RETIREMENT..........

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL IN PLACE......A NEW LAW IS PASSED BY CONGRESS!

WENT IN YESTERDAY TO STOCK BROKER TO REVIEW MY PORTFOLIO AND FOUND THERE

 IS A NEW LAW.....I DON'T DO MUCH STOCKS AND SO MY ACCOUNT NOW WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK EAST TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR MERRILL LYNCH WOULD CHARGE ME A LARGE FEE EACH MONTH TO MAINTAIN MY ACCOUNT?????  SO OFF TODAY TO ROLL MY IRA INTO MY CREDIT UNION.....HOPE IT WORKS.

THE BOYS ARE OFF TO VERNAL TONIGHT FOR THE WEEKEND FOR DARREN'S SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY......KENNEDY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT GOING BACK TO VERNAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS......HE SAID HE MISSES HIS FRIENDS......BUT DON'T ALL MISSIONARIES?  

BEEN A BUSY WEEK.......BABY SAT AARON MONDAY.......OVER TO PATTY'S FOR COFFEE ON TUESDAY......BRIDGE WEDNESDAY.......LUNCH WITH SHIRLEY YESTERDAY....TODAY TO THE CREDIT UNION AND VETS THIS AFTERNOON TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT GIGI'S EYE......SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM.  MY NICE NEIGHBOR TRIMMED ALL MY SIDE SHRUBS FOR WINTER YESTERDAY.......KEN AND I HELPED CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS. BOY, THE DAYS ARE FLYING BY...

LIFE IS LIKE A LADDER.......

       THIS KINDA MAKES YOU THINK.....DOESN'T IT......
I HAVE WAY MORE PEOPLE COME INTO MY LIFE AND LIFT ME UP......THAN THOSE WHO WALKED OUT OF MY LIFE AND MADE IT FANTASTIC.......BUT I DEFINITELY CAN NAME A FEW......OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A LADDER......EVERY STEP WE TAKE IS EITHER UP OR DOWN.....
      IF IN OUR SHORT LIFE WE HAVE KNOWN SOMEONE OLD....OR SICK OR STRUGGLING WITH CANCER......REMEMBER THE ALTERNATE DAY YOU COULD BE HAVING AND REALIZE YOUR LIFE IS A GIFT.....
     SO AT TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL BAD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT......TAKE TIME OUT FOR A PERSPECTIVE BREAK .......HOW MANY OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE NOW GONE WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH YOU?
      BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY......WENT OVER TO PATTY'S FOR COFFEE AND OFF TO BRIDGE TOMORROW.......ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING TO GET SERIOUS AND DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE......LIKE FINISH CLEANING MY CLOSET!!!!

THANK GOODNESS FOR SMART GRANDCHILDREN.......

     
    YES.....IT IS FALL.......SO BEAUTIFUL IN UTAH.  YESTERDAY MY SWEET WILL CAME OVER AND SET UP MY NEW COMPUTER FOR ME......TODAY SWEET BRAYDEN CAME OVER AND GOT MY BLOG BACK ON LINE FOR ME......I STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO WORK OUT......BUT IT IS COMING FINALLY.
    SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE SINCE THE LAST BLOG.....RICHARD GOT MARRIED AND IS OFF ON A HONEYMOON IN PUERTO RICO........IN MY BOOK I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE COOK FAMILY AGAIN.....KARRIE STILL NOT SPEAKING TO ME, ANNIE COOL BUT LOVE MY SWEET SCOTTIE WHO SPENT TIME WITH ME AND HAD A GOOD VISIT.
   ALEX'S  DIVORCE HAS BECOME FINAL AND HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME ACCEPTING IT......IS LONESOME AND LOST.
   SCOTT HORTIN JUST TURNED 35 ......HE AND TIFF ARE IN MEXICO CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY AND 6TH ANNIVERSARY.  GRANDMA AND GRANDPA PANNIER ARE BABY SITTING FOR A WEEK.  I HELPED OUT TODAY WHILE PAM HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.....ALMOST TWO AND TRYING TO SAY EVERYTHING.....I AM "GG" FOR GREAT-GRANDMA.......
   KEN IS BEING A GREAT MISSIONARY AND SO MUCH COMPANY.  BRAYDEN IS HERE A LOT AND SO MUCH FUN......
       DEAR BLOG I HAVE MISSED YOU.

WOW......IT'S OCTOBER........

This is all I ask of my family at this age.......I am in such a place of hurt.....not knowing what I have done to cause the family to tear apart......This afternoon I delivered a wedding present to a grandson by putting it on the front porch and walking away.....it should never have been so .........I should have been hugging him an wishing him the best.....he promised to bring his finance by last May.....never seen either one of them......the wedding is Thursday in the SLC Temple.....of course I will not be there.....OH WELL.....Life goes on.....suck it up cupcake and smile......go to the reception Thursday and hold your head up high......You have many people who care and love you.......

IN TODAYS WORLD......

          As usual no cooperation from this computer in putting in a picture!!!
The news each day is so distressing......so much killing and terrible politics....we each should try harder to do just one nice thing for someone each day and maybe things will get better?
       "While much of America seems to be getting more and more devisive I am going to try to be more thoughtful....by holding doors for strangers, letting people cut in front of me in traffic, greeting all I meet with a smile and exercising patience with others.  I'll do this as often as I have an opportunity.  I will not stand by and let children live in a world where unconditional love is invisible and being rude is acceptable.  Love must begin somewhere and love will overcome hate....imagine the difference if we each purposefully loved more."
        Don't write your name in the sand.....waves will wash it away.....
        Don't write your name in the sky.....the wind will blow it away.....
        Write your name in the hearts of people you come in touch with....
        That is where it will stay.
Sherrie surprised me and popped in for a few minutes.....So love my kids.

BUILD YOUR OWN SHRINE.......

Another battle with this commuter......about to toss it......Middle of the week and need to catch up.....Quite Monday.....Tuesday went to a movie with Rob and the boys.....enjoyed "Sully".....Wednesday off to Patty's with Ruth for lunch.  Ken off with Grandma Kay for the evening....The weeks just fly by.
       I was just thinking how we build shrines to ourselves when we cover our walls and shelves with pictures of the past and present doings of our families.....I love to go into homes of people with pictures of their children when young, their parents and fun momentos their children made sitting around.
        It is important to feel connected to something bigger.....and remembering where we came from....it can bring much joy into our lives.  It is good for your spirit to make your history a part of your home.  

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?

 Right now I don't know what to do.........my grandson is getting married in about three weeks and his family.....including him.....have not spoken to me since Christmas.......

I will RSVP that I won't be to the dinner the night before and I really don't want to go to the wedding reception.....but something inside me keeps saying Betty you will regret it if you don't.....I just keep remembering a year ago when Andrea was married how bad Karrie treated our family the night before....so we didn't go for pictures.....the rest of the family went to some Pub and had dinner before we went to the reception at the Capital....the night of the wedding.....I am so sad.....I did not raise this child to be this way and have her turn her children against us....she is so lucky to still have a mother who is alive and loves her so much and how many people on this earth have an identical twin sister?  Where did I fail God?