A WORLD OF HATE......

WELL.....ANOTHER WEEK HAS SLIPPED BY AND APRIL IS BREATHING DOWN OUR NECKS.......
AN INTERESTING SUBJECT AT BRIDGE YESTERDAY WAS.....HOW WE ARE LIVING IN A "WORLD OF HATE"......NEIGHBORS....FAMILIES.....RACES......RELIGION.....CONGRESS AND EVERY ONE WHO RUNS OUR WORLD!!!!  WHY?  DR. WAYNE W. DYER WROTE A QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT....."WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR KIND,....CHOOSE KIND"  DOES THIS APPLY TO YOUR LIFE?  WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YES....IF EVERYONE CHOOSE KIND.....MAYBE WORLDS, FAMILIES, AND WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF.  THIS PRECEPT DOES HAVE TWO SIDES.....NOT JUST THE WORDS RIGHT OR KIND.....BUT CHOOSE!!!!  I CAN SEE BACKING DOWN TO A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND IF I FELT MY CHOICE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THEIRS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN A RELATIONSHIP......FOR IT.....OR ABORTIONS ETC.....AND I ADMIRE THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE.....BUT WE ALL HAVE THE "CHOICE"....RIGHT OR WRONG......TO CHOOSE.
YES, I....WE.....CAN FEEL THE HATE RADIATING FROM THE TV....I PADS...FACEBOOK....FRIENDS AND ALL AROUND US......AND SO CAN GOD.....IN MY FAMILY IT HAS REARED IT'S UGLY FACE AND IT HURTS.....MANY OF US.  SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL THINK BEFORE WE CHOOSE.  BEFORE YOU CHOOSE....DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

REMEMBERING.................

TUACAHN.....A SPECIAL PLACE FOR A SPECIAL REASON...........

LUCILLE CALLED ME YESTERDAY AND SAID I HAD TO WATCH CHANNEL 7 AT 8 AND I WOULD SEE MY SISTER IN ACTION......

WELL I DID.....AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS MY SISTER'S SON RYAN FRONT AND CENTER IN THIS DIOLOGUE OF TUACAHN AND WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT A PLAY TOGETHER......LONG HOURS AND HARD WORK......WHICH IS IN IVANS, UTAH.

JOAN PROGRAMED RYAN TO SING AND DANCE AND ENJOY THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.....AND HE HAS DONE VERY WELL AND I AM SURE SHE IS LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE VERY PROUD OF HIM......HE IS A TALL, DARK HANDSOME BOY AND ONE OF THE BIG WIGS OF TUACAHN.........PART OF THE PROGRAM HE WAS CLEAN SHAVED AND PART HE WAS WEARING A BEARD.....HE IS DEFINITELY A YEOMANS......

THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED...."THE MIRACLE OF PADRE CANYON".....HOW THIS MAN HAD A DREAM...BUT AT FIRST NO WATER UP THERE...BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP AND WATER WAS DISCOVERED AND HE WORKED WITH THE MAN WHO HAD THE "FRANKLIN DAYTIMERS".. IN SALT LAKE CITY...BEFORE THE CELL PHONE CAME ALONG.....HE ENDED UP PUTTING THE 23 MILLION DOLLARS IN IT TO GET IT STARTED.........TODAY PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. TO SEE THE PRODUCTIONS......DISNEY LETS THEM HAVE ONE OF THEIRS SHOWS EACH YEAR.....AND RYAN HAS COME A LONG WAYS AND I AM PROUD TO SAY MY NEPHEW DOES A GREAT JOB.....SO SORRY JO ISN'T AROUND TO ENJOY HIS SUCCESS.

AN ORGANIZED ME.....

FACE IT!...SOONER OR LATER YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE MAKING LISTS LIKE MAXINE.......I DO NOW....BUT TRY AND PUT THEM IN NOT SO FIRM A STATEMENTS........I JUST KINDA HINT AROUND ABOUT IT .....OR JUST IGNORE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO.....

BEEN A FUN WEEK ALONE JUST DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO......EATING OFF PAPER PLATES.....SLEEPING IN TILL 8 THIRTY ....GETTING SHOWERED AND DRESSED IF AND WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT.....KEN WILL BE HOME TOMORROW AND BACK TO THE REAL WORLD......HE HAS ABOUT 6 MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL THIS QUARTER AND THEN I AM NOT SURE WHAT HE WILL DO.......?  SHERRIE JUST CALLED AND THEY HAD JUST CROSSED THE BORDER BACK INTO THE U.S. FROM A WEEK IN MEXICO AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE......HOME TOMORROW.

GOT MY EASTER DECORATIONS OUT AND SO WILL LIVE WITH THE BUNNIES AND EASTER EGGS TILL EASTER THE 21ST OF NEXT MONTH......AS I GROW OLDER....I CARE LESS ABOUT HOLIDAYS....BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARY'S, VALENTINE'S DAY ETC.......TO ME EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY AT THIS AGE.....AND I GET EXCITED JUST WAKING UP EVERY MORNING AND BEING ABLE TO STRUGGLE OUT OF BED......YES, I HAVE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY IN A FEW WEEKS...BUT IT WILL BE JUST ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY GOD HAS GIVEN ME......I HOPE!

BEEN THERE.....DONE THAT CONT.

WHERE  AND WHEN DID ALL MY TRAVELING START?

