A WORLD OF HATE......

WELL.....ANOTHER WEEK HAS SLIPPED BY AND APRIL IS BREATHING DOWN OUR NECKS.......
AN INTERESTING SUBJECT AT BRIDGE YESTERDAY WAS.....HOW WE ARE LIVING IN A "WORLD OF HATE"......NEIGHBORS....FAMILIES.....RACES......RELIGION.....CONGRESS AND EVERY ONE WHO RUNS OUR WORLD!!!!  WHY?  DR. WAYNE W. DYER WROTE A QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT....."WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR KIND,....CHOOSE KIND"  DOES THIS APPLY TO YOUR LIFE?  WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YES....IF EVERYONE CHOOSE KIND.....MAYBE WORLDS, FAMILIES, AND WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF.  THIS PRECEPT DOES HAVE TWO SIDES.....NOT JUST THE WORDS RIGHT OR KIND.....BUT CHOOSE!!!!  I CAN SEE BACKING DOWN TO A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND IF I FELT MY CHOICE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THEIRS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN A RELATIONSHIP......FOR IT.....OR ABORTIONS ETC.....AND I ADMIRE THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE.....BUT WE ALL HAVE THE "CHOICE"....RIGHT OR WRONG......TO CHOOSE.
YES, I....WE.....CAN FEEL THE HATE RADIATING FROM THE TV....I PADS...FACEBOOK....FRIENDS AND ALL AROUND US......AND SO CAN GOD.....IN MY FAMILY IT HAS REARED IT'S UGLY FACE AND IT HURTS.....MANY OF US.  SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL THINK BEFORE WE CHOOSE.  BEFORE YOU CHOOSE....DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

REMEMBERING.................

TUACAHN.....A SPECIAL PLACE FOR A SPECIAL REASON...........

LUCILLE CALLED ME YESTERDAY AND SAID I HAD TO WATCH CHANNEL 7 AT 8 AND I WOULD SEE MY SISTER IN ACTION......

WELL I DID.....AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS MY SISTER'S SON RYAN FRONT AND CENTER IN THIS DIOLOGUE OF TUACAHN AND WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT A PLAY TOGETHER......LONG HOURS AND HARD WORK......WHICH IS IN IVANS, UTAH.

JOAN PROGRAMED RYAN TO SING AND DANCE AND ENJOY THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.....AND HE HAS DONE VERY WELL AND I AM SURE SHE IS LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE VERY PROUD OF HIM......HE IS A TALL, DARK HANDSOME BOY AND ONE OF THE BIG WIGS OF TUACAHN.........PART OF THE PROGRAM HE WAS CLEAN SHAVED AND PART HE WAS WEARING A BEARD.....HE IS DEFINITELY A YEOMANS......

THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED...."THE MIRACLE OF PADRE CANYON".....HOW THIS MAN HAD A DREAM...BUT AT FIRST NO WATER UP THERE...BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP AND WATER WAS DISCOVERED AND HE WORKED WITH THE MAN WHO HAD THE "FRANKLIN DAYTIMERS".. IN SALT LAKE CITY...BEFORE THE CELL PHONE CAME ALONG.....HE ENDED UP PUTTING THE 23 MILLION DOLLARS IN IT TO GET IT STARTED.........TODAY PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. TO SEE THE PRODUCTIONS......DISNEY LETS THEM HAVE ONE OF THEIRS SHOWS EACH YEAR.....AND RYAN HAS COME A LONG WAYS AND I AM PROUD TO SAY MY NEPHEW DOES A GREAT JOB.....SO SORRY JO ISN'T AROUND TO ENJOY HIS SUCCESS.

AN ORGANIZED ME.....

FACE IT!...SOONER OR LATER YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE MAKING LISTS LIKE MAXINE.......I DO NOW....BUT TRY AND PUT THEM IN NOT SO FIRM A STATEMENTS........I JUST KINDA HINT AROUND ABOUT IT .....OR JUST IGNORE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO.....

