Finals Week!!! AHHHHHHH!!!

It's finals week at the U. James has 2 down and 3 to go, plus an internet one due Friday! Wish him luck! James, it will all be finished soon and your first semester of nursing school will be over and done. Hip Hip Hooray.

Also this week and last, I've been wrapping gifts at Grandma's house. She has lots of gifts. It is really fun! I think we just about finished tonight except for a few odds and ends.

Christmas is in 10 days. I still need to get a couple of gifts and I am waiting for two more packages to come in the mail. I hope they get here.

I don't have much else to blog about.

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Later on . . .

It's about 11:00 p.m. now. I wrote this post earlier while sitting downstairs. James was upstairs studying. I decided it was time for me to go to bed, so I went upstairs to see how the studying was going . . .

Apparently it was going juszzzzzzzzzt finezzzzzzzzzzz!

Favorite Christmas Songs

My sister posted some of her favorite Christmas songs. She picked some good ones, but I decided to add to the list.





This isn't necessarily the best version, but Mel Torme did write the song and gets a little help here from Dorothy and toto.



This is THE best version of this particular song.



And my favorite Christmas song about bacon . . .

Army Weekend

James is in the Utah National Guard. Once a month he has an army weekend. He's tried to "shelter" me (in his words) from the guard and the strangeness of it, I guess. Yesterday, though, was a family day with spouse briefings. He said I didn't need to go, but I wanted to go and see what it was all about. We learned about the variety of benefits offered to veterans, family readiness, and financial planning. Here are some tidbits of the briefings.

James is "disabled." I knew that. He has a knee injury that happened in Iraq when he jumped down from a truck. He has filed the proper "medical" paperwork for this injury so that in the event (years down the road) that his knee needs more medical attention, the VA will cover it. He's on a medical "profile" which basically means he doesn't have to do the running portion of the his PT tests because it hurts really bad and makes his knee worse. That we knew. What didn't we know?

There are a variety of services reserved for veterans who are actually disabled in the sense that they cannot work or care for themselves and they need government assisstance. However, there are also a lot of benefits for any veterans who are "disabled" like James is, whether it be from a bullet wound or a messed up ankle from an army softball game. If we fill out a couple more forms, James is eligible to receive 20% off our on our home and vehicle property taxes. He can get a free lifetime national park pass as well as a free lifetime state park pass. He and I both can be buried for free at Camp Williams with a free brass headstone. Cool, huh!

Okay that's all I have to report.

Christmas a little early

As an early Christmas gift, James stole my rings and had them cleaned. They look pretty and very shiny! I like them!

Thanksgiving Weekend!

Wednesday
Amber's wedding party at Maddox's in Brigham City

Thursday - Gobble Gobble! Turkey Day!

--Stopped by Aunt Leeann's to briefly visit the Petersen clan and see her newly remodeled, beautiful kitchen!

--Contintued north to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Binggeli's.

Friday

--4:00 a.m. wake up call and off to the races for black friday. We headed to Sears and loaded up on some door buster tools that James wanted and then continued to drive around and watch all the crazy people stand in LOOOOOOnnng lines everywhere. The only other thing we bought besides tools at Sears was yarn at Michaels and breakfast at McDonalds. Pretty exciting! I have never done this before and don't know that I will ever do it again. I like to sleep in!

--Put up lights and Christmas decorations around our house.

--Went with Willie to see Madagascar 2.

--Went for burgers with mom and dad.

Saturday

-- Decorated Grandma's house for Christmas.

-- Went to see the lights with Annie & family, Melinda & family, and "Team Yellow Ninja Purple Penguins!" Go TEAM!