GETTING OLD....

I KNOW MY KIDS ARE CHECKING WITH EACH OTHER OFTEN,,,,,HAVE YOU NOTICED MOM IS GETTING MORE FORGETFUL OR SHE CAN'T REMEEMBER....OR HEAR WHAT YOU SAID????...I LOVE IT.....AS IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.....JUST WAIT KIDS YOUR DAY IS COMING WHEN YOU GET..... OLD AND YOUR KIDS DO THIS TO YOU....?.....IN FACT I SEE A LITTLE OF IT IN YOU ALREADY.......WE LAUGH AND CALL IT A SENIOR MOMENT...BUT IT IS REAL......I DO NOT WANT TO GET OLD AND SENILE...AND I ASK GOD TO HELP ME....BUT I AM IN HIS HANDS.....PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME........SATURDAY....... WAITING FOR LIB AN BRAY TO GET HOME FROM PROVO WHERE ALEX AND ASHLYN GOT SEALED IN THE TEMPLE.......I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM....YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!!!!!

YEA.....SATURDAY......

GOT  WEDDING INVITATION FROM MIKE AND KATHY......

KATHY IS A SWEET GIRL AND I HOPE MIKE HAS FINALLY FOUND HIS FOREVER MATE!! MANY YEARS AGO I WENT TO HAWAII TO HIS FIRST WEDDING TO LAUREN IN THE HAWAIIAN TEMPLE....FOUR CHILDREN AND MANY YEARS LATER IT IS A WEDDING TO ANDREA...WHO NONE OF US EVER LIKED....SHE WAS TROUBLE.....WITH A HUSBAND IN PRISON BECAUSE  OF ....... A PONSI SCHEME...A BISHOP AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.....ANDREA WAS LEFT WITH FOUR CHILDREN TO RAISE AND NO MONEY.....SO MIKE STEPPED IN...8 YEARS LATER SHE SAID SHE Was DONE.....MIKE HAS NOW FOUND KATY...AS IT SHOULD BE........THIS DECRMBER HE WILL MARRY KATY ,,,,WHOM WE ALL LIKE AND I WISH HIM HIS FOREVER PARTNER...CONGRATULATIONS.....MIKE AND KATY

ANANAMOUSE

I KNOW I DIDN'T SPELL ANANAMOUSE  RIGHT BUT YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT......I TELL YOU THIS PERSON ANON-A MOUSE IS DRVING ME CRAZY...EVERY SINGLE DAY....SO...I DECIDED TO TAKE CHARGE.......THEY CALLED.....I WENT INTO MY CRAZY OLD  LADY MODE... HI.,,,,DID YOU CALL ME OR DID I CALL YOU....WELL I HAVE HAD THIS BUNION AND NOT MOVING TO FAST.... NOW ARE YOU MY FIRST COUSIN OR MY SECOND COUSIN?   I KNOW UNCLE ELMER HAD A  CHILD  OUT OF WED LOCK AND THEY NAMED IT ANOMA MAOUS AND AS THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE FATHER WAS....WE ALWAYS CALLED YOU  ARNIE OR ANNIE .....OH CAN YOU HOLD ON A MINUTE?.....I HAVE TO GO PEE....? YOU HEAR THE DIAL TONE IMMEDIATELY......GO DEAD.   AM HAVING A BALL......MAYBE NO MORE CALLS FORM ANONAMOUS FOR AWHILE.......LOVE  BEING OLD AND CRAZY!!!!!

NEW RECEIPE.....

YOU ALLL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE TO COOK......AND I DO LIKE BANANA BREAD....SO WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I FOUND THIS NEW BANANA BREAD RECEIPE.....AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY......ENJOY?

BLACK FRIDAY.....

Getting up at dawn or staying up all night to be the first in line for a TV set doesn't appeal to me....but to many it is a game.....each year!  It is still snowing and seems to be getting more serious.....The Christensons came down from the cabin and went to Costco then invited me to the Spaghetti Factory for lunch..... Sherrie and Libby and I .....before the boys got there ...... went to TJ MAXX AND ROSSES and of course found things we wanted.....not needed.....just in the Black Friday mood.  By the time we finished lunch at 2:30 it was a blizzard.....thankgoodness Brayden drove me home as it was very slick......and they insisted on going back up to the cabin....Sherrie's cold is so bad she lost her voice....I turned on the fireplace, TV and watched 'Dr Phil'....my kind of snowy afternoon.  Hope everyone had a nice Black Friday!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.....