BEEN A FUN WEEK ALONE JUST DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO......EATING OFF PAPER PLATES.....SLEEPING IN TILL 8 THIRTY ....GETTING SHOWERED AND DRESSED IF AND WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT.....KEN WILL BE HOME TOMORROW AND BACK TO THE REAL WORLD......HE HAS ABOUT 6 MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL THIS QUARTER AND THEN I AM NOT SURE WHAT HE WILL DO.......?  SHERRIE JUST CALLED AND THEY HAD JUST CROSSED THE BORDER BACK INTO THE U.S. FROM A WEEK IN MEXICO AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE......HOME TOMORROW.

GOT MY EASTER DECORATIONS OUT AND SO WILL LIVE WITH THE BUNNIES AND EASTER EGGS TILL EASTER THE 21ST OF NEXT MONTH......AS I GROW OLDER....I CARE LESS ABOUT HOLIDAYS....BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARY'S, VALENTINE'S DAY ETC.......TO ME EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY AT THIS AGE.....AND I GET EXCITED JUST WAKING UP EVERY MORNING AND BEING ABLE TO STRUGGLE OUT OF BED......YES, I HAVE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY IN A FEW WEEKS...BUT IT WILL BE JUST ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY GOD HAS GIVEN ME......I HOPE!

BEEN THERE.....DONE THAT CONT.

WHERE  AND WHEN DID ALL MY TRAVELING START?

MY FIRST TIME TO USE A "PASSPORT"......I WAS A STEWARDESS AND MY ROOMMATE JEANNIE AND I WENT TO HAVANA, CUBA FOR 10 DAYS.....I GOT THE WORST SUNBURN I HAVE EVER HAD AND CAME HOME THE SAME COLOR AS THE CUBANS....THIS WAS BC...BEFORE CASTRO....WE STAYED IN THE BIG ....NATIONEL HOTEL WHICH LATER BECAME CASTRO'S HEADQUARTERS.....

MY NEXT OUT OF THE COUNTRY TRIP WAS AFTER I GOT MARRIED......DON AND I WENT TO MEXICO CITY.....I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC, LANGUAGE AND SILVER JEWELRY.....WE WENT TO TASCO AND CUERNAVACA AND HAD SOME WONDERFUL MEXICAN DINNERS.....THIS TRIP WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TO MEXICO WHILE I MARRIED AND AFTER I WAS SINGLE.......

MY FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE POND WAS WITH DON.....WE WENT TO EUROPE ON A AIRLINE TOUR.   WE WENT TO PARIS, FRANCE.....ROME, ITALY AND UP TO ONE OF THE FIRST CLUB MEDS IN PALERMO, SICILY.  MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF SICILY WAS A DAY TRIP TO A MT VILLAGE......THEY SAW VERY FEW AMERICANS AND THIS WAS  SPECIAL FOR THEM......THEY LET SCHOOL OUT....KILLED A SHEEP AND WE HAD A BANQUET WITH THEM IN A ROOM ABOVE THE SCHOOL.   IT HAD NO ROADS IN THE VILLAGE AND WAS BUILT ON A HILL FOR PROTECTION......SO WARM AND FRIENDLY.

DON, THE CHILDREN AND I WENT TO EUROPE REGULARLY......AND I CONTINUED VISITING IT AFTER THE DIVORCE.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG.......

WOW......A WHOLE WEEK OF SLEEPING IN TILL EIGHT EVERY MORNING......SURE ENJOYING IT.

KEN WILL BE HOME SUNDAY AND BACK TO THE OLD ROUTINE OF 5 THIRTY AND 6 THIRTY.......FOUR DAYS EACH WEEK.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OFF SPRING......AND TODAY IT HAS BEEN RAINING, CLOUDY AND COLD......BUT I DO HAVE A FEW TULIPS PEEKING OUT.  GOT MY INCOME TAX TURNED IN TODAY......PRETTY GOOD NEWS!......AND A RELIEF FOR ANOTHER YEAR.   WENT TO BRIDGE YESTERDAY......I HAVE SUCH A NICE GROUP OF LADY FRIENDS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ONCE A MONTH.   NO I DIDN'T WIN?  THINK I WILL SLEEP ALL WEEK END......

