THREE YEARS AGO.......

THREE YEARS AGO ......MARCH 29TH,........I MOVED INTO THIS VACANT LOT SPACE.....PILED WITH LUMBER AND STARTED CALLING IT HOME?????

WAS I EXCITED?.....NO......BUT IT SEEMED WHAT THE GIRLS WANTED ME TO DO......AND MAYBE GOD!  I UNDERSTAND HE DOESN'T PUT YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE......HE PUTS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE!

YES, I NEEDED TO BE HERE FOR MY KNEES.....FOR MY LDS NEIGHBORS THAT HELPED ME REALIZE HOW MUCH I NEEDED TO GET BACK TO GOING TO CHURCH AND PAYING MY TYTHING AND BEING IN A PLACE WHERE KEN COULD COME AND GO SAFELY TO  DO A MISSION ON TEMPLE SQUARE......I DO NOT QUESTION ANY OF THIS NOW.

I HAVE A GREAT HOME NOW.....A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD......AND GREAT NEIGHBORS, WHO LOVE ME AND TAKE CARE OF ME......AND A GREAT LITTLE WARD.......  I AM CLOSE TO PAM AND GOOD FRIENDS PATTY AND SHIRLEY. JUST CANNOT REALIZE THREE YEARS HAVE PASSED ALREADY!!!!!

TOMORROW IS EASTER SUNDAY AND APRIL FOOLS DAY????

WONDEFUL APRIL........

The best way to start a new month!!!!

I feel I am just the richest person in town......These are the people that make my world go round....Pam's three children and their families are missing ....and Sherrie's son and wife......but it was a great group as Don and I witness the blessing of our second great-grandchild......A lot of water has passed under the bridge to get us both in the same picture with our three daughters and five of our 9 grandkids......It all started 62 years ago the 18th of April.......

Today was the start of LDS Conference and my favorite speech was the one about "forgiveness"......I can witness the good feeling that comes when you finally let go.....and forgive.

WELL.....MAYBE I AM JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING REALLY THE RICHEST PERSON .....ALL I NEED IS MONEY......

GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS......

SHIRLEY AND I SAW AN INTERESTING MOVIE TODAY......"I CAN ONLY IMAGINE!"

THEN A CHINESE LUNCH.  WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS TILL EASTER....IT REALLY HIT HOME......HOW GOD REALLY CAN CHANGE A PERSON WHO ASKS FOR HELP!!!!

THAT PART WAS REALLY A GOOD DAY.....

THEN

SHIRLEY WAS GOING TO PUT SOME ANTI-VIRIS "THINGYS" ON MY COMPUTER FOR ME AND NOW I CAN'T GET INTO ANY OF MY APPS!!!!  BUT IT DID GET RID OF A LOT OF MY COOKIES AND WHATEVERS!!!! I WILL CALL HER TOMORROW AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

 TOMORROW IS CHURCH CONFERENCE....GUESS I WILL WATCH???  SHERRIE IS IN MEXICO, KARRIE IS IN HAWAII AND PAM IS IN ST GEORGE......I DO HAVE LEFT OVERS FOR LUNCH THAT WILL PROBABLY BE MY....."EASTER DINNER!"....OR A "HAPPY MEAL FROM MCDONALD"S WITH EXTRA FRY SAUCE????"

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING?????

THANK GOODNESS.......

SEEMS I AM HAVING A LOT OF THESE DAYS LATELY.......

LET'S SEE.....I SLEPT TILL 8:00, PATTY CALLED AND CAME FOR COFFEE FOR TWO HOURS.....THEN I RESTED TILL DR PHIL AND NEWS TIME.....I DID EMPTY THE DISH WASHER.....BUT ....OH WELL, WILL TRY TO DO BETTER TOMORROW.   SHERRIE CALLED AND EXCITED TO HEAD FOR MEXICO FOR A WEEK, PAM AND ROB OFF TO ST GEORGE AND WERE SWEET AND INVITED ME TO GO AS DID MIKE.....BUT JUST HANGING OUT DOING NOTHING SOUNDED BETTER .   THIS WEEK IS CHURCH CONFERENCE SO WILL LISTEN TO THAT AND TAKE IN A MOVIE AND EAT JUST WHAT I WANT.   IT IS ALSO EASTER ON SUNDAY AND SO NICE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT COLORED EGGS, A NEW EASTER DRESS OR MAKING A FANCY DINNER......I AM ABOUT TO GET MY LIFE DOWN TO "VERY SIMPLE"......THE WEATHER IS TRYING TO TURN TO SPRING....

HAD THE MEXICAN TRAIN GROUP HERE FOR LUNCH AND GAMES TUESDAY AND BRIDGE AT JANE'S YESTERDAY.....SO DONE WITH MY SOCIAL DUTIES FOR AWHILE.

