What a delight to go see both of our granddaughters in their respective plays and realize that they both did outstanding jobs!  What talent and beauty those two have!! 

Taking Molly with you shopping is an experience all on its own.  She is so busy, not bad, just busy looking at everything.  We did find a fairy princess dress for her so she could play when she got home.  Her mom said she likes it although it wasn't the type that she had said she wanted.

Our guest list for Thanksgiving is down by 2 since our international visitor and her escort officer are not going to be with us.  It seems that she has friends that teach at the UofA and they invited the two to join them for Thanksgiving.  I certainly can't blame the visitor for wanting to be with friends that she knows.  It would have been nice, but, with all of us being here it probably is just as well LOL

It is the type of day that you really need to just get busy and get a lot done, so far that hasn't happened with me, but I'm working on it.

The supersales gal has been kicking butt the last few days and getting the things out of her garage in a big way.  It's nice that things are selling so well, now, just a few hundred more sales LOL

Heidi and her family will be joining us on Friday to see Bobbi and everyone.  I miss her so much, but I know her life is busy.  It will be fabulous to see Peanut though, I bet he has grown two inches since he was here last.  It will also be nice to have her see that I haven't killed off her plant, in fact, it is doing remarkably well!

Happy Thanksgiving to all, we have much to be thankful for!

I am quoting from a piece put out by International Living that I think pretty much says what I have been thinking for awhile.  Just thought you might be interested too: "

Western democracies took cues from their eastern and southern socialist neighbors and nationalized entire sections of their economies, most notably the banking and financial parts.

Seems like the recent U.S. regulatory experiment of trusting businesses and corporations to regulate themselves results in monumental cheating, thieving, and profiteering.

Who would have guessed?

Of course, U.S. economic policy has never been anything like real free-market capitalism. In a real free market, there is competition that results in winners…and losers.

But nobody in the U.S. can be allowed to lose or suffer the consequences of their greed, mistakes, and bad decisions.

You heard this from both U.S. presidential candidates last week. They both told anybody who would listen that in their administrations, everybody would be a winner and nobody would be left behind to suffer or fail.

That’s why it’s OK for both a Democrat and a Republican to back the biggest redistribution of wealth in history–the redistribution of a trillion dollars from the pockets of taxpayers into the pockets of cheating, thieving, profiteering businesses.

Something new has been born…Capi-socialism. It’s socialism for businesses.

It’s too good for us little guys…socializing the health care system would be un-American. But spreading the wealth around to the bankers, insurers, and automakers, and putting the government on the board of directors…now that’s patriotic.

I think I just heard Karl Marx laughing.

By this time next week, there will be a new U.S. president, and he’ll inherit the worst financial situation since the Great Depression.

Do you really think nobody is going to suffer or be left behind?

Everybody who isn’t already rich or working for the government is going to suffer, of course. Standards of living will go down. SUVs, McMansions, and five-course meals will be out. Mass transit, three-room condos, and macaroni and cheese will be in.

To me, this is not a bad thing. In my opinion, it’s about time folks woke up and started living within their means…unlike our governments."

It will be interesting to see what occurs in the next 24 to 36 months in this country.  It could turn around, it could end up like so many other countries where there are the super rich and the dirt poor and very little inbetween.  Welcome to socialism.  What a scary future.