NORMAL??? OR NOT SO MUCH?

OH YES.....BEEN THERE....DONE THAT.

I HAVE A LITTLE SIGN IN MY HOUSE THAT READS......"REMEMBER.....AS FAR AS EVERYONE KNOWS.....WE ARE A NICE NORMAL FAMILY!"

NORMAL IS ONLY A SETTING ON YOUR WASH MACHINE.....NO SUCH THING AS NORMAL IN THIS LIFE.......

EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF NORMAL......SEEMS A NORMAL FAMILY NOW DAYS..... HAS IT'S SHARE OF DIVORCES.....FAMILY FIGHTS....KIDS SHACKING UP.....OR HAVING BABIES WITHOUT BEING MARRIED....DRUGGIES..... ALCOHOLICS...MOOCHERS.....GAYS AND LESBIANS....OLD PARENTS TO TEND AND  OLDER KIDS TO SUPPORT.

IT IS GETTING EASIER TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS NOW ......AS EVERYONE CAN SAY....THEY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH......

IS IT JUST THIS NEW GENERATION......OR WAS ALL THIS HAPPENING TO MY PARENTS 65 YEARS AGO?  MAYBE I WAS REALLY DUMB WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950......ANYWAY, "SUCK IT CUPCAKE"......ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS!!!! HELPS YOU TO KEEP MOVING ON.......

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY....YA 'ALL

NOT BEING IRISH I HAD A VERY QUIET ST PATTY'S DAY....IN FACT SLEPT IN....WENT TO COSTCO AND GASSED UP....SHOPPED A LITTLE AND HAD A PIECE OF PIZZA FOR LUNCH.....BACK HOME FOR A LITTLE NAP AND PLAN ON GOING TO BED EARLY.   TALKED TO ALEX....SEEMED TODD WAS LEAVING THE MEXICAN HOUSE AND HAD A WRECK....WITH HIS THREE DOGS......GOOFED UP HIS KNEE CAP AND WAS LUCKY TO BE A LIVE.....DARREN....WHO HAD ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY  WITH FAMILY FOR A WEEKS VACATION.......DROVE HIM TO YUMA AND GRANDPA BUD WAS DRIVING DOWN TO BRING HIM HOME.......KIDS!!!...HE IS ABOUT 55 OR SO....DO YOU EVER GET THEM RAISED????

KEN GONE ALL WEEK ON SPRING BREAK FROM COLLEGE......SO I CAN SLEEP IN EVERY DAY AND EAT SCRAMBLED EGGS AND CEREAL EVERY NIGHT....DO HAVE BRIDGE WEDNESDAY AND A RELIEF SOCIETY DINNER TUESDAY NIGHT....AND HOPE TO GET MY TAXES TURNED IN......OR NOT!

ISN'T LIFE WONDERFUL???

FOURTY YEARS AGO TODAY.....

YES.....I KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING 40 YEARS AGO TODAY......

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER.....PAM....MARRIED ROB PANNIER.....A BIG AFFAIR WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THERE TO CELEBRATE.....

SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES THE PAST 40 YEARS.....THREE BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS AND NOW A COUPLE OF GREAT-GRANDKIDS.....THEY ARE VERY GOOD TO ME AND I WISH THEM 40 MORE YEARS!  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU TWO....AND ON ST PATRICK'S DAY.....NO LESS!

BEEN THERE...DONE THAT CONT.

NOW TO FINISH THE RIVER TRIPS.......

4.  AMAZON RIVER.....WENT WITH ANN AND BONNIE......

WE FLEW INTO MANAUS, BRAZIL AND HAD A COUPLE OF FUN DAYS BEFORE THE CRUISE....STAYED IN A TREE-TOP HOTEL......SHOPPED THEIR MARKETS AND HAD A TOUR OF THEIR CITY WITH IT'S FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE.

