A WEEK FROM TODAY....

WELL....A WEEK FROM TODAY I WILL BE CANCER-LESS.....I HOPE.

THIS WEEKEND IS LABOR DAY HOLIDAY FOR MANY...BUT I AM JUST HANGING IN THERE COUNTING THE DAYS TILL I HAVE BREAST SURGERY FOR CANCER.....

THE CHRISTENSONS ARE OFF ON AN ALASKA CRUISE....PAM AND TIFF'S FAMILIES ARE OFF TO IDAHO......BRAY AND LIBBY OFF TO LAKE POWELL AND NOT SURE WHERE WILL AND LIZ ARE OFF TO....BUT I WILL HAVE KEN AND THE NEIGHBORS CLOSE BY.....AND HAPPY TO BE STAYING HOME TENDING KEN AND THE 2 DOGS......LES AND HER FAMILY ARE OFF TO OKLAHOMA TO KYLIE'S WEDDING......

A LAZY DAY.....DID GROCERY SHOP .....WATER THE PLANTS.....PICKED ONE OF MY TOMATOES FOR A BLT FOR DINNER......OH YES, A FEW NACHOS FOR LUNCH......NICE MACHINE FOR COMFORT FOOD!!!!!

START TODAY.....

I have no regrets about the GOOD OLD DAYS!

NO.....I wasn't perfect....but I sure had a good time....I had a Best Friend.....a lot of boy friends, loved to dance, had wonderful and understanding parents and great siblings.  I had a plan for my life....to be a stewardess.....so in college I majored in BOYS and minored in dance..... as I waited to turn 21....the age to become a Stewaredess.....My greatest accomplishment......  I have had...... is my three beautiful daughters who never got into trouble with drugs, sex etc........they finished school, and collage and married nice boys and are great mothers and have given me 9 wonderful grandchildren.....who are normal hardworking normal kids.......no drugs....problems with the law and all pretty normal.

NOW.... with cancer hanging over my head there is no waiting for happiness,  happiness can happen right now for all of us......The secret: looking at each day in a whole new way....not as your last...but as an abundance of small miracles.  When you say YES to life's blessings ...life brings you even more.

Yes, I guess 87 1/2.....is kinda old?

NO MATTER WHAT DAY CAME.....

Well .....the actual day of "NO MATTER WHAT HAS COME".....After two days of mamograms, a day of biopsys and then two days of waiting for the  news....good or bad...... the big day of what they found in the biopsy came............ALL three daughters...YEA.....came with me to face the facts....the news was not what I wanted to hear but "IT IS WHAT IT IS"......I have breast cancer.  Was I surprised?  Probably not, as my grandma Goff, my mother, my sister Jo and just a few months ago my daughter  Karrie has gone through it....just surprised me it waited so long.  It has been so wonderful to have so much love and support from my family, friends and neighbors.......The doctors, and nurses have all been great at St. Marks.....my surgery is the 5th of September and I am still praying it will just be a lumpectomy....or what ever.....then a pill.  It is an in and out procedure and Ken will be with me for 5 days after..... as Sher will be on a cruise to Alaska......Ken and a couple of dogs are staying with me while the family is gone.....

It was so nice having Sher come and she brought her NACHOS machine as she knew I would need some COMFORT FOOD.....And all my neighbors love it!!  She took me to talk to the surgen as Kar and Pam were busy.....Good children are the greatest blessing you can have and each of them will experience that sometime in their lives......The big plus in all this was Karrie cared enough to come and support me and she was such a help with what questions to ask and what to expect..... Am I nervous about what is ahead.......well yes.

NO MATTER WHAT......

God bless my "NO MATTER WHAT" friends and family and neighbors........I have so many people who care about me and are there for me......NO MATTER WHAT!

Tomorrow I go in for my biopsy on my breast and lymph gland.....My grandparents on Mom's side, my mother, my sister and my 51 year old daughter have all had breast cancer.....and I pray I am not next.....but we will know soon!....They say "Positive thoughts.....bring Positive actions"....So I am trying to stay postive for whatever comes......and that I can handle it and fight my way through.......

"NO MATTER WHAT".

PICTURES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS..

