REFRAMEING OLD AGE.......

SO LUCKY TO HAVE A CHOICE.........and you all know what a pair of granny panties would look like.......so beware.

"Good friends are like quilts.....they age with you, yet never lose their warmth."

To many people leave this world too soon before they understand the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until four am and then sleep until noon.......or eat potato chips in bed........

Sure over the years my heart has been broken.......How can your heart not be broken when a spouse or child or dear friend walks out of your life.......or dies?    But broken hearts give us strength, under-standing and compassion.  I am blessed with grey hair and my youthful laughs are itched into deep grooves on my face.  So many have never  laughed and died before their hair could turn grey.......

As you get older it is easier to be positive....You care less what people think.....being old sets you free,......I like the person I have become.  I know I am not going to live forever but while I'm still here I will not waste time lamenting on what could have been or worrying about what will be.......

YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WILL MISS SOMETHING UNTIL IT IS GONE

.......like for instance toilet paper........

Busy day...showered and washed my hair, started dish washer and emptied it, did a batch of laundry and made out my bills........WOW!

SUN SHINNING........

SO THERE.......I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND NINE 

GORGEOUS GRANDCHILDREN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN ARE FALLING IN LINE ALSO.......MY DARLING AARON.......OF COURSE EVERY PARENT AND GRANDPARENT THINKS THIS WAY.......AND THEY SHOULD!
SUNDAY.....A FREEZING DAY......WENT TO CHURCH, TOOK A NAP AND JUST HANGING OUT WITH KEN.
DID YOU REALIZE WE ARE NOT GIVEN A "GOOD LIFE".......OR A "BAD LIFE".....WE ARE GIVEN A LIFE AND IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE IT BAD OR GOOD!\
SOMETIMES THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS NOT THINK, NOT WONDER, NOT IMAGINE, NOT OBSESS.....JUST BREATH AND HAVE FAITH THAT EVERY THING WILL WORK OUT FOR THE BEST........
I DO HAVE FAITH MY DETACHED RETINA WILL HEAL......SOON......AND MY VISION WILL RETURN TO NORMAL.....IF NOTHING ELSE THIS HAS TAUGHT ME TO HAVE MORE PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR EYE SIGHT......

COULD NOT BE HAPPIER..........

ONE WEEK AGO DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT.......IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD IN CONFUSION AS HILARY WAS SO SURE SHE HAD IT.......

HE HAS PICKED A BOARD TO HELP THAT ARE MILLIONAIRES AND NOT POLITICIANS AND THE HILARY CROWD IS SURE THE WORLD IS COMING TO AND END.....I FINALLY UNFRIENDED SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST WON'T LET IT GO......AS I HAVE WAITED 8 YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT.......I DID NOT LIKE OBAMA OR OBAMA CARE OR MICHELLE!!!!!

YES, I AM ONE OF THOSE DISPCKBLE, DEPLORABLE,DEGENERATES THAT HILARY CALLED......ANY OF US WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP AND PENCE.......AND YES, PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED AND GOD IS WITH US THROUGH THIS.

THIS TOO WILL PASS........

WELL........I WOULD NOT EXACTLY SAY I AM ENJOYING LIFE.......9 DAYS AGO I SUDDENLY FOUND MYSELF HAVING A DETACHED RETINA OPERATION......FOLLOWED BY LOOKING DOWN AT THE FLOOR FOR ONE WEEK UNTIL THE GAS BUBBLE THEY LAZERED IN COULD ATTACH IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND PUTTING EYE DROPS IN FOUR TIMES A DAY!........NOT FUN.....AND CONSEQUENTLY I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE COMPUTER.   SOO SPENT THE DAY IN BED , BORED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE SKY AGAIN.  YESTERDAY FIRST TRIP TO THE STORE IN OVER A WEEK, NO MILK.....BREAD TURNING GREEN......AND TIRED OF SOUP......BUT THIS TOO WILL PASS AND I AM JUST THANKFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL DOCTORS WHO KNOW HOW TO FIX THESE THINGS.........WEARING A GREEN MEDICAL ALERT BRACELET......THAT DOES NOT MATCH A THING IN MY CLOSET.......FOR 8 WEEKS UNTIL THE BUBBLE DISSOLVES........AND HOPEFULLY I CAN SEE WITH BOTH EYES AGAIN.  MET THE CHRISTENSONS FOR BREAKFAST AND PATTY OVER FOR COFFEE..

