Every Little Bit Helps

We have a tradition every year to go and purchase a cart load of turkeys and give them to the food bank. Our parents always do the dinner for us, and we contribute a side dish, so we never need to spend much money on Thanksgiving Dinner.

This year, our boss gave each employee a $50 gift card to Smith's. Again, not having any need to buy a turkey for us, we asked our bishop if there was any need in our ward. He said that there are a few families that are really struggling, lost their jobs, one is waiting for a new heart, and times are rough, any help we could offer would be appreciated. We decided to take our gift cards, since we each got one, and bought a full Thanksgiving dinner for three families in our ward. Smith's just happened to have Norbist turkeys on sale for $8, but limit to one per customer. When we went to check out, and the cashier said she could only do one of the three turkeys for $8, and would have to charge full price (around $30 each) for the other two. We needed three, so that was fine.

The turkeys wouldn't ring up at all. The line was really starting to build up behind us, so she just decided to give each turkey to us at the $8 sale price... little miracles, maybe her heart was touched, I don't know, but we bought 3 turkeys, 3 bags of potatoes, 3 gravy mixes, 3 boxes of stuffing, 3 cans of cranberry, 6 cans of yams, 3 bags of marshmellows, and 3 pies for $87.00!

We even had $13 left over...

We took the groceries over to our bishop, and that following Sunday, he came to us and said that as he was driving to one of the members' homes, he felt prompted to go to a different house than he originally planned. When he gave them the food items, they said that they were praying for something to happen, they were going to be short on money for Thanksgiving Dinner this year.

Can I just say how truly blessed we are... My heart was touched by the spirit after hearing this from our bishop, and I cried throughout sacrament meeting. This is such a special time of year to reach out and help others around you. I feel blessings from heaven pour down on us every single day, hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! We're heading to V-town after we eat with Tyson's fam in the city. Love, Dani

TAG - 7's

I haven't had much to blog about lately, just been super busy as always, so thanks Shalisa for tagging me!

7 things I can do:
1. I can play the piano
2. I can speak in sacrament, teach the entire YW, and have a 2 hour pres. meeting after church all in the same day
3. I can fall asleep on the couch every night by 8:00 PM
4. I can talk to my sister on the phone for hours
5. I can have something going on of every night of the week on a regular basis
6. I can scrapbook, when I have time
7. I can sit on a plane for 16 1/2 hours and not get freaked out

7 things I can't do:
1. I can't wait for Thanksgiving, I get to see my family!
2. I can't wait for this day to be over so I can fall asleep on the couch again
3. I can't stand leaks in our roof, NO FUN!
4. I can't believe how lucky I am to have Tyson as my sweetheart
5. I can't find time to do the things I love
6. I can't wait to go to Costa Rica in February
7. I can't wait to finish the basement in our house (its scary right now)

7 things that attracted me to Tyson:
1. His outgoing personality, he is nice to everyone
2. His genuine love for me
3. His ability to make me HAPPY
4. His power to hold the Priesthood
5. His ability to speak Chinese, I love hearing him speak Chinese
6. His strong work ethic, he is not afraid to get his hands dirty
7. His kind heart, he is a great example to me

7 things that I say most often:
1. Love You Dear
2. What do you want for dinner
3. Say hi to Rooks for me
4. I love my job, I love my job, I love my job
5. I'm just really busy right now
6. Sure, I can do that
7. and that, and that too!

7 favorite foods:
1. Chicken Tica Masala and Oloo Gobi Veggies from Bombay House
2. Veggie Tacos at Chipotle
3. Shrimp Tacos at Cabo Grill
4. Strawberry Whirl from Jamba
5. Homemade Granola
6. Breakfast Burritos (made at home)
7. Fresh Seafood

7 celebrity admirations
1. President Monsen
2. Brad Paisley
3. Oprah Whinfrey
4. Shi LaBeouf
5. Jewel
6. U2
7. Condoleeza Rice

7 people I tag:
1. Nichole W.
2. Brandi
3. Tralina
4. Whitney
5. Liberti
6. Rosanne
7. Amanda C & G

PRIVATE IN A FEW

I'm going to give it another few days, and then, I'm going private. I watched a report on KSL, and it did freak me out a little... I just don't want it to cause any REAL problems, and I feel like this a precaution that I can take... I'll probably make the switch by the end of the week... If you want to be added, and you already haven't left a comment or sent an email, please do in the next few days... Thanks, Dani