They say one picture is worth a thousand words.......and I think this picture should be able to help you figure out better than anyone can try and explain to you.....what RACISM is!!  Yes.....people come in all kinds of colors.......BUT.....they all have the same heart and all have red blood.......What is wrong with people?  GOD made us all the same.....but different and that is OK.
I have been doing my Spring house cleaning .......all summer.  Between my kids and my sweet sister and niece who cleaned my cupboards,....refridgerator.....freezer and pantry....I decided to tackle my walk in closet.  The Japanese method of decluttering sounded like a good idea to me.....You take and hold every object that you own, and if  it doesn't bring you joy....you throw it away?......So far, I've thrown out all the vegtables, my bra, the electric bill, the scales, a mirror and my treadmill.... Maybe.......I will save the rest of the house till next Spring.....

BIRTHDAY WEEK AT MY HOUSE.....

I think my kids and grandkids......already know what a crazy grandmother they have!

BUT

through the years.....we have a lot of fun together.

Birthday week started the 15th with Andrea.....who told Sherrie she no longer has a grandma....she is mad along with her mother.......Next day Brayden turns 24 on his great grand-mothers birthday...Happy birthday Mom....who would be 107.........Bray's wife was busy with a seminar so he and I went  to dinner and watched a movie.....what a fun evening...love that kid!

Yesterday.....the 18th was Pam's big 62 birthday.  She ran up to their cabin to fish and enjoy her birthday and today the 19th....... is Karrie's husband...... Richard Cook.     Then we have to remember we have another birthday to add to our August ones......Tucker on the 5th.

April and August are busy and fun birthday months for us.

O.K. I HAAVE HAD IT!

AS YOU KNOW BY NOW I AM GOING IN NEXT WEEK FOR A BIOPSY ON MY BREAST ....ONE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS WAS.....WEAR A "SPORTS BRA " SO WE CAN PUT AN ICE PACK DOWN IN IT!!!!!  WELL FOR YOU GIRLS WHO HAVE TRIED TO WEAR A SPORTS BRA....... YOU ARE SMARTER THAN I AM......I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THREE IN DIFFERNT SIZES? AND THOUGHT I'D SEE WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST.....WELL I GOT ONE ARM AND MY HEAD THROUGH ONE OF THEM.........THEN I COULD NOT GET IT ON...  ..OR OFF!.....I WAS ABOUT READY TO CALL MY NEIGHBOR TO BRING HER SICSSORS AND COME CUT ME OUT....THE OTHER TWO WERE NO BETTER....AND I HAD A X...XL....AND A XXL!.....I COULD NOT GET ANY OF THEM ON.....THEN OFF!.  I AM LOOKING FOR A SPORTS BRA WITH A ZIPPER......AND OH YES.....I HAVE THREE NEW SPORTS BRAS YOU CAN HAVE!!!!!!

MORE WABI SABI....

As you can see from my last blog......there is nothing us "old" folks can not handle..... a dead battery after you learn to "open the hood".....you take your handy little battery charger and start looking for a new battery.....and have a guy in you dental office give you nice prayer over the phone for your upcoming biopsy???? You have to be ready for everything...and HANDLE IT!

As I grow older I realize that a $300.00 dollar watch and a $30.00 dollar watch both tell the same time.......

That my Kate Spade purse and a Forever 21 wallet hold the same amount of money.....

That a $350.000.00 house and a $150.000.00 house ....hosts the same loneliness....

That my 16 year old Camray will drive me as far as your Mercedes.......True happiness is not found in materialistic things.....it comes from love and laughter found in each other....stay humble......the holes dug for us in the ground are all the SAME SIZE!!!!.

I grew up with the idea.....USE IT UP......WEAR IT OUT.......MAKE IT DO.....OR DO WITHOUT!  I HOPE MY KIDS HAVE LEARNED THAT TOO......

Under stand DON fell down his stairs and broke some vertibres in his neck......news from Pam when she picked up her dog I had tended a week while she went to help Nicci and the new baby.....

Dominos fell though today.....so Shirley came over and we ate what I had fixed and had a really good lunch date here.....She is a great friend.......

A WABI-SABI DAY.....

