REMEMBEER THIS.......

A CUTE STORY.......

A LITTLE BOY ASK AN OLD MAN......"WHAT IS THE BEST DAY TO PRAY?"

THE OLD MAN ANSWERED......"THE BEST DAY TO PRAY IS THE DAY BEFORE YOU DIE."

'"WELL, HOW WILL I KNOW IT IS THE DAY BEFORE I DIE?" ASKED THE LITTTLEE BOY.

"YOU WON'T".....SAID THE OLD MAN.............

SO FOLKS.......SAY YOUR PRAYER EVERY DAY.......ONLY GOD KNOWS WHEN WE WILL BE CALLED HOME TO HIM.......AND YOU WILL BE READY.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

NEIGHBORS......

HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK DO MY NEIGHBORS SEE ME IN MY PAJAMAS?  ALOT!

I GET UP AT SIX OR SIX THIRTY TO GET KEN OFF ON HIS MISSION.......THEN I GO BACK TO BED.   ABOUT NOON I START TO FUNCTION.......UNLESS I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT OR A PARTY TO GET GOING FOR.......ISN'T THAT WHAT OLD AGE IS FOR????  I HAVE  HAD A NICE WEEKEND.......LAST NIGHT I WENT TO A "BLUE GRASS TRIO" THAT WAS SET UP AT THE CONDO PLAY GROUND......THEY FURNISHED DINNER AND WANTED A DONATION........THE GROUP IS FROM KENTUCKY AND FRIENDS OF ONE OF OUR TENANTS WHO KNEW HIM......THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE ARTS FESTIVAL THAT IS DOWN TOWN THIS WEEKEND.......

MY DARLING NEIGHBOR SUZANNE TALKED ME INTO GRABBING OUR FOLDING CHAIRS AND GOING FOR A "LITTLE" WHILE......I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY WITH GREAT NEIGHBORS HERE.  SUZANNE GREW  UP IN FARMINGTON NM......CLOSE TO MANCOS, COLORADO IN THE FOUR CORNERS......I WAS TELLING HER I WAS MARRIED IN MANCOS IN THE METHODIST CHURCH BY A MORMON BISHOP NAMED BOBBY TAYLOR FROM RED MESA.......SHE ALMOST FELL OUT OF CHAIR......"THAT WAS MY GRANDPA'S BROTHER"...... SHE SAID!..........SMALL WORLD.  THEN OUR OTHER FAVORITE NEIGHBORS "THE HILLS" JOINED US........THIS PLACE IS TURING OUT OK.

TODAY I CLEANED THE CLOSET ........HAD MY WINDOWS WASHED THURSDAY.....INSIDE AND OUT......NOW I WANT EVERYTHING CLEAN!

ALSO DID LAUNDRY AND WATERED PAMS FLOWERS AND FED THIER GOLD FISH  IN THE POND.......

THE MOMENT WHEN!!!!!

I WASN'T BAD........BUT I PROBABLY WASN'T AN ANGEL IF YOU ASK MY FOLKS......I TRIED TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST......BUT IT DIDN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN!......I WAS THE OLDEST OF FOUR GIRLS AND THEN A LITTLE BROTHER.......AND ALWAYS GOT THE LECTURE ABOUT SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE LITTLE SISTERS....... I BET THEY GOT VERY TIRED OF:....."BETTY REE"  DIDN'T DO THAT.......(MAYBE THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW?)........BUT I WAS YOUNG, ADVENTOUROUS AND LOVED PEOPLE AND FUN........

WHY?

DOES IT TAKE SO MANY YEARS TO REALIZE LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS AND EACH DAY A GIFT........

SO ENJOY EVERY MINUTE AS IF WERE YOUR LAST TO LIVE.....

NOTHING IS FOREVER......AND LIFE GOES SO FAST....

EACH MINUTE THAT PASSES IS ONE YOU CAN'T GET BACK...SO

EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE DECIDE TO MAKE IT THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.

I TELL MYSELF EVERY DAY......"IT'S OK TO BE OLD AND TIRED AND HURT EVERY WHERE"......I HAVE HAD MANY GOOD YEARS......BEEN AROUND THE WORLD, RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS PRACTICALLY ALONE....HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY AND GOOD FRIENDS.......THANK YOU GOD... AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY YOUTH!

HOT......HOT......HOT!

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.........I COULD HARDLY WAIT FOR HOT WEATHER.........WELL IT CAME THIS WEEK IN THE FORM OF 100 AND 101!!!!!OK, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.......WE CAN GO BACK TO THE 70 DEGREES.

YESTERDAY WAS MEXICAN TRAIN DAY AT BONNIE'S SO DIDN'T GET MUCH DONE, TODAY COFFEE AT PATTY'S ALL MORNING WITH PATTY AND NEIGHBOR LIZ......TOMORROW HAVING ALL MY WINDOWS WASHED.......INSIDE AND OUT......FIVE NEIGHBORS IN A ROW ARE DOING IT........SO THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND THEN WE HAVE FRIDAY AND ANOTHER WEEKEND........

MY SWEET BRAYDEN STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH KEN AND I AND BROUGHT ME A DOZEN ROSES......LOVE THAT KID.......HE AND HIS LATEST FLAME WERE OFF TO LAGOON TODAY......HOPE THEY DIDN'T COOK.........I FEEL SO SORRY FOR PEOPLE WITH NO WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN TO FILL THEIR LIVES.   I AM SO LUCKY WITH 9.

"IF YOU ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT ONE PERSON WHO CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.......LOOK IN THE MIRROR>"

BIRTHDAY WISHES........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ....ROB......(60)

YEP, THE BIRTHDAYS JUST KEEP COMING.....ROB HAS BEEN MY SON -IN-LAW FOR 38 YEARS, BUT I WATCHED HIM GROW UP.......HIS FOLKS AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS.  HE HAS BEEN A GREAT FATHER TO MY THREE GRANDCHILDREN ........AND NOW A DOTING GRANDPA TO MY ONLY GREAT-GRANDCHILD.  HIS PASSION IS FISHING AND HUNTING........ANYTHING.

I HAVE SO MANY FUN MEMORIES OF HIM AND I OFF TO A MOVIE WITH A STOP AT KENTUCKY FRIEND CHICKEN.......OR SOMEWHERE FUN.  WE GO TO THE MOVIES THAT PAM WON'T GO TO OR WHILE SHE IS WORKING.......OUR FAVORITE DATE IS TUESDAY NIGHT......MOVIES ARE FIVE DOLLARS.......AND CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS ARE $3.99 ON TUESDAY.......CAN'T BEAT THAT FOR A BARGAIN.

STAY WELL ROB AND HAVE MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS!

THE FUTURE IS YOURS....

IF WE COULD JUST MAKE OUR GRANDCHILDREN  REALIZE THE FUTURE IS THEIR'S TO SHAPE.......AND TO TAKE THEIR TIME MAKING  THEIR LIFE'S DECISIONS.....NOW DAYS ALEX, RICHIE, WILL AND THESE TWO....BRAYDEN AND KEN SEEM TO BE IN SUCH A HURRY TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND START SWIMMING!

SOME DAY ........THEY MAY LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN WHAT THEY COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE OR WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY......BUT BY THEN IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE......ALEX AND RICHIE ARE GOING THROUGH A REJECTION PERIOD.......WHICH WILL PASS WHEN THEY REALIZE THEIR WIVES  LEAVING WAS NOT ABOUT THEM ......BUT THE PROBLEMS THE GIRLS HAD.....BRAYDEN IS IN HOT PERSUITE........OF A FUTURE THAT COULD ALSO END IN A PROBLEM......MY ADVICE ......ENJOY A FEW YEARS OF FINDING YOURSELF, BUILDING A FUTURE AND FINDING YOUR WAY.

ENJOYING MY WEEKEND........GETTING LOTS OF SLEEP, CLEANING THE FRIDGE, CLEANING MY CLOSET ETC.......HAVE A BUSY WEEK COMING UP.

GOOD THINGS.......

