AUGUST UPON US..........

HAD AN ANGEL READING ONCE......AND SHE TOLD ME MIGUEL, RAFAEL CHAMUEL AND JOFIEL WERE SOME OF THEE ANGELS THAT WERE WITH ME ALWAYS......I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN SOMEONE WAS  TAKING CARE OF ME AS I TRAVELED THE WORLD AND DID SOME REALLY STUPID THINGS......THAT ALWAYS ENDED OK..........SAFELY.

I SEEM TO HAVE HAD A SPARK OF LIFE THAT KEPT TELLING ME....."GO FOR IT".....AND I HAVE.....

LIFE GOES BY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.....IT'S TOO SHORT TO LIVE UPSET!......ANGRY, RESENTFUL OR UNGRATEFUL.....I THINK I SPENT SEVERAL OF THOSE THINGS AFTER MY DIVORCE....BUT.....IF YOU LOOK FOR THE GOOD YOU WILL FIND IT.  CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY TO B E AT PEACE.....DECIDE EACH DAY IS GOING TO BE A  GREAT DAY.  TRUST YOUR JOURNEY AND KNOW THAT IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, IT IS OK.....SEE IT AS A LESSON LEARNED AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD......SPEND LESS TIME WORRYING AND MORE TIME BEING GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO LOVE YOU AND ALL OF LIFE'S GOODNESS....

DEAR PROBLEM.......MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOU!!!!!!

NINE O'CLOCK

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS I HAVE SPENT SATURDAYS AT GARAGE SALES.....WELL, NOT THIS YEAR......TOO HOT IN UTAH....SO WHY NOT START HITTING THE FAMILY REUNIONS AROUND THE CITY.......THINK HOW MANY FREE AND GOOD MEALS YOU COULD GET.......I WILL TALK TO MY FRIENDS?????  ONLY MAXINE WOULD THINK OF THIS.......

BEEN A FEW DAYS SINCE I OPENED THIS LITTLE FRIEND OF MINE......SOME DAYS YOU ARE JUST NOT IN THE MOOD TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.....THIS WEEK HAS FLOWN BY.......GOT NEW GLASSES.......PLAYED BRIDGE.....FIRST TIME MY HEARING AIDS WITH A NICE "MAN'S VOICE" TOLD ME MY BATTERY WAS LOW......WELL HELLO.......I KNOW MY BATTERY IS LOW........WHY DO YOU THINK I CAN'T WALK A BLOCK WITHOUT WANTING TO LAY DOWN?????

IT IS OLD AGE......SO THERE.......MY LIFE IS SO GETTING TO BE CENTERED ON MY BED.......I WILL JUST LAY DOWN AND "REST" A  MINUTE.....OR SO........SEVERAL TIMES A DAY......I DID GO TO CHURCH TODAY.......SO/SO.    THEN BRAYDEN AND HIS GIRL CALLED AS THEY WERE LEAVING CEDAR C ITY AND SAID THEY WERE STOPPING BY......I HAD NEVER MET LIBBY.......SHE IS SWEET AND I MADE THEM DINNER BEFORE THEY HEADED TO VERNAL........THEY PLAN A SEPT 15 WEDDING.......SHERRIE CALLED AND IS DRIVING KEN IN .....IN THE MORNING......WHERE IS MY LIFE GOING???

TODAY.......THE BIG 24TH OF JULY CELEBRATION......

TODAY UTAH CELEBRATES THE DAY THE MORMONS ARRIVED IN THE SALT LAKE VALLEY.......QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.........?

I HAVE LIVED IN SALT LAKE MOST OF MY LIFE......AND THIS CELEBRATION IS BIGGER THAN THE FOURTH OF JULY IN SALT LAKE......RODEOS, PARADES, FIRE WORKS FOR A WEEK......NOT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY,........ SO MANY ARE AT WORK.......THE PARADE IS FULL OF HANDCARTS, FLOATS OF OUR VALLEY AND HORSES......OH YES,....... BANDS TOO!  I DON'T WATCH ANYMORE AND COME TO THINK OF IT......TODAY WAS JUST ANOTHER MONDAY FOR ME.  I SLEPT IN AS KEN WAS AT THE CABIN WITH HIS FAMILY......THEN OFF TO WALMART AND THEN A FUN VISIT WITH MY FAVORITE NEIGHBOR........

YESTERDAY.......CHURCH, THEN PAM AND I WENT TO A MOVIE AND TO THE SIZZLER FOR DINNER......ROB IN ISLAND PARK......TIFF IN OHIO WITH KAPPA.  BUT I WAS AVAILABLE.......AS I AM MOST WEEKENDS.......I LOVE THE PICTURE I SAW ON FACE BOOK OF PIONEER DAYS .........IT HAS THE LARKIN GROUP AT THE BOTTOM.......THEY ARE THE BIG FUNERAL HOME IN SALT LAKE!!!!!  WHICH OUR FAMILY HAS USED REGULARLY.......I GUESS THEY WILL PICK UP ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE NOW DAYS PIONEERS?  JUST KIDDING........

WE ARE FINALLY SUPPOSE TO GET RAIN TONIGHT........AFTER THE FIRE WORKS!........ IT IS MOVING IN FROM ST. GEORGE.......WE SO NEED IT AND ARE SO TIRED OF THE 100 PLUS IN JULY.........CAN'T BELIEVE ONLY ONE MORE WEEK OF JULY.....WHERE IS OUR SUMMER GOING?????  MY NEIGHBORS GARDEN.....PLANTED ON MY PROPERTY IS REALLY PRODUCING CUCUMBERS AND TOMATOES.......I THINK THAT IS CALLED SHARE CROPPING??????.......ANYWAY I LOVE SUZANNE AND WE ARE ENJOYING WATCHING  "OUR" GARDEN" GROW!  SHE IS OFF TO FARMINGTON , NM NEXT WEEK END TO VISIT HER MOTHER AND I WILL BE IN CHARGE OF WATERING OUR VEGES!!!!

