I REALLY DON'T LIKE BRIDGE ......

                          OK.....IF I DON'T LIKE BRIDGE.......WHY DO I BELONG TO TWO CLUBS FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS????......I GUESS IT IS BECAUSE I WOULD NOT SEE SOME OF THESE OLD FRIENDS.......IF I QUIT!!!!!  I LOVE THESE PEOPLE......THEY HAVE HELPED TO MAKE ME WHO I AM......THEY KNEW ME WHEN I WAS MARRIED......THEY KNOW MY X AND THEY STILL LOVE ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE AND BECOME......I GUESS I NEED THEM......SPENT TODAY PLAYING BRIDGE......AND HAVE TO HAVE THE OTHER CLUB NEXT MONTH.....WHICH I AM HAVING AT THE "OYSTER BAR"  THEN MY TURN OVER FOR THE YEAR....
           I WISH THEY WOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT SNOW........ANOTHER BIG STORM FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND!!!!  I AM DONE FOR THE YEAR......BUT CAN'T CONVINCE THE WEATHER MAN......I THINK KEN IS OFF TO THE CABIN IN PARK CITY WITH HIS FAMILY.....SO WILL HIBERNATE!........GOT A NEW BED-SPREAD????

WHY?????

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF FRIEND......OR DON'T DRINK COFFEE'......I AM SORRY FOR YOU!!!!

IF I DIDN'T HAVE PATTY COME BY A DAY OR TWO EACH WEEK......OR CALL AND SAY THE COFFEE IS ON....COME OVER......I WOULD FIND MY LIFE VERY DULL.  DO I HAVE KIDS?????  YES, THREE.....BUT YOU RAISE YOUR KIDS TO GROW UP AND GET A LIFE AND THEY DO.......AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU!  THEY MOVE AWAY OR GET MAD AT YOU OR THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS KEEP THEM AWAY.  PAM AND ROB ARE FINDING THAT OUT......SURE I TEND THEIR DOG, OR FEED THEIR FISH AND WATER THEIR PLANTS.....BUT NEED A NEW TV????NADA!   THEIR KIDS ONLY COME BY WHEN THEY WANT SOMETHING OR NEED A BABY SITTER........DARREN AND ALEX CALLED AND ARE WILLING TO HELP ME GET A NEW TV.......AND MY DARLING NEPHEW WILL BE HERE TO HELP ME GET ANOTHER......OH WELL......IT IS ....WHAT IT IS!

TALKED TO MY SISTER AND SHE SAID MY LITTLE BROTHER CALLED ON VALENTINES DAY......I MISSED IT ......AND DIDN'T CALL BACK CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP UP ON TEXT MES.....OR VOICE MAIL OR WHAT-EVER I NEED TO KNOW.....I LOVE JIM SO MUCH .....AND WILL CALL HIM.

THREE MORE DAYS.....REFUSE TO BE DOWN!!!

YES.....I REFUSE TO END THIS MONTH WITHOUT SHARING SOME OF THIS WONDERFUL WISDOM I HAVE GATHERED......

ON AN AVERAGE.......I SPEND ABOUT EIGHTY DOLLARS A YEAR TO WATCH BANANAS TURN BROWN.....AND TOSSING THEM!

MY KNIGHT IN SHINNING ARMOR (62 YEARS AGO).......TURNED OUT TO BE AN ASSHOLE WRAPPED IN TIN FOIL?????

I WAS 24 WHEN I GOT MARRIED......IT SEEMS MY KNIGHT IN SHINNING ARMOR WAS ARRIVING ON A TURTLE NOT A WHITE HORSE.....

LIFE'S TRAGEDY IS.....WE GET OLD TO SOON AND WISE TO LATE!

SOMETIMES WE FIND WE ARE AS CONFUSED AS A FART IN A FAN FACTORY!!!!!

AND.......EVERY WOMAN'S DREAM IS;.....THAT A MAN WILL TAKE HER IN HIS ARMS, THROW HER INTO BED.......AND CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE WHILE SHE SLEEPS!!!!

I KNOW.....THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF WISDOM YOU WERE HOPING FOR......BUT AT MY AGE.......IT IS,WHAT IT IS!

YOUR LIFE IS THE "-"......