A LONG TIME AGO.......A YOUNG GIRL (17)......FELL IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG BOY (18) AND THEY RAN AWAY AND GOT MARRIED!     DIXIE AND ODIS HAD 3 CHILDREN AND AN INTERESTING LIFE.......SHE WAS MY SECOND LITTLE SISTER.......A DOZEN STORIES  I COULD TELL ABOUT HER AS SHE GREW UP.....SHE WAS QUITE A TEST FOR MY PARENTS.......I MISS THESE TWO AS THEY ARE BOTH GONE.....BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.....I WON'T CRY BECAUSE THEY ARE GONE......JUST BE HAPPY THEY WERE PART OF MY LIFE ONCE....

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY........

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD.......YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE WITH ME......ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU TAUGHT ME AND THE GOOD EXAMPLE YOU ALWAYS SET FOR ME.  I NEVER DOUBTED YOUR LOVE FOR ME AND WITH YOU BESIDE ME I COULD DO ANYTHING I EVER WANTED........I WAS SO PROUD OF MY TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME DAD.

AND

BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN IS A GOOD WOMAN.......AND BEINGS I WAS IN MN ON MOTHER'S DAY I DIDN'T GET TO HONOR MOM IN MY BLOG THIS YEAR........SO, A LATE HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.  YOU AND DAD......MADE ME "ME"......AND I AM SO THANKFUL YOU TWO WERE MY PARENTS......I HOPE I HAVE MADE YOU PROUD.......I THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LOVE AND SACRIFICES TO GIVE ME A GREAT LIFE...

MY GIRL'S FATHER.......

                  PAM SENT ME A PICTURE OF SHE AND HER FATHER.......LAST WEEK SHE WENT TO DINNER WITH HIM........DON PETERSON.......AND HIS WIFE FOR HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY.........HE IS NOT REALLY WELL, HAD SEVERAL HEART PROBLEMS......I MUST SAY I DO LIKE HIS NICE WHITE HEAD OF HAIR......SO MANY OF HIS FRIENDS ARE BALD NOW!  WE HAVE COME TO PEACE WITH EACH OTHER AFTER 31 YEARS OF DIVORCE......AFTER ALL WE SHARE THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS......THEY DESERVE BOTH OF US...........AND PAM WAS SOOO.........PETERSON.  THE TWINS MORE LIKE MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY.........AND LIFE GOES ON.
                     LEARN TO LET GO.....NOT EVERYONE IN YOUR LIFE WAS MEANT TO STAY,
                   

MY SUNSHINE.............

                 ALEX.......YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE......GOD SAID......"WHEN YOU MEET THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR SOUL YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY ALL THE OTHER LOVERS LET YOU GO......WHEN YOU MEET THE ONE WHO DESERVES YOUR HEART,....YOU YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS  DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH EVERYONE ELSE!"
               WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE?.........TOBY CALLED TO REMIND ME BRIDGE IS TOMORROW.......YES, IT'S ON MY CALENDAR.....BUT THINKING IT WAS NEXT WEEK......OH WELL, GUESS GETTING OLD HAS IT'S PROBLEMS..  PAM CAME BY THIS MORNING AND PICKED UP ROB AND TIFF'S BIRTHDAY GIFTS.......THEY WERE ALL GOING TO THE CABIN TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEKEND. .... AND FATHER'S DAY......I GET TO FEED THE FISH IN THE POND OUTSIDE AND WATER THE PLANTS......PAM IS STAYING UP THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.......HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING TWO FRIENDS......OFF TRAVELING......JIM AND LINDA SEND CUTE PICTURES OF BRONSON AREA AND MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORS ARE ON A CRUISE OF THE GREEK ISLANDS........SO NICE TO SAY......"BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT!"

DID YOU REALIZE?

BETTY REE YEOMANS

"DO YOU REALIZE.......SOMEDAY YOU WILL JUST BE A PHOTO TO YOUR KIDS?"

LIKED THIS;

I HAD MY OWN NOTION  OF GRIEF......I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAD TIME THAT FOLLOWED THE DEATH OR LOSS ......OF SOMEONE YOU LOVED.

AND YOU HAD TO PUSH THROUGH IT TO GET TO TE OTHER SIDE.

BUT I AM LEARNING THERE IS NO OTHER SIDE.......

THERE IS NO PUSHING THROUGH.......BUT RATHER,

THERE IS ONLY ABSORPTION, ADJUSTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE.

