Update...

Well I finally got the ok to go back to work. I'm glad because this leisure stuff can get kind of boring. It sure feels nice to have no pain, and I'll be glad when I can just get up and walk without thinking twice about it. I went out and worked in my flower beds last Saturday and enjoyed it. Then I got on my bike and took a spin aroun the church parking lot & then Mike got out my 4-wheeler and I got on it and rode around to see if I could. What a fun day!!! To do all that and not feel pain. (Just some post surgery stuff) AWESOME!!! The weather is sure great now. It's fun to be outside.
My dad is taking a trip! I am excited for him. He is flying down to St. George this Friday for a family reunion of his cousins. Then he'll head home on Tuesday. I think this is good. He has had a long, lonely winter.
I am looking forward to going to Idaho this August to the family reunion. It is always so nice to see family. That is one reason I love our monthly party's. I love to be around the kids and grandkids. I am a blessed woman. I live and abundant life!

On the road to recovery

Well It's been three weeks since my surgery, and I can't believe how fast I am recovering. I have to take it easy on the left leg and be careful to not overdo it, but I'm getting along pretty well. I went and worked a little yeasterday and did some Relief Society work. It wore me out. The only thing I can't get fixed is my ability to sleep at night. I'm really messed up right now. I'll be really tired and think that "Tonight I"ll sleep." But I don't. Anybody have a good idea. If I take even one tylenol p.m. it knocks me out for half of the next day! help!!!!

Come Wednesday Morning!

Well it would seem I need to be doing a little repenting about my blog. Auralee thought her life was crazy, but I must say I think I am busier now than when the kids were at home! It was fun to read the reflections in the girls blogs. I got engaged to Mike 40 years ago on Feb. 11 and on Sep. 11 will have been married 40 years. My how time flies. Good times, bad times, but always times of learning and growing. Mike is a good companion to grow old with. He has been very helpful to me as my hip has worsened and is supportive of the surgery I will be having this next Wednesday. I just want to say how much I love all my family. What a blessing you are in my life. God bless you all.

O.K. So I'm also doing 'the list'. I may not have done everything on the list but I've done other really neat stuff.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band/Sang in a band
4. Visited Hawaii/visited 27 states
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris/visited New York
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea/been in a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France/seen original Remington pictures and bronzes
20. Slept on an overnight train/slept in a van with 7 people while on vacation
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill...
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb/held 5 brand new babies
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon/run a 3K
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice/ridden in a raft on the Green River
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise/floated down the Clearwater River
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language/taught myself pig latin
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person/saw the Shenandoah Valley
39. Gone rock climbing/gone mountain climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David/seen a full replica of the Cristus
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa/visited Mexico
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight/it was a river beach
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted/had a caricature drawn
48. Gone deep sea fishing/been fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person/seen /seen 12 temples
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris/been to the top of Glacier Park
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie/been in home movies
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia/visited Canada
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies/bought girl scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching/gone elk watching
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving/gone 4 wheeling
66. Visited a Nazi Concenetration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar/eaten frog legs
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican/seen the living prophet of God
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House/visited Washington D. C.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake/smelled the great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

Happy New Year!!!!

What a great year I am looking forward to. I'll have two sons-in-law graduate with a masters degree and a medical degree. I'm very proud of both of them. I'll have another daugher entering her nursing program and one who deserves a degree just for supporting her Doctor husband for the last 9 years!!! I am equally proud of the new teacher in our clan and her husband with his growing business. I have 7 wonderful grandchildren and a good husband who works very hard. I love what I do and as you can tell, I am just very grateful for my life and the blessings that are mine. Christmas was great and now I think things should start to slow down a little bit. NOOOOT. good luck to all and have a good year.