"WHY"

WHY????

WHY WHEN YOU ARE SINGLE DO WEEKENDS......ESPECIALLY WHERE A HOLIDAY IS CONCERNED ALWAYS SEEM SO....SO.....SO DIFFERENT?  HERE I AM ON FRIDAY.....ALONE FOR THE WEEKEND.....KNOWING MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ALL ARE MAKING PLANS TO JUMP IN AND CELEBRATE IT. SHERRIE JUST PICKED UP KEN AND BOTH WERE EXCITED......THANK GOODNESS I AM TAKING MY GOOD FRIEND TO LUNCH FOR HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW AND IN THE EVENNG GOING TO A PLAY WITH MY NEPHEW......OR IT WOULD BE ANOTHER LONESOME TIME......TOMORROW WILL BE "SATURDAYLICIOUS' DAY."

YES, I KNOW IT IS UP TO ME TO CHOOSE HOW I DEAL WITH SINGLENESS........

ONE STEP AT A TIME LEAVES YOU TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.......

TO A NEW DAY......TO A NEW PLACE.......TO A NEW YOU.

AND NO MATTER HOW SMALL THESE STEPS ARE, NO MATTER HOW FAR OUT OF THE WAY THEY MAY LEAD YOU, NO MATTER HOW LOST YOU MAY FEEL SOMETIMES, KNOW THAT IT WILL MAKE YOU INTO A STRONGER  AND HAPPIER YOU........

AND I COULD DRIVE THROUGH THE GRAVE YARDS LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS PUT ON ALL THE GRAVES BY THEIR LOVED ONES.  WISH I WAS WHERE I COULD PUT FLOWERS ON MY LOVED ONES GRAVES.....I WILL BE THINKING OF THEM THIS WEEKEND.....

YEA FRIDAY......

THIS IS ASHLYN BRICKFIELD......

SHE JUST GRADUATED TO BE A NURSE....

SHE AND ALEX ARE GETTING MARRIED 28TH OF JULY.....

SHE WAS BABY SITTING ALEX'S TWO DOGS AND FOUND OUT ONE HAD JUST HAD SEVEN PUPPIES......HELP!  SHE CALLED SHERRIE AND THE FUN HAS BEGUN....ASHLYN, YOU HAVE MANY MORE SURPRISES AHEAD OF YOU.

TOMORROW TAKING PATTY TO LUNCH FOR HER BIRTHDAY AND OFF TO DINNER AND A PLAY WITH MIKE IN THE EVENING.....SUNDAY CHURCH DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY WILL PROBABLY TAKE IN A MOVIE......

THE WHOLE PANNIER FAMILY ARE IN ISLAND PARK FOR THE HOLIDAY AND THE CHRISTENSONS ARE IN VERNAL......SOOOOO!

THREE IN A BED.....

THREE IN A BED......

GRAND AND GRANDPA HAD THEIR HANDS FULL LAST WEEKEND.   AARON AND WILL'S TWO DOGS.....KID NO PROBLEM......DOGS YES!

PAM SENT THIS PICTURE AARON IN THE MIDDLE WITH POOR BREE BEING HELD DOWN.....SHE DID NOT WANT TO SLEEP THERE......AND THE EVER PRESENT GIRAFFE!  YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE WORD "HELP" IN BREE'S EYES!

LAST WEEK FLEW BY......COFFEE MONDAY AT PATTY'S......I WENT TO A MOVIE TUESDAY (FIVE DOLLAR DAY).....WEDNESDAY WAS DOMINOS GROUP AND THURSDAY COFFEE WITH CLEON.....GETTING KEN READY TO GO HOME FOR THE LONG MEMORIAL WEEKEND......NEXT WEEK LOOKS JUST AS BUSY.

HARRY and Megan.......

WELL THE WAIT IS OVER ..HARRY AND MEGAN WERE MARRIED SATURDAY THE 12TH.........

