GOD SAYS........

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WAS BORN IN APRIL........BUT I AM LOVIN' THE MANY T-SHIRT PICTURES.

THE FOLLOWING SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE AND IS COMFORTING TO THE MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN DUMPED AND NEVER REALLY KNEW WHY!

GOD SAYS;......"THE REASON SOME PEOPLE HAVE TURNED AGAINST YOU AND WALKED AWAY WITHOUT REASON, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.........IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE REMOVED THEM FROM YOUR LIFE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GO WHERE I AM TAKING YOU NEXT.....THEY WILL ONLY HINDER YOU IN YOUR NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY SERVED THEIR PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE........LET THEM GO AND KEEP MOVING.......GREATER IS COMING".....SAYS THE LORD.

AS I CONTEMPLATE SOME OF THOSE I CAN SEE  GOD'S GOOD JUDGMENT......AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE I WAS SO BEAT DOWN I HAD NO SELF CONFIDENCE OR SELF WORTH LEFT.......I HAVE IT BACK SINCE HE DUMPED ME. I HAVE STARTED TO CHURCH AND HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE AGAIN..  I ALSO SEE HOW ALEX HAS STEPPED UP AFTER HIS WIFE OF 1 1/2 YEARS WALKED OUT AND LEFT HIM DEVASTATED........HE DESERVED BETTER.  LINDSAY WAS HOLDING ALEX BACK FROM HIS  LOVE OF THE CHURCH.......  I AM STILL WORKING ON WAY MY DAUGHTER HAS WALKED AWAY FROM OUR FAMILY.......BUT GUESS GOD HAS HIS REASON FOR HER ACTION.......I CAN ONLY MOVE ON.

"SHOULD" AND "MUST".......

AFTER ALL THE GOOD ADVICE WE GOT AT GENERAL CONFERENCE LAST WEEK END I WAS GOING TO QUIT ALL MY BAD HABITS.  I REALLY WAS, BUT THEN I THOUGHT TO MYSELF......THAT NO ONE LIKES A QUITTER! SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET........ AN OLD LADY BORN IN APRIL 85 YEARS AGO.

I SHOULD........I MUST

THE WORDS SHOULD AND MUST MAY SEEM SIMILAR, EVEN INTERCHANGEABLE......BUT THERE IS A VAST TRANSFORMATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.  THEY MARK TWO PATHS THROUGH OUR LIVES......AND EVERY DAY WE GET TO DECIDE SHOULD WE DO IT OR MUST WE DO IT?    SHOULD IS THE EXPECTATIONS OTHERS LAYER UPON US........WHEN WE PICK SHOULD, WE ARE CHOOSING TO LIVE FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING OUTSIDE OURSELVES......MUST ON THE OTHER HAND, IS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE.PURSUING OUR MUSTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD IS THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME  ...BUT EVEN THE FIRST STEP ON THAT ROAD IS A MINI ADVENTURE ALL ITS OWN......WE LEARN EARLY IN LIFE WE "MUST" DO WHAT OUR PARENTS EXPECT US TO DO........OR THERE IS TROUBLE.......WE "MUST" OBEY THE LAWS AROUND US.......TO BE HAPPY WE "MUST" KEEP GOD'S  COMMANDMENTS".SHOULD" .....SHOULD NOT EVEN ENTER IN OUR CONSIDERATIONS ON SOME THINGS IN OUR LIFE.........BUT THEN THERE IS THE PART ABOUT  I SHOULD DO LAUNDRY, .....I SHOULD CALL MY SICK FRIEND ETC.......CAN KINDA BE TURNED OVER TO "COULD"...... AND GIVE US A CHOICE.

COUNTING THE DAYS......

      REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AWAY FOR A LITTLE BREAK......BEEN A YEAR SINCE I VENTURED OUT.......ANYWHERE.  OFF TO OKLAHOMA VIA VERNAL, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO......ON TO ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.....WINSLOW, ARIZONA......MAYBE A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND BACK TO LESLIE'S IN MESQUITE......THEN BACK TO UTAH.   LOVE ROAD TRIPS WITH MY SISTER......AND I GET TO MARK OFF ANOTHER STATE......TWO DOWN AND ONE TO GO.......THIS IS MY SPRING BREAK!.......AND EARLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.     MONDAY NIGHT AND DANCING WITH THE STARS!!!

