YEA.......IT'S FRIDAY......

SOME PEOPLE FEEL MONDAY IS THE DAY TO DO YOUR HOUSE CLEANING........I KINDA THINK FRIDAY IS A GOOD DAY THEN IT IS NICE FOR WEEKEND GUESTS.....OR AS MAXINE SAYS......."BAG IT".......I DID GET THE VACUUM CLEANER OUT, NOW I THINK........MAYBE TOMORROW......OR NOT!

DARREN CAME AND GOT KENNEDY FOR THE WEEKEND......HE WAS EXCITED TO GO HOME AS THEY WERE HAVING A LATE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HIM TONIGHT!

IT HAS RAINED AND SNOWED AND THE SUN SHOWN A LITTLE TODAY.....YEP, SPRING WEATHER IN UTAH......AND IN THE 40'S.  NO PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND BUT A LONG TO-DO LIST IF I GET THE URGE.      MIGHT EVEN WATCH THE JAZZ GAME TONIGHT AS A LOT OF WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THEM HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

FAVORITE NEIGHBOR BROUGHT ME SOME COOKIES AND A BIRTHDAY CARD......LOVE THE HILLS.  YESTERDAY WAS MY BABY BROTHER'S 71ST BIRTHDAY AND MY FAVORITE COUSIN TURNED 85......... GUESS WE ARE THROUGH WITH APRIL BIRTHDAYS NOW!

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHERE YOU ARE MOVE.......YOUR NOT A TREE!"

FAMILIES CHANGE.......

         FAMILY IS NOT WHAT IT USE TO BE......FAMILIES LIVED FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER....AND IT USE TO BE A TIME WHEN YOU COULD GO TO YOUR GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE........HANGOUT AND EAT WITH FAMILY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME......NOW EVERYONE CHOOSES WHO THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH......AUNTS AND UNCLES CHOOSE WHICH KID TO BE PROUD OF......BROTHERS AND SISTERS TREAT FRIENDS MORE LIKE FAMILY....COUSINS TALK ABOUT EACH OTHER NOT TO EACH OTHER...... GRANDPARENTS SEEM TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH CERTAIN GRANDKIDS.......THE ONES THAT LIVE NEAR BY OR ARE YOUNGER AND NEED RIDES OR BABY SITTING.......NOT BECAUSE THEY LIKE ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.......AND THE ONLY TIME THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER IS FOR A FUNERAL OR WEDDING..........I DO SEE THIS IN SOME LUCKY FAMILIES........MY SISTER'S KIDS ARE IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME.....EAT, EAT, EAT.....VISIT AND ENJOY EACH OTHER.....SO MANY FAMILIES ONLY SEE THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY NEED TO BORROW SOMETHING OR DROP OFF THEIR KIDS.......WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JUST COMING BY TO SAY HI AND HANGING OUT ON THE COUCH A BIT?

CUTE COUPLE.......

MY SWEET AL WITH SHELLY KENDELL..........HIS NEW LOVE......THEY JUST GOT ENGAGED AT GRANDPA BUD'S HOUSE IN BAJA MEXICO......SHELLY AND I GAVE HIM THAT HAIR CUT???  LOOKS LIKE HIS MISSIONARY HAIR CUT.......BUT HE LET US....HE IS 24 AND SHELLY IS 23........AND THEY MAKE A GOOD PAIR.....BOTH FROM VERNAL.  NO WEDDING PLANS YET.   CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO

MISSING........

MY LAUGH FOR THE DAY.......KNOW ANY VILLAGE MISSING THEIR IDIOT?   NOW REALLY IT MUST TAKE GUTS TO VENTURE OUT LOOKING LIKE THIS.......BUT, THEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR TYING UP HIS HEAD AND FACING THE WORLD........(NOT BAD LEGS)!!!!!

DON'T GET STUCK BETWEEN WHO YOU ARE......

WHO YOU WANT TO BE......

AND WHO YOU SHOULD BE.

HE IS STUCK

FORGIVENESS....

WITH THE HELP OF GOD......YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.......LIKE FORGIVE SOMEONE THAT HAS CAUSED YOU MUCH PAIN.......

