Giving Thanks Challenge

Well, the Giving Thanks Challenge has come to an end, and today is the last day in November. This challenge helped me realize what in my life I'm really thankful for. I have to thank South Breeze Farm for thinking this challenge up, because it's a unique challenge, but very awesome. So check out my list below, to see what I'm thankful for!

1. Books2. Born an American Citizen3. The right to vote as a women4. Music5. The Library6. Coffee 7. Laughter8. Starbucks 9. Aunt Florence's Irish Soda Bread :)10. Friends11. Nail polish :)12. My Health13. Horses14. My family15. God and being part of God's family16. Music & Singing17. Horses18. Writing19. Bacon20. My church family (both of them)21. Heat for my house22. Babysitting23. My pets, Max (Bernese Mountain Dog) and Bandit (Black & White kitty cat)24. The Horse Rescue25. God's Love26. Pumpkin Pie27. Clothes28. The Bible29. The Flea Market30. My life
Cae

It's Not Just Thanksgiving

Every American knows that today is Thanksgiving, but today is not just Thanksgiving in my household. It's Bro #1's birthday!!! Last year around this time, some stuff when down between the scouts in our old town and my father. The sad part is that Bro #1 invited some of his friends, who were part of this problem. Our friends, we'll call them the A's, the A's told us that nothing would come between the kids. Well Bro #1 invited the A's, P's, and O's up the MA for his birthday. When this spilt in scouts happened, we later got a phone call a day before Bro #1s birthday, saying that none of them will be coming up.

This was devestating to Bro #1 and I. The A's are great people, they got my father to attend church, and now they're letting a scouting fued get between the kids, something that they said wouldn't happen. Mom & Dad called the S's, the H's, our grandfather, and the nextdoor neighbors and all invited them to Bro #1s birthday. Although the A's, O's, and P's weren't at his birthday, and Bro #1 was kind of down, so was I, we had a great birthday. It also made us all realize what to be thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! May your travels be safe and keep your blessings in mind.

Cae

ps. this video was from Mocha with Linda - Thanks for letting me borrow it! :)

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. If you had known what they knew then, would you have boarded the Mayflower? Yes I would have, if I believed that going to the New World would help me, or be a better place. Then I would go no matter what.

2. How far have you traveled on a boat and how do you feel about boats in general? I love boats! I've only been on four boats in my life, two were fairies going and coming from Martha's Vineyard, which was probably the longest boat travel for me. One was for school and was over in Mystic, CT I think and it was about all the sea creatures and was pretty awesome. The other one, was in Hawk's Nest Beach, in Old Lyme, CT to dump my grandmother's ashes. It was her dream, and it was all nice, the whole boat was filled with family and it's memory will stay with me forever.

3. What traditions have you kept, acquired thru marriage, and/or tossed? If you're single what are some of your family's favorite Thanksgiving traditions? Trying to make the whole family come here, and in the end we just have 5 Thanksgiving - - -This is the only thing that comes to mind.

4. What time is dinner and how many will be round your table? And what is the one side dish you cannot do without on Thanksgiving day? Pumpkin Pie count as a side dish? ;) Probably Pink Potatoes, because those are great :D And, we don't know how many. It's Bro #1's bday, so we might have some church friends.

5. Have you ever used a fire extinguisher? Do tell.... No I haven't - - - Not yet :D

6. Tell about a situation that caused you dreadful trepidation and feet dragging, only to realize later it was a true blessing. Moving - - - Absolutely I hated the idea of moving, but when I moved up to MA and a couple months into living here, it's become a great blessing.

7. Baked, sweet, mashed, hash browned or french fried...which one's your favorite? Pink Potatoes - - - They're Mashed Idaho Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes mixed together :)

8. Did you know that my dog, Max, is afraid of this duck that quacks. Well this morning when Max was doing his whining routine, he grabbed the duck and made the duck go quack. Instead of dropping the duck and running away, he's running away from the noise, but the noise is still in his mouth - - - Great job dog :)

Go and link your answers up at From This Side of the Pond, Happy Thanksgiving!

Cae

Babysitting

So I babysit these two cute kids, E & C. There Mom was a waitress over at a restaurant, which my father would always eat at and so my babysitting job came from my father talking to their Mom, K. Well E is only a bout a year, and is just too adorable. This video is of Bro #1, and E on my lap, trying to replicate what Bro #1 is doing. This is really cute.

Enjoy the cuteness :)

Cae

Awww

So today I was babysitting the best kids in the world and F decided to throw an hour tantrum, crying and everything. Well it took me about 30 - 45 minutes just to calm her down, and all I was thinking was "I feel so bad for my parents" because F got herself so worked up, just the way that I used to. So when I get home from babysitting the phone rings, and I didn't want to pick it up, but Mom's down in CT picking up my younger brother, and I didn't wan't her to be calling saying that something happened and that they had to be picked up so I answered the phone, and here's the phone conversation.

Me: Hello
F: Hi, is Cae there?
Me: This is, who's calling?
F: This is F, I'm sorry for misbehaving today, you're a really good babysitter and I won't misbehave again. I'm sorry.
Me: That's good to hear F, because I really like babysitting you. You'll be at church Sunday, right?
F: Yeah
Me: Okay, I'll see you Sunday then. I still love you, bye
F: Bye Cae

This phone conversation just made my whole day! Oh, how I love these kids :)

Cae

Week Recap

Okay, I'm getting beyond busy in my life! The only day last week that I didn't have anything planned was Tuesday, but a part of me has a feeling that I did have something, but I can't remember! Well a lot of my week is with work, and working, and taking classes for work.

Monday - I worked for most of the day, and accomplished a lot!

Tuesday - Oh! I remember! I had my Teddy Bear Sleepover at the library, so I had to help out with that and get everything ready!

Wednesday - I worked at the horse barn in the morning, then from the horse barn went to work, was at work and worked on more work! A lot of processing DVDs & BOCDs!

Thursday - This is the start of my busy weekend, I had a blogging class over in Whatley, then I had to drop some books off at Reader to Reader in Amherst, all were discards from my library, then I had to drop Operation Christmas Child at a local church, then from there I had my journalism meeting and wasn't able to get home until 9:30/10pm!

Friday - I have my second part in my BLT Admin class over in Lee, from there Mom picked me up and we had to go back down to CT, to drop Bro #1 off, and to have dinner with my grandfather. If I didn't have my class in Lee, I would have been working over at my library. So I didn't get home Friday night until midnight-ish

Saturday - Dad enslaved me to work at the flea market that his boss is opening up on Dec. 2nd! So I was cleaning glass show cases all day! For five hours straight! Then I had to go grocery shopping with Mom, because we needed eggs and milk for breakfast tomorrow (don't know how we went in for two items and came out with a $51 bill).

Today - I get to babysit the two sweetest kids ever, during and after church, oh and today is Blessing of the Animals (are we CATHOLIC?!)! This is completely crazy and the most weird service I've ever been in!

Oh, my life has gotten way to busy, but for the weirdest thing, I still love my life being busy!

Cae (oh have to eat breakfast or I won't eat until after church)

B10C3457DWL – Wireless Internet Passwords

Who here has wireless internet? Who loves wireless internet? Well, I’m one of them, I enjoy my wireless internet and absolutely love the whole idea of wireless internet, but let me tell you, if you have a password for your wireless internet, like I do, please, and I mean please have a good password!! Don’t make it words that connect to your location, unless you want people to hack into it. Why am I telling you this, you ask? Because I’ve mastered this, of course it’s been places where I know the people, but still! A specific fire department has wireless internet. I was delightfully waiting during Bro #1’s meeting working on my story, of course I got bored without my music playing, so I noticed that there was wireless internet, and I decided to test it. I started typing FD, Townname FD, Firedepartment nothing was working, I was just about to start my way through all of the brands of fire trucks that they have housed in their FD, but in my brain I go “Hey, I wonder if they would be stupid enough to have it as ‘firetruck’” so I tried firetruck, and guess who got into the internet? Yup, you’re right. Me! Clearly they need better internet security.

Today, Mom and I were dropping Operation Christmas Child boxes off at a Congregational Church, and we got there earlier than the OCC drop off would start taking donations, so I fired the laptop up and noticed that the church has secured wireless internet, so I decided to test their security and Mom says “It’s probably Jesus Loves You” I laughed, but I already knew what I was going to try, Jesus. Well I tried jesus and it didn’t go through, so I tried Jesus, and guess who got into the church internet? Yeah, that would be me - - - again.

So I beg of you, when you are thinking of an internet password, please, please, please make it hard, make it something that only you will know unless you hand it out, please don’t make it “Jesus” or “firetruck” or “Smiths” because if you make it something so easy, then you’ll have bored teens like me trying to learn your internet password.

Cae

PS. This is not normal for me, what happened at the fire department was just luck, and well what happened at the church this morning, that was just funny. Also, that is not my password for my internet, but it is an example of a good wireless internet password.

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. What is the most amazing weather you've ever seen? Whenever it snows/ices just the right amount. So the trees are covered and glisten in the sun, and the snow covers all that land that you can see, and you can make snow angels.


Snow covered trees by *kaikaku on deviantART

2. What is a sound or noise you love? Couldn't we do smell?? I think you should do smell next week ;) My favorite noise or sound, would be the sounds that all of my horses make, it just brings joy into my life :)

3. Do you like seafood? What's your favorite seafood dish? Fried Clams is my favorite, or my homemade Shrimp Fried Rice, both are really good :)

4. What part of your day requires the most patience? Doing schoolwork or work (except if I'm at the horse barn)

5. What's your favorite shade of blue? I like either a dark blue or a sky blue, both are very different, but are both very very very pretty

6. Do people underestimate you? Ha, nope. Most of the time people will give me something to do, and I'll be back in five minutes asking for something else to do.

7. When was the last time you had butterflies in your stomach? Ha, I don't know - - - Oh a couple months ago, actually it might have been last month at the Prime Rib Dinner for my library. I was helping out, there and also a boy was playing the violin for the library and it was my job to make sure everything was alright and if he needed anything.

8. Can you train a dog to go to the bathroom on a human toilet, and then flush the toilet? That could be useful in my life.

If you enjoyed my answers, go over to From This Side of the Pond by Joyce and link up your answers!

Cae

God Works in Mysterious Ways

So, today at work the internet wasn't working. Luckily I came to work early, and not at noon. Well I turned the mainframe on and I noticed that the internet wasn't connected, or it didn't say it was, but I checked just to make sure. I started Millenium (our circulation system) on and it wouldn't connect, then I checked the internet. If the internet came up, then I would have to call C/WMARS instead of my boss, but the internet didn't come up, so I had to call my boss. By 11:25 I have called every number, emailed, and texted my boss and no response, and the internet was still not working! So, I looked up at the ceiling and said "God, please give Susan some telepathy or make her have to stop by work or call, I need her help right about now. Please." Not even five minutes after my plea to God, the phone rings. I pick it up and answer it, and it was Susan! YES!! She told me to turn the whole power strip off, it powered everything for circ. So I did, basically it was everything that I did, but just clicking one button. So I turned it off and turned everything back on, I turned the computer on and it looked like the internet was connected, so I tried Millenium, yet again and it wouldn't work, so I tired the internet, and sure enough the internet would work. So now it would be a call to C/WMARS. Well I tried Millenium again, and no luck. So I picked the phone up, and dialed Susan's cell, and clicked Millenium, again, and didn't look at the computer. When Susan picked up I go "Hey, the internet works, but Millen-Oh, never mind, it's working now - - -Susan you have these things scared, so whenever I'm talking to you or when you're here they decide to start working." I said, because sure enough the second I was about to tell Susan that Millenium wasn't working, it started working!!!!!

I have to say God must work in mysterious ways, because if it wasn't for Susan calling me at that instant, I wouldn't have had circ when I opened up, and that wouldn't be good!

Cae

Equine Affaire 2010

Yesterday I was blessed enough to have Vicky, the owner of the barn I work at, drive me up to the Equine Affaire over in Springfield, I only had to let the horses out, and muck out some stalls to get the ride. Which is alright by me, so yesterday I spent the whole day surrounded by horses! It was amazing! I even got a bracelet that says Monty on it :)

I was also able to catch the Shire Exposition!! Which is amazing, I absolutely love Shires. They are just so pretty!

Anyways, after the Shires, Chris Cox came out to train a bucking bronc, and let me just tell you he is pretty good :) I loved watching him! After Chris, Leda and I went back to the CNEER barn and helped Vicky and the crew out with Whiskey Lullaby & Beam my Up Scotty, both of them were just amazing horses!! I was even able to bring Whiskey out of Barn C and walk him around for a little bit, Mary was with me, and some brilliant guy decided to let his ramp to his trailer drop - - -Whiskey did not like that! Whiskey is very trailer shy and just the noise freaked him out, so Mary and I had to comfort Whiskey for several minutes. Other than that, it was fun! I absolutely loved it! I can't wait until next year!

Cae

The English Cae

The other day I was thinking about how weird it would be if I were to live in America on an English schedule, that way I would be able to talk to all of my English friends in their normal time, but how would I be able to make this work in America. So I calculated it out yesterday. I would follow my normal routine, but just back it up a couple hours. All of the timing for this portion will be in EST.

1:00am Wake up

7:00am Eat Lunch & go to work*

12:00pm Get home from work*

1:00pm Start dinner

5:00pm Go to bed

*The issue that I run into, going to work is the fact that we are in America, so I would have to go to work at noon and come home at 5 in EST.

Now to translate my schedule into GMT, and this is what you would get.

6:00am Wake up

12:00pm Eat lunch & go to work

5:00pm Get home from work

6:00pm Start Dinner

10:00pm Go to bed

Make this schedule can go with my December 32nd idea ;) Or maybe I could just move to London, I think the latter is the easier of the two.

Cae

Elf Yourself!!!

I couldn't get a better picture of my father, so you guys get the picture of him wearing my sunglasses and not looking at the camera, mainly because he was driving. Hope you enjoy :)

Cae

Flashback Friday

This weeks prompt:

Were/Are either of your parents or other family members active military personnel or veterans? What branch? When did they serve; was it during wartime or peacetime? Did they share much about their experiences with you or others? When you were growing up, was the USA (or your country, for those outside the US) involved in a war? What do you remember about it and how did it impact you? Are you, your spouse, or any of your children veterans?

Neither of my parents are/were in the military, but I've had a lot of family before them that is/were. The most recent one would be a cousin, Bill. He was retired at the time, but was then asked to come back in, to fight the war on terror. Bill did, and well Bill's always prepared, but he forgot a major part when he went to training. He forgot his gun, it was the joke for the family, all of us had to imagine Bill with a plastic gun, not his own. Bill came back a couple years ago, and is doing well.

When I was growing up (Flashback here! Cue the awesome music), well I'm still growing up (Oh, well cut the flashback and the awesome music - - - Well you can still play the awesome music), so the most memorable war, is the one that "is over", well at least the combat part in Iraq, not that I think it's over. But it would be the war on terror, as most people called it. I don't really think it effected me, other then I wanted to know what was happening, why, and it was probably part of that and my parents that got me into politics. I actually have a feeling that terrorism is going to exist, until we find a better way to stop it.

I have thought about going into the service, weather the Navy or the Air Force, but there's always things stopping me. If I do decide to go into any of the armed forces, I'll do it with pride and for my country, or if I decide not to go into the armed forces, I'll be alright. But as I used to argue with my friend who said everyone died in the service. If the president, any president one I like or dislikes, calls upon me to go out and fight for our country for whatever reason, I'll be there, maybe not for the president, but for America.

God bless all of the men and women who have are currently serving or have been in any part of the military!

Cae

PS. If anyone could find the quote about God having a place for Servicemen up in Heaven, that would be greatly appreciated.

Short Hair

Well I did it, I finally cut my hair short. I actually donated it to Locks of Love in Jill's name. You see Jill, my old choir director was recently diagnoised with Breast Cancer, and well I decided to cut my hair for Locks of Love! I absolutely love my short hair! I'm so glad I cut my hair, and it's for a good cause :)

Cae

Wednesday Hodgepodge

Thank you so much Joyce!! So I found this on Linda's blog, linking to From This Side of the Pond, and can I just day, my Wednesday troubles are over!!!

1. Are you more like your mom or your dad?

I don't enjoy this question one bit!! I don't want to be like either one of them, just because I am their child. Well, I have both of my parent work ethic, and I'm told that I sound and look more like my mother, but I have a feeling I'm more like my father in the way that we show are feelings - - - We don't show them at all. I guess I'm truly half and half, and it won't come into further play until I have kids and then I'll be parenting like my parents. Oh no!

2. Do you like roller coasters?

I aboslutely love roller coasters!! That's the whole fun of an amusement part, don't ya think!!

3. How did you name your blog and do you now wish you had thought about it maybe another five minutes before hitting publish? Would you change your blog title if it were not a huge pain in the derriere? (French makes everything sound a little nicer doesn't it?)

YOU SAID THE POND!!! THE POND! THE POND!! Okay, sorry, I've been discussing the fact that some Americans call the space of water between America and England the Pond with my English counselor, whom I call Kim, and I wrote a whole blog post about her here, anyways, back to the question and my answer. Well at the time it was, what it meant, but now that Mom and I don't have much time, I kind of wish to rename it to something that is about me, but oh well. Mom does get on once and a while and I enjoy the name :)

4. What is the best wedding gift you received? Not married? Didn't get any gifts? Then what is the best wedding gift you've ever given?

I think I've only given two wedding gifts that I can fully remember, and they were kind of boring, so they don't really count. Oh well, I guess this is what happens when you're under twenty. Well an epic gift that I would love to receive when I'm married would be a horse! Yes, that is completely right, I just said I wanted a horse! Okay, I'm a little weird, but it would be a great gift :D

5. What bill do you least like to pay?

Cell Phone, okay I don't mind paying that bill, but it's the only one I have currently, so it's the only one that I could answer the question with!

6. Is the glass half full or half empty?

Half full on good days, half empty on bad days.

7. What is your favorite word? Okay okay, calm down. How aboutone of your favorite words?

Phlegmatic, yup, that's a right a word you'll never use in your lifetime, but it's pretty awesome. Don't you think?

8. Insert your own random thought here- A short clip of Kim & I talking on Skype, discussing the world of our parents and ages when we got to do stuff :)

[8:57:35 AM] Kim: 11= 1st hole and phone (just for emergemces as we change to secondary school), 16= 2nd hole, 18= tattoo.

[8:57:58 AM] Kimh: My mum can be very lax, but the rules she does have are inflexable

[8:58:32 AM] Cae: 13 = first hole, 15 = cell phone (I had to pay for it) 16 = learner's permit for driving 18 = FREEDOM!!! LOL probably secon hole 21 = Cruise

[8:58:49 AM] Cae: *cruise & tattoo in a place that can always be hidden

[8:59:41 AM] Cae: My parents have rules, and you decided to break or bend the rule then you're in trouble. Mom's more relaxed over thing than Dad would be, and vice versa

Is that random enough?