MY QUESTION.........

GOD ONLY KNOWS AND HE WON'T TELL??

CAN YOU FEEL SOMETHING WITHOUT TOUCHING IT?

CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED?

DO THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS EVER PLAGUE YOU?

I THINK ABOUT STANDING ON THE EQUATOR IN ECUADOR WITH ONE FOOT IN ONE HEMISPHERE AND THE OTHER FOOT IN THE OTHER.....NO YOU CANNOT SEE THE EQUATOR, BUT YOU KNOW IT IS THERE........AND WHEN YOU ARE AT THE FOUR CORNERS MONUMENT AND PUT BOTH FEET AND HANDS INTO THE FOUR DESIGNATED STATES.......CAN YOU FEEL IT OR SEE IT?  NO, YOU JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANITE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING........CAN YOU SEE GOD......NO BUT I KNOW HE IS THERE AND HEARS MY PRAYERS.......I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNOW,,,,,MAYBE FAITH......I JUST KNOW.

FOUND OUT TODAY I HAVE TO HAVE A BROKEN BLOOD VESSEL TO MY RETINA ......... SO AN OPERATION ON MY EYE THURSDAY........ALWAYS SOMETHING....BUT GLAD WE CAUGHT IT EARLY BEFORE IT DOES ANY REAL DAMAGE........LESLIE SAID DUKANE FOUND OUT HIS THYROID LUMP IS CANCEROUS SO OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE SISTER.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LES................

I HAD THREE SISTERS ONCE, BUT TWO OF THEM ARE GONE NOW AND I ONLY HAVE MY YOUNGEST SISTER LEFT TO LOVE AND LOVE ME BACK.......I WAS THE OLDEST IN THE FAMILY AND LESLIE 11 YEARS YOUNGER......SO WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE SHE WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND ABOUT THE ONLY THING WE HAD IN COMMON WAS OUR LAST NAME.......I ALWAYS HAD TO BABY SIT MY TWO YOUNGEST SISTERS AND MY LITTLE BROTHER.......I NEVER REALLY KNEW THEM WHEN I LEFT HOME FOR COLLEGE AND ONLY RETURNED FOR SHORT VACATIONS.

BUT.......AS THE YEARS HAVE PAST AND WE HAVE RAISED OUR FAMILIES WE HAVE HAD MORE IN COMMON AND SHE AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF TRAVELING AROUND THE STATES AND THE WORLD TOGETHER AND HAVE MANY FUN MEMORIES TO SHARE NOW.  I LOOK FORWARD TO HER REGULAR PHONE CALLS AND WE SHARE WHAT IS NEW WITH HER FAMILY AND MINE..

SO GLAD SHE IS MINE

HERE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY ALREADY.......MY LIFE IS FLYING BY.  KEN HAS BEEN GONE THIS WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY BECAUSE OF MARTAIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY....BEEN SLEEPING IN AND NOT DOING A THING.....I DID GO TO CHURCH THIS MORNING..........WHICH WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE I GOT ASK TO TALK ABOUT MY TRAVELS AT THE RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING THE 26TH.......... AND TO A VERY GOOD MOVIE.......ABOUT THREE BLACK GIRLS THAT HELPED TO PUT THE ASTERNOTS IN ORBIT!!!!......

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.....BECAUSE I AM HAPPY BEING ME........MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS SEEM TO REALIZE THIS.....I HOPE MY FRIENDS DO......PAM IN IDAHO AND SHERRIE BACK IN VERNAL THIS WEEKEND........ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS I AM TAKING INTO 2017 IS......IF YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THEN LET IT GO......DON'T BE A PRISONER OF THINGS YOU CAN'T CHANGE.....ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT BEING OLD IS YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY......AND FORGET 5!  I ALSO KNOW HAPPINESS IS AN ATTITUDE, NOT A SITUATION.......YOU WON'T FIND IT OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF.  IT'S WITHIN YOU.....