         
WELL...WATCHING THE OLYMPICS WINDE DOWN TONIGHT......HAVEN'T BEEN INTO THEM MUCH.....DID LIKE THE ICE SKATING.....GLAD THE HOCKEY TEAM WON AND THE SKI JUMPING WAS EXCITING.....BUT TOO MUCH ELSE GOING ON IN MY LIFE!.....SNOW AND COLD ALL WEEK......SOME HAPPY.....ME NOT SO MUCH.
        TODAY IN CHURCH MY NEIGHBOR PUT FORTH AN INTERESTING THOUGHT IN HER TALK ABOUT WE ARE ALL LIVING ON THE "-" IN OUR LIVES....YOU KNOW YOUR GRAVE HAS A HEAD STONE WITH THE DATE OF BIRTH AND.........YOUR DEATH DATE WITH A DASH (-) IN BETWEEN THEM........AND WE ARE ALL ON THAT LITTLE - AT THIS TIME.....WHAT WILL BE REMEMBERED ABOUT US DURING THOSE YEARS BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATES?????GOOD?  BAD? NO ONE EVEN THERE TO REMEMBER US???? SOME GLAD WE ARE GONE.......SOME SAD?  I HOPE MY DASH BRINGS FORTH MANY FUN MEMORIES FOR MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.......OH YES, AND SOME OF MY FAMILY!!!!! I AM NOT IMPORTANT....FAMOUS......WELL KNOWN......OR CARED FOR.....BUT I HAVE......ALWAYS.......TRIED TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST I CAN BE.......  DAUGHTER.....BIG SISTER.....WIFE.....MOTHER....GRANDMA....FRIEND.....NEIGHBOR.....AND TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART AND PLEASE HIM.....
I GUESS I NEVER REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT THAT LITTLE "-" IN OUR LIFE IS......

BE PREPARED........

WELL.......I ALWAYS KNOW I CAN HANDLE WHAT IS THROWN AT ME.....BUT SOMETIMES I WONDER......HOW WELL?

I DO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUY AND GET A HOME A NEW TV....THEN FIND SOMEONE TO HOOK IT UP......THE PANNIERS CAME BY TO PICK UP THEIR DOG.....AND NO OFFERS.....MAYBE DARREN AND ALEX CAN HELP KEN AND I THIS WEEK......YOU HAVE THESE KIDS WITH GRANDEOUS VISIONS OF THEM BEING THERE FOR YOU IN OLD AGE??????NOT SO MUCH......BUT THEIR TURN WILL COME!  I DO APPRECIATE ALL PAM DOES AND SHER IS NOT HERE ANY MORE AND KAR.......?????WELL SOME DAY SHE WILL BE SORRY.

YESTERDAY KEN AND I WENT TO SEE THE BLACK PANTHER AND THEN MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR BROUGHT HER 96 YEAR OLD MOTHER OVER TO MEET ME.....WELL SHE IS THE CUTEST, SHARPEST FISTY-EST LITTLE THING I HAVE EVER SEEN AND STILL DRIVES AND LIVES ALONE IN FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO......SHE IS DEAF AS A DOOR NAIL......BUT IF YOU TALK LOUD ENOUGH SHE HAS A DOZEN QUESTIONS FOR YOU.....YES....LIFE DOES GO ON....AND ON.....AND ON....FOR SOME......IT WAS HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO MARRIED DON AND I 63 YEARS AGO.....BOBBY TAYLOR.

OLYMPICS END TONIGHT!....IN SEOUL KOREA.

WHY DO WE LOVE MOVIES?

I GUESS IT IS CALLED "OLD AGE".........

I JUST READ THAT LISTENING TO AN EXCELLENT STORY......"ONE THAT CAPTURES US, MOVES US, TRANSPORTS US".......TRIGGERS A SPECIFIC CASCADE OF EVENTS IN THE BRAIN AND BODY......FIRST OUR HEART RATE INCREASES AS OUR ATTENTION IS PIQUED.  AS WE CONTINUE LISTENING,  THE BRAIN IS PROMPTED TO SECRETE OXYTOCIN......THE NEUROCHEMICAL KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO PROMOTE BONDING BETWEEN LOVERS OR A PARENT AND A CHILD....

