KEN'S CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!

KEN LOVES SHARKS.....OF ALL KINDS.....SOOOO

HIS FATHER SAW THIS BIG SHARK IN SOME MAN'S TRUCK AND TRIED TO BUY IT....IT WAS KINDA BEAT UP AND THE GUY WAS GOING TO USE IT FOR TARGET PRACTICE..... DARREN HAD HIS EMPLOYEE REPARE IT.......IT WAS A  SURPRISE FOR ALL OF US....KEN PUT IT IN HIS ROOM IN VERNAL......I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO WANT TO PUT IT ABOVE OUR MANTEL????  KEN WILL BE BACK WITH ME THE 6TH OF JANUARY FOR ANOTHER QUARTER OF COLLEGE AT UVU.....

A SAD DAY.......

AT THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY AT TROLLEY SQUARE.....MY THREE DAUGHTERS AND A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER......LILLY FRITEZE......SO NICE WHEN THE THREE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN AND SMILING......
MY SWEET SHERRIE......TOOK GIGI TO THE VET YESTERDAY .....HER LUNGS WERE FULL OF WATER.....WEAK HEART BEAT AND BAD ARTHRITIS IN HER BACK LEGS.....BLADDER WAS STARTING TO SHUT DOWN...... SHE WAS 16 AND 1/2 AND THE VET RECOMMENDED SHE BE PUT TO SLEEP......I AM HAPPY TO KNOW SHE IS WRAPPED IN HER BLUE BLANKET IN A BOX AND BURIED IN THE CHRISTENSON"S ANIMAL CEMETERY......HORSES....CATS.....DOGS!   BUT......I AM SAD SHE IS GONE AND WILL MISS HER.....BUT NO MORE PEEING PUPPIES AT THIS HOUSE!
HAVE A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT THIS PM AND PACKING FOR A FEW DAYS IN MESQUITE TO SEE MY LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER.  TAKING THE SHUTTLE DOWN TO ST GEORGE TOMORROW AND LES WILL MEET ME......

CHRISTMAS TRADITION.....

HERE ARE SHERRIE, LIBBY AND I IN OUR MATCHING PAJAMAS......I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS IDEA.....THEN THE BOYS HAD MATCHING PANTS!..SEEMED SHERRIE THOUGHT OF EVERY THING FUN THIS CHRISTMAS......

AFTER ALL THE PRESENTS WE GOT CHRISTMAS EVE......THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING FROM SANTA.......

ALEX AND ASHLYN SPENT CHRISTMAS DAY WITH HER FAMILY....BUT WE PLAYED GAMES AND ATE ALL DAY CHRISTMAS.

DARREN BROUGHT BRAYDEN AND I HOME LATE CHRISTMAS DAY SO BRAYDEN COULD GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY ......LIBBY STAYED WITH HER FAMILY.  WE DROVE THROUGH A BLIZZARD MOST THE WAY.

STILL COUGHING MY HEAD OFF....

A GREAT CHRISTMAS....2018

NO WORDS AVAILABLE WHEN IT COMES TO SAYING THANK-YOU FOR A GREAT CHRISTMAS.......

SHERRIE ZIPPED KEN AND I AND GIGI OFF TO VERNAL SUNDAY.....WE GOT THERE IN TIME FOR THEIR CHURCH....IN WHICH ALL THE FAMILY PARTICIPATED......HAD A NICE DINNER AND PREPARED FOR CHRISTMAS EVE THE NEXT DAY.

BRAYDEN AND LIBBY DROVE DOWN AND STAYED WITH US......GREAT DINNER AND A TON OF PRESENTS.......FOR ALL.   I LOVE THAT CHRISTENSON FAMILY AND I WAS SICK SO SHERRIE JUMPED IN WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER....SHE HAD MY ROOM DECORATED WITH A DARLING CHRISTMAS TREE....A WARM HEATER AND LOTS OF BLANKETS.......GIGI NOT DOING GOOD SO MAY LEAVE HER WITH SHER WHILE I GO TO NEVADA.

HERE I AM WITH SEVEN OF THE FOURTY CHRISTMAS SOXS I HAVE KNITTED SINCE PAM WAS TWO.....60 YEARS AGO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

KARRIE COOK.....

                                                                           KARRIE COOK......CHRISTMAS 2018
THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE IS GRIEVE THE LOSS OF SOMEONE THAT IS STILL ALIVE......

MORE FAMILY.....

I GUESS IF YOU ASK OUR FAMILY OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT IN SLC .....IT WOULD BE THE SPAGHETTI FACTORY   ......I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE PAM WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND SHE IS 61......THIS IS PROUD GRAM AND GRAMPS WITH AARON.

HERE IS AARON WITH TIFFANY AND SCOTT......AND A CORNER OF RICHIE!

THE ONLY GRANDKIDS MISSING WERE NICCI AND ANDREA.....SO LUCKY.   I HAD BAGGED MY ETERNAL FOREVER FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY........THIS YEAR AND THE KIDS FELT BAD......AND TOOK OVER.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS FAMILY.........

THANKS TO DARREN......

THANKS TO DARREN AND SHERRIE THEY ARRANGED A PETERSON FAMILY PARTY THIS CHRISTMAS.....AT TROLLEY SQUARE'S SPAGHETTI FACTORY.....HER IS SHERRIE AND DARREN WITH ANDREA'S BABY LILY.

THREE OF MY 6 GRANDSONS AND A COUPLE OF THEIR WIVES ALSO ENJOYED DINNER AND SOME COUSIN TIME.......

HERE ARE TWO MORE GRANDSONS AND BRAYDEN'S WIFE......FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T GET RICHIE IN ANY PICTURES......BUT THAT CUTE KID WAS THERE.....SO PROUD OF ALL 6 GUYS.

COOKS CHRISTMAS......

THIS IS CHRISTMAS 2018 FOR THE COOK FAMILY.....
THANKS TO PAM SHE GOT AN EMAIL FROM KARRIE AND FORWARDED IT TO ME......I HAVE BEEN "DEFRIENDED" FROM THE GROUP.....BUT SOMEDAY THEY WILL BE SORRY.  I HOPE THEIR HOLIDAYS ARE NICE.

SICK ....SICK.....SICK

WHAT A FUN NIGHT......WATCHING MIKE IN....... SAVIOR OF THE WORLD......WITH SISTER LESLIE......

