I HAVE A TECHNICAL OVERLOAD!

THIS WAS COMFORT WHEN I GREW UP......WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY LIFE?

I TURN ON THE DISH WASHER.....THE WASH MACHINE.....AND MERTLE...MY AUTOMATIC FLOOR SWEEPER.....AND GO TAKE A NAP!  I CAN TELL GOOGLE TO PLAY MUSIC FOR ME, TELL ME A JOKE OR ASK IT IF IT IS GOING TO RAIN......THEN THERE IS THE TV.....MY CELL PHONE.....AND I PAD.....AND THEY ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER BEHIND MY BACK.....I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TEXT....ON PURPOSE....IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK TO ME.....THEY CAN USE THE GOOD-'OLE TELEPHONE OR WRITE ME A LETTER......IF THEY KNOW HOW TO BUY A STAMP.  THE KIDS BRING UP A NEW CAR NOW AND THEN......ARE THEY KIDDING?...MY 16 YEAR OLD CAMRAY DOES NOT HAVE ALL THOSE FANCY CHIPS IN IT......LIKE TURN ON THE MAP TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING......COME ON.....IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR GOING WHEN YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE......THEN DON'T GO!  I CAN TALK TO MY TV AND PROGRAM IT TO RECORD...A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO A KID KNOCKED AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I WOULD LIKE TO GET A "DOOR BELL" THAT SHOWED ME WHO WAS AT THE FRONT DOOR.....ABSOLUTELY NOT......I PAID A NEIGHBOR TWENTY-FIVE TO DRILL A HOLE IN MY DOOR TO LOOK THROUGH....BEFORE I OPEN IT....WHICH I POINTED OUT TO HIM.

.  THIS PAYING YOUR BILLS ON LINE IS CRAZY ....AS IS TAKING A PICTURE OF YOUR CHECK AND BINGO......YOU "HOPE".....IT WAS DEPOSITED IN YOUR ACCOUNT.  I KNOW THEY HATE  ME AT THE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE I USUALLY  PAY FOR MY FOOD BY CHECK!!!!  I LOVE IT AND THE LOOK ON ALL THE PEOPLE LINED UP BEHIND ME WAITING WHILE I TAKE MY TIME......BUT...I DO KNOW HOW TO BLOG, READ MY EMAIL  AND FACE BOOK.....THERE IS HOPE MAYBE?

AROUND THE WORLD CON'T.....

As I reviewed my thoughts on Ecuador......I felt I had so many more memories of that wonderful trip.

Ann and I tried to exchange some money as soon as we got there......we always did that......only to find they had just changed to using our dollar....and boy did it go far.  You could ride anywhere in town for a dollar....go in for a coke and sandwitch and get change back from a dollar.  It made shopping wonderful......
There were four of us and so one day we rented a driver to take us to some little villages around Quito.....My favorite was CAYAMBEE......known as the city at the center of the earth.  The Equator ran through it so.....more pictures. In all the small villages we passed through there were dozens of green houses growing roses......and they were a nickel a piece. The US gets many of their roses from there......and jack up the prices.....
The night we flew home.....we lucked out and got First Class.....and it was full of Jack Hannah and his photo crew going home with us.....They had been shooting in the Galapagos.....That was kinda fun.

AROUND THE WORLD...CON'T.

WATCHED A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PROGRAM ON THE GALAPAGOS LAST NIGHT AND BROUGHT BACK SO MANY FUN MEMORIES OF MY TRIP TO ECUADOR AND THE ISLANDS OF THE GALAPAGOS........

LOVED ECUADOR AND THE GENTLE PEOPLE.....THEIR BRIGHT CLOTHES, FUN MUSIC AND INTERESTING FOODS.....WELL I NEVER ATE THE LITTLE GUINEA PIG THAT IS THEIR SPECIALTY.....AND PETS.  BUT, I LOVED STANDING ON THE EQUATOR AND SHAKING HANDS WITH ANN ON THE OTHER SIDE....OR STANDING WITH ONE FOOT IN ONCE HEMISPHERE AND THE OTHER FOOT IN ANOTHER!  VISITED THE WONDERFUL ANDIES MTS A FEW DAYS AND FLEW HOME PAST MANY VOLCANOS.  

