A Good Quote from my email today.

A quote from Hyrum Smiths. He said the following:

“You are to vote for good men, and if you do not do this, it is a sin. Choose the good and refuse the evil. Men of false principles preyed upon us like wolves upon helpless lambs. Let every man use his liberties according to the Constitution. Don’t fear man or devil electioneer with all people, male and female and exhort them to do the thing that is right.

We want a President of the U.S. not a party President, but a President of the whole people; for a party President disfranchises the opposing party. Have a President who will maintain every man in his rights. I wish all of you to do all the good you can. We will try to convert the nations into one solid union. I despise the principle that divides the nation into parties and factions. I want it to grow up like a green bay tree, straight and tall. Damn the system of splitting up the nation into opposite belligerent parties…….There is power and influence enough among us to vote in a good President."

I would have to agree. I do fear that a two party system will destroy are freedom to vote for who we feel will do the best job,

Post on Heathers post

I read Heathers post on getting out of debt and staying that way and I had to post my opinion. I listen to an hour podcast of Dave Ramsey everyday and I am always inspired by the words of those struggling and fighting to pay their bills and get out of debt. It is amazing to hear the lengthen some people will go to get out of debt, Extra jobs, no vacations, beans and rice, rice and beans, no new items, no new clothes and a very small Christmas. We were very blessed to be given this book to read from my in-laws. I read it and then every other book Dave Ramsey had written. I decided this was the plan for us and then David read the books. Dave Ramsey and his program has been a blessing in our lives and we are on baby step 5 and I think we will be stuck in this step for awhile. Paying for college is going to be tough, but not having student loans will be worth the cost. Keep up the good work Heather and I cannot wait to see Dave Live in Kansas City in May(if my car will make it that far).

Now its your turn! Use the Baby Steps to get your finances in order and on track. Then pass them on to someone you know and help change their life!

1.$1,000 to start an Emergency Fund

2. Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball

3. 3 to 6 months of expenses in savings

4. Invest 15% of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement

5. College funding for children

6. Pay off home early

7. Build wealth and give! Invest in mutual funds and real estate

Another book I love is by Peter Walsh, Its All Too Much. It is a book about clutter and how

clutter robs us of our life energy and our ability to live in the present. I just cleaned out Cenneidigh's room and we have a new rule, anything new in means something old has to go. I have at least 10 grocery bags full of things she does not use or need any more and she still has plenty in her room. Clutter just seems to build in the corner without notice until you cannot walk in the room any more. I have a genetic problem with clutter, all of my relatives have this issue, we keep everything. Not anymore I am turning over a new leaf. Clutter be gone. The garbage can is full and it does not get picked up until Thursday. OH well it is a learning experience. The back of the van is also full of items to go to the Salvation Army.

Read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Make Over and Peter Walsh's Its All Too Much. Life changing books.

Primary Program

The Primary Program was today and they did a great job on the program. The kids sung their songs, said their parts and talks. Everyone looked good and sounded great. I sat behind a few kids to help out were needed and looked at the song book while I helped sing the songs with the kids.

I do not know all the words and neither did a few kids. JT sung loud for everyone to hear and on one song he said, "No, not the second verse", as they were starting the second verse of the song. He had the first verse and chorus down and was the loudest child in the group. And to my surprise JT and Cenneidigh both choose to memorize their parts and they did pretty well with them. The kids did a great program and I am very proud of all the them.

Halloween Clearance

Target had the rest of the Halloween items at 90% off this morning. I picked up many items for next year. I only got a few costumes. Most costumes were in sizes under 8. I was able to get a lot of t-shirts for the kids and socks. The kids love to open all the Halloween totes in October and see all the items I bought at 90% off the year before. I just put it out in the Halloween totes in the garage and every year enough goes out for good that I am just replacing items used during the season. Halloween favors, candy buckets, table runners, swords, hats, toys, no candy, and many fun little trinkets for Boo bags next year. I love 90% off, it is lots of stuff with a very small bill, where everywhere else it is a very small amout of items with a huge bill.

SNOW!!!! Parker loves it.

We went ot bed with the grass and the zillions of leaves, we have yet to pick up and woke up to this.

We have taken a truck load of leaves to the leaf dump, but they keep falling and we need to get more picked up. I hope this snow just melts away as the sun comes up so we can get to the leaves tomorrow. Parker seemed to enjoy running after the snow flakes, he also snaps at the dust floating in the air on a sunny day. He just enjoys chasing things. Yes, the kids still have bikes and trikes to put away for the winter. It was hard to think of snow when I was laying on the grass in the sun on Tuesday. If you do not like the weather, wait a few minutes and it will change.

Back to Real Life

Now that the election is done it is time to get back to real life. Back to life back to reality.

1. The ward Primary program is Sunday and I hope you are getting your kids to memorize their parts.

2. The end of the quarter for school is Friday and there is only a half day.

3. Target should have all Halloween items 90% off on Friday. That is where I end up getting most of my Halloween things for the next year.

4. It is going to be cold tomorrow.

5. It is going to rain all day today.

6. Check your Flexible Spending account and make sure you are going to spend it all or you will lose it.

7. How is your Christmas shopping going?

8. I am going to start a new hobby today.

9. There is a food drive on Saturday. Stick non-perishable foods by your mail box and they will

be picked up for the Salvation Army Food Shelf.

10. Next Thursday is opening night for the High School and Ellis plays.

Real life is so much less exciting, but not as upsetting.

Reasons I am glad Obama is the New President

1. I can use the phrase, I Told You So, so many times even I will be sick of saying it.

2. The Democrats will have so much power that they will use it to shoot themselves in the foot and come two and four years from now real change can happen when we all vote them out of office.

3. People who really think Obama will change things for the better will get to know the truth, that he can only change things for the worse.

4. My Grandmother is going to freak out.

5. More people registered to vote and voted then last election, even if they were the stupid and uninformed voters we know them to be.

6. I am not in the income bracket where I will be forced to, Share the Wealth.

7. I get to say, I TOLD YOU SO. More and More and More.

8. Hillary Clinton is not the President.

9. People are as stupid as Karl predicted and now I do believe him.

I am sure I can think of more, but this is it for now.