IT IS 7:30 AND THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO KNOW IF I PUT ON MY PJ'S AND GO TO BED OR NOT!!!!!!....YEA!!

THAT'S ME.........

SEEING THIS ON FACEBOOK ......MADE MY DAY!  I BETTY REE YEOMANS WAS BORN APRIL 19,1932......WHICH MAKES ME ALMOST 85......AS THEY SAY, AGE IS JUST A NUMBER.......SURE I HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS.....ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT INSIDE I AM STILL A HAPPY, STRONG, INDEPENDENT, KIND AND LOVING PERSON.  I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERY DAY I MANAGE TO ROLL OUT OF BED AND CAN ENJOY ANOTHER DAY WITH THE PEOPLE I LOVE.....YES, I HURT ALL OVER EVERY DAY, BUT WHO 85 DOESN'T?  MY MIND IS STILL GOOD, I CAN STILL DRIVE ......OH MY HAIR IS GETTING THIN AND I HAVE TO DYE IT, I WEAR GLASSES AND MY HEARING IS GOING.....BUT THAT IS OK.......WE HAVE NO WARRANTY ON OUR PARTS.  JUST NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE WHAT I AM STILL CAPABLE OF!

WOW......FRIDAY THE 13TH..........

WHY DOES WINTER SEEM SO LONG......JUST DRAGS BY........ AND SUMMER GETS HERE AND IS GONE BEFORE YOU HAVE TIME TO GET YOUR WHITE SHOES AND WHITE PANTS OUT OF STORAGE.......SALT LAKE IS KNOWN FOR IT'S WINTER INVERSIONS THAT TRAPS THAT COLD AIR IN THE VALLEY FOR WEEKS.  WE DO HAVE A TON OF SNOW AND THE SKIERS ARE DELIGHTED.......IT'S THAT GENERATION GAP THING I GUESS.......I TOOK KEN UP TO MEET BRAYDEN AND THEY WERE HEADED FOR THE CABIN FOR THE LONG WEEKEND.......MARTIN LUTHER KINGS DAY OR SOMETHING ON MONDAY.  

I QUOTE....." PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HAVING AN INNER CHILD.......I DON'T!  I HAVE AN INNER OLD LADY WHO SAYS INAPPROPRIATE THINGS, TELLS EVERYONE TO BE QUIET, AND WANTS TO GO TO BED AT EIGHT PM.".........WHOEVER WROTE THAT MUST KNOW ME?

THINGS HAVE GONE PRETTY WELL FOR ME TODAY CONSIDERING IT IS FRIDAY 13TH..

SOCIALIZING.......

I CAN NOT BELIEVE I HAVE ARRIVED AT THE TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN PARTYING TWO DAYS IN A ROW......DESTROYS ME!

YESTERDAY I HAD BRIDGE CLUB NUMBER ONE AT MY HOUSE.....TOOK ME A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET READY FOR IT AND BY THE TIME THEY LEFT .......I WAS READY FOR BED.......KEN CAME TO MY RESCUE ON THE CLEAN UP AND DOING THE DISHES....I WENT TO BED AND SLEPT 10 HOURS.  IT WAS A FUN DAY AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME......AND IT SEEMS ONLY YESTERDAY I ZIPPED RIGHT THROUGH ENTERTAINING.......I GOT KEN OFF TO WORK THIS MORNING AND WENT BACK TO BED FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS AND HAD TO DRAG MYSELF TO THE SHOWER AND GET READY TO HEAD OUT TO MY FRIENDS FOR OUR "MEXICAN TRAIN GROUP"........I WAS SO TEMPTED TO CALL IN SICK??? AND TONIGHT I AM COUNTING THE MINUTES UNTIL I CAN GET BACK IN BED.

IT ISN'T I DON'T ENJOY ALL THIS BUT SEEMS NOW DAYS I NEED A DAY OR TWO BETWEEN PARTIES TO GET RESTED UP......AND I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE FUN PEOPLE IN MY LIFE AND FUN TIMES WE HAVE......I THINK KEN IS GOING TO THE CABIN WITH HIS FAMILY THIS WEEKEND AS HE HAS MONDAY OFF AND I WILL PROBABLY SLEEP THE WHOLE TIME!!!!.

