Fall Walks and our growing puppy

We try to get out and walk Parker everyday or else he destroys something in the house. He is like a toddler, everything goes in his mouth. But unlike a toddler he has pretty big destructive teeth. One

throw pillow, several inserts for shoes(not the shoes just the inserts), a couple of knee pads, many toys and Lego's, are no more. When the kids complain I tell them to put their stuff away, we live with a chewing machine, anything that can be chewed on is chewed on. Then of course there is the non-flushed toilet issues with the dog. Please children flush the toilet. You do not want to know the details on that one, trust me!

Halloween

Halloween fun! The kids got their costumes together right after school to get to David's office to trick of treat. We then went to Walgreens for photos and the mall for trick or treating. A quick stop at McDonalds for dollar burger(we needed something healthy before all the candy) and off to trick or treat. JT filled his bucket up and got a bag from Stevens house and kept going. Cenneidigh filled hers up and dumped it into Fins stroller. We then went to the Andersons for hot drinks and fun. It was a great busy night with more candy then any 7 people need.

Funny Cartoon about Obama

I love this cartoon. I stole it from Heather's blog.

I do feel this is what is going to happen if Obama is elected. Share the wealth, Socialism at its core.

The American Way of life will disappear if we go to the Share the Wealth point of view. I am not in the income range that Obama would make my family share the wealth, but I do not believe anyone should be forced to share more then they already do with the high taxes they pay. When I do taxes I see huge refunds go to people who pay no tax, get earned income tax credit and then pay up to 300 dollars to get their refund today. Yea, I want to share my wealth with stupid people who cannot wait 7 days for a free refund. Good luck if you are voting without your brain for Obama. You will get what you deserve.

I know it is early, but.....

What is everyone thinking of doing for Christmas cards this year. I was looking at photo cards again like last year, but I am not sure. Any ideas? David wants to make a video and burn it to a DVD, but I have yet to figure out the download process of the video camera and how to even see the mini dvds it burns to. Give me ideas people. Thanks in advance.

Plays and conflicting dates

Gunnar is Musnick, the owner of the shop, in Little Shop of Horrors at the high school in November. Qatar is playing Tweedle Dee in Alice and Wonderland JR., at Ellis in November. Guess what? They are now both on the same weekend. Gunnar's is the 13th, 14th, and 15th and Qatar's is the 13th and 14th of November. The plays are not usually on the same weekend, but the high school had to postpone. I like to attend each night, but now I have to choose which to see first. Yuck, this just happened on Tuesday night with the high school concert and a meeting about the Science Olympiad at Ellis. David went to Ellis with Qatar and I took the three younger kids to the concert to see Gunnar.

I really thought when the kids got a bit older that things would settle down and I would have more ME(a bit selfish I realize) time. But, that is not what is happening, it is just getting busier and busier. More stuff to do in what seems like less time to do it all in. Funny thing is I am not one of those moms where the kids are involved in many activities, I like them to have time for friends and hobby's, but when they get to Ellis they all seem to sign up for every activity they can. Piano takes up time for the three oldest and starting at the end of next month is Basketball season and that is another full time pursuit of the two oldest. I think school work is on the back burner and I wish I could get that to be the priority.

Here is a photo of Gunnar with his History book in Wisconsin for an extra credit shot. The teacher wants them to get as far a way as they can with their books for a photo and then she gives them extra credit for distance. This is as far as we have been this quarter. He was attending a dance in LaCrosse and David was the driver and chaperon.

Colds, headaches and cold weather.

I started to feel very congested yesterday and by this morning I was very congested and yucky feeling. I knew I was working the afternoon at Nevelyn in the High Potential position, so I got up and took some Dayquil. I felt better, but now I had medicine head and felt sort of out of body. After a hot shower I felt better and the day went well from there. The classes were good and I even got some M & M's Amanda left for good kids. (I was very good). My sinuses are filling again and Gunnar has a concert at 7 tonight. It is cold and I am going to get a sweatshirt on and sit under a blanket on the couch until 6:45pm. My head really hurts, I think the Dayquil has worn off. I have taken my neck massager to my face and I think it did help, that along with the heating pad on my face. Burn and vibrate the gunk out of my head, maybe it will work maybe not.

Found friends, grades and Crazy Dog.

Dana found my blog and now I get to find her. It looks like they now have 6 kids. 4 girls and 2 boys, wow. I have linked her on the side.

Gunnar got a 98% on his history project.

Crazy Dog, David and I took a walk this morning, like we usually do, and it was a normal walk. BUT, when we got home, and got the kids off to school, I decided to climb the stairs for thirty minutes. ( BTW We cancelled our YMCA membership from lack of attendance on our part.) I went up the back and down the front stairs and Parker kept up with me and got very excited like we were actually going somewhere. After the timer buzzed, I stretched and Parker just stood watching me. He eventually gave up and must have concluded we were not going to go out because he went and layed down in his bed. This is what Parker looks like when he is sure no one is going to try to sneak out of the house without him.