Today was Morgan's Day

I started out my Saturday by waking up at 5 in the morning but I managed to stay in bed until 8 dozing on and off while I listened to CNN. I think there was a piece on about gangs, it made me think how lucky I am that my family and I live in a place where we do not have to hole up as soon as it gets dark or worry about drive by shootings as a way of life. I hope my grandchildren grow up understanding what nice lives they have.

After a quick trip to Target to fill a prescription, it I was off to Morgan's basketball games. It is so fun to see how the girls have improved. They are starting to really understand the game and some of those little girls are real scrappers. They always play two games and Morgan, not really being a morning person, doesn't usually find her legs until the second game. Today she scored in both games! She can be a really good defender too. They won the first game by quite a big point spread. The second game got really exciting. They played Dell Rapids which is a tough team. We lead the whole way but in the last minutes the other team came within 2 points. In the last seconds they took a shot and Morgan saved the day by defending the basket and graping the ball! We were all so proud. I think she has one of the biggest cheering sections and by the way we were yelling you would have thought they won a state championship. I am sure to Morgan the tween it was a little embarrasing. She also not only has to listen to her coach but she also has two wantabe coaches on the sidelines. (Daddy Jeff and Daddy Chris)

On the way home I stopped at the big Goodwill on the east side of town. NO I DID NOT BUY ANY BOOKS. I did not even look at them. Whew .... I did buy som e puzzles. I love to put puzzles together something I inherited from my Dad. Puzzles are expensive if you buy them brand new but only 75 cents at Goodwill. Austen loves to do puzzles too so when he comes to spend time with me it something we can do together, Some of the best talks I've had with him are while we are doing a puzzle. I like browsing the store just to see if there may be a treasure hidden amongst all the junk. I also find the people very interesting. Today there was a whole big family of Amish in the store, they were dressed just like the Amish we saw in PA. I did not see when they left if they were driving, because if they were then they were not Amish-Amish. In PA you never saw them driving but they could take a ride. I also stopped at Best Buy to use my Christmas gift card to buy a laser wireless mouse for my new laptop. Thanks Chris and Nikki!

By the time I got home it was almost time for the Green Bay/Seahawks game. As much as it pains me to say it I wanted the Packers to win. It was snowing so hard that they had guys with shovels working furiously to get the yard lines as clear as possible. Now that is the way football should be played. (As long as I am watching from my couch) One of my co-workers is from Green Bay. She went home this weekend and was going to the game. I thought about her sitting in the stands in the snow. I am happy for her that they won.

I did get some things accomplished today, Got my laundry done, did some cleaning and went to the mall and bought an Ansel Adams calendar. I am kind of picky about my calendar. It had to have pictures I like to look at but more importantly it had to be on a spiral. My choices were fairies or Ansel Adams. Good thing I appreciate Ansel Adams.