HAPPY 74 JIM........

Happy Birthday Jimmy Dick.....you survived 74 years with four big sisters to boss you around.  I was 14 when you were born and you were 4 when I went away to college.....so I never really got to know my little brother.....It is so fun now that we are both single to have our nice long talks and get to enjoy you......you were born on your cousin Lucille's birthday and she is my age......and tomorrow is my 64th wedding anniversary.....Mom had your birthday party one day and my wedding the next.....As you said when you were a little boy....."My mom and Jesus can do anything!"  she had just made you a sling shot out of willows etc......and thatt was the truth.....MORTI

NOW WHAT.?..

lESLIE AND I........looking like we are ready for anything......but we are all dressed up for a baseball game to watch Braly......Hat...dark glasses....big drink.  I have no idea where I got this picture but it is kinda scarey......this is the way I look at us.....not how we look!

"Within us gleams the twinkle of starlight and he flicker of candlelight, the luster of gold and the shimmer of silver, the sparkle of diamonds and the glimmer of precious gems, the luminescence of moonbeams and the blaze of the sun...we are radiant".....all that under those hats!

NOTHING NEW.....

You have to do something....so you eat.....or sleep.  They are both doing something....BUT how can that go on day after day now for six weeks?  Everyone will need new sizes in their summer wardrobes.   It doesn't matter what day of the week it is anymore.....they are all the same.....well the weather changes a little .....But no church on Sunday or get up Monday morning and go to work....those things aren't happening.

I realize that pessimism isn't going to get me out of bed or make my coffee or do the laundry or pay the bills on time....and so in this very dark time in our country .....I must try and be optimistic ......doing this moment by moment can be a gift to myself,,,,,,This is feeding my spirit in the meantime and not poisoning the present with worry or despair or defeaist thinking.I will stay home and I will wear a mask and gloves if I go out,,,,,,and I must go out when the time is right,,,,and not worry constantly about gettting sick at my age......and just sitting home eating......

KEN'S CAR....

I love it!

Ken just bought him a razor....for two.   Hey Ken....Gram can hardly wait for you to take me for a ride...maybe this summer....It is definitly YOU!  You know how much Gram loves you and how proud I am of you and all the great things you have learned to do.....remember the sky is the limit and just keep going........Happy 22 years old......

WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS.....

This is Honh Shaefer who is on the other half of my house.....She is 42 and from Viet Namh......She loves to cook and feed the neighborhood....but as you can see she is eating a baby octopus.....one night when we went out to dinner.....she grew up eating them...BUT I think I will leave them to her.  She is such a sweet neighbor and keeps me in interesting different dishes and I know as long as I live next door to Honh and Mark.....I will never go hungry!  I am grandma Betty to her because of her little puppy "BEAU"....that I tend sometimes.....THANK YOU God for good neighbors.......

BAG THIS SHELTER IN PLACE STUFF.....

As you can see......I am really enjoying my 88th......All the neighbors dropped by for birthday cake....thanks to Gay......and 13 neighbors and church members wandered by to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY.......I love my neighbors that love you no matter how old you get!!!!  I am showing off the beautiful pj's that Sherrie gave me and one of the gifts was a roll of toilet paper and a bottle of hand sanitizer.....worth gobs.......Sunday a family day....LIFE IS GOOD AT 7891 Farm Wood Ln.

LIFE IN PAGE.....

Roommates and family enjoying the beautiful weather in Page Arizona......Love the pictures and glad they can help Darren and enjoy the weather down there,,,,,,