FATE OR DESTINY?

IS YOUR FATE AND YOUR DESTINY THE SAME THING?  CAN YOU CONTROL EITHER OR BOTH OF THEM?

I WONDER IF IT IS "FATE' THAT STARTED ME DOWN THE PATH OF THE LOVE OF TRAVEL AND TO SEE THE WORLD........OR WAS IT MY "DESTINY"......OR BOTH AND WHY?

I KNOW WE MAKE THE CHOICES IN OUR LIVES......AND PAY ALL CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM.......GOOD OR BAD.....BUT ARE WE GUIDED BY THE UNIVERSE OR SOME UNSEEN POWER OR ARE WE JUST FOLLOWING THE PLAN WE MADE BEFORE WE CAME TO EARTH AND AGREED ON..........?

ARE THERE ANY ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS

COUNTING THE DAYS.......

IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE.......ASK MAXINE!  I AM JUST COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL TRUMP IS PRESIDENT AND I DON'T HAVE TO CONTEND WITH OBAMA AND HIS SOCIALIST WAYS.......AND I CAN'T STAND HER EITHER!  I CAN HARDLY STAND THE THOUGHT OF HILARY AS PRESIDENT......JUST MORE OBAMA, ONLY MORE SNEAKY........I KNOW NOT ALL OF MY FAMILY AGREE WITH ME AND ARE VERY BITTER OVER THE ELECTION.....BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS.....I NOW AM TRULY SURE PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!!!!!  "THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON......JUST BELIEVE."

SO HAPPY TO HEAR DARREN HAS BEEN MADE FIRST COUNSELER IN THE STAKE PRESIDENCY IN HIS STAKE IN VERNAL........

GETTING PAST YOUR PAST........

                 THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS THE ONE ON WHICH YOU DECIDE YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN........NO APOLOGIES OR EXCUSES, NO ONE TO LEAN ON, RELY ON OR BLAME.......THE GIFT IS YOURS....IT IS AN AMAZING JOURNEY.....AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY OF IT......THIS IS THE DAY YOUR LIFE REALLY BEGINS.....
             GLOOMY SUNDAY, COLD WEATHER WITH RAIN.......BUT UP TO 42 TODAY.  kEN AND I WENT TO CHURCH, THEN TO RED BOX FOR A COUPLE OF MOVIES........CAN WE START THE WEEKEND OVER.......I WASN'T READY.?
             HAVE BRIDGE HERE WEDNESDAY......SO HAVE TO GET BUSY IN THE MORNING AND FINISHING CLEANING AND SHOPPING FOR LUNCH......ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE IT OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR......TROUBLE IS......I BELONG TO TWO CLUBS AND ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE OTHER ONE THE END OF THE MONTH...OH WELL, JANUARY IS A PRETTY DULL MONTH SO GIVES ME SOMETHING TO DO..
            GOT ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF PUT AWAY FOR ANOTHER YEAR...YEA!

TODAY'S TIDBITS.....

I GUESS IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE WHERE THE FOUR SEASONS DOMINATE......YOU PUT UP WITH WINTER......JANUARY 2017 HAS STARTED OUT WITH MANY BELOW DEGREES IN TEMPERATURES IN OUR AREA.  KEN AND I RAN TO THE STORE BUT DECIDED IT WAS TOO COLD TO STAY LONG.... YESTERDAY.......HE LOCKED HIS KEYS IN THE CAR.....IN THE DRIVE WAY.....WITH THE CAR RUNNING ....NOT THE BEST WAY TO START OFF YOUR DAY.....SO I TOOK HIM TO THE TRACKS STATION AND CALLED BRAY....WHO HAD GRANDPA BUD AND HIS HELPER DAVE COME

 OVER TO BREAK INTO THE CAR......LESSON WE LEARNED......WHEN YOU HAVE TWO KEYS TO THE CAR.....DON'T PUT THEM BOTH ON ONE RING!!!!!! (MY COMMENT...."SHIT HAPPENS!)"

WE CLEANED HOUSE THIS MORNING AS I HAVE BRIDGE WEDNESDAY AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE SOME HELP......