Well today was a WABI SABI day for me......After three days of trying finally got my eye perscription taken care of......then called the dental school to cancel  my teeth cleaning appointment because I was having Domino's.....when the guy wanted me to rescheduled I told him I was not certain what was ahead because I had to have a biopsy after my mammogram..... and finnd out what as ahead.....Well that's all it took for him to jump in and tell me what his mother had gone through ......finally having both her breasts off!..Then he said I will pray for you....me thinking he meant when he got home......he plunged into ...."JESUS....BLESS HER WITH STRENGTH AND HELP HER BE STRONG AS SHE IS A STRONG PERSON ETC. ETC. ETC.......I thanked him  for the nice prayer....I had never been prayed on over a phone before......then we got into how to treat it with BCD...DCB..ABC or whatever that Hemp oil is......and he said to be sure and let him know next week what the results of the biopsy found out....even gave me his special line,,,,1212 to connect with him.  I tell you that Roseman dental School cares about their patents....

NOW...WABI SABI is a Japanese saying....to always see the best in every situation.....So I was on cloud 9 ...... I decided to run to the store.....DEAD BATTERY.....First I did not know how to open the hood of the car to hook up my charger.....so I ask a nice guy who was walking his dog...he livees on the other street......if he could help me...We got it started and I headed for Costco for a new battery....Yes they sold batteries....BUT they didn't install them...SO i headed for BIG O TIRES...NO they didn't sell batteries but a nice little garage across the street might be able to or know who could help me....So finally a nice man named Lance checked the old one...DEAD...an hour later and two hundred and eight dollars .....I drove off to the store!!!! SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!  YOU HAVE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD......

GRAM FOR #2

PAM AND HER NEW....SECOND......GRANDCHILD....TUCKER.

WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED THAT SHE IS IN SEATTLE ENJOYING HIS FIRST   WEEK....AND DOING SOME BONDING......WE ARE LOVING THE PICTURES AND NEWS OF THE NEW BABY.......HER BABY DOG BREE IS WITH HER MOM.....AND LONESOME FOR HENRY FORD AND GRANDPA ROB......

STILL HOT AND SUMMER IN SLC.....HAVE A DATE WITH MY SWEET BRAYDEN TONIGHT FOR DINNER AND A MOVIE......HIS WIFE IS GONE THIS WEEK AND I GET HIM.....TOMORROW SHOP AND GET READY FOR DOMINOS AT MY HOUSE THURSDAY......HAIR APPOINTMENT FRIDAY....AND ANOTHER  WEEK HAS PASSED......BRAYDEN'S BIRTHDAY FRIDAY AND PAM'S SUNDAY...BUSY BIRTHDAY MONTH.......AND AUGUST ALMOST HALF OVER......

A GROWING FAMILY...

THIS IS MAMA  NICCI WITH HER TWO BOYS.......

OLIVER IS A LITTLE BIT BENT OUT OF SHAPE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN AN ONLY CHILD....DOG....WITH ALL THE ATTENTION IN THIS FAMILY......AND NOW THEY BRING SOMETHING NEW HOME!!  IT CRYS AND SOMETIMES DOES NOT SMELL TOO GOOD....SO GLAD MOM HAS TWO ARMS.......AND STILL LOVES ME.....

I WONDER???

WHEN YOU COME TO THE CROSS-ROADS IN LIFE YOU HAVE SOME THINKING O DO.....I HOPE I AM READY FOR WHAT EVER LIFE STILL HAS FOR ME.....I HAD A CALL BACK ON MY LATEST MAMOGRAM......AND NOW ANOTHER TRIP BACK IN A WEEK FOR A BIOPSY.......AM I  WORRIED/?  WELL YES, A LITTLE CONCERNED...BUT HOPING AND PRAYING FOR THE BEST.......IT IS A HARD THING TO THINK OF....... ESPECIALLY SINCE I WATCHED MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDG=FATHER.....MY MOTHER AND MY SISTER......ONE OF MY TWINS... ALL GO THROUGH CANCER......MY DAUGHTER IS ONLY 51......AT LEAST GOD HAS LET ME HAVE 87 YEARS BEFORE IT COMES MY WAY......I GUESS ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY FOR THE BEST....EXPECT THE WORST AND TAKE WHAT COMES.....

