ALL BOY.......

This is my Aaron......and he is all boy.....which is as it should be.  He spent the weekend up at his grandparents cabin in Idaho and loved the dirt and rocks and freedom.  He is two and a half now and always on the go.  It is so fun to watch him grow up......but way to fast.

A thought;   Some of the most generous people.......have no money

Some of the wisest people......have no education

Some of the kindest people were hurt the most!

MEMORIAL WEEKEND......

A very quiet Memorial Day weekend......Ken went to Vernal.  I had the dog groomed, slept in every morning, chatted with neighbors and shopped.  I have no family graves here.....so there was no trip to the cemetery to put out flowers.......which was big when I was growing up and mother gathered all the flowers in bloom and off we kids went with her to help clean up the graves and put a flower on them.  My grandparents, cousins etc......now the job has grown with my parents and aunts and uncles added to the list.......we no longer have family in our little town to carry on the tradition, but we never forget them in our hearts.

A big priority......remember our wonderful service men who have died to keep us free.....I guess every day is memorial day in one form or another as we always miss those loved ones who are gone.

IT'S TIME.......

Did you ever stop and say......."It's my time .....before it is too late.....to buy yourself some flowers, go to your favorite place to eat or buy one more pair of shoes.......you don't need?"

It is a woman's nature to offer encouragement, understanding, and reassurance to others.....to be a voice of reason, a shoulder to lean on and a positive force in the lives of your family and friends......but for some reason we don't take time out to encourage, understand and reassure ourselves......whatever goes wrong in our lives.....we seem to think or feel it is our fault......bad marriage, children acting out, debts, maybe sickness?  We carry so much guilt.....but we have got to get to the point we stop blaming ourselves for things we cannot control......we are worthy of more.That is my lecture to me for the day!!!!

SOMETIMES I AM NOT SURE.......

Maxine so has it figured out......here it is Saturday night......Memorial Day weekend end.....when every one is off celebrating somewhere fun......why not hit the wine country.....that is the back yard with a bottle of wine and a bottle opener......and it wouldn't be drinking alone because I have my dog Gigi with me......only problem I didn't pick up a bottle of wine!  Not good planning on my part.

Life is short......and I need to keep smiling......while I still have teeth......so often you feel like throwing in the towel......then you remember that would just mean more laundry for me to do.....  Sometimes I'm not sure if life is just passing me by or trying to run me over......but I am here for a good time and hopefully a long time.  I guess I am just spoiled......I had two great trips in the past two months.....and so great to have all 50 states under my belt....got to see cousins Tom and Jon and have lunch with Tammy and Tamrie......Then had a good visit with my sweet granddaughter Nicci.

I also quote Maxine......."20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Steve Jobs.  Now we have.......No Cash.....No Hope....and No Jobs!  Please don't let Kevin Bacon die!"

WHERE DID THE WEEK GO?

I guess the only way to get through this life is to like yourself and be positive..........seems I slept most of last week away.....Patty came for coffee, i did clean house and get ready for The Domino group on Thursday......talked to Leslie but she was working five days ,,,,,then spending the weekend on a ball trip to Price.  Panniers left Thursday for the cabin and all the kids were going up for Memorial Day and the long weekend......well, not Nicci.  Talked to Sher about every day.....she has been so busy, and Ken went home for the weekend, he got to have Monday off.  No good movies out so just setting around knitting!!!

I guess it is good advice;  Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life......just turn the page and begin a new chapter.

SUNDAY.....SUNDAY

Up early to let the dogs out......raining, so went back to bed for another hour......so did the dogs....With church starting at 11:00 now days.....sleeping in on Sundays is great.   Ken was here for the weekend....so off to church, dinner and now a quiet afternoon.  As I sat and listened to the men who talked today......I tried hard to concentrate on their talks.  The first one wandered and and seemed confused so naturally I became judgmental!!!!! SO bad.....I did not know his past....I had not walked in his shoes, down his path of life, lived his sorrows, doubts , fears and pain.....I must tell myself, everyone has a story and we can't judge.