THEY ARE HAVING  SOME KIND OF SERVICE AT THE KREMATORIUM THIS AFTERNOON FOR LIZ'S FATHER.....(DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL THAT WORD).....I SHOULD HAVE GONE BUT ALL  I COULD THINK OF IS THEM SAYING A PRAYER AND THEN SHOVING HIM INTO THE FURNACE.....I DID NOT KNOW HER FOLKS.......PAM SAID IT WAS OK I DIDN'T WANT TO GO.....

YEA, GET TO SLEEP IN AGAIN IN THE MORNING AS OUR CHURCH NOW STARTS AT 11:OO.........

BLACK SPOT.....

I AM SORRY THERE ARE SO MANY UNHAPPY PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THIS NEW YEAR.....I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN ROMNEY DIDN'T MAKE PRESIDENT AND I HAVE NEVER LIKED OBAMA!!  BUT, I DID NOT THROW ROCKS THROUGH PEOPLE'S WINDOWS OR CARRY SIGNS AND PROTEST OBAMA.....I SUCKED IT UP AND WAITED MY TURN.....WHICH HAS COME......YEA TRUMP!

THINK ABOUT THIS:........

A PROFESSOR ANNOUNCED A SURPRISE TEST WAS TO BE GIVEN......HE PLACED ON EACH PERSON'S DESK A SHEET OF PAPER......HIS INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO TURN IT OVER AND WRITE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW.....IT WAS A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER WITH A BLACK SPOT IN THE MIDDLE......THEY WERE CONFUSED BUT AT THE END OF THE PERIOD HE GATHERED UP THE PAPERS AND READ EACH ONE ALOUD.  WITHOUT EXCEPTION THEY ALL HAD WRITTEN ABOUT THE LITTLE BLACK SPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER.

THEN HE EXPLAINED HE WAS NOT GRADING THEM, BUT WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW EACH OF US CONCENTRATES AND FOCUSES ON THE BLACK SPOTS IN OUR LIVES INSTEAD OF THE MANY BLESSINGS WE HAVE......NOT ONE PERSON HAD WRITTEN ABOUT ALL THE WHITE SPACE AROUND THE SPOT THAT CONTAINED THE GOOD THINGS IN OUR LIVES........... ALL OUR BLESSINGS......NO WE DWELL ON OUR HEALTH, FINANCES, JOBS....... WE DWELL ON COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS, PROBLEMS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR DISAPPOINTMENT OF OUR FRIENDS.

THE BLACK SPOTS IN OUR LIVES ARE SMALL COMPARED TO ALL THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE.........AND NO ONE CAN ESCAPE A FEW BLACK SPOT BUT  DON'T FOCUS ON THE BLACK SPOTS .....ENJOY LOVE, PEACE, HEALTH, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE LIVE IN....

WINTER IS HERE......

YES......THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT......THERE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH UPS AND DOWNS THAT I COULD EASILY SAY IT'S BEEN A BAD YEAR......BUT I AM STILL HERE.....I AM STILL ABLE TO LEARN, GROW, SMILE PAST THE STRUGGLES, AND COUNT MY BLESSINGS......SO FOR THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO GOD, EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS STILL IN MY LIFE......SO GREATFULLY I MOVE ON INTO 2017......

I MAY WAKE UP AND GO FOR A JOG.......I MAY ALSO WIN THE LOTTERY.....ODDS ARE ABOUT THE SAME.

JUST DIGGING OUT FROM OUR SECOND BIG SNOW STORM SINCE CHRISTMAS......AND ALL I CAN SAY IS:  SPRING HAS SPRUNG, FALL HAS FELL.....WINTER HAS COME AND IT'S COLDER THAN H----!.......USUAL.

SO MUCH TO DO......SO LITTLE ENERGY.......

SOMETIMES........

"SOMETIMES MEMORIES SNEAK OUT OF MY EYES AND ROLL DOWN MY CHEEKS"

         A MEANINGFUL LIFE IS NOT ABOUT BEING RICH, BEING POPULAR, BEING  HIGHLY EDUCATED OR BEING PERFECT......IT IS ABOUT BEING REAL,  BEING HUMBLE, BEING STRONG AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE OURSELVES  AND TOUCH THE LIVES OF OTHERS..

