SAD......

HOW CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS WHAT YOU REALLY FEEL WHEN YOUR HOUSE AND FOUR NEW PUPPIES BURN UP?

THE HORRIBLE FIRES IN LA.....OR ANY ONE'S HOME OR BUSINESS BURNING DOWN......WHY?  THANK GOODNESS WHEN NO LIFE IS TAKEN....MY HEART BREAKS FOR ALEX AND ASHLYN......BUT THEY ARE SAFE....YOUNG AND HAVE EACH OTHER AND WILL SOME DAY LOOK BACK AND SAY....."THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....JUST BELIEVE"......I DON'T KNOW....THEY DON'T KNOW WHY....BUT WITH FAMILY....NEIGHBORS AND GOD.....THEY WILL GO ON....I LOVE YOU GUYS AND I AM HERE FOR YOU.....

BE FLEXABLE.....

DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THIS CRAZY WEATHER.....I MISS MY ROOM-MATE OF 3 YEARS.....ALL THE CRAZINESS IN THE WORLD.....OR THE LAST BIRTHDAY???  I JUST SEEM TO WONDER AROUND AND TRY AND GET THINGS DONE....BUT DON'T!

MY NEAT FRIEND PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE THIS MORNING.....SHE SEEMS TO BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.....BUT DIFFERENT!

Some one will always throw stones in your path.  It depends on what you make with them.....A wall or a bridge?  Remember you are the architect of your life.....Build a good one.

NOT MANY 90TH BIRTHDAYS.....

YES, I HAVE LEARNED......YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE TOO MUCH.....DON'T!!!!!

I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL TWO WEEKS OF CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE......87.  CARING FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALL STEPPED UP..... THE NEIGHBOR LADIES TOOK ME TO LUNCH.....MY BEST FRIENDS THE NOALLS TOOK ME TO LUNCH.....A FAVORITE NEPHEW TOOK ME TO SEE MY SISTER AND A FUN PLAY IN LAS VEGAS AND CHURCH AND EASTER DINNER WITH  HER... MY SWEET CHRISTENSONS ORGANIZED A FAMILY GET TOGETHER WHERE ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE SHOWED UP.....YOU KNOW THOSE WHO  CARE.......COFFEE WITH CLEON...WE BOTH HAVE APRIL BIRTHDAYS AND CELEBRATE ONCE A YEAR.....AND LAST NIGHT A FUN 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR A FRIEND OF 49 YEARS.....I DID MAKE IT TO CHURCH THIS MORNING...BUT AM POOPED TONIGHT!!!!  OH YES,....DINNER WITH THE PANNIERS AND ROB GOT ME A BIRTHDAY CAKE WHICH STARTED IT ALL OFF.....THANKS TO ALL MY SWEET PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE.....

I JUST KEEP BIRTHDAYING.......

TUESDAY NIGHT WAS FAMILY NIGHT FOR MY BIRTHDAY.....A GREAT TIME AT THE PARADISE RESTAURANT......SHER AND DAR AND THEIR THREE BOYS PLUS LIBBY.....PAM AND ROB ....WILLIAM AND TIFF'S FAMILY AND MY SWEET RICHIE COOK WITH A GIRL FRIEND....... ANA PHILLIPS.......GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL......

YESTERDAY WAS MY YEARLY BRIDGE PARTY HERE....WASN'T SURE I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT.....GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO ENTERTAIN BIG GROUPS.....SHER AND KEN STAYED ALL NIGHT AND HELPED OUT.......SLEPT  IN TODAY AND STILL DRAGGING....SWEET FRIEND PATTY DROPPED BY WITH GIFT AND DONUTS AND WE GOT CAUGHT UP.....COFFEE TOMORROW WITH CLEON AND A 90 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY SATURDAY FOR OLD FRIEND LAVERN LEONARD????  MY SOCIAL LIFE IS KILLING ME!

LOTS OF MEMORIES.....

EVERY GOOD THING HAS AN ENDING.......THAT IS LIFE.....

