YES, I WAS YOUNG ONCE......

These are my six grandsons.  Pam's son Will 21, Sherrie's three sons, Alex 19, Brayden 17 and Kennedy 14 and Karrie's two sons Richie 18 and Scott 10.......I know they cannot believe I was ever young, as long as I have been Grammie I have been kinda old, well yes, old! ......"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you have been."  When I announce to one of them that "I was young once?" they can't fathom I ever went through the riggers of curfew, rejection of friends or a bad score on a test paper!!!!  I am here as a witness, this too will pass and you will survive.....a better person.  I am very dedicated to growing and becoming....not just aging.  These two aspects are the secrets of being ageless--growing mentally, emotionally and spiritually and becoming the best person you can be at this time in your life.  Making this commitment to the process of agelessness is what will get you the results you want.
Sherrie and Kennedy came in from Vernal today for the dentist, Karrie and Scott met us at my pool and we had a fun afternoon......Oh yes...I am so exited for the Panniers, they bought  a new place at Maxx Inn in Idaho!!!

I BELIEVE.......

I am sure you have all raised your children on nursery rhymes.  You thought their message was good for us.....maybe we got another message from them....."I believe that each of us has an essence, a quality at the very core of our being that makes us who we are.  It's what guides our thoughts, our feelings, our tastes.  It's what sets us apart from everyone else.  I believe that finding ways to express that essence is one of the greatest joys in life."  26 years ago I stepped out and started traveling, volunteering, knitting, reading, painting, baby-sitting etc. looking for my real essence!   I am still looking. Do you ever find it?  Trying to find the secret of my success isn't easy.  Am I visually curious?  I am not fascinated by art or aesthetic, love to take snapshots and create photo albums so I am not visually curious.  Do I learn best through trial and error or curious about how things work....not really so I guess I am not physically curious.....Do I tend to be interested in history and politics or like learning about psychology....not really so I guess I am not intellectually curious....do I love to travel to new places, Enjoy trying exotic foods and cuisine and intrigued by different cultures....YES, so I guess I am perceptually curious!  Good to know where you fit in in this life and I still love nursery rhymes.

SUMMER OLYMPICS 2012....

As I count off the days of my life, I feel I have hit another mile stone, another Olympics!  You always hope you get to see another one, but every four years can see a lot of changes in your life.....especially in your later years.  It would be fun to be in London, but I think I can enjoy the events just as well from my front row seat.....my recliner in the family room. I plan to enjoy the next two weeks close to the TV.
It is a great feeling to know I am in charge of me!  It's true that there are some things we can't control.  But there is so much we can....From your attitude and actions to your decisions and your dreams, you have the power to shape your today and tomorrow.  Your life is in your hands.  Make it great! Great weekend tending Marley and Izzie and coffee with Cleon.

Apostle Delbert L. Stapley

This picture is of Apostle Stapley, who is dead now, but who turned my life around. After trying for another child for 8 years when Pam was 2, my sister-in-law's mother, Mrs James, who lived down the street from the Stapleys ask me if I would like a blessing from the apostle.....oh yes!  I told him my frustration and longing for another baby, well, he gave me a beautiful blessing.  In about two months I became pregnant......with twins.  I got toxic poisoning and they had to start me a month early, the morning they started my labor he came into the Holy Cross Hospital, put his hands on my head and ask God to bless the babies and I to come through the ordeal and regain our good health. This did happen..... I guess you would say this is when my testimony of the power of the priesthood grew stronger. The twins were a month early, Sherrie weighed 3lbs 13 oz and Karrie weighed 4lbs 5 oz, they were in incubators for a couple of weeks, but were always strong healthy babies.  When Sherrie and Darren were down on Temple Square last week they took this picture for me.....It is special to me.

ENGAGED......

Yea, Nicci and Bill are engaged!  We were on a cruise to Alaska and Bill bought the diamond.  They showed it to me and swore me to secret until they could go home and tell "OLLIE" and Bill's parents.  We have known Bill about three years and all fallen in love with him.  He is from Indiana, Nicci from Utah and they both live and work in Minnesota, so the wedding sometime next year will be in Minnesota. Soooo, I guess I won't hang up my DunnRovin sign just yet.

HAPPY, HAPPY HAPPY

This is me being very happy!  I have new stairs an stair case on my patio. They were not really safe, but I thought they could be mended, but they were beyond that.....soooo after one estimate of $1,000.00 my sweet Cook family stepped up and tore into them and it took a weekend, but the redwood now matches the railing and they will last me as long as I need them.  The lumber was $173.50 and we celebrated by dinner at the the steak house.  Saved me a lot of money.  It really makes you proud when you have good kids that love you.  Seems you just get one problem solved and two more pop up.  Now I can't get my safe to open....at least everything in it are safe!  Tackle that problem tomorrow and need to lock down my tvs with a password.....which is just one more thing to remember.  But this to will pass.  Nice quiet Sunday.

"A REAL DARK NIGHT!"

Talk about a dark night.....Last night we went to the 9:30 preview of "The Dark Knight Rises".  It was a fund raiser for my granddaughter's cheer-leading group. It was a packed theater. While we were quietly and silently engrossed in all the shooting and battling.....500 miles from Salt Lake in Aurora, Colorado a similar group had gathered for a late preview of the same movie....another packed theater,only into the movie, a gunman entered the theater and started shooting for real, killing 12 and wounding 38.  Today is a very dark day all over the U.S. Are our children safe any place any more?
What interesting times we live in.  We have lived to see the fall of our republic; money and corruption in politics, suppression of voting rights, endless wars, the rise of OLIGARCHS....(oligarchy is a form of government in which the power is vested in a few, or a state of governed; also those who form the ruling few!)  I guess if you live long enough your not surprised by what happens in our crazy world.