THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.....

I HAVE A SAYING WRITTEN ON MY WALL.....WITH MY NINE GRANDCHILDREN'S PICTURES AROUND IT.....

"THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.....AREN'T THINGS"

BAG THE BIG HOUSE....FANCY CARS.....AND EXPENSIVE CLOTHES.  THEY ARE JUST THINGS THAT CAN BE REPLACED.....BUT MY GRANDKIDS.....CANNOT BE REPLACED.  I LOVE PRETTY PICTURES LIKE THIS ONE.....A PUMPKIN SAYS HALLOWEEN AND FUN FOR KIDS.....AND MEMORIES OF YOUR MANY FUN HALLOWEENS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.....SO DIFFERENT FROM THESE DAYS.

A GOOD DAY IS WHEN......YOU FIND LIFE ISN'T TIED WITH A BOW....BUT LIFE IS STILL A GIFT!

INTERESTING LIFE.....

WENT INTO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY TO HAVE MY SORE SHOULDERS CHECKED.....ONLY TO FIND BOTH SHOULDERS ARE BONE ON BONE LIKE MY KNEES AND HAVE ARTHRITIS IN THEM.....NOT GOOD.....GOT A SHOT IN ONE.....HOPE IT WORKS.  THANK GOODNESS NO SIDE AFFECTS FROM MY CANCER MEDICINE......

PATTY OVER THIS MORNING AND THEN OFF TO GET MY NAILS DONE.   TOMORROW A HAIR APPOINTMENT ....GREYS TAKING OVER.......HALLOWEEN...... AND THEN OCTOBER IS OVER.   VERY COLD BUT NO SNOW IN THE VALLEY....JUST THE MOUNTAINS ARE GETTING IT.......

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS.....MONEY AND JOB PROBLEMS ....MANY DRUG PROBLEMS....LONELY ETC.  IF WE COULD JUST REALIZE

AFTER THE SHOWERS THERE IS SUNSHINE AND STAY STRONG THROUGH OUR PROBLEMS.

SHERRIE AND KEN POPPED IN MONDAY NIGHT......SO FUN HAVING THEM FOR SLEEP-OVERS.  SHER HAD  A DERMATALIGIST APPOINTMENT AND KEN A DR APPOINTMENT ON TUESDAY.....THEN BACK TO VERNAL......SEEMS THE WEEKS FLY BY.

TENDING THE NEIGHBORS DOG WHILE THEY GO TO DINNER?????  GOOD OLE GRANDMA BETTY!

OH HALLOWEEN.....

WHO EVER HEARD OF SOMEONE 87 DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN????  I HAVE NEVER BEEN 87 BEFORE SO I AM NOT SURE HOW SOME ONE MY AGE SHOULD ACT!  IT WAS FOR THE CHURCH ....TRUCK OR TREAT .....WITH DINNER BEFORE.  WE HAD FUN DOING IT AND ENJOYED HAVING PAM AND ARRON JOIN US......LIBBY AND BRAYDEN HAVE GREAT IDEAS........ TOMORROW  IS THE BIG NIGHT AND SUPPOSE TO BE VERY COLD....HOPE WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF KIDS.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU'ALL.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN!!!!

BUT.....SOME HOW MY NAME ENDED UP ON THE VOLUNTEER LIST FOR THE CHURCH HALLOWEEN PARTY TOMORROW......IN COSTUME FOR "TRUNK OR TREAT" WITH LIBBY AND BRAYDEN.   THEY ARE SERVING CHILI AND BAGALS AND COOKIES....PAM IS BRINGING AARON AS ROB IS DEER HUNTING AND SHE IS BABY SITTING ALL WEEKEND.....KEEP AARON BUSY.

WE GOT "BOOOED"...LAST NIGHT AND NOW I AM EXPECTED TO BOO A COUPLE OF HOMES TO PASS IT ON....THANKGOODNESS THE WEATHER IS COLD BUT DRY FOR ALL THIS.

