A Dusting of the Cobwebs: December 2014

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Dec 29, 2014

Sharon Brimhall...

My Brother Verl's wife died the day after Christmas. Dec 26, 2014, In Yuma Reagional Medical Center in Yuma Arizona. I believe She died from a stroke.

Her funeral was in Provo, Jan 3, 2015, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery.

I felt bad that I could not go because I had surgery. A right knee replacement.

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Dec 24, 2014

Rusty...

During this week I received a Surprise Christmas gift from Pauli. She called and asked if I could come over, I was under the impression she needed a little help for something.....

As I called to let her know I was just around the corner from her house, she said she would meet me outside. As I pulled onto the driveway, she hopped in and indicated she needed me to drive somewhere, not very far.

A few houses down the road we stopped and Pauli jumped out of the car and headed for the front door. This is a lady that Pauli visit teaches, and she raises Canary's.

As I followed Pauli she soon had a little rust and brown bird in a cage. A baby Canary for me.

Jack, our yellow Canary, is getting older, he is about twelve years now, and I don't know how long we will have him. I so enjoy listening to him sing. Pauli said the baby bird would learn faster and could copy some of Jacks song.

I tried putting the baby in with Jack, not sure if he would accept him....To my surprise I think Jack likes the company.

I called him Rusty, because of the beautiful rust colors that he has, it will deepen the older he gets. Rusty is more in the natural Canary. He is soo cute!....and will be a good singer....

UPDATE: I was surprised to find out that it is Rusty who is singing so strongly...I thought it was Jack being happy....but Pauli snuck a peek and saw that Rusty was singing.......

Dec 11, 2014

More Surgery...

Just found out that I have to have both knees replaced. My left is worse than my right one, however my right one is pinching the nerve on the outside of my leg, which is causing my foot and ankle to be numb. So my right knee will be replaced first, Dec 29th, the Monday after Christmas.

Then depending how I do in a few weeks the left one will be done.
Tomorrow I will be having injections in my spine to control the pain from the sciatic nerve starting again.

I am also watching the movement of a impacted wisdom tooth, which will require surgery too....

Here goes another year.....( Don't Get Old.)....

We have lived here in Utah for ten years.....in that time I have had eight Surgery's.

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