"ANYONE C AN HOLD A GRUDGE, BUT IT TAKES A PERSON WITH CHARACTER TO FORGIVE......WHEN YOU FORGIVE YOU RELEASE YOURSELF FROM A PAINFUL BURDEN....,..FORGIVENESS DOESN'T MEAN WHAT HAPPENED WAS OK......AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PERSON SHOULD STILL BE WELCOME IN YOUR LIFE.......IT JUST MEANS YOU HAVE MADE PEACE WITH THE PAIN, AND ARE READY TO LET IT GO."

THIS WAS VERY WELL PUT.

CLOUDY, RAINY DAY.......ROB TOOK MY CAR TO BE CHECKED OUT AND ORDERED A NEW MIRROR FOR ME......CAN'T BELIEVE I DID IT.!.......PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE AND TO HELP ME WITH MY KNITTING.  ALEX, SHELLY AND KEN BROKE DOWN IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY SO STAYED ALL NIGHT.......I AM WAITING FOR THEM TO WONDER IN.......AND IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR DR PHIL.

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS......

AND ALONG WITH THE GOOD NEWS ALEX IS ENGAGED I FIND OUT THIS SWEET GRANDSON  ......RICHARD BENJAMINE COOK'S WIFE WALKED OUT ON HIM AFTER 2 1/2 MONTHS OF MARRIAGE!  I DON'T KNOW WHY AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.....BUT I AM SURE HE HAS A BROKEN  HEART.....I HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT......AND NO DIVORCE IS FUN.   THE FAMILY HAS KEPT IT VERY QUIET FOR 3 MONTHS.......FAMILY'S ARE WIRED.  LOVE YOU RICHIE AND WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU.

ALEX AND SHELLY GOT ENGAGED.....

 

GOSH.......YOU LEAVE TOWN AND ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR FAMILY AND THANKS TO FACEBOOK YOU KINDA KEEP UP.......ALEX AND FAMILY ARE IN MEXICO.......AND I SEE A SIGN ON THE BEACH MADE WITH GLOW STICKS IN THE DARK  SAYING......."WILL YOU MARRY ME?"........I HOPE SHELLY SAID YES.     I DIDN'T SEE THE ANSWER.  SHELLY IS A CUTE GIRL AND ALEX DESERVES THE BEST.  I WISH THEM LOTS OF HAPPINESS.  I GUESS THIS HAPPENED THE 20TH????

KENNEY TURNS 19.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY

MY FUN ELDER KEN CHRISTENSON.......WHO IS ALSO MY ROOMMATE IS OFF IN MEXICO WITH HIS FAMILY CELEBRATING THIS BIG BIRTHDAY.,,,,,,,AND I AM WANDERING AROUND THE COUNTRY ON A ROAD TRIP.\

KEN AND I HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER AND HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF HIS GRAMMIE AND GIGI,

TRIPPING WITH LESLIE.......