Well.....back to the days when I didn't know how to add pictures.....no pictures tonight....can't make it work.....BUT want to say I had a very Happy Thanksgiving.   Brayden and libby went to the cabin and in the evening I went to Panniers.....The Hortons came and Aaron always adds so much to the holidays....Rob ordered dinner from WalMart and picked it up on his way home from work.....yes, lots of people work on holidays.....Aaron brought his "Pie in the Face" game and everyone...but me....took their turn getting a face full of whip cream.  Been snowing for three days...but the roads have stayed good.  Have just about finished decorting the house...and Brayden did the outside.....shopping done....now to gather it up and get wrapped and make Nicci a baby quilt. cHRISTMAS around the corner.....

NICE SUNDAY.......

LOVE THE HOLIDAY CARTOONS...... COUNTING DOWN TILL THANKSGIVING.....3 DAYS!
Been a interesting week.....Ken came back with Brayden last Saturday....with the dog....he was a great help Monday....cleaned the garage....put up my Christmas tree....and took a load of stuff to ....Savors....Then Tuesday started off a good day till he found out alex was taking him home.....a day early......and fell apart......Wednesday was bridge..alf...Thursday coffee with Nancy....four and a half hours.....Friday a doctor appointment and Costco.......Saturday.....decorated front yard for xmas...today libby and brayden spoke in church and sherrie and darren were here to go to church with us as they were on their way home from st thomas!

MY HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO ME.....

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY!!! BUT, HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS WEATHER LAST???? THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER AND DOORS OPEN AND NO COATS......MY HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO ME....FOR I INTEND TO WRITE IT.....I FEEL KEEPING  A JOURNAL..OR BLOG....IS THE PERFECT WAY TO RECORD MY OWN HISTORY.....NO ONE REALLY CARES ABOUT YOUR HISTORY...BUT YOU.....BUT WHO ELSE MATTERS? LIBBY AND BRAYDEN ARE OFF TO VERNAL TONIGHT.....TO HELP ALEX AND ASHLYN MOVE INTO A HOUSE NEAR SHERRIE.....AND THE CHRISTENSONS ARE OFF TO ST THOMAS.....WHICH I LOVE AND HAVE BEEN THERE NUMEROUS TIMES....FOR A WEEK IN THEIR TIME SHARE....BRAY WILL BRING KEN AND THE DOG BACK TOMORROW WITH THEM TO SPEND THE WEEK WITH US.....WHAT ARE GRANDMA'S FOR????.

I WILL SLEEP IN THE MORNING??.....THEN DO A LITTLE RETAIL THERAPY SOME WHERE AND SPEND THE DAY....."DOING MY THING".....WHATEVER IT WILL BE.   I LOVE IT.....ME.....JUST M!  BEEN A BUSY WEEK....WEDNESDAY ...COFFEE AT PATTY'S...THURSDAY..LUNCH AND HOBBY LOBBY WITH PAM AND TODAY MEXICAN TRAIN WITH MY GROUP.....PLUS  A LONG TALK WITH NICCI AND LESLIE.....I GUESS LIFE CAN NOT GET ANY BETTER!!!!

EVER ASK YOURSELF WHY....

WHY?   WHY DO WE REMEMBER  LITTLE SONGS LIKE THE ONE ABOVE 85 YEARS LATER?????  AND PASS THEM DOWN TO OUR CHILDREN?  THAT IS WHAT MAKES US "US".......MOTHER WOULD SING THESE WORDS TO US EVERY FALL....AND i LOVE THEM,,,,,YET!.....AS YOU LAY IN BED AT....TRYING TO DRIFT OFF...IT IS STRANGE WHAT POPS INTO OUR THOUGHTS.  YES ....IT IS FALL AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE LEAVES UP BEFORE IT SNOWS.....SOMETIMES......DON'T YOU WISH YOU COULD JUST BE COVERED THROUGH THE WINTER AND SLEEP TILL SPRING......WELL....MAYBE NOT....YOU WOULD MISS CHRISTMAS AND I LOVE CHRISTMAS.  THINK I WILL DECORATE  FOR CHRISTMAS NEXT WEEK......WITH KEN'S HELP.

ALL MY DAYS AREE GOOD......

I HAVE CHOSEN TO DECIDE THAT ALL THE REST OF MY DAYS .....SHALL BE GOOD.   I COULD CHOOSE OTHERWISE....BUT WHY????

TODAY BRAY WAS STILL HAVING STOMACH PROBLEMS......SO WAS OFF TO SEE A DOCTOR AND GET A BLESSING FROM ALEX AND DARREN.....I THINK IT IS PARTLY STRESS FROM A  NEW JOB AND RESELTTLEMENT WITH GRANDMA.....CHANGES ARE HARD WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG.....HIS STOMACH HAS HURT FOR A LONG TIME..I HOPE THAT I CAN BE THE KIND OF PERSON......THAT DOES NOT ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND ACCEPT WHAT THEY TELL ME IS WHAT THEY WANT ME KNOW.....AS THEY GET THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.......AND MOVE ON...THEY ARE SUCH A GREAT COUPLE AND I REMEMBER THOSE FIRST DAYS OF MARRIAGE....AS WITH ASHLYN AND ALEX....AFTER THEIR FIRE TRYINNG TO PUT THEIR LIFE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!!!  THEY NEED A SAFE PLACE TO FALL AND I HOPE I CAN HELP WITH THAT!!