DEFINITELY......

THIS LITTLE OLD LADY HAS IT DOWN.......WITH A TRIP TO MEXICO COMING UP......I AM KINDA THINKING ABOUT....BATHING SUITS!  WELL THE PICTURE IS PRETTY GRIM.,,,,,NONE OF THEM COVER UP "ENOUGH" OF ME.  I DUG OUT ALL THE OLD BATHING SUITS.....BEEN 3 YEARS SINCE I MOVED OUT OF MY LAST CONDO THAT HAD A POOL AND I SWAM WITH THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS REGULARLY....WELL 3 YEARS TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY......I GUESS I WILL BE FORCED INTO SEEING IF THEY MAKE BATHING SUITS.....MUCHO GRANDE!....AND I LIKE THE PART ABOUT DRAGGIN'.....I GUESS IT'S JUST OLD AGE.....CAUSE I JUST CAN'T  GET TO MOVING UNTIL NOON.

MONDAY ALREADY,,,,,,,..

SO HARD TO GET UP ON MONDAYS......AND AS SOON AS YOU GET UP YOU START COUNTING THE DAYS TILL SATURDAY......THE TIME CHANGE THING STILL HAS GOT ME.....I AM READY TO GET INTO MY PJ.S AT 7......BUT NOW......IT IS STILL LIGHT!!!! I DID HAVE A BUSY DAY.  WENT TO COSTCO AND GOT WHAT I NEEDED FOR TOMORROWS BRUNCH HERE....WITH THE MEXICAN TRAIN BUNCH.  THEN THE DOLLAR STORE FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS....DROPPED OFF A MOVIE TO PATTY I HAD BORROWED......HOME, SET THE TABLE, VACUUMED AND DUSTED....GOT DINNER FOR KEN AND I AND I AM POOPED.  KEN IS LEAVING TOMORROW FOR 10 DAYS TO MEXICO WITH FAMILY OVER CONFERENCE....ONE NEIGHBOR IS IN ROME, ITALY FOR TWO WEEKS THE OTHER COUPLE IN ST GEORGE FOR CONFERENCE,,,,,PAM AND ROB OFF TO IDAHO.......THANK GOODNESS FOR MOVIES AND FRIENDS....

I HAVE BRIDGE ON WEDNESDAY AT JANE,S,.....TAX MAN ON THURSDAY AND A BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON FRIDAY.....SO I AM IN GOOD SHAPE.

INVISIBLE LABELS.....

STARTING AT AN EARLY AGE.......WE EACH WALK THE EARTH WEARING INVISIBLE LABELS ON OUR CHEST......IF WE ARE LUCKY.....THE ONES BESTOWED UPON US FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CORRECT......WE ARE OUT-GOING OR AN INTROVERT OR A SMART ALECK OR SHY.....NOT ALL THESE LABELS ARE APPLIED TO US BY OTHERS......WE SOMETIMES LABEL OURSELVES.....I AM DUMB, UGLY, FAT, POOR OR WORTHLESS?  BEING BORN POOR, OR LOUD, OR WITH A NOSE THAT COULD  BE DESCRIBED AS HAVING CHARACTER....DOESN'T DETERMINE YOUR EXISTENCE......EXAMINE ALL THESE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ....DEFINE.....YOU.  DECIDED FOR YOURSELF WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO AND PICK A NEW LABEL THAT REALLY FITS YOU.

QUIET WEEKEND WITH KEN.  WE HIT WALMART SATURDAY AND WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY......I ALSO WATCHED "FERDINAND"......AND "THE LION KING"....ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.......AND IT SNOWED AGAIN.

ANOTHER NOT SO BUSY DAY......

LOOKING FORWARD TO DR PHIL......DINNER....PJ,S AND BED!!!!  I DIDN'T GET MUCH DONE TODAY....AND PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE.  WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING RETIRED AND HOW WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SO MUCH FREE TIME.....NOT SO MUCH.  SOME REASONS I LIKE RETIREMENT.....
1. QUESTION:  HOW MANY DAYS IN A WEEK?
    ANSWER:    SIX SATURDAYS AND ONE SUNDAY....
2. QUESTION:  WHEN IS A RETIREES BEDTIME?
    ANSWER:    TWO HOURS AFTER YOU FALL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH.
3. QUESTION:  WHAT IS THE BIGGEST GRIPE OF RETIREES?
    ANSWER:    THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME IN A DAY.....TO GET EVERY THING DONE.
4.  QUESTION:  WHY DON'T WE MIND BEING CALLED SENIORS?
    ANSWER:    THE TERM COMES WITH A 10% DISCOUNT ON LOTS OF THINGS.
5. QUESTION:  AMONG RETIREES, WHAT IS CONSIDERED FORMAL ATTIRE?
    ANSWER:    TIED SHOES.....
6.QUESTION:  WHY ARE RETIREES SO SLOW TO CLEAN OUT THE BASEMENT OR THE GARAGE?
     ANSWER:  THEY KNOW AS SOON AS THEY DO, ONE OF THE KIDS WILL WANT TO STORE STUFF THERE........
7.  QUESTION:  WHAT DO YOU DO ALL WEEK?
     ANSWER:   MONDAY THRU FRIDAY......NOTHING.....SATURDAY AND SUNDAY I REST!!!!
        THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ENOUGH SCHEDULE FOR ME.....PATTY AND I AGREED WE ARE ALWAYS TIRED NOW DAYS.  NICE 61 DEGREE SPRING DAY.

NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE......

This is my favorite castle in the whole wide world!!!

Neuschwanstein Castle...........in Germany.

I first went there with Don many years ago.......then we went with Woody and Bev once.....then when the twins were 9 we took them and stayed at a neat hostle at the foot of the castle where we celebrated the twins  9th birthday........We bought a round....like a log.....birthday cake and shared it with the children that lived in the place we stayed......of course we couldn't speak each others language.....but got by and had a fun party......then the last time I was there was with my sister, Mike and Lauren and the Cox's......we didn't hike up the hill this time.....took the horse drawn wagon.  This is the castle Walt Disney used as an example......for Disney Land.  Truly outstanding with a very interesting history.

INTERESTING THOUGHT......

OUR TRAIN OF LIFE...

AT BIRTH WE BOARDED THE TRAIN OF LIFE......WE MET OUR PARENTS WITH THE BELIEF THEY WOULD TRAVEL BY OUR SIDE FOREVER.......HOWEVER, AT SOME STAGE THE PARENTS GET OFF AND WE ARE LEFT TO TRAVEL ALONE......AS TIME GOES BY OTHERS BOARD....INCLUDING SIBLINGS, FRIENDS, CHILDREN AND THE LOVE OF OUR LIVES.....WHO MAY STEP DOWN AND LEAVE A VACUUM AT SOME TIME......THE TRAIN RIDE WILL BE FULL OF JOY, SORROW, GOODBYES AND HELLO'S.....EXPECTATIONS, SUCCESS AND FAILURES......THE MYSTERY OF THE TRAVEL IS WHICH STATION WILL WE STEP DOWN FROM THE TRAIN????,,,,,SO WE MUST LIVE THE BEST WE CAN....FORGIVE  AND OFFER THE BEST WE ARE......IT IS IMPORTANT OF US BECAUSE WHEN THE TIME FOR US TO STEP DOWN WE NEED TO LEAVE OUR EMPTY SEAT FULL OF GOOD MEMORIES FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY AND CONTINUE TO REMEMBER US BY.....I WISH YOU ALL LOVE AND SUCCESS AND THANK GOD FOR THE JOURNEY WE SHARED TOGETHER ON EARTH,,,,,,,,

LASTLY, I THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON MY TRAIN.....

THIS JUST SEEM TO BE A GOOD THOUGHT TO ME!!!!!AND THE PICTURE IS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON MY TRAINS JOURNEY.....

GOOD OLD DAYS.......

HOW MANY TIMES IN OUR LIVES DO WE REFER TO "THE GOOD OLD DAYS"?  WHAT ABOUT THEM WAS SO GOOD?  WE WERE POOR, NO TV, CELL PHONES OR COMPUTERS......BUT WE HAD GOOD NEIGHBORS AND LOTS OF LOVE.  OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS HAVE NO "GOOD OLD DAYS" .......TO GO BACK TO!

WE ARE HAVING FUN SPRING WEATHER......WIND AND RAIN AND NOT TOO COLD.  I HAD BRIDGE YESTERDAY SO THAT DAY WAS A LOSS......TODAY I WORKED ON MY INCOME TAX......TOOK A NAP.....TALKED TO PAM AND SHER.   N OT TO MUCH GOING ON......NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR OFF TO ITALY TO VISIT HER SISTER.....TAKING IN HER MAIL.....THE OTHER NEIGHBOR OFF TO ST GEORGE TO VISIT HER SISTER ALL WEEK.....I MISS MY NEIGHBORS.  ROB HAS TO HAVE HIS CATARACTS REMOVED THE 11TH OF NEXT MONTH.......PAM DOING ALL THE DRIVING NOW.

ISN'T LIFE INTERESTING......LESLIE GONE ALL WEEKEND TO CALIF!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR......