Remember.......when ever you're in a position to help someone, be glad and always do it.....because that is GOD'S answering someone eles's prayers ,,,,,,through you!

TUCKER MASON TRAVINGER......

SO EXCITED.....ANOTHER GREAT-GRAND CHILD...MY #3.....

TUCKR MASON TRAVINGER.....

NICCI HAD HIM C-SECTION ON AUGUST 5th......SO JUST GETTING HOME TODAY.....PAM FLEW UP TO SEATTLE TODAY TO SPEND A WEEK HELPING OUT AND LOVING HER SECOND GRANDCHILD.......NICCI WILL BE HERE FOR CHRISTMAS......SO AWHILE BEFORE I GET TO SEE HIM....BUT THEY PROMISED LOTS OF PICTURES......WONDER HOW THE VERY SPOILED DOG.....OLIVER......IS GOING TO TAKE THE NEW BABY?

MY PRESIDENT......

PRESIDENT TRUMP

LORD GIVE OUR PRESIDENT...... WISDOM LIKE SOLOMON.....AND FAITH LIKE DANIEL AND STRENGTH LIKE SAMSON TO WITH STAND THE WICKED ONSLOUGH AGAINST HIM......

MY FAMILY IS DIVIDED.....THE YOUNGER GENERATION...MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE SO "FAR LEFT"......THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL OVER THE EDGE...I JUST HOPE SOMEDAY THEY WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF SOCIALISM AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND BE SORRY FOR THE WAY THEY AND THE MEDIA TREATED HE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE.......

STAY SAFE AND STRONG PRESIDENT!!!!!

FUN WEEKEND WITH KEN......

ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOUR GRANDKIDS AROUND.....SO LAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY KEN STAYED OVER AND HELPED ME DO SOME CHORES I NEEDED HELP WITH.....THEN I GOT HIM AGAIN THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.....AND CODY GRANDPA'S DOG.......HE IS GREAT COMPANY AND ALOT OF FUN.....DAD ON A RIVER TRIP WITH HIS FAMILY AND MOM OFF TO THE CABIN IN PARK CITY WITH HER FRIENDS....KEN WITH GRAM......

TODAY....ALL DAY.....THE SAD NEWS ON TV A SHOOTER SHOT 18 PEOPLE AT A WALLMART IN EL PASO, TEXAS.  THE WORLD IS SURLY BECOMING A SAD AND BAD PLACE OF KILLERS AND GUNS......FOR NO REASON......BUT WE SEE THE PROPHIES ARE COMING TRUE......TALKED TO PAM IN IDAHO.....SHE AND THE DOGS ARE HAVING SOME QUIET TIME AT HER CABIN ......JUST HANGING OUT....SHERRIE BOUGHT SOME BLUE-BERRY LOAFS AT NEIDERS FOR THE TWO NEIGHBORS THAT TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF HER MOTHER.....SHE IS THE GREATEST!

WELL IT IS AUGUST......

EVERY MONTH YOU HOPE WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE LAST MONTH.....SO HERE WE ARE IN AUGUST....SO WILL TAKE THE GOOD AND THE BAD IT HAS TO OFFER.......

EVERYONE YOU TALK TO HAS SOME KIND OF HEALTH PROBLEM....MY GOOD FRIEND PATTY.......CALLED TODAY AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL.....LOW HEART BEAT AND VERY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE......(personally with what she lives with I am not surprised she has not died of stressed).....Neighbor next door has progressive prostrate cancer......neighbor down the street has demention setting in.....I thought my gall stone was bad......until I have to go in and retake my mamogram test again...do have my fingers crossed for good news.   Les has a bad foot rash in her toes and foot with blisters etc and with here diabetes....not good...also Jim is fighting a foot infection

 and they are worried it will go into his bones!!!! 

 Of course, there is always Karrie's breast cancer......

BUT

We have some good things happening in August also.......

I will get another great grandson......Nicci expects the middle of the month.....

There are lots of birthdays this month....Andrea the 15th.....Brayden the 16th......

Pam on the 18th and Richard the 19th.  Rob has a new job at Amazon that he loves and is excited about.  So with the bad news comes the good news....that we can be thankful for.