fly me away

We're supposed to be leaving tomorrow afternoon for NC to spend the holidays. Today the flights out were cancelled (yes all of them - there are usually 3 I think), and now I'm worried about tomorrow. Will there be ice? I heard the reason flights were cancelled today was due to ice & fog. And I was checking Seattle to see how their airport was doing and they have many many cancellations... we have a connection there. So I'm worried.
I hate snow, I hate the freezing cold. When we leave here we will do all we can to not get stationed somewhere that it snows & freezes, it's such a pain in the arse.

moon me

Friday morning as I was taking the kids to school at about 8:45, the sky was so clear & the moon so beautiful. So I drove "out of town" and took some pictures.

As I was driving back home, I noticed the mountains behind the post office and loved the lighting.


When I was waiting for the boat to come in on Friday morning (around 10:30), the sun wasn't over the mountains yet, so it was "dark" where I was but the sun shining on the mountains.


(can you see the boat coming?)
And I'll end with the moon on Friday night...

Giving

Is it bestter to support a cause whole-heartedly or to spread the love to many different causes? I sometimes feel a bit frustrated that there is so many very worthy causes, but I only have so much money to give.

I watched the CNN Heroes show last week (I know it was on on Thanksgiving, but I DVRed it), and it really moved me. I bookmarked several of the websites from the charities featured.

I try to remember to click on the breast cancer site & the related sites every day, freekibble.com, and when I have a few minutes I like freerice.com (I just learned that fecundate means fertilize).

I was thinking the other day about how we have so much "stuff", and I think I'm to the point where instead of gifts and more *things* I'd like donations or gifts in my name to different charities. My dad has always given a donation to Heifer International in our names - at least since my brother & I were kids.

So what do you do to help others? What causes/charities do you support? Or if you don't donate, what are some charities you've heard about?

Of course we all know that Thanksgiving just passed, but since we had bad weather here the internet was only working off & on and I didn't write my "thankful" blog.

I am thankful for my husband. He does so much for our family, and although it can be very hard having him away when his boat has to go out it makes us appreciate him that much more when he comes home.
My kids. They have their ornery moments but they are great kids.
The U.S. Coast Guard. They pay the bills, keep a roof over our heads, food on our table, and thankfully we don't have to worry about lay-offs.
Our families. Jeff & I were both blessed with awesome parents and I thank God for that every day. There's nothing that any of them wouldn't do for us.
My friends. If it weren't for the totally awesome friends I have made here, I would be completely insane. This is a small town and there's not much to do, so we hang out a lot, we support each other and that is especially importnat when the boat is gone.