TO CARE.....OR NOT TO CARE!.

IS IT JUST ME .....OR DOES EVERY ONE WHO HITS 80.....JUST DON'T 'FEEL I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TODAY'S FASHION.  IF I FIND A NICE COMFORTABLE OUTFIT THE FIRST OF THE WEEK????? WHY NOT WEAR IT EVERY DAY THE REST OF THE WEEK....CLEAN UNDIES AND A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT COVERS YOUR WEEK!!! AND DOES'T TAKE UP TO MUCH TIME OR EFFORT.....OF COURSE IF IT'S BRIDGE DAY OR A SPECIAL LUNCHEON THEN YOU TRY TO GUSSY UP A LITTLE!!!  I SAY THIS CHIC HAS IT!

GOT MY NEW FENCE DONE YESTERDAY AND GIGI THINKS THE BACK YARD IS HEAVEN NOW.....PATTY CAME BY FOR COFFEE, I TURNED ON MERTLE AND DID A FEW ODDS AND ENDS....BUT NOT MUCH GOT DONE HERE.  THE WHOLE WEEK LOOKS PRETTY QUIET.....TWO GOOD FRIENDS BOTH LOST THEIR HUSBANDS THIS WEEK...I GUESS IT IS THE AGE WE ALL START GOING! BETTY BARLOW WHO I HAVE PLAYED BRIDGE WITH FOR YEARS AND A SWEET NEIGHBOR......VIVE ANN DAVENPORT. KEN WENT AND HELPED HIS DAD AND BROTHERS AT THE AUCTION TODAY....HE LOVES BEING INCLUDED.

FINALLY SOME DAUGHTERS------IN-LAW

OH THESE COMPUTERS......I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THE TOP PICTURE????
BUT THE BOTTOM ONE IS SHERRIE WITH LIBBY AND ASHLYN.....HER GIRLS.  THEY ARE FUN AND FRIENDLY AND LOVE HER BOYS......SO IMPORTANT!  LIBBY ON THE RIGHT IS GOING TO UVU TO BECOME A SCHOOL TEACHER.....SHE WENT ON A CHURCH MISSION TO MALAYSIA......ASHLYN WENT TO LOGAN TWO YEARS AND IS A YEAR AWAY FROM BEING A RN.....SHE IS WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL IN VERNAL.....I LOVE THEM TOO AND SO GLAD THEY ARE IN OUR FAMILY.......

TIME DOES PASS......

A GREAT WEEKEND WITH THESE THREE GRANDSONS.......

ALEX 25.....KEN 20......BRAYDEN 23

I KNOW THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME AND ARE TELLING ME THEY LOVE ME A LOT......

DARREN AND SHERRIE HAVE TAUGHT THEM THE MEANING OF WORK....THEY ALL THREE HAVE THEIR EAGLES AND ALL HAVE COMPLETED A TWO YEAR MISSION FOR THE CHURCH........ALEX AND BRAYDEN ARE BOTH MARRIED TO DARLING GIRLS FROM VERNAL SO THEY HAVE ALL KNOWN EACH OTHER AND THEIR FAMLIES.  THEY MAKE THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRAM VERY PROUD.....

MONDAY----FUN DAY.....

WITH HALLOWEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF.....YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE CARTOONS POPPING UP!.....IT'S HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS EVERY WHERE...BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE THE 4TH OF JULY IT SEEMS.....AND CHRISTMAS IS TAKING THEIR PLACE ALREADY.........

TODAY IS ...."NEW FENCE DAY"......AT MY HOUSE.    THE HOA LET US FENCE TO THE BACK FENCE INSTEAD THE BACK OF MY PATIO.....SO I JUMPED ON IT.....GIGI WILL LOVE THE EXTRA SPACE AND I WILL ENJOY THE EXTRA SECURITY OF LOCKING MY GATE....AND THE PRIVACY OF THE BACK YARD.....NEIGHBORS ON EACH SIDE ARE FENCED.'

TALKED TO LES TODAY AND SHE ISN'T  DOING TO GOOD ......HER LEGS ARE GIVING HER A FIT.....WORRIED ABOUT INFECTION......PAM TOLD ME YESTERDAY SHE HAS TO HAVE ANOTHER FOOT OPERATION THE END OF THE MONTH....A TORN LIGAMENT IN HER FOOT.....BACK TO THE SCOOTER?????

CONFERENCE WEEKEND.......

I SPENT CONFERENCE WEEKEND AT THE CHRISTENSON'S CABIN IN PARK CITY WITH THIS GREAT BUNCH........WHEN WE WENT UP IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY AND THE TRIP WAS GREAT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS.....YELLOW, ORANGE, RED ALL MIXED WITH THE DIFFERENT GREENS......BUT SUNDAY AFTER NOON WE DROVE OUT IN 6 INCHES OF SNOW!!!!!  I TOOK THE FAMILY PICTURES FOR THEM BEFORE  THE SNOW THANK GOODNESS.....SUCH A FUN FAMILY,,,,,,GOOD FOOD, GAMES AND WE WATCHED CONFERENCE.  THE PROPHET HAD GOOD NEWS....CHURCH NOW 2 HOURS INSTEAD OF 3 EACH WEEK....WE NO LONGER USE THE TERM...."MORMON"...WE ARE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND THE CHOIR IS NOW THE 

TABERNACLE CHOIR OF SALT LAKE CITY...???  I LIKE THIS PROPHET!

BRAYDEN, LIBBY, DARREN, SHERRIE, KEN, ASHLYN, ALEX

WELCOME OCTOBER......

I THANK GOD FOR EVERY NEW DAY AND EVERY NEW MONTH......OCTOBER IS SO BRIGHT WITH IT'S MAGIC COLORS AND HALLOWEEN AROUND THE CORNER....PUT A COUPLE OF PUMPKINS OUT AND DID SOME FUN DECORATING.....STARTED OUT WARM AND BEAUTIFUL BUT COLD AND RAINY TODAY......SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR OUR NEW WARD MEETING.....OUR WARD WAS DI SOLVED AND WE WERE PUT INTO ANOTHER.....I FELT OK ABOUT THE NEW BISHOPRIC AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING SOME NEW FRIENDS.
MONDAY LUNCH WITH PAM AND SHOPPING AT CHINA CITY.
TUESDAY CHORES.....AND A FLU SHOT.......AND A HOA MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.....COFFEE WITH PATTY AND CHORES.....
THURSDAY.....BREAKFAST WITH KEN.....SHOPPED AND WENT TO DO MINOS.
TOMORROW OFF TO CHRISTENSON'S CABIN IN PARK CITY FOR THE WEEKEND OF CONFERENCE AND CELEBRATE DARREN'S 51 BIRTHDAY.....ALL THE KIDS WILL BE WITH US!!! AND ANOTHER WEEK SLIDES BY......
EITHER TIME IS GOING FASTER.....OR I AM GETTING SLOWER......OR BOTH???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCI......

WELL AS USUAL A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE.....NICCI HAD A BIRTHDAY THE 2ND.......I DIDN'T FORGET......JUST SLOW ON THE BLOGGING.  A HAPPY BUSY GIRL SINCE SHE WAS LITTLE.......WORKS HARD TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST......IN ALL SHE DOES.   SHE TAKES AFTER HER GRAM WHEN IT COME O LIKING CLOTHES, JEWELRY AND SHOPPING.......AND TRAVEL.  SHE WORKS FOR AMAZON IN SEATTLE AND HAS A DARLING HUSBAND....BILL AND A CUTE DOG OLLIE.  A LATE HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIC.