It will be officially Autumn, soon.  Which means like it or not, the Holiday Season is fast approaching. This is a great time to start some family traditions, or to continue some that you may already have.  We have some in our family that we very much enjoy. There were also some that we had started at old employers, that hopefully are continued on. One of the things that we can all do is donate a few hours or our own time to something.  I'm sure that there is something that we're interested in that we can donate time to somewhere. No matter your current situation in life, you can always give a little of yourself and I promise that you'll feel a little better and whether you call if Karma, Blessings, or whatever you will find that you will benefit from it in someway. Whether you do it yourself, with your family, a Scout Pack/Troop/Team/Crew, for a Wood Badge Ticket, whatever it is volunteering especially this year at this time of year is something that we can all do. Check out the Volunteer section of 211ut.org for opportunities in your area.

Remember this? Well, we received a phone call that the matte was ready, so I picked it up tonight. It's a bit of a funky angle, but here's the finished product.

I had to run a few errands this afternoon, one of which was to exchange a few Christmas gifts.  Nothing major, just a couple of items that needed to be adjusted. The weather the last few days has been pretty bad.  I've got about 2' of snow on my front lawn right now, so we waited a little while to go out, but when it just kept on snowing we figured that we had better go before it got any worse. The first was at K-Mart.  I was shocked when we walked in.  There was literally nobody in line at Customer Service, we walked right up to the counter and only had to wait for the customer service representative to finish a phone call that she was on, which took about 60 seconds.  The same thing happened when we approached the counter again to make the actual exchange. If it hadn't been for a little shopping around, we would have been in and out in 5 minutes or less. We went a few other places and eventually ended up at Wal*Mart, where it was a little busier but still wasn't as bad as I have seen the day after Christmas.  We had our exchange taken care of within about 10 minutes. So my question is, was this due to the bad weather or the bad economy or both?

Thankfully they let their Mom and I sleep in a little bit. Merry Christmas!

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