UP AT 5:00....UGH!
LESLIE LIKES TO START HER TRIPS EARLY.....
HEADED FOR FLAGSTAFF AND WINSLOW ARIZONA......WENT BY "CINDER MOUNTAIN", THE FAMOUS "METERIOR CRATER" AND HAD OUR PICTURE TAKEN.."STANDING ON THE CORNER " IN WINSLOW.  MET TAMMY AND TAMRIE FOR LUNCH AND SAW THE TWO CUTE BABIES........
AFTER LUNCH OFF TO GALLOP, NEW MEXICO AND A SHOPPING STOP AT ORTEGES WHERE I GOT EARRINGS FOR EVERYONE.... PAST THE PETRIFIED WOOD PARK AND.ON TO ALBUQUERQUE NM FOR THE NIGHT.......FOUND A NICE HAMPTON INN  A VERY LONG DAY.......
                              SUNDAY AND A HAPPY EASTER TO ALL
GOT TO OKLAHOMA CITY LATE AND MET KILEY........HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS TIME.  OFF TO APPLEBYS FOR OUR "EASTER SUNDAY DINNER"......THEN HOME TO BED.  KILEY VERY SICK WITH A COLD AND I WAS SURE LESLIE WOULD HAVE IT AFTER TWO NIGHTS IN THE SAME BED....YEP, SHE GOT IT! BAD STORMS ALL AROUND US TONIGHT.
A FULL DAY IN OKLAHOMA CITY.......THREE TIRED AND SICK PEOPLE SO SPENT THE DAY AT THE MOVIES.   NICE BIG THEATER CALLED "TINSEL TOWN USA" SAW TWO MOVIES  IN A ROW THEN OFF TO THE OLIVE GARDEN FOR DINNER.
TUESDAY AND ON THE ROAD AGAIN.......LUNCH IN MCPHERASON KANSAS AT "FREDDYS"........GOT TO HAYS KANSAS EARLY  BUT TIRED AND STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT.  ANOTHER MOVIE AND FOOD FROM A DRIVE IN.
                                          HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY
WEDNESDAY......AND I MADE IT TO 85!!!!!
DROVE FROM KANSAS TO COLORADO......DENVER AND CALLED COUSIN JON KELLER..........HE AND WIFE MET US FOR LUNCH. ON TO RAWLINS WYOMING FOR THE NIGHT......BAD WIND.....WORE LESLIE OUT. CALLS FROM PAM AND LUCILLE.
HOMEWARD BOUND.......FROM RAWLINS WYO TO ROCKSPRINGS, AND ON HOME ABOUT NOON.  BEEN A FUN WEEK AND WE SAW MILES AND MILES OF MILES AND MILES AND A LOT OF BIG WIND MILLS EVERYWHERE.  PRETTY SPRING AND GOOD WEATHER......I LEFT THE 14TH AND GOT BACK THE 20TH.  LESLIE SPENT THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ME, FRIDAY WITH MIKE AND ON HOME SATURDAY.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES.....

WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN........THE LAST WEEK I COVERED 2,500 MILES THROUGH 8 STATES AND CHECKED OFF SEVERAL THINGS ON MY "BUCKET LIST"!  HERE YOU SEE ME DRINKING A GLASS OF "CAVA"......WITH PHILIP- AND HIS COUSIN NOKE......IT LOOKED LIKE AND TASTED LIKE THE MUDDY VIRGIN RIVER WATER......BUT I HAVE A CAVA BOWL I BROUGHT BACK FROM SAMOA AND ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT CAVA WAS.

MY TRIP BEGAN WITH A RIDE TO ST GEORGE WITH THE PANNIERS FOR THEIR EASTER WEEKEND.  WE HAD DINNER AT THE CRACKER BARREL AND A FUN TRIP THROUGH A FANCY CAR WASH AND HOME TO BED EARLY.

UP AND OFF TO THE BEAR PAW FOR BREAKFAST......THE YEARLY ART SHOW STARTED IN THE PARK DOWN THE ST.  SO WANDERED THROUGH IT.  PACKED UP AND THE PANNIERS DROVE ME TO MESQUITE TO STAY WITH LESLIE FOR THE NIGHT.  FOR MY 85TH BIRTHDAY LESLIE WAS TAKING ME TO OKLAHOMA ......ONE OF THE TWO STATES ON MY BUCKET LIST TO HIT ALL 50 STATES........BEFORE I KICK THE BUCKET!   I REALLY HAVE A NICE LITTLE SISTER...........LOOKING FORWARD TO  A FUN WEEK.

FOURTY-NINE YEARS AGO.......

WELL ANOTHER APRIL AND ANOTHER BIRTHDAY FOR SHERRIE AND KARRIE......THIS WAS IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN EVERYONE WAS SPEAKING..........DON'T HAVE ANY RECENT PICTURES OF THE GIRLS TOGETHER........BECAUSE THEY AREN'T! ........ THEIR FEUD CONTINUES ON AND MAKES ME SAD........DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LAST 49 YEARS HAVE GONE AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE IN THOSE 49 YEARS!  ANYWAY......HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!

IN THREE WORDS I CAN SUM UP EVERYTHING I HAVE LEARNED IN LIFE....