I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS SICK IN A LONG TIME....I HURT EVERYWHERE......

PLUGGED UP, COUGHING LIKE MAD......AND TIRED!......I HAVE TO GET WELL FOR THE HOLIDAYS SO HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS IN BED.....OFF TO VERNAL SUNDAY FOR CHRISTMAS.  THANK GOODNESS I HAVE ALL MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE AND WRAPPED AND MOSTLY DELIVERED......SO CAN JUST CRAWL INTO BED AND SLEEP IT OFF.

MOVING INTO A NEW YEAR......

WHEN YOU GET OLD....OLDER......OLDEST!!!!!  YOU REALIZE YOU BETTER SHAPE UP!

SO FOR 2019......I WILL TRY TO MAKE SMALL COMMITMENTS......AND KEEP THEM....CLEAN THE TOILETS....SHOVEL DOG POO.....AND DUST NOW AND THEN?....OR NOT!

BE A LIGHT...NOT A JUDGE.....BE A MODEL ....NO A CRITIC....BE PART OF THE SOLUTION...NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM!!

IF I MAKE A MISTAKE.....ADMIT IT....CORRECT IT.....AND LEARN FROM IT.

WORK ON THINGS I HAVE CONTROL OVER....WORK ON ME!

ON "BEING"......HAPPY, NICE, PATIENT ETC......IF YOU START TO THINK THE PROBLEM IS OUT THERE......"STOP".....THAT THOUGHT IS THE PROBLEM.....BE RESPONSE-ABLE!......

AT MY AGE....JUST KEEPING UP WITH ME IS A FULL TIME JOB......

"WHAT LIES BEHIND US AND WHAT LIES BEFORE US ARE TINY MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US."    OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

I BELIEVE.......

WHILE PRAYING ONE DAY A WOMAN ASKED GOD

...."WHO ARE YOU?"....HE ANSWERED..."I AM".....BUT WHO IS I AM?...SHE ASKED......HE REPLIED...."I AM LOVE, I AM PEACE, I AM GRACE, I AM JOY, I AM STRENGTH, I AM SAFETY, I AM SHELTER, I AM POWER, I AM THE CREATOR....I AM THE COMFORT, I AM THE BEGINNING AND THE END....I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT.".

WITH TEARS SHE SAID...NOW I UNDERSTAND....BUT WHO AM I?....HE TENDERLY WHISPERED "YOU ARE MINE."

FINALLY FINISHED KNITTING LIZ'S CHRISTMAS SOCK.......AND FINISHED ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD'S QUILT...ONE MORE TO GO....PAM CAME BY AND PICKED UP SOME PRESENTS FOR NICCI AND BILL SO SHE COULD GET THEM MAILED TOMORROW.  I FINISHED WRAPPING THE COOKS STUFF TO DROP OFF TUESDAY NIGHT AT DINNER.....THAT SWEET CHRISTENSON COUPLE PUT TOGETHER AT THE SPAGHETTI FACTORY.......WILL TRY AND GET MY NEIGHBORS GIFTS PUT TOGETHER AND DELIVERED TOMORROW......I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME....I WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN VERNAL AND NEW YEARS IN MESQUITE WITH LES AND JIM......PAM HAS BEEN GOOD TO VOLUNTEER TO GET ME READY FOR ALL THAT......

COUGHED ALL NIGHT AND HOPE I AM NOT GETTING SICK!

QUIET WEEKEND......

AS I CONTEMPLATE  MY QUIET WEEKEND.......AT THIS HOLY SEASON.......I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT THE LAST 86 YEARS......THIS YEAR I AM ABANDONING ALL FAMILY TRADITIONS!  IT ISN'T EASY TO LET GO OF THINGS DEAR TO YOU....BUT HEY, THAT'S LIFE........

WHEN I AM GONE I WOULD LIKE MY FAMILY TO SAY:

I WAS HONEST.......I WAS PATIENT......I WAS KIND AND UNDERSTANDING.......I ALWAYS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR MY SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN.....I  CARED ABOUT THEM UNCONDITIONALLY........

I WAS INTERESTED IN THEM.......I WAS DEPENDABLE....I WAS THERE WHEN THEY NEEDED ME......I HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR AND WAS FUN.......THEY WERE PROUD OF ME.    I WAS SPIRITUAL IN MY OWN WAY......

MY FRIENDS SAY ....WE LOVED HER AND WILL MISS HER....SHE WAS AN EXAMPLE AND AN INSPIRATION TO ALL.......

HOLIDAYS ARE HARD......ALONE,

CHOICES.........

I JUST HAVE TO END MY EVENING WITH A LAUGH........
I CAN HARDLY PASS THE BED WITHOUT WANTING TO REST 20 MINUTES......
WHY DO I NOT HAVE ANY ENERGY ANY MORE.....MY ARTHRITIS IS MISERABLE IN THIS COLD WEATHER........AND I AM ALWAYS TIRED....DON'T TELL ME IT IS BECAUSE I AM OLD...I KNOW THAT!!!!!  I HAD MY SISTER GET ME SOME CANNABIS TO RUB ON MY SORE LEGS......I AM DESPERATE!!!  THANK GOODNESS MY DAYS OF SEX ARE OVER!!!.....AND ALL I THINK OF NOW DAYS IS SLEEP...........

WONDER YEAARS....

EVER WONDER?

SEEMS I HAVE A BIG GROUP OF FRIENDS IN THIS CATEGORY...AND THAT IS OK?  AS YOU GET OLDER YOU FORGET TO KEEP TRACK OF TIME.....ONE DAY JUST SEEMS T O FOLLOW THE NEXT?.....AND WHO CARES WHAT DAY IT IS.......UNLESS IT IS GARBAGE DAY AND YOU FORGET TO PUT OUT THE GARBAGE CAN!!!!!  WHEN  KEN IS HERE HE ALWAYS REMEMBERS......ME NOT SO MUCH!