Cae ♥

English Counselors + Me + Skype = ♥

This past summer I went to camp, a Girl Scout camp to be exact. And let me just say, most of our counselors were international, and that made them so much more cooler! Well Kim & I got really close, she was really nice and funny and awesome, plus she was at the barn, so we spent most of our time together. For the past two months, I've been trying to get Mom & Dad to talk about Skype, to see if I could have one, yesterday they finally said yes! So I got my Skype, and Kim got hers, and we skyped for most of the American evening. Throughout skyping, I told Kim three stories, we talked about college, and then we were translating American into English, it was kind of funny. The whole time where Kim and I skyped, it was like we were reunited - - -What's that song? Ahhh found the song!!! Well it was the most epic conversation possible, and I absolutely love the fact that Skype is free. Kim, also gave me my superpower for my Google profile! My superpower "silver tounge and everything I read comes to life, Plus I can write my own stories and make them come to life".




Yes, you just wasted about several of you life reading about being reuniting with a Camp Counselor!

Cae

The Story of the Black Book

There once was a women, and this women had a black book, now this black book isn't like other black books. This black book was the calendar book, the one that can fit into her purse, and this black book has all of this womens life! Now one day this women was using her black book, and put it away, but she thought that she left it on the table. Come the next morning, when she couldn't find her black book, she started asking her family if they know were it has gone, and no one knew! The women looked through her whole house! She was afraid that she's lost her black book and that isn't good! Throughout the day, her daughter would ask "Mom, can I go to this on Monday?" and the women would always respond "I could answer that if I had my black book!" and her daughter would respond "MOM! I have no clue where it is! I've looked everywhere for it!" At dinner that night, the women told her family that they weren't leaving the house until someone found her black book, and they all had things to do tomorrow! "Mom" her daughter cried at the thought of being stuck in the house looking for a book that simply just doesn't exist in the house, it wasn't until the daughter remembered that she saw the black book this morning, when she was getting a contact. She walked over to the cabinet and saw the black book. The girl grabbed the black book and brought it to her mom. "Is that what you were looking for Mom?" Her daughter asked, the women grabbed her black book and a chorus of jokes started flying from every direction, the womens husband, her son, and her daughter all had a crack or two at the fact that the women left her black book in the most obvious place, and she didn't even think of looking for it there!

The End

December 32nd

If you could add another day what would you do?
If we took all of the 31st out of the year, and put them all together, what would you do - -No Taxes, no work, a free week, what would you do?

This comes to my family as we were discussing how the year repeats itself, so come the next leap year, I will not celebrate February 28th, I will celebrate December 32nd or January -1st, don't know which one.

Cae

I'm Cae and I Approve This Message - Flashback Friday!

This week's prompt:

What are your memories of politics and the voting process when you were growing up? Did you parents vote regularly? What, if anything, did they teach you about voting? Did you ever go with your parent(s) when they voted? What type of voting system did your town use? What was the first election you remember voting in? Did you or your parents ever campaign for anyone? How does your parents' example/teaching influence your voting today?

Politics! Oh, how much I love them! DISCLAIMER: I cannot vote yet, but I am politically educated (sorry Linda for stating I'm that young!)

Okay, politics. My first major memory would be when Mom ran for 100th District State Rep in CT in 2000, I would campaign with her and we would walk and call and I would check if they were for, against, or undecided. I absolutely loved it! While Mom was campaigning, I met the governor of CT, we have a picture with him, somewhere in the house (I'll have to dig it up). From 2000 as I grew up with my family, everything was about politics, especially during November. I've grown up with two Republican parents, okay one Democrat because he though Mom was a dem, and have followed politics most of my life. I actually can't remember a time when I didn't follow politics. I would love voting with Mom & Dad, especially when CT still had the old voting machines, I loved them! Especially because I could pull the levers down and have them vote for the person they wanted, I also loved the little curtains, that was pretty awesome. Mom lost in 2000 by 1, 232 votes, but she ran a good race and I loved campaigning with her! In 2008 Mom ran again, this time for Tax Collector and was in town, she lost that election by 76 votes, and enjoyed running with her also. During the elections and the months following the election we would always talk about politics, and we still do. You'll hear at least once while at a meal with us something about politics, this morning it was about CT not having a governor, last night it was about the election and how it didn't end up the way we wanted it to. We're always talking about politics, and it's fun to always talk about politics. Just remember that 2026 the first female president will be elected

