BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY......

         I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR TODAY......AT  MY AGE I CAN'T BE PICKY.....I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE ANY DAY GOD DECIDES TO PUT HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH AND ENJOY IT!  IT WAS SUNNY BUT FREEZING COLD......I DID GO TO A MOVIE, GO WATER PAM'S PLANTS AND GO GROCERY SHOPPING......GOT TO BRAVE THE COLD IT IS HERE TO STAY AWHILE.....
         "YOU FAIL.....YOU WIN.....YOU MAKE MISTAKES, YOU LIVE AND YOU LEARN....YOU'RE HUMAN, NOT PERFECT.  YOU HAVE BEEN HURT BUT YOU ARE ALIVE....THINK OF WHAT  A PRECIOUS PRIVILEGE   IT IS TO BE ALIVE.....TO BREATH.....TO THINK.....TO ENJOY AND TO CHASE THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE.....SOMETIMES THERE IS SADNESS IN OUR JOURNEY, BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF BEAUTY......WE MUST KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER EVEN WHEN WE HURT, FOR WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT IS WAITING FOR US JUST AROUND THE BEND,"  author unknown
               AND SO TODAY ENDS THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT 24 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!

WINTER.....UGH......

WOKE UP TO SNOW AGAIN THIS MORNING......BUT ONE LOOK AT A PICTURE OF MY GREAT-GRANDSON MADE THE SUN COME OUT AT MY HOUSE!  HERE IS MY AARON AT THE AQUARIUM WITH GRAN AND GRAMPS PANNIER.  COULD JUST EAT HIM UP.

ABOUT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR.......LATELY.......I JUST WANT TO BE OUT OF THE COLD AND SNOW ......SO IF I COULD JUST HAVE SOMEONE DO AS A POEM OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN'S SUGGESTS:

MAIL ME SOMEWHERE

JUST MAIL ME SOMEWHERE

WRAP ME UP AND PACK ME AND

MAIL ME SOMEWHERE......

PARCEL POST, UPS, REGULAR MAIL OR AIR

ALL WRAPPED UP IN BROWN PAPER

THAT WON'T RIP OR TEAR

WITH STAMPS ON MY FOREHEAD AND

STRING IN MY HAIR

AND A TAG ON MY BUTT THAT SAYS

"HANDLE WITH CARE"

PASTE ON ANY ADDRESS,

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE

HAWAII OR MEXICO BUT NOT DELAWARE

CAUSE WHEREVER IT IS 

I"LL BE HAPPY THERE.......

SO PLEASE SHIP ME-----SEND ME----

MAIL ME SOMEWHERE!

WOKE UP ONE MORNING.....

        LIFE IS NOT FAIR.......I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING.......AND AM I AT THE BEACH IN ST. THOMAS WITH MY CHRISTENSON FAMILY.......NO....... I AM IN MY OWN LITTLE BED AND IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE!  SHERRIE JUST CALLED AND SAID SHE WAS KEEPING KEN AND BRAYDEN DOWN THERE UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN THEY COME HOME......THEY WERE TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AND GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND MISSIONARY WORK! GOOD FOR THEM......A FAMILY VACATION WITH EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THE TWO OLDER ONES WERE ALWAYS AWAY ON A MISSION......IS SOMETHING TO ENJOY.......
                                                     BUT........
      ONE MORNING  I WOKE UP DIFFERENT.....I AM DONE WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS WITH ME, AGAINST ME, OR WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO PICK A SIDE.....I AM DONE WITH ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T BRING ME PEACE......( I KNOW MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED)......I REALIZE THAT OPINIONS ARE A DIME A DOZEN, VALIDATION IS FOR PARKING YOUR CARS, AND LOYALTY  ISN'T A WORD BUT A LIFESTYLE.......I DON'T FEEL THIS WAY BECAUSE OF A MAN OR A JOB OR A NEIGHBOR OR RELATIVE.....I JUST REALIZED THAT MY LIFE US
WAY TO SHORT TO LEAVE THE KEY TO MY HAPPINESS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S POCKET!
       I HAD PLANS TO DO SO MUCH TODAY.....A LITTLE BEHIND.....DID DO TWO BATCHES OF LAUNDRY, COVER THE AIR-CONDITIONER WITH PLASTIC (STARTED SNOWING)........FINISHED BRINGING IN THE XMAS DECORATIONS ETC.....MAYBE A MOVIE AND COLOR MY HAIR TOMORROW......I HAVE ALL WEEK ALONE!