MY NEIGHBOR SAID HER SISTER WOULD BE HOME TOMORROW AND SO NO MORE CHANGING THE BANDAGE ON HER BACK FROM CANCER ......GLAD TO HELP OUT!  A LONG QUIET SATURDAY.....I DID WASH MY HAIR....DO TWO BATCHES OF LAUNDRY AND FINISH LILLY'S QUILT FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!....DREAD TUESDAY DINNER WITH THE FAMILY AT THE SPAGHETTI FACTORY.....I AM DONE WITH FAMILY AND EVERYONE PRETENDING........THEY LIKE EACH OTHER AND ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME!!!!....I THINK PARTLY FOR ME.....

I WISH I COULD TALK TO MOM AND DAD RIGHT NOW......I KNOW THEY WOULD SAY......YOU HAVE A DUTY PERFORM IT!!!!!  DO IT.........

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WOW.......

WOW!!!!!

CAN YOU BELIEVE I MADE THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SOCK FOR MY FIRST LITTLE GIRL ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO?????? IT CAME IN A KIT AND I PUT HER NAME AT THE TOP AND FOLLOWED THE SANTA AND CANDY CANES AND KNITTED IT ON SMALLER NEEDLES.......THEN 11 YEARS LATER AND TWO MORE LITTLE GIRLS I DECIDED I COULD NOT PUT THEIR LONG NAMES AT THE TOP SO I DISCARDED THE SANTA AND DID THEIR NAMES AND CANDY CANES.......FINALLY 60 YEARS LATER AND 40 SOCKS I JUST PUT THEIR NAMES....I AM DONE....DON'T ASK FOR ANY MORE SOCKS FAMILY.....i HAVE MADE THEM FOR NIECES CHILDREN AND EVEN DOWN TO MY FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD.....NO MORE.  IT HAS BEEN FUN AND I HOPE THROUGH THE YEARS AS YOU LOOK AT THE CHRISTMAS SOCK ONCE A YEAR....YOU THINK OF GRANDMA-BETTY..........WITH LOVE!

ONE OF THOSE WEEKENDS......

WHY....WHY DOES THE LONESOMENESS OF BEING ALONE ALWAYS HIT YOU AT WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS??????  HERE I SIT MANY YEARS AGO WITH MY LITTLE SISTER JOAN AND TWO COUSINS.....JIMMY AND BOBBY GOFF!......AND I THINK MY GRANDMA GOFF?????  WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE LEFT??????JO HAD CANCER...JIM AND BOB WERE KILLED IN MINES AND GRANDMA GOFF DIED OF OLD AGE.....THIS  PICTURE IS THANKS TO KORINA........YOU REALIZE HOW LUCKY YOU ARE AND HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME IN THIS LIFE!!!!  YOU HAD A BEGINNING AND YOU WILL HAVE AN END!

SIBLINGS.......A GREAT WEEKEND.

GREAT WEEKEND WITH LITTLE SISTER,, NIECE KRISTI AND HER DAUGHTER AND MY NEPHEW MIKE.......WE TOOK IN "SAVIOR OF THE WORLD" THAT MIKE WAS IN ......IN THE CULTURE CENTER DOWN TOWN AND KRISTI AND ANNA SAW THE LIGHTS ON TEMPLE SQUARE......THEN SATURDAY MIKE CAME BY....... THEN OFF TO PREFORM IN THE MATINEE AND BACK FOR DINNER AND GAMES AND A MOVIE....NEEDLESS TO SAY SUNDAY......I WAS TIRED!!  THIS IS LES AND JIM.....MY FAMILY THAT IS LEFT!!  LESLIE JUST FOUND OUT JIM AND HIS WIFE ACE WERE DIVORCED....SO HE IS ALONE AS LES AND I ARE......HE SEEMS HAPPY ABOUT IT......BEING 14 YEARS OLDER THAN JIM.......I NEVER SPENT MUCH TIME WITH HIM AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN CLOSE THROUGH THE YEARS......BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY BROTHER....ALL 6 FEET AND 4 INCHES OF HIM........

SO SORRY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE FAMILY TO LOVE OR BE LOVED BY......IT IS ESPECIALLY HARD AT THE HOLIDAYS TIME OF YEAR....

WONDERFUL MEMORY......

PICTURES LIKE THIS BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES......THIS IS MY DAD...WITH A BOTTLE OF BEER ......AND MY UNCLE WALTER.....MOTHER'S BIG BROTHER.....MY UNCLE WALTER WAS A "REAL COWBOY".....HE RODE IN RODEOS AND ALWAYS DRESSED THE PART......HE PLAYED A BANJO IN THE FAMILY BAND......MOTHER'S OLDEST BROTHER GLEN GOFF PLAYED THE TROMBONE.......WALTER THE BANJO....MOTHER THE PIANO.....RUSSEL THE SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET AND LESTER THE TRUMPET....EVERYONE IN OUR VALLEY KNEW THEM....MANY A FUN DANCE WITH MY UNCLES AND MOM PLAYING.....GLEN HAD ONE DAUGHTER FOR 17 YEARS WHO WAS 9 DAYS YOUNGER THAN ME......THEN DAVID 17 YEARS LATER.....HER SISTER EDITH HAD FOUR CHILDREN BY HER FIRST MARRIAGE......JIMMY, GENE, ROSE AND THELMA....THEN TWO BOYS BY ANOTHER MAN AND FINALLY EMMY LOU WHO SHE GAVE AWAY????? WALTER AND HIS WIFE JOSEPHINE HAD JIMMY AND BOBBY AND DOLORIS AND DOROTHY.......RUSSELL AND WIFE MARTHA FLORENCE HAD BILLY AND TOMMY AND MARTHA FLORENCE AND LESTER HAD NO KIDS.  THESE WERE THE COUSINS ON MOM'S SIDE THAT WERE IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE.....I WAS OLDER THAN MOST OF THEM AND NOT CLOSE AT ALL.

I LOVED MY DAD SO MUCH AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD OF HIM AS HE WAS TALL AND HANDSOME AND VERY KIND.....

HURRAH....KEN DID IT!

HURRAH.......KEN JUST FINISHED HIS FIRST QUARTER AT UVU,,,,,,,,HE IS DOING SO GREAT!!!!!...FIRST A TWO YEAR SERVICE MISSION ON TEMPLE SQUARE....NOW A QUARTER OF COLLEGE......GO KEN!  HE WILL BE LEAVING TOMORROW FOR A CHRISTMAS BREAK AT HOME IN VERNAL.....I WILL MISS HIM!....BUT WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN VERNAL WITH HIS FAMILY.......WE CAN DO IT!

A BUSY DAY......

I AM GOING TO LISTEN TO SNOOPY.........

KEN AND I WERE OFF TO OUR THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST........THEN HOME TO CHANGE SHEETS, KNIT, WORK ON BABY QUILTS, AND PUT LIGHTS ON THE TREES ON THE FRONT PORCH......

EXCITED ABOUT SEEING MY FAMILY TOMORROW.......IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD......OFF TO SEE THE LIGHTS ON TEMPLE SQUARE AND SEE MIKE IN THE "SAVIOR OF THE WORLD"........THE INVERSION.....OUR YEARLY GRINCH.....IS HANGING OVER US......VERY COLD.

KEN HAS A COUPLE MORE DAYS AT UVU THIS QUARTER.......WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.....PAM CAN FINALLY DRIVE BUT IS STILL IN A BOOT AND ON THE SCOOTER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.......BAD TIME OF YEAR TO BE HOUSE BOUND.

THEY BURIED GEORGE H. BUSH TODAY.....HE WAS SUCH A GOOD MAN.AND A GOOD PRESIDENT.......

WORKING ON A CHRISTMAS SOCK FOR LIZ........MY 28TH????  FINISHED ONE FOR ASHLYN ALREADY.......THINK I AM DONE WITH CHRISTMAS SOCKS......

DIDN'T FORGET.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL......A DAY LATE.....BIG NUMBER 28!

YOU WERE MY FIRST OF SIX GRANDSONS AND I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN YOU ARRIVED AND HAVE LOVED YOU LOTS SINCE....IT HAS BEEN FUN TO WATCH YOU GROW INTO A FINE YOUNG MAN.....EDUCATED, MARRIED, HAVE A HOUSE AND TWO DOGS.......AND A JOB!.......NOT EVERY GRAM CAN BRAG LIKE THAT!  ALWAYS LOVE YOUR PARENTS AND SISTERS AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE A GREAT DADDY SOMEDAY!

HOPE NEVER DIES.......

I GUESS I GOT SO EXCITED I PUT IN TWO PICTURES......AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ERASE ONE!!!!! BUT AS I WAS SAYING.....AGE IS JUST A NUMBER....86 OR 106.....WILL I ALWAYS HURT THE SAME????  DREAD GETTING OUT OF BED EVERY MORNING....BUT AFTER A HANDFUL OF PILLS....A HOT SHOWER ETC.....I AM ALMOST HUMAN!!!!...MY DAILY EXERCISE IS "RETAIL THERAPY"....YOU KNOW PUSHING A SHOPPING BASKET AROUND WALMART, TJ.

MACKS, ROSS, SMITH ETC.......

I BROKE DOWN AND CALLED MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN MESQUITE......AND ASK HER TO BRING ME SOME MARIJUANA WHEN SHE COMES UP NEXT WEEK....... TO RUB ON MY LEGS AND FEET......I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO "THAT" WALKER THINGY" I KNOW THIS COLD WEATHER ADDS TO THE HURT OF ARTHRITIS......

KEN SPENT LAST NIGHT WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL....... AND A PARTY FOR GRANDMA KAY THIS AFTERNOON......ONE MORE WEEK OF COLLEGE....BEFORE HIS HOLIDAY BREAK!

AND 24 MORE DAYS .....TILL CHRISTMAS!

WELCOME TO DECEMBER.....

WELCOME DECEMBER......I THINK MY SECOND CHILDHOOD IS KICKING IN!

I COULD HARDLY WAIT TO PUT UP THE TREE AND DECORATE THIS YEAR......AND I CAN'T STOP BUYING PRESENTS FOR PEOPLE!!!! 

MY LETTER TO SANTA.......

DEAR SANTA:

I"VE BEEN GOOD ALL YEAR...KINDA?

MOST OF THE TIME.......ONCE IN AWHILE.....

OH, NEVER MIND I"LL BUY MY OWN STUFF!

IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A BIG STORM LAST NIGHT....BUT WE ONLY GOT AN INCH OR TWO LAST NIGHT AND THE ROADS WERE GOOD TODAY.

ONLY ONE MORE MONTH OF 9:00 O"CLOCK CHURCH....THEN WE SWITCH TO 11"OO......I COULD REALLY BE A MORNING PERSON IF MORNING HAPPENED AROUND NOON!!!

WELL OFF TO A GREAT HOLIDAY MONTH....

OF COURSE HE IS PERFECT......

OF COURSE HE IS PERFECT....HE IS MINE????

AARON'S FAVORITE TOY THESE PAST THREE YEARS.....IS GIFFY.....A BEAT UP, LOVED GIRAFFE.   HE HAD TAKEN IT TO GRAMS LAST FRIDAY BUT IT SEEM TO DISAPPEAR FOR THE WHOLE WEEK END .......ONLY TO BE DISCOVERED IN GRAM'S LITTLE DOG'S BED.   AARON HAD PUT HIS SPECIAL TOY IN BREE'S BED TO SHARE BECAUSE HE LOVES BREE.....WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF HIM TO BE LEARNING TO SHARE YOUR TREASURES SO EARLY IN LIFE.......NEEDLESS TO SAY......BREE WAS HAPPY TO GET HER BED BACK.......!!!

OH YES, HE LOVES TO GO "TAIL GATING" WITH HIS FOLKS TO THE U GAMES......AND SEEMS DRESSED APPROPRIATE FOR THE OCCASION.

A MOMENT FOR YOU!

YES .....IT IS WINTER IN SLC.......THE MOUNTAINS ARE STARTING TO TURN WHITE AND SOME OF THE SKI RESORTS ARE OPEN......MORE SNOW FORECAST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.....

IT IS SO EASY TO THINK YOU ARE A NOBODY IN THIS BIG WORLD......I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN A COMPANY OR A COUNTRY TO BE IMPORTANT.......YOU ARE JUST YOU.....EVERY DAY YOU ARE SOMEONE'S ROCK OR SOMEONES WINGS.....SOMEONE'S CHEERLEADER, SOMEONE'S COACH OR SOMEONE'S BIGGEST FAN....SOMEONE'S GUARDIAN ANGEL OR SOMEONE'S HERO.......AND NEVER KNOW IT.........ALL JUST BY BEING YOU.....

