SIXETY YEARS AGO TODAY.......

 

WELL.......SIXETY YEARS AGO TODAY MY FATHER WALKED ME DOWN THE ISLE IN A SMALL WHITE MEDTHODIST CHURCH IN MANCOS, COLORADO........THE ONLY ONE OF HIS FOUR DAUGHTERS HE GOT TO WALK DOWN THE ISLE!!!!!

SIXETY YEARS LATER FROM TODAY I WAS MARRIED A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS.......... AND NOW I HAVE BEEN SINGLE FOR 30 YEARS!!!!

THAT'S LIFE.........

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BETTY REE...........

BACK TO THE OLD ROUTINE!!!!!

 

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME......IS A GOOD THOUGHT......but maybe if you are hanging out with your sister and her family and a few other relatives that really like you.......it makes you question if there might be some place happier than home at this time in your old age.  I do hear from Sherrie every day but she is 300 miles away.  Several of my kids and grandkids live within 10 minutes of me.....but I may go weeks without seeing or hearing from anyone......Maybe I have it all wrong and I expect to much.    Sherrie and Darren flew down to Mesquite yesterday and brought me home after all most 3 weeks helping my sister.  I am on my third batch of laundry and did get unpacked but tired and not moving to fast.  I have a doctor appointment in the morning to look at my legs which keep bleeding.....and I do need milk, bread and eggs.....so off to shopping tomorrow.

It is cold and looks like rain.....I guess Vernal and Mesquite both have bad weather so I am glad we came home yesterday when we had good weather everywhere.....  it was a delightful trip home with Darren at the controls....I thought I would be very nervous, but I would do it again.......GIGI seems happy to be back to her own little bed and is really a good little flyer......guess she inherited it from her family of flyers!

POEM OF THE DAY........

 

"WE ARE OLD......BUT WE ARE NOT DEAD!  PLEASE DO NOT TREAT US LIKE WE ARE!"

A reminder to all grandchildren......some of mine really fit this little story.....for many years I was in the middle of everything my 9 grandkids did.....baby siting, picking up and dropping off, sewing costumes, or fluffy dresses for the girls, going to school for grandparents day, Halloween parades or when they had programs......baseball, football, and cheerleading, piano recitals, dance reviews , birthday parties.....sleep overs.....Oh my the list could go on forever BUT it seems they have outgrown grandma now.....the only advice I can give these people is:....what goes 'goes round.....comes 'round.......when you are old????

 

I am your grandmother......

Do not treat me like an old woman as in my heart I am not.......

Instead of spending money on me, spend time with me.....A penny of it is worth more than a dollar from your wallet.

Tell me you love me......but show me as well.

Talk to me......not at me.

Make me a part of your world as you are one of the most important parts of mine!

If I repeat the same story twice......please do not tell me as I know my mind is not what it once was but reminding me only makes me feel old......

I may talk about people you never knew.....but I did and I loved them and miss them and sometimes talking about them makes them come alive for me.....if but for a moment.

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.......

 

Time to pack up and head back home......not really ready to go, but when you can get a ride you need to be thankful and work with their schedules......Sherrie and Darren are flying in today after church and will fly me back to Vernal, then drive me back to Salt Lake in a day or two......and they have my dog......not too excited about getting back to the loneliness etc......growing old alone is not good.

Pam did her Pam thing again and came down on Sherrie about my dog and having to change her schedule so she could pick me up in a week.....Sherrie called crying should we come or not?  I give up with my girls......they don't just come by and sit and visit because they want to see me......it's always a have to thing.  I have enjoyed Kristi's family in and out and they do everything for Leslie because they want to.......I am ready to sell my house and move to Mesquite!!!!!

HAPPY SUNDAY???

GHOSTING........

 I quietly slipped out of Salt Lake City  about three weeks ago.....I only told several people that I was going and would be gone a month.  I read an article called "GHOSTING".......where people just slipped away without a goodbye or anyone knowing for sure where they had disappeared to......I realized that is what I had more or less done.  I was very depressed and bored and lonely and feeling sorry for myself and just wanted to get away.......no friends, neighbors, dog etc......a change.  I have been use to traveling in my life and had breaks away......which always made home and your own bed welcome to get back to......those days are over for me and I must realize it and adjust I guess.....I have really enjoyed a new state, a fun visit with my side of the family and never a dull moment with my sister....Yesterday we went to see "THE HUNTSMAN" .......then her kids came for dinner......today we are off to see "THE BOSS" and have been getting dinner ready for the kids again tonight.  Duke going with us.   My kids my fly in tomorrow to take me home.....depends on what the weather does this weekend.

Leslie baked a pineapple upside down cake and made tacos......I made bacon bark....fun but think I like the chocolate cracker bark the best that I made the other day........

"AT ANY MOMENT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAY......"THIS IS NOT HOW THE STORY IS GOING TO END!"

CATCHING UP.......

 

Birthday party Sunday.....Monday just hanging out with the kids in and out all day......Tuesday MY BIRTHDAY...but sick and spent the day in bed.  Wednesday drove Leslie  to St. George to her doctor's appointment.  Her leg is doing great and she can get rid of the scooter Friday.  We went to a movie and to lunch after the doctor appointment and back in Mesquite she went and lined up six weeks of physical therapy......rested an hour and went to watch Brayley play baseball.  She dove for a ball an pulled some muscles in her knee.  Today she is hobbling but walking on it.  Tami and Kevin popped in for a few hours.  Kristi and family over and planning on going to the Virgin Cassino for dinner.  Sherrie called and she and Darren will fly in Sunday after church.......with Gigi no less......stay at the Virgin and then fly me home Monday morning.  Have had a great time and will miss all the excitement of Leslie's house!!!!!

I TURNED 84!!!!!

 

So happy to enjoy another birthday even though I spent it in bed with stomach cramps........oh well...... I am still alive and kicking.  I am spending my birthday month in Nevada with my sister.  I did get in a birthday party two days  earlier with the relatives in this area  and the Christensons sent flowers.....plus many Birthday wishes on face book.

       I have come a long ways from this picture when I was five with my little sister Joan.......lots of ups and down as every life is......always a new test or challenge to handle......and I am still doing it and thank God every day for my many blessings.  I hope I have a few more years......but I know that is in GOD'S hands.

 

"WE ARE NOT GIVEN A GOOD LIFE OR A BAD LIFE.....WE ARE GIVEN A LIFE.  IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE IT GOOD OR BAD."