SUNDAY CHURCH......PRIMARY PROGRAM....WHICH I HAVE BEEN TO MANY?......THEN MY SWEET NEIGHBOR SUZANNE INVITED THE KIDS I OVER FOR DINNER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.......THINK I WILL SLEEP ALL DAY MONDAY.......NOT USE TO ALL THIS .....SOCIAL LIFE.

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA COOK.....

ANDREA HAD HER BABY GIRL ON WEDNESDAY.....HER SECOND.....MAKING KARRIE AND RICHARD GRANDPARENTS AGAIN.   NOW I HAVE FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN....TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. HER NAME IS ISLA.....PRONOUNCED ILA.....I DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE STRANGE NAMES ANYMORE........LILLY IS 20 MONTHS OLD....ANDREA WILL BE BUSY.

TGIF.......

WHY DO WE LOVE FRIDAYS?????

THIS STARTS WHEN YOU START TO SCHOOL AND NEVER ENDS THE REST OF YOU'R LIFE......

HALLOWEEN IS BREATHING DOWN OUR NECK AND 6I DAYS TILL XMAS...WENT TO LUNCH WITH PAM TODAY AND THEN DID A LITTLE  "RETAIL THERAPY" AT HOME GOODS.   PAM BOUGHT SOME FUN THINGS....I AM HOLDING OFF..

HAVE KEN FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS......THEN HE WILL WILL DRIVE A CAR HOME TOMORROW WITH HIS FAMILY,,,,,HE AND BRAYDEN AND LIBBY WENT OFF TO A SNOW-MOBILE SHOW AT THE CONVENTION CENTER....INVITED ME BUT I AM DONE FOR THE DAY......COUNTING THE HOURS TILL PJ TIME.

LOVE SEEING BRAY LOVIJNG HIS NEW JOB AT PARK CITY SKI RESORT.....HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A HAPPY FRIDAY.

NOPE....NO SNOW.....

SUNDAY IS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS.....BUT WE SHOULD

 THANK GOD EVERY DAY AND ASK HIM TO WALK WITH US......

CHURCH.....LUNCH AND A NAP......PERFECT SUNDAY.    THE WEATHER SURPRISED US.....A BIG STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT JUST COLD AND SUNNY HERE IN SALT LAKE.....AND NO SNOW FORECAST FOR THE WEEK....THANKGOODNESS!

I WAS JUST THINKING HOW BEAUTIFUL THE TREES ARE THIS TIME OF YEAR.....AND HOW WE MISS THEM WHEN THEY ARE BARE ALL WINTER....I LOVE TREES.....THEY ARE SO VITAL TO OUR HEALTH AND THE EARTH'S......IN SCIENCE CLASS WE LEARNED THAT TREES PRODUCE THE AIR WE BREATH.....  THEY FILTER OUT POLLUTANTS, PREVENT EROSION AND IN SOME CASES REDIRECT WATER.  THEY GIVE US SHADE ....THEY YIELD FRUIT , NUTS AND MEDICAL INGREDIENTS...GIVE HOMES TO FOREST ANIMALS AND INSECTS.......

I ONCE READ THAT IN A FOREST OF A HUNDRED THOUSANND TREES, NO TWO LEAVES ARE ALIKE.....AS NO TWO JOURNEYS ALONG THE SAME PATH ARE ALIKE......HAPPY SUNDAY.

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

WHY CAN'T NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA WORK THINGS OUT?????  I HAD A VACATION IN SEOUL , SOUTH KOREA AND LOVED IT.   SO MANY TREASURES OF ART AND NICE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.....OF COURSE MY FAVORITE PART OF IT WAS THE ..."SHOPPING".....THEY HAD ...KNOCK OFF.....EVERY THING!!! HAD TO BUY ANOTHER BAG TO GET IT ALL HOME.....PARTLY BECAUSE WE WENT ON TO HONG KONG FOR A FEW DAYS.....AND THERE IS NO BETTER SHOPPING ANYWHERE THAN HONG KONG.  DON AND I BOTH HAD SPORT JACKETS...SWADE SUITS ETC. MADE THERE WHEN EVER WE VISITED HONG KONG....BEEN THERE ABOUT FIVE TIMES.....AND ON TO MACAW..... THE SISTER ISLAND WITH GAMBLING. THE LAST TRIP WAS WITH 6 LADIES....AND DID WE SHOP.