The next man made more sense.....do we have a recited prayer we say each day....just to say we prayed or do we ask for and thank God for different blessings each day......I am in the middle ....but I must contemplate this thought a little more thoroughly.....Not waste God time ......

Busy week ahead......Relief Society teachers in the morning,  time to change the oil in the car...  Tuesday.....Patty's birthday.....movie and lunch.....and maybe Ken a hair cut.  Wednesday, clean house and shop for the Domino group at my house Thursday.....and if I am still alive Friday I might sleep all day!

You know your really stressed.....when you start getting on your own nervers??????

MY IDOL....AUNTY ACID

Everyone needs an idol to look up to and follow............   I think i have found mine.......Aunty Acid!!!  She just knows what to say and when to say it.....and so many times I just agree.  Who but an old.....crazy woman would parade around Fargo, North Dakota wearing a blinking tiera, bandello and T-shirt saying "50 looks good on you"......Aunty Acid would.......and I did!

Two things that really grind my gears are people and technology or......even worse......kids and technology......had to ask my 19 year old grandson to put a new phone number in my cell....gone are the days when I could do all those kind of things for myself!  I will never learn to conquer "candy crush"......my oldest daughter showed me some tricks.....When I go on line to check the weather......three hours later I finally manage......and by then the weather has changed!  If it weren't for the kids and grandkids.......I would still be operating my life with a dial phone, a radio and a record machine for music......they refuse to let me be "old" .......and back in the good ole days.

LOOKING GOOD.......

WELL THIS IS ME......AS THE YEARS ROLL BY......MY DAYS OF GARDENING ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER.......BUT I DO LOVE PRETTY FLOWERS AND A FUN PATIO.......SO ZIPPED OFF TO LOWES AND WALMART THIS MORNING TO BUY SOME PLANTS FOR THE PATIO.......AND A NEW OUT DOORS RUG......IT IS ABOUT 70 DEGREES AND I AM TIRED OF THE SNOW WE HAD LAST WEEKEND AND READY FOR OUT-DOOR-LIVIN!  I AM POOPED.....BUT REALLY LOOKS NICE THANKS TO KEN'S HELP....... I HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD A GREEN THUMB.......SO WILL TRY AND KEEP THE PLANTS WATERED AND FERTILIZED.........JUST LOVE PRETTY THINGS........AND HELLO......WHAT ELSE DOES AN OLD 85 YEAR OLD LADY HAVE TO DO WITH HER TIME......WELL, THERE IS NAPPING?

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THIS IS BRAYDEN.........ONLY OLDER AT DINNER LAST NIGHT!!!!!  ME.....BRAY HOW DO I GET THE PICTURES FROM INSTAGRAM TO MY EMAIL SO I CAN PUT THEM IN MY PHOTOS .....SO I CAN PUT THEM IN  MY BLOG.......SO FOR THE UPTINE TIME HE WENT OVER IT AGAIN FOR ME......I AM SURE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY AND I WILL ASK HIM THE SAME QUESTION.......GLAD HE LOVES HE GRAM.

HE CALLED AND WANTED ME TO HAVE DINNER WITH HIM LAST NIGHT......SUCH A NEAT GUY......HEARD ABOUT HIS LAST LOVE INTEREST???? DON'T KNOW IF IT IS SERIOUS.......BUT FUN HEARING ABOUT IT.....IT'S LIBBY THIS WEEK!

CHRISTENSONS IN TOWN FOR A WEDDING BUT WENT RIGHT BACK TO VERNAL SO KEN AND I ARE HANGING OUT......I WENT TO LOWES AND GOT SOME PLANTS AND A PATIO RUG AND WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING READY FOR SUMMER......TOMORROW CHURCH........AND ANOTHER WEEKEND GONE.

FARGO.......

MADE IT TO NORTH DAKOTA.......THIS IS FARGO BEFORE A FUN LUNCH AND THEN THE THREE HOUR RIDE BACK TO MINNESOTA.......NICCI RENTED A BIG VAN WITH SIX SEATS SO EVERYONE HAD A COMFORTABLE RIDE AND A SEAT BELT......SHE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING.......I THINK SOME OF THEM SLEPT ON THE WAY HOME.....SO NIC AND I HAD A GOOD VISIT.....SHE DROVE BOTH WAYS.

WHAT MAKES MY WORLD GO ROUND......

THE MEMORIES MADE LAST WEEKEND......NICCI, BILL, TIFF, ME AND SHER....... A GREAT EVENING BY A PRETTY LAKE IN MINNEAPOLIS.....

A CROWN AT LAST???

THE DAY FINALLY CAME WHEN I CAN SAY......"OH YES, I GOT A CROWN ONCE".......EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FROM THE DOLLAR STORE AND I WAS ONLY CELEBRATING MY ACCOMPLISHMENT OF BEING TO ALL 50 STATES.....THIS IS MY SWEET SHERRIE SHARING THE THE THRILL.......WHEN SHALL WE LIVE?.......IF NOT NOW!

COLD AND WINTRY DAY.......PAM BROUGHT BREE OVER FOR ME TO TEND FOR THE WEEKEND WHILE THEY GO OFF TO SOME NATIONAL PARK FOR THE WEEKEND......IT IS SO COLD EVERYONE BROUGHT IN THE FLOWER POTS THEY HAD BOUGHT...I AM HOPING KEN AND I CAN GET MY PATIO FURNITURE OUT THIS WEEKEND......THEY ARE STILL SKIING AT SNOW BIRD......WOW!

GOT MY NAILS DONE .....BUT TOO COLD TO SHOP OR HANG OUT WITH ANY ONE.

THERE IS NO SOMETIME......

          THIS IS THE WAY EVERY DAY STARTS WITH ME.......I GET OUT OF BED EARLY......BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF ME IS FUNCTIONING !!!!!   AS MY LIFE IS SLIPPING BY DAY BY DAY ........"THERE IS NO SOMETIME......THERE IS NOW OR NEVER!".......SO WHEN YOU GET OLD......THAT IS OLDER......IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO.......DO IT!  I AM SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL FOR THE SWEET PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET TO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH DAKOTA........AND WHY?........JUST BECAUSE!  I HAVE HAD A GOOD LIFE AND THE FEW BUMPS HAVE BEEN FOR A REASON.......SO I COULD KEEP GROWING AND LEARNING AND NOW I FEEL THE REASON ONE OF MY GIRLS WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER FAMILY  IS SO SHE CAN GROW AND SO CAN WE......I HAVE FINALLY PUT THAT BUMP IN IT'S PLACE AND AM MOVING ON HAPPILY IN MY LAST YEARS.
       I AM ENJOYING HAVING KEN LIVE WITH ME WHILE HE SERVES HIS MISSION.  I WAS NOT FOR THEM LETTING HIS OTHER GRANDMOTHER SIGN HIM UP FOR A "BRAIN CHANGE" COURSE THAT HE HATES AND HE DOES NOT LIKE HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO PICKS HIM UP TWO DAYS A WEEK.......IT BECAME OBVIOUS WHEN SHE CAME TO GET HIM MONDAY AND HE TEXTED HER......."GO AWAY".......I JUST HAD TO LAUGH.......I AM GLAD I AM THE FAVORITE.
          YOU REALIZE LIFE IS LIKE A BOOK..... SOME CHAPTERS ARE SAD......KARRIE, DON  LEAVING US ETC......SOME ARE HAPPY......WHEN I HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND  A GREAT-GRANDSON.....SOME ARE HAPPY.......ALL MY YEARS OF TRAVELING THE WORLD........SOME ARE EXCITING.......LAST WEEKEND......BUT IF YOU NEVER TURN THE PAGE YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THE NEXT CHAPTER HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.......I WONDER?????
         WHEN SHALL WE LIVE IF NOT NOW?????   WOKE UP TO A WHITE WORLD THIS MORNING AND MORE SNOW TONIGHT......WILL WINTER IN UTAH EVER END?  I AM SO ANXIOUS TO GET MY PATIO FURNITURE OUT AND PLANT FLOWERS.....MAYBE NEXT  WEEKEND?????

WOW.......NORTH DAKOTA HERE I COME......

THESE THREE PEOPLE .....PAM, SHERRIE, TIFFANY......PLUS NICCI.......MADE LAST WEEKEND A "10" FOR ME.......FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE HAD ON MY BUCKET LIST......TWO STATES TO GET TO BEFORE I KICK THE BUCKET.....WELL IN APRIL MY SISTER LESLIE DROVE ME TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA TO MARK OFF ONE AND THIS MONTH MY SWEET DAUGHTERS SHERRIE AND PAM AND TWO GRAND-DAUGHTERS NICCI AND TIFF MADE GETTING TO MY LAST STATE NORTH DAKOTA POSSIBLE.......HERE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE BIG WEEKEND TO BEGIN IN MINNEAPOLIS.......
NICCI PICKED US UP AND HAD A FUN TACO BAR WAITING FOR US.......WITH BILL AND OLLIE IN CHARGE.   THE HOUSE WAS DECORATED WITH 50 SIGNS ALL OVER THE PLACE......SHE HAD WRAPPED PRESENTS OF:......A T-SHIRT, CROWN, BANDOLEER, AND PIN SAYING........... 50 LOOKS GOOD ON YOU............SO FUN TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF SEEING ALL 50 STATES .
WE SPENT FRIDAY AT THE MILLIONS DOLLAR MALL......GIRLS LOVE TO SHOP.  SHER RENTED ME AN ELECTRIC CART......WHICH WAS A FIRST.......ALMOST KILLED ONE GUY SHOWING THEM HOW YOU HAD TO SIGNAL WHEN I LEARN ED TO DRIVE.....BUT I MADE IT. ......OUT TO DINNER BY A FUN LAKE THAT NIGHT......THEN SATURDAY OFF TO NORTH DAKOTA ......ABOUT A THREE HOUR DRIVE......LUNCH IN "FARGO".....AND HOME TO A FUN DINNER AND LEARNING ABOUT TREE FROGS WHICH WERE VERY NOISY BY HER POOL.
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE AND PUT UP WITH ME......AND SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SAY; Yes, I HAVE BEEN TO ALL 50 STATES, SIX OF THE SEVEN CONTINENTS AND OVER 120 COUNTRIES!!!!!  I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD.....BUT  IT HAS TAKEN 85 YEARS.........

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LOOK OUT MINNEAPOLIS.......

COUNTING THE DAYS TILL I GET TO SEE THIS CUTE GRANDCHILD.........NICCI!
IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I GET TO FLY TO MINNESOTA FOR THE WEEKEND AND STAY WITH SHE AND BILL.   THEY HAVE OFFERED TO DRIVE ME INTO NORTH DAKOTA TO VISIT MY 50TH STATE!!!! YEA!  I AM MARKING THINGS OFF MY BUCKET LIST LITTLE BY LITTLE. AND......
PART OF THE FUN OF THIS TRIP IS PAM, SHERRIE AND TIFFANY ARE FLYING IN WITH ME......PROBABLY TAKE ALL THREE OF THEM TO GET ME ON  THE AIRPLANE AND SETTLED.......ABOUT TO GIVE UP FLYING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS......YOU KNOW THAT "OLD" THING.
WE PLAN A   TRIP TO NORTH DAKOTA AND  DAY AT THE MILLION DOLLAR MALL.....YES. AND FLY HOME ON MOTHER'S DAY......CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SPEND MOTHER'S DAY.  GIG IS GOING TO VERNAL WITH KEN FOR THE WEEKEND! I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY WHICH MAKES BEING A MOM AND GRAMMIE  GOOD.

