UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY......

YES .......YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD FAMILY DOWN.......I WAS READY TO CANCEL THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY BECAUSE THE COOKS ARE ACTING POOPY AND DON'T SPEAK TO ME......OR MOST THE FAMILY......JUST AS I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A FAILURE THE OTHER TWO GIRLS STEPPED IN AND SAID......."WHO NEEDS THEM TO HAVE A FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY".......AND THE PARTY WAS ON.   LAST SUNDAY 1 4 OF MY DARLING FAMILY GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE FOR DINNER IN THEIR "UGLY CHRISTMAS" SWEATERS........SCOTT WON THE PRIZE BUT ROB'S AND LIZ'S WERE NECK AND NECK, FUN PEOPLE, GOOD FOOD AND PRESENTS  MADE OUR EVENING A GREAT TIME......AND THE FROSTING WAS OUR 2 YEAR OLD AARON....EVERY FAMILY NEEDS A BABY! DID WE MISS THE COOKS?   I DON'T THINK SO!....ALREADY PLANNING ANOTHER UGLY SWEATER PARTY FOR CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR.......and I plan to still be here..........

WISH I HAD WRITTEN THIS......

MY TWENTIES WERE WONDERFUL......COLLEGE, WORKING IN DENVER AT BURKHARDT STEEL COMPANY, SUMMERS AT SUMMER RESORTS LIKE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK AND ESTES PARK, COLORADO AS A WAITRESS FOR MONEY FOR COLLEGE.......THEN BEING A STEWARDESS AT 21......NOT A WORRY IN MY 20'S....BUT.....THEN MARRIAGE AND A BABY ETC. AND THINGS CHANGE!  I LOVE THE FOLLOWING PIECE FROM FACEBOOK........

"A STRONG WOMAN KNOWS THAT BEING STRONG IS NOT AN OPTION FOR HER......IT IS A NECESSITY.....SO EVERY DAY SHE WAKES UP AND MEETS HE WORLD AND ALL IT'S CHALLENGES HEAD ON......BUT SOMETIMES AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN ALL IS DONE AND SHE FINALLY CLOSES THE DOOR ........SHE CRIES, NOT BECAUSE SHE IS WEAK, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD BEING STRONG, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, (I AM  SO GLAD TO KNOW IT ISN'T BECAUSE I AM WEAK BECAUSE I HAVE CRIED BARRELS OVER KARRIE THIS LAST YEAR....BUT KNOW I HAVE TO GO ON) ......KNOWING THAT IF YOU DON'T DO IT, NO ONE WILL.  THE SOFT CRIES THAT MOST NEVER HEAR WILL SOFTLY DISAPPEAR AS THE NEW DAY COMES AND YOU RISE ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE BEAUTIFUL, STRONG, CONFIDENT WOMAN YOU ARE."

I AM THANKFUL I CAN BE THIS PERSON.....I MUST BE THERE TO SEE KEN THROUGH HIS TWO YEAR SERVICE MISSION FOR THE CHURCH AND WORK WITH HIM EVERY NIGHT ON HIS EXERCISES IN THIS NEW "BRAINCHANGE" PROGRAM HIS FOLKS AND OTHER GRANDMA SIGNED HIM UP FOR.....PRESUMING I CAN DO IT...........WE NEVER KNOW WHEN AND WHERE WE WILL BE CALLED  TO STEP UP AND BE STRONG!!!........AND I CAN AND WILL DO IT.

BLESS ALL THE WOMEN WHO PROVE THEY ARE STRONG WOMEN........DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY!..

COFFEE TIME AT MY HOUSE........

I KNOW SOME OF MY FAMILY CANNOT UNDERSTAND MY COFFEE THING.......BUT WHEN YOU ARE HEADING FOR 85.....SINGLE......DON'T GO OUT AT NIGHT MUCH...... NOR BELONG TO FANCY CLUBS.......WHY DO THEY FROWN ON A CUP OF COFFEE EACH MORNING......ONE OF THE SIMPLE PLEASURE LEFT TO YOU........AND WHEN YOUR GOOD FRIEND DROPS BY ABOUT THREE AND YOU CAN SHARE YOUR DAYS WITH EACH OTHER OVER A CUP OF COFFEE......IS THAT REALLY BAD????  I AM TRYING  TO UNDERSTAND WHY......

FRANTIC DAY......TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY ON SUNDAY.....HAD A DOZEN THINGS TO DO TODAY BUT THE WEATHER TOOK OVER AND I GAVE UP AND CAME HOME........MUCH TO DO TOMORROW.   THE BOYS LEFT FOR VERNAL LAST NIGHT TO BEAT THE STORM SO LEFT WITH MUCH TO DO......PICK UP ICE......GROCERY SHOP......DOB.....THEN START PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER.......ALSO A LITTLE DUSTING AND VACUMNING.........I GUESS IT WILL HAPPEN WHETHER I AM READY OR NOT!  GOT A DARN GOOD SNOW STORM TODAY......TALKED TO PAM, SHERRIE AND LES AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES MY DAY.

