Thank You to the person who loves me very much.......

I went and got my haircut today. It's been a while-April- since I got my hair done. When she was finished cutting my hair she said, "Someone who loves you very much already paid for this." She said the person wanted to be anonymous etc..... I almost starting crying right there in the salon. Wow! How amazing is that? It totally made my day and is driving me nuts about who could have done it. I know at least four people who also get their hair done by Susan and two of those four I know for sure have been in her salon this week! So first I was in shock that someone actually just did that for me-Thank You So Much! But as the day has gone on and I've been trying to figure out the mystery of WHO did it.....I've been flooded by the realization that it could have been any one of many people and how blessed am I that that is the reality of my life. So thank you to the selfless person who loved me enough to remind me of how loved I am, and my hair looks great too!

Love back to you,


Cheryl

Prairie Halloween

I was listening to the "Prairie Home Companion" today on the radio. For some reason they were talking about Halloween on September 9-my kind of show. The speaker was talking about people protesting "Halloween" and a local school district changing the name of the Halloween celebration to "Fall Festival"-something I consider ridiculous, and so did they. He went on to say that when he was a child the kids all looked forward to Halloween and the excitement of dressing up. He finished his story with a quote I enjoyed. He said, "I guess when I was a kid we just weren't brought up in good Christian homes. We thought it was better for good people to pretend to be bad instead of bad people pretending to be good."


23 days until Halloween Decorations go up!

I LOVE Blockbuster Online

I had a gift card for Blockbuster so I decided to take the kids to the Blockbuster store. I planned to get them a movie and me my own movie. I loaded all three of them into the car, drove there, unloaded them, kept track of them while I looked for a movie. Then I took them to the kids' section to look. Of course, Brother Bear 2 and Hoot were both completely sold out. The girls each chose a movie. Then Jack was the tie breaker vote. He picked Loredana's movie then ran off down the aisle. I chased after him, returned the video games that he had knocked to the ground and carried him to the counter which is completely surrounded by candy. Emma was not right next to me so I looked around and found her sulking by the kids' movies because she didn't get to rent the movie she wanted to rent. Meanwhile, the guy was running my gift card, Jack was picking up all kinds of candy and Loredana was snatching it back out of his hand and returning it to it's proper place. Jack was freaking out because Loredana kept telling him that he was not getting candy, so I had to go get him and hold him while I finished checking out. Emma started asking if she could get candy or gum or something as a consolation for not getting to rent her movie of choice. The guy told me that I owed him $2 something because each movie costs $4.00.

As I walked out of the store I quickly remembered why I NEVER used to go to Blockbuster. I also realized the genius of Blockbuster online. I choose movies for myself and my kids. Then it's a surprise when they arrive in the mail. There is no voting on movies. There is no candy aisle. There is no in and out of the car. Monthly it is less than $20. It is so worth it! I love Blockbuster online almost equal to the amount that I hate regular Blockbuster.