THE GOLDEN SPIKE.....

MANY COLD AND LONELY NIGHTS WERE SPENT BY THE MEN BUILDING THE RAILROAD THAT CONNECTED THE EAST WITH THE WEST.......TODAY WAS A BIG CELEBRATION IN UTAH AT PROMONTORY POINT WHERE THE GOLDEN SPIKE WAS DRIVEN ON THIS DAY 150 YEARS AGO.......WHEN "BIG BOY" FROM THE EAST MET "LIVING LEGEND" FROM THE WEST.......THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD HELPED UNITE OUR NATION......AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN LITTLE OLD UTAH.  THE ONE BROUGHT IN CHINESE TO HELP WITH CHEAP LABOR AND THE OTHER TEAMED UP WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG TO ROUND UP CHEAP HELP WITH THE MORMONS......ANY WAY IT GOT DONE!.....THEY EXPECTED 20,000 PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE IT WITH THEM TODAY......

EXPECTING MY SWEET SISTER AND HER DAUGHTER AND GRAND-DAUGHTER FOR THE WEEKEND TO HELP CELEBRATE "MOTHER'S DAY" WEEKEND WITH ME....BEEN BUSY PLANTING FLOWERS.......

A BIG BLACK CLOUD....

I KNOW THAT IN  EVERY LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL.....BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST POURS.......YESTERDAY NOT A GOOD DAY.......BIG BLACK CLOUDS.....BUT TODAY SOME SUNSHINE......YOU LEARN TO TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD/.....AND JUST PRAY A LOT! THE OUT COME....GOD ONLY KNOWS.....AND HE WON'T TELL!  THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....JUST BELIEVE!"

I'M DYING OF SARCOPENIA.......

IS SARCOPENIA...... (loss of muscle tissue)......  DRAINING YOUR VITALITY?????

IF YOU EXPERIENCE FATIGUE.....GAIT CHANGES....JOINT PAIN.....DIABETES....WEIGHT GAIN...FALLS....WEAK BONES/OSTEOPOROSIS....POOR BALANCE OR DECREASED CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS.....OR EVEN TWO OR THREE OF THESE.....YOU HAVE SARCOPENIA!!!!! I HAVE THEM ALL......I WONDER IF MY DOCTOR EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THIS WORD????

WHAT  CAN WE DO?   "MUSCLE MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR LOOKING AND FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS AS YOU AGE"....AND  EXERCISE IS THE KEY TO BUILDING MUSCLE.....BUT IF YOU ARE TOO TIRED OR IT HURTS TO EXERCISE.....I GUESS YOU JUST DIE!

HOPING TO HEAR FROM MY SISTER THEY WILL BE UP THIS WEEKEND TO PLAY BALL AND ENJOY MOTHER'S DAY.....JUST KEEPS RAINING!!!!

MY SWEET NEIGHBOR JUST BROUGHT OVER A PIECE OF RHUBARB PIE.....I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL HER.....I HATE RHUBARB!

WHY....THE COMPARATHON?

THIS THOUGHT BROUGHT UP LOTS OF QUESTIONS.......DOESN'T EVERYONE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING?  I WISH MY BODY LOOKED LIKE HERS.....I WISH I HAD A RICH FAMILY LIKE HER OR A NICER CAR LIKE MY FRIENDS.......WE GO THROUGH LIFE...SILENTLY USUALLY......COMPARING OURSELVES TO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.......

WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF COMPARING....LIST FIVE THINGS  YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR IN YOUR LIFE.......THIS PROTECTS YOU FROM  COMPARISONS OF OTHER PEOPLE OR IMAGES  THAT PROMPT YOU TO COMPARE YOURSELF OR LIFE......AND MAKES YOU THANKFUL FOR THE FIVE THINGS YOU DO HAVE.......

YES, I AM SURE AT TIMES MY KIDS THOUGHT I WAS A WEIRD MOTHER....BUT HEY, CUPCAKE .......SUCK IT UP......I AM ....WHO I AM!

TO PAM, SHERRIE AND KARRIE!!!

WITH MOTHER'S DAY AROUND THE CORNER......I THOUGHT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE......

I NEVER LOVED ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.....I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LIFE AND ANY LOVE YOU GIVE ME IS SO SPECIAL TO ME.....I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 9 GRANDCHILDREN THAT HAVE HELP MAKE ME...ME.  I ADORE THEM ALL EVEN THOUGH SOME DON'T RETURN MY LOVE.....THEY CAN'T CONTROL MY LOVE FOR THEM.....

I AM A VERY LUCKY MOTHER AND ALWAYS DID THE BEST I KNEW HOW FOR YOU.....I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

LET YOURSELF BELIEVE......

FAITH CAN BE OUR GREATEST SOURCE OF STRENGTH......WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF, YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO.....WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT TROUBLES WILL PASS......THEY ALWAYS DO.  AND WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT COMFORT AND JOY WILL FIND YOU.....THEY WILL....GOD GUARANTEES.

SOMETIMES YOU GET BORED OR DEPRESSED......AND BEGIN TO WONDER ABOUT  YOURSELF BUT IN A WORLD OF CONSTANT COMPARISONS.....IT CAN BE EASY TO OVERLOOK YOUR OWN...... OUTSTANDINGNESS......AND SHRUG OFF WHAT MAKES YOU INCREDIBLY SPECIAL......YOU ARE SPECIAL TO YOUR CHILDREN, TO YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.....WHY NOT TO YOURSELF?  JUST LEARN TO LIKE YOURSELF......

CINO DE MAYO

HOW DID I MISS CINO DE MAYO????  HERE WE ARE 6 DAYS INTO MAY AND IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY I WAS MAKING OUT THE BILLS THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.....WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET PAST THE RAIN AND COLD.....MORE FORECAST TOMORROW.  LAST WEEK END HAD ALEX AND ASHLYN.....WITH SHER AND DAR POPPING IN ON SATURDAY FOR BEN'S WEDDING......PAM AND I WENT TO LUNCH FRIDAY.....AND TODAY I WAS OFF TO PATTY'S FOR COFFEE AND CATCH UP.......GUESS I WON'T BE PLANTING FLOWERS TILL THE WEEKEND......IF THEN?  I GUESS YOU JUST GET OLDER BY THE DAY  AND THE MIRROR DOESN'T LIE!