'IT GOES ON"

TALKED TO SHERRIE THIS MORNING AND SHE WAS DEALING WITH A KIDNEY STONE AND WAS NOT FEELING GOOD......NO WAY TO SPEND A BIRTHDAY.  SENT KAR A CARD.......SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN OPEN IT!  JUST FOUND OUT KARRIE'S SON RICHIE B.'S WIFE LEFT HIM THREE MONTHS AGO......ONLY MARRIED THREE MONTHS, FEEL SO BAD AS I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT.....NO DETAILS......SO LEFT TO WONDER. WHAT IS WITH MARRIAGES NOW DAYS?  MAYBE THIS JUST SHACKING UP WOULD SAVE THEM ALL A LOT OF MONEY.

HAD A BUSY DAY GETTING READY TO LEAVE ON MY LITTLE TRIP TO OKLAHOMA TOMORROW.

THE POWER OF......

ALWAYS THE QUESTION.......WHAT DOES OUR HORISCOUP REALLY KNOW ABOUT US.........IS IT JUST A GOOD GUESS THAT FITS NOW AND THEN?

SO MUCH IS SAID ABOUT THE LAW OF KARMA........THE UNIVERSAL LAW STATES THAT NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE OR OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSAL LAWS.  EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION OR CONSEQUENCE AND WE "REAP WHAT WE SOWN". IN OTHER WORDS; WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND.....I HAVE SEEN THIS TO BE TRUE IN CASES IN MY OWN FAMILY.......THE MANY HOURS I WAS LEFT ALONE WITH THE CHILDREN BECAUSE DON FLEW AIRLINE AND AIR GUARD.AND NOW THE MANY HOURS DON SPENDS ALONE AS THE KMART LADY HAS ANOTHER LIFE IN L.A.

NEIGHBORS COMING TO BORROW MY FOLDING CHAIRS FOR A PARTY TONIGHT SO GUESS I AM DONE FOR TODAY.......

KARMA.......

     
        MONDAYS.......THE WEEKENDS GO TOO FAST!
        DOING LAUNDRY, NAIL APPOINTMENT, PACKING.   I DID GET THE TWINS BIRTHDAY CARDS MAILED SO THEY WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY TURN 49.......APRIL IS OUR BIG BIRTHDAY MONTH.  I WILL BE ON THE ROAD WITH LES FOR MINE AND KEN WILL BE IN MEXICO FOR HIS.  THEN THERE IS LITTLE BROTHER AND FAVORITE COUSIN......AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
         YESTERDAY WAS AN INTERESTING DAY.....CHURCH WITH KEN, ARBEY'S FOR LUNCH, A NAP AND THEN TO THE PANNIER'S FOR DINNER.......AND WHO SHOULD BE THERE BUT MY X.......HE HAD DROPPED THE KMART LADY OFF AT THE AIRPORT, BUT SHE WAS NOT SURE SHE COULD GET ON, SO HE WAS WAITING AT PAM'S TO HEAR BEFORE HE DROVE BACK UP THE HILL........HE STAYED FOR DINNER AND VISITED WITH THE GRANDKIDS AND WATCHED HIS ONLY GRANDSON PLAY.  AS WE SAT SHOULDER TO SHOULDER THROUGH OUR GOOD HAM DINNER I COULD NOT BUT HELP WONDERING WHAT HE WAS THINKING......AS HE HAS MISSED SO MANY OF THESE FUN FAMILY THINGS.......HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, NEVER A REAL PART OF US ANYMORE......WE GET ALONG FINE NOW AND I WAS HAPPY TO NOT BE TAKING HIM HOME WITH ME.
          IT WAS FUN TO SEE PAM BE A GOOD GRANDMA AND HAVE AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR ALL US KIDS......THE BABY LOVED IT.  I FOUND MY THREE EGGS WITH MONEY AND SHOW TICKETS IN THEM......AND WILL AND TIFF FOUGHT OVER THE "GOLDEN EGG" WITH TWENTY DOLLARS IN IT!  WILL AND LIZ ARE OFF TO HAWAII THURSDAY AND WERE VERY EXCITED.
         I WILL RIDE TO ST GEORGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PANNIERS AND MEET LESLIE FRIDAY AND START OUR TRIP SATURDAY MORNING.

