HAPPY HALLOWEEN......

Happy Halloween 2012.......Brayden with his gory pumpkin and Ken working on his.  We are so lucky we have a beautiful warm sunny day.  We all have our homes, lights, heat and enough to eat. I feel so sorry for the people in  the East who are just happy to be alive after this last storm, call "SANDY". Some day as my great-grandchildren read this they will probably learn of this in their history classes. Super storm outline ; Connecticut, roads are flooded, trees and power lines toppled, 594,000 without power; Delaware many coastal communities flooded 45,000 without power. Illinois high wind warning, lakeside flood warnings.  Kentucky a winter storm warning of foot of snow ..  Maine 60 mph wind gusts shut down the port of Portland, knock out power to 25,000.  Maryland Ocean City swamped, 2 ft of snow in the west; power outages to 145,000. Massachusetts many coastal communities evacuated power outage 400,000.  Michigan waves reach 20 ft on the Great Lakes, cargo shipping stopped 150,000 without power.  New Hampshire a power outages 210,000.  New Jersey storm hit Atlantic City 2.3 million no power.  New York 2 million lost power after huge storm surge, A Queens fire burned 80 homes. The Stock Market closed two days first time since blizzard in 1888. The shutdown of mass transit crippled a city where more than 8.3 million bus, subway and local rail trips are taken each day. It will take months and billions of dollars to rebuild everything.......and we are 6 days until the election of a new President!!!!  Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

WHITE HOUSE.....

The symbol of the United States along with the flag and the eagle.....I feel the last four years slowly a big black cloud....black? Can I use that word?--- has been getting bigger and bigger over this building.  Since John Adams moved in Nov 1, 1800, the White House has been the residence of every sitting president except George Washington.  
It's occupants are subject to change every four years, the stately stone structure at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington D.C., remains the permanent symbol of the U.S. presidency----and most famous home in America.  It was burned by the British during the war of 1812.The home's sq. footage is about 55,000 ft.  It features six levels, eight staircases, three elevators, 28 fireplaces, and 132 rooms, including 35 bathrooms. The fence includes 18 acres of land.  It has a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, beauty salon, a physician's office, a florist's shop and a swimming pool. I say, 'PUT THE WHITE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE'!.....we have been patient and it didn't work out switching colors.  Nice man, lousy President. Took a nice ride up to Park City yesterday with the Panniers, visited Will at work and back to lunch at the Porcupine Restaurant.  Weather beautiful.
"Every day I beat my own record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive."

OH YES...........

This is absolutely one of the prettiest pictures I have ever seen with my own two eyes.......This is when Leslie and I were in the north-west, I want to say Vermont! We just drove by and there it was.  Zipped up to Park City this afternoon with Pam and Rob to do a little shopping at the out-lets.  Ended up at the Polo store where William was working.  I bought him a cute navy plaid shirt and Pam got him the yellow cords for his birthday. William turns 22 on the 5th of December....wow, my first grandson is that old? Pam got a jacket and I ended up with a shirt......why not .......we got a discount? Then home and a stop at the Porcupine restaurant for lunch.....or was it an early dinner? They let me in on the latest with my "X" so it wouldn't happen to me.......He fell for the old scam of  'I am in jail in Mexico and I need $3,000.00 but don't tell my folks." from a grandchild.  He sent the money and the next day when they doubled  the request, the banker got suspicious and decided to do some checking.....well no one was out of the country, but how would he know he doesn't  know most of his grand children's names.......just beware you elders out there.10 days and counting till election day.....with the worst storm on record over the northeast!!!!!

G RATED BLOG........

I am sorry that my blog is turning into a 'G' rated one, but so many days of bad news campaigning, and a horrible storm attacking the Northeast etc. I just had to find something to smile about.  On the bottom of this picture it said..."don't forget to wear a helmet!" Don't they look like they are having fun and very happy?  He no doubt has the picnic in his  back pack.....or perhaps the sun tan oil and a bottle of wine, I think I've heard somewhere....."if God wanted us to wear clothes we would have been born in them".....so I simply say it may take a few years to become a free-soul..... they just keep blaming  our strange-ness on old age and being forgetful ......now, I think about all the fun I can have being old and blaming it all on being forgetful!  Well, I can't promise no more "g" rated pictures, but I will try to do better.  Richie came over and raked up the leaves and cleaned out my weedy flower bed in back....he is always so willing to help Gram. Yep, this picture made me smile........so suck it up cupcake.

