Family Christmas party

Well it is off to Family Christmas party.  The daughter have planned it and we are going bowling.  Oh I mean they are going bowling I will sit quietly and smile at all the frolic that goes on.  I got out today did a little grocery shopping and then home again for a nap.  I have done a little bit today but still feeling a bit shaky and just not up to par.  I will put pictures on of the party tomorrow.  Thanks everyone that commented on my last post.  I love hearing from people and seeing what they are up to.  May the saints be with all of you. 

Carla

Merry Christmas

Well Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year.  Our news has been full of the impeachment of Donald Trump our president.  I have very mixed emotions about it. I do believe it was a witch hunt and now they have proved they can do it they will back down.  This is going to be a very crazy New Year,   I have been very sick and wound up in the hospital for 3 days.  Just barely getting a little strength back so I can do a little something. 
The new year is going to be full of getting healthy.  I do not want to get this sick again ever. 
Christmas has been cancelled for me this year.  I told my family your present this year is you still have me.  The weather is crazy and everyone is hoping for a white Christmas.  My hubby has been wonderful he was really worried that he was going to lose me.  I am learning to take easy and let things stack up which for me is quite a feat.  I am a little OCD.  I hope and pray that all of you keep healthy and enjoy the holidays. 

Carla

Well it is 4 o-clock in in the morning and I cannot sleep.  So here I am.  My mind is a whirl of things I need to get done and ideas for the grandchildren's Christmas and Kids.  Being retired makes it hard to do much but I do want to do something. I was thinking of making a Christmas breakfast basket for them with all the makings of pancakes and some juice and bacon.  I will have to research the bacon or deliver it on Christmas Eve.  I am feeling so blessed today - night whatever time it is.  I have finished my table runner and my dear hubby found my snowman quilt.  

My snowman quilt was made last year and I put it away and could not remember where.  I had searched the house top to bottom and just gave up.  But not dear hubby he is persistent when it comes to finding treasure and he found it for me.  I love that man.  

We do not have any snow just in the mountains but I am quite sure we will have a white Christmas.  We attended the great grand children's dance recital and they did so good.  We are so blessed.  I think back in my mother's days when she was raising me and my sister all by herself and I realize that I could have done so much more to help her.  Money was tight and she worked so have to give us everything she could.  Well my tea is almost gone to I had better sign off.  I hope everyone had a good sleep. 

Today Lord I am feeling so afraid for this world.  As I go out society and see the commercialism and the worldly around me I do not know how we can survive.  I read my scriptures and see how they are coming to truth.  As senior citizens the world is leaving us behind and also the poor.  I hear everyday that another homeless has died of the cold.  Where is the humanity in people.  You know Lord I may not be right but instead of paying my tithes I would rather help some poor person just get through another day.  Please help those homeless Lord.  I know a lot of them have mental problems but many of them have addiction problems.  I pray that they can find peace in their lives and be strong enough to overcome.  Amen

Today Lord is December 1st.  It is my second oldest Grandson's birthday.  I remember when my daughter told me she was pregnant.  I was so sad cause I had just been through the same thing with my oldest daughter.  Raised Mormon I thought of this as awful and a transgression but now as I look back I realize what a blessing it was.  My two oldest grandsons have been such a blessing to me.  Yes they had struggled with issues that even though they had young mothers, they had wonderful mothers.  My daughters knew they had to grow up fast and be responsible.  Issues come no matter what when children are born out of wedlock but they are strong people and I am so proud of them.  I realize that my religion made me think about the world in a judgemental way.  Life is what it is.  It is choices and we all make them good or bad.  But we cannot judge because no one walked in those people shoes then or now.  When I look at people now that may have made the bad choices I do not judge I only pray for them that their lives can turn around and they can find some happiness while they are here on earth.  And sometimes their choices were not the result of all of their life choices but of the people who came before and that I think is the saddest of all.  It takes a very strong person to turn their lives around and undo what someone else has done to them.  Thank you Lord for letting me see this side of life.  This world is amazing!  Yes it is getting difficult and I feel sorry and pray for all those who their lives are not really their choice but the choice of someone else that has resulted in their situation.  I will continue to pray for them Lord.  Amen. 

It has been a very very busy few months.  Birthdays, holidays and gardening and getting ready for winter.  I listened to a podcast the other day and it hit the nail on the head.  It reminded me of why I have changed these last few months.  I have become more alone and trying to find my way.  It made me realize that the reason I always said yes to people was to gain acceptance.  I realize now that I don;t need anyone's acceptance but Gods.  I am working on just being in the present and letting go of all the negative people and things in my life.  I have the right to say no.  I have the right to be happy.  I have the right to just stay in my home and be present.  I do not need to please anyone but myself and God.  I love this new me.  I am a work in progress and my only regret is that I did not realize it sooner. 

Today I kept thinkng are we going to be with our families after we die?  The Lord promises we are.  So I guess the question is do we have the faith to work as hard as we can so we can be with them.  

I Also went to  viewing  and there in a frame was a saying It was like a message to me.  It said:

I would rather live my life believing in God and when I die to find there was not one than to live my life not believing in God and have a god when I died.  It puts like in a different persepective.

When thoughts come into my head I know they are help from above.  I Also know that cercumstances that come up are also from God.  I am so glad and thankful that I have God in my life, 
Have a great weekend everyone.

Today I thank you Lord for the warm feelings of you by my side yesterday.  There are days when I just need to know and feel you there.  I pray for those who do not have a safe haven to keep them warm this winter.  I pray for those who are suffering from cancer and other illnesses.  
I am sending my niece a quilt today.  Her mother my sister-in-law passed away this year.  We miss her so much.  She was such a fun loving person and so active.  I miss her phone calls and her pictures on facebook.  The quilt I am sending is done in her favorite color and I really wanted to keep it however deep inside I know my niece will cherish it.  My niece has MS and just keep going.

I have another one just about done and that one I will keep for me.  

Going to be a busy day for me today but I thank the Lord for helping me get everything done.  

Blessings to all of you out there in blog land. 

Today is a good day.  It is a busy day but a good busy day.  I have been doing some sewing and I am almost done with a quilt I am making for my oldest daughter.  

 These are my lilies from this year.  Thank you Lord they make me happy.

Daughters quilt all I need is two more boarders and it will be ready to quilt.  

This is the quilt I did for my granddaughter that just got married.  

I will probably do another in this pattern I really liked how it turned out. 

Well it is lunchtime and I am going to go fix Mr a sandwish.  

Have a good day everyone.  Thank you Lord for this day.  

I have been absent for quite a while.  Had the stomach flue and that really put me down for about two weeks.  My mind has been a whirl lately.  Last week I was really doing great but this week not so much.  I have discovered more arthritis growth on my left side of my foot and it is making it really hard to wear certain shoes.  I have been trying to just spend a couple of hours cleaning then doing something fun for the day.  Lately everything I cook is not good enough for Mr.  We have been married almost 50 years and why is he complaining now?  I have been working on a fun project which I will put pictures of later.  The good Lord has blessed me so much lately and I am feeling guilty for being such a hum bug.  We lost a great person last week.  Our cousin Fred went to meet God.  He was so wonderful and will be so greatly missed.  

The older we get the harder it is to lose people we love.  I pray everyone has a good week and I am going to try to perk up and enjoy the rest of the week.  

I have decided to change my blog.  If no one follows I do not care.  I have decided to rename my blog "Letters to God"

I very often almost everynight lay in bed and talk to God about my day, things I have observed, feelings, and thank him for all he does for me.  I decided to make a ledger of these talks so I can recall them and remember all the wonderful things that he has had a hand in.  

I had a dream last night and a dear friend of mine who has passed visited me in my dream.  Now when people visit me it is in a dream and we are usually just doing something but I feel them there.  Well last night she and I were cleaning.  We were working together (as we often did) but I was on one shift and she was on another.  It left me with such a good feeling to awake and realize that it was a visit from her and she was reminding me that we worked so well together.  She passed early from Lukemia and I often think of her sweet talented soul.  I know she is playing piano in heaven for the Lord.  

Thank you Lord for that dream and letting her visit.  You do so much for me and I am so very grateful.  

Today is a great day,  I have noticed that I have more energy and my pain has decrease somewhat.  I am getting more done and enjoying it more.  It must be the sunshine now I just have to figure out how to not let the bad weather affect me.  With my arthritis I do not think that will happen but miracles happen every day.  I done two loads of laundry and vacumned up and down stairs and that is quite the accomplishment.  Just doing one floor usually puts me down.  

My  amarylis is gotton so big I need to google it and see what I need to do to keep it alive.  I saw and neat plant stand for just this spot at TJ Max but alas it was too much for me to spend.

I keep turning my plants as they go to the light so I turn them around and I am quite sure they would say if they could talk.  "Hey I was enjoying that light now I have to start all over"  LOL.

We put new carpet in last summer and decided that we would not wear our shoes in the house at least not on the carpet.  So I had to figure out a plan for the man.  I bought a basket so he could put his shoes in and he has a chair to sit on.  Well this is the result.

How many shoes does one man need in a day?  Oh well I love him.  