SAW SO MANY NEW THINGS....HUGE LILLIE PADS.....WHERE THE BLACK WATER AND THE WHITE WATER MEET .....STOPPED AT SEVERAL SMALL VILLAGES AND MINGLED WITH THE NATIVES AND BOUGHT SOUVENIRS......DEVIL'S ISLAND.....A PRISON YEARS AGO.........BACK HOME TO MIAMI.

5.  PANAMA CANAL....TWICE.  ONCE WITH LES AND THE COX'S AND WITH VIRGIE.

SUCH FASCINATING HISTORY IN HOW AND WHY IT WAS BUILT AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THE LOCKS THAT LIFT YOU UP TO THE LAKE TO CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY......

6.  MIDI CANAL......WITH ANN AND HER FAMILY

WE FLEW TO BARCELONA SPAIN AND SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS CHECKING IT OUT WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL ARCHITECT WONDERS....THEN RENTED A CAR AND DROVE UP TO ANDORRA...... A SMALL COUNTRY WITH OVER 100 DUTY FREE SHOPS....BASK PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF SHEEP.....THEN TOOK A TRAIN TO NARBON FRANCE TO GET THE BOAT ON THE MIDI CANAL.......A WEEK OF FLOATING,,,,DRIVING OUR OWN BOAT,,,STOPPING WHERE AND WHEN WE WANTED....EATING CHEESE AND BREAD FROM ALL THE FUN VILLAGES.....I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE DONE SO MANY FUN THINGS!!!!

7......AND TO MANY CRUISES TO EVEN COUNT THEM?????

I AM WHO I AM......

ISN'T IT GREAT WHEN YOU CAN FINALLY ADMIT TO YOU'R SELF YOU ARE NOT PERFECT???? AND WHAT'S MORE YOU STILL LIKE YOURSELF.......

HAD A FUN LUNCH YESTERDAY WITH MY FIVE FAVORITE NEIGHBOR LADIES TO CELEBRATE TWO OF THEIR MARCH BIRTHDAYS......AND WE ALL ADMITTED THE STUPID THINGS WE ARE DOING NOW DAYS......GAY SAID SHE LAID OUT HER PILLS THE OTHER MORNING AND THEN COUNTED OUT HER HUSBANDS AND WITHOUT THINKING GRABBED THE GLASS OF WATER AND TOOK HER HUSBAND'S PILLS....ONE FOR MEMORY AND ETC....ABOUT FOUR HOURS LATER SHE GOT DIZZY AND WENT TO BED....IT WORE OFF...BUT WHY ARE WE DOING DUMB THINGS WE NEVER DID BEFORE.......?

KEN HOME TODAY TAKING A FINAL EXAMINE FOR SCHOOL ON HIS COMPUTER......THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE I WENT TO COLLEGE.....OFF TO GET MY NAILS DONE THIS AFTERNOON......AND HERE WE ARE ALMOST THE MIDDLE OF MARCH ALREADY........

I REALLY HAVE IT ALL......

DON'T LAUGH......YOUR DAY IS COMING!!!

NOT IN A MILLIONS YEARS DID I EVER THINK I WOULD GET TO THIS POINT IN MY LIFE....BUT...SHIT HAPPENS AND YOU JUST STEP OVER IT....IF YOU CAN.....AND HOPE FOR ANOTHER DAY!

HAD SUCH A GOOD VISIT WITH LITTLE SISTER.....JUST NEED TO DO THIS EVERY FEW MONTHS ......AS I KNOW MY MONTHS ARE NUMBERED.......HER'S NOT SO MUCH!

I REALIZE THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE MINE.....TOMORROW.....LUNCH WITH MY FAVORITE FIVE NEIGHBORS TO CELEBRATE TWO MARCH BIRTHDAYS......AND THURSDAY DOMINOES AT SHIRLEY'S.......A SMILE IS STILL A TREASURE,, A HUG IS STILL PRECIOUS, A KIND WORD CAN STILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE AND HOPE IS STILL THE BRIGHTEST GUIDING LIGHT THERE IS.....