THEN WE FLEW TO THE GALAPOGAS TO FINISH OUR TRIP.....FIVE DAYS VISITING A NEW ISLAND EACH DAY....VISITING DARWIN'S MUSEUM AND THE OLDEST TURTLE AT THAT TIME ....DARWIN VISITED THE ISLANDS IN 1875 WHEN HE WAS 26 AND SPENT 6 WEEKS STUDYING THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS THERE.  HE STEPPED OVER BLUE FOOTED BOOBIES AND AGUANIAS......AS I DID.  ENJOYED THE SEALS AND SEA LIONS WHICH WERE VERY FRIENDLY.... WE ADDRESSED A COUPLE OF POST CARDS AND LEFT ON ONE ISLAND FOR THE NEXT GROUP THAT PASSED BY....THEY EACH TOOK A COUPLE AND WHEN THEY GOT HOME MAILED THEM BACK TO US.....AND WE TOOK A COUPLE TO MAIL BACK WHEN WE GOT HOME LEFT BY HE PREVIOUS GROUP OF TOURIST......THE FIRST MAIL SERVICE WHEN SHIPS PASSED BY.  THESE ISLANDS WERE FORMED BY VOLCANOS MANY YEARS AGO......A WONDERFUL TRIP.

TGIF......

IF ONLY EVERYONE COULD TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO DO THIS ......HOW NICE THE WORLD WOULD BE......

HAD A BUSY WEEK SO IT HAS JUST FLOWN BY.....MONDAY COFFEE WITH PATTY, TUESDAY GOT GAS AND SHOPPED, WEDNESDAY A DERMATOLOGIST APPOINTMENT AND BRIDGE, THURSDAY MEXICAN TRAIN GROUP.....SOOOO TODAY HAD TO GET READY FOR LES AND KRISTI FOR THE WEEKEND.  PAM CAME OVER LAST NIGHT AND WE HAD A GOOD VISIT....HADN'T SEEN HER FOR TWO WEEKS.  TUESDAY NIGHT BRAYDEN AND LIBBY CAME OVER AND MADE ME A NEW FLOWER BED.....WHICH I LOVE....... AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DONE SINCE MAY.  I AM FEELING PRETTY GOOD.  PATTY'S NEIGHBOR TOLD HER TO TELL ME TO DRINK A CAN OF BEER EVERYDAY AND THAT WOULD HELP ME PASS MY KIDNEY STONE....WISH I LIKED BEER BETTER.....I TRY TO IMAGINE IT IS A MARGARETA!!!!!  SHE IS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AT HIC SO WE WILL SEE!

I HAVE TO KEEP REMEMBERING....

I am determined to keep recording my past for the future generations to enjoy my great adventures.....and inspire them to never stop living it all.....I must tell you about my fun adventures of being a "speaker" on Cunard Cruise line.....just wanted to see if I could.....met a lady on a cruise who got me a connection.....I had an agent who set it all up for me......I was accepted and assigned a cruise.....Sherrie would not let me go alone so she went with me on my first one.....Alex was a baby and Darren tended him???? Every day he went to KMART in Vernal and bought him a clean outfit instead of washing????? Sher and I got the cruise free....BUT....... by the time you pay your agent fee, your airline ticket, the Boarding fee etc.......how big a deal was it?  Anyway it was a fun experience and I choose to speak under the umbrella of "LIFE ENRICHMENT"...I had just finished getting my Master's in NLP and used my new leaned knowledge to pass on to others....I also did a second speaking tour with Conard and ANN went with me......Then i decided it was easier just paying for your Cruise and enjoying the vacation....But it is fun to say......'YES, I DID IT!"

MY SWEET BRAY AND LIBBY.....

WHY?.....WHY?    WHY.....?

Why don't I have more pictures of Libby and Brayden?......They are so front and center in my life.....but seem to  be doing all their good work in the shadows......They are very active in their church ward....stake officers.....school and work and taking care of grandma......Had a fun dinner and game night last night and they are coming back tomorrow to plant flowers for me.....It is not that I doubt the love of any ......well maybe some.....of my grandkids.....but whoever has time to visit gram?  Not so many of the nine......Thanks BRAYDEN and Libby for being there for me.....Alex ....Tiff...and Ken have been a great help in my old age.  Can't believe we are moving into summer so fast.....almost the 4th of July.   Busy week with bridge, dominos and a dermatologist appointment this week....and Friday and Saturday....Leslie and Kristi.....Trying to get my old self going....darn vertigo!

INTERESTING MEMORY.....

After I became single and was doing my travel thing......I got involved in a group in the city called "International Travelers"  .....we were asked to host out- of- town visitors to SLC for an evening.  The foreigners loved to be invited into your home and see how we live....our customs, food etc.  The first group I had was four ladies and their interpreter from Morocco????  My travel partner Ann Moseley helped me at my house.....They were four of the greatest ladies I had ever met.....one was a lawyer, one a TV announcer.....and I am not sure what the other two did....of course we did not speak the same language....but somehow that did not matter....we ended up on my patio .....them teaching us how to belly dance with a tape they had brought.  We were to present them with a little gift...so I gave them each a "wind chime".....with a note that said....."The same wind that blows over my house blows over yours sending my love and good wishes".....The favorite gift I got was....one of them gave me a little metal shoe.....with the Cinderella story of;.....To get the other one I had to visit her home>>>>how great was that.....?

Another fun group was four News Paper people from RUSSIA......Rob and Pam helped me host them......they spoke English....I gave them the same gift....Just some of the fun experiences I have had that have helped make me me.......\

Then I wonder why I keep turning down cold potatoe salad and pork and beans in the churches patio parties every year.......????? These people would never understand.......

AROUND THE WORLD...CON'T.....

Some times when I have a problem going to sleep at night......I relive one of my great trips around the world.....last night it was MOROCCO, AFRICA.

I have been to Morocco three times......twice for a day when passing by on a cruise and the third time Ann and I did a 10 day bus tour through Morocco......We flew to Madrid, Spain and spent a couple of days touring.....then took the train down to Torremolinis where we met our tour group....35 people and only 5 spoke English???? They loaded our double-decker bus and us on a ferry and headed from Spain to Africa.....by passing the Rock of Gibralter......wish we could have landed on it and fed the monkeys!......and then we began our 10 day tour......We stayed in many beautiful hotels....and some not so nice.....We hit all the markets and wandered among the camels, goats and sheep!  Enjoyed the snake charmers and the monkey organ grinders....funny dressed men selling water and the many barrels of spices.....and olives.  I was fascinated by the Souks and the little shops and the places where they live under ground.  The bathroom facilities were soooo bad?  We visited Fez.....Marrakesh.....Casablanca...Rabat....and Tangiers.....saw lots of deserts and sand. I would definitely say this trip was an adventure of interesting people, customs, music, food etc.  and one of my favorites.....we took the train back to Madrid and flew home.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB.....62

Rob has been my son-in-law for 40 years and i could never ask for a better one.  We have had many good times and he has done many nice things for me......He is  great Dad and grandpa and has a passion for fishing......He loves his cabin in Idaho and knows everyone up there for miles around. He just keeps getting promoted at Amazon and I am very proud of him.

TODAY is also the longest day of the year....geroooon!  From now on it is all down hill until the 21 of December......and another weekend is upon us.....yesterday's doctor appointment informed me my ultra sound turned up a kidney stone....no problem for now.  Trying to get to feeling good again...sick sucks!

37 YEARS AGO......

YES.....37 YEARS AGO TODAY ....I BECAME A GRANDMA!!!

NEXT TO BECOMING A MOM.....GRAMMIE IS THE GREATEST...