Cae for President 2026

I'm Cae and I approve this message

Why I Love Work

So while I was at work, I had a usual patron come in. This patron was in middle school and was in last week, finishing up a school report that was due the next day. After the report she came over to me and asked how the cookbook, which was for English. I said that it looked pretty good, and wished her luck. She said that she needed a really good grade on it, because she wasn't doing the best in the class. So back to the present day, when she came in I asked how her project went, she goes "Great actually Cae, I got an A- on it! Mom was happy and was all like 'Oh, great job! This is really awesome'. I didn't think I would get such a good grade on it!"

It was great to hear this, and it made my day, and it also made me realized why I enjoy work so much. It was just another glory of work and how much I love my patrons.

Cae ♥

Elections!

Here I am bloggers, writing to you with less than 5 hours of sleep. Why you ask? Well I kind of stayed up to watch the results for both the MA elections and the CT elections, since I had two friends running and I wanted to know who would be governor. Well both of my friend lost, one lost by 1500 votes, which is close and my other friend lost by only 261 votes, another close race. The governor in CT, well is still undecided courtesy of Bridgeprt and the secretary of state  - - - Who orders 2,000 ballots for a town that have over 64,000 registered voters?! Anyways, I'm still waiting to hear about the governor in CT, but here in MA some times people just can't think when they vote!!!!!!! Deval has been reelected (why, I don't know), Polito lost (why, I still don't know!), McKenna lost (why? Maybe because he was running against Coakley). The three positives that happened last night between 9pm - 12:30am was that Senator Brewer was reelected and Representative Smola won AND The sales tax on Alcohol was voted down (I do not drink yet)!!!!! Oh, and the Republicans have taken over the house*!!!!


*Side note: We could have taken the senate also, if Reid didn't win in Nevada!


Did your state election turn out the way you wanted it too?


Cae

Giving Thanks Day 2

2. I'm thankful for being an American Citizen.

Did you know that it can cost around $15,000 to become an American Citizen, yes you read that number right. $15,000, fifteen-thousand dollars to become an American Citizen. $15,000 can be a down payment on a house! I am so thankful for being born into this country, for being born into freedom, and having a voice and being able to use my voice.

Cae

Giving Thanks

I was reading Mocha With Linda and saw this blog post, and I said you know what! I'm going to give it a try! We, humans, need to be more thankful for what we have. Weather it's for people in your life (like S) or for special things (like Girl Scout Cookies) or maybe it's serious (like having a relationship with God). Anyways, if I'm thankful for it I'll put it up on my sidebar, right under the lovely picture that's above and I'll add something I'm thankful for every day of November. If you would like to do this yourself click here!

1. I'm thankful for books!

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The Cardturner by Louis Sachar

The Cardturner by Louis Sachar, author of Holes, is about Alton, a teenage boy, who is forced to play bridge with his blind, dying, uncle in attempt to get Uncle Trapp Lester, to add his family into his will so all of Alton's family's money problems would disappear. Alton slowly starts to fall in love with the game of bridge while being Trapp's cardturner. Alton starts playing at home attempting to understand the game and become a better bridge player. When Trapp dies Alton doesn't let the game go, and neither does Trapp. Trapp and his first bridge play, Annabell channel there bridge experience through the children. Trapp talks to Alton, while Annabell talks to her granddaughter Toni. The Cardturner is wonderfully written and not only follow's Alton's life and how he's feeling, but also adds in a little bridge. This is a must read book for all genders, and I highly recommend it!

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