WHAT DO I HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY????
WELL.....I WAS BORN IN AMERICA......
I WAS BORN WHITE......AND BORN WITH A HEALTHY AND PERFECT BODY.....
I WAS BORN TO WONDERFUL PARENTS.....WHO WANTED ME, LOVED ME AND WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.....
I HAD GOALS EARLY ON......CHEERLEADER.....STEWARDESS....CONCIERGE.....TRAVEL THE WORLD.....(30 YEARS) .....
AND HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO GAVE ME NINE WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN......
WHO ARE NOW GIVING ME GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
I HAVE LIVED ALMOST 86 YEARS ......WITH FAIRLY GOOD HEALTH.  A LOT OF GREAT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND STILL HAVE ONE SISTER AND A BROTHER TO SHARE MY LIFE WITH.
I COULD GO ON AND ON.....WITH MY MANY BLESSINGS.....BUT AS YOU CAN SEE.....I HAVE HAD MY SHARE......AND THE STRENGTH TO GET THROUGH THE HARD TIMES.....

MR GOOGLE......

THANKS TAM.....I THINK THAT FITS LES AND I!!!!!

OFF TO CANCUN MEXICO THE 4TH OF MAY FOR A WEEK WITH MY SISTER, DAUGHTER AND NIECE......NO WHERE I WOULD RATHER GO......THAN SIT ON THE BEACH.....WELL MAYBE SHOP IN MEXICO.....BEEN PRACTICING MY SPANISH.....33% FLUENT MY LESSONS TELL ME???? WORK HARDER BETTY.......

TAXES, SETTING UP BRIDGE FOR WEDNESDAY AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVERY DAY STUFF!

O.K. CANCUN HERE WE COME.

CAN'T BELIEVE.......

WELL HERE IS A BIG CHUNK OF THE "PETERSONS"  .......ALL TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM AND ALL SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER!

THE THREE PANNIER KIDS AND BRAYDEN WERE MISSING.

DON AND I EVEN HAD A GOOD CHAT......WITH TONY FROWNING IN THE CORNER.

DON, KARRIE'S TWO BOYS, ALEX ON FLOOR. PAM AND ROB AND ME WITH LILLY......RICH BY THE WINDOW NEXT TO KARRIE AND ANDREA AND MATT AND KEN.....SHERRIE AND DARREN.   SOON SOME OF US WILL BE DEAD AND THERE WILL OTHER LITTLE ONES TO TAKE OUR PLACE.

BUT SOMETHING I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAPPEN........A FAMILY PHOTO WITH DON AND MY FAMILY.......... MARCH 18TH, 2017.

WHERE DOES 39 YEARS GO?

SO MANY MEMORIES THRU THE LAST 39 YEARS......PAM AND ROB WERE MARRIED AT THE MCCHUNE MANSION.....A BEAUTIFUL OLD HOME WITH MARBLE AND MIRRORS. THE WHOLE FRATERNITY GROUP WERE THERE......GATHERED AROUND AND SANG THE SIG SONG......THE EVENING WAS GREAT UNTIL THE FAMILY STARTED FIGHTING AFTER WE GOT HOME.......I WAS LEAVING FOR EUROPE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND JIM HAD BROKEN OUT A "BIG" WINDOW!!!!!......ALL THAT 39 YEARS AGO.

I LOVE ST PATRICK'S DAY FOR MANY REASONS.

A SATURDAY........

DUG IT ALL OUT.......IT COVERS THE THE TABLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN!!

I HATE TAX TIME.....AND ALWAYS WONDERED WHY MY X-HUSBAND GOT SO GROUCY WHEN THIS TIME ROLLED AROUND....NOW I KNOW!

MY TABLE IS COVERED WITH LAST YEAR'S RECEIPTS ......SO WHERE DO I BEGIN????

I HAVE TO CALL PRUDENTIAL TOMORROW....NADA...BUT MOST THE REST IS FALLING INTO PLACE.......YES A HUSBAND WOULD COME IN HANDY AT TAX TIME......BUT NOT SO MUCH LATER...

WHY DID I DECIDE ST PATRICK'S DAY WAS A GOOD DAY TO DO MY INCOME TAX?  I SHOULD BE OUT WALKING IN A ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE!!!!!! AND DRINKING WHAT EVER THEY DRINK TODAY!!!!!!

WELL HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.....

 THIS IS ABOUT HOW MY ST PATRICK'S DAY WENT.......SHERRIE LEFT ME A BIT OF HER LUNCH FROM YESTERDAY.......IT WAS GOOD ...BUT DRIPPY AND GREEN STUFF GOT ON ME,.....SO HAPPY ST PATRICKS  DAY ......YA ALL........

