Stupid Rail Road Crossing Guard Thingies...

here i am once again.... leaving my happenings in space somewhere on/in the internet.....

so it is monday - i was going to make mashed potatoes but never got around to it. (i am trying to prep food for our christmas dinner on wed ahead of time... you know, like thanksgiving....) i have the dressing made. i am adding turkey (15LBS!!!!!), roast beef, mashed potatoes, yams, pumpkin pie, and some sort of veggie(s). i hope i can get it all done - not quite as motivated as last time.

today mom and i stacked up logs. bob cut up the limbs (that fell off the trees during the ice storm) and drug them to the back yard or maybe drug them to the back yard and then cut them up.... (what a task!!! i am overwhelmed just looking at the yard FILLED with stuff. it amazes me how robert deals with these things. it is the grace of God that operates in him...), and piled up the uncut limbs (i sure hope we made it better, i hate doing things to "help" bob and finding out he had a much better plan and i pretty much messed up the whole thing..... i'll learn, slowly i guess but i will learn.). then we went for a short walk - the wind got cold quick so we came back and put on coats, then it was still cold so we just came back.

sam got a nintendo ds for christmas (i think he bought it for himself...) and now mom wants one too. so we went looking for one. they were sold out at the store we checked, so tomorrow we will start a hunt for the item....

once we got home we put in mrs marple and watched two episodes. i really enjoy those shows. again thank you kathy and phil... great stuff.

while running around (driving around .....) we got stuck at a rail road crossing where there was nothing on the rails. no clue what set the thing off.... we just all got stuck there waiting to see - well something - (i was hoping for two men on a cart..... but it was not to be) so cars started to drive around the long stick thingies, under the red flashing lights, and drove over the tracks... we all broke the law... i am wondering if there was a fluke in the power, since there are still places without power. could have been anything i guess. interesting - we went a different way home. i wonder if it is still flashing now... guess i could get in the car and go see. probably won't tho.....

alright that is it for now. have a great night all.