HAPPY BIRTHDAY LES......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLIE RUTH YEOMANS/RAMSEY.......

I WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN LESLIE WAS BORN.......UP THE STREET IN GRANDMA GOFF'S HOUSE......ALL FOUR OF US GIRLS WERE BORN THERE.......AND I WAS JUST THE RIGHT AGE  TO DO LOTS OF BABY SITTING.  MOTHER CAME HOME......BUT 75 YEARS AGO WHEN A WOMAN HAD A BABY SHE STAYED IN BED 10 DAYS AFTER-WARDS.....BOY HAVE THINGS CHANGED IN 75 YEARS!

LESLIE TOOK HER FOUR KIDS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS......PLUS A FEW NIECES AND FRIENDS.......ON A CRUISE AND HERE SHE IS CELEBRATING ONE NIGHT.  I REALLY MISSED OUR PHONE CALLS WHILE SHE WAS GONE THAT WEEK.

DO IT NOW!!!!!....

I HAVE SEVERAL VERY GOOD FRIENDS.......THAT DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD.  THEY TAKE THEIR LAST BREATH.....HEAD FOR THE CREMATORIUM AND THE ASHES GET PUT UP ON THE SHELF IN THE FRONT CLOSET.......I DON'T THINK SO!\

WITH GOD IN OUR WORLD YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT.....YOU ARE A GIFT TO THE WORLD.....A DIVINE WORK OF ART, SIGNED BY GOD.

WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL IS NOT ONLY OUR BODY BUT THE SIGNATURE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.

WE ARE HIS WORK OF ART, WE ARE CREATED IN HIS IMAGE TO DO GOOD DEEDS. WE ARE SIGNIFICANT NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO BUT BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE. 

GOD IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END IN MY LIFE.  CHOOSE YOUR PATHS IN LIFE CAREFULLY.

MY CHURCH......

YESTERDAY WAS A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY......53 DEGREES......AND THE 12TH OF JANUARY.......BUT OUR HEARTS WERE SAD AS THEY BURIED THE PROPHET  0F OUR CHURCH.....PRESIDENT MONSON.

HE HAD BEEN A FAVORITE AND DONE SO MUCH CHANGING THE AGE KIDS LEFT FOR MISSIONS AND BUILDING TEMPLES.  WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PROPHET OF THE CHURCH WILL BE DECIDED SOON.......I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ELDER UCHTDORF, BUT RUSSEL NELSON WILL PROBABLY BE MOVED UP......MANY YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS JUST A HEART SURGEON......RUSSELL NELSON OPERATED ON MY BROTHER-IN-LAW PHIL NORTON.......THINGS CHANGE OVER THE YEARS.

YEA.......PANNIERS BROUGHT THEIR BIG LADDER AND PUT NEW BULBS IN THE LIGHT OVER THE STAIRS....."LET THERE BE LIGHT".....IT WILL MAKE KEN HAPPY.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.....

I HAVE A SIGN ON MY WALL IN THE DEN THAT SAYS.....".THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE .....ARE NOT THINGS"......AND IT IS CIRCLED BY PICTURES OF MY 9 GRANDKIDS.......THEY ARE NOT THINGS!  THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE ME WHO I AM........I TRIED TO MAKE THEIR PARENTS THE PEOPLE THEY ARE....SO THEY COULD MAKE THEM....THE PEOPLE THEY ARE.....AND MY GRANDKIDS ARE ALL TURNING INTO GREAT PEOPLE.  I HAVE SO MANY FUN MEMORIES OF BABY-SITTING, TRIPS AND VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS WITH THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.....IT HAS BEEN A TRADE-OFF OF A "MOTHER AND FATHER"....RELATIONSHIP.....BUT HAS WORKED.

SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.......BETTY

GO FOR A WALK.......

EAT YOUR FAVORITE FOOD......

GET A HAIR CUT?

CRY IF YOU NEED TO.....READ A SAD BOOK.....

TAKE A VACATION AND HAVE A DRINK!

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO......TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.....BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY ....YOU ARE ALL YOU'VE GOT!!!!

SOMETHING MISSING.......

EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DAYS?

SEEMS I HAVE MORE AND MORE THESE COLD SHORT DAYS......

I HAVE A LIST A MILE LONG OF TO-DO'S......BUT DON'T SEEM TO BE CROSSING MUCH OFF EACH DAY.   

IT IS ALMOST 50 DEGREES TODAY......AND THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY.   MAYBE WE ARE GOING TO SKIP WINTER THIS YEAR!!!  I TRY AND GET OUT AND SHOP A LITTLE, BUT ALL THE STORES ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEANING OUT WINTER AND XMAS AND VALENTINES AND EASTER BUNNIES ARE POPPING UP EVERY WHERE,,,,,,,AND I AM NOT QUITE READY FOR THAT.

THE CHRISTENSON'S ARE IN COLORADO THIS WEEKEND.....AND MY BRAYDEN AND LIBBY ARE HEADING FOR TEXAS FOR A NEW JOB.......SO FAR AWAY.  LIFE  IS JUST  ONE ADJUSTMENT AFTER  THE OTHER......GUESS IT KEEPS US MOVING ON.

LIFE IS ALWAYS NOW!!!!!

HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE TO REALIZE........"LIFE IS ALWAYS NOW"?

I OFTEN REFER TO MY "OTHER LIFE"......WHICH WAS WHEN I WAS MARRIED TO DON FOR 30 YEARS........MARRIED AND SINGLE ARE JUST WORDS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE EACH DAY.......I AM SINGLE......HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST 32 YEARS......AND I LIKE IT!  I LIKE BEING ME......MAKING MY ONE DECISIONS.....FEELING MY OWN FEELINGS......DOING WHAT I  NEED TO DO.....WHEN I WANT TO DO IT.....WITH WHO I WANT TO DO IT WITH......MY FOLKS NEVER DIVORCED AND I AM SO HAPPY BECAUSE A DIVORCE IS HARD ON THE CHILDREN....WHOSE SIDE SHALL WE TAKE.....NO BODY'S......EVERY PANCAKE HAS TWO SIDES .......DON AND I WERE BOTH INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES........WE DIDN'T BELONG TOGETHER.....BUT WAS HIS OTHER CHOICE ANY BETTER?   ONLY HE COULD ANSWER THAT.....AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN..........WELL?

SO AS I GET UP EVERY MORNING.......I WONDER......WHAT WILL MY LIFE BE TODAY GOD?  I LOVE WAKING UP EACH  MORNING....I REALLY DO.....GOD IS GIVING ME ANOTHER CHANCE TO SAY.....THANK YOU"......I HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR IN 2018.......NEW GREAT-GRANDBABIES......WEDDINGS......AND HELPING KEN FINISH HIS TWO YEAR MISSION.......WHY AM I BUYING ALL THIS CHRISTMAS STUFF THAT IS 75% OFF AND STORING IT TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS? .....I AM PLANNING ON ANOTHER CHRISTMAS GOD!!!!!

CLUTTER......

HOW CAN YOU THROW OUT SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE.?  NO, IT MIGHT NOT FIT OR STILL BE IN STYLE......BUT IT WAS FUN AND YOU LOVED IT??????  AND MAYBE SOMEDAY.......IN ANOTHER LIFE......YOU MIGHT USE IT?  THAT SHOULDN'T COUNT WITH SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR.......BUT FOR SOME REASON IT DOES!

I HAVE GOT TO.....GOT TO......CLEAN MY CLOSET AND DRAWERS......OR MOVE OUT!

PAM JUST DID HER'S AND IT LOOKS SO NICE......I BOUGHT SOME PASTIC BOXES TO ENCOURAGE ME....BUT SO FAR I JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW BAD PEOPLE WHO HOARD ARE......AND I AM ONE OF THEM,,,,,,IF I WOULD HAVE SAID "YES" TO KORINA I COULD BE SAILING ALONG MEXICO WITH MY FUN RAMSEY FAMILY.....BUT HERE I AM ENJOYING THE RAIN......NO SNOW THANK YOU.   KEN IS GONE FOR A WEEK SO IT IS CEREAL OR SOUP EVERY MEAL.......WELL ANYWAY CLEANING WOULD NOT BE ON MY MIND......

MAYBE TOMORROW??????.....OR NOT!