REALLY.....

A LONG LONELY WEEKEND AND AN EMPTY FRIDGE......WENT TO WENDY'S TWICE FOR A BAKED POTATO AND CHILI......I CAN SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL....IN A MONTH WHEN KEN GOES HOME AFTER SCHOOL IS OUT AND I AM ALONE.....I MAY BE DOWN ON THE CORNER WITH THE  BEGGERS  ASKING FOR A HANDOUT .....JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE TO EAT WITH NOW AND THEN.   EVERY TIME I TALK TO MY SISTER SHE IS COOKING DINNER FOR HER DAUGHTER'S FAMILY.....COME ON.....NO FAMILY....NO COOKING....NOT IN HER HOUSE....SHE COOKS ......THEY COME.....I REALLY CAN'T SEE ME OR MY FAMILY DOING THAT THAT......SOOOO MOVE ON TO PLAN B CUPCAKE AND SUCK IT UP.......FROZEN DINNERS ALONE EVERY DAY.

BUSY WEEK AHEAD....COFFEE WITH PATTY MONDAY.....DOMINOES MEXICAN TRAIN AT MY HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MY FUN SISTER, NIECE AND HER DAUGHTER IN TOWN FOR A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.....THEN OF COURSE THE LONELY WEEKEND......BUT SUNDAY LUNCH WITH NICCI BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR HOME IN SEATTLE.....FUN WEEK AHEAD......THE WEATHER IS GETTING BETTER AND TODAY I HAD FUN PLANTING A FEW PANSEYS AND GETTING THE PATIO READY FOR SUMMER......YES, LIFE IS GOOD.

YEP...IT'S APRIL AND CONFERENCE......

HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE 189 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE LDS CHURCH......A QUIET WEEKEND.  THIS IS THE POPE WITH OUR PROPHET .....LAST  MONTH WHEN WE OPENED A NEW TEMPLE IN ROME......TWO MEN OF GOD......THE SAME....BUT DIFFERENT!  I AM SURE GOD UNDERSTANDS AND HAS A HAND ON EACH SHOULDER OF THESE WONDERFUL MEN......SAYING KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
IN THE PAST I WATCHED CONFERENCE SO WHEN THE KIDS QUIZZED ME I HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT WENT ON...BUT HONESTLY.....I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND TO SEE WHERE I AM SADLY LACKING IN THE EYES OF GOD.......AND SHOCKED TO HEAR A TEMPLE IN HUNGARY.......KEN GONE TO THE CABIN...PAM AND ROB GONE TO THEIR CABIN....HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A NEIGHBOR......MAYBE ALL GONE SOMEWHERE.......BUT I HAVE GOD......

GETTING OLD.....

I AM THINKING 25......BUT MY BODY IS THINKING 87.......BUT I AM HAPPY.....I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY AND LOTS OF FUN FRIENDS.  I LOVE TO SHOP AND WATCH DR PHIL! I WAS READING WE WEAR 20% OF OUR WARDROBE REGULARLY.....SO WHY DO WE WANT MORE?

THE ANSWER......"WHEN WE BUY SOMETHING WE GET A DOPAMINE-INFUSED FEELING OF NOVELTY IN THE BRAIN".....BETTER THAN DRUGS OR ALCOHOL FOR ME.....AND SO  I WILL STAY WITH "RETAIL THERAPY"......AS LONG AS I CAN DRIVE OR WALK!!!! AND KEEP IT ALL......OR UNTIL I RUN OUT OF MONEY?

TGIF.....

I NOW KNOW HOW ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS AND DAILY WORKERS FEEL EVERY FRIDAY.......unless you have to work on Saturday......THIS GETTING UP AT 5 OR 6 EVERY MORNING ISN'T FOR ME.......THREE DAYS OF 8 OR 9 NOW!!!

KEN DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL YESTERDAY SO WE GOT MY PATIO FURNITURE OUT AND NOW I HAVE A WEEKEND PROJECT.  HE IS OFF TO THE CABIN FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY.....STILL LOTS OF SNOW UP THERE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WEEKEND OF CONFERENCE AND WHAT NEW CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE LDS CHURCH......

ONLY THE FOURTH OF THE MONTH AND ALREADY MY CALENDAR IS FILLING UP WITH BIRTHDAY PARTIES.....FOR ME....KEN....THE TWINS.  MY FAMILY FROM SOUTHERN UTAH ARE EVEN COMING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.....GOT TO HAVE DOMINOES AND BRIDGE AT MY HOUSE THIS MONTH ALSO......SO BUSY....BUSY.

LISTEN UP YOU MEN>>>>>>

THIS IS ONE SMART MAN AND THIS FEW WORDS SHOULD BE TATO0ED ON EACH MAN'S CHEST!!!
IT TOOK A DIVORCE AFTER OVER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE FOR ME TO REALIZE THIS.....I HAD THE BEST LAWYER.....THE BEST FRIENDS.....ETC.  I RAISED THE CHILDREN AND HE EVEN GAVE ME CREDIT FOR RAISING THREE WONDERFUL GIRLS....WHICH GAVE HIM 9 WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN THAT HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW APART....AND ALONG WITH 2 AND A HALF.......GREAT-GRANDKIDS.....YES, HE PAID THE BILLS AND GAVE US A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.....BUT WAS NOT REALLY EVER PART OF OUR LIVES......AND THE SHIT HE IS LIVING WITH NOW WITH #2 WIFE.......WELL, WHAT GOES ROUND....... COMES ROUND AND SHE WILL PROBABLY POISON HIM OR PUSH HIM DOWN THEIR DOZENS OF STAIRS!!!

A SAD DAY.......

THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.......JUST BELIEVE !

THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF ALEX AND ASHLYN'S HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN LAST NIGHT.....ALEX WAS IN ST GEORGE WITH HIS DAD AND ASHLYN WAS WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE HOSPITAL.....SO NO ONE WAS AT HOME BUT THE TWO BIG DOGS AND THE FOUR BABIES THAT WERE ONLY 4 DAYS OLD!  SO SAD.....THE BIG DOGS GOT OUT AND THE KIDS WERE FINE....BUT FOUR BABIES DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE......AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.....IT WAS AN OLDER HOME AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE ELECTRIC WIRING.

MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR THE KIDS.....BUT SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR.....AND AGAIN....."THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....JUST BELIEVE"'.....WHICH DOESN'T TAKE THE HURT AWAY.   LOVE THESE KIDS AND KNOW THEY WILL BE FINE.

APRIL SHOWERS.......

Well, here we are into one of my favorite months.......APRIL!  So many birthdays....mine, Jim's, Lucille's, Sherrie and Karrie.s and Ken's......and what would have been my 63rd wedding anniversary.

Guess the family is getting together for dinner to celebrate my 87 years!

And then there was APRIL FOOL'S DAY......my favorite neighbor got me good....brought pizza over for Ken and I and very seriously said....." Betty sit down.....I have something to tell you.....i made some bad investments and have lost the house and will have to move????" As my mind races to fix this for her with her moving into my basement.....borrowing money.....or taking me with her....and on the verge of tears......she calmly leans back in her chair and says......."APRIL FOOL!"  She also did that to the neighbor on the other side of her.....soooo we are plotting to get even!   That wasn't even funny to us.....