MY FIRST TIME TO USE A "PASSPORT"......I WAS A STEWARDESS AND MY ROOMMATE JEANNIE AND I WENT TO HAVANA, CUBA FOR 10 DAYS.....I GOT THE WORST SUNBURN I HAVE EVER HAD AND CAME HOME THE SAME COLOR AS THE CUBANS....THIS WAS BC...BEFORE CASTRO....WE STAYED IN THE BIG ....NATIONEL HOTEL WHICH LATER BECAME CASTRO'S HEADQUARTERS.....

MY NEXT OUT OF THE COUNTRY TRIP WAS AFTER I GOT MARRIED......DON AND I WENT TO MEXICO CITY.....I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC, LANGUAGE AND SILVER JEWELRY.....WE WENT TO TASCO AND CUERNAVACA AND HAD SOME WONDERFUL MEXICAN DINNERS.....THIS TRIP WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TO MEXICO WHILE I MARRIED AND AFTER I WAS SINGLE.......

MY FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE POND WAS WITH DON.....WE WENT TO EUROPE ON A AIRLINE TOUR.   WE WENT TO PARIS, FRANCE.....ROME, ITALY AND UP TO ONE OF THE FIRST CLUB MEDS IN PALERMO, SICILY.  MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF SICILY WAS A DAY TRIP TO A MT VILLAGE......THEY SAW VERY FEW AMERICANS AND THIS WAS  SPECIAL FOR THEM......THEY LET SCHOOL OUT....KILLED A SHEEP AND WE HAD A BANQUET WITH THEM IN A ROOM ABOVE THE SCHOOL.   IT HAD NO ROADS IN THE VILLAGE AND WAS BUILT ON A HILL FOR PROTECTION......SO WARM AND FRIENDLY.

DON, THE CHILDREN AND I WENT TO EUROPE REGULARLY......AND I CONTINUED VISITING IT AFTER THE DIVORCE.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG.......

WOW......A WHOLE WEEK OF SLEEPING IN TILL EIGHT EVERY MORNING......SURE ENJOYING IT.

KEN WILL BE HOME SUNDAY AND BACK TO THE OLD ROUTINE OF 5 THIRTY AND 6 THIRTY.......FOUR DAYS EACH WEEK.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OFF SPRING......AND TODAY IT HAS BEEN RAINING, CLOUDY AND COLD......BUT I DO HAVE A FEW TULIPS PEEKING OUT.  GOT MY INCOME TAX TURNED IN TODAY......PRETTY GOOD NEWS!......AND A RELIEF FOR ANOTHER YEAR.   WENT TO BRIDGE YESTERDAY......I HAVE SUCH A NICE GROUP OF LADY FRIENDS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ONCE A MONTH.   NO I DIDN'T WIN?  THINK I WILL SLEEP ALL WEEK END......

NORMAL??? OR NOT SO MUCH?

OH YES.....BEEN THERE....DONE THAT.

I HAVE A LITTLE SIGN IN MY HOUSE THAT READS......"REMEMBER.....AS FAR AS EVERYONE KNOWS.....WE ARE A NICE NORMAL FAMILY!"

NORMAL IS ONLY A SETTING ON YOUR WASH MACHINE.....NO SUCH THING AS NORMAL IN THIS LIFE.......

EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF NORMAL......SEEMS A NORMAL FAMILY NOW DAYS..... HAS IT'S SHARE OF DIVORCES.....FAMILY FIGHTS....KIDS SHACKING UP.....OR HAVING BABIES WITHOUT BEING MARRIED....DRUGGIES..... ALCOHOLICS...MOOCHERS.....GAYS AND LESBIANS....OLD PARENTS TO TEND AND  OLDER KIDS TO SUPPORT.

IT IS GETTING EASIER TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS NOW ......AS EVERYONE CAN SAY....THEY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH......

IS IT JUST THIS NEW GENERATION......OR WAS ALL THIS HAPPENING TO MY PARENTS 65 YEARS AGO?  MAYBE I WAS REALLY DUMB WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950......ANYWAY, "SUCK IT CUPCAKE"......ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS!!!! HELPS YOU TO KEEP MOVING ON.......

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY....YA 'ALL

NOT BEING IRISH I HAD A VERY QUIET ST PATTY'S DAY....IN FACT SLEPT IN....WENT TO COSTCO AND GASSED UP....SHOPPED A LITTLE AND HAD A PIECE OF PIZZA FOR LUNCH.....BACK HOME FOR A LITTLE NAP AND PLAN ON GOING TO BED EARLY.   TALKED TO ALEX....SEEMED TODD WAS LEAVING THE MEXICAN HOUSE AND HAD A WRECK....WITH HIS THREE DOGS......GOOFED UP HIS KNEE CAP AND WAS LUCKY TO BE A LIVE.....DARREN....WHO HAD ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY  WITH FAMILY FOR A WEEKS VACATION.......DROVE HIM TO YUMA AND GRANDPA BUD WAS DRIVING DOWN TO BRING HIM HOME.......KIDS!!!...HE IS ABOUT 55 OR SO....DO YOU EVER GET THEM RAISED????

KEN GONE ALL WEEK ON SPRING BREAK FROM COLLEGE......SO I CAN SLEEP IN EVERY DAY AND EAT SCRAMBLED EGGS AND CEREAL EVERY NIGHT....DO HAVE BRIDGE WEDNESDAY AND A RELIEF SOCIETY DINNER TUESDAY NIGHT....AND HOPE TO GET MY TAXES TURNED IN......OR NOT!

ISN'T LIFE WONDERFUL???