LOOKING BACK.......

AS THE YEARS ROLL BY.......MORE AND MORE I DISLIKE "COLD"!

BUT BEING RAISED IN COLORADO......WHITE CHRISTMAS WAS LOOKED FORWARD TO'.......SO SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE AND PUT ON YOUR BOOTS.   

NOW

AS I LOOK BACK THROUGH THE YEARS AND THE ROADS I HAVE TRAVELED.....I FEEL VERY LUCKY WITH THE LIFE GOD GAVE ME.  A GOOD FAMILY THAT LOVED EACH OTHER.....LOTS OF FRIENDS......BOY FRIENDS TOO......MY SUMMER AT MESA VERDE WHEN I GRADUATED......TWO YEARS AT BYU UNIVERSITY, A YEAR AT BERKHARDT STEEL CO. IN DENVER AND ANOTHER SUMMER AT ESTES PARK. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AS A STEWARDESS, THEN MARRIED A PILOT.....(30 YEARS)...... AND HAD THREE GREAT GIRLS, WHO HAVE GIVEN ME NINE SUPER GRANDKIDS.  YES, THERE HAVE BEEN BUMPS IN THE ROAD......MY DIVORCE WAS WORST AND THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME......".I GOT ME BACK".......I WAS CONCIERGE AT THE DOUBLE TREE HOTEL FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS......BEING A PEOPLE PERSON, I LOVED IT......MET AND BECAME FRIENDS WITH A TRAVEL AGENT AND WITH HER DEALS WE MADE IT AROUND THE WORLD......120 COUNTRIES, 6 OF THE 7 CONTINENTS AND ......LAST YEAR I MADE IT TO ALL 50 STATES!!  MY HEALTH HAS BEEN GOOD ALL ALONG AND AT 85 I CAN'T COMPLAIN TOO MUCH. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE GROWING UP OF MY GRANDCHILDREN.....BALL GAMES OF EVERY KIND, SWIM MEETS, CHEER LEADERS, PIANO CONCERTS AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS (ON LITTLE CHAIRS), DISNEY LAND, CRUISES, LAKE POWELL AND JACKSON HOLE.  I HAVE NEVER MISSED A HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GRADUATION!!!!  TIFF'S COLLEGE IN MN, NICCI'S IN AZ AND MBA IN INDIANA, AND WILL FROM THE U. THE PANNIERS AND COOKS HIGH SCHOOL IN SLC AND THE THREE CHRISTENSONS IN VERNAL.......  FOUR MISSIONARY FAREWELLS AND HOME COMINGS....FOUR WEDDINGS AND I COULD GO ON AND ON......NOW I'M STARTING ON THE GREAT-GRANDKIDS IN MY REMAINING YEARS.......WHICH I WILL BE THANKFUL FOR EVERYDAY.  I HAVE LOTS OF GOOD FRIENDS AND THE BEST NEIGHBORS IN THE WORLD.....BRIDGE TWICE A MONTH, MEXICAN TRAIN GROUP ......MOST HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR MANY, YEARS.

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED MUCH IN MY 85 YEARS.....MY GRANDKIDS CANNOT BELIEVE I LIVED A FEW YEARS ON THE RANCH WITH NO RUNNING WATER, OR INSIDE BATHROOM, NO ELECTRICITY OR HEAT UNLESS YOU BUILT THE FIRE.  I AM THANKFUL FOR THOSE YEARS AND NOW I CAN COMPARE HOW FAR I HAVE COME DOWN MY ROAD OF LIFE AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL MY MODERN CONVENIENCES......LIKE MY NEW ROBOT THAT VACUUMS FOR ME???

I AM THE WAY I AM.....BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE THE WAY THEY WERE......AND THEY WERE LIKE THEIR PARENTS ETC....ETC....ETC.  MY DNA TEST SHOWED I AM 99.9% BRITISH......AND THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD!  AS 2018 IS 5 DAYS OFF, I CAN SAY THANK YOU GOD FOR MY MANY BLESSINGS......