I DO HOPE HARRY HAS FOUND THE ONE TO MAKE HIM HAPPY....HE WAS A 9 YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY WHEN PRINCESS DIANA WAS KILLED......AND HAS SEEMED TO BE SO LOST THESE LAST YEARS.....SHE IS 36.....HE IS 33.  SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED ONCE BEFORE AND IS BI-RACIAL.....BUT LOVE IS LOVE!...WE WILL BE WATCHING THE FAIRY TALE MARRIAGE.

TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY......

 WAITING FOR A PICTURE OF  PRINCE HARRY AND HIS BRIDE.......
TOMORROW IS THE BIG WEDDING DAY AND THAT IS ALL THAT IS ON TV TODAY,
LOVE ENGLAND AND EVERYONE IN THEIR CRAZY HATS.....PRINCE CHARLES IS WALKING THE BRIDE DOWN THE ISLE AS HER FATHER IS TOO SICK TO FLY TO LONDON....HER MOTHER IS THE ONLY ONE OF HER RELATIVES ATTENDING THE WEDDING......UNLESS HER HALF SISTER CRASHES IT!!!!!  I GUESS IT IS A TYPICAL WEDDING IN SOME RESPECTS......ALWAYS THOSE WHO INTERFER.......MAYBE TOMORROW A PICTURE.

I DON'T DOUBT.......

I HAVE BEEN THINKING......IT WAS MY PARENTS WHO MADE ME A STRONG AND SELF-CONFIDENT PERSON.......MY HUSBAND DID EVERY THING HE COULD TO RUIN THAT IN ME......BUT MY CHILDREN WERE THE ONES WHO MADE ME EVEN STRONGER!

I SAW THIS ON FACE BOOK......THINK ABOUT IT?

"I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND IN THIS LIFE WE ARE EITHER PROGRESSING OR RE-GRESSING.....WE ARE EITHER GOING TOWARDS GOD OR AWAY FROM HIM, TOWARDS OUR GOALS OR AWAY FROM THEM, TOWARDS THE BEST VERSON OF OURSELF OR AWAY FROM IT?  BUT REGARDLESS WE AT ALL TIMES "BECOMING" SOMEONE.....GOOD OR BAD.....HAPPY OR SAD..WE GET TO DECIDE......WHAT WE WILL BECOME BASED ON OUR FOCUS AND THE THOUGHTS AND ENERGY (or lack of) WE PUT INTO IT....."

TO ALL WOMEN OUT THERE.....DON'T GIVE YOUR POWER AWAY TO ANYONE....STAY STRONG AND IN CHARGE OF YOURSELF........

GETTING IN GEAR......

Well ....another week has slipped by......Seems yesterday was Monday and Patty calling to see if she could come over for coffee......after all I had been gone a week or so and we had a lot to catch up on......

Monday was also Dentist day.....had a tooth refilled.......

Tuesday was Dermatologists day...... good for 3 months......

Wednesday, PAM wanted me to baby sit the house while the cleaning ladies were there...8:30 up and going.

Thursday......off to buy flowers for the patio.

And here we are Friday already......think I will probably have Ken for the weekend.  I got the stuff out to start Tiffany a quilt for her birthday next month.....Do the grandkids ever stop requesting "blankies"....she is 36 and I have made her lots of them over the years......

Still working on the patio......and my front porch turned out "SO GREAT"....black and white with red flowers in pots to accent it......

Suppose to be cold and cloudy for the weekend.....and no church this Sunday.

CHRISZTENSON'S IN CANCUN.....

THIS IS THE CHRISTENSON'S AT THE RESORT RIVERIA MAYAN........THE WEEK BEFORE MY VACATION BEGAN......BRAYDEN AND LIBBY......KEN AND ALEX....SHERRIE AND DARREN.......ASHLYN COULD NOT GO....SHE HAD TO STAY HOME AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE...... AND GET ENGAGED......THEY WERE ALL THERE WITH THE BAINS AND THE ROTARY TO GET JAMISONS EAGLE AT ONE OF THEIR SCHOOLS,,,,THANKS YOU GUYS FOR SHARING WITH LES, TAM AND I.........I HAVE THE GREATEST FAMILY!

SPEAKING OF VACATIONS.............

