Presidential Election 2020

I'm sorry for missing some days.

I haven't been feeling my best (emotionally) and I was having a difficult time motivating myself to write.

I am so tired...In fact, I'm falling asleep as I write this.  I don't know how long I will last.

I'll make this short.

Tuesday was the Presidential Election.  Today is Friday, and there is still no winner!  Biden is ahead by about 4 million votes, however, so he has basically won.  Although President Trump has not yet conceded the race, nor will he until there is a re-count.

I am seriously falling asleep as I write this...I will have to finish tomorrow.


Today is Saturday...and there is an official President-Elect!  Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States and Kamala Harris will be the next Vice President, the first women vice president ever elected.  Pretty exciting!  I find it so strange that so many people are so unhappy about this.  Granted, I didn't vote for Trump or Biden (I just couldn't make up my mind, either way).  However, I must admit that I'm happy with the outcome of the election.

I'm sorry that I have been missing in action as far as this blog is concerned.  But I am trying.  And it is better to write something than to not write anything at all.

This week was difficult for some reason.  I had a hard time motivating myself to do anything.

Today was a good day.

After chores we went to town.  We walked around the mall and a few other stores.  We didn't buy anything, but the kids liked window shopping.  Personally, I don't enjoy window shopping.  I typically like to only go shopping if I have a list and a purpose for being in a particular store.  I don't like to dilly- dally when I shop.  But, I do waste time at dollar stores (there is always something there that I want, ha ha).  I also really love shopping at the Goodwill's or Deseret Industries (only in Utah).  I always find treasures in second-hand stores in Utah.

Anyway...

Mason was sad today.  I hurt for him.  Sometimes he has days where is suffers from anxiety and depression.  It breaks my heart.  He is the sweetest little boy and I wish that I could just cuddle him all day long.

I can hardly believe that Christmas is coming in about 6 weeks.  I really look forward to decorating for Christmas and I'm a little sad that I won't be able to this year.  I might just be able to put up my Christmas tree...and that's it.  I love my Nativities, but I usually put them in the library.  If Jon's parents are still living here than I don't know where else to put them.

Here are some pictures of the week:

Lizzie and her "Edna Mode's"!  She cracks me up!



Mason was practicing his magic today!



I did a few crafts with Caitlyn and William yesterday.  Sometimes I'm a good Mom, ha ha.  I was really good at doing crafts with Lizzie and Bryce...but I have lost my touch over the years.








Since we are reading Mormon 7 this week (Mormon's last words), I thought it would be fun to make our own "Gold Plates".  We made some and everyone will be writing their "last words" on them.  When they are done I will take pictures of each page.

William thought it was cool that we had our own gold plates!




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