IT COSTS NOTHING TO BE RESPECTFUL

THE COOK FAMILY ON FACEBOOK.....CHRISTMAS 2016

HE STOLE MY HEART.......

AS I LOOK FORWARD TO 2017 AND ALL IT WILL HAVE TO OFFER.......I HAVE TO CONFESS THIS LITTLE GUY HAS STOLEN MY HEART.....WE JUST CELEBRATED HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY...... AARON IS.GROWING UP SO FAST.

I NEVER HAD BOYS BUT GOD HAS MADE UP FOR IT IN 6 GRANDSONS AND A GREAT-GRANDSON PLUS A COUPLE OF CUTE BOYS THAT HANG AROUND WITH BRAYDEN THAT CALL ME GRANDMA AND HUG ME LOTS......GREG AND TAYLOR.....I LOVE THEM LIKE FAMILY.

I DO HAVE ONE BROTHER, BUT BEING 14 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.....I NEVER REALLY GOT TO KNOW AND ENJOY HIM.   I NEVER REALLY KNEW HOW MUCH FUN HAVING BOYS COULD BE UNTIL THE GRANDKIDS CAME ALONG AND I DID A LOT OF BABY SITTING AND TOOK FUN VACATIONS WITH THEM.  THEY REALLY ARE SPECIAL.  I AM A LUCKY GRAMMIE........

REFLECTIONS.......

WOW.....OFF AND MOVING ALONG.......FIRST LAST NIGHT I WROTE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 95.......WELL THAT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.....IT WILL BE 85....AND THAT IS BAD ENOUGH!!!

I JUST SAY TODAY....... HAPPY NEW TO EVERYONE AND......AHHH, TODAY I CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE PAST, OPEN THE DOOR TO THE FUTURE, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, STEP ON THROUGH AND START A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE......I THINK FOR ME "OLD AGE" WILL START AT 85........AND OLD AGE AIN'T SO BAD IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT......AND I CAN!.

MY SWEET BRAYDEN CALLED TODAY AND SAID COME TO THE CABIN WITH TAYLOR........ARE YOU KIDDIN?   THAT IS UP IN PARK CITY AND THE SNOW IS KNEE DEEP AND EVEN THOUGH THEY PROMISED ALL I HAD TO DO WAS GET IN THE SNOW CAT AND RIDE UP THE HILL......I KNOW THIS FAMILY........THINGS COME UP AND I'M NOT RIDING ON THE BACK OF ANY SNOW-MOBILE!  NO.....I JUST STAYED IN MY NICE WARM HOUSE AND PUT MY CHRISTMAS STUFF AWAY.   OLD IS OLD ......AND KIDS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND UNTIL THEIR JOINTS FEEL LIKE MINE DO!....BUT I DID APPRECIATE THE INVITATION........

I LOOK BACK OVER MY ALMOST 85 YEARS WITH LOVE AND SECURITY AND WONDERFUL PARENTS WHO TAUGHT ME TO LIKE MYSELF......MY LIFE HAS NOT BEEN A BED OF ROSES......BUT IT WAS THE CHOICES I MADE THROUGH THE YEARS THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY......I CAN'T BLAME ANYONE.  I LOVED THE LITTLE TOWN I GREW UP IN WHERE I KNEW EVERYONE AND NEVER FELT I HAD AN ENEMY......I LOVED BEING A CHEERLEADER, A STEWARDESS AND A CONCEIRGE AND ALL THE FUN THINGS I VOLUNTEERED FOR.   MY MARRIAGE WAS SO-SO BUT I DID GET THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS OUT OF IT....AND NINE OF THE GREATEST GRANDCHILDREN EVER WHO REMAIN AS MY HERITAGE......AND  A GREAT-GRANDSON.  I TRAVELED THE WORLD ......WHICH IS ONE OF MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS........AND LIVED TO SEE OBAMA OUT OF OFFICE.....YES, I CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR WITH MUCH GRATITUDE AND HAPPINESS.....LOOKING FORWARD TO TRUMP TAKING US INTO THE OLD WORLD I KNEW GROWING UP.

HAPPY NEW TO EVERYONE.......