WHERE IS LILY?????

THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL THIRD GRAND-DAUGHTER.....ANNIE MOO........

SHE GOT MARRIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TODAY WAS THE DAY I WAS TO GET MY SECOND......GREAT-GRANDCHILD?????.... BUT SO FAR.....NO BABY! I GUESS BABIES COME WHEN THEY ARE READY........MAYBE TOMORROW!.....OR NOT!

UP TO MY ARM-PITS IN HOUSE CLEANING AND GETTING READY FOR BRIDGE HERE ON WEDNESDAY.....I AM NOT REALLY THAT CRAZY ABOUT BRIDGE.......BUT.....BUT LOVE THE PEOPLE  I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH FOR 50 YEARS.....AND DO HAVE TO TAKE MY TURN.....YOU KNOW CLEAN THE FISH BOWL, CLIP THE DOG, WASH THE BATHROOM RUGS AND ALL THOSE NEAT THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN GOING TO DO 

SINCE CHRISTMAS....ALMOST!

WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD??????SUZANNE.....ON MY LEFT JUST CALLED TO SAY HONH ON THE RIGHT LEFT SOME PILLS FOR ME FOR HER TO GIVE ME AND SHE PUT THEM IN MY FLOWER POT AND CALLED TO SAY SHE WOULD SHOW ME WHERE?????SO SHE STANDS ON  HER FRONT PORCH AND TELLS ME WHERE SHE PUT THEM........THE HILLS ONE NEIGHBOR OVER WANTED ME TO GO TO........3 TACOS FOR A DOLLAR TOMORROW WITH THEM.......I CAN'T........ I HAVE TO GET READY FOR BRIDGE AND THEY AND I HAVE BEEN INVITED UP TO THE TAYLORS NEW HOUSE FOR DINNER......THEY SOLD SUZANNE THEIR HOUSE AS THEY WERE YOUNG AND DID NOT LIKE THE HOA!

I KNOW NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE TO TO ANYONE.......HARDLY ME......BUT MY LIFE GOES ON!!!!!!

GETTING OLD....ER.....

WHAT I HATE MOST IS.......PEOPLE WHO REPEAT THEMSELVES????

I JUST READ BACK OVER MY BLOGS......AND SEE I SAID MOST THE SAME THINGS TWICE.....THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T WRITE EVERY DAY AND FORGET WHAT I SAID IN THE LAST BLOG.......OH WELL......I DON'T THINK ANYONE BUT MY SISTER READS MY BLOGS AND SHE KNOWS I AM OLD AND SENILE......AND NO ONE ELSE HAS TO WORRY.....MAYBE A FEW YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHEN SOME OF THE GREAT-GRANDKIDS READ THIS THEY WILL THINK......"YEP, SHE WAS LOSING IT?"

SOMEDAY........

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM IN PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS OR PRAYERS......I CAN ONLY HOPE .......SOME OUT THERE CONSIDER ME A FRIEND , A LOVED ONE, OR EVEN A MOTHER AND SISTER.....WORTH SAYING A LITTLE PRAYER OR HAVING  A HAPPY MEMORY OF........NOW AND THEN!

YESTERDAY PATTY A NEIGHBOR FROM MY OTHER LIFE CAME BY FOR COFFEE AND JUST AS SHE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR.....MY OLD NEIGHBORS FROM NEXT DOOR WHEN I MOVED IN HERE 3 YEARS AGO CAME BY TO INVITE ME TO THEIR PLACE FOR DINNER ON TUESDAY.....KIM AND KELLY WERE YOUNGER AND DID NOT LIKE HOA'S.......WITH KIDS AND DOGS IT ISN'T THE BEST PLACE TO GROW OLD!!!!

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY COUNT IN MY LIFE NOW DAYS......THE CHRISTENSON'S STAYED ALL NIGHT THURSDAY AND LEFT FOR HAWAII FRIDAY FOR A WEEK......ALEX CAME WITH THEM AND WE HAD A NICE BIRTHDAY DINNER WITH DARREN'S DAD BUD.......THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE.  KEN WAS OFF TO A MOVIE WITH HIS OTHER GRAM TODAY AND I WENT SHOPPING??? CHURCH TOMORROW AND ANOTHER FEW DAYS TILL FEBRUARY!!!!......OH YES......I HAVE TO HAVE BRIDGE WEDNESDAY.......SUCH A CHORE ANY MORE!!!!!

I JUST HAVE TO........

I JUST HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE PAGES......I HAVE WANTED TO CLOSE THE BOOK TWICE ON HEART BREAKING THINGS IN MY LIFE........BUT THANK GOODNESS I TURNED THE PAGE AND WAS ABLE TO START A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE THAT HAS BEEN SO REWARDING!!!!!!  THE FIRST TIME I ENDED UP TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD.....YEA......THE SECOND TIME.....I RELIED ON FRIENDS AND THE FAMILY THAT STILL LOVES ME AND I  FOUND SO MANY BLESSINGS ALONG THE WAY.....LIKE GOD! I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IF PLAN A FAILS........THE ALPHABET STILL HAS 25 MORE LETTERS.........SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER......