GETTING CLOSER........

Well it happened......my grandsons are doing the snow dance and their grandmother is wondering how the weather in Florida is?  It snowed last night, melted by noon, but more forecast.  It's almost November, and we do need the water I guess.  Survived my bridge luncheon of yesterday, but still putting back the piles of things that make me,me.  Off to lunch today with Pat and LaVern to "Laylas", a Lebanese restaurant, had curry chicken which was very good.
I think I will go vote tomorrow, then not listen to TV, read the paper or turn on the radio till the election is over and I will just have to take the decision that God has willed.......but we have been promised that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the priesthood will save it.....Betty have faith!  Yes, this picture backs me up.  I guess it wouldn't be appropriate to say..."give Obama the bird!!!  Big bird.

CLEANING HOUSE.......

Oh joy, my turn to have bridge.....so last Saturday the Cook family came over and cleaned house.  Monday I went shopping for lunch and Tuesday I put together the casserole, jello salad and frozen desert, bought some rolls.  Had Gigi groomed and finished up cleaning the kitchen etc.  Why does it seem such a chore now days to entertain? In days gone by, with three small children, I could clean house, shop and get a meal ready for 6 or 8 people without a second thought.....getting old ain't fun! A week to get ready and a week to clean up afterwards.....glad it only comes once a year.  Maybe Maxine has the answer.
Yesterday I did something I never planned and still surprised at.  In the grocery story I saw 6 missionaries shopping.  Now with a missionary in the field and one due to go in January....I am more aware of all these cute boys from everywhere. They shopped, I shopped and we ended up in line at the same time.....me behind....something just kept telling me to step forward and offer to pay for their items.....so I marched right up to the check-out clerk and told her to put all their items on my bill, then I ask them if it was ok....they were as shocked as I was but said yes, and thanked me.  Wow talk about the little voices in your head and heart. I just hope someone will step out for my sweet missionaries.

MAGIC LITTLE STAMP......

     From the time I was a small child I enjoyed looking at the colorful stamps that just appeared in the mail box every day on the little white envelopes that came from everywhere with messages about everything.  Up in the right hand corner of every letter delivered was a stamp, back when I was young stamps cost 3 cents, at 80, they cost 48 cents.......but now days that costs too much for many people so they just email, text or phone when they want to talk to someone or pay a bill.  Some day there may be no stamps, no mail no anticipation of the message inside, the wonder of how may miles has that little envelope traveled and how did it travel..........no more pony express as started the whole mail system.  Now it is loaded on an airplane, a ship maybe by car or train.  Oh, is there a letter today for me?  If so, is it good news , happy news, funny news or sad news about a loved one. News of far away places, of extended families, new babies, weddings , funerals may come in those small square envelopes with it's stamp in the corner and the address with the instructions of whom is to receive it.  Oh the joy when they include a picture of some one you know, maybe a newspaper clipping or article of news.  A message of love is always welcome.  Forever that magic little stamp will be our friend.  It can take the message of the sender....where no phone....no other means of communication can penetrate.  I treasure my letters from family and friends.  Some have been read and reread many times, always with the same love and excitement as the day I  received them.  How sad many people don't have or never will have a treasured letter from your first love, one or both parents that are now gone as they tell you they love you and are very proud of you.  My wish is that everyone would sit down and in your own hand writing tell a child how wonderful you think they are.........so they can read it and reread it long after you are gone.  Tonight is the last debate......two weeks till we vote........my ulcer is getting worse.                                                                                                    

MEMORIES......

 How do you choose which picture to hang.  God has so many gorgeous scenes to pick from in the Fall it boggles your mind.  A few years ago Leslie, Mertle (our GPS) and I took a wonderful trip back east in October. We flew in to Providence, RI and ended up in MD. A fun two weeks of fun wandering (and I do mean wandering).....Mertle wasn't always sure where we needed to be. Fun places like Hershey PA, Intercourse,PA and Salem.  There was so much to see as we wandered through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland. We lucked out in the weather department.  We have many beautiful pictures as memories.
Off to a movie and lunch with a friend, then back to getting things ready for a bridge luncheon at my house, then voting in two weeks.......and Halloween!It has been a busy month.

FOOT PRINTS......

All I can say to this comment......is AMEN!  I guess Bush is tried of Obama  saying everything bad was Bush's fault.  We are all tired of hearing that.  Each President leaves his foot prints in the sand, good or bad or right or wrong......suck it up cup-cake and move on.
Everyone leaves their foot prints in the sand of life.......have you left any?  Have you or are you following someone Else's?
On the beach you can spy a set of big and little prints wandering in the sand.  Is it a father and child searching for shells....a grandparent and child watching the waves roll in?  Another set left by a jogger getting in his morning run. Each footprint is a personal story of someone, as each life has a story to tell.
Warm, soft, soothing.....who doesn't like to walk barefoot in the sand?  Soon the waves come sliding in to wash the sand clean, so the next person can have his or her time being center stage. "Where do all the foot prints go" asks the small child.  "God saves them all", you answer.
I have left my footprints in the sand many places all over the world.....how about you?
My sweet Cook family came over this morning and cleaned my house for me so I can have bridge next week.  Richie put my back yard to bed for the winter, patio furniture, covered the pond and drained it and unhooked the hose.  I will miss him next year when he is on a mission!

ONE LITTLE SUITCASE.......

ONE LITTLE SUITCASE!!!! I can't even spend the weekend at the cabin with ONE little suitcase, and you want me to take a 10 day trip with ONE little suitcase?
Suitcases come in many sizes, shapes and colors.  I have many....and use to spend almost more time traveling as living in my home.  Well, not really, but I was off on a couple of big trips, and several short ones every year.  My theme song was 'On The Road Again'......and as soon as I got home from one trip I started counting the days until the next one.  I made sure I had a deposit on something fun so I never had long of wait, and something fun to look forward to.
Just the sight of a suitcase says to me adventure. I will never get too old or bored or disinterested in life for a good adventure.  After many years of travel around the world......and I have been around he world, with over 100 countries, 6 of the 7 continents and 48 of the 50 states under my belt, my suitcases have seen a lot of miles. Even to mull over a handful of travel brochures can give me a high no drink or pill can duplicate.  At 21 I started packing a suitcase as a "Stewardess", and extinct animal today.......79 years later I still get that excited feeling when I pull out a suitcase and start putting all the "essentials" in it!  Of course, as the years have passed I have learned better packing habits....not as many "essentials", only what "I" can carry also dictates the size and shape. AND Airlines have changed, ONE suitcase not more than 50 pounds.......
I decided long ago I am part Gypsies and when the North Wind blows, I just have to pack and go somewhere....I guess as long as I have tomorrow and that trusty 'ole suitcase, you will see me thumbing through brochures, travel magazines and saving my pennies for the next ticket somewhere......anywhere!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTIE......

Oh my, my youngest grandchild is turning 11 today.  He is still my baby and 'my best friend.' Last night his family, the Christenson family and I went to the .....'Speghetti Factory'.....to celebrate.  This has been our birthday celebration place since his mother was a little girl.   He has a full day planned to celebrate. Happy Birthday Scottie!
My other family, the Panniers are all traveling.....well not Will.  Pam went to Minnesota to visit Nicci.  Tiffany and Scott went to St. George to celebrate their anniversary and Rob headed out to Idaho to his new cabin at Island Park.  Rob is suffering from a torn rotary cuff ......not fun.
Nothing better than family.
Good thought:  'Today you are you, that is truer than true,
There is no one alive, who is you'er than you!"  Suess

IS YOUR LIFE FULL?

Ahh Fall.......everywhere you turn now, you see God has been busy with his paint brush.  The days are still pretty and the nights cool.  I need to get my back yard put to bed for winter.
I love the following story about life;
The Professor filled  a jar with golf balls and ask his students if it was full.....the answer was "Yes."
Then he poured in small pebbles, they fell through the cracks......asked if the jar was full.....the answer was "Yes".
Then he poured sand in and it sifted down into the jar...."Is it full now?" he asked, they answered "Yes".
Then he pulled out a bottle of wine and poured it in and the sand soaked it up.....answer was yes it is full.
The jar represents your life.  The professor explained, the golf balls represent the important things in your life.....your family, friends, children, health.  If everything else was lost and you had the golf balls, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are things like jobs, house, car, holidays.  The sand is everything else, all small stuff.  If you had put sand in first, there would be no room for pebbles and golf balls.  If you spend all your time in the sand, there would be no time for the family, children etc.  So set your priorities and take care of golf balls first, all the rest is sand.
And ask about the wine......I was showing you no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a glass of wine with a friend!
To all this I say AMEN................