SATURADAY NIGHT.....?

I LEARNED THIS POEM IN HIGHSCHOOL......CAN RECITE IT BY HEART......AND THROUGH THE YEARS IT IS PROVIN TO BE TRUE........SO OFTEN THE EASY WAY OUT OF A SITUATION IS TO HANG IN THERE...........NOT TO QUIT...... I AM 78 AND A HALF AND FEAR I HAVE FOUND MORE CANCER....OK GOD...IF THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE FOR ME...I CAN HANDLE IT......MY LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD AND IF THIS IS THE WAY I AM TO GO OUT....HELP ME BE STRONG AND DO IT WELL.  ....NOT A BURDEN TO MY KIDS....THIS IS AN INTERESTING WEEKEND....MIKE DOWN WITH LESLIE TO SEE  "DONNA AND MARIE: ....LAST SHOW.  PAM AND ROB TOOK THEIR RAZOR DOWN TO ST GEORGE FOR THE WINTER. KYI WENT HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.....GUESS ALL MY FAMILY IS IN SOUTHERN UTAH THIS WEEKEND.....HEY.....ALONE IS MY MIDDLE NAME!!!!!  TO BED EARLY...UP LATE  AND OFF TO CHURCH.....SHIRLEY AND I TO LUNCH AND THE KIDS BACK FROM ST GEORGE SOME TIME......AND ANOTHR WEEK OF THE SAME......I  HAVE A GOOD LIFE!!!!!  AND WE ARE HAVING GOOD WEATHR.....

OK....MY TURN TO BITCH

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SOME HOW I MISSED...GEORGE GRADMA DAY.......THAT I SEE ON FACE BOOK......

HEY.....I AM OUT THERE....SOMEWHERE!    WELL, MAYBE THAT IS JUST MY OPION.....BUT WHOSE ELSE OPION COUNTS?

JUST THINK.....

AS I STRUGGLE WITH SITTING IN CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY...JUST BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORS DO AND MY KIDS THINK I SHOULD......I AM DRAWN TO THE WAY I WAS RAISED.....TO BE GOOD, HONEST, KIND AND HELPFUL .....EVERY SINGLE DAY......NO, DON'T LET A BUILDING....CHURCH OR TEMPLE......CONFINE YOUR FAITH.  YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE THE WORLD BY JUST BEING A CHURCH GOER.....YOU NEED TO BE "THE CHURCH".....LIVE EACH DAY AS IF JESUS WAS RIGHT THERE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO YOU......FEEL LIFE .....FEEL WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS GOOD AND YOU ARE HAPPY AND AT PEACE WITH WHAT YOU FEEL....I CANNOT ACCEPT BRIGHAM YOUNG'S PROPHIES......PLURAL MARRIAGE.....WORD OF WISDOM.....GARMENTS?  IT IS JUST MY PERSONAL BELIEF HE WAS A HORNY OLD MAN AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION.....BUT WHEN UTAH NEEDED TO BECOME A STATE....GUESS WHAT.....GOD SAID,,,,"NO MORE PLURAL MARRIAGE"..... REALLY?   AND GARMENT FACTORIES Were GOOD MONEY FOR THE CHURCH AS IT WAS STRUGGLING......AND THE WORD OF WISDOM.....DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.....MAYBE?.... HE USED HIS POWER TO CONTROL...CONTROL.....CONTROL......BUT TEA AND COFFEE?

I PRAY.....BLESS THE FOOD....PAY TYTHING.....AND DO ALL I CAN TO HELP MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS......SERVICE TO OTHERS....AND BELIEVE IN PRESTHOOD BLESSINGS, IF WE ARE WORTHY,......I HAVE USED MY PATREARTICAL BLESSING AS A ROAD-MAP MY WHOLE LIFE AND FEEL IT HAS LEAD ME DOWN THE PATH THAT SOMEDAY WILL TAKE ME BACK TO HIM...... YES, I DO GO TO CHURCH SOME......BUT FEEL IT'S NOT GOD'S DECISION MAKER IN MY LIFE.......AMEN

EARLY WARNING......