YESTERDAY SHERRIE LOADED UP KENNEDY.....27 CONTAINERS OF LEGOS, HIS CLOTHES, HIS TV AND GAME BOY  AND ALL HIS FAVORITE MOVIES.....HIS COMPUTER AND ALL HIS FAVORITE FOOD......FIVE BAGS......AND MOVED HIM BACK TO VERNAL.....HE WAS WITH ME FOR THREE YEARS.....TWO YEARS SERVICE MISSION ON TEMPLE SQUARE AND A YEAR OF COLLEGE AT UVU.  HE TURNED 21 ON EASTER AND HAS KINDA GROWN UP THE PAST THREE YEARS.....I HAVE LOVED HAVING HIM TAKE OVER MY BASEMENT......I WILL BE LONESOME KENNIE?????

HAPPY 21 KEN.....

THIS IS KEN CHRISTENSON.....MY NUMBER FIVE GRANDSON WHO JUST TURNED 21 TODAY.....THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS ....ON HIS WAY HOME FROM BRAYDEN'S HE HIT A BICYCLER!!!!! NO WAY TO END YOUR BIRTHDAY.....NO ONE WAS KILLED OR HURT TOO BADLY  AND THANK GOODNESS FOR BRAYDEN AND LIBBY WHO HE CALLED TO HELP OUT.......SHERRIE CALLED AND THEY WILL BE IN TOMORROW TO REPLACE THE CAR AND GET IT ALL IRONED OUT......HEY....SHIT HAPPENS WITH KIDS....YOU JUST STEP OVER IT AND KEEP GOING.   NOT A GOOD WAY TO END YOUR BIRTHDAY!  LOVE YOU KEN.....

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS???

THE YEOMAN 'S GIRLS?????

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS????

IS IT THE HATS THAT MAKE THIS PICTURE OR THE ROLLS  OF FAT SNEAKING OUT???

WHO CARES?   WE ARE AT BRAYLEE'S BASEBALL GAME IN MESQUITE...IT IS 91 DEGREES AND THE WIND IS BLOWING LIKE CRAZY AND WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER TO ENJOY THE GAME.....NOPE THEY DIDN'T WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.....

I THINK IT'S THE HATS?????

OH HAPPY DAY.......

HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND EASTER WEEKEND.......BUT
IT IS 10:00 PM AND I AM WAITING FOR KEN TO GET HOME FROM VERNAL.....AND
LIBBY CALLS AND TELLS ME THAT KEN JUST HIT SOMEONE AND THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME....NO DETAILS....
WHY?
DOES A NICE WEEKEND ..END WITH KEN'S PROBLEMS AND MIKE FORGETTING HIS BRIEF CASE WITH COMPUTER AND JOB STUFF IN IT IN MESQUITE AND KEN WRECKING HIS CAR......
KEN HAS BEEN WITH ME THREE YEARS.....TWO YEARS ON AN LDS MISSION AND ONE YEAR AT UVU COLLEGE....AND I GUESS......IT HAD TO HAPPEN????
SO SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE.....YOU CAN HANDLE IT......AND I HAVE 7 LADIES HERE FOR BRIDGE IN TWO DAYS   I HAVE TO CLEAN AND GET READY FOR.... YOU CAN DO IT BETTY!!!!

EASTER IS.......

I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE JESUS IN MY LIFE.....

I WENT TO CHURCH AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO THANK HIM FOR ALL MY BLESSINGS.

MIKE AND I LISTENED TO OUR WEEKS...".FOLLOW ME' AND SCRIPTURES ON THE WAY HOME FROM MESQUITE.....

EASTER TO ME .....IS SO SPECIAL FOR SO MANY REASONS.....SEEMS MORE THAN CHRISTMAS....AND ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT NELSON MAKING SO MANY CHANGES IN OUR CHURCH....I LOVE THEY WILL BE TEARING DOWN THE WALL AROUND OUR SLC TEMPLE AND BUILDING A FENCE.......SO NON-MORMONS CAN SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE AND FLOWER GARDENS... IN THEIR FOUR YEAR RENOVATIONS.......ANOTHER JERUSALEM OR VATICAN AS PRESIDENT NELSON SAID...WILL APPEAR.

SO ON THIS 21ST OF APRIL 2019....I WISH ALL THE PEOPLE I LOVE  HAPPY EASTER DAY.....

YES.....MADE IT TO 87!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY!!!!