OLD AGE IS CREEPING UP......

I VOTE WE HAVE MORE SATURDAYS IN EACH WEEK.......YOU KNOW THAT GOOD FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU ROLL OVER AND LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND REMEMBER .....IT'S SATURDAY.........OR SATUDAYLICIOUS FEELINGS FLOW OVER YOU............AND YOU ROLL OVER AND SLEEP ANOTHER HOUR.........SUNDAYS ARE GOOD TOO AS CHURCH DOESN'T START TILL 11:00 NOW.....BUT HERE WE ARE AND IT'S ONLY MONDAY........SO COUNTING DAYS TILL  NEXT WEEKEND.

I GUESS IT IS JUST OLD AGE CREEPING UP ON ME ONE WEEK AT A TIME.......IT'S SEEMS I HAVE BEEN ON THIS PLANET A VERY LONG TIME.........IT SEEMS MY FIRST JOB OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WAS A WAITRESS AT THE LAST SUPPER........WELL MAYBE IT WAS A WAITRESS AT SPRUCE TREE LODGE AT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.......BUT THE INDIANS WERE MOVED OUT BY THEN!

SHERRIE BROUGHT KEN HOME LAST NIGHT, ATE DINNER AND STAYED OVER,   I LOVE OUR EVENINGS TOGETHER,........KEN CAME HOME FROM WORK TODAY AND SAID HE HAD A STOMACH ACHE AND COULD NOT GO TO HIS CLASS..........I WONDER,?????? FEED HIM CHICKEN SOUP AND WILL PUT HIM TO BED EARLY.......HE DOES NOT LIKE THE CLASS AND ISN'T TOO FOND OF HIS "GRANDMA KAY" TIME........BOTH WOULD GIVE ME A STOMACH ACHE TOO!!!!

STILLNESS IS YOUR ESSENTIAL NATURE.........

ECKHART TOLLE VERY NICELY TELLS US IN HIS BOOK "STILLNESS SPEAKS" ....... THAT STILLNESS IS YOUR ESSENTIAL NATURE......IT IS THE INNER SPACE  OR AWARENESS IN WHICH THE WORDS ON THIS PAGE ARE BEING PERCEIVED AND BECOME THOUGHTS.......WITHOUT THAT AWARENESS THERE WOULD BE NO PERCEPTION, NO THOUGHTS, NO WORLD.....YOU ARE THAT AWARENESS, DISGUISED AS A PERSON..........WHEN YOU LOSE TOUCH WITH INNER STILLNESS, YOU LOSE TOUCH WITH YOURSELF.......WHEN YOU LOSE TOUCH WITH YOURSELF, YOU LOSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD......LIKE WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DO THAT TO YOU......SOMETIMES YOU START BELIEVING WHAT THE OUTSIDE WORLD SAYS ABOUT YOU...... AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU ...........YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH!

THE VOICE THAT TRULY MATTERS IS THE SILENT VOICE OF AWARENESS, CONSCIOUSNESS, ALIVENESS.

AND AFTER ALL THAT DEEP THINKING I AM EXHAUSTED!

VERY QUIET SATURDAY......FEED THE PANNIERS GOLD FISH IN THE OUTSIDE POND!

CINCO DE MAYO

HOW DID CINCO DE MAYO SLIP BY YESTERDAY WITHOUT ME CELEBRATING IT?????

WHEN THE GRANDKIDS WERE LITTLE WE ALWAYS HAD A PARTY, PINOTA AND BIG STRAW HATS??????  SHERRIE CAME BY AND PICKED UP KEN FOR THE WEEKEND AND DIDN'T SAY A WORD........I GUESS WE JUST GET OLD AND BUSY AND PARTIES ARE NOT TO IMPORTANT ANY MORE........

