GOODBYE 2014

We are getting ready to celebrate a new year...2015! Can not believe that we are at 2015....this year has gone by so fast. and it was a wonderful year again! When you don't work time moves at such a different pace. Some days you can be bored out of your mind and then bam you have so much to do that your head spins. I never make new year resolutions because I think that we need to constantly make changes to our lives. Some times we make resolutions and then feel like failures when we don't meet those goals. When actually the goal or resolution really didn't fit our needs...what we feel we need to do today may not be the best over all resolution for our lives. Example...we all want to lose weight so we say no to the piece of chocolate cake. Instead we should have the goal of feeling healthier each and everyday. Goals and resolutions are great just make sure that they are helping you really accomplish what you want! Heres to a wonderful 2015!

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!

Not all birthdays are equal…sure its equal from the stand point you get anther year older each time but that is about all that is the same. I usually don't like my birthday don't care to celebrate it and so I am rather grumpy on the day. This year was different. On Friday the 7th of February we had my brother Tim's memorial. I spoke at it and absolutely nailed it…I try not to be proud of myself but I was that day…it truly made me feel good…when my brother Jim said I did a good job and he really meant it I felt really good! We had 15 of my cousins and their spouses and it was so great to sit and talk with them. We have amazing cousins and they are just special…some traveled from a far and that was so humbling that they would do it to honor our family. The afternoon was so enjoyable and rejuvenating. I love my cousins. Megan and Ron were there and as always such a big help with everything...Meg is a shinning star! Love that kid. On Saturday the 8th we had a ball going to Huntington Beach for a bonfire...my family was so nice to make this happen...One of my favorite all time things to do. Lots a great laughs around the bonfire as we ate hotdogs and samores! On Sunday we went to Rubys on the pier and enjoyed the view and walk on the pier. We played phase 10 and we do have some cheaters among us...and competition. Ron and Megs just can't give it a rest. It felt great to have my kids around me and having fun...it had been awhile! Then the big day...my birthday...Megs, Ron, Pattianne and LJ all made breakfast for me and it was yummy! Presents and presents...that was fun. Megan and Ron gave me this cool thing to put my jewelry in so I can hang every thing, Pattianne and LJ gave me a sign that I had seen on Pinetrest but Patti didn't know that I wanted one...she made it for me...really cool...and Larry gave me a new Camera that I have been wanting forever! Everything was so perfect and then later in the evening we went to dinner at the Boiling Crab my favorite spot to go for bday dinner! What I think the best part was is that we were all together and what fun it was. That part was my favorite. So this year I have to say that getting a year older was not as bad as I had thought it would be!

ONCE AGAIN WHERE DOES TIME GO?

I write making a commitment to post more often. Between this and my pictures that is all that I will have when it coms to my legacy. It was a pretty great summer. Spent a lot of time in Colorado dealing with the house and visiting with grandkids. Also spent a lot of time in the Brigham City Pool...it was a life saver! It felt great being in the water, relaxing after a vigorous work out and watching the beauty of the Mountains. I love this area

WHERE DOES TIME GO?

it has been quite some time since I have written in here...wow where does the time go? I need to remember this is a great outlet for getting out what is bothering my soul. So once again I will commit to writing in here more than every year! Life is good...

LIFE GOES ON

Today is Thursday...weeks go by fast! Yesterday I spent a couple of hours with one of my best friends, Aileen...she just happens to be 90. When I am 90 I want to be just like her...active, good looking, funny, still driving, positive, spiritual, and the list just goes on. We love each other because we can say absolutely what we want and the other doesn't judge nor tell everyone. This is great friendship. The element of trust is key. Recently Aileen lost her husband of almost 25 years. Reed was an exceptional person. Pilot in WWII, dentist by trade and exceptional man by life. He wasn't pretentious. We would sit on their patio with our sodas and talk for hours. It felt good to slow down and just share some life experiences whether it be about family or accomplishments or failures. We had some great laughs and great cry's on that patio. Those talks with the 4 of us will be missed. Through them we have met some outstanding people. Aileen and Reed just have a habit of rubbing off on everyone. So my visit with her last night was all over the board...she always makes me feel like the most important person in the world!!