WINTER FORCAST FOR WEEKEND.....

AT THIS AGE.....THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT...."KICKING THE BUCKET"..... I GUESS THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET RID OF ANY BUCKET AROUND YOUR PLACE.....BUT WONDER IF THAT MAKES YOU ANY SAFER?

IT IS COLD...WINDY AND I AM SURE SNOWING IN PARK CITY.....LIBBY AND BRAY ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME HERE FROM VERNAL.....THEY TOOK THEIR FURNITURE OUT TO VERNAL TO STORE YESTERDAY AND CELEBRATE DARREN'S BD.....AND WERE DRIVING BACK TONIGHT.....HE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER THIS WEEK AND HAS A REALLY SORE HAND!  HE STARTS HIS NEW JOB IN PARK CITY SKI RESORT MONDAY AND IS VERY EXCITED.......GUESS WE ARE EXPECTING TO WAKE UP TOMORROW TO A WHITE WONDERLAND!  I TOOK OFF EARLY TODAY TO BUY YARN AND DO A LITTLE MORE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING......WHO STANDS IN LINE 35 MINUTES IN ROSS'S FOR MY TREASURES.....ME AND 50 SPANISH FAMILIES.....WITH A DOZEN KIDS EACH??????

IT IS CALLED....."RETAIL THERAPY".....

JUST PRAY......

THEY SAY PRAYER IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING......AND I BELIEVE IT!

SO I HAVE BEEN ADDED A PILL TO MY DAILY ROUTINE......ANASTROZ0LE.......A HARMON FOR MY CANCER.  i ALREADY TAKE PILLS I CAN'T PRONOUNCE.....MICARDIS FOR BLOOD-PRESSURE PLUS.....METOPROLOL...WHO IN THE WORLD MAKES UP THE NAMES FOR MEDICINES?  THEN THERE IS HYALURONIC ACID FOR MY KNEES....I ALSO SEE THIS IN MAKEUP????  HYROCORTISONE VALERATE CREAM FOR MY RASH......THANK GOODNESS THERE IS GOOD OLE ASPREN....TYLANOL AND ADVIL....WORDS I CAN PRONOUNCE!  I GUESS ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST PRAY OUR BODY KNOWS "WHAT GOES WHERE....AND WHY".....

OCTOBER BIRTHDAY.......

SHERRIE AND DARREN.... DARREN .....WHO JUST HAD ANOTHER BIRTHDAY...DOES HAVING ANOTHER BIRTHDAY ......SLOW HIM DOWN......NOT A BIT!  HE JUST GETS WILDER.....OFF TO LAKE POWELL WITH DAD AND BRO FOR BIRTHDAY...FLY HOME TONIGHT AND OFF TO DENVER TOMORROW FOR BRONCO FOOT BALL GAME THIS WEEKEND....I THINK HE IS RELATED TO ME......HANG IN THERE SHER?  ONE MORE OCT BIRTHDAY TO GO...SCOTTIES...

A SUCCESSFUL HUNT.....

THIS IS MY GRANDSON ALEX.....HIS FIRST BIG HUNT AND LOOK AT THAT RACK. IN THE YEARS GONE BY......BY DAD AND BROTHER LOVED HUNTING SEASON AND I WAS RAISED ON DEER AND ELK MEAT....NOW.....NOT SO MUCH......GREAT GOING ALEX I AM SO PROUD OF YOU......

BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY.....

THIS IS SO ME!!!!!

I LIKE ME.....AND COULD CARE LESS WHO ELSE DOES.....SOME OF MY KIDS DO...SOME DON'T.....SOME FRIENDS DO.....SOME DON'T....BUT MY X AND I HAVE BECOME FRIENDS AND THAT IS HUGE FOR THE FAMILY.....SO I AM IN "HAPPY LAND".  WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY .....KEN AND SHERRIE CAME BY AND BROUGHT LUNCH.....COVERED THE PATIO FUNITURE.....CHANGED MY BED.....I SO LOVE HAVING MY KIDS COME BY......OR CALLING ME.......JUST TO SEE THEM....NOT TO MAKE MY WORK FOR ME........

NEW ROOM MATES......

     

WELL THE KIDS MOVED IN TODAY AND WE HAVE STUFF EVERY WHERE.....I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE ROOM MATES........I SIT HERE AND WATCH LIBBY COOK DINNER....AND SHE SAID SHE LOVED TO COOK...YEA!!!!

THE WEATHER IS  SUNNY BUT COLD....WENT TO WALMART AND DID A LITTLE SHOPPING....CHRISTMAS STUFF AND A NEW FURNACE FILTER.....AND  OH SOME LIGHT BULBS......CALLED MY SISTER ......BUT SHE WAS OUT......WORRY ABOUT HER KNEE.......

I DID START MY PILLS TODAY FOR CANCER.......AND HOPE NONE OF THE SIDE AFFECTS LISTED AFFECT ME....HOT FLASHES.....NASEAU.....HEADACHES....VERTIGO ETC.....KARRIE'S PILLS HAVE MADE HER KNEES SWELL AND ARE SO SORE!!!!! THE FUN OF GETTING OLD........AND GETTING CANCER.

BEAUTIFUL FALL.......

SUCH A PRETTY TIME OF YEAR.......

EVERY WHERE THE TREES ARE TURNING RED, ORANGE AND YELLOW......LAST NIGHT WAS 27 DEGREES.....THAT IS COLD! SNOW FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WENT TO PATTY'S FOR COFFEE YESTERDAY AND SHE AND I RAN UP TO JOAN'S THEN HAD LUNCH TODAY......FUN FRIEND.  

I WENT TO THE DR WEDNESDAY.....KARRIE AND PAM TOOK ME AND WE MADE THE DECISION....NO RADIATION....JUST THE HARMON PILL....WITH ALL IT'S WEIRD "SIDE AFFECTS".....THE ONE KARRIE IS TAKING FOR HER CANCER IS MAKING HER KNEES SWELL AND SHE IS MISERABLE....I CAN SEE....CANCER IS NOT FUN???  WE WILL SEE WHAT THIS ONE THEY GAVE ME DOES.....TO BUG ME.

BRAYDEN AND LIBBY HAVE BEEN MOVING IN AND GUESS TOMORROW WILL BE THE BIG MOVE IN DAY.  BRAYDEN STARTS A NEW JOB IN A WEEK UP AT PARK CITY WORKING ON MAINTENANCE OF THE LIFTS....SNOW EQUIPMENT ETC.....HE IS VERY EXCITED.  I AM HAPPY TO HAVE THEM TO HELP THEM SAVE MONEY AND BE HERE FOR ME.

WEEKS COME AND WEEKS GO.......

THIS IS MY SECOND GRANDCHILD AND SHE JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY AND A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.....THIS MONTH......AND A NEW BABY IN AUGUST......SHE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME......SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCI....YOU CUTE THING.....

QUIET WEEKEND......

HAD SUNDAY DINNER AT PAM'S AND MY SWEET HORTON FAMILY WERE THERE....AARON IS GROWING UP AND GETTING SO FUN.......A VERY QUIET WEEKEND JUST WATCHING CHURCH CONFERENCE......AND GETTING THE BASEMENT READY FOR BRAY AND LIBBY TO MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND.....SO MUCH STUFF I DON'T NEED ANY MORE.