I just have to show you my go to tool.  I use it for everything.  My hands have no grip in them so I use the plyers.  
It is such a beautiful day today I am off to take a walk.  See ya tomorrow I hope  

I just had to get out of the house today.  The sun felt so good so daughter #2 took the day off and we went to lunch and a movie.  The Movie was " 5 Steps Apart" and it is the story of two teens or a couple who have cistic Fribrosis (not sure of the spelling) and their fight for breath.  It was a real tear jerker ( two box tissue)  It was personal as we have had two friends with children with the disease.  One of them was a best friend of my oldest son and he passed away.  I will never forget the night my son went to the hospital to visit him one last time.  He came home in tears and asked me Mom how do you  get ready to die when you know it is going to happen?  We just cried a lot that night.  My next door neighbor's son also had the disease but he was diagnosed early and with new medications and trials he is doing really good.  He evern went on a misson to Mexico.  

Just wishing and praying for miracles all night and day.  I really wish this world would wake up.  Hubby and I were talking about the flood and Noah and he said well we don't need to worry about too much snow melting, God said he wouldn't destroy the world with water again.  I told him but it might get really wet.  

We are off tomorrow to shop for baby Hudsen William who was born Tuesday March 12.  He weighed 6 lbs and 5 oz.  I thought his mom said 5 lbs and 6 oz.  so I am a happy great grandma for that extra pound as he was early

This is my grandson's little family and Hudson is the new addition.  I told them they should have 12 kids because theymake such beautiful ones and the reply was  NO !!

Well please everyone keep praying the world turns around so our Lord is happier and people are too.  At least so they do not have to worry about getting shot when they are worshiping.  
Good night and have a great weekend. 

This is going to be a very short post.  Busy day but I must say the sun did shine and the snow did melt quite a bit.  I am so saddened by the New Zealand news.   My heart and prayers go out to the families who have lost loved ones.  I must say this world is in a termoil.  But we must keep our faith and endure till the end.  God bless all of you tonight and always. 

I am so glad I got to work in my yard yesterday because this is what it looks like today:

I didn't even want to go out to take a picture so I just stood at the door.  It sure makes a person wonder what is going on.  I feel so bad for the birds.  I put some food out but now the snow has covered it up  

I guess I will get working on my project that I just cannot get excited about.  It is a baby quilt.  My daughter bought some fat quarters and wanted me to make something out of them.  Well this is where I am at.  I do hope when I get it done it brings more excitement to me than it does right how.  

I wanted to show some of the cute thing that I won at the baby shower.  They were a door price for the person who brought the most diapers.  

It is a cute basket a key holder a water spritzer and a little plant.  

I was quite surprised that it all went together I thought she would give them out separately.

Well I can hear Mr shoveling for the third time today so I better get him a hot drink for when he gets done.  I hope the sun is shinning where you are.  

Where has the time gone.  We have been out of town so I have been away from my laptop.  I am not allowed to take it with me as I need time off of my techy tools.

Today was a really good day and I got out in the yard and cleaned (semi cleaned) some of my flowerbeds.  Pictures tomorrow if it does not snow again.  We are finally getting some better weather and I am so ready for it.  To night it is suppose to rain or snow but not stick thank goodness.

I have been busy with baby showers and babies.  I am so fortunate to be alive to see my great grandchildren.  We got anotherone today a boy his name is Hudson.  He came early but still made the 5 lbs that he needed to make.  Hope to show pictures soon.

Here are a few from the baby shower.  I cannot believe how they go all out these days.  I was lucky to have a few bottles and a crib when mine were born.  This little one will probably never use half of the stuff that was given to his parents for him.

This is the decor that they had.  I had made a quilt with a little fox for them and I guess they liked it.

This table was full of presents I only got a picture of a few as I arrived early and was done taking pictures when it got full.  And I mean full. 

Hedge Hog table center pieces

 I think this one was a monkey I am not sure

This one was a fox.


Fun was had by all and they did a really cute thing everyone ironed a decal on a onezy and that was neat she has got a lot of them for him and they did different sizes so he can grow into them.

I am looking forward to gardening this year.  I have been brousing through catalogs and I am thinking of redoing my whole flower garden area.  We will see.
Well I am resting my back as it is telling me I did too much today.  Everyone have a great evening.

I just check and I have seven followers I am so excited!!  I love communing with people all over and seeing what they up to.  I think as we get older sometimes we get forgotten by the younger crowd.  I have not joined Seniors yet due to the fact that the Seniors here in our town do not do a lot of fun things.  At least that is what the rumor is.  I will have to try it out.  They meet on Thursdays for lunch and then some entertainment after.  I will have to give it a try. 