I MADE IT TO 87......MIKE DROVE ME TO MESQUITE FOR THE WEEKEND....FRIDAY AND TIRED AND READY FOR BED.....WHEN MIKE AND LESLIE SAID LETS GO TO THE CASINO  TO PLAY BINGO????  I DON'T DO BINGO....BUT I WENT.....AND GET READY.......I WON!  NOT ONE BUT TWO BINGO'S OUT OF 12 CARDS...$350.00 DOLLARS...I ALMOST WET MY PANTS! THEN THE FREE $5.00 CARD THEY GAVE ME I RAN UP TO AL MOST $10.00...... MADE IT A GREAT BIRTHDAY!!! I JUST COULD NOT ....NOT WIN!!!!  I HAD A GOOD BIRTHDAY....

SATURDAY....I SLEPT IN....THEN OFF TO A BASEBALL GAME TO WATCH BRAYLEE...THEN OFF TO LAS VEGAS....DINNER AND A PLAY MIKE THOUGHT LESLIE AND I NEEDED TO SEE....WELL,THE 5TH FLOOR ...TWO ROWS FROM THE TOP ....UP THE STEEPEST STAIRS I HAVE EVER SEEN AT THE SMITH CENTER?????  DIDN'T FIT WITH LESLIE AND I...SO WITH SOME NEGOTIATION......MIKE GOT US MAIN FLOOR AND THE SECOND ACT HEARING AIDS TO ENJOY....... "THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG".....A KIINDA FUNNY MURDER MYSTERY.....HEY...IT IS .....WHAT IT IS.  THEN HOME AND TO BED VERY LATE.

\HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY YOU'ALL....WENT TO CHURCH WITH LESLIE AND KRISIT'S FAMILY AND BACK TO A GREAT EASTER DINNER LESLIE FIXED FOR US BEFORE WE LEFT FOR SLC.....GREAT BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!  STOPPED TO SEE WHERE CADE LIVED AND GAVE MIKE A CHANCE TO SAY HAPPY EASTER TO HIM.....LOVE MIKE AND WE HAD SOME GOOD TALKS????

BIRTHDAY.....GETTING CLOSER....

YOU JUST HAVE TO SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE......YOUR HAVING A BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK AND YOU ARE 3 YEARS FROM 90.......WHO LIVES TO BE 90????  WELL, A DEAR FRIEND , LA VERN ......WILL BE 90 ON THE 27TH AND THE KIDS ARE CELEBRATING.....ME TOO!  AND MY X WILL BE 90 THE 7TH OF JUNE AND JUST LEFT FOR HAWAII.......WITH THE 2ND MRS DON PETERSON!!!...IS 90 OLD??? HEY, I AM STILL THE CRAZY OLD ME......YOU KNOW  "STARTLE STARTLE LITTLE TWINK!!!!!.....

HAVE MY SWEET SISTER, NIECE AND HER DAUGHTER HERE THIS WEEK END TO PLAY BASEBALL IN TOOELA.....LITTLE RAIN....LITTLE SNOW......NOT BASEBALL WEATHER YET ....I GUESS.THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING.....FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING CAME TO ME......THAT SAYS.....GO HOME.....TO   YOUR CHILDHOOD HOUSE, TO YOUR CEMETARY....TO THE LAND THAT MADE YOU ...YOU.   I MAY DRIVE HOME FOR  MEMEORIAL DAY........ROOTS .....EXPLAIN THEM TO ME?????WHEN THEY ARE GOOD ROOTS A WEEK IN THE OLD HOME TOWN WOULD BE LIKE A YEAR SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!! LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES.........

SNOWED AGAIN!!!

I AM LETTING TIME SLIP BY.......I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT I DID BETWEEN THE 7TH AND THE 12TH......IT JUST KEEPS RAINING AND SNOWING AND EVERYONE HAS HAD ABOUT .....ENOUGH ALREADY!  COFFEE AT PATTY'S MONDAY.....TUESDAY GET READY FOR MEXICAN TRAIN AT MY HOUSE...SO CLEANED .....A LITTLE....

WEDNESDAY THE GIRLS CAME FOR THE AFTERNOON OF GAMES....THURSDAY PATTY DROPPED OVER....WENT TO COSTCO....DR PHIL.....WELL GUESS THAT TAKES CARE OF LAST WEEK....LES AND KRIS COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEEKEND AND SHERRIE AND DANIEL SUNDAY NIGHT........BEFORE TRIP TO HAWAII......KEN AND I ARE HAPPY TO JUST HOME AND TEND MACY........MY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEKEND.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERRIE.....AND KARRIE......

 

THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL IS JUST PRETTY ON  THE INSIDE AS THE OUT SIDE......

51 YEARS AGO I WAS HAVING TWINS!!!!!

EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY WERE EXITED AND 51 YEARS AGO THE THEY DID NOT HAVE ULTRA SOUND TO INFORM YOU IF NEEDED BLUE BLANKETS OR PINK BLANKETS.......I LUCKED OUT AND GOT IDENTICAL TWIN GIRLS...SHERRIE 3 LBS  13 OZS AND KARRIE 4 LBS AND 5 OZ.....OH YES....THEY WERE A MONTH EARLY.

KARRIE IS DISTANT??????BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWINS FROM YOUR MOM.......

REALLY.....

A LONG LONELY WEEKEND AND AN EMPTY FRIDGE......WENT TO WENDY'S TWICE FOR A BAKED POTATO AND CHILI......I CAN SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL....IN A MONTH WHEN KEN GOES HOME AFTER SCHOOL IS OUT AND I AM ALONE.....I MAY BE DOWN ON THE CORNER WITH THE  BEGGERS  ASKING FOR A HANDOUT .....JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE TO EAT WITH NOW AND THEN.   EVERY TIME I TALK TO MY SISTER SHE IS COOKING DINNER FOR HER DAUGHTER'S FAMILY.....COME ON.....NO FAMILY....NO COOKING....NOT IN HER HOUSE....SHE COOKS ......THEY COME.....I REALLY CAN'T SEE ME OR MY FAMILY DOING THAT THAT......SOOOO MOVE ON TO PLAN B CUPCAKE AND SUCK IT UP.......FROZEN DINNERS ALONE EVERY DAY.

BUSY WEEK AHEAD....COFFEE WITH PATTY MONDAY.....DOMINOES MEXICAN TRAIN AT MY HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MY FUN SISTER, NIECE AND HER DAUGHTER IN TOWN FOR A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.....THEN OF COURSE THE LONELY WEEKEND......BUT SUNDAY LUNCH WITH NICCI BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR HOME IN SEATTLE.....FUN WEEK AHEAD......THE WEATHER IS GETTING BETTER AND TODAY I HAD FUN PLANTING A FEW PANSEYS AND GETTING THE PATIO READY FOR SUMMER......YES, LIFE IS GOOD.

YEP...IT'S APRIL AND CONFERENCE......

HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE 189 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE LDS CHURCH......A QUIET WEEKEND.  THIS IS THE POPE WITH OUR PROPHET .....LAST  MONTH WHEN WE OPENED A NEW TEMPLE IN ROME......TWO MEN OF GOD......THE SAME....BUT DIFFERENT!  I AM SURE GOD UNDERSTANDS AND HAS A HAND ON EACH SHOULDER OF THESE WONDERFUL MEN......SAYING KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
IN THE PAST I WATCHED CONFERENCE SO WHEN THE KIDS QUIZZED ME I HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT WENT ON...BUT HONESTLY.....I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND TO SEE WHERE I AM SADLY LACKING IN THE EYES OF GOD.......AND SHOCKED TO HEAR A TEMPLE IN HUNGARY.......KEN GONE TO THE CABIN...PAM AND ROB GONE TO THEIR CABIN....HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A NEIGHBOR......MAYBE ALL GONE SOMEWHERE.......BUT I HAVE GOD......

GETTING OLD.....

I AM THINKING 25......BUT MY BODY IS THINKING 87.......BUT I AM HAPPY.....I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY AND LOTS OF FUN FRIENDS.  I LOVE TO SHOP AND WATCH DR PHIL! I WAS READING WE WEAR 20% OF OUR WARDROBE REGULARLY.....SO WHY DO WE WANT MORE?