HAVE YOU NOTICED ........SOME PEOPLE COME FROM CRAB BUCKET FAMILIES.......WHERE WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO LEAVE IS MET WITH A SWIFT, CLAMPING CLAW TO ONE'S LITTLE CRAB ANKLE......OR WHAT EVER CRABS HAVE INSTEAD OF ANKLES......SOME FAMILIES LIKE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFELY IN THE CRAB BUCKET INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING THE MEMBER TO CRAWL OUT AND SEEK A NEW PLACE IN HIS LIFE........TO FOLLOW A DREAM THEY HAVE FOR THEIR LIFE.  IF YOU DARE TO MOVE FROM THE CRAB BUCKET YOU HAVE CHALLENGED EVERYONE'S SENSE OF SECURITY.......I AM SO THANKFUL I DID NOT COME FROM A CRAB BUCKET FAMILY,,,,,,,,IF MY FAMILY EVER FELT THREATENED BECAUSE WE FIVE CHILDREN GOT UP AND OUT AND FOLLOWED OUR DREAMS.........THEY NEVER LET US KNOW.

LIFE HAS IT'S DETOURS.......

LOVING THOSE AFTERNOON NAPS!!!!

"WE PLAN OUR LIVES IN LONG UNBROKEN STRETCHES THAT INTERSECT OUR DREAMS THE WAY HIGHWAYS CONNECT THE CITY DOTS ON A ROAD MAP........BUT, IN THE END WE LEARN THAT LIFE IS LIVED IN THE SIDE ROADS, ALLEYS AND DETOURS."

THIS THOUGHT TELLS ME YOU MUST BE FLEXIBLE TO SURVIVE.......LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUN UNEXPECTED GOOD STUFF LIKE SHERRIE CALLING TO SAY SHE WAS SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH KEN AND I......WITH A STOP IN HEBER TO HAVE DINNER WITH ANDREA!  A WEEK FROM TOMORROW I WILL BE OFF TO MINNESOTA WITH MY CUTE NIECE AND 2 DAUGHTERS FOR THE WEEKEND........A FUN GIRLS TIME.  IT WAS FINALLY 70 DEGREES TODAY AND FEELING LIKE SUMMER EVEN THOUGH SNOW BIRD IS STILL OPEN AND THEY PLAN TO SKI TILL MOTHER'S DAY..........I JUST WISH I HAD MORE ENERGY!!!!

I CAN HEAR.........

WHEN YOU GET UP PAST SIZE 10......NOTHING CUTE IN THE STORE FITS!   AND AS USUAL ALL THE SUMMER CLOTHES SHRUNK WHILE HANGING IN THE CLOSET ALL WINTER.......SO I WILL BE HEADING FOR THE "FITTING ROOMS" AGAIN  THIS  SPRING......BUT MAXINE DEFINITELY HAS A POINT!!!!!

MY SISTER SENT HER OLD HEARING AIDS TO ME  (OF COURSE I DON'T NEED THEM).......... BUT I TOLD HER I WANTED TO TRY THEM OUT.   WENT TO LUNCH WITH MY FRIEND SHIRLEY WHO WEARS ONE HEARING AID AND SHE CHECKED ME OUT ON HOW TO WEAR THEM, CLEAN THEM AND TOLD ME COSTCO HAS THE BEST PRICE FOR BATTERIES.......SO NOW I AM SET AND CAN GET OLD......OLDER.....AND START WEARING HEARING AIDS!!!! AND HEARING BETTER.  I FOUND OUT WHEN I WEAR THEM I HEAR ALL THESE  ANNOYING THINGS I DON'T WANT TO HEAR LIKE THE DOGS NAILS CLICKING ON THE FLOOR AND THE FUNNY NOISE THE CLOCK MAKES........I CAN SEE BEING DEAF HAS ITS ADVANTAGES.......