PAM HAD TIFFANY MARIE PANNIER.....AND I WAS THRILLED. WE HAVE SHARED SO MANY GOOD TIMES....AND FOUR YEARS AGO.....SHE GAVE ME MY FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD....AARON.  I AM A VERY LUCKY PERSON.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFF.

THE CHRISTENSON'S 29TH ANNIVERSARY....

WOW....29 YEARS AGO A WEDDING FOR SHERRIE AND DARREN.......

KINDA MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A FAILURE WHEN THEIR FATHER WALKED OUT ON ME AFTER A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS........HER OLDER SISTER PAM JUST HAD HER 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON ST PATRICK'S DAY!!!!! AND NOW HERE GOES THE CHIRSTESON'S PUSHING THEIR 30TH!   AM I FAILURE????  MAYBE IN MARRIAGE...BUT NOT IN LIFE AS I HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE MADE GREAT MOTHERS AND RAISED GREAT GRAND-KIDS FOR ME......I REALLY FEEL VERY HAPPY FOR THE MANY THINGS I HAVE DONE IN THE LAST 33 YEARS SINCE HE WALKED OUT ON US......HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU TWO!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY YA'ALL.....

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD......WHERE EVER YOU ARE......AS I WRITE THIS I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES AND IN MY HEART BECAUSE I MISS YOU TODAY......SO MUCH.   I AM STILL YOUR LITTLE GIRL ....I ALWAYS KNEW HOW MUCH YOU LOVED ME AND HOW PROUD YOU WERE OF ME,,,,,,AND I ALWAYS TRIED TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR YOU AND MOM......YOU ALWAYS LOVED ALL FIVE OF US THE SAME.....AND MOM.   I KNEW YOU HAD PROBLEMS NOW AND THEN BUT YOU NEVER YELLED OR FOUGHT IN FRONT OF US KIDS.....THANKS!  I WAS ALWAYS SO PROUD TO SAY YOU WERE MY DAD....YOU WERE TALL, DARK  AND HANDSOME AND A PERFECT GENTLEMAN AND EXAMPLE TO YOUR FOUR DAUGHTERS......I PROBABLY NEVER SAID THANKS ENOUGH FOR THAT,,,,,BUT WE ALL ADORED YOU......

MY ONLY REGRET IS......MY THREE DARLING GIRLS DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF FATHER IN THEIR LIVES.....I FAILED THEM THERE.......I HOPE GOD WILL FORGIVE ME....."HAPPY FATHER'S DAY....DADDY"

HY

MY HEART IS SO FULL.......

WE'RE OLD....WE'RE BOLD....WE'RE SOLID GOLD.....THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T HANDLE.......!

I AM SO THANKFUL I HAD NO BROKEN BONES IN MY FALL....SIX WEEKS AGO....I AM FEELING MUCH BETTER...BUT WITH THE FALL THEY DISCOVERED I MAY HAVE  BLOCKAGE IN MY BLADDER......SO MONDAY WE HAVE AN ULTRA-SOUND FOR THAT.....WAS THAT GOD'S WAY OF TELLING MY DR, I NEEDED SOMETHING MORE?

\I HAD A GREAT DAY HELPING WITH NICCI'S BABY SHOWER......SAW MY SWEET ANNIE PETERSON AND DAUGHTER CALLIE......SHE AND PAM GREW UP TOGETHER.....HAD PAM,, SHERRIE, LIBBY AND NICCI TO LOVE.....MET MEGAN'S BABY AND ENJOYED ROB.S SISTER JULIE.....SHE SAID I JUST HAD A HEAT RASH AND EXPLAINED A....."ANIL ANGE GRAM!!.....SHE IS ONE STEP FROM BEING A DR AND TEACHES NURSING AT WEST MINISTER COLLEGE WHERE TAMI NORTON.S SON IS GOING TO SCHOOL.......EVERYONE NEEDS FAMILY......INVITED TO DINNER TONIGHT.....BUT JUST OUT OF GAS......AND DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU CAN HELP ONE OF YOUR GRANDKIDS OUT WHEN THEY REALLY NEED  IT.....AND APPRECIATE IT? THAT IS WHAT GOOD GRANDMAS DO.......

