John Stossel

It all started when ABC aired 20/20. I have been a dedicated viewer this TV program for many years, it has been a fact that I primarily watched it because of John Stossel. (He joined 20/20 as a consumer-affairs reporter in 1981. His profile grew as his opinioated libertarian-flavored advocacy, running against the grain of traditional broadcast journalism, drew both wild adherents and wild detractors. He defined consumer affairs in an assertively broad way: global warming, health care, civil liberties, social security, free trade, anger management.)

I have liked his contrary attitude, he seemed to look at reporting from a pessimistic or critical vantage point to the normal point of view.

I'm not sure about his jump to FOX Broadcasting, but his program will aire for one hour on Thursday evenings. Click here to read more.

I AM HAPPY-I will be watching.......

Living Christmas

I've spent many years thinking about this magical holiday.

The colors, the fun; the

music, the smells of

special foods, the secrets, crackling fires,

the greeting cards, Santa, all get me feeling very happy.

When I was young my parents made this season

so memorable and festive. It was very hard for me to

contain the secrets of what was wrapped under the tree,

so many times I un-wrapped my presents.

Christmas Day was the ultimate in love, laughter and

pure joy of getting that

one present that only Santa knew about!

~

Because I come from a large family;

(I am the middle child of five siblings).

The excitement of that day was filled with opening presents,

playing games, and lots of food. My parents would loads us

kids in the car and off we would go to visit friends.

(my parents families lived in another state).

These traditions and memories have helped me

celebrate this holiday with my own family.

I have done Christmas every which way I could think of...

~

I heard a thought today, that was so wonderful,

I thought I would try doing it this Season, it is;

"Living Christmas" instead of how we celebrate it.

Remembering the Saviour

His life and mission on this earth

His unconditional love he has for me

and for all the inhabitants of this world.

What an astonishing gift He gave to us!

Here is my inspiration for today,

"I believe that the eternal lesson of

Christmas is to inspire us to use our God

given gifts to build a better world".

Norman Vincent Peale

Social Darling Frock GROSGRAIN GIVEAWAY!!!!

Social Darling Frock GROSGRAIN GIVEAWAY!!!!

Camera.....ACTION!!

Here is the deep fried turkey my

son-in-law Todd

cooked for our Thanksgiving Feast!

(it really did taste good, we didn't keep the skin on)

Here is the Gang getting ready to

play "Nerf Wars"

aka "Joel's Angels"

One of the Crazy photos we took for our Christmas Card....

(is this family ever serious)?

Stand By Please...

I just got back from a relaxing warm respite in Houston.

My family feast was the best..wait until you see the pictures of the

turkey my son-in-law cooked.

We had a great time together, I have never acted so kiddish!

-Wait until you see those pictures..

On the subject of pictures we took our families annual Christmas card picture..

that was a very creative hour and half..

you'll laugh when you view those pictures!

With my new job, I am finding that I have hardly any time to blog :(

so..stand by.. while I get caught up.

No Self Control

Can you guess what this is???

That's right..

An Autumnal Delicious BYU Bookstore Carmel Apple!

I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL WITH....

Tell me what is your temptation?

The Book

I finished reading the

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Interesting name...

..I really enjoyed it.

This week I am my Book Group Facilitator.

This is how I imagine what some

of the characters in this

book would be cast if

they made this into a motion picture.

~

Juliet Ashton (Amy Adams)

Sidney Stark(Colin Firth)

Markham V. Reynolds (Matt Damon)

Dewsey Adams (Viggo Mortensen)

Isola Pribby (Shelly Duvall)

Kit (Abigail Breslin)

she is too old for this part, so the BBC will have to

cast someone like her in this role.

Amelia Maugery (Judy Dench)

~

There are so many characters that were strongly

developed in this novel, too many to blog about, they all

had unique personalities and had interesting backgrounds.

I give this book a 4 star rating and a left thumb up!

Read any interesting books lately?

P.S.

This is my 250 Blog Post!!