PATTY OVER FOR COFFEE THIS WEEKEND AND GAVE ME THE LOW DOWN ON HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S WEDDING IN SEATTLE LAST WEEKEND....WEDDINGS ARE WEDDINGS FOR EVERYONE.  AND NICE TO GO TO......AND BETTER TO GET HOME.

TOMORROW NIGHT A YEARLY CONDO MEETING....NEED TO GO AND SEE IF WE CAN GET RID OF ...."WENDY"!

THEN WEDNESDAY......A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT TO SEE IF ......IT IS RADIATION ...A PILL FOR FIVE YEARS.......OR BOTH LIKE KARRIE. THINGS SEEM TO BE HEALING GOOD.

NOW OFF TO WATCH.....DANCING WITH THE STARS...

I AM TRYING......

I WAS JUST THINKING?????? SOMETIMES I DO!

WHEN I GET IN MY CAR AND HEAD OUT EACH DAY.....I TRUST THE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD....IF THERE IS A RED LIGHT.......THEY STOP......IF THERE IS A CAR SIGNALING RIGHT OR LEFT......THEY MEAN IT....THIS MEANS I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE TO KEEP THE RULES OF THE ROAD....FAITH IS LEARNED.....

WHEN YOU THROW A BABY IN  THE AIR....THEY LAUGH BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU WILL CATCH THEM.....THAT IS TRUST....

EVERY NIGHT WE GO TO BED WITHOUT ASSURANCE OF BEING ALIVE THE NEXT MORNING...BUT WE SET OUR ALARM TO WAKE US UP/.....THAT IS HOPE...

WE PLAN BIG THINGS FOR TOMORROW IN SPITE OF ZERO KNOWLDGE OF THE FUTURE......THAT IS CONFIDENCE.....

WE SEE THE WORLD SUFFERING, BUT STILL WE GET MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN......THAT IS LOVE.

ON AN OLD MAN'S SHIRT WAS WRITTEN......I AM NOT 80 YEARS OLD...."I AM SWEET 16 WITH 74 YEARS EXPERIENCE'.......THAT IS ATTITUDE......

IT IS CALLED ...."LIVING AND LEARNING"

AND AT MY AGE.....I JUST SAY."THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERY DAY"......

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FALL CONFERENCE......

HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT MY MORNIING COFFEE AND WE ARE IN THE FIRST DAY OF OUR CHURCH CONFERENCE.....IN WHICH IT IS A NO-NO TO DRINK COFFEE.......IF IT WERE NOT FOR TOAST AND COFFEE EVERY  MORNING .....I PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET UP TILL LUNCH TIME.....IN OLD AGE YOU DO NOT HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE OR ANY THING TO DO ALL DAY....OTHER THAN A FEW DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS.........SO YOU SLEEP!!!!

THIS MORNING PATTY CAME OVER.....YES, FOR COFFEE...EVEN BROUGHT THE DOUGHNUTS! I WATCHED CONVERENCE IN BETWEEN PATTY AND WORKING IN THE BASEMENT......THE KIDS WILL BE MOVING IN SOON.....I AM HAPPY TO GET THE BASEMENT CLEANED OUT......4 1/2 YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED IN IT WAS JUST EMPTY THE BOXES WHERE EVER YOU CAN FIND SOME WHERE TO PUT STUFF....COME ON...... I RAN ACROSS THE "TAP SHOES"......I HAD FROM THE YEAR I LIVED IN DENVER AND WAS 19 0R 20?????  OK....OK. ...SICK?    WENT THROUGH AND GOT RID OF ALL THE SIZE 12'S IN THE CLOSET...THOSE DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER.....WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT 88.....IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE AROUND TO KEEP YOU GOING......HOW DID I COLLECT SO MUCH "STUFF" IN THE LAST 63 YEARS?