A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

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...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...



Feb 8, 2021

Things I Really Like...

June 28 2019

I was thinking the other day about what I like, and why it has been through out my life.

In no certain order...
I love clocks.  My brother Verl, who is eleven years older than I am, enjoyed clocks.  He had brought back a Coco clock, when he was in the Navy.  It really caught my attention.  Not only that it made a sound but the workmanship was beautiful.  I would love to have one, but they are really expensive.
I do have several clocks,  One has scissors for hands...reminds me when I worked in the shops.
One looks like a car tire, very fancy... David gave it to Lynn, and when he could not protest any longer, after he died, It became mine...
I have a owl clock that Verl brought back from Germany when he was in the Navy, back when I was in the fifth grade.  I Love it... I need to get it cleaned.
I have my mothers anniversary clock that Verl gave her.  It has a glass dome over it and it has a diamond shape face.  I understand its very valuable now.
I have a small, about a two inch square travel clock which faces me when I am seated at my desk.
I also have a marble clock that rolls little marbles in different shoots to tell the time.  I usually have him out around Halloween.  However this year he has sat on my kitchen counter all year.
I prefer Roman numbers on a clock face.  I have a large round clock hanging in my bedroom which has words on the face of Home, Love, Family, Friends ect.  I have a clock hanging in the main bathroom that I changed the face, The numbers are at the bottom of the clock, as if they had fallen there.
I also have a watch that is a skeleton watch, you can see the wheels working inside, both front and the back.  I love it...I love to see how it works, its amazing how someone came up with the idea...

(Draft written by mom but never posted 💗)







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