HOME AGAIN HOME AGAIN JIGGITY JIG

So I am home in UT...exciting to see all my friends and loved ones that I have missed..but it is difficult getting adjusted again. Difficult to go from one life style to another. Today I am missing all the grand kids and the hustle and bustle of kids in and out of the house. So a little sad on that part but happy I am home with my husband. We are enjoying the good life again. Yesterday we played cards with Elaine and today we are going to In-N-Out and then watching grandsons play baseball in the 103 degree heat...may just be a little too hot for me. Hopefully I will get back to blogging. Seems like we have have an election coming up so I am sure that I can find fun stuff to write about today....and my little sister is 50 today...congrats to her! 50 years ago today my brothers and I had an upset in the household! there are many years between the rest of us and her. My oldest brother was off to college or the service about this time also. 50 years when you look back can go fast!

CATCH UP?

It has been over a year and a half since I have written here. This last time I wrote I was either delusional or on crack because my world is not that wonderful at this point! I am doing what has been asked...my heart is shattered.

TENDER MERCIES

Recently some one called me a religious zealot! OK stop laughing because we all know that I am not that good or religious enough to be a zealot! But with that said I do have an extraordinary relationship with my Heavenly Father. He has never failed me. He has never once not heard or answered my prayers or request. And no not always the way I wanted but certainly the way he needed!

The Lord loves us and one of the ways that we know this is through his Tender Mercies. He has given me one of the sweetest tender mercies ever for the next couple of years. I am humbled by his love and confidence in me and I pray that I will be equal to the task. This opportunity will provide not only for my spiritual, mental, physical, emotional and what ever else I may need growth but for the others who's lives I will touch. There will be more joy in my journey the next couple of years than I will know what to do with. My mission will be so special! I am grateful for a kind Heavenly Father who loves me!

Democrat or Republican?

Democrat or Republican...hum..probably neither. For me it has always been difficult to choose a party side. Since I can remember I could never get the hang of politics because I always felt that they were all a dishonest, manipulative and self serving group. A friend of mine's father held a Supervisor seat for Orange County. They didn't have lots of money or fancy things but he seemed to be a good man, however his counterpart and fellow Supervisor from another district had money and lots of very nice things...then the reality was pointed out...one took and the other one didn't. I asked my friends father one day why he put up with nothing when he could certainly have lots more? His answer was that at the end of the day he had to talk with his Father in Heaven.

At the time I didn't fully understand what all that meant but now I do.

As I watch the politics in this country I am amazed at what goes on. One party talking about the other party and really nothing nice is being said. I would think that we would all want to pull together and work on solutions that were best for everyone. I tend to think on an issue like Health Care Reform that something must be wrong with the bill if we have to bribe Senators to vote on it with pork for their state. If we have to put a push to hurry and get this passed makes me wonder what are we not really looking at that will affect us in the long run...as a kid my parents always said... nothing is free...or if it seems too good to be true don't believe it! These have been good words for me as I question life's challenges. So when we look at this great country of ours do we question enough...do we really want the government in our business, do we think that government can do it all? Another thing my parents taught me is that if you don't have the money don't go into debt...seems logical enough but when we have our country in so much debt that makes me uncomfortable and they want to pass another stimulus bill...wasn't that basic business management 101...if you don't have the money going deeper in debt might not be the answer?

Well it scares me that we are drawing lines in the sand instead of looking to see what is really best and working toward a solution...sometimes the Republicans have it right and sometimes the Democrats have it right but neither side is really willing to look beyond their own party's views enough to say yeah we ALL agree on this!

So that is why I hate politics...kinda like 2 religions arguing over who's God is the best...hum seems to me He is the same...Truth is truth. The Lord is Lord!

Getting into the New Year

So I thought that I would have more time to write....wrong! Seems like so many things still pulling at me and some days I get a little tired of it all. Larry has been really sick for the last couple of weeks...Monday he said he was feeling lots better started on the treadmill and then yesterday he was so sick again...I am worried but he is insistent that he is not going to a Dr. so there you have it. Oh well what better act of kindness can you do than be nice to your husband when he is sick? (oh I see some of you are gaging after that statement!) I know that you are feeling my pain and thank you!

We are getting ready to have some work done to the house and that carries its own stress to it...so much prepare work before they come in...lucky us we will leave for St. George and they will come in while we are gone to do the work..so that is a blessing.

Life is good though and I don't mean to complain so maybe a few days in St. George will take my mind off of this everyday grind. Funny now that I am not working I can't seem to get everything done that I want but when I was working seems like I got so much more accomplished. Although I would have to admit that big "L" is high maintenance and the fact that while with him I still get things accomplished is amazing. And the good part is that he is amazed at what I get done so always good to be in his minds eye that way.