I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I WOULD NEVER BE A SLAVE TO MY "BIRTH CERTIFICATE"....I AM SOON TURNING 86......BUT IN  MY MIND I STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL......AND THE REST OF MY LIFE CAN STILL BE THE BEST OF MY LIFE?.

A BRAND NEW YEAR.......

TODAY I FEEL LIKE THIS  CHICKEN LOOKS......BUT WHY?????MY CHRISTENSON FAMILY STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH ME BEFORE TAKING OFF FOR HAWAII THIS MORNING.....INCLUDING ALEX WHO HAD TO DRIVE THEM TO THE AIRPORT......THEN TAKE A LOAD OF FURNITURE BACK TO VERNAL AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS ALL WEEK WHILE MOM AND DAD ARE GONE......I WILL HAVE KEN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND!!!!  TOMORROW HE IS OFF TO A MOVIE WITH THE OTHER GRANDMA.......BECAUSE HE SHOULD!!!!!!  DARREN TOOK US TO A FUN RESTRAUANT FOR DINNER AND WE CELEBRATED HIS FATHER'S BIRTHDAY LAST NIGHT....I LOVE BUD AND ENJOY GOING OUT WITH HIM.....THE CHRISTENSONS STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH ME AND LEFT FOR HAWAII AT 11:00 THIS MORNING.....TO KONA!  FOR A WEEK!

IT IS COLD......I STAYED HOME TODAY........PATTY CAME FOR COFFEE AND OUR WEEKLY THERAPY SESSION......AS SHE WAS LEAVING THE TAYLORS WHO USE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR CAME BY AND INVITED ME TO DINNER AT THEIR HOUSE NEXT TUESDAY.......I WAS SO EXCITED.....WILL GO WITH THE HILLS....OTHER NEIGHBORS......WHO ARE ALSO INVITED.......THE TAYLORS A YOUNGER COUPLE DID NOT LIKE THE HOH STUFF........ME NEITHER!!!!!.

I HAVE DECIDED I CAN USE EACH DAY AS I WILL......AND WANT THEM ALL TO COUNT IN MY LIFE.....BECAUSE THIS DAY IS GONE FOREVER LEAVING IN IT'S PLACE WHAT I TRADED IT FOR......IT BETTER BE WORTH IT!

MAKES SOME PEOPLE HAPPY......

                                                                              I LOVE WEEKENDS.......I CAN SLEEP TILL 8:00 ON SATURDAY......BUT NOW OUR CHURCH HOUR HAS CHANGED TO 9:00.....GHRONNN!.....SO UP EARLY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE KEN IS HERE THIS WEEK END.....AND OFF TO SACRAMENT FOR AN HOUR....HOME BY TEN FOR A LONG SNOWY DAY!!!!!
WOKE UP TO ABOUT 10 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING AND IT HAS SNOWED ON AND OFF ALL DAY.....MY DARLING NEIGHBOR DID HALF MY DRIVEWAY.....BUT KEN''S TRUCK BLOCKED THE SIDEWALK......SO KEN  HAD TO DO IT  AND CLEANED OFF HIS TRUCK!!!  I HOPE ALL THOSE WHO DID THE "SNOW DANCE" THIS WEEKEND ARE HAPPY??????
               I DID SNEAK IN A 2 HOUR NAP AND STARTED CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET!!!!! "HELP!"......I HAVE SO MUCH I DON'T NEED.....NOW......BUT WHO KNOWS......I MIGHT NEED LATER?  I THINK I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE "HOARDER".....IN ME?.......IT WILL TAKE ME ALL WEEK TO GET THROUGH THE MESS.......SHER SAID IT WAS SNOWING IN VERNAL AND I AM SURE PAM AND ROB ARE HAVING FUN WITH THEIR SNOWMOBILES IN ISLAND PARK AND THE WINTER FESTIVAL GOING ON THIS WEEK END......
          MY SILLY DOG JUST LOVES THE SNOW.....IN AND OUT.....IN AND OUT......SHE RUNS OUT AND EATS A FEW BITES OF SNOW AND ROLLS IN IT......AND THEN WANTS IN......AND IN 10 MINUTES.......SHE DOES IT AGAIN......OLD AGE?????.......SHE IS 15 GOING ON 16.........?

THE TIME COMES.......

AT 85.......YOU HAVE PRETTY WELL LOCKED IN THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIKE YOU AND THOSE WHO DON'T.......AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER TO FEEL BAD OR GLAD ABOUT IT!  I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE SOMEONE EVERYONE LIKED AND WHEN DARREN'S DAD TOLD ME NOT LONG AGO....."BETTY, EVERYBODY LIKES YOU".......THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT COMPLIMENT!..THIS BEGAN WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IS SOMETHING I HAVE TRIED TO ALWAYS DO OR BE........

IF I COULD TELL MY KIDS......OR FRIENDS......ONE THING........ IT IS: "THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE IS YOUR TIME......BECAUSE YOU ARE GIVING A PORTION OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET BACK?"

I KNOW LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS TO ME......AND 90% OF HOW I REACT TO IT!  I AM WORKING HARD ON MOVING FORWARD POSITIVELY......