SOMEONE'S MIRACLE

First I have to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN"......two days ago!  A big 46 and looking good with your fun family on vacation.  I am happy to have you as a son-in-law you are kind and very generous when people are in need.
I was just thinking everyone can become someones miracle.  Reach out and try to be some one's miracle.  It doesn't cost a lot of money....maybe not a lot of time.  But, the effort is worth it if you can lessen someones burden.  There are so many in need out there now.  In my small circle the Warnocks who are house bound and just lonesome for someone to talk to.  Ann in here rest home spending many long days alone.  A phone call, a note or a visit is so welcome.  Toby who is almost blind, whose husband has only months to live, and needs to know someone is thinking of her and cares.  Bonnie who lost her husband a few months ago, and just needs a phone call now and then.....this is my new challenge to reach out and be there for them.
I must be God's container full of mercy, full of healing, full of caring and concerns. I need to be willing to exchange places with someone hurting. At my age it could be me anytime.
Sad when you realize ...."the things I use to care to do, I no longer care to do, but I really do care that I don't care to do them anymore".  Second Presidential debate last night....can I make it two more weeks till we vote????

PRICELESS GIFTS......

Perfect picture.....suck it up cupcake....big bird knows whats best!  I am counting the days till the election.......hopefully the 'Black Jesus' days are numbered.....
I am also counting the days until Christmas and going over my list of gifts to buy.  Who needs what?  Grandkids getting bigger, only want expensive electronic devices (not in the budget). Girls and their families buy what they want. I found a few 'Priceless Gifts' list I am considering.
GIFT ONE; One of the best gifts you can give is a hand-written, personalized note or letter.  I know this true and I value letters from my parents written many years ago, they are yellowed and frayed but in their hand writing I read and reread them often.  Now days, parents call, text or email their children in college, living far way, they will never have letters to read when their folks are gone....and their folks will be gone someday!  Writing your love ones with words of love, encouragement or gratitude can be deeply moving when the recipient knows time and effort was taken to hand-write your thoughts and feeling for them.  A letter that is personally addressed and written may be kept for decades.  Complimentary words of gratitude, encouragement and appreciation are bound to be kept and cherished.  GIFT TWO:  Hand made or family heirlooms.  One year for Christmas I typed up all my mother's poems and had them bound into a book for siblings and nephews, and nieces.  They were all thrilled.  The year before my mother died, she made each of her five children a quilt.  I cherish mine.  I also did this for my three children....I hope they will love it for many years after I am gone. GIFT THREE;This one made me chuckle........give a baked memory.  In other words type up your favorite receipts and pass them on.  When someone makes them, the smells and tastes will bring back memories of you......well there is a bowl of cereal, a frozen dinner or a can of soup???I DON'T THINK SO!  Oh well, I will find something for everyone by Christmas.
Back to my own little bed tonight...sorry  Marley and Izzie not on my bed..........fun week with the Cook kids.

BIDDEN VS RYAN

LAST NIGHT VP BIDDEN AND RYAN HASHED IT OUT.......WHO WON????  OF COURSE DEMOCRATS SAY BIDDEN, REPUBLICANS SAY RYAN.  BIDDEN SMIRKED, SMILED, AND INTERRUPTED RYAN 82 TIMES TRYING TO LOOK MACHO. OH HAPPY DAY.  I WILL MISS THE SECOND DEBATE OF OBAMA AND ROMNEY BECAUSE OF BRIDGE ON TUESDAY....DARNIT.  MAYBE THAT IS GOOD.  MY NERVES ARE GETTING THIN.
IN THIS CRAZY WORLD I WILL USE MY WORDS TO BLESS PEOPLE.  I WILL SPEAK FAVOR AND VICTORY OVER MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES. I WILL HELP CALL OUT THEIR SEEDS OF GREATNESS BY TELLING THEM "I AM PROUD OF YOU, I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE AMAZING, YOU ARE TALENTED, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.  YOU WILL DO GREAT THINGS IN LIFE."  IF WE WOULD ALL JUST TAKE A FEW SECONDS EACH DAY TO SAY SOMETHING NICE TO JUST ONE PERSON....EVEN YOURSELF.....IT WOULD MAKE FOR A BETTER WORLD.