EVEN BETTER......THE MORE WE GIVE, THE MORE WE GAIN,,,,,,,,LIFE IS FILLED WITH RICHES THAT ARE ALL WITHIN YOUR REACH!

THE DREADED SPRING-AHEAD DAY.....

MAXINE SAYS IT ALL......IT WILL TAKE ME A WEEK TO GET USE TO THE NEW SCHEDULE......I KEEP LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND SAYING....
".IT'S REALLY NOT 5:00, IT IS FOUR......." THIS WILL GO ON AWHILE.....

WENT TO CHURCH.....YES ON TIME.  LESLIE CALLED AND WAS WELL ON HER WAY HOME FROM PROVO.....THE PANNIERS PICKED UP BREE LAST NIGHT.....AND KEN GOT HOME FROM VERNAL ABOUT 4:00.......AND THAT WAS SUNDAY FOR THIS WEEK.

BEEN THERE...DONE THAT...CON'T.

THE ENTIRE PLANET IS HOME!

THOSE STAYING IN ONE CITY YOUR WHOLE LIFE WOULD BE LIKE NEVER LEAVING YOUR BEDROOM!!!!

I HAVE LISTED MY TRIPS TO THE 50 STATE IN THE U.S......NOW FOR THE CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD I HAVE VISITED...I HAVE BEEN TO 6 OF THE 7 CONTINENTS......

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1.......I HAVE VISITED ABOUT 43 OF THE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE....

2...I HAVE BEEN TO MUCH OF ASIA.....

3.   I HAVE BEEN TO MUCH OF AFRICA.......

4.  OF COURSE ALL 50 STATES IN NORTH AMERICA......

5.... SOUTH AMERICA....MOST OF IT......

6....AUSTRALIA....A CRUISE TO SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE....ON TO NEW ZEALAND AND TASMANIA.....

7...I DID NOT MAKE IT TO ANTARCTICA.....I WAS AT USHIA SOUTH AMERICA....WHICH IS THE JUMPING OFF POINT TO ANTARCTICA......SO WAS VERY CLOSE!!!

IN OTHER WORDS.......KINDA AROUND THE WORLD IN MY 76 YEARS.........

SO FUN.......

YES.....THIS IS ME BY THURSDAY EVERY WEEK......WOKE UP AT 5:00 AND UP BY 5:30 TO KEN OFF TO SCHOOL......BY 8:30 I AM READY TO HEAD BACK TO BED......MY SWEET SISTER WAS HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ME....SHE IS 11 YEARS YOUNGER.....BUT KINDA ON MY SCHEDULE....SHE WAS UP EARLY YESTERDAY AS I WAS, SO WE BOTH LAID DOWN FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND THEN UP AND TO A MOVIE......THIS MORNING SHE SUGGESTED I GO LAY DOWN A BIT AND I DIDN"T ARGUE AND I PEEKED OUT ONCE AND SHE WAS STRETCHED OUT ON THE COACH......OH....... FOR THIS GROWING OLD.....WE DID GET SHOWERED AND DRESSED AND WENT OUT FOR FISH AT LUNCH....THEN HIT A BOOK STORE.  OLD PEOPLE GET UP EARLY FOR A REASON....SOMETIMES A BATHROOM CALL.....AN EARLY APPOINTMENT....OR THEIR BACK CAN ONLY STAND 8 OR 9 HOURS IN BED.......BUT TAKES ALL MORNING TO TUNE INTO THE REAL WORLD.

BEEN COLD AND RAINY THE PAST FEW DAYS....I HAVE BREE WHILE THE PANNIER'S ARE IN RENO FOR A BREAK.  LES IS OFF TO OREM TO SPEND THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH HER SON MIKE.......

OK TO GET OLDER...BUT NOT OLD......

THAT IS HOW I AM FEELING ABOUT MY NEXT BIRTHDAY.....SURE I AM GETTING OLDER BUT I DO NOT HAVE TO BE OLD????

I TRY TO FIND POSITIVE PERSONAL MOTTOES TO GUIDE ME.....

