WEEKEND WITH AL.......

     
           MY ALEX HAS GROWN UP......HERE HE IS 19......LEAVING ON A MISSION.....ALMOST 4 YEARS LATER HE HAS SERVED HIS TWO YEAR MISSION IN ARGENTINA, GOTTEN MARRIED AND DIVORCED AND STILL MY SWEET GUY WHO CALLED TO SEE IF HE COULD SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH ME.......ALONG WITH LANCE LABRUM....AND TWO DOGS.
         HIS PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS LEFT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NYC.....SO KEN CAN SWIM WITH THE SHARKS!.....HE CHOSE ME......I HAVE SO MANY FUN MEMORIES WITH THIS CUTE BOY AND HOPE TO CONTINUE A FEW MORE YEARS.
       SPENT THE MORNING WITH PATTY CATCHING UP ON HER TRIP TO CA FOR HER SISTERS DEATH,......SO HARD TO LOSE A SISTER.
58 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS AND 12 TILL WE ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT.....I AM KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR TRUMP......LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN WEEKEND AND HALLOWEEN ON MONDAY.
         "IF YOU THINK NOBODY CARES IF YOU ARE ALIVE.....TRY MISSING A COUPLE OF CAR PAYMENTS?"

NEXT LEVEL......

       I THINK I AM READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL......SECOND CHILDHOOD!   YOU DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SO-SO OR JUST ALL RIGHT, AND THINGS CAN BE EVEN BETTER THAN GOOD.......THEY CAN BE GREAT!  I GUESS THE SECRET TO LIVING MORE FULLY IS TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT WORTHY TO ALL THINGS......JUST START BELIEVING HAPPINESS IS YOUR DESTINY........
        ANOTHER BUSY WEEK SLIDING BY AND ONLY 60 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS......PAM TOOK ME TO GET MY EYES DIALATED YESTERDAY AND WE HAD A FUN LUNCH AT THE OLIVE GARDEN.......THEN KEN, BRAYDEN AND I WENT TO SEE JACK REICHER.....VERY INTENSE MOVIE.  TODAY I AM OFF TO PLAY BRIDGE.  STILL HAVING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.....KEN AND I DID STACK AND COVER THE PATIO FURNITURE THOUGH....GETTING READY FOR THE SNOW.

FUN DAY......

     
       IT IS ALWAYS SO NICE TO A GRANDMOTHER WHEN ONE OF THEIR GRANDCHILDREN CALL AND SAY....."WANT TO GO TO LUNCH WITH ME"....OR "WANT TO GO TO A MOVIE WITH ME?" OR EVEN JUST COME BY TO VISIT A FEW MINUTES....YESTERDAY I WAS OFF WITH MY OLDEST GRANDCHILD....TIFFANY AND MY DARLING GREAT-GRANDSON AARON.  THE GUYS IN HER FAMILY WERE OFF DEER HUNTING AND MOM WAS OFF TO ST GEORGE FOR A GIRL WEEKEND......SO GRAMMIE WAS HONORED.
     OFF TO LUNCH WHERE ARRON FILLED UP ON MAC-AND-CHEESE, FRENCH FRIES AND TOPPED IT OFF WITH HIS  FIRST ICE CREAM CONE.....HE IS TRYING TO SAY EVERY THING AND SO FUN TO HAVE LUNCH WITH.   THEN OFF TO "AT HOME"....ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES WITH EVERY THING IN IT.....I BOUGHT A NEW CHRISTMAS TREE AND A TOY BASKET FOR AARONS BIRTHDAY.
            CHURCH TODAY AND ONE MORE WEEK IN OCTOBER......SOON HAPPY HALLOWEEN.......

AM I GOOD ENOUGH? WILL I MAKE IT?

OFF TO CHURCH THIS MORNING.....KIDS AT THE CABIN.    I ALWAYS COME HOME FROM CHURCH WITH SOME QUESTIONS......TODAY I FOUND A WONDERFUL ARTICAL I MUST KEEP AT HAND SO I CAN READ IT ......PROBABLY REGULARLY.....IT WAS AT THIS YEARS CONFERENCE BY ELDER J DEVIN CORNISH.......

"MY BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE MUST STOP COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS....WE TORTURE OURSELVES NEEDLESSLY BY COMPETING AND COMPARING.   WE FALSELY JUDGE OUR SELF-WORTH BY THE THINGS WE DO OR DON'T HAVE AND BY OPINIONS OF OTHERS.....IF WE MUST COMPARE, LET US COMPARE  HOW WE WERE IN THE PAST TO HOW WE ARE TODAY-----AND EVEN HOW WE WANT TO BE IN THE FUTURE.....THE ONLY OPINION OF US THAT MATTERS IS WHAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER THINKS OF US...

THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS "AM I GOOD ENOUGH.?" AND "WILL I MAKE IT?" ARE YES!  YES YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH AND YES YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP REPENTING AND DO NOT RATIONALIZE OR REBEL......IT ENDS WITH....OUR HEAVENLY FATHER INTENDS FOR US TO MAKE IT......THAT IS HIS WORK AND HIS GLORY"

THESE CAN BE COMFORTING WORDS ON THE DAYS YOU ARE DOWN. AND WHO HASN'T OR DOESN'T COMPARE YOURSELF TO ......TO MANY PEOPLE IN AND AROUND US.......FAMILY MEMBERS....CHURCH MEMBERS.....FRIENDS?.......I AM GUILTY BUT WILL BE THINKING ABOUT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

KNOTS OR NOTS..........

YOU KNOW .....SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS HARD TO ACT YOUR AGE.   WHEN I PUT ON ONE OF MY CRAZY HATS BECAUSE OF A BAD HAIR DAY......I THINK.....SHOULD SOMEONE 84 AND A HALF.....WEAR THIS??????  BUT I DO ANYWAY......I SAW THIS ABOUT KNOTS....OR NOTS.......LIKE IT.

DEAR GOD

PLEASE UNTIE THE KNOTS THAT ARE

 IN MY MIND, MY HEART AND MY LIFE.......

REMOVE THE HAVE-NOTS,  THE CAN-NOTS AND THE DO-NOTS THAT I HAVE IN MY MIND.....

ERASE THE WILL-NOTS, THE MAY-NOTS, MIGHT-NOTS THAT MAY FIND A HOME IN MY HEART....

RELEASE ME FROM THE COULD-NOTS AND WOULD-NOTS AND SHOULD-NOTS THAT OBSTRUCT MY LIFE...

AND MOST OF ALL DEAR GOD I ASK THAT YOU REMOVE FROM MY MIND, MY HEART AND MY LIFE ALL THE AM-NOTS THAT I HAVE ALLOWED TO HOLD ME BACK...... ESPECIALLY THE THOUGHT THAT I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

AMEN

REMEMBER ......YOU ARE ALWAYS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE.......

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WONDER WOMAN.......

YES, I DO SEVERAL THINGS THAT MAKE ME WONDER.......LIKE PUT OFF HOUSE CLEANING TO KNIT OR READ.......A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW WHO WILL KNOW WHETHER I CLEANED THE BATHROOM OR NOT TODAY......AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME SEE ME DON'T CARE.....WHY SHOULD I?  KNITTING IS A LOT MORE FUN THAN CLEANING THE TOILET!!!!!  I LIKE SWEET PEAS ATTITUDE.

SHERRIE DROPPED BY WITH MY DINNER AND TO PICK UP KEN FOR THE WEEKEND......HE WILL BE WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE CABIN ALL WEEKEND.....AND THAT IS GOOD.  WE BOTH GET A BREAK......I GUESS ALEX MET HIS FRIEND'.....S COUSINS LAST WEEK AND THEY HAVE BECOME FRIENDS.....I AM SO GLAD HE IS MOVING ON.....SHE WAS GOING TO BE AT THE CABIN WITH SHERRIE THIS WEEKEND SO THEY GET TO MEET HER.......SHE LIVES IN WYOMING NOW.

LESLIE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY ALL THE TRAFFIC GOING HOME YESTERDAY.......WELL IT IS UEA WEEKEND IN SALT LAKE AND EVERYONE WAS LEAVING TOWN THE SAME TIME THEY WERE!!!!  A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THE KIDS AND LEAVE TOWN FOR SOUTHERN UTAH FOR FOUR DAYS.

ROB BROUGHT BREE OVER THIS MORNING FOR THE WEEKEND.......PAM IS IN ST GEORGE AND HE WAS OFF TO DEER HUNT IN SCHOFIELD........

ANOTHER WEEKEND ALREADY.......

HAPPY 15TH SCOTTIE........

         
               HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SCOTT CALVIN COOK......MY YOUNGEST OF NINE GRANDCHILDREN.....JUST TURNED 15 YESTERDAY.....HE WAS SO FUN AT THIS AGE AND I ENJOYED ALL HIS BALL GAMES......BUT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.....HE IS NOW TALL......AND GORGEOUS AND HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY......WHEN HE THANKED ME FOR THE BIRTHDAY CARD AND MONEY HE SAID I LOVE YOU.....MADE MY HEART SWELL.....I MISS HIM IN MY LIFE.  MAYBE NEXT YEAR WHEN HE STARTS DRIVING HE CAN COME SEE ME NOW AND THEN......HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTIE!