I'm not going to be blogging for a while. I need the break. And I don't feel like having my life out here at the moment.

I went to Colorgenics and took the color quiz. It's remarkable how close this is to what I'm feeling in my life.

Thanks to Laura for blogging this site!

You have a vivid imagination and this is good. Great inventors, explorers all had inventive, imaginative minds. Your friends and acquaintances may consider you over-imaginative and given to fantasy or day-dreaming. So what ?... this is a part of your character and charm.

Recently you have been experiencing considerable mental anguish and turmoil. You are bored and discontent. Nothing seems to be going right for you. Even your relationships aren't working out and you don't quite know which way to turn.

You are not an argumentative sort of person and "rather than fight - you'd switch" (an old cigarette ad cliche). But when you try to assert yourself - as sometimes you may try to do - you meet with so much resistance and effrontery that manifests itself so obviously that you become hurt, indignant and resentful. So in order to have peace and quiet ... you tend to become inhibited You keep it all to yourself ...but deep down-you 'feel' and 'hurt' a lot

Presently, you are experiencing stress because of restriction on your independence. You need and seek respect from other people and it is essential that they appreciate you for yourself and not for what they would like you to be. You have your own beliefs and convictions and you would like to be respected for them. You are anxious to avail yourself of every opportunity that may come your way but nevertheless, come what may, you have the need to control your own destiny without imposed limitations or restrictions.

You are anxious about all the limitations to which you are subjected to at this time.... You feel that you are not valued for what or who you are. You need OUT. So why procrastinate any longer .... MOVE!

I got to work this morning and there were 3 messages on my phone. All were from my step-mother. She's an early morning person and instead of bothering us non-morning people at home with a bunch of questions, she phones our work voice mail and pesters that instead. What it all boiled down to is she's ready to do serious Christmas shopping and needed feedback.

Good grief. Christmas shopping!

LLP: Build A Bear has opened a workshop in Salt Lake City! Finally! Laura took the girls and me to their workshop in Denver and we had the best time picking out our bears, stuffing them just right, making a wish on their hearts, and then dressing them to perfection! One thing the girls will be getting for Christmas is a gift certificate to Build A Bear!

I feel like I'm getting off easy for Thanksgiving! I just need to do a couple of raisen pies and an apple/banana salad. Too cool!

It's November. Time to officially start thinking about the nutty holiday season. Thanksgiving will be huge this year. My cousin is leaving on a mission the first week of December, so the whole family wants to get together one more time before he leaves. And my step-mother's family wants to have everyone together, too. And this will all take place at my parents home. We have managed to seat 45 at one time there, so I'm sure we'll all fit. And it will be fun! Just a lot of work.

I wonder how many pies I'm making this year? Ugh.

It's Halloween! Time for trick or treating! Time to get ready to swipe any and all Reeces that my kids may bring home! LOL

A thought: People who can't post a comment on a blog and take credit for it probably shouldn't post their comments. I admire people who can loathe me, dislike me, or whatever and have the courage to let me know their views and actually let me know who they are. They are people to be admired, even with opposing viewpoints. And while I know I'm not admired or respected by everyone, I do have the backbone to post my name with any comments I may make.

I love pithy emails:

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!" (T. D. Jakes)

Stomach flu sucks. Especially when it doesn't go away for days. But I lived and I'm back.