A TRUTH......

 

It is so nice to know there are other people out there like me.....Lunch today with two of my dearest friends......Patty and Ruth.  Somehow we get into the darnest conversations......about everything......which always ends in us laughing our heads off about nothing.  Lunch at the Lone Star and we literally sat there two hours.....I think they were about ready to start charging us rent!  Went to the dentist......only he was having another baby.....but all they did was see if I would be a good candidate for the dental school......I need my teeth cleaned......and you have to be approved first at the dental school where they practice on you......... but it is a lot cheaper.

Randy promised he would be here tomorrow to start my privacy panel......we shall see.  Guess I won't pay him till he gets it done!  He said he would have it done by Tuesday......but I wouldn't count on it........I couldn't get it done under $850.00 with the other two bids.......so went down to the US Vinyl Fence Co. AND ask if they had anyone who did work like that........saved $350.00.......so guess it was worth it, that is if Randy gets on the ball.  Tomorrow is Annie's birthday and Brayden's Sunday on my mother's birthday.

All the things on the list above describe what I am going through at this stage in my life......I have never cried so much in the last 29 years as I have the last nine months......because of the family trouble and I try not to do it in front of others.  Yes, I have said it is a long story......when it really isn't.......and doesn't everyone walk into a room and forget whey they are there.......oh, well always looking forward to another beautiful day in  Zion.

ATTITUDE.......

Ladies day.......and I do mean day.  We get there at noon and somehow just don't want to leave our friends.  Today Mexican Train at my house......There is nothing like good friends......Finally got someone to do my privacy panel ......a neat guy name Randy......said it would be in by Tuesday, so here is hoping.......Dentist in the morning and it is the weekend already.

Have you ever met someone.......and when they walked away......you thought to yourself, "I didn't like their attitude?"

The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.......Attitude, to me, is more important than facts, it is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.  It will make or break a company.....a church......a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for the day.  We cannot change our past.....we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.....we cannot change the inevitable.....the only thing we can do is to play the one string we have and that is our attitude.  I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me.....and 90% on how I react to it......and so it is with all of us.......remember how important a good attitude can be.

A LESSON.....

Here are my other set of twins,,,,,,Annie with soon to be husband Matt......and my darling Brayden on a mission in Washington State with one of his mother's best friends, Julie RICE, growing up....... They will turn 20 years old this weekend.  Where did the last 20 years go?  They were always the best of buddies......would go off and build forts, make believe games and almost knew what the other was thinking......like their twin mothers.   I hope they always have that bond no matter where they are in life.  Andrea was born the 15th of August and Brayden the 16th of August....(my mother's birthday!)  Rather interesting being IN the hospital when your twins are both there having their second babies.....What a lucky grandma.  The next two weeks are busy with wedding showers, rehersal dinners and the wedding....I plan to turn my life around and really enjoy the last few years I have left.......if you like me you do.....if you don't you don't......that is your loss. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA AND BRAYDEN....... 

JUST HAVE TO!!!!!

I just had the best of the best.....Sold the condo finally.....Paid Robby and Darren what I owed them and am out of debt!  AND Sherrie asked me to spend a week in Lake Powell on their house boat with them......and a darling couple I love like my own....Dave and Amy Bain and their three cute kids that call me grandma....... We had a great trip to Cancun together and David's older brother use to take the twins out......Also Darren's dad and girl friend brought their house boat along so had a wonderful group.  They would not let me do a thing and I just completely unwound from my 9 months of stress.....I never got my bathing suit wet.....but Darren took me for a long jet=ski ride up some beautiful canyons and I so enjoyed it....I really am lucky......I never dreamed I'd say yes to another trip like that and yes, getting in and out of the boats, climbing the stairs and sitting on that tiny toilet in the bath room ......were a challenge......I handled it!.......just being with people who love you and help you......... can keep you going. Darren's dad who is a year younger than me......agrees.  I am ready to start living again in a new place, new neighbors, new friends, the church and whatever comes my way......Rode home with Bud and Rosa Lee so the kids could go straight to Vernal worked for everyone........

WHY?????

I wonder......as do my children.....WHY does it take Gram so long to get ready to go any where now days?  Well, all I can say is it just does!  With every birthday I get older and I don't mind because I would rather be older ......than dead!  As always I have a morning routine.....shower, get dressed, take a dozen pills ......then the fun begins.  Every morning I apply makeup.... I layer antioxidant serum , wrinkle cream, moisturizer, primer, foundation, etc.  for the groundwork!  Then for the perfect smoky eye using 17 shades of brown, two types of mascara and five different brushes and liner.  Try to get the eyebrows to match and then slap on some 14-hour long-lasting never-fade lipstick.......no matter what you do to your hair it always looks like two squirrels spent the evening mating on your head....bag the spray, the mouse and balm......but your off to bridge or the dollar store......About the first hour into bridge and lunch your hair is sagging......after lunch the 14 hour.......long-lasting ......never fade lipstick is gone leaving your lips looking like a couple of albino earth worms......by the time I arrive back home I am a mess, but the dog doesn't care.....I don't have a husband to impress and my grandkids already think I am on the way out of this world....but I can still and watch the sun rise and realize beauty comes  in so many different ways.  I am sure I will always try to look better and do it with a smile.......because happiness is the best makeup.....OR NOT!
                         My sweet Vernal kids just called and invited me and Gigi to go to Lake Powell with them for the rest of the week.......I think that would be fun now I have the house sold and out of my hair......I have not seen their new house boat and I have always loved Lake Powell.....some of my favorite people are going down with them.....Darren's Dad, and the Bain family who I went to Mexico with........I have had a bad nine months and have to get back into enjoying life the few years I have left and really enjoy them.  My missionary wrote me a couple of lines today.....I will be glad to get him home in a year.

CATCHING UP.......

This is all that is left of my family.......baby sister. Leslie Ramsey and baby brother, Jimmy Dick Yeomans!!!!  When I first saw this picture on face book I ask my sister who her new boy friend was.....she laughed and said that is our little brother.   It has been awhile since I saw Jim......but he has changed ......he is 69......and being 14 years younger than me......I always thought of him young!  He really looks like my mother's side of the family now that I take another look.  Our Mom and Dad and two sisters, Joan and Dixie are all gone........but I do have so many wonderful memories of my wonderful family and our fun growing up years in the little town of Mancos, Colorado.

ONE WHOLE WEEK!

Where did the week go????  I am not in the habit of skipping weeks in my blog.......I GUESS THE BIG NEWS IS I FINALLY GOT MY CONDO SOLD, SIGNED AND DELIVERED.......THANKS TO THE HELP OF MY SWEET SON-IN-LAWS......DONE WITH THAT AND HOPE I CAN CLOSE THE DOOR AND MOVE ON AND ENJOY WHAT I HAVE NOW.......A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER IS BEGINNIING......AND

I just spent the last three days with my sister Leslie......the only one I have left.  I really needed some family to cheer me up.  We went to see our cousin Lucille and took her to lunch......she just found out her youngest daughter, Becky, has six months to live , her cancer is growing and they have done all they can. Lucille was so happy to see us.  My nephew Mike, Leslie's son and family, came to dinner and we had a fun evening of cards.......People with families that love them are so lucky.  Went to church and Patty came by......been a busy week and weekend.