A JAMAICAN ONE WOULD BE....."WHAT'S MINE CANNOT BE UN-MINE".....OR "WE RUN THINGS, THINGS NO RUN WE".....THINK OF IT THIS WAY ....THE IDEA WE RUN THINGS, THINGS NO RUN WE....CAN MOTIVATE YOU TO BE  IN CHARGE OF YOUR OWN LIFE.....AND WHAT'S MINE CANNOT BE UN-MINE.....GIVES US PEACE.......YOUR LIFE SHOULD BE FLOWING FROM YOU, NOT BE HAPPENING TO YOU.......BE IN CHARGE.......

NOTHING LIKE KNOWING YOUR GOING TO HAVE COMPANY........ TO GET YOUR HOUSE CLEANED??????

MY SISTER CALLED LAST NIGHT AND SAID SHE WOULD BE UP TO STAY A FEW DAYS.......I EVEN WASHED RUGS TODAY AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME DUSTING DONE BEFORE SHE ARRIVES.   I LOVE HAVING MY FAMILY COME VISIT....WILL BRING SOME FUN TO THESE COLD SNOWY DAYS....LOTS OF TALKING AND CATCHING UP.....AND A CLEANER HOUSE........ !

NO AND'S...IF'S.....OR BUTS.

NO AND'S...IF'S.....OR BUTS....WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH WINTER!

STARTED SNOWING ABOUT MID-NIGHT AND HAS KEPT IT UP ALL DAY.....AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR....."WE NEED THE WATER"!

NO IF"S......THE MORE SNOW......THE MORE WATER,,,,,

NO BUT"S......HEY WE ARE OVER OUR WATER REQUIREMENT NOW,,,,SOOOO

AND NO AND"S.......AND, IT IS ONLY THE FIRST PART OF MARCH AND WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME SNOW IN MARCH.....WHOSE MAKING THE RULES?  MY TULIP BULBS ARE ABOUT TWO INCHES HIGH.....THEY ARE READY FOR SPRING.

REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN THE WORD ...."RACE".....WAS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS WHO COULD RUN THE FASTEST? AND

ALL OUR DECISIONS WERE MADE BY....EENIE, MEENIE, MYNIE.....MO?

RED HATS....BLUE HATS....WHATEVER

THESE CUTE LITTLE "RED HAT" LADIES REMIND ME OF A LONG TIME AGO......

I WAS ON THE BOARD OF THE OLYMPUS SENIOR CENTER......SO MY FRIEND NORMA AND I DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A GROUP OF "RED HATS".....IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I WENT TO THE DI TO FIND SOME PURPLE CLOTHES AND A "RED" HAT!....PART OF THE GAME..  TEAS....LUNCHEONS ETC......LECTURES AND BOOK REVIEWS.  TRY IT ...YOU'LL LIKE IT!

THESE LADIES ARE BEAUTIFUL......

WE ALL HAVE BAD HAIR DAYS......WAKE-UP-TIRED DAYS......AND I-THINK-I-NEED A  MAKEOVER DAY.......

BUT 365 DAYS A YEAR, YOUR INNER BEAUTY SHOWS......NO STYLIST....OR SALON REQUIRED.....BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS ARE THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF TRUE BEAUTY; JUST BEING THE REAL YOU.....

ISN'T THAT A COMFORTING THOUGHT?

THINK ABOUT THIS FOLKS........

THIS BOTHERS ME.......

AND I HAVE FRIENDS MILKING THE SYSTEM.....AS I PAY FOR IT!

SORRY.....YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE THE POOR INTO FREEDOM BY LEGISLATING THE WEALTHY OUT OF FREEDOM.......WHAT ONE PERSON RECEIVES WITHOUT WORKING FOR  ANOTHER PERSON MUST WORK FOR WITHOUT RECEIVING......THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT GIVE TO ANYBODY......... ANYTHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT FIRST TAKE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE....WHEN HALF THE PEOPLE GET THE IDEA THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORK BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM......AND WHEN THE OTHER HALF GETS THE IDEA IT DOES NO GOOD TO WORK BECAUSE SOME BODY ELSE IS GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WORK FOR.......WELL.......THAT MY FRIEND IS WHAT IS BREAKING THE WORLD APART..........I BELIEVE IN HELPING...BUT WHEN YOUR FRIEND IS EATING BETTER ON FOOD STAMPS .....THAN YOU ARE........IS THAT FAIR?????

DO YOU BELIEVE?

NOW DON'T BLAME ME.......I AM PREDICTING MORE LIKE SIX WEEKS......MANY YEARS IT SNOWED AROUND MY BIRTHDAY THE 19TH OF APRIL.....BUT I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT....I AM READ FOR SPRING!!!!!

IT IS A COLD RAINY WEEKEND AS PREDICTED.......SNOW IN THE MTS AND RAIN IN THE VALLEYS.....

SHERRIE ON HER WAY HOME FROM A 10 DAY VACATION...ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN MY KIDS GET HOME SAFE...... BACK TO SPRING.....I ALWAYS RUN TO THE YARD STUFF NOW AND HAVE PLANS FOR MY PATIO THIS SUMMER.......CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GET STARTED......

HAPPY....HAPPY

MY CUTE BILL....NICCI'S HUSBAND.

HE SEEMS TO BE GLOWING AT THE PROSPECTS OF BECOMING A NEW DAD!  HE AND NICCI BOTH WORK AT MICROSOFT.....NICCI GETS 5 MONTHS MATERNITY LEAVE AND BILL GETS THREE MONTHS....WOW!  THEY WILL BE DARLING PARENTS AND I AM SURE HAVE A DARLING LITTLE BOY........BILL ALWAYS WEARS THE NEATEST TIES?

SO EASY TO JUDGE......

YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.....AT THE TIME YOUR IN A SITUATION........

MAYBE YEARS LATER WITH MORE EXPERIENCE IN LIFE....YOUR DECISION WOULD BE DIFFERENT.......

EVERYONE I KNOW IS SICK WITH SOMETHING...SHIRLEY COUGHING HER HEAD OFF....PATTY ON A HEATING PAD FOR HER BACK AND I JUST TALKED TO MY COUSIN WHO IS ANEMIC AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY......SO THEY PUT A LITTLE CAMERA IN A CAPSULE AND SHE SWALLOWED IT .......OF COURSE SHE HAD TO KEEP WATCH WHEN IT WOULD REAPPEAR AND SHE COULD GIVE IT BACK........ AND THEY COULD SEE IF SHE WAS BLEEDING INTERNALLY.......SHE WON'T KNOW FOR A FEW DAYS!!!!!

SO WE EACH HAVE OUR CROSS TO BEAR AND SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED BY SOMEONE NOT GOING DOWN THE SAME PATH.

HOPE IS THE LITTLE VOICE YOU HEAR WHISPER "MAYBE"....WHEN IT SEEMS THE ENTIRE WORLD IS SHOUTING "NO".....

LAND OF GIANTS........

WELCOME TO MARCH......... I DO FEEL I COME FROM THE LAND OF GIANTS!

THIS IS JIM....MY BROTHER.....AND JIM BOB.....MY NEPHEW!

MY DAD WAS 6' OR SO AND MY MOM 5'8"....A COUPLE OF MY SISTERS WERE AROUND 8' AND A COUPLE OF US AROUND 5'4" WHICH WAS WHAT I AM......I HAVE SOME VERY TALL GRANDSONS TOO.

SO EXCITED MARCH IS HERE AND THE TULIPS ARE STARTING TO PEEK OUT.  SPRING IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY......

KEN, BRAYDEN AND LIBBY ARE OFF TO THE "HOMESTEAD" AND IT'S VOLCANO TONIGHT TO CERTIFY FOR THEIR DIVING LICENSE AND TOMORROW MORNING FINISH IT UP...SHER GOT THEM A ROOM SO THAT WAS GREAT.....SHER AND DAR WILL BE HOME TOMORROW FROM THEIR CRUISE AND VACATION IN ORLANDO.