EVRYTIME I THINK I AM....."DONEROVEN"....I PACK UP AND OFF I GO!!!!
SHERRIE HAD AN EXTRA WEEK ON HER TIME SHARE AND FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND MOTHER'S DAY.....SHE OFFERED ME A WEEK IN CANCUN,MEXICO......I HAD A NEW PASSPORT.....SO OFF I WENT.  MY SISTER LESLIE AND NIECE TAM STAYLEY WERE ALSO INVITED.......
IT WAS  A FABULOUS  RESORT....TURNED DOWN BEDS EVERY NIGHT, IT WAS HUGE AND WE DID SOMJE WALKING.....THE SCENEY AND GREENERY WAS SO TOPI CAL WITH AGUANAS HERE AND THERE.
WE HAD A BIG BED AND A SWIMMING POOL ON THE PATIO......WHICH LESLIE DID A SWAN DIVE (KINDA) IN........I NEVER GOT IN......THE SWMMING POOL WAS HUMUNGUS.....WELL YOU JUST HAD TO SEE IT TO BELEIVE IT....
SPENT THREE DAYS SHOPPING ONE AT THE MARKET IN CANCUN WITH BRAYDEN AND TWO IN CARMAN DEL PLAYA TO GET MEDICINE AND HAD LUNCH AT A FUN. RESTORANT WE LIKED......THEN THREE DAYS AT THE POOL.
OUR EVENINGS WERE SPENT IN HOT GAMES OF "WIZZARD"........WE LAUGHED A LOT AND ATE AND DID OUR OWN THING WHEN WE WANTED.....THE BEST OF THE BEST VACATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE  LOVE.  WISH I HAD PICTURES BUT MAYBE LATER......

GIRLS WEEK END.....

THESE ARE MINE......

PAM ARRANGED A GIRL'S WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS FOR HER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS......SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS......ON THE LIST OF "TO DO.S" WAS FIND A DRESS FOR WILL'S WEDDING IN SEPTEMBER......PAM IS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND TIFFFANY MY OLDEST GRANDCHILD......WITH NICCI NEXT.   I AM SO PROUD OF YOU THREE.......

THANKS ROB FOR TENDING GIGI......WHILE I VACATIONED IN CANCUN?????

NOW TO CATCH UP........

WELL, THAT IS ONE WAY TO ANNOUNCE YOUR ENGAGEMENT!!!!

ASHLYN GRADUATED AND ALEX GAVE HER AN ENGAGEMENT RING.......SHE IS A GREAT GAL AND WE ARE ALL EXCITED FOR THEM.......AND OH YES,  THE DIAMOND WAS ONE I WORE FOR 30 YEARS........THEY HAVE BEEN GOING TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BIG DAY WILL BE.........I LOVE YOU GUYS.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY YA ALL......

NOTHING I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY 86 YEARS COMPARES TO BEING A MOTHER.......I  CAN'T EVEN THINK OF THE WORDS THAT WOULD DESCRIBE THE CHALLENGE A "GOOD" MOM HAS IN RAISING HER KIDS.....NO, I AM NOT PERFECT......BUT I HAVE ALWYAS DONE THE BEST I COULD AND NEVER FOR ONE MINUTE STOPPED LOVING MY KIDS.  I HAVE HAD A GOOD MOTHER'S DAY.......CHURCH......LUNCH WITH MY SWEET NEPHEW MIKE.....A CALL FROM SHERRIE AND A CALL FROM ALEX AND ASHLYN.....FLOWERS AND A CARD FROM THE COOKS AND RED ROSES FROM DARREN......MY FLOWER GUY.....I WOULD SO MUCH RATHER GET FLOWERS WHILE I AM ALIVE......SO I CAN ENJOY THEM.....NOT WHEN I AM DEAD......YES..........THERE IS A PIECE OF MY HEART ACHING TODAY.....BUT I KNOW THERE MUST BE OTHER MOMS IN  THE SAME BOAT.....AND I TRULY BELIIEVE....WHAT GOES ROUND, COMES ROUND.

"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY"