Halloween is over...almost

It's Sunday afternoon, and since everyone does "trick-or-treating" on Saturday night, we're done.  Well, not exactly.  I decided to buy play dough this year, and with all of the "trunk-or-treating" in our neighborhood, not very many went out.  We had approximately 15 kids, and that was in two groups!  Sooooo, I now have tons of cute little tubs of colorful play dough.  I guess you all know what we're sending you for stocking stuffers, huh?
I returned from the Sadie Hawkins dance around midnight last night, and was it ever tiring.  I still have a headache from the extremely loud music.  The kids were well behaved, so there wasn't a lot to do.
Now I just have to finish grading one class of essays, so I can get them into the grade book, since we have Parent/Teacher Conferences Tuesday and Wednesday....oh, yay!
We saw another fun movie the other night.  It was "Red," and we really liked it.  I can't get over what a great character actor John Malkovich is.  See the movie for his acting, if for no other reason.

What a fun day!

Well, to tell you the truth, my title ("What a fun day") is a bit tongue in cheek.  We're going to the first game of football playoffs this afternoon at my high school.  I, again, am posing as the big, scary, security person at the north end of the track.  Let this be a warning..."DO NOT WANDER ONTO THE TRACK, NOR OUR BELOVED PINE VIEW CEMENT SIGN THAT LIES JUST BEYOND THE FENCE."  I will have to remove you.  This I do by saying, "Please move."  I'm pretty scary, and those 3-12 year-olds know that.  Some of them try to test me by sneaking back on the rocks, but I take my responsibility seriously, and yell, oops, ask them to leave once again.  (In my mind I'm thinking: where the heck are your parents?)  In this PC society, I must remember these adorable children may not have parents (at least with them, at the game).
It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously (forget what I mentioned above).  Hopefully Pine View will make it to the semis.
Tonight, I have the privilege of chapperoning  the Sadie Hawkins Dance from 8:30 - 11:30.  Fun. This is the high school dance that is the craziest to attend.  Kids tend to get a bit weird (as if weird and high school kids don't go together).  Wish me luck!

We Need to Listen and Think

This comment is in response to Ben.  I love you Ben, and I want you to understand that in the 30s, in Europe (especially Germany), much of the population were sucked into the charismatic rantings of Hitler, promising everything, then taking everything from the populace.  Read your history, and since I teach English and my students are currently reading a Holocaust memoir, I have done a lot of research on the Nazi lies.  It is not Rush and Beck and others that are lying to us, they have done their research and base what they say on historical facts, and most importantly, the Constitution of the United States. Whew! I hope I didn't offend anyone, but I'm really worried about the lies of Obama and those he listens to.  The truth is Obama is just a puppet, and if you do some research you'll find out just who  is pulling the strings.
By the way, Beck's religion is not why I listen to him.  He would be the first to not use his religion to get people to listen.  He's just wanting Americans to do their research.  I also listen to Hannity (who's Catholic), and Levin (who's Jewish) and a few others who don't profess a specific religion.  I think I'm smart enough to make my choice of who I believe based on what they say, not necessarily what religion (or not) they are.  Love you, Ben.
I think I'll go to bed, now...night, night.

It's election time

All of  you out there who are old enough to vote (that's sort of funny, since the only ones not old enough to vote are either my students or my grandchildren :), don't forget to VOTE!  Even if you think your vote won't count, it will.  There are so many congressional seats, as well as a few governor's up for re-election, that if we want to take back that which was taken from us in 2008 (it wasn't really taken from us, we gave it away with our lack of voting, or who we voted for).  Anyway, let's do what we, as Americans have been able to do because we are a republic...vote for those we want to have represent us.  I'm concerned about our financial future and the future of my children and grandchildren.  I know I must sound like Glenn Beck or Hannity, or Limbaugh, but I'm ok with that. 

And Secretariat Wins by 31 lengths!!!

Oh yeah, Bill and I just returned from the movies, and we saw such an amazing one.   It was "Secretariat" and I heartily recommend it to anyone and everyone.  The audience actually applauded at the end, even though most of them probably knew the ending, since it was the true story of the horse, Secretariat and his amazing journey to win the triple crown. (whew, that's a long sentence) Bill and I laughed out loud, cried, and were just so grateful they still make movies like this.  GO SEE IT!!!

General Conference

Well, Conference is over, and so is the relaxing, and spiritually uplifting talks by the General Authorities.  We all have our favorites, besides Elder Packer's, I really liked President Eyring's.  We were able to watch all of Conference, with Logan and Vicki and Mariah and Jeremy with us on Sunday, celebrating Jeremy's birthday (late!).
During Sunday's afternoon session, I got a call from Lauryn, asking me if we were watching Conference.  At first I thought it was Jacob, and, after the second time I said Jacob, she corrected me quite forcefully with "grandma, this is Waryn!" Lauryn is still pronouncing her L's like W's, so I apologized.  Last year Jacob called me to see if we were watching General Conference, so I thought it was Jacob, again.

Happy October.  I would love a picture of all our grandkids in their costumes.....please.