I KEEP DODGING CHURCH JOBS.....BUT I DO HEM ALL THE NEIGHBORS SKIRTS, PANTS. REMODEL WEDDING DRESSES ETC......I HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE NEIGHBOR'S BANDAGE EVERY DAY WHERE SHE HAD CANCER REMOVED......I HAVE TRIED TO HELP PAM BY TAKING HER TO DO CHORES TILL SHE CAN DRIVE AGAIN WITH HER SORE FOOT.......I  DO ALL I CAN TO HELP KEN GROW IN THIS WORLD.....I GUESS I AM NOT ALL BAD.......BUT SO OFTEN I FEEL I SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO HELP ALL THOSE IN NEED.........MY MOTHER WAS SUCH A GOOD EXAMPLE TO HER CHILDREN OF ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED SOMEONE.

LIKE GRANDMA......

JUST FEEL LIKE BRAGGING...........

A COUPLE OF MY WONDERFUL GRANDKIDS AND THEIR MATES.....NICCI AND BILL JUST GOT BACK FROM PORTUGAL FOR THANKSGIVING.....THEY HAVE THE TRAVEL BUG I DID....SHE LOVES BIG JEWLERY AND FUN CLOTHES......ME TO.

MY SWEET ALEX AND ASHLYN ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM ST THOMAS FOR THANKSGIVING.....HE JUST MELTS MY HEART!....AND THE OTHER SEVEN GRANDKIDS ARE JUST AS SPECIAL......

INTERESTING......

WITH MIXED EMOTIONS I POST THIS PICTURE......

RICHIE B. POSTED IT ON INSTAGRAM AT THANKSGIVING....NO DOUBT TAKEN AT THE GRAND AMERICA HOTEL WHERE THEY GO FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.....NICE TO SEE THEY ARE WELL AND HAPPY.........

NEED ANOTHER DAY......

THIS IS PAM'S SAD FOOT...BUT HOPEFULLY HEALING THE TENDONS AND SHE WILL BE BACK ON TWO FEET AGAIN.  WITH ROB WORKING ALL THE TIME SHE IS GROUNDED....MORE OR LESS......TIFF IS GOOD TO HELP OUT, BUT SHE WORKS FULL TIME......SO I HAVE BEEN TAKING HER TO DO SHOPPING, POST OFFICE, PRESCRIPTIONS, ETC......WHICH REALLY HAS MADE THE TIME FLY BY.   IT WILL BE FOUR WEEKS TOMORROW....HOPEFULLY ONLY TWO MORE TO GO....THIS IS SUCH  A BUSY TIME OF YEAR TOO BE SICK......

AND

EVERY OTHER DAY I HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE BANDAGE ON MY NEIGHBORS BACK WHERE THEY BIOPSIED FOR CANCER.....SHE WENT IN YESTERDAY TO HAVE THE PROCEDURE AND CAME OVER THIS MORNING FOR A BANDAGE CHANGE.......GUESS WHAT?  THE HOLE I HAD BEEN BANDAGING FOR TWO WEEKS WAS NOT THE BIG HOLE THEY DUG IN FOR CANCER?????  I BANDAGED IT....AND SHE WAS GOING TO CALL HER DOCTOR FOR AN EXPLANATION????  I GO IN TOMORROW TO HAVE CANCER ON MY NOSE REMOVED

HAPPY THANKSGIVING........

TODAY A BIG HOLIDAY......THANKSGIVING!

WHAT IF TODAY WE WERE JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING?

I KNOW I AM......MY HOME, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, HEALTH, A GREAT PRESIDENT AND A FREE COUNTRY.....NOT IN THE FIRES OR FLOODS OR SHOOTINGS GOING ON IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.....YES, THANK YOU GOD.

SEEMS THERE ARE TURKEYS AND THEN THERE ARE TURKEYS????HE CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR ......I GO BACK TO THE HAPPY CHILD HOOD DAYS OF NO CARES OR NO WORRIES......DINNER AT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA GOFFS.....LOVE AND HAPPINESS TO BE TOGETHER......THINKING IT WOULD LAST FOREVER.....BUT NOTHING DOES.  IN AN HOUR MY SWEET SON-IN-LAW ROBBY IS PICKING ME UP AND I WILL HAVE DINNER WITH HIM AND PAM.  THEIR KIDS ARE OFF TO THEIR IN-LAWS..SOOOO IT'S JUST US.

DARREN CALLED EARLY AND WAS GETTING A CHARTER FLIGHT FROM ST THOMAS TO PUERTO RICO AS THEIR FLIGHTS HAD BEEN SCREWED UP ........SHERRIE GOT THE LAST SEAT ON THE FLIGHT WITH THE KIDS!!!!!  SHE ALSO CALLED AND SAID SHE HAD DARREN'S JACKET ETC. AND HE WAS HEADING FOR NEW YORK WHERE IT WAS THEIR COLDEST THANKSGIVING IN MANY YEARS IN HIS SHORTS AND SANDALS?

LESLIE TRAVELED TO OKLAHOMA....WHY?  AIRLINE TICKETS ARE CHEAPER.

BRAYDEN AND LIBBY OFF TO CEDAR CITY TO BE WITH HER FAMILY....IT WILL TAKE ROB AND I TEN MINUTES TO GET TO THEIR HOUSE......MY IDEA OF TRAVELING ON HOLIDAYS!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING YOU'ALL!

JUMP INTO THE HOLIDAYS......

REALLY TRYING TO JUMP INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT......I AM THROUGH WITH WITH MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.....JUST NEED TO WRAP AND DELIVER.....LOVE THE CHRISTMAS SONGS......AND COLORS.  BOUGHT FOR THE COOKS...BUT I CAN THANK KARRIE FOR RUINING ANY REAL FAMILY-NESS WE WILL EVER HAVE AGAIN.   I MISS HER THREE KIDS AND WOULD LOVE TO SPOIL THAT GREAT-GRANDCHILD OF ANNIES.....BUT I HAVE BURIED ALL THAT AND MOVED ON.......WHEN WILL GOT MARRIED WHY WAS THE RULE   ...."NO COUSINS"......OK FOR THE PETERSONS,,,BUT NOT FOR  JULIE'S AND CHRIS'S KIDS AND ONE OF LIZ'S COUSINS?????IT HAS CAUSED FEELINGS.....

I REFUSE TO BE "THE REASON"....... THE THREE OF THEM FEEL WE MUST GET TOGETHER ON HOLIDAYS.........

MOST KIDS KEEP UP THIS TRADITION TILL THEIR PARENTS ARE DEAD.....NOT IN THIS CASE.....I DECIDED THIS CHRISTMAS IT WOULD END......EVERYONE IS ON THEIR OWN!

THINGS CHANGE.......I CAN HANDLE IT......I AM ALSO WORRIED THAT THE DAYS OF GIGI ARE NUMBERED.....HER BACK LEGS ARE GOING!......THAT MAKES ME SAD.

MAYBE I'LL GO FIX ME A DRINK........EGGNOG SOUNDS GOOD!

I DID IT!!!

I DID IT????   I JOINED ALL THOSE EARLY CHRISTMAS DECORATION PEOPLE AND PUT UP MY TREE ON SUNDAY .......AFTER CHURCH!....BUT I CAN'T FIND WHERE I PUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE SKIRT???? SO I WILL KEEP SEARCHING......THAT IS THE MYSTERY OF MY HOUSE TODAY......

I HAVE A PRETTY NEW TREE FROM WALMART....TALL, STRAIGHT.....DEMANDING AND COVERED WITH WHITE LIGHTS AND WHITE DECORATIONS.......I DOUBT ANYONE BUT ME SEES IT....BUT IT IS MY TREE....FOR ME! I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE CHRISTMAS'S I WILL BE AROUND TO ENJOY....SO I AM DOING THIS FOR ME!..I HOPE I HAVE A FEW MORE.....BUT GOD ONLY KNOWS.  

THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT IT IS SO EASY TO GET DEPRESSED......YOU START REMEMBERING ALL THOSE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIMES YOU ENJOYED GROWING UP....POOR....YES.....BUT WONDERFUL.   THAT NASTY HARD CANDY THAT EVERYONE LICKED TO SEE IF THEY LIKED IT....OR NOT.....AND SOON IT WAS ONE STICKY GLOB.....FEW DECORATIONS AND LIGHTS......YOU HUNG UP YOUR OWN SOX????  DAD AND YOU GIRLS WENT WITH HIM TO CUT DOWN YOUR OWN TREE AND HE NAILED A FLAT BOARD ON THE BOTTOM SO IT WOULD STAND UP AND YOU COULD ONLY PUT UP A TREE A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS IT WOULD DRY UP WITHOUT WATER......AS YOU GOT OLDER THE CHRISTMAS DANCE....WHICH YOUR MOTHER USUALLY PLAYED IN THE BAND....WAS THE HIGH-LIGHT OF THE HOLIDAYS AND BY THEN YOU HAD UNWRAPPED AND REWRAPPED ALL YOUR PRESENTS AND KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING????  BUT THOSE ARE THE MEMORIES THAT GET ME THROUGH THESE OLD AGE HOLIDAYS.....GOOD MEMORIES OF LOVE AND FUN.

MY FRIEND.....SHIRLEY CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID...... I AM SO DEPRESSED......I KNOW THAT FEELING.....IT HAPPENS ALOT TO OLD PEOPLE WHOSE LOVED ONES ARE GONE OR THEIR FAMILIES ARE TOO BUSY TO BE BOTHERED BY OLD PEOPLE....

YOU LOVE THE HOLIDAYS......AND YOU HATE THE HOLIDAYS......

AND

IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU ALL....SO0NER OR LATER!

TIME FOR GRATITUDE.......

YES....I LOVE GIGI......BUT HOW CAN ONE LITTLE DOG POO SO MUCH.....NOW THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN AND I TRY TO CLEAN UP TWICE OR SO A WEEK.......I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIRST SNOW FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND......FROM A POO BREAK!!!!  THE GRATITUDE OF THIS SCENARIO IS......SHE NEVER GOES IN THE HOUSE!!!!!
KEN HAS BEEN GONE A WEEK AND I NEVER GOT ONE OF THE THINGS ON MY "TO DO" LIST........DONE!   BUT I DID GET MY CHRISTMAS TREE UP LAST SUNDAY AND HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DRAGGING EVERYTHING OUT OF THE GARAGE INTO THE HOUSE AND ALL THE FALL STUFF OUT TO THE GARAGE.....KEN WILL BE HOME FRIDAY.......AND HAS TWO MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL THIS QUARTER AT UVU!!!!! SO PROUD OF HIM.  THEN CHRISTMAS VACATION......
THE SHAEFERS GOT HOME YESTERDAY FROM A TWO WEEK CRUISE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND......I LOVED THAT TRIP......SEEMS LIKE THEY LEFT YESTERDAY!!
SUZANNE ......ANOTHER NEIGHBOR......HAD A BIOPSY ON HER BACK FOR CANCER...AN THE DRESSING HAS TO BE CHANGED REGULARLY......HER SISTER WAS DOING IT.....BUT SHE WENT TO HAWAII FOR A MONTH????  SO I HAVE BECOME DR PETERSON....LOVE THAT LADY.....I HAVE TO HAVE A CANCER THING REMOVED FROM MY NOSE WEDNESDAY!!!!!  SEEMS GOD KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE MOVED THESE SIX FAMILIES TO THIS STREET TO HELP EACH OTHER SURVIVE IN OUR OLD AGE.....OUR KIDS ARE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE?????  AGAIN SO MUCH GRATITUDE IN MY HEART FOR GOOD NEIGHBORS........
TURNING COLD....WINTER IS AROUND THE CORNER........

IN THE MOOD?

I GOT NEWS FOR THIS TURKEY!!!!!

I GUESS THE ONLY WAY TO LOOK AT THIS IS......IT WILL MAKE MANY PEOPLE HAPPY ON THANKSGIVING!!!!

I GUESS I WILL BE GOING TO PAM AND ROB'S FOR DINNER TOMORROW.....ROB ONLY WORKS A HALF DAY AND IS COOKING TURKEY FOR US......TIFF IS OFF TO THE HORTONS......AND OF COURSE WILL IS GOING TO  LIZ'S MAMAS......SO PAM IS WITHOUT ANYONE .....BUT ME!........THE CHRISTENSON"S ARE TRAVELING HOME FROM ST THOMAS. TOMORROW.........ALL BUT BRAY AND THEY ARE GOING TO CEDAR CITY WITH LIBBY'S FAMILY......SUCH IS LIFE WITH GROWN KIDS.  MANY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE INVITED ME TO JOIN THEM......WORRIED I MIGHT REALLY HAVE A MCDONALD'S HAPPY MEAL WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE....ALL ALONE!!!

YOU ARE NOT KIDDING!!!

MOST PEOPLE THINK THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT THE TONS OF "GOOD FOOD" THEY GET TO EAT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT CALORIES?  I AM NOT A FOOD PERSON SO I WOULD PREFER TO THINK OF IT AS A TIME TO GET TOGETHER WITH SELDOM SEEN RELATIVES??????.....( WHO HALF OF THEM DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER)......OR MAYBE SETTLE FOR A HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALD'S WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE IN A NICE QUIET CORNER OF THE RESTAURANT....THIS WOULD MAKE A LOT OF TURKEYS HAPPY.  WITH THE CHRISTENSONS IN ST THOMAS....THE COOKS NOT SPEAKING......AND ROB WORKING THANKSGIVING......I GUESS PAM AND I WILL GET A COUPLE OF TV DINNERS AND CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING TOGETHER.....WE NEITHER ONE WANT TO COOK AND BESIDES SHE DOESN'T EAT TURKEY....OR FISH....OR CHICKEN????!

CATCHING UP.......

I ALWAYS SAY......"YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS...."   SOO I BUTTERED UP THE "GRINCH'......HE DIDN'T WANT ANY OF MY POPCORN?..KEN AND I ENJOYED THE MOVIE......

MONDAY IT WAS LUNCH AND PICKING UP PAM'S PRESCRIPTIONS.....

TUESDAY IT WAS A DERMATOLOGY APPOINTMENT AND GROCERY SHOPPING....

WEDNESDAY IT WAS TAKING PAM TO WORK DOWN TOWN....SAT TWO HOURS IN THE CAR WAITING FOR HER AND A STOP TO DROP OFF THE PAPER WORK.....THEN A THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH THE CHRISTENSON CLAN BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF FOR ST THOMAS FOR A WEEK.......

THURSDAY I HAD THE DOMINO GROUP AT MY HOUSE FOR LUNCH AND A FEW HOURS OF DOMINO'S.....

FRIDAY....TODAY.....PATTY CAME FOR COFFEE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ROB DROPPED BREE OFF FOR ME TO TEND OVERNIGHT WHILE THEY TAKE THE RAZOR TO ST GEORGE TO STORE FOR THE WINTER AND SEE HIS BROTHER WHO HAD A BACK OPERATION YESTERDAY.....BE HOME TOMORROW!!!

MY SERVICE PROJECT FOR THE WEEK......PUT A BAND AID ON MY NEIGHBORS BACK WHERE THEY FOUND CANCER......TONIGHT I AM VERY TIRED...READY FOR BED AT 6:30.....GUESS THAT IS WHY I HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE COMPUTER ALL WEEK.   KEN GONE FOR A WEEK SO HOPE TO CLEAN MY CLOSET AND MAKE TWO BABY QUILTS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!.

THE PERFECT RECIPE.....

WOULDN'T YOU KNOW......I FINALLY FOUND OUT HOW TO COOK A TURKEY AT 86....AND I AM NOT EVEN HAVING THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR....LOVE IT!.......SHOULD HAVE MET THIS LADY A FEW YEARS BACK.....HOWEVER BY THE TIME I HAD GOT TO #17.....I WOULD BE EXPOUNDING MY OWN LITTLE VERSE......" STARKLE, STARKLE LITTLE TWINK.....HOW THE HECK YOU ARE I THINK?.....I'M NOT UNDER THE ALCOFLUENCE OF INCOHALL...THOSE SOME THINKLE PEEK I AM.....I FOOL  SO FEELISH I DON'T KNOW WHOSE ME YET AND THE DRUNKER I SIT HERE THE LONGER I GET"?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

KENNY TIME......

BIG WEEK FOR KEN......WENT TO THE AUCTION WITH HIS DAD AND TRADED HIS BIG RED PICKUP TRUCK ......THAT WON'T FIT IN THE GARAGE......FOR A CUTE LITTLE RED CHEVY .....THAT WILL FIT IN THE GARAGE THIS WINTER.....I GUESS TWO WINTERS OF SCRAPING WINDOWS IN THE EARLY COLD CONVINCED HIM HE DIDN'T NEED A PICKUP TRUCK.....SHERRIE SAID HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A RECEIPT BOOK FOR THE FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.......HELLO.....WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THAT????  I NEVER KNOW WHAT EACH DAY WILL BRING WITH KEN...HE IS MAKING SUCH GREAT STRIDES IN LIFE.......AND GROWING A BEARD.....WHICH IS GREAT!  I LOVE HAVING HIM LIVE WITH ME AND WATCHING AND HELPING WITH HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.  I GUESS HE IS THE BOY I NEVER HAD!

TO BE AR NOT TO BE........

 

SOME DAYS I AM OLD....SOME DAYS I AM OLDER.....AND SOME DAYS I AM OLDEST......BUT ALL THE TIME I STAY YOUNG AT HEART!!!!!

THE COLD FALL WEATHER HAS A WAY OF REMINDING MY ARTHRITIS I AM A LITTLE BIT OLD!!  KEN AND I HAVE BEEN WINTERIZING MY PLACE....COVERED THE PATIO FURNITURE....TRIMMED THE PLANTS...COVERED THE AIR CONDITIONER  ETC....... THURSDAY MORNING IS "BREAKFAST OUT DAY" FOR US AND WE TAKE TURNS PAYING AND CHOOSING WHERE WE WILL EAT....AND THEY PAY FOR IT!  TODAY DENNY;S......HIS CALL....WENT TO THE BANK AND WALMART...TOOK A NAP AND DID TWO BATCHES OF LAUNDRY....OH YES, PAID MY HOUSE TAXES.  MAXINE AND I AGREE.....YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO......CALLED PAM SHE IS UP NOW AND DIDN'T NEED ANYTHING.  TOMORROW MAYBE CLEAN MY CLOSET......MY NEW FASHION STYLE IS CALLED......WHATEVER THE HELL STILL FITS ME THIS WINTER!

NEVER STOP WORRYING.....

THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE DAUGHTER PAM......DAUGHTERS CAN BE SO SPECIAL AND EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ALL GROWN UP WITH THREE MARRIED KIDS AND A GRANDCHILD......SHE NEVER QUITS BEING MY LITTLE GIRL AND I WORRY ABOUT HER.

SHE HAD SOME SPLIT TENDONS IN HER FOOT OPERATED ON A FEW DAYS AGO AND IS DOWN FLAT FOR FIVE DAYS ......THEY DISCOVERED SHE HAD THREE TENDONS IN HER FOOT WHICH THE DOCTOR HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE....HE REMOVED IT AND SEWED THE OTHER TWO UP......HOPE IN SIX WEEKS SHE WILL BE AS GOOD AS NEW......BUT A MOTHER ALWAYS WORRYS.....AND NEVER LIKES TO SEE THEIR KIDS HURT.

KEN OFF TO VERNAL THIS WEEKEND.....GOT THE HALLOWEEN STUFF PUT AWAY AND CLEANED THE KITCHEN.....CHURCH TOMORROW AND DINNER AT HILDA'S.....A NEIGHBOR.....SUCH A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD!  SHERRIE CALLED AND TOLD ME BRAYDEN PASSED HIS  TEST TO FLY THE HOVER-CRAFT AT WORK.....HE HAS A SMALL ONE AND HAS LOVED IT!...BUT NEEDED A LICENSE TO FLY THE BIG ONES AT WORK.

SO PROUD OF HIM.

NEW MONTH....NEW PUSH.....

HERE WE GO AGAIN......THE STORES DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW....NOVEMBER IS TURKEY MONTH......THEIR SHELVES ARE FULL OF CHRISTMAS TEMPTATIONS ALREADY!!!!  AND VERY FEW THANKSGIVING DECORATIONS AVAILABLE......
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED ASKING ME...."WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THANKSGIVING?????.......MY YEARLY ANSWER IS........ GETTING A HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALD'S WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE!.......THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES IS GREAT???
STARING A LONG TIME AGO....THANKSGIVING IS A DAY OF STRESS......I THINK IT WILL BE EVEN WORSE NOW DAYS AS THE TURMOIL IN OUR WORLD IS SO GREAT AND WE ARE SUCH A DIVIDED COUNTRY........DINNER CONVERSATIONS CAN BECOME LANDMINES,,,,,,RELATIONSHIPS ARE AS STRAINED AS MY JEANS AFTER THREE HELPING OF MASHED POTATOES......FAMILIES HAVE'T BEEN THIS DIVIDED SINCE THE GREAT TOILET PAPER ORIENTATION DEBATE OF 1954!!!....MY FAMILY HAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED! WE ARGUE ABOUT KNEELING OR NOT KNEELING.......PRESIDENT TRUMP VS A SANE PERSON......WOMEN'S RIGHTS...RICH WHITE MEN....MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS COVERING EVERYTHING...EVEN ASKING SOMEONE THEIR VIEW ON MAYONNAISE COULD SPARK A WORLD-WIDE PROTEST????....SO WHAT DO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AROUND THE THANKSGIVING TABLE.....WELL THAT'S NOT MY WORRY ANYMORE.....MOST THE PEOPLE IN MCDONALD'S SPEAK SPANISH.....AND I DON'T ....SO I AM SAFE THIS HOLIDAY!!!!

ALWAYS TIRED.....

HAD TO GET ONE LAST HALLOWEEN THOUGHT IN!!!!!

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW TIRED I ALWAYS AM......I SLEPT 8 HOURS LAST NIGHT, BUT I AM COUNTING THE HOURS TILL BEDTIME....NO, NO NAP TODAY.....BUT MOST DAYS YES.  I HELPED, PAM.....HEMMED FOUR PAIRS OF PANTS FOR THE NEIGHBOR, TODAY IS THE LAST OF THE MONTH SO "BILLS DAY".....AND HALLOWEEN"....

I FOUND AN ARTICLE FOR THE TIREDNESS CURE?????  IT SAID.....IF YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING.....YOUR COFFEE IS MAKING YOU TIRED.  BRAIN FOG....MYSTERY WEIGHT GAIN....SKIN SENSITIVITY....MORNING STIFFNESS/JOINT/JOINT PAIN...HEADACHES....SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT....ITCHY EYES.....FREQUENT COLD/CONGESTION.......I DON'T HAVE HEADACHES...BUT ALL THE REST.......SO I AM SWITCHING TO "TEA"....

IT SEEMS MOST COFFEE IS NOT HARVESTED CLEANLY AND THEREFORE HARBORS MOLD....WHICH PRODUCES TOXINS CALLED MYCOTOXINS THE COFFEE WEAKEN HEALTH.....DOCTORS ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS......A MYCOTOXIN CALLED OCHRATOXIN A IS PARTICULARLY COMMON IN COMMERCIAL COFFEE......WHICH CAN ALSO BE RIDDLED WITH PESTICIDES.......SCAREY!!!

SO FOR ME IT'S TEA FOR AWHILE......."DRINK A MUG OF HIBISCUS TEA DAILY----IT'S RICH STORE OF ANTIOXIDANTS NEUTRALIZE MYCOTOXINS!"

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.......2018

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE......I THINK I WILL BE GLAD TO SEE ALL THE STORES CLEAN OUT THEIR HALLOWEEN STUFF ......I THINK THEY STARTED PUTTING IT UP THE 4TH OF JULY......I HAVE A BIG BOWL OF CANDY READY FOR TRICK OR TREATERS AND I BOUGHT THE KIND I LIKE HOPING TO HAVE SOME LEFT OVER.....

I WENT OVER TO PAM'S AND SAT WHILE HER CLEANING LADIES CAME AS SHE HAD SURGERY ON HER FOOT THIS MORNING EARLY....A COUPLE OF TORN TENDENS.....AND THEY INFORMED HER SHE HAD THREE IN HER FOOT AND THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.......!!SHE CALLED AND WAS HOME AND HAS TO STAY DOWN FIVE DAYS........THEN ON THE SCOOTER???

NO PARTIES OR COSTUMES FOR KEN AND I TONIGHT......BUT I HAVE LOTS OF FUN MEMORIES OF GREAT HALLOWEENS IN THE PAST......