BEST NEIGHBORS.......

WHAT CAN I SAY????  I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GIVE ......TO GET......  BUT HOW DID I END UP FOUR YEARS AGO GETTING THE BEST NEIGHBORS IN THE WORLD?????
I BOUGHT AND MOVED INTO A TWIN HOME AND ON ONE SIDE IS HONH AND MARK SHAFFER.....AND ON MY LEFT IN  THE NEXT TWIN HOME IS SUZANNE STOTT AND IVAN AND GAY HILL......AND AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE....IF I NEED ANYTHING...."I HEAD FOR THE HILLS"......AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.....IVAN IS HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH HIS MEMORY ....BUT WE ARE THERE FOR HIM.....THEY BRING ME FOOD AND CHECK ON ME REGULARLY......SUZANNE AND I ARE "SHARE CROPPERS"......SHE USES MY LAND AND PLANTS TOMATOES....ZUCCHINI....CUCUMBERS ETC.......WE SHARE.....I TRULY LOVE THESE PEOPLE.....I NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF NEIGHBOR BEFORE.....I DO THEIR SEWING AND MENDING.....IN TRADE FOR ALL THAT GOOD FOOD.......ON UP THE STREET IS VIVIANN AND HILDA....WE SIX LADIES ARE UNBEATABLE......

NICCI'S BABY SHOWER......

MY DARLING SECOND GRANDDAUGHTER......NICCI TRAVINGER.....AND MY DARLING DAUGHTER SHERRIE......YES, NICCI IS 7 MONTHS PREGRANT AND WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY...ESPECIALLY GRANDPARENTS PANNIERS....THIS LITTLE BOY WILL BE MY THIRD GREAT-GRANDCHILD.....

NICCI AND BILL DOWN FROM SEATTLE FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE BABY COMES IN AUGUST......I  MADE A QUILT AND  KNITTED AN AFAGAN FOR. HIM....A GG THING IN THIS FAMILY....PAM'S FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ENJOYED A FUN LUNCH ON THE PATIO AND AUNT JULIE HAD A "MOM MOSA BAR".....WITH OR WITHOUT BOOZE.  i DID THE FRUIT AND SALAD AND SHERRIE DID THE REST WITH CUTE LIBBY MAKING A DELICIOUS CHO CAKE AND CUP CAKES......"SUCCESS?"....ABSOLUTELY... A BABY SHOWER IS FUN NO MATTER WHAT OR WHEN.......

WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS LITTLE ONE....AND GUESS THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR QUIET AWHILE....... NICCI AND BILL BOTH WORK FOR MICROSOFT IN SEATTLE.....SHE GETS FIVE MONTHS MATERNITY LEAVE........AND HE GETS THREE!!!!!

NICCI HAS WORKED FOR "GENERAL MILLS"......"AMAZON' AND NOW "MICROSOFT.'....SHE IS A WHIZ!

SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE.....

I HAVE TO END MY BLOGGING TONIGHT WITH SOMETHING HAPPY!!!!! LIKE ONE OF THE WONDERFUL TRIPS I HAVE TAKEN AROUND THE WORLD.....I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY AND HAD SO MANY.......FIRST ISLAND WAS HAVANA,CUBA.......  ROOMMATE JEANNE PECK AND I SPENT 10 DAYS AT THE "NATIONAL HOTEL" AND I CAME HOME TO MY LITTLE SISTER'S...JOAN'S.....WEDDING RECEPTION AS BROWN AS ANY OF THOSE CUBANS!!!!  MY FAMILY WAS SHOCKED....JUST WISHED I COULD SPEAK SPANISH LIKE THEY DID.....LEARNED ABOUT RUM.......FROM THEN ON ....I COULD NOT STOP TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD......

QUILTY......