WHY BLOG......OR JUST WRITE?

I LIKE TO THINK I AM NOT NORMAL.......I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO TRY NEW THINGS .....JUST TO SEE IF I CAN DO THEM......OR GO SOMEWHERE NOT EVERYONE HEADS FOR ON A VACATION......LIKE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, RORATONGA, CAMBODIA OR TAZMANIA........

I HAVE DISCOVERED I LOVE TO WRITE....BUT LIKE ALL WRITERS THERE ARE JUST SOME DAYS WORDS ARE HARD TO FIND OR PUT DOWN SO .......AND SO YOU THINK WHY WRITE?  

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HOLD A PEN......PICK A WORD ......AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES YOU.   BECAUSE WE STORE EVERYTHING IN OUR BODY;......THE GORGEOUS, UGLY, THE PAINFUL THE ESTATIC, ETC.....IT IS ALL STORED IN OUR CELLS WHERE MEMORY, TENSION AND CONFUSION REMAIN DAY AFTER DAY, WAITING TO BE SET FREE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW OUR WRITING TO AN AUDIENCE, FAMILY OR ANYONE BUT WHEN IT IS WRITTEN DOWN AS A LIST, AS A PARAGRAPH OR POEM OR STORY......WE CAN FACE THE WORLD WITH A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SELF IN THIS WORLD.....AND  AT THE VERY LEAST YOU KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS ARE OUT OF YOUR BODY......WRITING IS A WAY OF ESSENTIALLY BECOMING FREE!!!IT ALL BEGINS WITH A WORD!!!!!.

HAPPY THANKSGVING

YES IT WAS........HAD A GREAT TURKEY DINNER WITH ROB AND PAM.......ROB ORDERED "MARIE CALENDAR'S" AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRESS UP FANCY OR FACE ANY CROWDS TO ENJOY THE TURKEY!!!!

THE CHRISTENSONS SPENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ME......THEN WE WERE UP AT FIVE TO GET THEM OFF ON THEIR TRIP TO ST. THOMAS FOR THE HOLIDAY......EVERYONE EXCITED ABOUT HEADING FOR THE BEACH AND WARM WEATHER.......HAD OUR FIRST BIG SNOW STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DON'T KNOW WHERE LAST WEEK WENT BUT DIDN'T GET TO THE BLOG OR COMPUTER.......WHICH ISN'T GOOD.

PAM AND ROB LEAVE TOMORROW FOR ARGENTINA AND A TEN DAY FISHING TRIP......BREE IS STAYING WITH ME.......TODAY I AM STARTING MY CHRISTMAS DECORATING......GOT THE TREE UP AND AM READY TO MOVE TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE.......THIRTY-ONE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!

November.....November......November......

AS BAD AS I HATED TO SEE NOVEMBER ARRIVE......IT TOOK IT TILL THE 15TH OR SO TO ACT LIKE WINTER......BUT THE COLD WEATHER AND A LITTLE SNOW HAS SHOWN US WINTER IS HERE.......

YESTERDAY RUTH AND PATTY BROUGHT LUNCH IN ABOUT NOON AND STAYED TILL 5:00.....I LOVE PEOPLE TO FEEL THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AT MY HOME......RUTH AND I ARE FOR TRUMP AND ARE MORMON......SO WE KINDA GIVE PATTY A HARD TIME WHO IS LUTHERAN AND FOR HILAREY.........BUT THESE DIFFERENCES DO  NOT AFFECT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT EACH OTHER.....IN FACT GIVE US SOMETHING TO CHEW ON!!!.  SHERRIE HAD DROPPED BY TO PICK UP KEN AND TAKE HIM TO VERNAL LAST NIGHT AND ENJOYED VISITING WITH THEM A FEW MINUTES......THEY REMEMBER HER AS A LITTLE GIRL ON "LAURI KAY DRIVE".......WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS A LONG TIME.

SHERRIE CAME IN BECAUSE HER FATHER HAD ANOTHER SPLINT PUT IN HIS HEART AND THEY NICKED A BLOOD  VESSEL THEY COULD NOT STOP THE BLEEDING AND HIS ARM TURNED BLACK ETC......KINDA A WORRY FOR AWHILE.....BUT HE ENDED UP GOING HOME YESTERDAY .......SO GUESS HE IS BETTER....I ONLY HEAR IT ALL SECOND HAND!!!!!!!

