I HURT....

REALLY AT ALMOST 86......YOU REALIZE THIS IS ALL YOU REALLY HAVE LEFT IN LIFE!!!!!!!   THESE I WILL HAVE ALWAYS.

MY FOOT IS KILLING ME......I HAVE BEEN TO TWO PODIATRISTS AND NO HELP......SO MY DOCTOR SENT ME TO A SHOE MAN?????   SKIP PUT SOME NEW FOOT LIFTS OR SOLES IN MY SHOES TODAY.....($60.00)...... AND SAID IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR MY CO- LAPSED SUBTARAR TO HEAL......WHAT EVER??????  I SURELY HOPE IT DOES IT SOON......SO SORE....AND MOVING LIKE AN OLD LADY!!!!!

PATTY CALLED AND I DROPPED BY FOR COFFEE......SO MANY THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST AND I AM JUST COASTING ALONG THINKING ABOUT THEM.....I WANT TO TILE MY BACK SPLASH IN THE KITCHEN AND I WANT TO WALL PAPER ONE WALL OF MY HALF-BATHROOM.  I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY HELP-FAIRY.......HELP!!!!!

MY DARLING SHERRIE JUST CALLED......CHECKING IN....THANK YOLU, THANK YOU.....YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT  YOUR CALLS MEAN TO ME!

WABI-SABI

I JUST NEED A HAPPY THOUGHT TODAY.........THIS TO ME IS HAPPY!

RAINED MOST OF THE DAY....BUT WITH MY WABI-SABI TRAINING....WHERE YOU FIND SOMETHING EVERY DAY GOOD, BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY ETC.......I GO FOR IT....... SO IT RAINED ALL DAY.......AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOVEL RAIN......IT IS JANUARY 9 AND WE SHOULD BE KNEE DEEP IN SNOW........NOPE.....NOT THIS WEEK!  THEY ARE GETTING OUR SNOW BACK EAST?

PAM AND I WENT TO LUNCH AND SHOPPING YESTERDAY....ROB OFF HUNTING GEESE IN WYO AND KEN WENT HOME TO VERNAL FOR A WEEK AND A LITTLE TRIP...HE HAS BEEN SICK ALL WEEK WITH COUGH AND STUFFED UP.......SOOOO I AM EATING CEREAL AND ROMAN NOODLES THIS WEEK!!.......AND SLEEPING IN TILL 8:00 EACH DAY.

ONE WAY TICKET......

WELL......IT DOESN'T HURT TO WISH......I HAD BALI IN MIND!.....BUT CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE SO I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.......MY SISTER'S WHOLE FAMILY ARE SAILING ALONG SOMEWHERE AROUND MEXICO TODAY......AND I HAD A CHANCE TO BE WITH THEM......BUT HAVE BEEN THERE SO MANY  TIMES .......I WANT TO SEE NEW STUFF!!!!  IT IS HERE 75 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND I AM HAPPY FOR ALL OF THEM..........

IT HAS BEEN A LONG WEEKEND FOR KEN AND I......HE IS COUGHING HIS HEAD OFF AND I AM TRYING NOT TO GET IT.......WE HAVEN'T LEFT THE HOUSE SAT OR SUNDAY.  HE WILL WORK A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN GO HOME FOR A DENTIST APPOINTMENT AND OFF TO COLO FOR A PROMISED TRIP FOR FINISHING THE "BRAIN CHANGE" CLASS.......I HAVE TO GET HIM WELL.  I HAVE FELT DRAGGY......BUT DON'T THINK I WILL GET IT......IT'S JUST MY FOOT THAT IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS.

MULTI-TASKING

MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION.........GREAT ADVICE!

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF A MULTI-TASKER......BUT I CAN TURN ON THE ROBOT AND CLEAN THE FLOORS......TURN ON THE WASH MACHINE AND DO THE LAUNDRY.....AND TURN ON THE DISH WASHER AND DO THE DISHES.......AND......AND.....PHONE MY KIDS ALL AT THE SAME TIME...WOW!!!

I WONDER WHAT MY MOM AND GRANDMA THINK WHEN THEY LOOK DOWN AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON?   WOULD I BE CONSIDERED LAZY IN THEIR EYES.....AS HARD AS THEY WORKED AT DOING THOSE EVERY DAY CHORES......BACK THEN?

I DO FEEL VERY BLESSED AND COUNT MY BLESSINGS EVERY DAY.......

KEN SICK SO HAVE NOT LEFT THE HOUSE ALL WEEKEND.....GOT TO GET HIM OVER THAT COUGH!

I WISH.......

