excuses, blessings and things.

Oh my goodness, it's been forever since I've put my fingers to the key board in order to write on the blog! Pintrest has been the death of the blog for me. I sit at night and while Scott it chatting away, or while the TV is playing one of my shows, I sit and browse Pinterest. I like it and it makes me happy to find new and interesting things. But it sure has cut into my blogging time.

Time has continued to go by and I can hardly believe it's NOVEMBER! I'm enjoying the cooler weather, walking in the mornings with a friend, working a little and chasing kids around doing the things that they do, (like band and volleyball.) One of the benefits of Pinterest is that I have tried a few new recipes and began a few projects that I'm particularly excited about. These two months, November and December usually go by with such speed that I can hardly even enjoy them. But I seem to be more relaxed than in years past and I think I may even have a little holiday spirit about me.

Our Thanksgiving will be spent here at home. Last year must have done me in, because back then I made note in my calendar that I would NOT go out of town for Thanksgiving! And I'm staying true to that! (Although I thought for a minute that we may have to go up to Utah if Kendahl couldn't make it down here.) We plan on having Thanksgiving right here in our home and inviting family over if they wish to spend it with us. I hope for a nice calm holiday!

On facebook lots of people are sharing daily the things they are thankful for. I don't know why, but I didn't get into doing that. So I'll just take a moment to share some things that come to mind. Tonight I am thankful for music and singing. I was called to be the choir director in our ward, and quite frankly, I was not too excited about it. I like to sing, but I have never directed a choir and I didn't trust my ability to take that on and also to have to be in attendance at church through the holidays. (Mostly because I like to travel to Mesa and I want the abililty to go if I feel the need to go.) I was also afraid that no one would come to choir and I was not looking forward to bugging everyone to death to PLEASE come. I hate selling stuff, and I don't want to have to sell choir to a ward full of talented people that apparently don't see the need. So with those apprehensions I went forward anyway. Today was a really good experience. Standing in front of the choir who stands to sing is intimidating. Pretending that I know enough to bring them in at the right times and that I know how seemed intimidating also. But it is also powerful.  Tonight I got to go sing at a practice with the Stake choir. It was wonderful. The music is beautiful and inspiring. I love to sing. I was saying a little prayer during it that I could keep my voice. It is seeming to get more fragile as I get older and it kinda makes me sad. I hope it sticks around for a few more years because I sure enjoy using it!

That's it for now. I'll try to be more thankful through the upcoming weeks and to share those thoughts too!