Jimmy Bird...

I watched Jimmy Bird with pleasure, grins and quiet laugh as He was beating up his bell hanging by where he sleeps in the back corner of his cage.  Jimmy has just begin to play and enjoying it.
He truly had his bell swinging all over the place.

I believe he is beginning to trust us, a little more each day.  We rescued him about 11 years ago  and he is just beginning to play like a bird.



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Thanksgiving Day...

Its Thanksgiving Day, and I wonder if people have forgotten why we have a day like this.
A day set aside to remember our blessings and to give thanks to our Creator for them. To live in a country and enjoy the freedoms we have, and remember that many lives were given so that we could.
To have a living Prophet and to be living close by him.  To witness Temples of our Lord dotting the world.  To turn on TV and watch Conference...anytime! To be able to read Holy Scriptures that testify of Jesus Christ, that he lives,  and tell of his life and why he loves us so much.

A day to bring family together, to remember that we are a family, spending time,  catching up and sharing our love for each other.


A few times I was giving blessings of  someone just taking over or helping with the preparation of all the foods for the day...Mostly James and one year James, Tom and Mike  just took over.....What a blessing, I had a whole day visiting with my children.  Of course they are grown with children of their own....But that was a gift I will always remember.

Most of the time I have spent days  and spending the whole day preparing  the foods.  And by the time I was able to sit down and visit, the kids were getting ready to leave.

For the first time...this year with no family, just Lynn and I....We decided to eat out instead of working in the kitchen.  It was different.  We went to Denny's and had Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy and vegetables, and garlic bread.

I had made a cherry pie this morning, so when we came home we had pie and ice cream.

I missed my family, ,... their laughter and stories, things happening in their families, their dreams and hopes, how they are growing, and grandchildren.
I have Pauli close by,  but they will be moving sometime soon.

I am beginning to think young folks are so busy,... just trying to live, ...that they forget their own family that has taken care of them their whole life.  And are somewhere in the back memories, ...somewhere.....
 
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Lynn said that on Thanksgiving most families eat Dinner and watch Football....
                              today we ate Dinner and watched  Jurassic Park!....





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My Thoughts....

I should have studied to be a Dentist!

All through my life,  I  feel I have been pulling teeth.....
                                                        or grinding teeth....


It shouldn't be that way....

(Draft written by mom but never posted 💗)

Temple Session...

I had a wonderful visit at the Temple yesterday. Lynn and I picked up Paulette and went to the Salt Lake Temple.  It was fun going with my daughter, its been such a long time since I have been with one of my daughters in the temple.

Paulette had brought family names to be done, from the Inman family.  It just so happened that she had a mothers name she gave me, and Paulette took the daughters name.  So we had two mothers and two daughters in the temple at the same time.  As we sat in the gathering room waiting for the session to start, the organist was playing music and soon I recognized the Primary song,  Reverently Quietly..., I use to sing to Jennifer when she was little, only I would use her name instead of the words written. Pauli soon begin to sing softly, Jennifer, Jennifer, Jenni, Jenni, Jennifer...I felt the warmth of  remembering my daughters.  

Walking was a problem for me.  It seems I am getting worse in pain level.  Our parking space happened to be on the south-end of the conference center, and I had to walk the distance, but going inclined. When Paulette and I got in the temple I had to stop, and sit down for a few minuets.  After the session I couldn't walk very well.  Paulette and James drove me to my car where I sat and waited for Lynn to come from the History center.  James had come to pick up Paulette after her temple session.

 I was in so much pain that I was pretty sick when I got home. I think next time I go to the Temple  I will have Lynn let me out on the corner, then I wont have to walk so far. Getting older is no fun....

The Pumpkin and Honey...

I was Surprised today by my Visiting Teacher, Sister Emily Lynn.

From her garden she brought me a very Beautiful Pumpkin for the holidays, and a bottle of honey from their bees.

Sister Lynn and I were visiting teacher partners about eight years ago.  I always had the feeling she didn't like me.
After finding out who my new visiting teachers were going to be, I have been carrying a grouchy attitude around with me since.

I realized I needed to change my attitude and have a more Christ like love inside.  Adding my appeal to the Lord for help, my feelings have been slowly changing.

My heart could not believe my eyes, when I saw the pumpkin.

How grateful I am for heavenly help of change.  I realize this is something I have to keep working on every day. It will take a while to completely change the love in my heart.  But the Lord knows I am working on it and He helps me.

New Lg Washing Machine...

I have noticed the last few weeks that every time I have used our washing machine it has been getting noisier.  It sounded pretty loud to me, like perhaps a transmission, or the motor.
I mentioned it to Lynn, and told him to start saving for a new machine, as this sounded worse than any others we have had before.

About two weeks ago we were lucky to have completed a small wash load, before the washer was screaming to stop.  Realizing it would cost more to fix then to buy, we decided to look for a new washer which we might be able to afford.

We decided to stop at Home Depot on our way to Salt Lake City,  to see what they might have, and was surprised to find out they had a nice sale running on appliances.

I have dreamed of having a front load washer, where the door was on the front side.  I realized,  I struggle getting cloths out of the dryer, because of the trouble I have with my back.  The washer would need a stand for it to sit on, and that would cost another $250 which we don't have.

We did find a Lg upright washer which has everything the Lg front loader does, including a window in the lid.  As one of the new washers, it does not have a agitator in the middle of the tub.


This last week when we were shopping at Walmart. I was checking out the soaps and rinses that are low sudses, which have to be used in the new machines. A young lady and I begin to talk about the soaps, I found out she had just bought the same washing machine a week before, and loves it.

It was fun to talk to her and to learn more about my machine, I am looking forward to when it comes, in five more days.

In my mind I remember with warmth, the excitement we both had as we talked.


UPDATE:

It was delivered Sat. Oct 4.....Oh, what a Machine!!!   I was surprised mostly, that it uses very little water. I am use to a washer filling up the tub, with water to wash cloths.  This machine weighs the cloths and then decides how much water to use.  Often the water does not cover the cloths.   Most of the time it runs for about a hour, going through many cycles.  I am surprised how clean the cloths come out.   It has a computer inside that does most all the decision.  It locks the lid to keep children from accidentally getting in and getting hurt while its running.  It makes all kinds of sounds as it goes through its cycles, not loud just sounds, like sounds going from bottom pitch to a high pitch, and back down again.  These new sounds are just on the other side of the wall, where the bird room is. And they are scared of them, not knowing what it is, that's invading their room.

We definitively have reached a modern age in washing machines.  Kind of scary to think that something so technical, and expensive, could be destroyed very easy by some over powering electrical power surge.

So far so good,.....after time passes I will make up my mind more....how ever, its here and we are paying for it.  I just hope its not like a lot of choices I have made in the past... and regret my decision...


Oct 28....I am very impressed with this washer....I am still spell bound with the way it works...however the cloths come out very clean.

Brand New Baby Girl....

A brand new Baby Girl came to our family this morning to Jodie and Will Jolley. Sept 24, 2014

Hailey Anna Jolley born at 11:11am at Utah Valley Hospital, in Provo Utah. She weighed 8 pounds and 11 ounces. and 20 inches in length.

Hailey is the second little girl to their family.  Her older sister, Bella, is almost two.

Jodie mentioned her water broke in the hospital elevator.