THE ANSWER......"WHEN WE BUY SOMETHING WE GET A DOPAMINE-INFUSED FEELING OF NOVELTY IN THE BRAIN".....BETTER THAN DRUGS OR ALCOHOL FOR ME.....AND SO  I WILL STAY WITH "RETAIL THERAPY"......AS LONG AS I CAN DRIVE OR WALK!!!! AND KEEP IT ALL......OR UNTIL I RUN OUT OF MONEY?

TGIF.....

I NOW KNOW HOW ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS AND DAILY WORKERS FEEL EVERY FRIDAY.......unless you have to work on Saturday......THIS GETTING UP AT 5 OR 6 EVERY MORNING ISN'T FOR ME.......THREE DAYS OF 8 OR 9 NOW!!!

KEN DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL YESTERDAY SO WE GOT MY PATIO FURNITURE OUT AND NOW I HAVE A WEEKEND PROJECT.  HE IS OFF TO THE CABIN FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY.....STILL LOTS OF SNOW UP THERE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WEEKEND OF CONFERENCE AND WHAT NEW CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE LDS CHURCH......

ONLY THE FOURTH OF THE MONTH AND ALREADY MY CALENDAR IS FILLING UP WITH BIRTHDAY PARTIES.....FOR ME....KEN....THE TWINS.  MY FAMILY FROM SOUTHERN UTAH ARE EVEN COMING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.....GOT TO HAVE DOMINOES AND BRIDGE AT MY HOUSE THIS MONTH ALSO......SO BUSY....BUSY.

LISTEN UP YOU MEN>>>>>>

THIS IS ONE SMART MAN AND THIS FEW WORDS SHOULD BE TATO0ED ON EACH MAN'S CHEST!!!
IT TOOK A DIVORCE AFTER OVER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE FOR ME TO REALIZE THIS.....I HAD THE BEST LAWYER.....THE BEST FRIENDS.....ETC.  I RAISED THE CHILDREN AND HE EVEN GAVE ME CREDIT FOR RAISING THREE WONDERFUL GIRLS....WHICH GAVE HIM 9 WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN THAT HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW APART....AND ALONG WITH 2 AND A HALF.......GREAT-GRANDKIDS.....YES, HE PAID THE BILLS AND GAVE US A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.....BUT WAS NOT REALLY EVER PART OF OUR LIVES......AND THE SHIT HE IS LIVING WITH NOW WITH #2 WIFE.......WELL, WHAT GOES ROUND....... COMES ROUND AND SHE WILL PROBABLY POISON HIM OR PUSH HIM DOWN THEIR DOZENS OF STAIRS!!!

A SAD DAY.......

THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.......JUST BELIEVE !

THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF ALEX AND ASHLYN'S HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN LAST NIGHT.....ALEX WAS IN ST GEORGE WITH HIS DAD AND ASHLYN WAS WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE HOSPITAL.....SO NO ONE WAS AT HOME BUT THE TWO BIG DOGS AND THE FOUR BABIES THAT WERE ONLY 4 DAYS OLD!  SO SAD.....THE BIG DOGS GOT OUT AND THE KIDS WERE FINE....BUT FOUR BABIES DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE......AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.....IT WAS AN OLDER HOME AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE ELECTRIC WIRING.

MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR THE KIDS.....BUT SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR.....AND AGAIN....."THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....JUST BELIEVE"'.....WHICH DOESN'T TAKE THE HURT AWAY.   LOVE THESE KIDS AND KNOW THEY WILL BE FINE.

APRIL SHOWERS.......

Well, here we are into one of my favorite months.......APRIL!  So many birthdays....mine, Jim's, Lucille's, Sherrie and Karrie.s and Ken's......and what would have been my 63rd wedding anniversary.

Guess the family is getting together for dinner to celebrate my 87 years!

And then there was APRIL FOOL'S DAY......my favorite neighbor got me good....brought pizza over for Ken and I and very seriously said....." Betty sit down.....I have something to tell you.....i made some bad investments and have lost the house and will have to move????" As my mind races to fix this for her with her moving into my basement.....borrowing money.....or taking me with her....and on the verge of tears......she calmly leans back in her chair and says......."APRIL FOOL!"  She also did that to the neighbor on the other side of her.....soooo we are plotting to get even!   That wasn't even funny to us.....