BIG BIRD SAYS.......

In all my 80 years I have ever seen grown men act like they are acting this presidential political campaign season.  We vote in less than a month......then what will I blog about?  I guess "old age" as that is what I know most about.
Baby sitting the Cooks all week, having a lot of fun.
I don't know how Big Bird got involved in the fight.....I guess someone just doesn't have a platform to run on???? All you hear from Obama's speeches, is "I".  He views his election as a blank check to power. Looking forward to the big V-P debate tonight....Bidden and Ryan. I love the following piece from the paper.  ''The President has been totally corrupted by power. His already excessive self-regard has grown out of control thanks to an entourage of yes men, a fawning press and the the presidential bubble.   He actually believes in the messianic cult of the "Black Jesus" that surrounds him and has a Nobel Prize to authenticate his personal exceptionalism".  The result is that Obama is no longer capable of dealing with ordinary disagreement and difference,  Honest disagreements are beneath him.......so he calls Romney a liar and drags poor Big Bird into it.  It is the business of a King clinging to power....He thinks "It's good to be King."

THINK POSITIVE.....

Why is it so easy to think negative instead of try and find the positives in our lives. We have to work on approaching a change from a negative point of view to a positive one.  This is not easy, but when all is said and done I see God knew all the time what he was doing.  I guess the best approach is just stay open and know God is in control.  If you can and will approach that change the winds that you thought were against you will actually push you to your divine destiny.
I knew my "X" was keeping me from being my best.  But, that vow I made "for better or for worse" kept getting in the way.  But now I see God knew best and lead him out of our marriage and forced me to move forward on my own.  He knew what was best and wanted me to reach my full potential.  God knows if he didn't close a door that I would never have the incentive to move ahead.  After 30 years things would never change and I would have even less self-confidence and self-esteem. God had something better in store for me, what I really deserved and was sent here for.  So don't fight change-----embrace it and see what God has in store!  I have finally become the best me and a better mother, friend, grammie.
I'm not sure about that word "OR".....It indicates you have to make a decision.

CONFERENCE AND GRANDKIDS......

Conference in Salt Lake CIiy is always big......so our town is full of people from all over the world. The big news was missionaries can now go on a mission at 18, girls 19.  That is so much better, that year between high school  graduation and the 19 birthday is such a waste, and many change their minds.
This being said, my daughter and husband took off to Lake Powell for the weekend and Brayden and Kennedy spent the weekend in Salt Lake with Gram. Brayden and I had some good visits while Kennedy watched Sponge Bob Square Pants.  We went shopping, had lunch at Costco and  went to see "Hotel Transylvania". They spent one night with their favorite cousins....the Cooks.
Bray called me when they got home so I know hey made it back to Vernal safely.  The boys brought Lilly Lou.....the big dog and  Sherrie  took Macy with them.......thank goodness.   It is their water skiing dog!  Love this family picture, Bray getting Eagle Scout Certificate and Ken is due to get his by Christmas.  Alex has his and is on a mission in Brazil.  I am proud of my grandchildren.

HOROSCOPE.......

MY HOROSCOPE FOR THE DAY SAYS: "YOU HOLD THE KEY THAT WILL UNLOCK YOUR DREAMS".......I KNOW THAT! ANYWAY I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT NOBODY CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY BUT YOU.  " SUCCEEDING ALWAYS STARTS WITH BELIEVING.  SO INSTEAD OF SEEING WHAT YOU AREN'T, SEE WHAT YOU CAN BE.  INSTEAD OF LOOKING BACK AT WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM, LOOK AHEAD AT WHERE YOU'RE GOING.  INSTEAD OF TELLING YOURSELF YOU CAN'T, TELL YOURSELF YOU WILL.  BECAUSE DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!"   I HAVE BEEN AND DONE MOST THINGS I DREAMED OF......OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE A FEW NIGHT MARES ALONG THE WAY.....NO LIFE IS PERFECT.  I THINK I HANDLED MINE OK AND AM MOVING ON, TRYING TO AGE GRACEFULLY.  I LOVE MAXINE, EVERYONE NEEDS A FRIEND LIKE HER, SHE MAKES YOU SMILE......AND THAT IS GOOD.
TONIGHT BRAYDEN AND KENNEDY ARE COMING FOR THE WEEKEND WHILE THEIR PARENTS GO TO LAKE POWELL.  I MISS THEM AND IT IS FUN TO HAVE SOME CATCH UP TIME WITH THEM.  GRANDKIDS GROW UP TOO FAST.........

YEA.....ROMNEY

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AND I STRUGGLED WITH MYSELF IF I SHOULD WATCH IT OR NOT......FEARING OBAMA WOULD CHEW ROMNEY UP AND SPIT HIM OUT!!!!IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AT HOW WONDERFUL ROMNEY CAME THROUGH FOR "ME".  NO ONE INCLUDING MOST THE DEMOCRATS COULD BELIEVE OBAMA'S POOR PERFORMANCE.   GORE BLAMED OBAMA'S POOR JOB ON DENVER'S HIGH ALTITUDE?????ONLY TWO MORE TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT YOU CAN BELIEVE OBAMA'S PEOPLE WILL BE SURE HE WON'T REPEAT HIS GOOF. PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!
I FEEL A WONDERFUL NEW CHAPTER IN LIFE IS BEGINNING.  IN FACT, IT'S  ALREADY BEGUN, BECAUSE  ROMNEY HAS SET IT IN MOTION, BY HOPING AND DREAMING AND PLANNING AND DOING,  BY TAKING LOTS OF LITTLE STEPS----AND A LEAP OR TWO WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD.  THAT BEAUTIFUL FUTURE I HAVE PICTURED IS TAKING SHAPE AND I AM READY TO LIVE IT!
"IF 'IF'S' AND 'BUTS' WERE FRUIT AND NUTS......CHRISTMAS WOULD BE ALL YEAR ROUND.  RUTH AND PATTY OVER FOR COFFEE AND OUR MONTHLY THERAPY SESSION........

DEAR PHOTOGRAPHS.......

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS PHOTOGRAPHS.......OLD AND NEW, ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.......
SOMETIMES I GET SO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT I FAIL TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENT....AND THE PAST.    MY PAST IS REALLY WHAT HAS MADE MY PRESENT WHAT IT IS,  I WAS A GOOD PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE, LEARNING, HELPING, BEING KIND AND DOING THE RIGHT THING GROWING UP.   EVERY NOW AND THEN I TAKE A FEW MINUTES, GRAB A PHOTO ALBUM AND LOSE MYSELF IN "THE GOOD OLE' DAYS." I WAS THIN MOST MY LIFE, BUSY AND HAVE WONDERFUL PICTURES WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TRAVELS TO REMIND ME WHO I WAS, AM AND WILL ALWAYS BE.  I KNOW A POOR CHILDHOOD INFLUENCES A PERSONS LIFE....I SAY "THANK YOU" TO PARENTS THAT MADE MY CHILDHOOD THE BEST OF THE BEST.......IT IS NOT HARD TO FIT IN....YET STAND OUT.  "I HAVE BRAINS IN MY HEAD AND FEET IN MY SHOES AND I CAN DO AND BE ANYTHING I CHOOSE!" (DR SUESS KINDA)
THANKS TO KARRIE FOR STAINING MY REDWOOD PORCH TODAY.....HELP WHEN YOUR OLD MEANS SO MUCH.

AHHHH OCTOBER......

I GUESS THE THING THAT MAKES ME LOVE OCTOBER IS THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGING OF COLORS......BECAUSE I CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT NOVEMBER HAS TO OFFER WHICH WILL BE HERE TOO SOON.
I STARTED THE MONTH OFF WITH A DENTIST APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING.  LOST A FILLING EATING CARAMELS AT BRIDGE......I THINK.  BUT GOT IT ALL FIXED UP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN OCTOBER.  WILL BE BABY SITTING SHERRIE'S BOYS THIS WEEKEND AND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK I WILL GO OVER AND TAKE CARE OF KARRIE'S.......THEN BRIDGE IS COMING UP THE END OF THE MONTH, THAT MEANS HOUSE CLEANING AND LOOKING UP A MENU TO SERVE.  GLAD IT COMES ONCE A YEAR!  WONDERFUL EMAIL FROM MY BRAZILIAN MISSIONARY.....HE LOVES ME AND MISSES HIS GRAM......YES!!!!!