Welcome Home

Dad is home from the hospital and he is feeling so much better. He has had a very bad infection in his body for months due to his gangerous appendix they took out in September. They sent him home with a wound vac. He feels a lot better and now that his infection is clearing up and all that gunk dug out, his renal failure is also improving.
April is coming home from the hospital this weekend and I will go help her next week. She has 4 small children. I better brush up on my little kid skills..............I am a hair rusty on that baby, toddler area. I also better dig deep for my patience and crying levels.
Matt is coming this weekend for his daughters birthday and my sister Mia is having a sleep over here tonight with her kids since Matt will need mom and dads basement. Crazy the lives we lead.
Mom ran into an old friend today. Thank you Linda Hepworth for your wonderful words of encouragement to my sweet mother. You will never know what your experience and hope meant to her. SO glad for good friends that lift you higher. Tender Mercy for sure!
I am making a great dinner for everyone tonight. Jeff immunized all of us today for the FLU! my arm is stiff and sore. He says we will be glad. He makes us do it every year!
The weather is turning cooler...........I am dreading the COLD!
Have a wonderful weekend.
I am just glad everyone is going to make it!
Welcome home everyone!

One year older and grumpier too!

It's my birthday next week. I never dreaded a birthday until now. I am fat. I am grouchy. I am craving some good news. Turning 41, does not sound like good news. Birthdays are just like any other day. Except you hope it will be a little magical, and it isn't.
The way this world is now, I don't like it. I want to go back. Back to the days where we had good clean TV shows. Back when every song on the radio wasn't about SEX. Back when men didn't swear in front of ladies. Back when All of the ten commandments were taken seriously by MOST people. Back when I could talk to peoples faces, not communicate through text messages and emails. Back when we taught forgiveness, not exploitation and drama, drama, drama! Back when Honesty and virtue were the popular things. I long for simpler times. I hope for a time the world returns to the lost virtues of love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness and mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism, and faith. I am trying so hard to teach these things to my children. When they go out into a world that teaches them it's cool and funny to be disrespectful, or rude, they bring it home. This world we live in is so corrupt. I can't stand the un-virtuous things we see on the media and hear in popular music. I am SO SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE JUSTIFYING EVERYTHING BECAUSE--  "I DESERVE TO BE HAPPY!"
I feel grumpy due to all the bad choices. How will I not lose my kids to the standards of the world? Or the bitterness, and anger and resentment that Satan is stirring up in the hearts of all of us? I long for the Saviors second coming. I feel frightened by what lies ahead. How much worse can it get? How many more ugly things can we justify?
I want to go back. I want to go back to a better time. Did I really say I wanted to come to earth now? What was I thinking? Good GREIF!
I know there is good in the world..............just not seeing too much of it lately.

Stake Conference

I loved stake conference today. I sure loved Richard G. Scott's talk. My sweet little Kenady hugged me and rubbed my arm while he spoke of things that she is so aware of. I am so blessed. Kenady is sweet and kind and compassionate. I told her later, "you have been blessed with all those feminine traits that the Savior needs in righteous young women. I sure do love you. Stay sweet, kind, tender and loving."
I am grateful for messages from our leaders.
Right is right and wrong is wrong. Gods laws don't change. The worlds standards are falling. Stay strong and pure.

This is my blog

 This is my blog. I am the author. I do it for me. Not anyone else. The world says "make drama" "exploit" everything. I say, read it, laugh about it, think about it. Or don't read it. Just don't make trouble for me. I like peace. I like warm happy feelings. I don't need drama caused by people who love drama.
This is my blog. If you can't handle it, don't read it.

Penelope

Have you seen that movie Penelope? Rent it! Watch it! Love it! Then ask yourself, how similar to this mother am I?
Then, accept it and change.

All that aside----- best kisss is in that movie! Best movie kiss! 2nd best movie kiss is in Never been kissed.
Rent it! Watch it! Love it!

Life is good?

Life is good! But, dang we sure get handled trials all the time.
We are Blessed! But it doesn't mean hard things don't get us down.
My poor dad and mom. He has to go back in for surgery. long, gross, story!
My older sister is in the hospital. 4 little kids at home.
My brother is all alone, he and his wife are getting divorced. He is in Salt Lake and his kids are here. He cries cuz he misses them so very much.
My little sister. Single mom, working, going to school, trying to stay on top of life.
My life is good! I am here for you guys! Anything you need, call me!
They say Mens hearts will fail them? No wonder!
Not if I can help it!
Hang on to hope! Hope for a better day! Believe  that God will not forsake us!
We need some good news..................The good news is God Lives! He loves us! We have a Savior! WE will all live again, no pain, so sickness, no suffering. I CAN'T Wait!

The Lost Art of Dating

I miss it. These kids today, don't know how to "date"
Not properly anyway. Jeff is NOT impressed and honestly, I am quite sick and tired of being told I "don't get it" and "it's not how we do it now"
Lazy, half baked effort, into something that could bring about eternities greatest blessings. I miss the good old days!
And I am not even that old!
Excuses are making me annoyed. Girls and Boys are guilty. I have heard stupid things lately from boys and girls in college about "why" it's not worth it or "conditions" that will make it right.
No wonder no one gets married anymore. Thank Heavens I am...........