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......

NEVER TO LATE........

INTERESTING.......HOW AT 61 YOU FIND A REWARDING JOB?

MY SWEET SON-IN-LAW ROB WENT TO WORK FOR AMAZON A FEW WEEKS AGO TO HELP DETER THE HORRIBLE HEALTH INSURANCE HE WAS PAYING....IN SIX WEEKS HE HAD ADVANCED TO A LEVEL 3 AND LOVING HIS JOB......HE IS FUN AND FRIENDLY AND MAKES EVERYONE SMILE AND HI-FIVE.......

HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK HARD AT  CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS ONLY TO FIND IT IS LEANING AGAINST THE WRONG WALL???

LEADERSHIPS FIRST CREATION....MANAGEMENT......

SECOND CREATION......... MANAGEMENT IS DOING THINGS RIGHT......

LEADERSHIP IS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND MANAGEMENT IS EFFICIENCY......IN   CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS......LEADERSHIP DETERMINES WHETHER THE LADDER IS LEANING AGAINST THE RIGHT WALL.....???

TALKED TO BEST FRIEND PATTY AND SHE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL A COUPLE OF DAYS....DID I GET LEISA'S TEXT????IS SHE KIDDING?????I NEVER READ A TEXT!. I WISH PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE I AM STILL IN THE STONE AGE!!!!  PHONE OR WRITE ME A LETTER IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH ME!!!!

I

BEST OF PLANS.......

WE I KINDA HAD MY SATURDAY PLANNED......SLEEP IN!  BREAKFAST.....SHOWER AND WASH MY HAIR....... AND GET KEN TO HELP TRIM THE FLOWERS, PLANT SOME BULBS AND COVER THE THE PATIO FURNITURE.....THEN I WILL BE READY FOR BAD WEATHER WHICH THEY FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY.......

I SLEPT IN TILL 8:00 AND WAS JUST HANGING OUT TILL I SHOWERED AND WASHED MY HAIR FOR CHURCH.....WHEN SHERRIE CALLED AND SAID YOU ARE GOING TO A MOVIE AT 10:20 WITH US!!!! NOT IN MY PLANS!!!  BUT.....I GOT DRESSED AND LOADED KEN AND WE MET THE WHOLE FAMILY......IT WAS MR BEAN IN JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN.....WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED......SOME TIMES YOU REALIZE YOUR PLANS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST.....AND JUST HANGING OUT WITH YOUR KIDS IS LOST MORE FUN AND IMPORTANT THAN TRIMMING DOWN A BUNCH OF DEAD OLD PLANTS!!!!!  I DID COME HOME AND WASH MY HAIR WHILE THEY WENT TO A "SNOWMOBILE" SHOW ACROSS THE STREET......

AM I DUNN ROVIN?

JUST WHEN I THINK I AM DUNN ROVIN.......I REALIZE I AM STILL AT IT!

AS THIS YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE I LOOK BACK AND REALIZE I AM STILL PACKING MY BAGS AND HITTING THE ROAD NOW AND THEN......

IN MAY I WENT TO CANCUN MEXICO FOR A WEEK WITH LES, SHERRIE AND TAMMIE....HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.....

IN JUNE TIFFANY AND HER FAMILY AND I WENT TO ISLAND PARK, IDAHO FOR A FOUR DAY RETREAT AND CELEBRATED HER AND ROB'S BIRTHDAY AND FATHER'S DAY.......AND SOME BIG DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION THING IN A TENT??

IN JULY.....TIFF, AARON AND I DROVE TO VERNAL FOR A LONG WEEKEND TO HELP SHERRIE GET READY FOR ALEX'S WEDDING IN THE BACK YARD.

IN SEPTEMBER I SPENT THREE NIGHTS IN PARK CITY CELEBRATING WILLIAM'S WEDDING WITH THE PANNIER FAMILY.....

IN OCTOBER......PACKED MY BAGS FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AT THE CHRISTENSON'S CABIN IN PARK CITY OVER CONFERENCE AND CELEBRATED DARREN'S BIRTHDAY..

ONLY DIFFERENCE I GUESS IS......THESE TRIPS DON'T NEED A PASSPORT....ONLY THE MEXICO ONE....  SO BRING ON THIS ROVIN STUFF........