SUNNY SUNDAY......

     WELL MY FAMILY JUST KEEPS GROWING!!!!!  INSTEAD OF GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ......I KEEP GETTING GREAT-GRAND DOGS........ BUT THIS IS REALLY DIFFERENT......GREAT-GRANDMA TO TWO MINIATURE GOATS!  ALEX AND SHELLY HAVE OUT DONE THEM ALL......THEY ARE DARLING AND FUN AND SHERRIE SAID SHE IS NOW KNOWN AS A GOAT-GRANNIE......I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE THEM.
    SURPRISE!  SNOWED ABOUT 4 INCHES LAST NIGHT.......RAINED YESTERDAY BUT THE SNOW SNUCK IN LATER......KEN AND I BUNDLED AND WENT TO CHURCH.  I AM OFF TO PAM'S FOR DINNER......KEN DIDN'T THINK HE WANTED TO GO.......SINCE THERE WAS A CHANGE OF TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEK, KEN SPENT THE WEEKEND WITH ME AND WHEN I LEAVE NEXT THURSDAY WITH THE PANNIERS FOR ST GEORGE AND TO MEET LES, KEN WILL HEAD OUT FOR A WEEK IN MEXICO WITH THE FAMILY,, SO WORKED OUT GOOD FOR EVERYONE.  KEN AND I WENT TO SEE "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" YESTERDAY......WE BOTH ENJOYED IT.
  WELL, A BUSY WEEK GETTING MY NAILS AND HAIR DONE, PACKING AND GETTING THINGS READY TO LEAVE FOR A WEEK. PAM WILL TEND GIGI.
                                   "EVERYONE HAS TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.........
                                     I BELIEVE I AM READY FOR A VACATION!!!"

CHANGE OF PLANS........

WELL, THOUGHT I MIGHT BE ON THE ROAD TOMORROW.......BUT PLANS HAVE CHANGED.......SO I WENT BACK TO BED FOR TWO HOURS AND BAGGED THE CHORES UNTIL MONDAY!

MY NIECE KRISTI IS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS AND I AM GLAD WE PUT THE TRIP OFF A WEEK UNTIL WE CAN HELP HER FIND OUT WHY SHE HURTS SO BAD.....SHE AND HER DAUGHTER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL WITH LES AND I BUT THEY ARE YOUNG AND HAVE MANY YEARS TO GET TO OKLAHOMA.......MY 49TH STATE......TO VISIT.  WILL RIDE TO ST GEORGE WITH THE PANNIERS NEXT WEEKEND  AND KEN WILL BE GOING TO MEXICO NEXT WEEK......SO BE FLEXIBLE.

WHEN I CALLED GOOD FRIEND PATTY AND TOLD HER I WOULD BE HERE NEXT WEEK SHE DROPPED BY FOR COFFEE.  WINDY AND OVER-CAST TODAY BUT 72 DEGREES.

ANOTHER "BIGGIE".......THE GAS BUBBLE IN MY EYE FINALLY DISSOLVED.....YEA, AFTER 12 WEEKS OF THAT BIG BLACK DOT TO LOOK THROUGH EVERY DAY......AND THIS MORNING, I CUT MY UGLY GREEN MEDICAL BAND OFF I HAD TO WEAR.  BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR GOOD DOCTORS WHO CAN MEND THINGS LIKE DETACHED RETINAS AND ALL OUR OTHER AILMENTS.

TALKED TO PAM AND SHER THIS MORNING.......MADE MY DAY.

GOD SAYS........

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WAS BORN IN APRIL........BUT I AM LOVIN' THE MANY T-SHIRT PICTURES.

THE FOLLOWING SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE AND IS COMFORTING TO THE MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN DUMPED AND NEVER REALLY KNEW WHY!

GOD SAYS;......"THE REASON SOME PEOPLE HAVE TURNED AGAINST YOU AND WALKED AWAY WITHOUT REASON, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.........IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE REMOVED THEM FROM YOUR LIFE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GO WHERE I AM TAKING YOU NEXT.....THEY WILL ONLY HINDER YOU IN YOUR NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY SERVED THEIR PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE........LET THEM GO AND KEEP MOVING.......GREATER IS COMING".....SAYS THE LORD.

