Music, Lights, ACTION!

Guest poster, Genius Golfer, has a grand announcement:

With all of the time on my hands recently, I've been putting it to good use. Last year The Boy and I decided to hit the after Christmas sale at WalMart and a few other stores and purchase a bunch of lights and some Christmas trees. We finally got most of the lights up and have everything hooked up and sequenced to music. He did one of the songs (Amazing Grace -Techno) sequenced to lights and music and did a good job. Last night was the first night that the show was running. The light show runs continuously from 5:30 pm until 11:00 pm on Friday/Saturdays and 5:30pm until 10:00 pm on the other days of the week.

We did get a few donations to help out our friends Rick & Tammy. Tammy was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in March of 2007 and she was given 2 to 5 years to live. She has already lost all movement except for being able to hold her head up while laying in a bed 24/7. She has been amazing to watch and Rick has done a good job too being home most of the time to take care of her and their three daughters.

We would love for each of you and your families to come and see the show if you can. Please pass this on to your family and friends. We want to get as many people out to see the show.

You can visit our web site (http://www.camdebuck.com/) for more information. It's still a work in progress and there is more information that I would like to put on it. This whole project has taking a lot more time than I thought it would take (and anyone who knows me, knows that everything takes 5 minutes to complete). I'm hoping to launch a new website in the next few days, but we'll see how that goes.

We are located at the following address: 318 North 300 West (mapquest will return 318 Allenhurst which is correct as well), Pleasant Grove, UT 84062.

Happy Holidays to everyone.

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

I am not sure what the big deal is. Black Friday, I mean. I am the first one to get excited about a great deal, but not to the point of physically harming someone. Did you hear that a 34 year old WalMart employee in Long Island was KILLED by a trampling mob this morning?! What is the deal?! Is this what our society is coming to?

I didn't bother today. I did look at the ads, but nothing seemed worth dealing with people. So I slept in. It was great--I think I am fighting off a head cold and the sleep was just the ticket. I don't enjoy the big crowds of people anyway, and when they are whipped into a frenzy over a super cheap DVD player, they are even less appealing.

I hope your plans went well today--regardless of how you spent the morning. The way the economy is going, I think there may be good deals right up until Christmas Eve. I'll check those ones out while kids are in school and people are back to work. Otherwise, I'm with Maxine here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

May you find many additional blessings in your life today as you pause and appreciate all with which the Lord has blessed you.

Eat up!

Just a Thought...

I laughed and laughed when I got this from a friend. You have probably seen it, but it was still worth sharing. Happy Thanksgiving Preparation Day! We are dining with my aunt and cousin and her family today--preparatory for the whole FamDamily Event tomorrow with Genius Golfer's family. I'm delighted as that is 2 days wherein I only have to make minimal portions of dinner and I get to eat PIE!

The British Are Coming!

This long weekend--yes, I realize it is only Tuesday, but you KNOW it is out there--brings with it some of my favorite people. My British friends! Perhaps you know them too:

The Bennett Sisters....

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy....

Jane and Rochester...

And that woman who played Scarlett...ah, yes. Vivian.

I am looking forward to spending the weekend with these lovely people, listening to their lovely accents, and hearing the wonderful language that modern day has forgotten. With any luck, I will not have to leave the house after Thursday evening and can curl up with a really, really big Diet Coke and a vat of hot buttery popcorn and waste the hours away, with friends who appear on DVD. That is my idea of a great, lazy holiday weekend.

Maybe I shouldn't have so much time to think about it. It is making today and tomorrow and Thursday so much longer.

I'm Thankful for My Friends

I don't think you can really read this little sign. What it says, I really feel. I'll translate to larger font for you:

There are women who make things better simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference and women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who -- through strength and courage--make it through. There are women who change the world every day...women like you.

Before the frantic Thanksgiving shopping and preparations this week; before the kiddos all are released from school tomorrow afternoon and your plans feel hopeless; before you have to deal with family issues you might rather not want to, stop and take a deep breath.

I appreciate all you do in your lives. You do things that affect me for the better and my family for the better. You make my life easier and more graceful. You create beauty and joy wherever I find you. You point out good things in others and encourage me to do the same. I thank you for being my friends. And I thank our Heavenly Father above for the gift of friendship in you.

What a Plus!

I was invited to join 20 other ladies from an adjoining stake--most are PTA friends--to go to the movies and see Twilight last night. I had read the books, and like Harry Potter, I knew the movie would never be as good as the book--though it was still not Harry Potter for me.

The draw for this outing was the 20 other women. This is not a group I socialize with outside of school. Once in a while I get to have lunch with one or two of them, but that is it. 20 moms doing something just for fun together is a great idea. On the way home, one of the moms even mentioned that we really should do this type of thing more often.

I admire each of these ladies for different things they do. The beautiful part of last night was there was not a negative word said, that I heard at least. At times, let's face it, women get together and it is all negative. It was so refreshing to have it be only a positive evening together.

So, Thanks Wendy, for orchestrating all of us going! It was great fun and the movie was pretty good too.