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS KEEPING CHECK ON YOU???....AND YES, I LOOK JUST LIKE THAT AND FEEL WORSE.  LES CALLED THIS MORNING TO SEE HOW MY RASH WAS DOING AND I HAVE SPENT HALF THE DAY IN BED....THE CHRISTENSON'S ARE COMING FOR THE NIGHT.....BUT I MAY BE LONG GONE WHEN THEY ARRIVE AFTER THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF THEIR FRIENDS ENDS.
TOMORROW WILL BE BUSY WITH NICCI'S BABY SHOWER....SHER AND I ARE IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD.......I SHOPPED YESTERDAY THANKGOODNESS!....TODAY I AM NOT MOVING MUCH.....THEY CALLED AND SAID I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT MONDAY MORNING......FOR AN " ANIL ANGE GRAM"....NO BODY HAS AN ANIL ANGE GRAM....THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DISCUSS AT BRIDGE......LIKE...."SHOULD I GIVE MY FERAL CAT  BACK?"........SEEMS THEY THINK I HAVE A KIDNEY BLOCKAGE AND MY LIVER HURTS AND I HAVE A TERRIBLE RASH UNDER MY BOOBS AND UP MY NECK AND I CAN'T VERY WELL DISCUSS THAT!  MY CONCUSSION AND VERTIGO WAS SOMETHING ELSE ....AND THEY ARE BOTH BETTER!!!!
I GO IN THE 20TH FOR A YEARLY WELL-NESS CHECKUP FOR MEDICARE....I HOPE MY DR IS READY FOR ME!!!!!!

"WORDS"

WHAT GOOD ARE THE WORDS.....SOMETIMES....MAYBE.....NEVER....ALWAYS......AND WHY?  EACH WORD CAN LEAD US DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH.......LIKE ...."SOMETIMES THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES PUT US DIRECTLY ON THE PATH TO THE BEST THINGS THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN TO US......"

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS IN LIFE THAT WE MUST LEARN IS HOW TO ACCEPT THE GOOD TIMES, ALONG WITH THE BAD TIMES, IN OUR LIVES......

SOMETIMES , THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US, HAPPENS FOR A REASON, GIVING US A NEW PATH TO GO ON FOR NEWER AND BETTER THINGS.......IT MAY BE HARD, BUT FIND THAT NEW DIRECTION TO EMBARK ON TAKE IT, AND NEVER STOP MOVING FORWARD........

HEAR LOTS OF THUNDER AN LIGHTENING......MORE RAIN I GUESS.

SOMETIMES.......

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL WHEN YOU FINALLY DISCOVER THAT THE ONLY THING YOU ARE COMPLETELY IN CHARGE OF IS...."YOU"?

YOU CAN GET UP EVERY MORNING AND  SAY "THANK YOU GOD....FOR ANOTHER DAY"......YES, SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS......WHY DID I WAKE UP WITH A MISERABLE RASH ON MY NECK AND BOOBS......AND WHEN I TOLD SHERRIE I HURT UNDER MY LEFT RIB CAGE.....SHE SAID MOTHER THAT IS YOU LIVER!!!!  I  DO  NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR......"AN ANIL ULTRASOUND"....KIDNEYS'S MIGHT BE BLOCKED.....OH, EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING...I AM BARELY RECOVERING FROM A CONCUSSION AND VERTIGO!!....MY NEIGHBOR RECOMMENDS A SODA BATH TONIGHT?....WHY NOT?

\SPENT THE AFTERNOON SHOPPING FOR FOOD AND FLOWERS FOR NICCI'S BABY SHOWER ON SATURDAY AT PAM'S HOUSE....SHERRIE AND I DOING THE FOOD.....TIFF THE INVITATIONS....(AND SHE WILL BE GONE TO A COLLEGE REUNION).....JULIE THE "MOM MOSA BAR".....LIBBY CAKE AND CUPCAKES.....JUST  A FAMILY GROUP.....BUT SO EXCITED SHE IS HAVING A LITTLE BOY.....IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS......NO, KARRIE AND ANDREA RSVP "NO"......OH WELL......THEIR LOSS..

I WONDER???