BRAY CALLED THEY WOULD BE HOME TONIGHT  LATE AND HE AND HIS CUTE FRIEND TAYLOR AND HIS WIFE WANT TO COME TO MY HOUSE AFTER CHURCH TOMORROW AND COOK A TURKEY DINNER AND PLAY MEXICAN TRAIN.......(I HAVE THEM HOOKED!) SO I GUESS IT WILL BE PARTY TIME AFTER CHURCH TOMORROW.......I AM SO HAPPY THEY WANT TO BE WITH ME.........

KINDA HAPPY ALEX AND AUBREY HAVE BROKEN UP?????  TOO SOON AFTER HIS DIVORCE........

WHY? JUST TO LIVE AND BE HAPPY......

       KINDA FUNNY HOW A FEW YEARS CAN CHANGE YOUR THINKING!!!!!!
I LOVE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT THEY WANT AND STICK TO IT.....LIKE THE PEOPLE OF CHERNOBYL........WHEN THE NUCLEAR REACTOR BLEW UP THEIR HOMES WERE CONDEMNED AND THEY WERE MOVED OUT.......BUT.....A SMALL HANDFUL OF TOUGH PEASANTS DEFIANTLY SNEAKED BACK TO THEIR CONTAMINATED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND......THEY DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS HOME AND THEY LIKED IT AND IT WAS HOME.......WAS IT SAFE?  OF COURSE NOT!.....BUT HANNA HAS BEEN THROUGH FAMINE, WORLD WAR II, AN ATOMIC MELTDOWN AND AGING ITSELF.....WHAT DOES SAFE MEAN ANYWAY TO HER?  HANNA DRINKS THE CONTAMINATED WATER....PLANTS HER GARDEN IN THE POISONED SOIL, MAKES HER OWN MOON SHINE, LAUGHS ABOUT LIFE AND THEN GOES OUTSIDE TO BUTCHER ANOTHER RADIOACTIVE PIG TO MAKE RADIOACTIVE SAUSAGE.........
       WHY ARE THESE TOUGH OLD CRONES THRIVING?  BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY!
       AND WHY ARE THEY HAPPY?    BECAUSE THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO........WHAT IS A CRONE.....SHE IS OFTEN A GUARDIAN OF THE UNDERWORLD BECAUSE SHE HAS NO FEAR OF DEATH----WHICH MEANS, OF COURSE, SHE HAS NO FEAR OF ANYTHING.
       WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT FETISHIZIES YOUTH......IN FACT WE LIVE IN A CULTURE WHERE STAYING YOUNG IS CONSIDERED A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT....BUT I AM LOSING INTEREST (IF I EVER HAD ANY) IN BEING 21 FOREVER.....THE ANSWER TO ALL THIS IS LIVE......LIVE EVERY MOMENT AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST....YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE..

RECONNECTING......

YES .......I AM OLD......AND NO I AM NOT DEAD YET.......SO QUIET TREATING ME LIKE I AM........

RECONNECTING WITH YOUR INNER CHILD IS A TERRIFIC THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE, WHETHER YOU HAVE OLD WOUNDS TO HEAL OR YOU DO NOT WANT TO OPEN NEW ONES.......TODAY SHERRIE CAME FLYING IN TO SEE DON......WHO JUST HAD ANOTHER STINT PUT IN HIS HEART.....A BLOOD VESSEL WAS NICKED AND THEY COULD NOT STOP THE BLEEDING WHICH WAS PRETTY SCAREY TO THE KIDS......ANYWAY THEY STOPPED THE BLEEDING AND HE WENT HOME..........SOOOOO.    SHE TOOK KEN BACK TO VERNAL WITH HER AND BRAY WILL BRING HIM HOME TOMORROW FOR CHURCH SUNDAY.  SO NICE TO SEE SHERRIE AND .......I CAN SLEEP IN TOMORROW!!!!!

PATTY AND RUTH BROUGHT LUNCH IN TODAY .......ARRIVED AT 12;00....LEFT AT 5;00......I AM GLAD THEY FEEL AT HOME HERE.......AND WE GOT ALL THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD SETTLED.

BEEN A BUSY WEEK......TUESDAY, RELIEF SOCIETY TEACHERS AND MOVIE WITH ROB, WEDNESDAY BRIDGE....YESTERDAY SAT IN INSTA CARE FOR HOURS TO SEE ABOUT MY EAR......HAVE FLUID ON IT AND ON  AN ANTIBIOTIC.....COLD, COLD HERE.......AND 38 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!

SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE........

HAPPY CHURCH DAY........ENJOYED THE PRIMARY'S PROGRAM TODAY.........BUT

TO ALL YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE USE TO ALWAYS GETTING THINGS YOUR WAY.........AND CANNOT BELIEVE YOUR DEMO CANDIDATE DID NOT WIN AND ARE FURIOUS WITH AMERICA.......WELL I SAY "SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE".......GROW UP AND FACE THE FACT LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS FAIR!  I KNOW........BECAUSE EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN OBAMA BEAT ROMNEY.......I WENT THROUGH JUST WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE, BUT I DIDN'T CRY, RUN UP AND DOWN THE STREET CARRYING A SIGN PROTESTING, IF THAT IS HOW YOU HANDLE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE......I AM GLAD I AM NOT IN YOUR LIFE!  I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE.......WHAT GOES ROUND.....COMES ROUND AND I AM ON CLOUD NINE TODAY WITH TRUMP WINNING!!!!!

ENJOYED A FUN SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE BOYS AND TWO OF BRAY'S FRIENDS......TAYLOR AND COLLET.......GREAT GAME OF MEXICAN TRAIN WITH PIZZA AND CHEESE AND CRACKERS ON THE SIDE!

CRAP........

THIS I KNOW.......

WE JUST GOT A NEW PRESIDENT.......ALMOST ANOTHER YEAR IS HERE AND  I WILL TRY TO BE A BETTER ME.......

I WILL TRY TO LIVE BENEATH MY MEANS....RETURN EVERYTHING I BORROW........STOP BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE....ADMIT IT WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE.....DO SOMETHING NICE AND TRY  NOT GET CAUGHT......LISTEN MORE AND TALK LESS.......STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE NOT PERFECTION......BE ON TIME.......DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES......DON'T ARGUE......GET ORGANIZED......BE KIND TO ALL PEOPLE.....LET SOMEONE CUT AHEAD OF ME IN LINE AND TAKE TIME TO BE ALONE.....CULTIVATE GOOD MANNERS....BE HUMBLE.......REALIZE AND ACCEPT THAT LIFE IS NOT FAIR......KNOW WHEN TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.......GO AN ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT CRITICIZING ANYONE.....LEARN FROM THE PAST.......PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.....LIVE IN THE PRESENT......DO NOT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.....AND IT'S ALL SMALL STUFF!

THIS IS SORTA  A "NEW YEARS RESOLUTION".......OR NOT.

SOME OF MY FAMILY NEED TO READ THE PART ......"GOING AROUND DESTROYIING

TWO DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION......

                     I AM STILL ON CLOUD NINE.......TRUMP BEAT HILLARY!!!!!
     IT IS LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD HAS OPENED UP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND MAYBE A GOOD FUTURE FOR MY 9 GRANDCHILDREN........SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WORLD OUT THERE.......SPENT MOST OF THE PAST TWO DAY REVELING IN OUR VICTORY.......PATTY DID COME OVER FOR COFFEE TODAY......SHE WAS FOR HILLARY AND ALL THE FREE-BES SHE WAS GETTING FROM OBAMA.......SO I DIDN'T RUB IT IN!!!  I LOVE HER TOO MUCH AND AM SO GLAD I AM NOT IN HER SHOES.......SHERRIE CALLED HAD COME IN TO DRIVE A CAR BACK TO VERNAL THEY HAD BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION......HAD HAD LUNCH WITH KEN.....WHICH WAS GOOD......BUT NO TIME FOR A SHORT VISIT WITH MOM......SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE......YOU ARE NOT A PRIORITY IN YOUR CHILDREN'S LIFE WHEN THEY GROW UP.......PAM IS FINDING THAT OUT!.......... BUT THEN AGAIN.......... I HAVEN'T SEEN PAM FOR TWO WEEKS AND SHE LIVES 10 MINUTES FROM ME.....OH WELL.......WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!!!!!

THANK YOU GOD........

OH YES......I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND IN PRAYERS BEING ANSWERED!!!   I COULD NOT WATCH ANY OF THE VOTING ALL DAY.......AND JUST KNEW HILLARY WAS GOING TO WIN ACCORDING TO ALL THE POLES......AND IT WAS BREAKING MY HEART.....IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER TERM OF OBAMA......AND I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO LIVING LONG ENOUGH TO SEE HIM LEAVE OFFICE.....HE WAS A DISASTER......AND SOMEONE GETTING OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK WITH  A DECENT HEALTH PROGRAM......BUILDING UP OUR MILITARY AGAIN.......MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AND GETTING RID OF ISISES WAS NEEDED......I  DIDN'T THINK BILLY BOY WOULD MAKE A VERY GLAMOROUS "FIRST LADY"......AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE QUESTION FOR HILLARY????DO YOU OWN A DRESS?

