Five Question friday

Five Question Friday!!

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So it has been a very long time sense I linked up and did this hop, mostly because well i get fumbled up on the questions like who wants Debbie Downer to check in on aggh but I am getting over that and I love all the bloggers who do this one weekly so no more sour grapes here I am jumping in and you should too.

1. How many times have you moved and do you have any tips? I am not going to count childhood, I was in foster homes during my teens, I am going with once I had children. 6x's we lived in 6 houses 3 different cities but all in the same county. The house before we moved into our place now I lived in 16 yrs. Tips on the last move, use large black leaf bags for bedding, coats and other bulky items it kept them clean saved room.
2. Do you have a budget for the holidays, or just keep sliding the credit card and have a heart attack in Jan? I try not to use the card for most of the things only some but I try and have a said amount for each child & relative. If I do use credit it always gets paid with the tax return in Feb.
3. What is the one medical thing you avoid like the plague? I hate blood, I am a fainter!! With all my treatments lately my biggest fear is having the port put in for chemo so right now I am allowing Dr.s to do so much extra testing and trails in hopes of no port!!!
4. What your least favorite Christmas song? It depends on who is trying to sing it.....I have some I like but then you have some new pop star or old washed up star who puts out a Christmas album and aaghh butchered a classic.
5. This Christmas are you spending more, less or about the same? Why? I am probably spending close to the same with the excemption of now having a grand baby but I am maintaining control I know babies do not need much so why go overboard just because it is cute I mean there is lots of things cute but i am not hopping no fence to hand them a gift of my leg to munch on.
Happy friday to all..........!

PONDERING WITH A PURPOSE

Pondering with a Purpose - A Disaster...or not

Welcome to Pondering with a Purpose -

 This is Brenda's weekly hop where she posts a prompt and you get to write to it on your - come back here and add it to my linky and then we all get to go read what you wrote!

Brenda started Pondering with a Purpose because -- simply put -- she is a writer - - that is what she do's. This is her words..... (I just can't help myself)! And although I love following all the hops, I wanted to see if I could bring out some creativity in not only myself, but some of my blogger friends as well.

The rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in my sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Come back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list below.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

Disaster - or not?

We had some set backs for our big turkey day of Thanksgiving.....one I did not have a sure count on guest, son was bring a few friends who didn't go home from college over break, then there is room mates that might want to come and of course the agreement of which relative would be less work to invite from my husbands side.

I AM GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT OFF THE PAGE......THIS WAS ONE OF OUR BEST DINNERS EVER IN REGARDS TO OUR CHILDREN ALL GETTING ALONG AND US STAYING CALM!!!! BUT................IT WASN'T A DISASTER FREE DAY!!  my FIL got to be the lucky guest on the hubs side, i like my FIL but he has had a lot of health problems and well had only been released from hospital day before the feast, and it isn't an easy road to our house. He made it and his little dog too ughhh I know about loving the pets etc... but we have big dogs he has lil yapper dog who thinks he is going to start a fight with my big girl who only wants to play, so she is penned he is in the house scaring us about biting the baby (it did happen once grandpa kept a close eye on his lil pal he knew 1st chance that lil yapper was going flying with the help of a clog) so gramps is ill and a lot of work, Janie is still suppose to be in bed rest from her butt breaking on skates and then there is me head cook......i had 3 treatments with the kidney DR they flushed them both out and ran more IV meds full of strong stuff it burned my veins and made me mega tired.I couldn't even pick up my kitchen Aid mixer from the floor where I was unloading it Jillian helped me, she vacuumed, dusted, swepted, put groceries away, and when told I just couldn't do much more that I had forgotten to do the rolls early in the am we had no rolls she was the positive girl keeping me from falling apart. Michael had to drive and get Janie and her family their car is still broke down from our Reno trip so he volunteered. I stayed home and cleaned with Jillian, 2 fainting spells, 1 vomiting, and 2 crying issues yes that was all from me not the child LOL. But by golly we had some dang good food this day and later we had some fun card games and tons of laughter so yes it started bad  stayed most the day a disaster but it did have a happy ending!!

Happy Beautiful Gobble Gobble Day

THOSE WHO ARE SHARING YOUR TABLE SHALL SING.............

We will start with the homemade cinnamon rolls, oh how I love my kitchen aid.

 SENDING ALL MY FRIENDS IN THE BLOGOSPHERE A SHOUT OUT FOR A BLESSED, HAPPY, & SAFE HOLIDAY......GOBBLE GOBBLE I AM GOING TO WOBBLE.

Get Away Give away 6

Thanksgiving First Question #6

 For a trip.  You can check out the details here The Great GET-AWAY Give Away.  It is not too late to join in!  DO IT!

How do you feel about the holidays this time of the year, particularly the ever-melding of ThanksChristgivmasing that is continually being 'pushed' more and more each year?


I hate that it gets earlier and earlier for us to see Christmas stuff out on the shelves. I love Halloween it is my favorite. I love to cook Thanksgiving! But i hate Christmas.....YES it is true go a head throw something out me I really do not feel the need to defend my strong dislike for this Holiday. I love that Christ was born on December 25th but how many know the reason for the season? I love the meal we share on Christmas day. But I hate the presents, the rudeness, the commercial aspects. This Holiday leaves me a mess every year I try.... gosh I try, for the sake of my family, but I can honestly say I have had to do a mental health check in more than once during the month of December. So seeing the Santas and such before I have even had a chance to digest a turkey dinner makes me see red (not talking rosy cheeks red either). I am not a bah hum bug.... I am give without wanting, be happy with what you have, Do not complain for what you did not get and stop to say thank you for Jesus being born that day!