New Blog Site

Yesterday was my first anniversary blogging. It has been an entire year. I thought I would begin some new space for this year. The new site is called "Living Between The Lines" based on a philosophy I have that the real story of our lives plays out in our everyday living. You can find it at http://dannadavis.blogspot.com/ . Please change your information regarding my posts. Thanks.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! And It's My One Year Blogging Anniversary!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

We will be home today, just staying around the house. Kari and the boys will be over for dinner in the afternoon. Then we will watch a movie. I decided on ham and enchilladas. OK, not normally a combo but I was undecided, remember?

It is my first anniversary blogging.

I decided a year ago that if I did it everyday, then I would learn a lot, and I have. There is more to learn. I also have gained very valuable friends. I was able to meet Susan last May when Riley and I went to So California to visit my family.

More Confusion

I need a hug or a kiss.

OK, so beside the state budget bring in a cloud of doubt and gloom, our dean now has proposed the idea that those of us that have the same position title can choose to "try on" a new job and if both people agree they can switch jobs. My head is filled with ideas as to what steps I would take if I were laid off; now I have to decide if there is a better position for me that could buy be better safety than I have now. He said that the two isn't connected, however, the day before he said that "they" could do away with positions that aren't needed in this emergency situation. Bottom line: more prayer Please pray for me as I am going through this process and journey. Thanks

Short Week

I am thankful, like everyone I know, that it is a short week. We aren't going any where tomorrow for Thanksgiving. I will just have something here... but not turkey. We are invited to Sarah and Jason's on Saturday for Thanksgiving dinner. So I don't want to have turkey that close together. Or so much of it. I like it for a dinner and for a sandwich; and then I am done with it for a while. I have been thinking of making enchiladas, or frying chicken, or any one of my family's favorite dishes. I just haven't thought of what it will be yet. Today we have a pot luck at work too. As I write this (the evening before when I got back from the library), I haven't a clue yet what I am bring to that either. Hmmmm.... finger foods? a casserole? I guess that will be a good posting when I finally figure this all out.

Have a great day and a great Thanksgiving Day!

Busy Day... Sorry I am Late

I had to get the boys to the daycare this morning and then drive to Graham to a high school for a visit. So there was no time this morning to post. When I got home this evening, I fed the boys and off we went to the library to storytime. They hadn't had it for two weeks so it has been three weeks since we were there. We need new books etc to read. We also get some DVDs to entertain them during the week, and we were in need of those too.

It was raining pretty hard this evening as we came out of the library. It is cold and dark too. It sort of matches my mood become of the gloom of budget cuts. The president of the college will try to avoid layoffs at all cost but I am not sure how he will be able to avoid it. We are not receiving good news and we don't know what it all means. It is draining. This is the time that I need to spend more time in reading the bible and prayer for direction and peace.

I also borrowed some audio books so that I can "escape" when I am in the car from everything. There is no need think all the time about what the possibilities are which may not even happen. Another way I survive times like these is to take Tylenol PM. It helps you get the sleep one needs which helps too. No use getting sick too. So off to bed I go.

What Did You Do This Weekend?

Twilight

One thing I did that I couldn't have predicted was go to the movies and see the new released movie "Twilight". It wasn't planned. Dave and I knew that this film was popular with the teen girls, that it was about vampires, and it was filmed in Forks, WA. It was the movie being filmed in Forks, WA that peeked our interest. Forks isn't that noticeable of a place. But after this movie, it may be as popular as Roslyn was with Northern Exposure. So off we went to the AMC in Kent.

Actually, the movie wasn't bad. If anyone was looking for blood, guts, and horror it isn't found in this movie. There was one battle scene that there was a little bloody. But believe me, I hate horror films and this was very tame for science fiction. It was mostly a love story about Edward (Interesting name... such as Edward Scissorhands?) and Bella (Beauty and the Beast?). OK, I'll admit that as a graduate of English Literature I couldn't stop analysing the elements of the story. It was just too easy but it was all and all not a bad movie... and I was surprised.

There were a few things that they changed as far as vampires go... Edward and his family are good vamps, not wanting to kill anyone. They try to control their urges. Edward seems to be the best at it, if you know what I mean. So that makes him good because he puts the welfare of others before his own. He glows in sunlight, rather than sleeping in a coffin. He never sleeps in fact. He doesn't seem to have bat wings but is super hero fast. He is the beautiful side of evil which makes him attractive. Forks seems to be the right place because of the cloud cover and space.

So, this movie isn't one about what goes bump in the night. Like I said, it wasn't too bad for a flick that is getting the attention of the girl teens mostly.

While we were at this movie, there was a shooting at the South Center mall which we go to the new movie theater a lot, the last time was a few weeks ago. There was a fight... then a gun came out and two people were shot. One of the two died and the other 15 year old boy was critical but will now live. Once I heard that, I let Kari know that I wasn't at that mall but in Kent. She too had gone to the movies and they were at Kent too. Thank goodness.

Sunday

It is Sunday and we are doing the family things we like to do. Church... and tonight I am baking a roast for us to eat together. It isn't even Thanksgiving yet!