CHOOSE CAREFULLY,,,,,,,,

YOU KNOW .......THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR....AND I FOUND ANOTHER ONE TODAY!

I AM TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.......ONE WORRY I CAN CROSS OFF MY STRESS LIST

I GET SO TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES WHAT THEY DON'T REALIZE IS THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE OR ARE MAKING......

EVERYTHING YOU DO IS BASED ON THE CHOICES YOU MAKE......IT'S NOT YOUR PARENTS, YOUR PAST RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR JOB, THE ECONOMY, THE WEATHER, AN ARGUMENT, OR YOUR AGE THAT IS TO BLAME.......YOU AND ONLY YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY DECISION AND CHOICE YOU MAKE......"PERIOD"!.

OUR FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY IS SUNDAY AND I HOPE I AM READY FOR IT..

LIFE IS FRAGILE......

TIME FLYING AND ONLY 12 MORE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS.......GOT A "TO DO" LIST A MILE LONG......SPENT THE MORNING WAITING FOR RELIEF SOCIETY TEACHERS THAT NEVER SHOWED UP.....THEN JUST AS I WAS LEAVING MY FRIEND PATTY DROPPED BY FOR AN HOUR......SOOOOO THEN FINALLY TO THE STORE ......HOME AND TRIMMED GIGI, DID LAUNDRY, TIED THE NEW QUILT I AM MAKING FOR AARON FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY SUNDAY.   

DINNER IS OVER BUT I STILL HAVE TO HELP KEN WITH HIS SCRIPTURES AND THE NEW BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM HIS FOLKS JUST PUT HIM IN.....BY NINE MY ACHING JOINTS LOOK FORWARD TO FALLING INTO BED.....TO HOPEFULLY FACE ANOTHER BUSY DAY TOMORROW.......SUPPOSE TO GET  A SNOW STORM TONIGHT.......BUT MAYBE IT WILL HEAD FOR THE HILLS TO DUMP IT'S LOAD..

GOOD NEWS........

ANOTHER FUN DAY WITH THE LADIES AT THE COTTONWOOD CLUB.....DIDN'T WIN AT BRIDGE.......BUT HAD A GOOD VISIT!

TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY......75 YEARS AGO THE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR AND WW2 STARTED......I WAS 9 YEARS OLD.  HISTORY........

I TOOK A QUIZZ ON FACEBOOK CHOOSING COLORS AND PICTURES AND THE RESULT WAS .....MY MOST DOMINATE PERSONALITY TRAIT....."WISDOM"......IT SAID I APPROACHED SITUATIONS AND CHALLENGES WITH A LEVEL HEAD AND USE LOGIC  WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.  MY MANY EXPERIENCES IN LIFE HAVE MADE ME AN INTELLIGENT AND PRACTICAL INDIVIDUAL.......YEP, THAT'S ME.

STORM MOVING IN......AND TO ALL YOU THAT ARE PRAYING FOR A BLIZZARD.......PLEASE GO TO THE DAIRY QUEEN!

GETTING OLDER.......

EVERY DAY FINDS ME JUST A LITTLE BIT OLDER........SO GLAD TO SEE SHERRIE AND THE BOYS THIS MORNING.......NICE TO HAVE GREG BACK WITH US AND HE IS SO CUTE.....KEN WAS HAPPY TO SEE ME ALSO......SHERRIE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY AT THE HOTEL LAST NIGHT.......JUST GO HOME TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE .......AT MIDNITE......SO GLAD HE LOVES IT HERE.  WE ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM FOR HIS STUTTERING......HOPE IT HELPS.   PAM WILL BE HOME MONDAY ......

I WAS READING WHERE QUALITY TIME HELPS LOVED ONES LIVE LONGER.....YES......YOU NEED TO VISIT YOUR ELDERLY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS......A UNIVERSITY STUDY OF TORONTO SAYS IT MAY EXTEND THEIR LIFE!   THE STUDY FOUND OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE REGULAR CONTACT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO LIVE PAST THEIR 80's.  CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS MAY LEAD TO POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN CHANGING CHEMICALS AND HARMONS THAT HELP ELDERLY FOLKS 

STAY HEALTHIER LONGER.......I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT......WE NEED TO FEEL LOVED AND NEEDED......WHICH IS WHY WE HAD OUR CHILDREN MANY YEARS AGO.....EVERYONE NEEDS FAMILY.