Thankful Thursday

I'm so thankful that things on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the blogs are getting back to normal.  Phew!  The holidays are coming up and we should be updating our statuses and posting about cheery things.  I for one am looking forward to Thanksgiving this year.  I'm thankful that I'll be spending it with my husband.

This will be the first Thanksgiving where it'll just be us and the kids.  Change happens and we're rolling with it.  The most important thing is that my honey won't be without his family like he has been these past four Thanksgivings.  We'll get to watch the parades and rattle pots together! LOL

I'm thankful that it was warm enough for the kids and I to get out in the yard and play this afternoon.  They really needed to burn off some pent up energy.  I was in such awe of the beautiful scenery around us.  Like not to get all preachy but it's amazing to see that God made views so gorgeous.

View from my front yard

I've been working on a blanket and I'm thankful that it is coming along well.  It was originally suppose to be listed in Moo's Closet, but Moo has become very attached to it.  She keeps asking me if I'm done with 'her' blanket every five minutes.  When I told her yesterday that it wasn't for her, she started crying a bit.  So, since most of the items in my shop are made to order, I'll just use this blanket at a display model and list it as made to order as well.

Great color combo huh?

I'm also thankful for the surprise check I got on Tuesday!  It felt a little like Christmas and my birthday.

What are you thankful for this week?

Hate It Or Love It

Hate it or love it, President Obama and his family will be calling the White House home for another four years folks.  Yep, the election day battle is officially over.  However, what's not over is all the ugliness that's been buzzing around since this race started.  I have no idea why elections bring out the worst in grown folks.

Sure, we have freedom of speech.  But we also have the right to agree to disagree.  And it seems from reading Facebook and Twitter updates that some of us haven't mastered that skill yet.  It was said to see people I went to high school with and who have been friends for so long fall out over a difference in opinion about who would do a better job at running our country.

I mean come on folks!  Yes, the election is an extremely serious matter and should be taken with the utmost seriousness.  However, at the end of the day neither President Obama or Governor Romney have lost friends over this election.  And I'm sure they both have friends who voted for their opponent instead of them.  

Hate it or love it, we're going to be electing a president every four years.  There's a 50/50 chance that you're going to have friends and family members who aren't going to like who you like.  That's life.  It wouldn't be much of a democracy or election if everyone loved the same candidate.  There's nothing wrong with a little healthy competition yall. 

Please learn to separate politics from your personal lives.  Don't get caught up in the name calling, back biting and ignorance.  Some words you just can't take back.  For example, I saw a black friend who saw one of her white friends update their Facebook status using the N word towards President Obama and other blacks.  She was very upset because it just showed how little her friend valued her.  Well, of course her friend tried to say that he/she didn't feel that way about her personally, but the damage was done.

Hate it or love it we're going to see even more history being made in the future during these presidential elections as we continue to progress as a nation.  And it saddens me to see this foolishness going on and to think about what kind of foolery will go down if we get our first female or Latino president.  I shiver at the words that will be said, the families that will be torn apart and the friendships that will come to an end.  

I am thankful to that nobody in my circle seems to have sunk to any low levels of craziness.  I have quite a mixture of friends and we didn't all vote for the same candidate.  However, what we did do was show each the same love, kindness and respect that we were showing each other before the election started.  For that I feel truly blessed.  Be smart people.  Be kind to your fellow man/woman.

Respect The Vote!

Let Your Voice Be Heard

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Today is a very important day for us as Americans.  Today is the day for all those 18 and over to get out and  let your voice be heard through your vote!  I can't begin to stress how important it is to not be content to just sit home on your bum.  When you don't vote, you're gambling not only with your future but your family's future as well.

Today, we're not just voting for who our next president should be.  We're voting on congressional representatives, policies and some states are voting on gay marriage.  I urge you to take a few minutes to read up on each candidate and vote for the one whose platform you feel in your heart is best.  Voting is good but an informed vote is better.

I voted early and I am glad that my voice was heard.  I'm blessed to have had my kids there to witness the process. Exercising their right to vote is definitely something I want them to be passionate about it.  We love to look at the Civil Rights Movement as being something that happened way back when.  However, if you think about it's not that far back.  Heck, in some ways we're still fighting for equality.

My women certainly know how hard it is to be considered equal.  We're constantly being referred to as the weaker sex or too emotional or too soft.  Well, ladies make sure you speak up at the polls.  I'm hoping the next time we vote for President, we'll be electing our very first female president into office.  Yes, I'm keeping hope alive on that!

There's just so much riding on your votes.  There are so many people who sacrificed their lives, safety and families to get us to this day.  Please, please, please go and voice your opinion and concerns through your vote today.  And if you know of someone without a ride, volunteer to take them to the polls with you.  

Be an example. Be a light. Vote!

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