BIG BIRD SAYS.......

In all my 80 years I have ever seen grown men act like they are acting this presidential political campaign season.  We vote in less than a month......then what will I blog about?  I guess "old age" as that is what I know most about.
Baby sitting the Cooks all week, having a lot of fun.
I don't know how Big Bird got involved in the fight.....I guess someone just doesn't have a platform to run on???? All you hear from Obama's speeches, is "I".  He views his election as a blank check to power. Looking forward to the big V-P debate tonight....Bidden and Ryan. I love the following piece from the paper.  ''The President has been totally corrupted by power. His already excessive self-regard has grown out of control thanks to an entourage of yes men, a fawning press and the the presidential bubble.   He actually believes in the messianic cult of the "Black Jesus" that surrounds him and has a Nobel Prize to authenticate his personal exceptionalism".  The result is that Obama is no longer capable of dealing with ordinary disagreement and difference,  Honest disagreements are beneath him.......so he calls Romney a liar and drags poor Big Bird into it.  It is the business of a King clinging to power....He thinks "It's good to be King."

THINK POSITIVE.....

Why is it so easy to think negative instead of try and find the positives in our lives. We have to work on approaching a change from a negative point of view to a positive one.  This is not easy, but when all is said and done I see God knew all the time what he was doing.  I guess the best approach is just stay open and know God is in control.  If you can and will approach that change the winds that you thought were against you will actually push you to your divine destiny.
I knew my "X" was keeping me from being my best.  But, that vow I made "for better or for worse" kept getting in the way.  But now I see God knew best and lead him out of our marriage and forced me to move forward on my own.  He knew what was best and wanted me to reach my full potential.  God knows if he didn't close a door that I would never have the incentive to move ahead.  After 30 years things would never change and I would have even less self-confidence and self-esteem. God had something better in store for me, what I really deserved and was sent here for.  So don't fight change-----embrace it and see what God has in store!  I have finally become the best me and a better mother, friend, grammie.
I'm not sure about that word "OR".....It indicates you have to make a decision.

CONFERENCE AND GRANDKIDS......

Conference in Salt Lake CIiy is always big......so our town is full of people from all over the world. The big news was missionaries can now go on a mission at 18, girls 19.  That is so much better, that year between high school  graduation and the 19 birthday is such a waste, and many change their minds.
This being said, my daughter and husband took off to Lake Powell for the weekend and Brayden and Kennedy spent the weekend in Salt Lake with Gram. Brayden and I had some good visits while Kennedy watched Sponge Bob Square Pants.  We went shopping, had lunch at Costco and  went to see "Hotel Transylvania". They spent one night with their favorite cousins....the Cooks.
Bray called me when they got home so I know hey made it back to Vernal safely.  The boys brought Lilly Lou.....the big dog and  Sherrie  took Macy with them.......thank goodness.   It is their water skiing dog!  Love this family picture, Bray getting Eagle Scout Certificate and Ken is due to get his by Christmas.  Alex has his and is on a mission in Brazil.  I am proud of my grandchildren.

HOROSCOPE.......

MY HOROSCOPE FOR THE DAY SAYS: "YOU HOLD THE KEY THAT WILL UNLOCK YOUR DREAMS".......I KNOW THAT! ANYWAY I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT NOBODY CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY BUT YOU.  " SUCCEEDING ALWAYS STARTS WITH BELIEVING.  SO INSTEAD OF SEEING WHAT YOU AREN'T, SEE WHAT YOU CAN BE.  INSTEAD OF LOOKING BACK AT WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM, LOOK AHEAD AT WHERE YOU'RE GOING.  INSTEAD OF TELLING YOURSELF YOU CAN'T, TELL YOURSELF YOU WILL.  BECAUSE DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!"   I HAVE BEEN AND DONE MOST THINGS I DREAMED OF......OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE A FEW NIGHT MARES ALONG THE WAY.....NO LIFE IS PERFECT.  I THINK I HANDLED MINE OK AND AM MOVING ON, TRYING TO AGE GRACEFULLY.  I LOVE MAXINE, EVERYONE NEEDS A FRIEND LIKE HER, SHE MAKES YOU SMILE......AND THAT IS GOOD.
TONIGHT BRAYDEN AND KENNEDY ARE COMING FOR THE WEEKEND WHILE THEIR PARENTS GO TO LAKE POWELL.  I MISS THEM AND IT IS FUN TO HAVE SOME CATCH UP TIME WITH THEM.  GRANDKIDS GROW UP TOO FAST.........

YEA.....ROMNEY

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AND I STRUGGLED WITH MYSELF IF I SHOULD WATCH IT OR NOT......FEARING OBAMA WOULD CHEW ROMNEY UP AND SPIT HIM OUT!!!!IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AT HOW WONDERFUL ROMNEY CAME THROUGH FOR "ME".  NO ONE INCLUDING MOST THE DEMOCRATS COULD BELIEVE OBAMA'S POOR PERFORMANCE.   GORE BLAMED OBAMA'S POOR JOB ON DENVER'S HIGH ALTITUDE?????ONLY TWO MORE TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT YOU CAN BELIEVE OBAMA'S PEOPLE WILL BE SURE HE WON'T REPEAT HIS GOOF. PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!
I FEEL A WONDERFUL NEW CHAPTER IN LIFE IS BEGINNING.  IN FACT, IT'S  ALREADY BEGUN, BECAUSE  ROMNEY HAS SET IT IN MOTION, BY HOPING AND DREAMING AND PLANNING AND DOING,  BY TAKING LOTS OF LITTLE STEPS----AND A LEAP OR TWO WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD.  THAT BEAUTIFUL FUTURE I HAVE PICTURED IS TAKING SHAPE AND I AM READY TO LIVE IT!
"IF 'IF'S' AND 'BUTS' WERE FRUIT AND NUTS......CHRISTMAS WOULD BE ALL YEAR ROUND.  RUTH AND PATTY OVER FOR COFFEE AND OUR MONTHLY THERAPY SESSION........

DEAR PHOTOGRAPHS.......

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS PHOTOGRAPHS.......OLD AND NEW, ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.......
SOMETIMES I GET SO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT I FAIL TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENT....AND THE PAST.    MY PAST IS REALLY WHAT HAS MADE MY PRESENT WHAT IT IS,  I WAS A GOOD PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE, LEARNING, HELPING, BEING KIND AND DOING THE RIGHT THING GROWING UP.   EVERY NOW AND THEN I TAKE A FEW MINUTES, GRAB A PHOTO ALBUM AND LOSE MYSELF IN "THE GOOD OLE' DAYS." I WAS THIN MOST MY LIFE, BUSY AND HAVE WONDERFUL PICTURES WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TRAVELS TO REMIND ME WHO I WAS, AM AND WILL ALWAYS BE.  I KNOW A POOR CHILDHOOD INFLUENCES A PERSONS LIFE....I SAY "THANK YOU" TO PARENTS THAT MADE MY CHILDHOOD THE BEST OF THE BEST.......IT IS NOT HARD TO FIT IN....YET STAND OUT.  "I HAVE BRAINS IN MY HEAD AND FEET IN MY SHOES AND I CAN DO AND BE ANYTHING I CHOOSE!" (DR SUESS KINDA)
THANKS TO KARRIE FOR STAINING MY REDWOOD PORCH TODAY.....HELP WHEN YOUR OLD MEANS SO MUCH.

AHHHH OCTOBER......

I GUESS THE THING THAT MAKES ME LOVE OCTOBER IS THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGING OF COLORS......BECAUSE I CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT NOVEMBER HAS TO OFFER WHICH WILL BE HERE TOO SOON.
I STARTED THE MONTH OFF WITH A DENTIST APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING.  LOST A FILLING EATING CARAMELS AT BRIDGE......I THINK.  BUT GOT IT ALL FIXED UP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN OCTOBER.  WILL BE BABY SITTING SHERRIE'S BOYS THIS WEEKEND AND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK I WILL GO OVER AND TAKE CARE OF KARRIE'S.......THEN BRIDGE IS COMING UP THE END OF THE MONTH, THAT MEANS HOUSE CLEANING AND LOOKING UP A MENU TO SERVE.  GLAD IT COMES ONCE A YEAR!  WONDERFUL EMAIL FROM MY BRAZILIAN MISSIONARY.....HE LOVES ME AND MISSES HIS GRAM......YES!!!!!