AND THEN......AND THEN......

I WOKE UP WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FOX GREETING  THE WORLD THAT TRUMP WAS OUR NEW PRESIDENT!!!!

I AM SORRY FOR YOU LOSERS.......BECAUSE I REMEMBER HOW I FELT WHEN ROMNEY LOST.....BUT SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE.......THE REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE MOVE......

TURN BACK THE CLOCK.......

TWO GOOD MESSAGES IN ONE.......I DID TURN BACK ALL MY CLOCKS, THAT IS BRAYDEN HELPED ME......AND I HAVE TURNED BACK TAKING THE COUNTRY BACK TOMORROW TO THE UNIVERSE AND GOD!!!!!!BUT IF GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS HE WILL LET HILLARY LOSE.........BUT IF NOT.....ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF OBAMA.......IT HAS BEEN A LONG MISERABLE UP AND DOWN ELECTION THIS YEAR.......ONE MORE DAY.

BUSY WEEKEND WITH THE BOYS......SATURDAY KEN AND I HIT WALMART IN THE AM AND THEN BRAYDEN JOINED IN THE AFTERNOON FOR A MOVIE......YESTERDAY CHURCH THEN DINNER, MOVIE AND GAME OF MEXICAN TRAIN WITH THE TWO BOYS AND BRAYDEN'S FRIEND TAYLOR........DEAD TIRED LAST NIGHT.......DIDN'T GET MUCH DONE TODAY, TONIGHT MY DANCING WITH THE STARS.

TOMORROW IS VOTING DAY AND A DERMATALIGIST APPOINTMENT.....NOT TO EXCITING.

MORE RELATIVES.......

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WHY......WHY WE SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR CAN'T WE JUST FIND A TIME THAT FITS OUR STATE AND STICK WITH IT???????  TONIGHT WE SET OUR CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR.....GOOD ONE MORE HOUR SLEEP BEFORE CHURCH IN THE MORNING......BUT TRY AND TELL YOUR BODY THAT FOR A WEEK OR SO.....OR THE DOG WHO IS USE TO PEEING A 6:30?  OH WELL.....IT IS WHAT IT IS.

KEN AND I WENT SHOPPING THIS MORNING.....THEN BRAY CAME OVER AND WE WENT TO THE MOVIE AN D HOME FOR HAM FRIED RICE......BRAYDEN WAS OFF TO THE LITTLE AIRPORT TO PICK UP A LICENSE PLATE FOR HIS DAD.......ALWAYS SOMETHING ON HIS TODO LIST FOR DAD.....THEN HOME WORK.   THEY ARE OFF TO THE SINGLES WARD TOMORROW AND A PIANO CONCERT ON TEMPLE SQUARE FOR THE SINGLES STAKE......USE TO GOING TO CHURCH ALONE.......AND ANOTHER WEEKEND FLYS BY.

COUNTING THE DAYS.......TWO MORE......TILL WE VOTE AND GET THIS TERRIBLE NONSENSE OF TRUMP AND HILLARY ALL DAY ON EVERY CHANNELS TO END.

GENEOLOGY........

THESE ARE THE COUSINS......SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND THE SECOND COUSINS OF MY UNCLE FRED AND AUNT JANE.......AUNT JANE GREW UP NEXT DOOR TO ME....SHE WAS QUITE  BIT OLDER THAN I WAS.....BUT GAVE ME MANY OF HER OLD CLOTHES.....I ESPECIALLY LOVED THE FORMALS SHE PASSED ON DOWN TO ME!!!!  DAD'S BROTHER FRED CAME TO VISIT US AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.......THEY LIVED IN CALIF AND HAD SEVEN KIDS......I KNEW THE THREE OLDEST......RICHARD, ROBERT AND FREDA LOUISE........SHE ALSO HAD TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS I NEVER KNEW .  BOB LIVED WITH US FOR TWO YEARS AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH JIM......HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH UP BY CAMAS.........FREDA JUST DIED OF CANCER.....EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW THEM ALL WELL......I LOVE THEM AS THEY ARE "YEOMANS"........AND HOPE SOME DAY I CAN BE AT ONE OF THEIR FAMILY REUNIONS.

MORE WONDERING

SO THIS SWEET BOY HARDLY LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A BROKEN HEART!

HIS WIFE OF A YEAR AND A HALF STEPPED OUT ON HIM AND FINALLY JUST WALKED OUT......PRETTY TOUGH FEW WEEKS.......PRAYED IN THE TEMPLE AT RICHIES WEDDING HE WOULD FIND THE RIGHT GIRL AGAIN SOME TIME.....THREE DAYS LATER HIS GOOD FRIEND HOOKED HIM UP WITH HIS COUSIN......SO WHO KNOWS WHAT IS AHEAD FOR AUBERY AND ALEX......GRANDMOTHER'S JUST ASK THEY ARE ALL HAPPY.,,,,,,,AND THIS TIME TAKE IT SLOW!  THESE MISSIONARIES THAT THINK THEY HAVE TO GET MARRIED THE DAY THEY GET HOME FROM A MISSION HAVE GOT IT ALL WRONG IN GRAMMIES VIEW.

WONDERING......

CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT RICHIE'S NEW WIFE ASHLEY IS LIKE....WILL I EVER GET TO KNOW HER OR THEIR CHILDREN????? BEFORE I DIE?

HERE SHE IS WITH ANNIE MOO SAYING HOW HAPPY SHE IS TO HAVE A SISTER NOW......THEY ARE CUTE TOGETHER......I SPENT SO MANY HOURS LOVING ANDREA AND RICHIE AS THEY GREW UP.....NICE TO SEE THEY HAVE GROWN INTO SUCH GREAT PEOPLE.

WOMEN.......

WOMEN WAS MADE FROM THE RIB OF  MAN......NOT FROM HIS HEAD TO TOP HIM NOR HIS FOOT TO BE STEPPED ON BY HIM.......BUT FROM HIS SIDE TO BE EQUAL TO HIM........ UNDER HIS ARM TO BE PROTECTED BY HIM.......... AND NEAR HIS HEART TO BE LOVED BY HIM........SO  PROUD TO BE A WOMAN AND LOOK BACK ON WHERE I HAVE COME FROM TO THIS POINT IN MY LIFE......I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE "THE BEST OF THE BEST"......IN ALL I EVER DID.....SURE I MADE MISTAKES......I AM HUMAN, BUT I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO DO MY BEST......AND WILL KEEP TRYING TO THE END OF MY LIFE.

THE XFINITY MAN SPENT THE MORNING WITH ME.....HOPE HE GOT THINGS WORKED OUT......THEN PATTY CAME FOR COFFEE.....SO DIDN'T GET MUCH DONE TODAY....O.H WELL.....IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY FALL DAY AND SO NICE FOR NOVEMBER 2.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

     AS USUAL......... A DAY LATE ON EVERYTHING.......HOPE EVERY ONE HAD A HAPPY HALLOWEEN.......I GOT A NICE BIG BOWL OF CANDY AND GAVE OUT ONE........ONE BEFORE 7:30.....SO TURNED OFF THE PORCH LIGHTS AND WATCHED MY FAVORITE SHOW "DANCING WITH THE STARS".....BAG HALLOWEEN.  THE CHRISTENSONS CAME IN ABOUT ELEVEN FROM NEW YORK AND WENT RIGHT TO BED......I HAD ALREADY BEEN ASLEEP WAITING FOR THEM.  ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE FAMILY.   THEY WERE OFF EARLY LIKE KEN SO I DID A COUPLE OF CHORES AND HAGGLED WITH XFINITY......THINK I NEED A NEW MOTOME.....COMING BACK TOMORROW......NOTHING IS WORKING RIGHT!
       GATHERED UP THE HALLOWEEN STUFF AND WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP MY CHRISTMAS TREE NOW......EVERYONE IN TOWN HAS THEIR CHRISTMAS STUFF OUT AND UP......SO WHY NOT?  I AM BAGGING THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR ANYWAY......THE CHRISTENSONS ARE HEADING FOR ST THOMAS AND THE PANNIERS LEAVE FOR ARGENTINA THE NEXT DAY......SO DON'T WANT TO DO A LOT OF ENTERTAINING......LAST YEAR I ATE AT MY NEIGHBORS......I WILL BE HAPPY WITH A HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALDS WITH EXTRA  FRY SAUCE!!!!!
        "WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY........IS THE BEST WAY TO BE SAD"