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE STORY IS HAPPY OR SAD, FICTION OR NON-FICTION, ON AUDIO OR IN PRINT......"IF IT GETS YOU INTERESTED AND GIVES YOU A REASON TO CARE, IT CAN HELP MAKE YOU HEALTHIER....."

MAYBE THAT IS WHY LESLIE AND I ARE PRETTY HEALTHY??????WE LOVE MOVIES, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS......BUT TO GO AND SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS INVOLVED IN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.....CAN BE GOOD.  I AM SURE THAT WILL BE A FUN PAST TIME FOR BOTH OF US AS LONG AS WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE.

SNOWED IN.......

BY FRIDAY......I THINK EVERYONE COULD USE A HUG OR TWO!!!!!

TOMORROW I COULD SLEEP IN......ONLY I HAVE TWO DOGS THAT WANT TO GO POTTY VERY EARLY?.......MAYBE BACK TO BED FOR AWHILE......IT HAS BEEN SNOWING FOR TWO DAYS AND THE FORECAST IS FOR ANOTHER WEEK......AND WEEKEND!!!!  KEN DOESN'T GET HOME IN BAD WEATHER VERY OFTEN......HE WAS SO CUTE TODAY.....STOPPED AT THE NEPHI CAFE AND BROUGHT HOME TWO CHICKEN POT PIES FOR US TO HAVE LUNCH.....WE.ARE HOPING FOR A MOVIE THIS WEEKEND, THE SNOW KEPT US IN LAST WEEKEND.......AND MAY THIS WEEK TOO!  I HAVE REALLY BEEN SPOILED THIS WINTER......NO SNOW IN JANUARY AND NOT TILL THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY......SUCK IT UP......YOU LIVE IN UTAH BETTY.

BEWARE......

WE MUST BE AWARE OF DESTINATION ADDICTION.........

I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE......INCLUDING ME......THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE IDEA THAT HAPPINESS IS IN THE NEXT PLACE.......THE NEXT JOB....THE NEXT PARTNER......OR EVEN THE NEXT DAY OR MONTH!!!!  UNTIL WE GIVE UP THE IDEA THAT HAPPINESS IS SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WILL NEVER BE WHERE WE ARE.

TIME IS FREE BUT IT IS PRICELESS.......

YOU CAN'T OWN IT, BUT YOU CAN USE IT......

YOU CAN'T KEEP IT, BUT YOU CAN SPEND IT.......

ONCE YOU'VE LOST IT, YOU CAN NEVER GET IT BACK.....

SO MAKE EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR LIFE COUNT FOR GOOD.......

FYI.......

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU BUY A BAG OF SALAD AND IT STARTS GETTING BROWN AND HAS GROSS WATER IN IT.......???

WELL, DOUGHNUTS NEVER DO THAT!

SAME OLE' .....SAME OLE'

SOME TIMES WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME OLD THINGS TO DO EVERY DAY.......I JUST REALIZED HOW LUCKY I AM WITH MY BORING ROUTINE.......

I KNOW I HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL......NAMED JO......MY LITTLE SISTER WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME AND TOLD ME WHEN SHE DIED....OF CANCER......SHE WOULD SEND ME PENNIES TO LET ME KNOW SHE WAS WATCHING OVER ME......HER BIRTHDAY JUST PAST AND I REALIZE HOW MUCH I MISS HER AND CHERISH

EVERY PENNY I FIND ALONG THE WAY......I EVEN HAVE MY GRANDKIDS TELLING ME THEY FOUND A PENNY FROM AUNT JO......THANKS JO....LOVE YOU.
                  I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT TO GO TO THE GYM AGAIN THIS MORNING????  THAT IS FIVE YEARS IN A ROW NOW!
                  TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT....
                  BUT TWO MARGARITAS USUALLY DO!!!!!!
NOT SO GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.......MORE SNOW TONIGHT.  I AM DONE WITH WINTER!

WHAT IS IN YOUR CUP?????

THIS IS MY IDOL WHO ALWAYS GETS IT RIGHT..........

I DO NOT LIKE WINTER ......NOT EVEN BECAUSE OF GREEN LAWNS OR GOOD DRINKING WATER......BUT THE GRAND-KIDS DO......SOOOO, SUFFER BETTY......