AS I CONTEMPLATE SOME OF THOSE I CAN SEE  GOD'S GOOD JUDGMENT......AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE I WAS SO BEAT DOWN I HAD NO SELF CONFIDENCE OR SELF WORTH LEFT.......I HAVE IT BACK SINCE HE DUMPED ME. I HAVE STARTED TO CHURCH AND HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE AGAIN..  I ALSO SEE HOW ALEX HAS STEPPED UP AFTER HIS WIFE OF 1 1/2 YEARS WALKED OUT AND LEFT HIM DEVASTATED........HE DESERVED BETTER.  LINDSAY WAS HOLDING ALEX BACK FROM HIS  LOVE OF THE CHURCH.......  I AM STILL WORKING ON WAY MY DAUGHTER HAS WALKED AWAY FROM OUR FAMILY.......BUT GUESS GOD HAS HIS REASON FOR HER ACTION.......I CAN ONLY MOVE ON.

"SHOULD" AND "MUST".......

AFTER ALL THE GOOD ADVICE WE GOT AT GENERAL CONFERENCE LAST WEEK END I WAS GOING TO QUIT ALL MY BAD HABITS.  I REALLY WAS, BUT THEN I THOUGHT TO MYSELF......THAT NO ONE LIKES A QUITTER! SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET........ AN OLD LADY BORN IN APRIL 85 YEARS AGO.

I SHOULD........I MUST

THE WORDS SHOULD AND MUST MAY SEEM SIMILAR, EVEN INTERCHANGEABLE......BUT THERE IS A VAST TRANSFORMATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.  THEY MARK TWO PATHS THROUGH OUR LIVES......AND EVERY DAY WE GET TO DECIDE SHOULD WE DO IT OR MUST WE DO IT?    SHOULD IS THE EXPECTATIONS OTHERS LAYER UPON US........WHEN WE PICK SHOULD, WE ARE CHOOSING TO LIVE FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING OUTSIDE OURSELVES......MUST ON THE OTHER HAND, IS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE.PURSUING OUR MUSTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD IS THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME  ...BUT EVEN THE FIRST STEP ON THAT ROAD IS A MINI ADVENTURE ALL ITS OWN......WE LEARN EARLY IN LIFE WE "MUST" DO WHAT OUR PARENTS EXPECT US TO DO........OR THERE IS TROUBLE.......WE "MUST" OBEY THE LAWS AROUND US.......TO BE HAPPY WE "MUST" KEEP GOD'S  COMMANDMENTS".SHOULD" .....SHOULD NOT EVEN ENTER IN OUR CONSIDERATIONS ON SOME THINGS IN OUR LIFE.........BUT THEN THERE IS THE PART ABOUT  I SHOULD DO LAUNDRY, .....I SHOULD CALL MY SICK FRIEND ETC.......CAN KINDA BE TURNED OVER TO "COULD"...... AND GIVE US A CHOICE.

COUNTING THE DAYS......

      REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AWAY FOR A LITTLE BREAK......BEEN A YEAR SINCE I VENTURED OUT.......ANYWHERE.  OFF TO OKLAHOMA VIA VERNAL, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO......ON TO ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.....WINSLOW, ARIZONA......MAYBE A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND BACK TO LESLIE'S IN MESQUITE......THEN BACK TO UTAH.   LOVE ROAD TRIPS WITH MY SISTER......AND I GET TO MARK OFF ANOTHER STATE......TWO DOWN AND ONE TO GO.......THIS IS MY SPRING BREAK!.......AND EARLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.     MONDAY NIGHT AND DANCING WITH THE STARS!!!

2 HOURS OR MORE........

WHY DOES IT SEEM NOW DAYS......NO MATTER IF YOUR EARLY OR LATE YOU STILL SPEND TWO HOURS AT THE DOCTORS EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT.......NO ONE VISITS WITH YOU.....

 AS THEY ARE ALL GLUED TO THEIR CELL PHONES AND THE FEW BEDRAGGLED  MAGAZINES IN THE RACK ARE MONTHS OLD... HOPE I AM ABOUT DONE WITH FACE AND EYE APPOINTMENTS FOR AWHILE......

