Stars in the heavens...

I got up at 5:30 this morning. I usually look out the bedroom window to see if I can see the stars. There is something so awe inspiring about looking up in the night sky. I wasn't disappointed. The stars in the heavens this morning were brilliantly shining. It actually took my breath away. Orion was right there just outside my window. I wish the boys would have been awake to see it. Once I figured out the constellations - I have always enjoyed watching for them.

We are truly a blessed nation...

"We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."

---Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation

Cub Scout Pow Wow

I just got back from the most amazing fun filled informational day ever! I got to go to Cub Scout Pow Wow with my Assistant Den Leader and the Webelos Den Leader and a Committee Chair member. We carpooled over together and had such a blast visiting on the way and back home again. I took all kinds of great classes like Wood crafts, edible crafts, crafts on a budget, skits and run-ons, Cub Scout science and awards for scouts and leaders. I even won a canteen at the end of the day! Woohoo! I got some great ideas for day camp this coming summer and I am so excited!

Friday morning flood update

You are probably wondering what OneBite has to do with flooding. Well...there are three farms surrounding us. Two across the river and the other across the fields. When it floods the rats/mice become displaced. We have discovered they like to come to our garage and house. In the past three weeks we've had the unwelcome critters in the house. Ew. We've been told this stuff will get rid of them. I should hope so.

As of lunchtime today - the river is sitting just below the banks. It sure left the fields nice and green though.

Dropping the boys off at the bus stop this morning. I took a picture of the water markings on this road sign and fence pole. It's about 4 feet from the ground.

The field this morning about 7:05. Driving the boys down the road.

The other side of the road - just across from the above picture. Our neighbors yards are still waterlogged. Ours luckily didn't get that deep. We actually didn't have much at all in the front.

Got Turkey?

I made cranberry sauce today. I am all ready for Thanksgiving now!