It's almost "Turkey Day"

We don't have a lot of news to share. We are trying to stay warm. The kids are keeping us busy with their activities and birthday parties. Nolan had three this weekend. He had so much fun. 

Is it too early to wish for a snow day? I think it is the cold weather making me think about it. Maybe it will happen before December. It's so fun to have a surprise day at home with the kids. 

Weightloss update:  I started limiting my carbs last week and I've lost 6 pounds. My doctor said I had to eliminate the carbs as much as possible. The first few days are horrible, but I'm doing okay now and I'm not having a ton of cravings anymore.

In an earlier post I said I had an upcoming surgery. On December 3 I am having a hysterectomy and bladder suspension. Apparently, my uterus is falling and pressing on my bladder. This causes some issues that will only get worse if we don't fix it. John and I had decided that our family is complete so this isn't a sad thing for us. If we need to add to our family we will just add a four legged friend down the road (after ours are gone of course).

Take care.

Karen

IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!!!!

I can't tell you how happy I am right now. This is an amazing event for our country. Either way it was going to be a huge step for our country, first minority or first woman VP. I never thought that I would see either in my lifetime. I really feel like we would have been alright with either candidate. My heart was with Obama though. I think that McCain should have been elected in 2000. I truly feel that our lives would be different if he had been our president. I was even willing to vote outside of my party back in 2000 if he had been the candidate. I respect John McCain. I think this night would be different if he had chosen a stronger VP. 

I don't envy Obama. I wouldn't want to clean up the mess our country is in right now. I do believe that we will see the positive outcome of this election in time. Change can't happen overnight regardless of who gets elected. We will need to be patient for awhile. I think that the task at hand will be handled well by Obama and will support and respect his decisions. Natalie was able to witness this and she is very excited. We have tried very hard to inform our kids about the election and tell them the issues and how each candidate felt about each. We didn't push them to believe what we believe and didn't actually tell them who we were voting for until they had their school vote. They could even feel the excitement he brought to the election. I'm so proud that my kids were able to be so involved in this. I don't care who they voted for, I'm just glad they are into it. 

I'm never going to be able to sleep tonight. I go from smiling uncontrollably to crying tears of joy. 

I'll be back on Wed to update you on the family. We are all good, I am having another surgery though.