A 90TH BIRTHDAY PIZZA PARTY FOR THEIR FATHER.   DON WITH KARRIE, SHERRIE , AND PAM.......I WONDER IF HE KNOWS HOW RICH HE IS TO HAVE THESE THREE WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS.........I WONDER IF HE LOOKS BACK WITH ANY REGRETS ABOUT NOT BEING MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES AS THEY GREW UP TO BE WONDERFUL WOMEN AND MOTHERS?  HIS MEMORIES WOULD BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN......MOSTLY FROM THE VACATIONS HE TOOK THEM ON NOW AND THEN. I WONDER,,,,,I WONDER.....I WONDER SO MANY THINGS I WILL NEVER GET ANSWERS FOR.

90 YEARS AGO.....

THIS IS DON PETERSON.....90 YEARS OLD ON THE 7TH OF JUNE.....THE FATHER OF MY THREE DAUGHTERS......NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND ALMOST 4 GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN......AN AIRLINE PILOT WHO PUT AIRPLANES BEFORE FAMILY BUT ALWAYS PROVIDED WELL FOR THE FAMILY.....AFTER A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE HE LEFT THE FAMILY FOR A YOUNGER ITALIAN LADY NAMED....TONY.  HE IS LEFT HANDED....AND TWO OF MY GIRLS ARE LEFT HANDED......AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN.  HE CELEBRATED WITH A PIZZA PARTY AT HIS HOME.....HE IS IN FAIR HEALTH.

WHY? WHY? WHY?

WHY DID I EVER THINK I COULD OPERATE A COMPUTER?....JUST AS I THINK I HAVE MINE FIGURED OUT....EVERYTHING FALLS APART!

I HAD TIFF HELP ME ORDER A ...BLOG TO PRINT BOOK....WHICH SHE DID AND THEN SHE SAID...."GRAM YOU COMPUTER REALLY NEEDS UP-DATING"....WHICH IT PROBABLY DID BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE TO UP-DATE AND HAVE EVERYTHING NEW....SO SHE BEGAN!!! NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ONLY THING I CAN GET INTO NOW IS THE BLOG.....NO EMAIL OR FACE BOOK......SO GUESS I WILL HAVE TO MAKE A TRIP DOWN TO BEST BUYS AND HAVE THE GEEK SCOWADE WORK ON IT FOR ME......I WILL NOT GIVE UP!  BUT......CAN RUIN YOUR DAY......

AS TIME GOES ON.......

SO WE COME TO A NEW WEEK......AND THE TO-DO LIST IS VERY LONG......BRIDGE ON WEDNESDAY....AND DETERMINED TO CLEAN MY CLOSET.....I CAN HARDLY GET IN...BUT THIS DARN WEATHER HAS EVERY ONE GUESSING.....COLD ONE DAY...WINTER CLOTHES AND WARM THE NEXT.....SPRING CLOTHES.....WHAT TO DO?
QUIET SUNDAY......PAM CAME BY FOR A FUN VISIT AND  SHERRIE AND LESLIE CALLED....SO MY DAY WAS COMPLETE.   STILL WORKING ON A BABY QUILT FOR NICCI'S BABY SHOWER ON SATURDAY.

"D DAY" 75 YEARS AGO TODAY......

ALL DAY TV HAS CELEBRATED D-DAY.

75 YEARS AGO TODAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN 12 YEARS OLD......SO REMEMBER THAT WAR WITH ALL THE RATIONING OF GAS, TIRES, BUTTER, SOAP, SUGAR ETC......THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED TO FIGHT THE WAR......THERE WERE NO HAPPY RAINBOWS TO ENJOY WHEN THOSE POOR PEOPLE WERE BEING BOMBED .....NO HOMES OR FOOD FOR THEM.....SO MANY OF OUR WONDERFUL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN KILLED OVER THERE FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF SO MANY.......AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS DAY WE REMEMBER THOSE KILLED AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND COURAGE TO KEEP US FREE.

I HAVE BEEN TO EUROPE AND TO SOME OF THE CEMETERIES WITH ALL THOSE WHITE CROSSES ON THEM.......OF THE ONES WHO DID NOT COME HOME.  IT  IS SAD AND......REAL.

ANOTHER WEEKEND LOOMS.....

CAN'T SAY "THANK YOU" ENOUGH NOW DAYS......

TO GOD THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY BROKEN BONES.....THAT ALL MY HURTS ARE GETTING WELL....FOR ALL THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MY WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS......I TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANITE.

I PUT A BABY QUILT TOGETHER FOR NICCI'S SHOWER.....GOT MY HAIR COLORED.....SHOPPED FOR FOOD......AND HAD A NICE LONG VISIT WITH PAM AND TALKED TO MY SISTER.....WHO COULD ASK FOR A NICER DAY?

WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT WAS THUNDERING AND RAINING.....IT IS SEVEN PM AND AGAIN WE ARE GETTING THUNDER AND RAIN.....OH WELL, DON'T HAVE TO WATER THE GERANIUMS........

HAVE TO DO SOME SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND.......BABY SHOWER....TIFF AND ROB'S BIRTHDAYS.....SHERRIE'S ANNIVERSARY.......TOMORROW IS MY X'S 90 BIRTHDAY.....HE INVITED THE KIDS TO HIS HOUSE FOR PIZZA.....I SENT HIM A BIRTHDAY CARD WITH PAM THAT SAID......."HEY.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIG 90TH.    ENJOY,                  THE FIRST MRS DON PETERSON!"

"SINGLE".......AGAIN SOMETHING  ELSE TO BE GREATFUL FOR.

SUMMER ALMOST HERE.....

PANNIER'S CELEBRATING MEMORIAL DAY IN IDAHO.....LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ALL BUNDLED.....NOT SUMMER UP THERE YET.....MISS OUR NICCI AND BILL .....BUT WILL GET TO SEE THEM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN THEY PICK UP THEIR CAR AND WE CELEBRATE THE NEW BABY BOY WITH A "BABY SHOWER".......THEY ARE MOVING OUT OF THEIR DOWN TOWN APARTMENT TO A NICE HOUSE WITH MORE ROOM OUT OF TOWN A BIT.
TODAY MY WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS....6 OF US......CELEBRATED A COUPLE OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH WITH LUNCH AT THE SIZZLER.....THEY ARE FIVE OF THE GREATEST LADIES I HAVE EVER KNOWN AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER.....HONH IS FROM VIET NAHM...... SHE TURNS 40 AND IS THE YOUNGEST OF ALL OF US.....AND LOVES TO COOK......HILDA IS FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND WE ALL BLEND SO NICE. SEEMS EVERYONE HAS THEIR CROSS TO BARE....TWO WITH SICK HUSBANDS.....ALL HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE UP-SET THE FAMILY UNITY......DEALING WITH OLD AGE AND ACHES AND PAINS.......BUT ALWAYS SHARING AND CARING!  I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEIR LOVE.
SHIRLEY JUST CALLED......SHE HAD HER FIRST BOUT WITH VERTIGO TODAY AND CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO......MINE IS MUCH BETTER....BUT NOT BEST YET???HEADACHES DOING BETTER...BUT KINDA WOBBLY STILL.....AND SO WE MOVE INTO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BUSY MONTH OF JUNE.

DON'T QUIT.....

I DECIDED TO START THIS MONTH OFF WITH MY FAVORITE PICTURE.....AND MY FAVORITE POEM......GETTING OLD AND BEING SICK....FUN?   NOT SO MUCH! WITH MY BROTHER AND NEPHEW AS BOOK ENDS....I CAN AND WILL GO ON .
                                                           " DON'T QUIT"
When things go wrong......and they sometimes will......
And the road your trudging seem all up hill.....
When funds are low and debts are high...And you want to smile but you have to cry....
When all is pressing you down a bit....Rest if you must.....BUT NEVER QUIT!
Success is failure turned inside out....a silver lining to a cloud of doubt.....
And you can never tell how close you are....It may be near but seem afar,,,,
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit.....It's when things seem worse that your must not QUIT!