WHAT IS IN YOUR CUP??

YOU ARE HOLDING A CUP OF COFFEE .......SOME ONE COMES ALONG AND BUMPS INTO YOU AND YOU SPILL COFFEE EVERYWHERE......WHY DID YOU SPILL THE COFFEE?......BECAUSE THERE WAS COFFEE IN YOUR CUP.........HAD THERE BEEN TEA IN YOUR CUP ......YOU WOULD HAVE SPILLED TEA......THE POINT IS, WHATEVER IS INSIDE YOUR CUP, IS WHAT WILL SPILL OUT.......THEREFORE WHEN LIFE COMES ALONG AND SHAKES YOU........ (WHICH WILL HAPPEN)......WHATEVER IS INSIDE YOU WILL COME OUT......IT'S EASY TO FAKE IT, UNTIL YOU GET RATTLED.....SO WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES...."WHAT IS IN OUR CUPS?"  WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH ....WHAT SPILLS OUT?

JOY, GREAT-FULLNESS, PEACE AND HUMILITY?......OR

DOES ANGER, BITTERNESS, HARSH WORDS AND REACTIONS COME OUT?

YOU CHOOSE....

TODAY LET US WORK TOWARDS FILLING OUR CUPS WITH GRATITUDE, FORGIVENESS, JOY, WORDS OF AFFIRMATION, KINDNESS, GENTLENESS AND LOVE FOR OTHERS....... ......THIS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!

TODAY WE ARE ALL INVOLVED SOMEWHAT.......

PRESIDENT'S DAY......

MY IDOL IS AT IT AGAIN!!!

NOBODY  LIKES BILLS.....EVERYDAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY?????

PRESIDENTS DAY......KEN AND I HAD PLANNED A MOVIE AND KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN FOR LUNCH.....IT'S A HOLIDAY AND HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO IN....... WHAT DID WE GET........ 12 INCHES OF SNOW AND ANOTHER DAY OF SITTING HOME DOING NOTHING.....BUT SHOVELING......YESTERDAY WAS SUNDAY......FOR HIM IT IS CHURCH.......I GUESS THAT IS THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY.......AND NOTHING ELSE, SO WE SAT HOME ALL DAY YESTERDAY DOING NOTHING BUT ONE HOUR OF CHURCH......SOME DAY I FIGURE THIS ALL OUT.....NOW.....NOT SO MUCH!!!!!

TALKED TO PAM.......THEY LEFT COLD AND SNOW IN IDAHO.....ARRIVED IN UTAH......COLD AND SNOW!

MIKE COMING BACK FROM ST GEORGE......BUMPER TO BUMPER!!!!!!

GUESS IT IS A GOOD WEEKEND TO HIBERNATE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS LOVE OF SNOW?

CHINESE NEW YEAR.......

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT FRIENDS?

TO DAY IS......"CHINESE NEW YEAR" FOR MANY AROUND THE WORLD......WELL IT PRETTY WELL GOES UN-NOTICED BY MOST CULTURES......BUT MY LITTLE VIETNAMESE NEIGHBOR ROUNDED UP HER NEIGHBORS AND WE ALL WENT OUT TO HELP HER CELEBRATE IT AT A HUGE RESTAURANT.....HER PLATE DEFINITELY LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN MINE.....SHE KEPT EATING TINY OCTOPUSES, ALL THIS GREEN STUFF.....SUSHI THINGS.......I STUCK TO FRIEND RICE AND FRIED SHRIMP.....WITH NO EYES LOOKING BACK AT ME!

IT WAS A FUN AFTER NOON WITH SOME GREAT PEOPLE.......

SHERRIE AND DARREN IN AUSTIN TEXAS......PAM AND ROB IN IDAHO......KEN AND I HANGING OUT.....CHURCH TOMORROW.

JUST ME........

??????

THIS IS SO ME.........

I GUESS I INHERITED IT FROM MOM AND DAD........THEY ALWAYS HAD A POT OF COFFEE ON THE STOVE FOR THOSE WHO CAME BY TO GATHER AROUND OUR KITCHEN TABLE......AND SOLVE THEIRS OR THE NEIGHBOR PROBLEMS.....WAS LIFE MORE SIMPLE THEN??????

I FULLY REALIZE MY FAMILY AND THE NEIGHBORS DO NOT UNDERSTAND MY "COFFEE THING"......MAYBE I DON'T EITHER......BUT AT ALMOST 86 ....IF YOU FIND ONE THING THAT HELPS YOU KEEP  GOING......IT IS...WHAT IT IS....

PATTY CAME OVER THIS MORNING..."ARE YOU HOME?'......"YES"......"I WILL BE OVER".....I KNOW IT IS BAD! HER SECOND SON WHO IS A COMPLETE PAIN IN THE ASS .....FELL AND HAD TO HAVE THE TENDONS OR SOMETHING ABOVE HIS KNEE PUT BACK TOGETHER.....SO HAS A CAST FROM HIP TO ANKLE......WAS ACTING SO BAD......PATTY JUST CAME HOME......HER HUSBAND DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND SHE HAS THREE HUGE CHILDREN......PLUS A GRAND-DAUGHTER STILL LIVING WITH HER......BUT.....BUT SHE COULD NOT MAKE IT ALONE FINANICIALLY. ALONE!

I HAVE TO BE THERE FOR HER.....SHE WAS THERE FOR ME THROUGH MY DIVORCE FROM DON.......SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR FROM LAURI KAY DRIVE.......WE GO AWAY BACK AND YOU FIND THOSE ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS.......SHE IS IN MY PRAYERS!!!!

WE MADE IT.....IT'S FRIDAY.......

OH.......  MY IDOL IS RIGHT ON TODAY????

THE BIG STORM FORECAST OF YESTERDAY......BLAH.....YEA....BUT ANOTHER FORECAST FOR A WINTER STORM OVER PRESIDENT'S DAY......

THIS WEEK A NIGHT MARE.....MONDAY EYE APPOINTMENT....TUESDAY A MOVIE WITH PATTY.....WEDNESDAY A FACE APPOINTMENT......THURSDAY DOMINO LUNCH AND GAME.....TODAY PATTY OVER FOR COFFEE THIS MORNING AND THEN OFF TO WALMART TO SHOP WITH KEN......SHERRIE STAYED ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT.....REALLY HAS A BAD COLD AND WENT TO BED AT EIGHT????? UP THIS MORNING TO MEET DARREN WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A MOVIE CREW WHO HE PICKS UP WITH HIS SNOW CAT AS THEY FILM A BLIND GIRL SKIING?????OR SOMETHING NEAR HIS CABIN....THEY ARE OFF TO AUSTIN, TX TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH BRAYDEN AND LIBBY AND THEN ON TO SAN ANTONIO TO CHECK ON THEIR OIL BUSINESS!  I SWEAR.....NEVER A DULL DAY IN THOSE TWO LIVES......

I AM OFF TO CELEBRATE......."CHINESE NEW YEAR" WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND HON THE VIETNAMESE GIRL NEXT DOOR TOMORROW......THEN CHURCH SUNDAY.....BUT I GET TO SLEEP IN MONDAY!!!!!!!

THE MEMORY KEEPER.....

EVERY DAY YOU MAKE A NEW MEMORY........AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE GREAT FAMILY MEMORIES ARE THE LUCKY ONES!!!!!LOOKING BACK CAN BE BOTH COMFORTING AND DISTRESSING......I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO DWELL....

YES, I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO A FEW PEOPLE  THAT HAVE BEEN IN MY PAST AND SAY......"I AM SORRY FOR HOW I ACTED".......BUT THERE ARE NO "DO OVERS" IN LIFE. THEN THERE ARE MEMORIES.....I WISH I COULD EXPERIENCE AGAIN.....SOME OF MY WONDERFUL TRAVEL MEMORIES......MEETING FUN AND INTERESTING PEOPLE, EATING STRANGE FOOD AND WITNESSING  FASCINATING CUSTOMS AROUND THE WORLD.......THE JOY OF HAVING THREE BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRLS AND THE JOYS AND MEMORIES OF RAISING THEM......THE WONDERFUL PARENTS AND FUN SIBLINGS COME INTO MY THOUGHTS A LOT......

I ALSO KNOW THAT I AM NOT......FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE......THE PATCHWORK QUILT OF A BIOGRAPHY THAT I'VE BEEN REMEMBERING......I AM MORE THAN THE LABEL I PUT ON MYSELF......AS ARE MOST PEOPLE.  AS THE YEARS HAVE PASSED I REALIZE......I CAN OBSERVE WHAT HAS GONE ON BEFORE WITH GRATITUDE AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT LIES AHEAD.....

THE PANNIER FAMILY CELEBRATING ROB AND TIFF'S BIRTHDAY AT DINNER......

ALSO AARON AND GRAMMIE GIGI.......

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY......

HAPPY VALENTIN'S DAY TO ALL................

VALENTINE'S DAY NOW DAYS DOES NOT HOLD THE FUN, EXCITEMENT AND SECRETIVE GOINGS ON......THAT IT HELD IN THE "GOOD OLE' GRADE SCHOOL DAYS"!! JUST TALKED TO MY SISTER AND SHE HAD NOT EVEN GOT ONE VALENTINE......IT IS....WHAT IT IS......I GUESS

I WENT TO THE FACE DR AND  STOPPED AT MCDONALD'S FOR A HAPPY MEAL TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY IN MY WAY.......BEN AND JERRYS......NOT SO MUCH.!

ANOTHER TERRIBLE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN FLORIDA.......WE ARE NOT SAFE ANY WHERE ANY MORE.......SCHOOL, CHURCH, AT A CONCERT????  

VERY COLD......BUT STILL NO SNOW.......

WHAT IS WITH THIS FAT DAY??????

I JUST CAN NOT KEEP UP WITH ALL THESE HOLIDAYS......"FAT TUESDAY?"......

EVERY DAY AT MY HOUSE IS "FAT"......WHY JUST CELEBRATE TUESDAYS?

NOW TOMORROW IS VALENTINES DAY.....THAT ONE I KNOW......I HAVE KEN HERE SO I GOT HIM A CARD, A PAIR OF WILD SOXS AND A PROMISE OF A NEW MOVIE THIS WEEKEND.......AS FOR ME.....BAG VALENTI NE'S DAY.......

SAW AN INTERESTING MOVIE WITH MY FRIEND PATTY TODAY......"MOLLEY"S GAME... A TRUE STORY........WILL TRY AND FIND OUT HOW HER LIFE IS ENDING?????

IT WAS SUPPOSE TO STORM YESTERDAY......IT DIDN'T!!!!!!

STILL HAVING MY KIND OF WINTER......

WELL HAPPY FAT TUESDAY TO YA ALL.........

IT IS.....WHAT IT IS!..........

       OFF TO THE EYE DOCTOR IN THE MORNING............SO THANK GOODNESS HE WON'T BE ASKING ME TO UNDRESS......THEN WEDNESDAY THE FACE DOCTOR.......SAFE AGAIN!!!!
       ANY DOCTOR THAT ASKS ME TO UNDRESS NOW DAYS ARE IN TO HAVING THEIR DAY RUINED.......I DON'T EVEN  LIKE MY UNDRESSED BODY....BUT I CAN AT LEAST LOOK BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS GREAT AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF IT........
      HAD A GREAT WEEKEND.....DOING JUST WHAT "I" WANTED TO DO......YESTERDAY A NOT SO GOOD MOVIE...."THE SHAPE OF WATER"......IN FACT I QUITE HATED IT.....AND TODAY "THREE BILL BOARDS OF EMMA TEXAS".......LOVED IT!  BOTH NOMINATED FOR SOME AWARDS.......WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT MOVIES TO HELP US ESCAPE OUR LIVES WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS????
       BAD NEWS......WITH MIKE'S WIFE WANTING A DIVORCE....WE ARE ALL SAYING "YEA".......HE DESERVES BETTER......SHE CAME WITH 4 KIDS AND A LOT OF BAGGAGE!!!! WITH AN X IN JAIL BECAUSE OF A PONSI SCHEME.......WE WILL GET HIM THROUGH THIS!
       AT MY AGE IT IS SO INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE GOD LEADS US AND HOW WE FIGHT IT......BUT IT ALWAYS TURNS OUT TO BE A BLESSING........I CAN'T IMAGINE ME BEING MARRIED TO DON MORE THAN THE 30 YEARS I WAS BEFORE HE WALKED OUT......THE BLESSINGS OF THE LAST 32 YEARS ARE UNLISTABLE........AND KARRIE WALKING OUT OF OUR LIVES.......IF SHE IS HAPPY I AM NOT ANGRY........AND I AM MOVING ON WITH THE TWO WONDERFUL FAMILIES THAT CARE.....AND MY MANY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.........TRUST GOD!