HAPPY 24TH OF JULY!

MISSING SOME.....

LAST BLOG CUT OFF SOME OF THE FAMILY......HERE IT IS SMALLER

LESLIE WITH TWO SISTER-IN-LAWS THAT WERE MY NEIGHBORS AND GOOD FRIENDS.........ELAINE AND MOETA RAMSEY......LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM US.....ON THE RIGHT END IS A CUTE MARILEE AND HUSBAND WHICH I KNOW A LITTLE........RAMSEY COUSINS.

IT'S  FUN SEEING ALL THESE PEOPLE BUT AS I HAVE SAID.......GOD LEFT OUT THAT REUNION GENE WHEN HE MADE ME......I LOVE TO SEE THEM ALL......BUT JUST A FEW AT A TIME........  THANKS LES FOR THE FUN PICTURES.

LOVE THESE PEOPLE.........

WELL, MY SISTER LESLIE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS........ HER DAUGHTER KRISTI WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN........HER SON KEVIN AND HIS THREE CHILDREN......HER SON MIKE......WHOSE FOUR CHILDREN CAME AND WENT TO THE REUNION BUT DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THE PICTURE......SPOUCES, , GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN MAKE QUITE A GREAT BUNCH.......ADD ANOTHER 12  PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO?????
I HAVE LOTS OF FUN MEMORIES WITH THESE SWEET PEOPLE.....

IN THE SAME BOAT......

                    I BELONG TO TWO BRIDGE CLUBS........AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS......I CONFESS I DON'T REALLY LIKE BRIDGE BUT I CAN'T QUIT OR I WOULD NEVER SEE THESE OLD FRIENDS......AND AS I AGE.....SO DO THEY.......SO WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.....OR NOT.....TO HANG IN THERE.   THEY LOVE CLASS REUNIONS......I DON 'T LIKE REUNIONS OF ANY KIND........MAYBE THAT GENE IS MISSING IN ME?
               WHEN YOU TURN UP AT A REUNION YOU FIND ALL WOMEN WITH MATCHING SET OF LUGGAGE.......YOURS WORE OUT AND YOU ARE DOWN TO A BATTERED BAG THE KIDS LEFT YOU........BUT.......AS TIME GOES BY YOU ALL FIND YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO SLEEP IF THE ROOM IS TOO STUFFY, TO COLD OR NOT DARK ENOUGH.  YOU HAVE IN COMMON A STANDING NAIL AND HAIR APPOINTMENT......AN AIR CONDITIONED CAR AND A BRAND NAME HAND BAG........MOSTLY FAKE ! ALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE DROP-OUT BUDDHIST BISEXUAL VEGETARIAN MAOIST CHILD TO AGGRAVATE US.............OR DRUGGIE OR ALCOHOLIC OR WHATEVER!.
         OF COURSE THE CONVERSATION INCLUDES WHO KNOWS GENUINE JEWELRY AN AUTHENTIC IN ANTIQUES AND REAL FUR.......MY GENERATION WAS STEEPED IN THESE THINGS WHEN TODAY THE KIDS.......JUST ROLL THEIR EYES.
         WE WOULD RATHER TAKE A CAB THAN A BUS.......AND OUR LISTS OF WHO IS WHO INCLUDES OUR;......LAWYERS, GYNECOLOGISTS, ACCOUNTANTS, DERMATOLOGISTS, PODIATRISTS, UROLOGIST, INTERNIST, CARDIOLOGIST, INSURANCE AGENTS, TRAVEL AGENTS, BROKERS, OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND A FEW OTHERS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL.........BUT IT SEEMS WE HAVE ALL TURNED INTO THE SAME.......BUT DIFFERENT......AT OUR RIPE OLD AGE OF 80 ...... AND ON.

ALWAYS COMPLAINING........

WELL MAXINE IS RIGHT AGAIN........IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WEATHER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT........IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.  BUT, LIVING IN UTAH HAS NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS SUMMER........DAY AFTER DAY IN THE THREE DIGITS.......AND 15 DAYS IN A ROW WHEN THE NIGHTS NEVER COOL BELOW 74.......WE COULD AT LEAST LOOK FORWARD TO IT COOLING A NIGHT BEFORE.......A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO THE 10 OCLOCK NEWS SAID IT WAS 97........AT TEN?????  IT HAS BEEN CLOUDING UP AND TRYING TO RAIN SEVERAL AFTERNOONS........BUT NOT ON MY BLOCK.  I DON'T MIND HOT, BUT NOT FOREVER.

WAITING FOR SHERRIE TO COME AND STAY ALL NIGHT WITH KEN AND I.......SHE WILL TAKE HIM TO THE CABIN TOMORROW FOR THE 24TH HOLIDAY.......KEN AND I ATE THE CHICKEN-POT PIES MY CUTE NEIGHBOR BROUGHT US FOR DINNER.......GREAT NEIGHBORS..

HAD MEXICAN TRAIN TUESDAY, BRIDGE WEDNESDAY AND  AND EYE APPOINTMENT TODAY......BEEN A BUSY WEEK.