pic 1 ~ At the Kinney's but not sure what the occasion was
pic 2 ~ Ellie the GrandDog wanting to be a part of the ThanksGiving Festivites
pic 3 ~ Thanksgiving weekend in Watertown
pic 4 ~ Jenny's wedding, Nov 1 in Lincoln, Neb

wheat things

Is it just me, or are there more choices in the grocery store than a sane person can fathom? CALL ME CRAZY! While Thanksgiving shopping this eve, I noticed a thousand Wheat Thin options! Are we nuts? tomoto shamato, salt-free, heavy-on-the-sodium, garlic pressed, chives with cream, et al.

Just because we're a nation that adores Choice - dare we say, worships it - must we add another 45 minutes in the grocers pondering scented or unscented pantyliners? PLEASE ~ I can't take it.

Hankerin' for the simple days. I wanted Original. Original always-been-my-favorite wheat thins. After scanning the shelf for several precious moments, I feared that the Originals were obsolete. No more.

Alas, I spied them. Oh happy day.

the new Guest Room awaits...

These home photos dedicated to Danielle and Aaron who will not be with us up close and personal over the Thanksgiving holiday. Goodness, we will miss you.

See you at Christmas. Love

Note to new leaders

You can't have both my money and my trust ~ which is it going to be?

Thomas Sowell article: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell111808.php3

QOD

"...while we are free to do whatever we wish, we are not free to have the consequences be whatever we want them to be." --Thomas Sowell

And while we're at it, may I recommend a foreshadowing article by Professor Sowell. This cogent thinker is a national treasure in the economic and historical memory dept. He remembers.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110208.php3

It's a dog's life, but it doesn't have to be

"To a man, the greatest blessing is individual liberty. To a dog, it is the last word in despair." – William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)

I think I'm becoming a happy Libertarian.

See Patrice Lewis' article, "Sit. Stay. Roll over. Beg" http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=79627

Simplify

Patrice Lewis is an author, homeschooler, businesswoman and homesteader on 40 acres with her family in Idaho. The excerpt below describing their scaled-down lifestyle is the best thing I've read in a long while:

"There is nothing really remarkable about our life except that it’s simple. We have no emotional drama with fighting spouses or out-of-control kids. We try to be frugal and responsible. Because of the decisions and choices we’ve made throughout our lives, we have achieved a level of stability that allows us to raise our children in a calm and peaceful home.

Today we do what I jokingly call the three H’s: homesteading, homeschooling, and home business-ing. Can’t get much better – or simpler - than that."

Patrice's website: patricelewis.com

Since Confession is good for the soul, I'll feel like a million bucks when this is over: I confess that I have been ungrateful. The venting I allow myself over the wholesale ingratitude in our land is notorious. Malcontents grieve and irritate me no end. But I am one.

I have forgotten to be grateful for the Father's oversight. He watches over us because we honor Him. He honors us with His abiding Presence. Lately it has eluded me how fortunate we are in America to freely worship the King. We are the freest nation in the world. One nation under God's Lordship. I am thankful.

All is well with my soul. Yours too

Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1939-1975) said, "The right to be left alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom."

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate and tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams