SUNDAY MARCH 4, 2009

ONE MORE MONTH HAS ZIPPED BY. SOME TIMES I THINK WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. BUT JAN. DRUG ON FOR EVER.
ANDRA STARTED TO MOVE TO REXBURG THIS MONTH AND HAS ABOUT MADE THE BREAK. I WILL ADJUST TO EMPTY HOUSE AGAIN. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE QUITE LIKE THIS BUT SHE HAS TO LIVE HER LIFE AS SHE SEES FIT AND I WILL GET USED TO LIFE AS IT WAS BEFORE SHE CAME. SHE WILL BE IN AND OUT WHICH WILL BE NICE HAVING HER STOP IN AND SEE ME AND DO HER WASHING.

SINCE VALENTINES DAY I'VE DONE A FEW THINGS THAT I SHALL SHARE HERE. ON THE 19TH WAS OUR OVER 60'S LUNCH. SINCE WE GOT THE FOLKS IN THE CONDO'S BEHIND US WE HAVE MOVED IT TO THE CHURCH R.S. ROOM. WE DO POT LUCK AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD FOOD. THIS MONTH THE LEADER OF THE GROUP HAD DECIEDED WE SHOULD SHARE ONE THING ABOUT OUR SELVES THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT US. WHEN IT WAS MY TURN I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY BLIND DATE AND SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE. EVERY ONE SEEMED SURPRISED AT MY STORY BUT ALSO FOUND HUMOR IN IT. MOST EVERY ONE TOLD OF THEIR MEETING AND MARRIAGE. IT WAS FUN TO HEAR THE STORY'S. CHRIS BENNETT ONLY SHARED THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE A GRANDMOTHER FOUR TIMES THIS YEAR. EACH OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE EXPECTING.

ON THE 20TH FRI. SUSAN CALLED AND ASK ME TO GO TO THE REPUBLICAN LINCOLN DAY CELEBRATION THAT NIGHT WITH HER. WE GOT UP CLOSE TO THE FRONT AFTER GETTING THERE LATE. SHE WORKED TILL 6 AND BY THE TIME THEY CLOSED AND SHE GOT HERE AND WE GOT ACROSS TOWN IT WAS AFTER 7 BUT HADN'T REALLY GOT STARTED YET. THE ROOM CAPACITY 100 WAS WAY OVER THE LIMIT I THINK WITH TABLES CLOSE TOGETHER. IT WAS A SERVE YOUR SELF STYLE AND GOOD FOOD. THE GOVERNOR, SENATOR CRAPO REP. SIMPSON AND STATE PEOPLE ALL THERE. THE GOVERNOR TALKED AND THEN BOWED OUT EARLY AS HE HAD A PLANE TO CATCH TO MEET WITH PRES. OBAMA AND THE STATE GOVERNORS THE NEXT DAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. I WAS ALMOST CLOSE ENOUGH I COULD HAVE TRIPPED HIM AT ONE POINT IN THE EVENING. WE ALSO LEFT A LITTLE EARLY.

SUSAN TOLD ME THAT HER GRANDSON JEFFERY HAS PROBABLY GOT CANCER IN HIS LEFT EYE. I TALKED WITH SUSAN TO NIGHT AND SHE SAID THERE IS A WORLD FAMOUS EYE DR. IN PHILIDELPHIA WHO CAN DO CHEMO ON THE EYE WHICH ISN'T POSSIBLE IN DALLAS. THAT WOULD SAVE HIS EYE NOT THE VISION HOWEVER. OUR FAITH AND PRAYERS FOR BOTH JEFFERY AND RUTH BRYAN WOULD BE APPRECIATED. ALSO IF ANYONE THINKS ABOUT PUTTING THEIR NAMES ON THE PRAYER LIST IN ANY TEMPLE I SAY THANKS IN ADVANCE. RUTH IS EXPECTING AND SHE IS HAVING TO HAVE SHOTS AND TAKE MEDS TO KEEP THIS BABY FROM COMING EARLY LIKE JEFFERY DID. THEY ARE STRONG IN THE FAITH AND FEEL HEAVENLY FATHER WILL DO HIS PART IF THEY DO THIER'S.

AS YOU ALREADY KNOW LANIE WENT TO THE REXBURG TEMPLE FOR HER ENDOWMENTS ON THE 24TH. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE HAD REXBURG WIND TO CONTEND WITH AND IT WAS CHILLY BUT STILL BEATIFUL TO SEE OUR SWEET GRANDDAUGHTER MAKE THIS STEP. I'M SURE THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING IN HEAVEN ALSO. SHE IS A LOVELY WOMAN. THANKS FOR INVITING ME TO THAT SPECIAL DAY.

IT TOOK US 3 AFTERNOONS TO GET OUR VISITING TEACHING DONE BUT ON THE 25TH WE CAUGHT THE 3RD SISTER.I FELT WE HAD GOOD VISITS WITH THEM ALL. NOW THE NEW SISTER THEY GAVE US THEY TOOK AWAY SO WE'RE DOWN TO TWO AGAIN. I'VE ENJOYED THESE SISTERS SO MUCH.

ON THE 26TH I HAD LUNCH WITH MELMA JENSEN AND THE LADY WE VISITED TAUGHT GOT TAKEN FROM US. SHE AND MELBA HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME SORTA GREW UP TOGETHER. SHE IS FROM ONE OF THE OTHER JENSEN FAMILY'S WHO SETTLED IN BURTON WHEN GREAT GRANDPA AND GRANDMA CAME THERE. SHE SAID HER ANCESTORS CAME FROM NORWAY HOWEVER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHALL DO THIS LUNCH THING ONCE A MONTH TOGETHER I'M ALWAYS WILLING.

RYAN AND KARA STOPPED BY FRIDAY FOR A VISIT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM AND THE BOY'S. NATHANIEL GAVE ME A NEW NAME BY THE WAY. I'M "GRAPE GRANDMA" I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS BECAUSE GREAT SOUNDS LIKE GRAPE TO HIM ARE IF IT IS BECAUSE LAST SUMMER AND FALL I HAD GRAPES TO FEED HIM WHEN HE VISITED. YOU CAN EACH DECIEDE. I THINK IT IS FUNNY AND I'LL ANSWER TO ANYTHING SWEET. THEY PLAN TO VISIT TOMORROW WHEN THEY COME FOR THEIR EYE APPOINTMENTS.

CLAY AND KAREN HAVE BEEN GOING TO TAKE ME TO PROVO TO SEE DARLEEN SINCE SHE CALLED HER DRS. NEWS TO ME. YESTERDAY THE 28TH WE LEFT IDAHO FALLS AROUND 9 AND AFTER A COUPLE OF PIT STOPS AND A GAS STOP IN PROVO WE GOT TO DARLEENS. VISITED A BIT THEN WENT TO HER FAVORITE MEXICAN RESTAURANT FOR LUNCH. WE VISITED THERE SOME WENT BACK TO HER HOME FOR A SHORT TIME AND LEFT TO HEAD UP THE ROAD TO STOP AND SEE THE FRIEL'S AND SOME JENSEN'S. CHUCK AND TRENT HAD COME TO GET SHIRLEY AND HELP BLESS MACIE. WE COULDN'T ATTEND AS I FELT STRONGLY WE SHOULD SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH DARLEEN AS POSSIBLE. WAS GOOD TO SEE CHUCK, SHIRLEY AND TRENT AND WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD TO MEET MY NEW GREATGRAND DAUGHTER. OF COURSE I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE THE PARENTS JANA AND ROB. PARKER WAS NAPPING AND AT 5 ROB WOKE HIM BUT HE WASN'T A HAPPY CAMPER TO BE AWAKENED. HE'S STILL A SWEET HEART EVEN IF HE DIDN'T WAN'T TO SOCIALIZE.
THANKS FOR THE SWEET SHORT VISIT WE HAD.

CLAY HAD CALLED C.J. TO SEE IF WE COULD STOP AND SEE THEM AS WE CAME THEIR WAY. THEY WERE ALL WELL AND WE HAD A SHORT BUT GOOD VISIT WITH THEM. I DREAD SEEING THEM LEAVE FOR ENGLAND SO FAR AWAY. IT HAS BEEN GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ONCE IN AWHILE.

WE GOT HOME AROUND 10 P.M. KAREN DID ALL THE DRIVING AND SHE IS AN EXCELLENT TRAVELING COMPANION. LANIE WENT WITH US AND AUNT DARLEEN WAS SO PLEASED SHE WANTED TO SEE HER AND TOLD ME HOW PROUD SHE FEELS FOR LANIE'S DEVELOPEMENT.

I GOT UP THIS A.M AT 5 THEN LAID BACK DOWN WASN'T SURE IF I SLEPT I'D WAKE IN TIME FOR CHURCH AT 9 BUT WAS UP AT SHORTLY AFTER 7 AND DID MAKE ALL 3 SESSIONS OF CHURCH. I KEPT THINKING I SHOULD BLOG AFTER I GOT HOME THEN PUT IT OFF TILL LATER. I WAS HEADING DOWN TO START ABOUT 6 WHEN THE PHONE RANG IT WAS DARLEEN SHE WAS CLOSE TO TEARS AS SHE TOLD ME HOW HAPPY SHE WAS THAT WE CAME YESTERDAY. SHE HAD A BLESSING TODAY AND THE MAN WHO GAVE HER THE BLESSING COULDN'T TELL HER WHAT HE SAW BUT DID TELL HER THERE ARE FOLKS PREPARING TO COME FOR YOU. SHE THANKED ME I THINK THREE TIMES FOR COMING BUT SAID THE VISIT WAS TOO SHORT BUT SHE WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT TIME WITH US.
PENNY HAD GONE AHEAD TO HELP HER BE READY FOR US. CHUCK AND TRENT HAD STOPPED TO VISIT THE EVENING BEFORE ON THEIR WAY TO JANA'S SHE WAS SO PLEASED FOR THAT VISIT ALSO. SHE SHARED THAT HER DR. HAD TOLD HER SHE COULD GO ANY TIME EVEN IN CHURCH. TO ME SHE IS ONE GREAT EXAMPLE AND SO SPIRITUAL WITH ALL THE MANY TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS SHE HAS HAD IN HER LIFE. SHE IS ONE OUTSTANDING LADY.

I HAD PLANNED TO ADD SOME THING ELSE I THOUGHT ABOUT ON OUR WAY HOME LAST NIGHT BUT I'M TIRED AND FEEL THE NEED TO DO THAT ANOTHER TIME IF I CAN REMEMBER SO WILL SIGN OFF TONITE.