It is getting cold outside! It was in the 20's again last night. Even though it is cold the sun is shining. The alfalfa circles are frosted white, their green leaves muted with silver. It is beautiful.

With the cold means getting the woodpile ready for the winter. The wood pile is huge. It is in 3 to 6 foot lengths that have to be cut down to fit the stove. I like it 12 to 16 inches. Then it has to be split. All of this was supposed to have been finished this past summer but things have a way of getting postponed. Oh, well the wood shed is full of wood so it is not like we are going to get cold.

We went in on a big lot of wood last year with my folks. So Dad and Colton were supposed to have cut it all by now. But... Dad had to have a hernia surgery, and then he has just not felt up to it. Now we know why. He has 4 blockages in his heart! He has to go in and have stints put in after Thanksgiving and again after Christmas. So he can't do anything for a while. Just walk a little here and there. This explains why he has been grouchy. He gets grouchy when he doesn't feel good. It is a family trait. He has taken it pretty good so far. One phrase we hear a lot is ".... won' let me do anything". It has been a wake up call for all of us.

I have started somersizing again. Just started this weekend. I am also researching the Wii Fit. Sounds like it could work for me. I love to go to yoga but don't have the time when the classes are scheduled. I hate circuit training. Weight lifting is okay, but you need a spotter. And I just don't have time to go to a gym. It takes to long getting there and back again. Who has 2.5 hours to spare in the day? So the Wii is looking like a solution. The new fitness game coming out next month looks good too.

I am not a game person per say. Colton is an Xbox guy and his games are just... well they are not for me. I tend to get sea sick looking at the screen when it moves so fast too. Solitaire, Spider that is my speed on games:)

Thanksgiving is three days away. I have it easy this year. I only have to cook a dessert and make cranberry relish. I am bringing the plates, utensils, napkins, and table cloths. I love Costco! Disposable plates that look like china. You could wash them but I am not! And Mother isn't either! She did last year. Well, she didn't do the washing, Lorrie did that, but mom had to have them. They couldn't be wasted! I will break all of them if I have to.

Poor Lorrie, she washed and washed and washed. There were 20 or more of us there. I know she thought we were nuts. But she loves mom and well we all do, so we do what she wants. Usually.


We had a great Bible Study this past week. We had a new couple and their two children. New to the Bible Study not new to us. They are a sweet young couple who I have know a long time. It was great to see them there. Mr. Wonderful was outstanding this week.

I have never really had the chance to hear him teach until we started the Bible Study. I was always teaching the children. He follows the lesson pretty much but when he gets off of what the paper says and the Lord takes over.... Wow! I had to hide behind my hand out. I was just grinning and thinking WOW WOW!! The Lord is really doing a work within us.

I have to go get Turkey's for the girls at the office today and mail some organic chickens to our business partner. Costco could not get them there in time. Oh, well. The company buys Turkeys at Thanksgiving and Hams at Christmas for the employees. It is a tradition with Mr. Wonderful. He started it 15 years ago when he managed the local Lincare office. It is just a nice gesture of thanks and everyone seems to enjoy it.

Well the meat market opens soon so it is off to town. Who knows I may come home with a Wii.

Life can get so busy. Or, maybe it is us that gets so carried away with Things that we tend to rob ourselves of Life. I mean I get so busy doing inconsequential things that I have no time left over for the things that really matter most to me. Then I play the blame game and beat myself up over it. That is the one thing that really irritates me about myself. I think it all comes down to organization. I am so disorganized these days. It started right after I had my son. What is it about pregnancy that really changes a girl? Besides the weight and stretch marks I mean.

I have tried all sorts of thing for organization and well I am still disorganized.

But! I am determined to find the organized me! The girl who's floors you could eat of of, who knew where everything belonged and it stayed in it's place. The girl who never had to worry about unexpected guests because everything was straight in the house, and there were always fresh baked goodies to serve.

The doc told me she would find her way home. It seems that a hypothyroid left untreated for so long will rob a girl of herself. And since she left home so slowly she is just as slow coming back home again. Hopefully she will be way skinnier when she finally gets back.

Enough of this for now!

The Blue Light therapy seems to be working. I am sleeping lots better since I started it. I am feeling sleepy now at night. A big improvement.

We purchased an inversion table. Our hope was relief from chronic back pain. And the results are in.... it is really making a difference. We hang twice a day for around 15 minutes. I can go longer through out the day with out pain and that pain is not as severe as it used to be. Been hanging a week and so far so good. It even helps with the neck pain.

Elk camp ended with no one wanting to go home. I was teary eyed on the way home. I really don't want to have to winterize the travel trailer. It means no more camping trips until spring. I love to get out and go camping. I love the peacefulness about getting out of town and getting into the quiet of the woods. Nature. It is like getting closer to God. No hustle and bustle to drown Him out.

Since camping is out for the winter, I have been told I will be skiing instead. I have not put on a pair of ski's since before I was pregnant 15 years ago! Bunny hill here I come. But that does mean a new ski suit. I gotta lose some more weight before that shopping trip!

My friends and I are planning to start sommersizing. I like eating this way once I get off the carbs anyway. Funky carbs. I lost a lot 9 years ago and kept if off for 2 then went on vacation and had a few to many unbalanced meals that sent me reeling. I feel better eating this way. My skin looks better this way. My allergies are not as bad eating this way. No bloated tummy eating this way. Okay I want to eat this way again. Plus I love cooking this way! It is not really hard and it is delicious. So I think now is the time to start again. And stay on it this time. Having my two closest buddies doing it with me should be a great boost too.

It has been raining here the last month at least 4 days out of the week. Love the rain but it is getting to be a bit much. Of course rain is better than snow. Unless it is on the ski slopes. I don't remember a fall that has rained so much here.

Mr Wonderful has to be at work early tomorrow so I really need to get his clothes ready tonight and it is time to hang so...... I need to concentrate on those Things that matter again.