   YES, WE GOT IT.....KEN CAME HOME NEW YEARS EVE WITH THE FLU AND HAS COUGHED HIS HEAD OFF ALL WEEK.......MISSED TWO DAYS OF WORK AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT THIS WEEKEND......I AM QUISLING EMERGEN-C AND HOPING I DON'T GET IT......THEY DON'T DO FLU SHOTS IN THEIR FAMILY.....A MISTAKE.....BUT NOT IN CHARGE.....

FINALLY GETTING A LITTLE  RAIN AND SNOW TODAY;......BEEN A VERY DRY DEC AND JAN SO FAR.......NEIGHBOR HAS THE STOMACH FLU AND THE OTHER NEIGHBOR A BACK CANCER......BUT I HAVE A COLLAPSED SUBTARAR!!!!!WHATEVER THAT IS????

MINE SOUNDS WAY MORE IMPORTANT!!!!!  SOMETHING IN MY FOOT HAS DROPPED.....AND IT HURTS....

JUST THINK I COULD BE IN LA AND EMBARKING ON A CRUISE TO MEXICO WITH LESLIE AND RELATIVES....BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT IN ME ANYMORE......BEEN THERE....DONE THAT IN NEW YORK A FEW YEARS BACK.   I WISH I COULD HELP HER CELEBRATE 75......BUT I WILL IN SPIRIT!!!!   I COULD HAVE ROOMED WITH KINA.  I WILL MISS HER THIS WEEK BUT GLAD SHE FELT SHE COULD TAKE ALL THE KIDS  ON A CRUISE.......AND I WILL MISS HER THIS WEEK......  I TOOK MY THREE DAUGHTERS WHEN I WAS 75....GLAD YOUR ONLY 75 ONCE!.......THANK GOODNESS   WE LEFT FROM NEW ORLEANS ON MARTIGRAW AND SHERRIE MADE OUR RESERVATIONS FOR WHEN WE CAME HOME......NOT LEAVING.....FINALLY ON MAIN STREET WE GOT A ROOM FOR $401.00 DOLLARS THAT NIGHT.......THE REST OF THE WEEK DIDN'T GO MUCH BETTER........FAMILIES????  THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO FOR ME.....AND MOVING ON!.....ISN'T IT GREAT YOU CAN FORGET AND FORGIVE?

TURNING THE CORNER???

       I AM SMILING AS I LOOK FORWARD TO 2018 BEING ANOTHER GREAT YEAR IN MY LIFE.......
      AT OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY.......THE COOKS CAME.....AND SEEM TO ENJOY.......  IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD A PICTURE OF SHER AND KAR SIDE BY SIDE......HOPEFULLY KARRIE IS TURNING THE CORNER ON HER FEELINGS FOR OUR FAMILY?? AND THERE WILL BE MORE CUTE PICTURES OF THEM ENJOYING EACH OTHER.....THIS IS ALSO ALEX AND HIS NEW GIRL FRIEND ASHLYN ......
       2018......WITH MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO.   A NEW LITTLE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IN THREE WEEKS.......I AM STILL ON BOARD FOR EIGHT MORE MONTHS AS KENNEDY'S (MISSION COMPANION....HAHA)......YOU KNOW.....GO TO CHURCH AGAIN, PAY YOUR TYTHING AND READ SCRIPTURES EVERY MORNING!.....WE JUST FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS..
WILL AND LIZ HAVE SET OCT 12 FOR A WEDDING......AND I AM BETTING ALEX AND ASHLYN AREN'T FAR BEHIND......OR BEFORE......WITH 9 GRANDKIDS......YOU GET LOTS OF SURPRISES HANDED TO YOU.......AND I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH.
        I AM VERY BLESSED AND I DO NOT TAKE ONE THING FOR GRANITE......AND GIVE MY WONDERFUL PARENTS MUCH CREDIT FOR THE THINGS THEY TAUGHT ME AND THE EXAMPLES THEY GAVE ME TO LIVE BY........THAT HAVE HELPED ME THROUGH MY 85 YEARS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR......2018!

AS 2017 SLIDES AWAY AND A NEW YEAR IS UPON US.......WE ALL PROMISE TO DO BETTER.......MAKE RESOLUTIONS WE WILL NOT KEEP AND GET BACK INTO OUR OLD RUTS.........BUT WE CAN NEVER FORGET......."MAKE A CHOICE....AND GET THE CONSEQUENCES"......SO CTR....CHOOSE THE RIGHT.

I DID STAY UP UNTIL 10:00 AND WATCHED THE BALL DROP IN NEW YORK......SHIRLEY AND I WENT TO SEE "COCO" AND HAD AN EARLY DINNER AT THE RED LOBSTER.....AND THIS NEW YEARS DAY?????MY NEW ROBOT "MERTLE".....IS VACUMING, THE WASHER IS DOING THE LAUNDRY AND I AM "BLOGGING!"...... MY WAY OF STARTING OFF THE NEW YEAR.........