THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.....

I HAVE A SAYING WRITTEN ON MY WALL.....WITH MY NINE GRANDCHILDREN'S PICTURES AROUND IT.....

"THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.....AREN'T THINGS"

BAG THE BIG HOUSE....FANCY CARS.....AND EXPENSIVE CLOTHES.  THEY ARE JUST THINGS THAT CAN BE REPLACED.....BUT MY GRANDKIDS.....CANNOT BE REPLACED.  I LOVE PRETTY PICTURES LIKE THIS ONE.....A PUMPKIN SAYS HALLOWEEN AND FUN FOR KIDS.....AND MEMORIES OF YOUR MANY FUN HALLOWEENS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.....SO DIFFERENT FROM THESE DAYS.

A GOOD DAY IS WHEN......YOU FIND LIFE ISN'T TIED WITH A BOW....BUT LIFE IS STILL A GIFT!

INTERESTING LIFE.....

WENT INTO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY TO HAVE MY SORE SHOULDERS CHECKED.....ONLY TO FIND BOTH SHOULDERS ARE BONE ON BONE LIKE MY KNEES AND HAVE ARTHRITIS IN THEM.....NOT GOOD.....GOT A SHOT IN ONE.....HOPE IT WORKS.  THANK GOODNESS NO SIDE AFFECTS FROM MY CANCER MEDICINE......

PATTY OVER THIS MORNING AND THEN OFF TO GET MY NAILS DONE.   TOMORROW A HAIR APPOINTMENT ....GREYS TAKING OVER.......HALLOWEEN...... AND THEN OCTOBER IS OVER.   VERY COLD BUT NO SNOW IN THE VALLEY....JUST THE MOUNTAINS ARE GETTING IT.......

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS.....MONEY AND JOB PROBLEMS ....MANY DRUG PROBLEMS....LONELY ETC.  IF WE COULD JUST REALIZE

AFTER THE SHOWERS THERE IS SUNSHINE AND STAY STRONG THROUGH OUR PROBLEMS.

SHERRIE AND KEN POPPED IN MONDAY NIGHT......SO FUN HAVING THEM FOR SLEEP-OVERS.  SHER HAD  A DERMATALIGIST APPOINTMENT AND KEN A DR APPOINTMENT ON TUESDAY.....THEN BACK TO VERNAL......SEEMS THE WEEKS FLY BY.

TENDING THE NEIGHBORS DOG WHILE THEY GO TO DINNER?????  GOOD OLE GRANDMA BETTY!

OH HALLOWEEN.....

WHO EVER HEARD OF SOMEONE 87 DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN????  I HAVE NEVER BEEN 87 BEFORE SO I AM NOT SURE HOW SOME ONE MY AGE SHOULD ACT!  IT WAS FOR THE CHURCH ....TRUCK OR TREAT .....WITH DINNER BEFORE.  WE HAD FUN DOING IT AND ENJOYED HAVING PAM AND ARRON JOIN US......LIBBY AND BRAYDEN HAVE GREAT IDEAS........ TOMORROW  IS THE BIG NIGHT AND SUPPOSE TO BE VERY COLD....HOPE WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF KIDS.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU'ALL.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN!!!!

BUT.....SOME HOW MY NAME ENDED UP ON THE VOLUNTEER LIST FOR THE CHURCH HALLOWEEN PARTY TOMORROW......IN COSTUME FOR "TRUNK OR TREAT" WITH LIBBY AND BRAYDEN.   THEY ARE SERVING CHILI AND BAGALS AND COOKIES....PAM IS BRINGING AARON AS ROB IS DEER HUNTING AND SHE IS BABY SITTING ALL WEEKEND.....KEEP AARON BUSY.

WE GOT "BOOOED"...LAST NIGHT AND NOW I AM EXPECTED TO BOO A COUPLE OF HOMES TO PASS IT ON....THANKGOODNESS THE WEATHER IS COLD BUT DRY FOR ALL THIS.

SUNDAY CHURCH......PRIMARY PROGRAM....WHICH I HAVE BEEN TO MANY?......THEN MY SWEET NEIGHBOR SUZANNE INVITED THE KIDS I OVER FOR DINNER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.......THINK I WILL SLEEP ALL DAY MONDAY.......NOT USE TO ALL THIS .....SOCIAL LIFE.

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA COOK.....

ANDREA HAD HER BABY GIRL ON WEDNESDAY.....HER SECOND.....MAKING KARRIE AND RICHARD GRANDPARENTS AGAIN.   NOW I HAVE FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN....TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. HER NAME IS ISLA.....PRONOUNCED ILA.....I DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE STRANGE NAMES ANYMORE........LILLY IS 20 MONTHS OLD....ANDREA WILL BE BUSY.

TGIF.......

WHY DO WE LOVE FRIDAYS?????

THIS STARTS WHEN YOU START TO SCHOOL AND NEVER ENDS THE REST OF YOU'R LIFE......

HALLOWEEN IS BREATHING DOWN OUR NECK AND 6I DAYS TILL XMAS...WENT TO LUNCH WITH PAM TODAY AND THEN DID A LITTLE  "RETAIL THERAPY" AT HOME GOODS.   PAM BOUGHT SOME FUN THINGS....I AM HOLDING OFF..

HAVE KEN FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS......THEN HE WILL WILL DRIVE A CAR HOME TOMORROW WITH HIS FAMILY,,,,,HE AND BRAYDEN AND LIBBY WENT OFF TO A SNOW-MOBILE SHOW AT THE CONVENTION CENTER....INVITED ME BUT I AM DONE FOR THE DAY......COUNTING THE HOURS TILL PJ TIME.

LOVE SEEING BRAY LOVIJNG HIS NEW JOB AT PARK CITY SKI RESORT.....HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A HAPPY FRIDAY.

NOPE....NO SNOW.....

SUNDAY IS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS.....BUT WE SHOULD

 THANK GOD EVERY DAY AND ASK HIM TO WALK WITH US......

CHURCH.....LUNCH AND A NAP......PERFECT SUNDAY.    THE WEATHER SURPRISED US.....A BIG STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT JUST COLD AND SUNNY HERE IN SALT LAKE.....AND NO SNOW FORECAST FOR THE WEEK....THANKGOODNESS!

I WAS JUST THINKING HOW BEAUTIFUL THE TREES ARE THIS TIME OF YEAR.....AND HOW WE MISS THEM WHEN THEY ARE BARE ALL WINTER....I LOVE TREES.....THEY ARE SO VITAL TO OUR HEALTH AND THE EARTH'S......IN SCIENCE CLASS WE LEARNED THAT TREES PRODUCE THE AIR WE BREATH.....  THEY FILTER OUT POLLUTANTS, PREVENT EROSION AND IN SOME CASES REDIRECT WATER.  THEY GIVE US SHADE ....THEY YIELD FRUIT , NUTS AND MEDICAL INGREDIENTS...GIVE HOMES TO FOREST ANIMALS AND INSECTS.......

I ONCE READ THAT IN A FOREST OF A HUNDRED THOUSANND TREES, NO TWO LEAVES ARE ALIKE.....AS NO TWO JOURNEYS ALONG THE SAME PATH ARE ALIKE......HAPPY SUNDAY.