AND GRIEF IS NOT SOMETHING YOU COMPLETE......

BUT RATHER YOU ENDURE.

GRIEF IS NOT A TASK TO FINISH AND MOVE ON......

BUT AN ELEMENT OF YOURSELF.......AN ALTERATION OF YOUR BEING,

A NEW WAY OF SEEING.......

A NEW DEFINITION OF SELF..........

YES, AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE .......YOU STILL WONDER WHY HE LEFT?

AFTER RAISING A CHILD TO ADULT HOOD.......YOU WONDER WHY THEY ABANDON THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.......YOU TRY TO PUSH THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF GRIEF.......BUT YOU STILL HAVE THOSE MOMENTS OF HURT.

REMEMBERING.........

DARREN PICKED KEN UP LATE YESTERDAY ON HIS WAY HOME........HE HAD SPENT THE WEEK IN YELLOWSTONE NAT'L PARK WITH HIS CHURCH BOYS......HE SENT ME AN EMAIL REMINDING ME OF THE FUN TRIPS ALL OUR FAMILY TOOK UP THERE......

WHICH REMINDED ME OF MY SUMMER AT MESA VERDE NAT'L PARK........I HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD.......YET SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.

THE SUMMER AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO WORK AT MESA VERDE NAT'L PARK AS A WAITRESS IN SPRUCE TREE LODGE.......I HAD BEEN FRIENDS WITH THE CHILDREN OF ANSEL HALL WHO RAN THE PARK EACH YEAR......THEY LIVED IN MANCOS IN THIS WONDERFUL BIG HOUSE...........HE HAD  THESE TRIPLETS.......ROGER, ROBIN AND LAUREL.  THE GIRLS WERE IDENTICAL, LOLLY HAD A MOLE ON HER FACE......HOW WE TOLD THEM APART.   THEY WERE ONE YEAR YOUNGER THAN ME.......SO THEY GOT ME AND  A FRIEND JO MCCRUM A JOB UP THERE........THEIR FATHER PUT THEM TO WORK ALSO........  THE GIRLS HAD A DORM IN BACK AND THE BOYS HAD A DORM, BUT GETTING IN AND OUT THE WINDOWS WASN'T TOO HARD!!!  I MET A FUN GUY NAMED CHUCK FROM WISCONSIN.......WHICH MADE MY SUMMER EVEN MORE FUN.......  ANSEL HAD HIRED A COMPLETE BLACK KITCHEN CREW........WHICH WAS THE FIRST BLACK PEOPLE I HAD EVER SEEN?  I THOUGHT THEY WERE GREAT........WE LOVED THE TOURIST, THE KEVIA PARTIES AND I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AS MANCOS IS THE GATEWAY ON THE EAST TO THE PARK.......CORTEZ ON THE WEST.......THE HISTORY WE WERE SURROUNDED BY NOW BLOWS MY MIND.......THAT WAS ABOUT 61 YEARS AGO NOW!!!!

I LOVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES LIKE THAT..........

WEEKEND AGAIN......

BEEN THERE.......DONE THAT.

NEVER REGRET A DAY IN YOUR LIFE........\

GOOD DAYS GIVE HAPPINESS.......

BAD DAYS GIVE EXPERIENCE........

WORST DAYS GIVE US LESSONS............

AND BEST DAYS......GIVE US MEMORIES.

NO BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND........AS USUAL......ONLY GET TO SLEEP IN..

PAM OFF TO IDAHO.    SHERRIE CALLED AND THEY WILL PICK KEN UP TOMORROW.  LUCILLE CALLED AND GENE IS GETTING REALLY BAD ABOUT FALLING AND REMEMBERING THINGS........THANK GOODNESS SHE HAS LOTS OF KIDS NEAR BY TO HELP HER WITH HIM......SO SAD TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY........BUT THEN THAT IS LIFE!.....AND OUR GENERATION REALLY LIVED THROUGH THE BEST OF THE BEST TIMES IN AMERICA....... DURING OUR LIVES.

WHEN I WAS.......

DOES ANY ONE ELSE REMINISCE ABOUT WHEN........I WAS LITTLE, YOUNG, THIN, HAD LOTS OF ENERGY ETC.  I GUESS THOSE OF US WHO STILL CAN REMEMBER THINGS ARE THE LUCKY ONES........AS WE LOOK BACK WITH ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF WHEN.........

"WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY SLIPPERS WERE RED,

I COULD KICK MY HEELS RIGHT OVER MY HEAD,

AS I GOT OLDER MY SLIPPERS WERE BLUE, 

BUT I COULD DANCE THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH.

NOW I AM OLD AND MY SLIPPERS ARE BLACK,

I WALK TO THE STORE AND PUFF MY WAY BACK,

NEVER YOU LAUGH, I DON'T MIND AT ALL,

I'D RATHER BE PUFFING THAN NOT PUFF AT ALL.

I GET UP EACH MORNING AND DUST OFF MY WITS,

AND PICK UP THE PAPER AD READ THE "OBITS"......

IF MY NAME IS STILL MISSING I KNOW I'M NOT DEAD,

SO I HAVE A GOOD BREAKFAST AND GO BACK TO BED".

TODAY IS KORINA'S BIRTHDAY......DIXIE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF HER.  I LOVE ALL MY SWEET NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

SAD NEWS.......ALEX'S FIANCE GAVE THE RING BACK TODAY AND SAID SHE WAS NOT READY TO FACE MARRIAGE......SEEMS MY GRANDSONS AREN'T LUCKY IN LOVE.....BUT BETTER NOW THAN WHEN THERE IS A BABY OR TWO!!!!

REALLY??????

MY SISTER CALLED AND SAID.......".I GOT A BILL TODAY FOR FOURTEEN SOMETHING FOR MISSING SEVERAL TOLL-ROADS IN COLORADO ON OUR TRIP IN APRIL TO OKLAHOMA!!!! "    CAN YOU BELIEVE TWO LITTLE OLE LADIES WOULD DRIVE BY A TOLE BUCKET AND NOT PAY??????  EVIDENTLY WE DID IN COLORADO SEVERAL TIMES!.......I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW COLORADO HAD TOLE ROADS........AFTER ALL SHE AND I WERE BORN AND RAISED IN COLORADO.......AND DOESN'T BEING A LITTLE-BIT OLD COUNT?

WHY DO WE ALWAYS COMPARE OUR WORST TO SOMEONE'S BEST?  AFTER ALL GOD MADE US ALL DIFFERENT-----HE DIDN'T MAKE ONE KIND OF FLOWER IN ONE COLOR........HE MADE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOWERS IN MANY COLORS.....AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AND WE NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT GOD GAVE US AND BE HAPPY......REMEMBER, HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE!

MY SYMPHONY

MY SYMPHONY

"TO LIVE CONTENT WITH SMALL MEANS......TO SEEK ELEGANCE RATHER THAN LUXURY.........AND REFINEMENT RATHER THAN FASHION.....

TO BE WORTHY, NOT RESPECTABLE, AND WEALTHY, NOT RICH......

TO THINK QUIETLY, ACT FRANKLY AND TALK GENTLY........

AWAIT OCCASIONS, HURRY NEVER........

IN A WORD TO LET THE SPIRITUAL, UNBIDDEN AND UNCONSCIOUS, GLOW UP THROUGH THE COMMON."

THIS BECOMES EASIER AS YOU AGE......YOUR NEEDS ARE FEWER, YOU TRY HARDER TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE.....AND BE FORGIVING.  YOU TAKE HURRYING OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY.......EVEN IF IT REGISTERED IN YOUR BRAIN......YOUR LEGS WOULD REJECT THE MESSAGE!

SPENT A FUN DAY WITH PATTY AND RUTH...........

DID WE REALLY KNOW OUR PARENTS?

MAXINE MAKES LIFE SO SIMPLE...........

WHEN I THINK BACK TO MY GROWING UP DAYS.......THERE WERE PICTURES OF US KIDS ON THE WALL, THE PIANO ETC.......BUT WHAT WERE OUR PARENTS LIKE IN THEIR YOUNGER DAYS.......BEFORE THEY BECAME "MOM AND DAD?"

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF DAD......ONE IN A BEAUTIFUL LONG BABY DRESS, A COUPLE WITH HIS SIBLINGS WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG ON A RANCH IN ARIZONA........HE WAS GOOD ABOUT SHARING STORIES OF HIS HARD LIFE......BUT WHY DIDN'T I PAY MORE ATTENTION OR ASK MORE QUESTIONS......IN THOSE DAYS I GUESS MY LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT....."ME".  NOW THAT I LOOK BACK DID I REALLY KNOW MY DAD BEFORE HE BECAME MY DAD.........

AND THEN MOM.......I HAVE A FEW MORE PICTURES OF HER, IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN SHE MET DAD AND WITH HER BEST FRIEND........BUT BECAUSE SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU......AS YOUR MOM......YOU FORGET THAT ONE MOMENT IN TIME SHE HAD A LIFE BEFORE YOU......FOR THAT SHORT TIME SHE WAS NOT A MOTHER OR A WIFE.......JUST A WOMAN.......FOR EACH OF US IT IS A TIME TUCKED AWAY IN OUR HEART .........HOPEFULLY GOOD.  WAS MY YOUTH LIKE HERS, DID I DO SOME OF THE THINGS SHE DID, DO I LIKE OR DISLIKE CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE SHE DID?  SO MANY QUESTIONS  COME TO YOUR MIND AS YOU THREAD BACK THROUGH THE YEARS........MOM MET DAD WHILE SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL........GRADUATED AND WENT TO CALIFORNIA TO STAY WITH HER SISTER.......BUT HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MY DAD......WENT HOME, THEY EVENTUALLY MARRIED AND WHEN SHE WAS 20 SHE HAD ME......FROM THEN ON.......SHE WAS LABELED A WIFE AND A MOTHER. 

I MISS MY PARENTS  AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THE YEARS OF OUR TIME TOGETHER AND THE LOVE WE SHARED.......I KNOW THE FIVE OF US WERE A HANDFUL......BUT THEY NEVER LET US DOWN.

DID YOU KNOW.....

BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW......PEOPLE USE TO USE URINE TO TAN ANIMAL SKINS, SO FAMILIES WOULD ALL .........."GO PEE IN A POT"........AND THEN ONCE A DAY IT WAS TAKEN AND SOLD TO THE TANNERY.  IF YOU HAD TO DO THIS TO SURVIVE,......YOU WERE ....."PISS POOR"......BUT WORSE THAN THAT WERE THE REALLY POOR FOLKS WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY A POT...."DIDN'T HAVE A POT TO PISS IN"....AND WERE ....."THE LOWEST OF THE LOW!"

ENJOYING OUR HOT WEATHER.......FINALLY SUMMER.  GOT THE CAR SERVICED THIS MORNING ......THE LAST TIME WAS IN NOVEMBER AND THE STICKER THEY PUT ON YOUR WINDOW TO TELL YOU WHEN IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE HAD TWO HUNDRED MILES TO GO.......BUT IT HAD BEEN SIX MONTHS.......BESIDES I DIDN'T WANT MY 20 DOLLARS OFF FOR AN OIL CHANGE COUPON TO EXPIRE........  THE NICE MAN DOING IT SAID....."YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE!"  THEN OFF TO THE BANK AND THE DOLLAR STORE......A REALLY EXCITING DAY.

MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORS JUST LEFT FOR PARIS THIS MORNING EARLY......AND WHAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS I HEARD THE FIRST THING THIS MORNING?.......A CRAZY MAN HAD ATTACKED A POLICE MAN AT THE BIG NORTRA DOM CATHEDRAL...ONE OF THE PLACES THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.  GAY HAD NEVER BEEN TO EUROPE.......SO GLAD I'M  ........."DONEROVEN"..

WHY WE LIE......

I JUST READ AND INTERESTING ARTICLE ........CALLED "WHY WE LIE"

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.......BUT SEEMS THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR IT.... WE ALL LIE?  BUT NOT ALL LIES ARE THE SAME THEY SAY.   PEOPLE LIE AND TELL THE TRUTH TO ACHIEVE A GOAL IN THEIR LIVES.  "WE LIE IF HONESTY WON'T WORK?

THE TRUTH COMES NATURALLY, BUT WHEN WE LIE IT TAKES EFFORT AND A SHARP, FLEXIBLE MIND.......THE ARTICLE SAYS LYING IS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS, LIKE WALKING AND TALKING......CHILDREN BEGIN TO LIE BETWEEN HE AGES OF 2 AND 5......AND DO SO MORE AS THEY AGE.

SOME LIES ARE ABOUT:

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE........GAIN FINANCIAL BENEFITS........PERSONAL ADVANTAGE, BRING BENEFITS BEYOND MONEY........SELF-IMPRESSION, TO SHAPE A POSITIVE IMAGE OF OURSELVES.......HUMOR,  MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH........ALTRUISTIC......SOCIAL OR POLITE......MALICIOUS. TO HURT OTHERS........PATHOLOGICAL, UNKNOWN, AVOIDANCE. TO ESCAPE OR EVADE PEOPLE.......PERSONAL TRANSGRESSION......COVER UP A MISTAKE OR MISDEED........

WITH EVERY NEWS CAST NOW DAYS.......YOU SEE ONE OR MORE OF THESE REASON FOR THE MANY LIES BEING TOLD US EVERY DAY.......NO ONE TELLS US THE TRUTH NOW DAYS......WE ARE NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT TO BELIEVE ANY MORE.....BEGINNING WITH HILLARY.......

QUIET SUNDAY.......CHURCH......WORKED ON MY CHAIR I FOUND AND TV.  KEN WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.......SUPPOSE TO BE CLOSE TO 98 DEGREES TODAY.

JUNE ALREADY........

SO TRUE........

I KNOW THE DAY IS COMING WHEN THIS QUESTION COMES UP!

AM I READY FOR IT?

NO .....NO ONE IS EVER READY FOR IT!

DON'T CLOSE THE BOOK WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE, JUST TURN THE PAGE AND BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER.......

LAUGH YOUR HEART OUT......

DANCE IN THE RAIN......

CHERISH THE MOMENT.........

IGNORE THE PAIN........

LIVE, LOVE AND LAUGH.....

FORGIVE AND FORGET.........

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LIVE WITH REGRETS!

THANK GOODNESS FOR ALL MY WONDERFUL MEMORIES........

WHY....WHY....WHY?

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE REASON I AM SO TIRED AT NIGHT.......

WELL, BECAUSE THE CLEANING FAIRLY, COOKING FAIRY , NANNY FAIRY ALL FOUND JOBS THAT PAY???

ALL THIS CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL......SO I STRESS ABOUT STRESS BEFORE THERE'S EVEN STRESS TO STRESS ABOUT......THEN I STRESS ABOUT STRESSING OVER STRESS THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE STRESSED ABOUT.......IT'S VERY STRESSFUL!  FOR INSTANCE I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL OLD ROCKING CHAIR FOR THE FRONT PORCH IN A DUMPSTER.......YES, I DUMPSTER DIVE!..........BUT I COULDN'T FIT  IT IN MY CAR SO I STRESSED ALL NIGHT ABOUT WHO TO ASK TO HELP ME......NO SWEAT......MY FRIEND LOADED IT IN HER CAR AND ZIPPED IT OVER,,,,,,NOW I CAN STRESS ABOUT GETTING IT SANDED AND STAINED........WHY CAN'T I  JUST LET THINGS GO?.....THAT IS WHAT MAXINE......MY IDOL WOULD DO.

STRESS.......

PAM and SHERRIE........OUR VISIT TO MINNIE.......EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE 11 YEARS APART.......I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.......TOO BAD THE THIRD SISTER HAS CHOSEN TO CUT ALL TIES WITH THEM AND OUR FAMILY.....SHE WILL END UP A LONELY OLD LADY SOMEDAY ALL ALONE!

SHERRIE CAME YESTERDAY AND PICKED UP KEN FOR THE WEEKEND AND TODAY TIFFANY, PAM AND AARON BROUGHT LUNCH OVER AND WE TOOK THEE BABY UP TO THE PLAY GROUND WITH THE BIG TRACTOR, SLIDES AND SWINGS......THIS IS WHAT MAKES GETTING UP EVERY MORNING WORTH IT.  BEAUTIFUL 90 DEGREE WEATHER TODAY.

"I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I SAY...... I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT

YOU UNDERSTAND!"