I SPENT MOST THE DAY WORKING ON MY INCOME TAX AND WHEN I LOOK OUT NOW .......IT IS SNOWING!

\MY CUTE NEIGHBOR WHO LEFT WEDNESDAY CALLED FROM SAN FRANCISCO......WENT DOWN TO TEND HER DAUGHTER'S DOG A WEEK BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR ROME, ITALY TO VISIT HER SISTER WHO IS ON A LDS MISSION.......TO HAVE ME RUN  OVER AND CHECK IF SHE LOCKED HER FRONT DOOR.....VERY FAMILIAR.......I ALSO HAVE "OBSESSIVE....COMPULSIVE"......BEHAVIOR......AND SHE WAS WORRIED SHE HAD NOT LOCKED HER FRONT DOOR BEFORE SHE LEFT......I LOVE I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS WORLD....I WILL TAKE IN HER MAIL THE NEXT THREE WEEKS WHILE SHE IS GONE......AFTER ALL WE ARE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AND THINK THE SAME????

HAPPY ANNIVERSITY......

WELL......HERE THEY ARE CELEBRATING ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY......YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE COMING UP 61 NEXT BIRTHDAYS.....THEY SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN AT DISNEYWORLD........WELL ANY WAY HAPPY ANNIVERSRY PAM AND ROB ON ST PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!

WEEK FLYS BY.......

YOU KNOW BEING KINDA CRAZY WHEN YOU GET OLD ........ISN'T ALL BAD.

IF YOU HAVE A BAD HAIR DAY OR DECIDE NOT TO WEAR A BRA......WELL......IT IS WHAT IT IS!  MORE AND MORE I JUST LIVE TO FIND THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AROUND ME EACH DAY....

YESTERDAY WAS "MEXICAN TRAIN" DAY AT SHIRLEY'S......I REALLY NEED THESE DAYS SO WE CAN SETTLE ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS......AND GIVE EACH OTHER SOME GOOD ADVICE........AND I USUALLY DON'T GET MUCH ELSE DONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS A PERSON WITH A MIND.....

A WOMAN WITH AN ATTITUDE.....

AND A LADY WITH CLASS.......

JUST ANOTHER DAY......

WELL, SOME DAYS YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK.....AND SOME DAYS NOT SO MUCH.

IT HAS A BEEN A BUSY WEEK OR TWO.......PAM PICKED BREE UP THIS AFTERNOON.....BEEN HERE TWO WEEKS.....LONG TIME FOR A LITTLE PUPPY... AND A GRANDMA WHO IS NOT USE TO WALKING A DOG.........PAM AND PATTY ARRIVED AT THE SAME TIME SO WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT PAM'S TWO WEEK TRIP TO FLORIDA......A FEW BUMPS, BUT I THINK THEY HAD A GOOD TIME.

PATTY REPORTED GREG HAS HAD A HEART ATTACK AND CAN'T WORK NOW AND THAT IS A STRESS FOR ALL THEIR FAMILY......WHAT NEXT FOR THAT FAMILY.

LAST WEEKEND ALEX AND ASHLYN SPENT THE WEEKEND WITH ME AND ALEX TILED MY BACK SPLASH.....SO NICE.

MY NEIGHBOR LEFT THIS MORNING FOR THREE WEEKS A FUN VISIT TO ROME TO VISIT A SISTER WHO IS A MISSIONARY OVER THERE.....SUZANNE WAS SO EXCITED.

GOT AN INVITATION IN THE MAIL TO GO TO ANDREA'S BABY'S BLESSING SUNDAY IN HEBBER......GUESS PAM WILL TAKE ME WITH THEM........IT IS IN THEIR HOME.

SNOWED AGAIN TODAY.......BUT MELTED BY NOW.  KEN OFF TO VERNAL TOMORROW.

NO ONE LISTENS TO GRAMMIE!

NO ONE LISTENS TO GRAMMIE!

SHERRIE CALLED ME YESTERDAY AND DARREN HAS...."PNEUMONIA"!......

HE THINKS HE SHOULD GO TO THE  "TRADE SHOW" IN LAS VEGAS TONIGHT!!!! AND WANTS ALEX TO DRIVE HIM....SHERRIE SAID SHE WAS NOT GOING THIS YEAR....I HAVE NOT HEARD THE FINAL DECISION....BUT I TOLD HIM....GRAMMIE SAID STAY HOME AND GET WELL.....I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE......MAYBE HIS FATHER....WHO CAN NOT STOP........AND ENJOY THE ROSES.....HE AND EVERYONE AROUND HAVE TO GO....GO....GO.....DARREN GET WELL!

GO WITH THE FLOW.......

LOVE THESE TWO!!!!!

 THEY DROVE IN FROM VERNAL......DEAD TIRED AT 10:30 ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH ME.......DARREN KEEPS ALEX GOING 24-7 AND ASHLYN IS BUSY TRYING TO GRADUATE  IN MAY IN NURSING...SO OFF TO BED FOR THEM......SATURDAY!

UP AND OFF TO HOME DEPOT TO PICK UP THE TILE FOR THE BACK SPLASH IN MY KITCHEN.......HOME......WRONG BLADE......OFF TO WALMART....YES, GOT IT!

MOVED RIGHT ALONG.....THEN TIME FOR THEIR MESSAGES....THEN HOME TO FINISH UP AND OFF TO THE SPAGHETTI FACTORY FOR DINNER AND HOME TO PJ'S AND MAMA MIA!........I USUALLY SLEEP 24-7 WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND SO I KEPT ON THE MOVE THIS WEEKEND.....TILL I LEARNED THE TIME CHANGE.......AND I GOOFED!  SO TODAY I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO "GROUT"........MY BACK SPLASH......NOT EASY AND NONE OF THE LIGHT COVERS FIT NOW.....SO OFF TO HOME DEPOT TOMORROW TO ASK EITHER FOR LONGER SCREWS OR NEW  PLATES TO COVER THEM....OH WELL, THE PRICE WAS RIGHT AND WE HAD FUN......."FAMILY -IT".......AND KNOWING YOUR GRANDSON LOVES U ENOUGH TO GIVE UP A WEEKEND FOR YOU.....ALEX IS VERY SPECIAL.......TILE MUST DRY 24 HOURS BEFORE GROUTING........SO HERE I AM TODAY.....TRYING TO DO SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.......LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY......BUT WHEN I DIE.....I DON'T WANT TO BE.......A "GROUTER"

WHY? WHY? WHY?

I CAN NOT BELIEVE 48 OF THE 50 STATES.......STILL PLAY THIS SPRING FORWARD....FALL BACK STUFF!

I HAD ALEX, ASHLYN AND KEN FOR THE WEEKEND......LAST NIGHT AS WE FINISHED WATCHING MAMA MIA.......THE KIDS SAID THEY NEEDED TO GET UP EARLY AND HEAD BACK TO VERNAL FOR CHURCH.......AND.....AND SINCE THE TIME CHANGED TONIGHT....WHAT?   NO ONE TOLD ME! SO WE WENT TO BED AND I DIDN'T CHANGE ANY CLOCKS AND WHEN I GOT UP AT 7:30......AS USUAL........ TO LET GIGI AND BREE PEE.......IT WAS REALLY 8:30....."TODAY"!  WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD FEED THE KIDS AND GET READY FOR CHURCH IN A HALF HOUR.......SOOOO THE MISSIONARY AND I DIDN'T MAKE IT TODAY......LIFE WILL GO ON.........IT WILL TAKE ME A GOOD WEEK TO GET MY BLADDER AND MY DOG TRAINED TO GET UP AN HOUR EARLIER......SO DUMB?????

LET'S GO TO CONGRESS AND CHANGE THIS RULE......BESIDE IT SEEMS SO EARLY THIS YEAR......

HARD LESSSON TO LEARAN....

A HARD LESSON TO LEARN IS:

WHEN A DOOR CLOSES. KNOCK ON IT A FEW TIMES, BUT IF IT STILL DOESN'T OPEN, LET IT STAY CLOSED.......

IN A CAREER, IN LOVE, IN LIFE......WHEN YOU SEE THE PERIOD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE, DON'T TRY TO TURN IT INTO A COMMA.....KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS OVER AND MOVE ON!

"IN LIFE ......SHIT HAPPENS......STEP OVER IT AND MOVE ON"

SO THINK ABOUT TODAY?   I WAS HAPPY.....WEATHER GOOD, FELT GOOD, GOT CHORES DONE AND ENJOYED THE RELIEF SOCIETY TEACHERS...WHICH ALL TURN INTO GOOD MEMORIES......NO, NOT EVERY DAY RUNS THIS SMOOTH, BUT I PRAY I WILL BE READY FOR IT.......HANDLE IT AND MOVE ON TO TOMORROW AND A BETTER DAY......TALKED TO LESLIE AND SHERRIE......WHICH ALWAYS MAKES MY DAY......HOPE PAM IS ENJOYING FLORIDA.

ALEX AND ASHLYN COMING FOR THE WEEKEND AND ALEX IS PUTTING IN A NEW BACK SPLASH FOR ME.......SO GLAD WHEN THE GRANDKIDS ENJOY GRAMMIE.....AND ARE WILLING TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER.

BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND!!!!.....

I HAVE TO IMPRESS THIS UPON MY FAVORITE NEPHEW.......HIS WIFE JUST WALKED OUT......AS DID THE WIVES OF TWO OF MY GRANDSONS......AND MY X!!!!!!

YOU DON'T NEED A MATE TO VALIDATE YOU......NOT IN MY FAMILY......WE CAN HANDLE ALONE AND BE HAPPY.....ONCE WE REALIZE IT'S OK TO BE ALONE.  BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND???

"THE WORLD IS MY COUNTRY

ALL MANKIND ARE MY BREATHERN AND

TO DO GOOD IS MY RELIGION....."

THOMAS PAINE

IT WAS CHORE DAY.....YOU KNOW GET GAS, PAY BILLS, A FEW GROCERIES AND A PRESCRIPTION......THEN MY RELIEF SOCIETY TEACHERS THIS AFTER NOON.....2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES......THEN WHAT FOR DINNER.....ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING TO GET ORGANIZED..........

SOMETIMES I WONDER?

WILL WE EVER GET TIRED OF DR SEUSS?

EVERY NOW AND THEN I LOOK BACK...........I AM ME AND GUESS I ALWAYS WILL BE!

I ALWAYS HAD GOALS.......WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WANTED AND GOT TO BE A CHEER-LEADER.....SO WORKED HARD ON MY BACK BEND AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE TO VOTE ME IN!!!!!

THEN THE NEXT GOAL WAS TO BE A STEWARDESS.....HAD TO BE 21...SO I WENT TO COLLEGE TWO YEARS AND WORKED IN DENVER AT BURKHARDT STEEL CO ONE YEAR.......21 ......AND I WENT TO ALL FIVE AIRLINES IN DENVER AND APPLIED TO BE A STEW.....FRONTIER CAME IN FIRST AND HIRED ME.....YEA.....ANOTHER GOAL ACCOMPLISHED........AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS I WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN AND HAVE A FAMILY..........

THEN IT WAS TO MEET MY KNIGHT IN SHINNING ARMOUR (AFTER 30 YEARS TURNED OUT TO BE AN ASSHOLE WRAPPED IN TINFOIL.......BUT WE HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND DID A LOT OF TRAVELING.......AND REALIZING.....IN LIFE SHIT HAPPENS......I STEPPED OVER IT AND WENT TO THE NEXT DREAM......

I WANTED TO BE A TRAVEL AGENT OR A CONCIERGE.....I WORKED A LITTLE AS AN "OUTSIDE" AGENT FOR WESTERN TRAVEL WHERE I MET ANN......A FULL TIME AGENT.....AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY SEEING THE WORLD WITH ALL HER PERKS......PLUS I WENT TO WORK FOR .THE DOUBLE TREE HOTEL AND GOT TO BE A CONCIERGE......ANOTHER GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!.

MY LAST GOAL I GUESS IS TO BE THE BEST MOTHER, GRANDMA, SISTER, AUNT, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR I CAN BE AND ENJOY ALL THE DAYS LEFT IN MY LIFE......THAT IS WHAT I AM WORKING ON.....WE NEED GOALS!

I SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE A ROAD MAP FROM GOD.

MARCHING ON......

 

THIS IS MY THIRD TRY AT WRITING TODAY'S BLOG......FOR SOME REASON IT JUST GOES BLACK AND I LOSE EVERYTHING!!

WAS DREADING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND HERE WE ARE INTO MARCH ALREADY......GOT A BIG SNOW STORM LAST NIGHT AND MY GREAT NEIGHBOR WAS OVER AFTER CHURCH TO CLEAN OFF THE WALK AND DRIVEWAY......SO LUCKY!

KEN WENT HOME FOR THE WEEKEND TO GET IN SOME SNOWMOBILING.......PAM AND ROB CAME OVER YESTERDAY AND HOOKED UP MY NEW TV AND LEFT THEIR DOG FOR TWO WEEKS WHILE THEY VACATION IN FLORIDA......

ENJOYING MY FREE TIME ALONE.....TOOK IN TWO MOVIES FRIDAY, GOT MY TV INSTALLED YESTERDAY......AND TODAY?   STILL WORKING ON IT!

TOMORROW FRIDAY......

KEN WENT TO VERNAL......BE BACK TUESDAY EVENING AFTER WORK......SERVICE MISSIONS ARE THE ANSWER!

SHERRIE HELPED ME FIX MY PRINTER WITH THE COMPUTER AND GET THE SOCIAL SECURITY PEOPLE TO SEND ME MY W2 FORM SO I CAN GET MY INCOME TAX DONE.....SHE IS THE GREATEST......NO MONKEY BUSINESS IN HER LIFE.......ALSO GAVE ME A DARLING EASTER RABBIT HOLDING A BOWL FOR SALADS OR DESERTS....SHE KNOWS WHAT HER MOTHER LIKES.....SHE GOT IT IN TEXAS.......WHY WE BECOME MOTHERS.........HOPE TO GET IN A GOOD MOVIE OR TWO THIS WEEKEND IF THE SNOW ALLOWS......HEY MARCH SHOULD BE SPRING!!!!!!

MARCH.....BILL DAY!

UP AND GOT KEN OFF TO WORK.......TOOK MY PILLS....TURNED ON "MERTLE" TO ROBOT MY FLOORS......WHILE I RESTED.....SURE,....... I FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY ABOUT HAVING HER DO ALL MY FLOORS WHILE I "REST"......BUT WHAT THE HECK.....SHE DOES A GOOD JOB ABOUT THREE TIMES A WEEK......AND I DON;T HEAR HER COMPLAIN.......I LOVE THESE NEW INVENTIONS!!!!!  DON'T CARE WHAT THE WISDOM WEIGHTS......

YESTERDAY'S PLAN:

MIKE AND CADE COME UP AND WE GO TO COSTCO TO PICK UP A NEW BIG TV FOR ME WITH MIKE'S PICKUP......DINNER AND CADE HOOK IT UP!!!!  YES....SOMEONE CARES.....WELL THIS MORNING SHERRIE CALLS........SHE WILL HELP ME PICK OUT A TV AND SHE WILL BRING IT OUT WHEN SHE PICKS UP KEN......NOT SO......SHE PICKS UP THE TV AND BRINGS IT OUT....SHE AND KEN PUT IT IN THE GARAGE......I WRITE HER A CHECK AND MIKE AND CADE WILL HOOK IT UP AFTER WE HAVE DINNER.... (GLAD I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO PUTTING THE ROAST IN THE CROCKPOT)......NOT SO....MIKE CALLS......... CADE CAN'T MAKE IT AND I ASSURE HIM HE AND I CANNOT LIFT IT UP AND TAKE THE OTHER ONE DOWN......SO MAYBE HE AND CADE CAN COME UP SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH......OR NOT?........I REALLY AM IN NO HURRY TO GET THE NEW TV UP ON THE FIREPLACE AND THE OTHER ONE DOWN....I AM GOING FROM A 44 TO 55 .......AND THAT IS A BIG JOSE!!!!  AND.......OH YES......PAM CALLED THIS MORNING AND SAID LET'S GO TO LUNCH AND I WILL HELP YOU GET YOUR TV??????   OK....WHEN THEY PICKED UP THEIR DOG SUNDAY.....THAT I HAD TENDED ALL WEEKEND....WHY DIDN'T THEY SAY SOMETHING....NADA!  I HAVE TALKED TO PATTY AND SHE SAID HER KIDS WOULD COME OVER AND PUT I UP SO I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.......BUT IT IS A GOOD THING TO BE FLEXIBLE!.........AND HAVE FRIENDS WITH NICE KIDS THAT LIKE YOU!!!!!!

WELL, YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY OF MY DAY AND THEY ARE FORECASTING A HUGE SNOW STORM FOR THE WEEKEND......SO I AM GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND DOING ....."JUST".......WHAT I WANT.....LIKE SLEEP IN!....BAG THE TV.

FEBRUARY ENDS.......

OK......WHERE DID THE WEEK GO?    MONDAY MY SECOND GRANDSON TURNED 25..... I LOVE THIS GUY SO MUCH AND HE IS SO GOOD TO HIS  GRAMMIE AND.....FOR CHRISTMAS HE GAVE ME A  "GRAMMIE'S SIPPIE CUP"....GOOD FOR COLD OR HOT DRINKS.....SO SWEET!!!!  I SMILE WHEN I USE IT.......HERE HE IS WITH HIS CUTE ASHLYN AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY IF SHE BECAME PART OF OUR FAMILY.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!

LET'S SEE.....TUESDAY I RAN ACROSS TOWN AND SHOPPED AT JOAN'S FOR SOME MATERIAL TO MAKE TIFF A QUILT.....DO THEY EVER GET TIRED OF GRAMMIES QUILTS......SHE ASK FOR ONE.

YESTERDAY A FUN DAY AT BETTIE BARLOWS FOR BRUNCH AND BRIDGE.....SUCH GOOD FRIENDS FOR SO MANY YEARS.....YOU KNOW GREY HAIR AND WRINKLED FACES WE HAVE IN COMMON!

TODAY?????   WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS........ STAY FLEXIBLE!