A THANK YOU......

THIS IS MY SWEET GIGI......

SHE HAS BEEN A LOYAL ROOM MATE FOR OVER 16 YEARS......SHE IS GETTING OLD, AS WE ALL ARE......SHE WAS 16 THE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER AND IS DEAF.......BUT ALWAYS BY THE DOOR I GO OUT WHEN I GET HOME......SHE DOESN'T ASK MUCH.....JUST IN AND OUT A FEW TIMES A DAY AND KEEP HER FOOD AND WATER BOWLS FILLED.   I AM PREPARING MYSELF TO JUST FIND HER ASLEEP FOREVER ONE OF THESE DAYS.......THEN NO MORE PETS FOR ME!!!!

YES........I WILL MISS HER!

ANOTHER DAY....ANOTHER CHALLENGE.....

SHIT HAPPENS......STEP OVER IT AND GO ON........

THAT IS MY ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS.....

IT SEEMS TO WORK FOR ME .......USUALLY.......

HAD TO GET A NEW PHONE BECAUSE MY WATER BOTTLE WAS NOT ON TIGHT AND DRENCHED IT.......DUMB?????

TRIED TO PRINT SOMETHING AND THE PAPER WADDED UP IN THE PRINTER......DUMB????

COULDN'T FIND MY KEYS TO THE CAR.......THEY WERE LEFT IN THE FRONT DOOR ......OVERNIGHT.......DUMB????

THEN:

I TALKED TO MY SISTER ABOUT THE SILLY SHOW I SAW TODAY AND SHE TELLS ME MY FAVORITE NEPHEW IS GETTING A DIVORCE......PERSONALLY I AM NOT SURPRISED, WE HAVE ALL TRIED TO INCLUDE HIS WIFE  AND HER FOUR KIDS INTO OUR FAMILY BUT I ALWAYS FELT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS BETTER THAN WE WERE....SHE WAS ONCE MARRIED TO  MAN......WHO IS NOW IN JAIL......BECAUSE OF A PONZIE RACKET........ AND SHE HAD EVERYTHING AND WAS VERY SPOILED AND NOW SHE HARDLY HAS  A POT TO PEE IN......BUT MIKE HAS BEEN SO GREAT WITH HER FOUR KIDS.  SHE HATED HIS FOUR KIDS.......HEY .....THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT BEING SINGLE IS.......IT'S ALWAYS YOUR TURN TO DO THE DISHES!!!!  WELCOME TO MY WORLD MIKE......

THEN TALKED TO MY BEST FRIEND PATTY AND JAY FELL DOWN THE FRONT STAIRS AND THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT HE DID.......IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.....BUT WE ARE HAVING NICE WEATHER?????

READY FOR THE WEEKEND.......

WEEKS SEEM TO COME AND GO AND HERE WE ARE IN THE  MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY ALMOST AND NO WINTER???  LOVIN  IT!!!!!

HEADING INTO A BUSY WEEK WITH EYE DOCTOR MONDAY......TUESDAY 5 DOLLAR DAY AT MOVIES WITH PATTY.....WEDNESDAY FACE DOCTOR.....THURSDAY MEXICAN TRAIN GROUP.......WILL HAVE KEN ALL WEEKEND.....SATURDAY CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH VIET NAM NEIGHBOR......AND WITH KEN HERE IT WILL BE UP EARLY FOR CHURCH AND MONDAY AGAIN.....GRONE......

I DID GET MY HAIR COLORED TODAY AND PAM CAME OVER AND SET UP MY NEW  CELL PHONE.....NOW TO FIGURE IT OUT. .....I RAN KEN OUT TO THE LITTLE AIR PORT AND DARREN FLEW IN TO TAKE HIM HOME FOR THE WEEKEND......SLEEP IN TOMORROW AND GO SEE A MOVIE I HOPE..PROBABLY MISS CHURCH AND SLEEP IN AGAIN ON SUNDAY..... ..SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL PAM AND SHERRIE DO FOR ME!!

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS THAT START TO NIGHT!.....IN SEOUL KOREA.......BEEN THERE AND LIKED THE CITY.

OFFICIAL........

WELL.........

LILLY AUGUST FRITCHZE........ARRIVED THE 5TH OF FEB.......

9 POUNDS AND CESEARN.......SHE AND HER MOTHER ANDREA GOT TO GO HOME TODAY.....5 DAY HOSPITAL STAY.

I HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FROM ANY OF THE COOK FAMILY OR FRITCHZES......BUT THAT IS OK......SHER AND PAM PASS ON THEIR INFORMATION........AND KAR IS AT LEAST CONNECTING WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY.   I GUESS I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT LILLY CAME FROM MY GRANDMOTHER GOFF.......LILLY FLORENCE WHICH WOULD BE THIS CHILD'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER!.....AND AUGUST??????  I JUST HOPE SHE LOOKS LIKE ANDREA......BUT SHE IS TOO LITTLE TO TELL YET.

CONGRATULATIONS ANNIE AND MATT..........

WHAT'S WITH PUNXSUTAWNEY PETE?

     THIS IS AS CLOSE TO THE GROUNDHOG .......AS I COULD FIND!!!!  HE SAW HIS SHADOW AND DECLARED 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.......HELLO.......IN UTAH WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR WINTER TO BEGIN!!!!  LAST FRIDAY IT WAS 59 DEGREES.....IT BROKE THE RECORD BY ONE DEGREE SINCE 1959?  WE HAD 13 DAYS IN THE 50ANS AND 11 IN THE 40S LAST MONTH....I REALLY DID ENJOY IT.......BUT SKIERS, NOT SO MUCH,
        LAST MONTH FLEW BY....TWO MONTHS I DREAD ARE JAN AND FEB......AND HERE WE ARE THE 5TH OF FEBRUARY ALREADY.......AND ENJOYING 51 DEGREES AND SUNNY......HAD BRIDGE CLUB HERE LAST WEEK AND THAT IS GETTING TO BE A BIG CHORE.....BRING UP TABLES AND CHAIRS.....PUTTING THE EXTRA LEAF IN THE TABLE, PLANNING, SHOPPING FOR AND FIXING THE LUNCH FOR EVERYONE.....EVERYONE LOVES IT AND I ONLY HAVE ONE TURN A YEAR......BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS BY NEXT TURN.
         THEY ARE STARTING ANNIE TODAY.......SEEMS THAT BABY IS TAKING IT'S TIME.....SHE WAS DUE THE 29 TH OF JANUARY.  GOOD LUCK ANDREA!

ME

AMEN!!!!

WELL, GUESS ONE OF THE MANY FLU BUGS CAUGHT ME!!!!  IT STARTED FRIDAY AND I HAVE NOT THROWN UP THAT HARD SINCE MY LAST PREGNANCY.....AND THE TWINS ARE ALMOST 50......ACHE ALL OVER, HEAD ACHE .....A MESS.  SHERRIE BROUGHT SOUP WHEN SHE PICKED UP KEN SAT......THEY JUST CAME IN FROM KONA.....THEN SUNDAY CALLED PAM TO CHECK IN ON ME......WE DID THE SKYPE THING TO A DOCTOR AND HE RECOMMENDED I GO IN TO BE CHECKED.....SEEMS THE FLU IS HARDER ON "OLD" PEOPLE???  I STARTED THERAFLU AND AM DOING BETTER TODAY.....BUT

SHERRIE JUST  CALLED TO SEE HOW I WAS AND I GUESS KENNEDY TOOK THE BUG HOME WITH HIM......HE THREW  AND HAD DIARRHEA....SO DID ALEX AND SHER HAD TO LEAVE CHURCH BECAUSE OF IT......SORRY.

MAYBE IF I STAY ON THIS LIQUID DIET A FEW DAYS I CAN LOSE A POUND OF TWO.

NO SLEEP ISN'T FUN.