SHERRIE RAN BY A MINUTE TO LEAVE KEN'S BACK PACK AND PAM CALLED SO A NICE DAY......WENT TO THE BANK BUT REALLY DRAGGING AND HURRIED HOME.

SUNNY DAY BUT COOL AND WINDY...

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE OBAMA DAYS.......

WE THE WILLING, LED BY THE UNKNOWING....ARE DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE, FOR THE UNGRATEFUL.....WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR SO LONG....WITH SO LITTLE....WE ARE NOW QUALIFIED TO DO ANYTHING.........WITH NOTHING!!!!

YOU NEVER NEED TO APOLOGIZE......HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SURVIVE! 

SUCCESS IS GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND HAPPINESS IS WANTING WHAT YOU GET........

MAYBE A TRAIN WILL RUN OVER PELOSI?

TRUMP IS STRUGGLING WITH THE DEMOS AND SOME OF HIS OWN PARTY.....BUT I HAVE FAITH GOD IS WITH HIM AND WE WILL COME OUT OK.

BIG BIRTHDAY MONTH......

AMEN!

TURNING 85 THIS MONTH......AND KNOW LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE BORN IN APRIL.....ALL I CAN SAY  IS;......I AM STILL SASSY, CLASSY AND KICKEN ASSEY!!!!!! AND WILL BE TILL THE DAY I DIE!

MY TWINS WERE BORN IN APRIL, MY LITTLE BROTHER AND FAVORITE COUSIN ON THE SAME DAY IN APRIL.

BEV AND JEANNIE.......TWO X-SISTER-IN-LAWS WERE BORN IN APRIL.

MY GRANDSON KEN,,,,,,WAS BORN IN APRIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF APRIL HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT........BUT FROM DAY ONE I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MYSELF.......I HAVE MET CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES ALONG THE WAY BUT HAVE ALWAYS MANAGED THEM.......I LIKE MYSELF AND ENJOY MY ALONE AND QUIET TIMES.  I HAVE GOOD SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND KNOW GOD AND MY GUARDIAN ANGLES ARE HELPING ME ALONG......

THOUGHTS BECOME WORDS......WORDS BECOME ACTIONS

ACTIONS BECOME CHARACTER........CHARACTER IS EVERYTHING.........

APRIL FOOL'S DAY.......

WELL HERE WE ARE IN THE FOURTH MONTH OF THE YEAR ALREADY........HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY......IT USE TO BE FUN IN GRADE SCHOOL, BUT HAS KINDA LOST IT'S "BIG DEAL" AT THIS AGE.

THIS WEEKEND IS LDS CHURCH CONFERENCE.......SO NO CHURCH.  KEN AND I CLEANED HOUSE AND LISTENED TO CONFERENCE TODAY.   WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AND TOOK A NAP, GOT MY BILLS MADE OUT AND MAILED.....SO A GOOD SATURDAY.......ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS MAILING IN MY INCOME TAX.....AND GOT MY REFUND BACK TODAY IN THE MAIL.   THE COMPUTER DOES WONDERS.   IT WAS A NICE SUNNY DAY FOR CONFERENCE AND WARM......BUT WINDY.

CAN'T BELIEVE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.....THE 29TH OF MARCH......I HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS.....FINALLY SETTLED IN AND AS THEY SAY.......GROW WHERE YOUR PLANTED......NICE NEIGHBORS, NICE WARD AND ONLY ONE FLOOR TO NAVIGATE.

LEAVING A WEEK FROM TODAY FOR A FUN ROAD TRIP WITH LITTLE SISTER......I REALLY NEED A CHANGE.  HAVEN'T BEEN ANYWHERE FOR A YEAR, WHEN I SPENT LAST APRIL WITH LESLIE TO HELP HER THROUGH HER ANKLE OPERATION........MY GAS BUBBLE FROM MY DETACHED RETINA HAS NOT DISSOLVED AND IS DRIVING ME CRAZY......BUT DR SAID YESTERDAY EVERY THING LOOKED GOOD AND WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.......