Today is a no do hair day.  I curl my hair everyday and I decided that I do not want to do that everyday.  So solution HAT.  I pulled it back stuck on my hat and put my makeup on.  I felt great.  Off to the store I went to get stocked up on groceries cause it is suppose to rain really hard and we will have to have the drive blocked in case it floods.  With the ground frozen there is no where for the water to go and our drive way slants down into our garage.  I told DH that I wanted my car washed and his answer was when the rain starts I will pull it out of he garage. 

Here are my fur babies.  Abby is 15 and she is the white one.  That blanket was one I had for her when she first came home and she will not part with it.  Tug is the one above and he is a Pomeranian but I try too keep him short because I hate hair all over.  They keep me busy and bless my daughter she comes to groom them even though she closed her business quite a while ago. 

I have not gotten out to do my project yet today.  Changed sheets on the bed and now my back is killing me.  I never thought I would ever have so much back trouble.  Oh well it will quit someday.  I am quite sure.  I may be 6 feet under but at least I wont be in pain. 

Thanks everyone that checks out my blog.  I hope it interests you.  I love love checking out what everyone is up to and I love the scenery and pictures.  You are some amazing ladies out there.  I have gotten a lot of ideas and fun things from your blogs.  Thanks again  and talk to you tomorrow.  That is if I am not floating away. 

Carla

Good Monday Dogs Groomed

Monday monday.  I did not get anything done today as it was dog groom day.  Tug and Abby needed it sooooo bad.  My Daughter Spring comes over to my house (when I can get her to) and does them up beautiful.  Pictures tomorrow.

How big is your laundry area?  Mine is like a hallway,  When we bought the house I didn't think that was a problem.  Then came four kids!  Well let me tell you it was a problem.  Now all the kiddos are gone but someone is not as thin as they used to be and so the problem changed but it is still a problem. 
I did not want to close off the one wall dur to all the water pipes would be covered up and I like having access to them.  So I improvised.  This year I had DH hang me some peg board to put baskets on so I could store some things.  It worked quite well but looking at it now I think it could be improved. 

We had to replace both my washer and dryer this year and I have to tell you I did not realize what a problem that would be..  The dryer that I had was one that the door came down in front and I could use to it unload and reload without any trouble.  New dryer door swings open so I have to stand against the wall, open the door and them come back around to load clothes in the dryer. 

I know small things but as I said before someone got a little bigger than they were and so the problem. 

We are suppose to get rain tomorrow so I had better get out and get my shopping done early.  When it rains for some reason my arthritis acts up more.  Well it is late and I need to get to bed so I can get an early start.  Hope all had a good day.

Carla

That was the shortest spring ever.  It is snowing again we have two inches so far and if it coninues through the night we will have more.  It has snowed all day but it was warmer earlier and so it did not stick now that it has cooled off it is sticking and so I hope the city did not put their plows out.

Today was a do nothing day.  My sister came for a visit and that was nice.  We do not live only 76 miles apart but both of us being busy we do not get together often.  The older I get the more we look alike.  When we were little we did not look anything alike but now we are starting to look almost like twins. 

I was going to get so much done today but the visit with sis was better than anything I could have done.  Going to make it an early night as the weather has me down.

Good weekend to all

Well the sun shinned yesterday and so out in the yard I went.  Got all the pine cones picked up and some raking done.  Yard does look a lot better. 

I cleaned out my pots and pan storage and was able to throw away one pan and lid.  I was hoping to toss more but I found I use everything in there. 

 My neighbor and I went on a hunt for a trough for her horses to restore for hunanitarian store and I was able to find a clock for in the TV den and a saying to put in my laundry room when I get it painted.  The saying says Wash Dry fold and repeat. 

 These are pictures of our now TV - den room down stairs.  I always wanted this room for this purpose when all the kiddos left home.  DH got it for his music room but slowly I will recreate it as a den - TV room.  These are his guitars and I ask you how many guitars does one man need?  This room needs a complete update.

I swept out the old storage and was going to organize it but the day became night and so I had to put it off.  Today is not too bad of a day I might get down there and do a little straightening. 

I am finding there was a lot more room in this storage than in the new one.  But there are just the two of us and I believe we do not need much.  The reason that this has all come to a head is that we have had 5 small earth quakes all around us and we live on the St Andres fault.  Everyone says there will be a big one some day.  I am really excited to get this area organized and utilized, it will clear up a lot of my garage and maybe I can find what I need when I need it. 

Well enought for today.  I need to drink my tea and get going if I am to accomplish anything. 
Hope your day is a good one everyone.