IS IT TOO EARLY TO LET SANTA KNOW YOUR STATIS FOR THE YEAR?  I FOUND THIS ON A SIGN AND PUT IT WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE IT....EVERYTHING FUN I BUY FOR MYSELF ......I TELL MYSELF IT'S AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO ME....FROM ME!!  IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO ENJOY ...."MY RETAIL THERAPY" DAYS.....WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE EXERCISE I AM GETTING PUSHING THAT CART.....UP ONE ISLE AND DOWN THE NEXT.....JUST LOOKING AND VISITING WITH ALL THE NICE PEOPLE IN THE STORE.  OF COURSE, ALL THE STORES ARE FULL OF CHRISTMAS.....NOT MUCH OUT THERE FOR .....THANKSGIVIG.....WE COULD ALMOST SKIP THAT HOLIDAY.

YESTERDAY I WENT IN FOR A SHOT IN THE OTHER SHOULDER......MY SHOLDERS ARE BONE ON BONE WITH ARTHRITIS MIXED IN....NOT FOND OF SHOTS....BUT PAIN IS WORSE. 

THAT TIME AGAIN....

THIS IS ALSO MY QUESTION??????

I AM STILL ON THE OTHER TIME......I WAKE UP AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY.....BUT I HAVE TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT WHEN THE CLOCK SAYS SEVEN.....IT IS REALLY EIGHT IN REAL LIFE.....IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CONVINCE BY BODY.....JUST IN TIME TO .....SPRING FORWARD.....AND GO THROUGH THIS ALL AGAIN.  IT IS NOW DARK WHEN LIBBY AND BRAYDEN LEAVE EVERY MORNING.....AND DARK WHEN BRAYDEN GETS DOWN THE HILL FROM PARK CITY.  WE ARE HAVING GREAT WEATHER THOUGH FOR NOVEMBER....SO CAN'T COMPLAIN.

TIME TO "FALL BACK"......

THIS TIME EVERY YEAR .....WE CHANGE OUR CLOCKS??? WE HATE IT BUT DO GET ANOTHER HOUR OF SLEEP TONIGHT.  ENJOYING MY NEW ROOMMATES...WE CLEANED THE HOUSE AND GARAGE AND A COUPLE OF CUPBOARDS TODAY AND I SQUEZZED IN A NAP!!!! TONIGHT THE KIDS ARE OFF TO THE TEMPLE....AND I AM OFF TO BED....I AM BLESSED TO HAVE THEM WANT TO MOVE IN AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL AND FUN.  CHURCH TOMORROW AND DINNER AND A NAP FOR ME.  WE HAD A FUN HALLOWEEN WITH ABOUT 45 KIDS  IT IS COLD AND THE INVERSION IS SETTING IN.....PAM AND I HAD LUNCH YESTERDAY AND A FUN TIME SHOPPING AT ....HOME GOODS......AND HERE WE ARE IN ...."NOVEMBER"......

MORE GRANDKIDS......

YES.....I HAVE A NUMBER OF FOUR-LEGGED GRANDKIDS TOO.....ALEX AND ASHLYN WITH "CORN COB AND SUN FLOWER" COSTUMES ON THEIR TWO BABIES FOR HALLOWEEN.......ALEX IS MY NUMBER FOUR GRANDCHILD AND SUCH A SWEET DARLING GUY....CUTE ASHLYN FITS RIGHT IN......

CAN'T FORGET......

IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING?????THESE ARE DENTISTS AND THEIR "TOOTH FAIRIES"  ......FOR HALLOWEEN...2019......MY SCOTTIE COOK IS IN THE DARK NAVY BLUE AND IS A SENIOR AT BRIGHTON HIGH.......OF COURSE HIS GRANDMA THINKS HE IS THE CUTEST ONE OF THE BUNCH..SHERRIE SENT THIS TO ME AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE SCOTT AS I GOT VERY FEW PICTURES OF HIM THESE LAST FOUR YEARS,,,,,SCOTT IS TALL.....GOBS OF BLOND HAIR AND ...OH SO SWEET.

MY FAMILY IS GROWING.....

THIS IS LILLY AND ISLA .......FRITZE.  THEY ARE MY SECOND AND FOURTH.....GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN.....THEY BELONG TO KARRIE'S ANDREA........YOU LOVE THEM AND ARE THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE.....AND THEY DO LOOK LIKE THEIR DADDY.  BABY ISLA....PROUNCED ....ILA.....HAS BEEN ON OXYGEN BECAUSE OF A HEART VALVE NOT BEING LARGE ENOUGH.....I WONDER HOW I ACTED WHEN JOAN WAS BORN?   I WAS NUMBER ONE FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS......OLDEST OF FIVE.

SO LUCKY.....

THIS IS MY PRECIOUS TUCKER.....THIRD GREAT-GRANDCHILD.......THANK YOU NICCI FOR KEEPING HIM SO IN MY LIFE DAY-BY-DAY.....FUN TO WATCH HIM GROW AND CHANGE.......AND CAN'T WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS WHEN I CAN SNUGGLE HIM.