RICH OR NOT RICH????

OK I HAVE BEEN THINKING????......YES, I DO SOMETIMES........AM I RICH OR NOT RICH???

YEP, I AM REALLY RICH.......I HAVE MY HEALTH, RAISED NICE KIDS AND HAD A WONDERFUL FAMILY GROWING UP.....I GOT UP AND WENT TO CHURCH THIS MORNING.......AND THE STRANGEST GUY CAME IN LATE AND SAT BY ME....HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART INDIAN AND HIS NAME WAS TYSON!!! HE HAD ON A WILD PRINTED SHIRT AND SHORTS AND KEPT WANTING TO RAISE HIS HAND AND ASK A QUESTION OF THE SPEAKER ON THE PROGRAM......I TOLD HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR CLASS.....NOW AND THEN HE WOULD PUT HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND .....I THINK PRAY????? AND HE TOLD ME HE NEEDED HELP......I GOT A BIG HUG AFTER CHURCH AND TOLD HIM WHERE CLASS WAS......WHY DID THIS HAPPEN????  HALF THE TIME I DON'T GO TO CHURCH ......BUT TODAY WE BOTH DID?

RICH TO SOME PEOPLE IS DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TO OTHERS......YES, WE NEED MONEY TO PAY OUR BILLS AND FEED OURSELVES......BUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS "ENOUGH?"  AGAIN.....WE EACH HAVE OUR PRIORITIES.

BEAUTIFUL OCTOBER DAY.....

HALLOWEEN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.....AND I WENT AND BOUGHT A TON OF CANDY TODAY....I BOUGHT THE KIND I LIKE......THEN IF ANY IS LEFT I CAN ENJOY IT!!!  WE ARE HAVING GREAT WEATHER....BEEN PULLING UP THE SUMMER FLOWERS AND PLANTING A FEW BULBS.......KNOWING WINTER ISN'T FAR BEHIND.
KEN HERE FOR THE WEEKEND.....SO HE HAS BEEN GOOD HELP.....MIKE CAME AND ATE DINNER WITH KEN AND I LAST NIGHT BEFORE HIS PLAY PRACTICE......WE HAD A GOOD VISIT....LUCILLE JUST CALLED AND SHE WAS BORED AS GENE WAS WATCHING THE U GAME AND SHE HATES FOOTBALL!!!!  GUESS I WILL GO TO CHURCH TOMORROW AND THEN HAVE DOMINO'S MONDAY AND BRIDGE WEDNESDAY......SO BUSY WEEK AHEAD.
THE STORES SEEM TO THINK WE SHOULD BE EATING THANKSGIVING TURKEY AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES...I AM SO CONFUSED WHEN I WALK INTO THE STORES......I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOLIDAY TO GET EXCITED ABOUT......OF COURSE AT 86......LOTS OF THINGS ARE A LITTLE CONFUSING?????HA

ONCE UPON A TIME........

ONCE UPON A TIME......A LONG TIME AGO......THESE TWO DARLING KIDS WERE MY BEST FRIENDS....BUT THINGS CHANGE! THE CUTE BLOND BOY JUST TURNED 17.......AND IS NOW A TALL, GORGEOUS BOY WITH  A HEAD OF BLOND HAIR AND STILL HAS THE GREAT SMILE.....SCOTTIE TURNED 17 YESTERDAY AND I ALL I CAN SAY IS ..."HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BOY!"......IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS I DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW PICTURES OF SCOTT......

COUNTING DOWN.......

I GUESS WE WILL TRY AND SQUEEZE IN HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING BEFORE THIS HAPPENS......I DO HAVE MOST MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE, BUT THEN THERE IS WRAPPING, DECORATING AND FINISHING UP SO MANY LITTLE THINGS.....LIKE MAKING OUT YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST!

THIS BEING THURSDAY IT WAS BREAKFAST OUT FOR KEN AND I .......THEN OFF TO WALMART......I NEVER NEED ANYTHING BUT SOMEHOW END UP WITH A BASKET FULL.....BUT SHOPPING MAKES ME HAPPY......BUT TO BE HAPPY SAY "JUST FOR TODAY......JUST FOR TODAY I WILL SET ASIDE MY WORRIES......JUST FOR TODAY IGNORE ANY SELF DOUBT, REFUSE TO GIVE STRESS YOUR BEST......SOON HAPPINESS WILL BE A HABIT YOU ENJOY......

WENT TO  BRIDGE YESTERDAY........TOOK DINNER TO HILLS AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS CAME BY FOR AN HOUR......TODAY PAM BROUGHT DARREN'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT BY AND WE HAD A GOOD VISIT.  TUESDAY SHERRIE BROUGHT LUNCH OVER AND WE GOT IN A GOOD VISIT....LOVE MY GIRLS

JUST THINKING.......

THIS HOLIDAY TOWEL KINDA TELLS IT ALL.....I HAVE A BROOM HANDY!!!
ALSO I WAS THINKING......YES I DO SOMETIMES......DUE TO THE SAD STATE OF MY SEX LIFE......I HAVE DECIDED TO CONVERT TO ISLAM......MY NEW NAME IS  "SELDOM BIN LAID?"  CAN'T YOU SEE THAT ON MY RETURN ADDRESS SLIPS FOR ALL MY BILLS?  SOME TIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX!!!!!!
TALKED TO LESLIE AND SHE HAS FOUND A NEW CONNECTION FOR MARIJUANA IN NEVADA.......I THINK I WILL BE MAKING A TRIP TO MESQUITE SOON!!!!  I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT HER LEG AND DON'T TRUST HER DOCTOR!!!!
SHERRIE COMING TO TOWN TOMORROW TO GO THROUGH THE SLC TEMPLE WITH OLD SCHOOL FRIEND.....HOPE TO GO TO LUNCH WITH HER...KEN DOESN'T HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW......SO WE CAN SLEEP IN!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN....52

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN......52 YEARS....YOUR OVER HALF WAY THROUGH YOUR LIFE.....CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE CABIN CONFERENCE WEEKEND....I AM NOT SURE MACY WAS TOO EXCITED ABOUT IT......IT WAS  A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY.....LEAVES OF EVERY COLOR....LOVE YOU GUYS AND THOSE THREE WONDERFUL GRANDSONS YOU HAVE GIVEN ME....WISHING YOU MANY MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAYS.

SIGNS SUMMER ENDING....

NOT SO MANY FISHING TRIPS......SOUNDS OF LAWN MOWERS OR GOOD FLEA MARKETS AND GARAGE SALES END......(IN UTAH)....THESE ARE DEFINITE SIGNS SUMMER IS OVER,,,,,,,I LOVE SUMMER BECAUSE I AM  HOOKED ON GARAGE SALES AND GOOD BARGAINS.....I COULD POINT TO MANY TREASURES IN MY HOUSE I PICKED UP AT A GARAGE SALE IN THE PAST......

WANDERING THROUGH THOSE EPHEMERA STUFFED BOOTHS GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY  ARCHAEOLOGIST, SOCIOLOGIST, REPORTER AND CONNOISSEUR.  AS YOU TRY ON FEATHERED HATS YOU IMAGINE

  THE LIVES OFF THE PEOPLE IN THE SEPIA PHOTOS PLACED AROUND.....ASK THE VENDOR TO TELL YOU THE STORY BEHIND THAT CREEPY-EYED BISQUE-HEAD DOLL.
I HAVE GOTTEN  A BARGAIN ON MANY BIZARRE OBJECTS I BRING HOME ON A WEEKEND TO CHERISH.
I HAVE CONVERTED SOME FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO GARAGE SALES......BUT GOING ALONE HAS IT'S ADVANTAGES......ALREADY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SUMMER AND MORE GREAT BARGAINS.

GRATITUDE....WHO OR WHAT....

HALLOWEEN......EVERYWHERE

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR......AND GRATITUDE IS NOT JUST A CONCEPT WE SHOULD VISIT ANNUALLY OVER OUR THANKSGIVING TURKEY......IT IS A MINDSET THAT HAS BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY SHOWN TO HELP NOURISH BODY AND MIND.......IMPROVING OUR SLEEP, EASING DEPRESSION, BOOSTING IMMUNITY, AND LOWERING STRESS,.....GOOD NEWS, YOU CAN GIVE THANKS ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME.....LIKE IN ANGKOR WATT OR IN YOUR BACK YARD WATCHING A LITTLE HUMMING BIRD ENJOY HIS DINNER AT YOUR FEEDER......NO MATTER THE SIZE, SHAPE OR OCCASION, ANY BIT OF THANKFULNESS IS GUARANTEED TO DO YOU SOME GOOD....

