* I'm thankful for answered prayers. . . more than I can even count.

* I am thankful for the opportunity to watch, just watch grandkids interract.

* I am so thankful on so many levels for the price of gas dropping.

* Tomorrow is Sunday...the day to renew.

Thankful Fourteens

I just gotta say I'M STILL THANKFUL FOR FRIDAYS. I love 'em. They are most freeing.

I'm thankful for grapes. I'm eating them...letting them pop in my mouth right now. They have probably come from some foreign country without any kind of supervision/regulation and I don't care.

I'm thankful for the full moon. It has been beautiful this month.

Thankful Thirteens

* I am thankful for my front/living room. It is quiet here and comfortable. I wonder if I will know when it is out-of-style. By-the-way, I'm not ready to hear that its already out of style.

* I am thankful, really thankful for the other first grade teachers at my school. We work well together considering that we are all human beings and females at that.

* I am thankful for how my first graders entertain me. I know this shouldn't be entertaining but today I had five cry babies (I was nice to most of them) and one kiddo who told me, "Mrs. Witt, I just barfed in my throat and then swallowed it right back down." What do ya say to that one? I also had one little guy who didn't feel good and when I asked him if he wanted to go to the office to see if he had a temperature, he fell into my arms hugging me with everything he had. He was one of the cryers I was nice to.

Thankful Twelves

*I am thankful for cell phones...I can call my mom long distance everyday and it doesn't cost thousands of dollars like it used to when I called my sister-in-law. Was that a huge run-on sentence?

* I am thankful that I have a wonderful, accomplished hairstylist daughter who gave me a brand new DARLING, SHORT haircut yesterday. It was a smashing success at school today. I feel perky.

* I am so thankful for a car that I can depend on...it hasn't always been that way. Ya gotta go without to appreciate a fully operating car.

Thankful Elevens

Today is Bailey's #4 Birthday. So, I'm thankful to be a Grandma Susie.

I'm thankful to be a wife (using the term loosely)

I'm thankful to be a mom (hence the opportunity to be a grandma).

And ... I'm thankful for the Plan of Happiness that ties it all together...FOREVER!

Thankful Tens

*I am thankful for gentle (as opposed to candles that give you a headache) candles that cover last night's beef stew aroma. It was BAD this morning.

*I am thankful that I could look forward to parent/teacher conferences when my kids were in elementary school.

*I am thankful I can read.

Really? Do I really look all that bad?

Saturday I rushed over to Andie's house to watch Easton crawl. I had just changed into my pjs when I left to go over there. On the way home, being Saturday (the day before Sunday), I decided to make a quick stop at the grocery store. As I was enjoying the produce aisle a lady walked passed me, looked me up and down and said, "hrumpf", in total disgust. I smiled at her and then realized what had just happened. Shoot man, like she was something special! She was dressed in regular old levi's and a sweatshirt...so what if she had tennis shoes on. Really, do I really look all THAT bad?