The Six of Us

What do you like to do to celebrate an accomplishment? Eat out.  Really it is the best way. 

What's the best purchase you ever made? Our van.  We bought it almost eight years ago.  It had 50k miles on it.  Now it has 185k miles.  No major issues and a only a handful of small ones.  I found it and negoitated the price and bought it with no help with my husband.  Because I am cool.  :) 

If you're celebrating Thanksgiving today (or even if you're not!), tell us about the best cook in your family. Hands down my Brother in Law.  He is great.  He doesn't cook as much as he used to but he can look at just a few things and throw something great together.  He has taken over cooking Thanksgiving Dinners and we appreciate his effort.    He doesn't seem to cook as much as he used to maybe because he is now offically apart of the family. 

Do you think it's better to be a recognized expert for one thing, or known to be really good at lots of things? Good at several.  I don't think we were put on the earth to do just one great thing.  I think we were put her to do many good things.  We all have many talents some are more noticable then others but we can all do lots of good things.  If we master one thing then we should move on to something else to get better at. 

Who is an expert you admire and why? There are so many people who are experts in different things that admire.  I admire people who are organized.  People who can keep a clean house.  I admire people who are calm and don't get easily frustrated. 

I was feeling guilty about something that happened.  I got some good advice and pretty much I have decided that I am done feeling bad and guilty. The advice several people gave is you are playing a game you can't win. Stop playing.   I wanted to win I really did.  I had no idea what the rules were and I thought I had them figured out and thought I was winning but then it was made clear I was not. It wasn't game to me it was my life,  I lost a few times.  I lost big,  But I thought I could keep trying and that after a while those loses wouldn't matter because I was getting better at the game. Then I got some information regarding something and then it hit me...I was putting more time and energy into the game then anybody else.  Nobody else cared about me winning and I think some people wanted me to lose.  So I am done,  done playing done feeling like it wasn't good enough, like my best wasn't enough.  I g...

A few weeks ago Lee text me this story.  One evening, an elderly cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. he said "my son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. one is evil. it is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. the other is good. it is joy, peace love, hope serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." the grandson though about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "which wolf wins?..." the old cherokee simply replied, "the one that you feed"  One I have heard 100 times but one that I needed at that moment although I didn't know it.  There have been several situations that have happened these past few weeks and I keep thinking of that story and I have to remind myself which wolf I am feeding. There ...