Tuesday November 29

Coffee at folks with Little A and E and Mandy... Great! Full day at school. Went to Grocery store. After school I went to rec center and ran 3 miles. Then home and had leftover zoopa for supper with romaine salad and left over pumpkin pie. Now Denny is watching the little ones while Missy and Phillip meet with Loziers.

Monday November 28

Coffee at folks. G'ma was weak and so she was in bed when I got there. I took the math book I borrowed back to Elementary school and got another. After school Sue and I swam for 45 minutes. Mandy put lasagna in oven for supper. Mandy went to folks when a nurse came to visit. So glad she was there, she spent about an hour talking to Linda on the phone. G'ps went to dentist to have one tooth's roughness taken care of. The family went out to check out the hogs' status when we were together over the weekend.Blessings from Mary Jo...May the Lord bless and keep you. May He strengthen you body, soul, mind and spirit. May you focus on the face of Jesus this season to see Him as the Salvation of our lives. May you see the wisdom of God in His eyes and feel the Comfort of the Holy Spirit in his embrace. May you step closer to Him every day. God bless you.

Sunday November 27

Grands enjoyed the rec center pool yesterday. This am I fixed biscuits and gravy. Denny took A&E in for SS. Luke & Karen and Matt & Becky left in am after visiting with folks. Mandy and I went to church. Then we took left overs to folks for lunch. Nap in afternoon and get ready for the real world again tomorrow. It has been a super weekend.

Saturday November 26

Rec Center with Grands 7:30 until home at 9:30. Quick stop at folks. Denny had made Cheesey Eggs with smokies. YUM. Then Zoopa for lunch. YUM YUM Lazy afternoon. Took Grands out to find a ditch tree. Kids played, wrestled,ate. We relaxed. Kis to bed about 8 ... Adults had meal in coop. Relaxing. YUM>

Friday November 25

Happy Birthday Becca! Mandy left early for UI game at Lincoln. She met Jason in IG. I went to coffee with Denny before he headed to work. Anabel was so thankful that I helped her make Howard's bed. I got stuff ready for family to come, food, etc. About 6 pm Mo. Johnsons came. About 6:20 Denny got home from work. About 6:30 Howard and Anabel came. We ate about 7 Cavatinni. Haley and Anabel helped me put frosting on pumpkin bars for B'day cake for Haley and Torren.

Thanksgiving Thurs Nov. 24,2011

Went to bed late... very unusual... up early... very usual... Denny and Mandy still asleep. baked a pumpkin pie... turkey in oven. Went up to Kara's and helped Logan get World History assignments found, completed, and ready to turn it. Read AR book with him. About noon folks came over. I had set the table with the table cloth that Lenora Leistikow gave me and red dishes. Anabel brought yummy dill pickle roll ups that Diane had made when Johnson siblings had get together. After eating Howard took a nap and Anabel, Mandy and Denny looked at blogs/pictures on the computer. After folks went home Denny washed the dishes, Mandy listened to her lectures. Denny and I went for a walk outside to see Henningson new fence south of our corner. Leftover supper. Watched tv show on Mandy's computer then... High Ho High Ho it's off to bed we go.

Wednesday November 23

Coffee...Mom is so tired. She does such a great job of not complaining... but she is worn out. Please keep her on your prayers. Missy and Phillip went to spend the Thanksgiving with his grand parents and family... What a blessing they are. If only my school kids had Grands that prayed for them and loved them and supported them like the example of Phil and Bette... So much to be thankful for. After school I headed to Omaha. A couple stops at consignment shops... and to the airport withing 10 minutes of M&J getting their baggage ... to pick up Mandy and Jason. Stop at Howard and Anabel's home. Denny stopped and got me to go the the Thanksgiving service at the Pres. church in IG. Then home to cook up a storm and wait for Mandy who took Jason to Cherokee. Now it is time for bed. Good day... Good night. My plans for English class got postponed. I had planned for them to write a paragraph about how Thanksgiving would be different because they had read Night by Eliezer Wiesler (a survivor of the Holocaust). Instead I let them write while I worked on the assignments that L. has not turned in in World History. Hope I can meet with him tomorrow and work on catching up or finding the assignments he has not turned in. So much to be Thankful for... So much to pray for ... Blessings from Mary Jo...May the Lord bless you today and may you take time in your life to fall on your face before Him to recognize that He alone is worthy of praise and worship. May you focus on his face rather than the agenda for Black Friday to recognize every blessing comes from the Hand of God. May your heart be purged from all distractions so that gratefulness for what you have fills your heart and mind. God bless you.