2 HOURS OR MORE........

WHY DOES IT SEEM NOW DAYS......NO MATTER IF YOUR EARLY OR LATE YOU STILL SPEND TWO HOURS AT THE DOCTORS EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT.......NO ONE VISITS WITH YOU.....

 AS THEY ARE ALL GLUED TO THEIR CELL PHONES AND THE FEW BEDRAGGLED  MAGAZINES IN THE RACK ARE MONTHS OLD... HOPE I AM ABOUT DONE WITH FACE AND EYE APPOINTMENTS FOR AWHILE......

SHERRIE RAN BY A MINUTE TO LEAVE KEN'S BACK PACK AND PAM CALLED SO A NICE DAY......WENT TO THE BANK BUT REALLY DRAGGING AND HURRIED HOME.

SUNNY DAY BUT COOL AND WINDY...

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE OBAMA DAYS.......

WE THE WILLING, LED BY THE UNKNOWING....ARE DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE, FOR THE UNGRATEFUL.....WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR SO LONG....WITH SO LITTLE....WE ARE NOW QUALIFIED TO DO ANYTHING.........WITH NOTHING!!!!

YOU NEVER NEED TO APOLOGIZE......HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SURVIVE! 

SUCCESS IS GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND HAPPINESS IS WANTING WHAT YOU GET........

MAYBE A TRAIN WILL RUN OVER PELOSI?

TRUMP IS STRUGGLING WITH THE DEMOS AND SOME OF HIS OWN PARTY.....BUT I HAVE FAITH GOD IS WITH HIM AND WE WILL COME OUT OK.

BIG BIRTHDAY MONTH......

AMEN!

TURNING 85 THIS MONTH......AND KNOW LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE BORN IN APRIL.....ALL I CAN SAY  IS;......I AM STILL SASSY, CLASSY AND KICKEN ASSEY!!!!!! AND WILL BE TILL THE DAY I DIE!

MY TWINS WERE BORN IN APRIL, MY LITTLE BROTHER AND FAVORITE COUSIN ON THE SAME DAY IN APRIL.

BEV AND JEANNIE.......TWO X-SISTER-IN-LAWS WERE BORN IN APRIL.

MY GRANDSON KEN,,,,,,WAS BORN IN APRIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF APRIL HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT........BUT FROM DAY ONE I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MYSELF.......I HAVE MET CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES ALONG THE WAY BUT HAVE ALWAYS MANAGED THEM.......I LIKE MYSELF AND ENJOY MY ALONE AND QUIET TIMES.  I HAVE GOOD SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND KNOW GOD AND MY GUARDIAN ANGLES ARE HELPING ME ALONG......

THOUGHTS BECOME WORDS......WORDS BECOME ACTIONS

ACTIONS BECOME CHARACTER........CHARACTER IS EVERYTHING.........

APRIL FOOL'S DAY.......

WELL HERE WE ARE IN THE FOURTH MONTH OF THE YEAR ALREADY........HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY......IT USE TO BE FUN IN GRADE SCHOOL, BUT HAS KINDA LOST IT'S "BIG DEAL" AT THIS AGE.

THIS WEEKEND IS LDS CHURCH CONFERENCE.......SO NO CHURCH.  KEN AND I CLEANED HOUSE AND LISTENED TO CONFERENCE TODAY.   WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AND TOOK A NAP, GOT MY BILLS MADE OUT AND MAILED.....SO A GOOD SATURDAY.......ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS MAILING IN MY INCOME TAX.....AND GOT MY REFUND BACK TODAY IN THE MAIL.   THE COMPUTER DOES WONDERS.   IT WAS A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR CONFERENCE AND WARM......BUT WINDY.

CAN'T BELIEVE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.....THE 29TH OF MARCH......I HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS.....FINALLY SETTLED IN AND AS THEY SAY.......GROW WHERE YOUR PLANTED......NICE NEIGHBORS, NICE WARD AND ONLY ONE FLOOR TO NAVIGATE.

LEAVING A WEEK FROM TODAY FOR A FUN ROAD TRIP WITH LITTLE SISTER......I REALLY NEED A CHANGE.  HAVEN'T BEEN ANYWHERE FOR A YEAR, WHEN I SPENT LAST APRIL WITH LESLIE TO HELP HER THROUGH HER ANKLE OPERATION........MY GAS BUBBLE FROM MY DETACHED RETINA HAS NOT DISSOLVED AND IS DRIVING ME CRAZY......BUT DR SAID YESTERDAY EVERY THING LOOKED GOOD AND WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.......