APRIL SHOWERS........

I HAVE THE GREATEST NEIGHBORS.......BUT I SEE I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE THAN GET MY FLOWERS FROM THE FLORIST TO KEEP UP WITH THEM........MY NEW NEIGHBOR SUZANNE SPENT THE DAY PUTTING HER FLOWER POTS OUT ON THE PORCH.......TWO HANGING BASKETS AND DOZENS OF FLOWERS HERE AND THERE......WITH IVAN AND GAY DOING THE SAME......OH WELL, MY FOUR OR FIVE GERANIUMS WILL SHOW I TRIED.....I CAN'T BEND AND STOOP LIKE I USE TO.

THIS IS PAM AND ROB'S WATER FALLS, POND AND THEY HAVE 6 OR 8 PRETTY COY FISH THAT ARE FUN TO WATCH......THEY HAVE A FIRE PIT AND A NICE PAGODA WITH THE LAWN FURNITURE ......AND FUN LIGHTING.  I LOVE SUMMER AND EATING OUT......AND ROB IS SUCH A GOOD COOK......WITH PAM'S HELP.

I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY ......I AM READY FOR SUMMER!!!!

GOOD NEIGHBORS

MAXINE AND I ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH KITCHENS........I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE ONE......ONLY IT CAME WITH THE HOUSE.......MY IDEA OF EATING IS A VENDING MACHINE I CAN PUT A QUARTER IN AND OUT COMES A HOT BOWL OF SOUP, CHEESE AND CRACKERS, OR NACHOS.......

DID YOU REALIZE "LISTEN" AND "SILENT" ARE SPELLED WITH THE SAME LETTERS........WHEN YOU ARE SILENT OR  LISTENING TO THINGS AROUND YOU IT IS SURPRISING HOW PEACEFUL YOU FEEL.....THE WIND BLOWING, THE BIRDS SINGING OR A FOUNTAIN BUBBLING......AS I GET OLDER I SO LOVE MY PEACE AND QUIET TIME ALONE.....TO THINK, REMEMBER OR ENJOY MY KNITTING.

EACH NEW DAY BRINGS US 365 OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE......EACH DAY IS A NEW CHANCE TO GROW BETTER.

WELCOME TO MAY.......

STANDING ON THE CORNER IN WINSLOW, ARIZONA WITH LITTLE SISTER LESLIE......LOVE THIS PICTURE AND THE TRIP THAT FOLLOWED........THE FAMOUS ROUTE 66 AND THE SONG WRITTEN ABOUT IT.......NOW I HAVE BEEN THERE ........DONE THAT!  I HAD BEEN TO WINSLOW A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE.....BUT NEVER STOOD ON THE CORNER!

CAN'T BELIEVE MAY HAS JUST POPPED IN........YESTERDAY WENT TO LUNCH WITH PAT AND DAVID TO THE COTTON BOTTOM FOR A FAMOUS GARLIC BURGER AND BEER.......PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE TODAY AND I JUST PUTTERED AROUND THE HOUSE.......TOMORROW LUNCH WITH SHIRLEY......GETTING CAUGHT UP ON MY SOCIAL LIFE......AND SLEEP.   SHERRIE IS STAYING OVER NIGHT TOMORROW AND WILL TAKE IN THE WOMAN'S CONFERENCE AT PROVO FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY........SURPRISE......SHE IS HAVING DINNER WITH ANNIE IN HEBER ON HER WAY IN.......MAYBE SOME NEWS ON RICHIE'S SITUATION.  SHE ALWAYS LOVED ANDREA SO MUCH AS SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY GIRLS.

BEEN SUNNY.....BUT COLD.  LOOKING FORWARD TO MY TRIP TO MINNESOTA IN  WEEK.