Game time

I went a different route for

these journals and made a score

pad with one.  What I use now

when we play cards is just a mini 

legal pad and it works fine, but

this is much cooler, right?!

This way you can keep track of 

who wins.  Larry likes to look back

and say, "you lost this week, you

lost that week" etc.  He's such a pain!

But I love him anyway.

The bathroom floor looks so

beautiful and every time I walk in

I think I'm in the wrong house!  It 

was so nice to be able to hang out with

Mark and just have some family

time.  We don't get to do that

too often.  He even went to church

with me and got to see me sign,

so that was fun as well.  I

wish he could bring his wife, Stephanie,

with him but the only time he can 

come is weekends and that's when

she works the most at Kohl's,

especially right now with the Christmas

season coming.  I just don't get to

spend enough time with my siblings

and their spouses.  Sometimes I wish

we could go back to Mayberry times 

when no one moved across the country.

I don't think God intended us to

be so alienated from each other by

distance or by other things.  I also

think that people don't spend enough

time trying to cultivate relationships

when they aren't right around the 

corner.  It's so easy to become

complacent when you don't

see the person every day.

God created families for

a reason and I want to make sure I

let my family-and my friends- know

that I love them.  I don't think

you can say that often enough.  

Tonight is the last Monday sign class

and I am going to miss it so much!  

After Saturday-the last class for

that day-I will only get to see my

friends once a week at church.

I am sad about that.  I'm

not sure when the next ones

will begin.

Please pray for those in the wildfire
zones.  My sister isn't in any danger
(I don't think) but yesterday they
weren't allowed out except for
emergencies and the smoke was so 
thick at  one point that they could
barely see their neighbor's house.
They all need our prayers.  Thanks.   

Happy Monday!!