ANOTHER WEEKEND HAS ALMOST SLIPPED BY....IT IS COLD AND WINDY TODAY,,, PAM CAME BY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS....JUST TO VISIT.   I LOVE IT WHEN THE KIDS "JUST" .....DROP BY.....DON'T WANT OR NEED ANYTHING....JUST SEE ME. TALKED TO LES AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT HER LEG.....SHE NEEDS TO SEE THE DOCTOR SOON.

KEEPING UP WITH KEN.....

LEGO'S ARE KEN'S PASSION.......

HERE IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SAMPLES.....HE COULD SPEND HOURS PLAYING WITH HIS LEGO'S.....AND DOES.   MY BASEMENT IS COVERED WITH HIS TREASURES.....KEN IS DOING GOOD AT UVU AND WE HAVE A NEW TRADITION....HE DOES NOT HAVE SCHOOL ON TUESDAYS OR THURSDAYS......SO TUESDAY HE HELPS HIS FAMILY AT THE CAR AUCTION AND ON THURSDAY MORNINGS WE GO TO BREAKFAST SOMEWHERE.  WE TAKE TURNS PAYING AND WHOEVER PAYS CHOOSES THE PLACE......SOME FAVORITES ARE IHOP, DENNY'S, VILLAGE INN AND BELGIUM WAFFLE....AND WE WILL BE CHECKING OUT OTHERS!

A FRIDAY HUG......

I AM SENDING OUT A BIG HUG TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE WORKED FOR ALL THEIR LIVES......FROM THAT AWFUL HURRICANE MICHAEL.......WE ARE SO LUCKY IN THE WEST....YES, WE GET FIRES AND FLOODING SOMETIMES......BUT MY HEART BREAKS FOR THOSE WHO JUST RODE OUT THAT STORM......AND HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.  TONIGHT I HAVE A ROOF OVER MY HEAD....ELECTRICITY AND ENOUGH TO EAT.....HOW RICH I AM!!!!

ANOTHER WEEKEND UPON US....KEN WENT TO VERNAL TO ATTEND A WEDDING TONIGHT......I HAVE A FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR A DEAR NEIGHBOR'S HUSBAND....GENE DENVANPORT.....AND CHURCH SUNDAY.

RICHIE ROO

YES......THIS IS MY THIRD GRANDSON.....RICHARD BENJAMIN COOK......IN COSTA RICO LAST WEEK......JUST HANGING OUT?  WHY DO CHILDREN NOT VALUE LIFE AT 24???  I KEEP SEEING PICTURES LIKE THIS AS HE INVESTIGATES THE WORLD AND HIS POWERS......MAYBE IT IS PARTLY MY FAULT BECAUSE JUST THE OTHER DAY I WROTE HIM A NOTE AND SAID......."YOU ONLY GO THROUGH LIFE ONCE.....BUT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT......ONCE IS ENOUGH!".....I LOVE HIS SPIRIT.....AND HIM.

EIGHT YEARS AGO.......

TIFFANY AND SCOTT HORTIN

EIGHT YEARS AGO MY FIRST GRANDCHILD GOT MARRIED......THE WHOLE FAMILY ENJOYED THE CELEBRATION AT THE SALT LAKE COUNTRY CLUB......FLOWERS, MUSIC, GOOD FOOD AND FAMILY.  IN THE LAST 8 YEARS MY FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS FAMILY.....FOUR YEAR OLD AARON!  SO PROUD OF YOU TIFF AND CONGRATULATIONS!

GET USE TO IT.... PART.ONE

MY ADVICE TO ALL WOMEN.....BE READY......AND GET USE TO IT!

THIS WEEK TWO OF MY DEAR FRIENDS LOST THEIR HUSBANDS....IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO GET USE TO IT .....LIVING ALONE....GOING PLACES ALONE....MAKING DECISIONS ALONE.....BUT WE ARE SMART AND STRONG AND HANDLE IT! I HAVE TWO OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE THEIR HUSBANDS CARE TAKERS......AND STRUGGLING  TO STAY SANE.....

YOU NOW HAVE A NEW "AGENDA".......AS IN YOURS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS!

NOW YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.....WHENEVER YOU WANT.....WHEREVER YOU WANT....NO ONE TO JUDGE YOU FOR SLEEPING TILL NOON OR SPENDING TO MUCH MONEY ON SHOES.....

DINNING ALONE????  WHY NOT?? SITTING BY YOURSELF IN A RESTAURANT DOESN'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE STARING IN YOUR OWN ONE-WOMAN SHOW....."FRIENDLESS LOSER"......TAKE  A BOOK, A JOURNAL, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR...ENJOY THE PEACE AND QUIET OF JUST YOU..

TO CARE.....OR NOT TO CARE!.

IS IT JUST ME .....OR DOES EVERY ONE WHO HITS 80.....JUST DON'T 'FEEL I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TODAY'S FASHION.  IF I FIND A NICE COMFORTABLE OUTFIT THE FIRST OF THE WEEK????? WHY NOT WEAR IT EVERY DAY THE REST OF THE WEEK....CLEAN UNDIES AND A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT COVERS YOUR WEEK!!! AND DOES'T TAKE UP TO MUCH TIME OR EFFORT.....OF COURSE IF IT'S BRIDGE DAY OR A SPECIAL LUNCHEON THEN YOU TRY TO GUSSY UP A LITTLE!!!  I SAY THIS CHIC HAS IT!

GOT MY NEW FENCE DONE YESTERDAY AND GIGI THINKS THE BACK YARD IS HEAVEN NOW.....PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE, I TURNED ON MERTLE AND DID A FEW ODDS AND ENDS....BUT NOT MUCH GOT DONE HERE.  THE WHOLE WEEK LOOKS PRETTY QUIET.....TWO GOOD FRIENDS BOTH LOST THEIR HUSBANDS THIS WEEK...I GUESS IT IS THE AGE WE ALL START GOING! BETTY BARLOW WHO I HAVE PLAYED BRIDGE WITH FOR YEARS AND A SWEET NEIGHBOR......VIVE ANN DAVENPORT. KEN WENT AND HELPED HIS DAD AND BROTHERS AT THE AUCTION TODAY....HE LOVES BEING INCLUDED.

FINALLY SOME DAUGHTERS------IN-LAW

OH THESE COMPUTERS......I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THE TOP PICTURE????
BUT THE BOTTOM ONE IS SHERRIE WITH LIBBY AND ASHLYN.....HER GIRLS.  THEY ARE FUN AND FRIENDLY AND LOVE HER BOYS......SO IMPORTANT!  LIBBY ON THE RIGHT IS GOING TO UVU TO BECOME A SCHOOL TEACHER.....SHE WENT ON A CHURCH MISSION TO MALAYSIA......ASHLYN WENT TO LOGAN TWO YEARS AND IS A YEAR AWAY FROM BEING A RN.....SHE IS WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL IN VERNAL.....I LOVE THEM TOO AND SO GLAD THEY ARE IN OUR FAMILY.......

TIME DOES PASS......

A GREAT WEEKEND WITH THESE THREE GRANDSONS.......

ALEX 25.....KEN 20......BRAYDEN 23

I KNOW THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME AND ARE TELLING ME THEY LOVE ME A LOT......

DARREN AND SHERRIE HAVE TAUGHT THEM THE MEANING OF WORK....THEY ALL THREE HAVE THEIR EAGLES AND ALL HAVE COMPLETED A TWO YEAR MISSION FOR THE CHURCH........ALEX AND BRAYDEN ARE BOTH MARRIED TO DARLING GIRLS FROM VERNAL SO THEY HAVE ALL KNOWN EACH OTHER AND THEIR FAMLIES.  THEY MAKE THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRAM VERY PROUD.....

MONDAY----FUN DAY.....

WITH HALLOWEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF.....YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE CARTOONS POPPING UP!.....IT'S HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS EVERY WHERE...BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE THE 4TH OF JULY IT SEEMS.....AND CHRISTMAS IS TAKING THEIR PLACE ALREADY.........

TODAY IS ...."NEW FENCE DAY"......AT MY HOUSE.    THE HOA LET US FENCE TO THE BACK FENCE INSTEAD THE BACK OF MY PATIO.....SO I JUMPED ON IT.....GIGI WILL LOVE THE EXTRA SPACE AND I WILL ENJOY THE EXTRA SECURITY OF LOCKING MY GATE....AND THE PRIVACY OF THE BACK YARD.....NEIGHBORS ON EACH SIDE ARE FENCED.'

TALKED TO LES TODAY AND SHE ISN'T  DOING TO GOOD ......HER LEGS ARE GIVING HER A FIT.....WORRIED ABOUT INFECTION......PAM TOLD ME YESTERDAY SHE HAS TO HAVE ANOTHER FOOT OPERATION THE END OF THE MONTH....A TORN LIGAMENT IN HER FOOT.....BACK TO THE SCOOTER?????

CONFERENCE WEEKEND.......

I SPENT CONFERENCE WEEKEND AT THE CHRISTENSON'S CABIN IN PARK CITY WITH THIS GREAT BUNCH........WHEN WE WENT UP IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY AND THE TRIP WAS GREAT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS.....YELLOW, ORANGE, RED ALL MIXED WITH THE DIFFERENT GREENS......BUT SUNDAY AFTER NOON WE DROVE OUT IN 6 INCHES OF SNOW!!!!!  I TOOK THE FAMILY PICTURES FOR THEM BEFORE  THE SNOW THANK GOODNESS.....SUCH A FUN FAMILY,,,,,,GOOD FOOD, GAMES AND WE WATCHED CONFERENCE.  THE PROPHET HAD GOOD NEWS....CHURCH NOW 2 HOURS INSTEAD OF 3 EACH WEEK....WE NO LONGER USE THE TERM...."MORMON"...WE ARE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND THE CHOIR IS NOW THE 

TABERNACLE CHOIR OF SALT LAKE CITY...???  I LIKE THIS PROPHET!

BRAYDEN, LIBBY, DARREN, SHERRIE, KEN, ASHLYN, ALEX

WELCOME OCTOBER......

I THANK GOD FOR EVERY NEW DAY AND EVERY NEW MONTH......OCTOBER IS SO BRIGHT WITH IT'S MAGIC COLORS AND HALLOWEEN AROUND THE CORNER....PUT A COUPLE OF PUMPKINS OUT AND DID SOME FUN DECORATING.....STARTED OUT WARM AND BEAUTIFUL BUT COLD AND RAINY TODAY......SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR OUR NEW WARD MEETING.....OUR WARD WAS DI SOLVED AND WE WERE PUT INTO ANOTHER.....I FELT OK ABOUT THE NEW BISHOPRIC AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING SOME NEW FRIENDS.
MONDAY LUNCH WITH PAM AND SHOPPING AT CHINA CITY.
TUESDAY CHORES.....AND A FLU SHOT.......AND A HOA MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.....COFFEE WITH PATTY AND CHORES.....
THURSDAY.....BREAKFAST WITH KEN.....SHOPPED AND WENT TO DO MINOS.
TOMORROW OFF TO CHRISTENSON'S CABIN IN PARK CITY FOR THE WEEKEND OF CONFERENCE AND CELEBRATE DARREN'S 51 BIRTHDAY.....ALL THE KIDS WILL BE WITH US!!! AND ANOTHER WEEK SLIDES BY......
EITHER TIME IS GOING FASTER.....OR I AM GETTING SLOWER......OR BOTH???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCI......

WELL AS USUAL A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE.....NICCI HAD A BIRTHDAY THE 2ND.......I DIDN'T FORGET......JUST SLOW ON THE BLOGGING.  A HAPPY BUSY GIRL SINCE SHE WAS LITTLE.......WORKS HARD TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST......IN ALL SHE DOES.   SHE TAKES AFTER HER GRAM WHEN IT COME O LIKING CLOTHES, JEWELRY AND SHOPPING.......AND TRAVEL.  SHE WORKS FOR AMAZON IN SEATTLE AND HAS A DARLING HUSBAND....BILL AND A CUTE DOG OLLIE.  A LATE HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIC.