This one really tugged at my heart strings

1. Started your own blog No, I had to have a lot of help
2. Slept under the stars Not since I was very young
3. Played in a band No musical talent at all
4. Visited Hawaii! Yes twice
5. Watched a meteor shower Yes, it was breathtaking
6. Given more than you can afford to charity Afraid so
7. Been to Disneyland Yes, wouldn't go again, too tiring
8. Climbed a mountain Tried, I'm just not an outdoors person
9. Held a praying mantis Yes, I also watched one eat the other one in a jar. Ugg
10. Sang a solo Get to have some musical talent in my next life
11. Bungee jumped Good heavens NO
12. Visited Paris No, but I was close
13. Watched a lightening storm at sea No
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch Yes
15. Adopted a child. No, I do have 1 adopted grandson and 3 adopted granddaughters though
16. Had food poisoning Thank Goodness NO
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty Made it half way up and they closed it on me
18. Grown your own vegetables Yes, and I may have to start again
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France No
20. Slept on an overnight train Yes
21. Had a pillow fight Yes
22. Hitch hiked Yes, many years ago when it was safe to do so
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill Had to when you have kids
24. Built a snow fort Yes very chilly
25. Held a lamb Let me tell yu about Eppy
26. Gone skinny dipping Not quite SKINNY, we did have our under wear on
27. Run a marathon Not even that much of an outdoorsman
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice Like France. Close but not close enough
29. Seen a total eclipse Yes
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset Many, they are beautiful
31. Hit a home run Not even close
32. Been on a cruise yes , A short one
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person yes it was amazing
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors Went to Denmark and 12 other countries
35. Seen an Amish community Had lunch at an Amish Community Restaurant in Penn.
36. Taught yourself a new language Tried but didn't do too good
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied Not TRULY
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person No
39. Gone rock climbing Sort of
40. Seen Michelangelo's David No
41. Sung Karaoke Only at home
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt Yes
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant I wish I had
44. Visited Africa NO Way, Love to go though
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight Not even a little bit
46. Been transported in an ambulance Yes when I broke my hip
47. Had your portrait painted Nope
48. Gone deep sea fishing Nope again
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person Again No
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Again close
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling Afraid of the water, can't even swim
52. Kissed in the rain Not this either
53. Played in the mud Yes lots of it, mud pies are fun
54. Gone to a drive-in theater Lots of times
55. Been in a movie/commercial no, I had never been in a parade until 2 years ago
56. Visited the Great Wall of China Close, We were going to stop in china on our way home from Malaysia, couldn't because of back injury
57. Started a business Not really
58. Taken a martial arts class Nope
59. Visited Russia I would have loved to visit Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen Nope
61. Sold girl scout cookies I bought a lot, does that count
62. Gone whale watching Only on TV or the Internet
63. Got flowers for no reason Yes
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma Yes but not much
65. Gone sky diving No way Hosea
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp Nope
67. Bounced a check Yep Many years ago
68. Flown in a helicopter Yes, it was neat
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy Not that I can remember
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial Never been to D.C.
71. Pieced a quilt Yep Fun But I'm too old now
72. Eaten Caviar Nope
73. Stood in Times Square I have but not in the group type of standing
74. Toured the Everglades Nope
75. Been fired from a job Yep
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London Nope
77. Broken a bone Oh Yes
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle Yep, I had a boyfriend once that had one.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person Both sides
80. Published a book Just Family Histories
81. Visited the Vatican Nope
82. Bought a brand new car Yes
83. Walked in Jerusalem Nope
84. Had your picture in the newspaper Yes, with the Red hat society
85. Read the entire Bible I did
86. Visited the White House Nope
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating Oh Yes, if chickens count
88. Had chickenpox I must have had, but don't remember
89. Saved someones life Not that much of a hero
90. Sat on a jury Tried but they kicked me off because my son was a remodeler
91. Met someone famous Not really
92. Joined a book club Belong to one now
93. Lost a loved one Several
94. Had a baby YeP
95. Seen the Alamo in person Never been to Texas
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake Yes
97. Been involved in a law suit Does Small claims Court count if it does yes
98. Owned a cell phone Yes
99. Been stung by a bee Yes and I am allergic to them.

NEW GREAT GRANDBABY #10

This one is a boy, born to Dave and Ashley Gay, they live in West Virginia, he weighed 7 lb. 10 oz. and is 21 inches long. You can see a picture at http://daveashley.blogspot.com . He was born on January 29 at 10:09 p.m. His name is Zachary Danger Gay. Just what she was afraid of happened, "Murphey's Law" . Dave had a VERY important and difficult test on tap for this morning and he told her she could either have the baby one week early or 1 day late, it made no never mind to him but for heavens sake she couldn't have it either yesterday or today. Well now you know how their luck is running.

NEW GREAT GRANDBABY

This past Friday morning January 16, our newest great granddaughter (No. 9) was born at the St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City. Instead of telling you all about it, why don't you just go to their blog and read all about it yourself. They are at http://www.mattandabbey.blogspot.com. In case you don't want to go to all that trouble, the babies name is Mya Val Mangus and the parents are Matt and Abbey Mangus. The baby is really really cute with lots of black hair and brown eyes. I would show a picture if I could steal it from their blog but I can't so hope you will see it there.

Charlie has been driving a limousine for the Sundance Festival, which is in gear during this week and I guess he has had some interesting things going on. We don't get to see him or talk to him very often since he is so busy from 8:00 in the morning till late at night, we still go to their house for dinner on Sunday but he is no place around. The girls do a good job of fixing something to eat and we still enjoy the time spent and have a real nice dinner. Yesterday, JorJa and Jacob brought Soon (Sun), a little Chinese girl that is going up to the University of Utah (in the graduate school of Engineering she is going to be a teacher in Engineering when she goes back to China) She understands English pretty well but there are a few things we have to get right down and explain to her. At dinner time each of the girls, JorJa, KayCee, and Chalice gives a run down of their experiences for the past week both in their personal lives, Church lives and school lives, It usually is quite interesting. Of course we have to give a run down of what we have been doing also. And then we get a run down on what Brooke and her little family (5 children) is doing as well.

More later?!?!?!

Bits and Pieces

My goodness, you would have thought I had died and gone to Heaven or He__, or wherever I'm going or that I had taken an extended vacation to the farthest point where no computers are in existence. Well I have done neither, I really don't have a reason for not writing for so long.


Of course I have spent a great deal of time in bed these last few months, the reason is: I have had 5 Vertebroplasties in the last 5 months. Number L3 was the first in August, Number T12 was in September, Number T10 in October, Number T9 in November and Number T8 in December. The sad part of this is I still have 7 more T vertabrae left that could break at any time, I just have to be very careful not to bend over wrong or lift anything that could fracture one of these. By the way, in December I also had a Reclast infusion, this is the medication that helps to build bones so they don't fracture so easily.


Kaycee helped me with getting a Christmas motif on here for December and changed this one to show the background for now, but didn't write anything for me to put in for everyone to read. In spite of all those fractures and really bad weather the last part of December, we did have a nice Christmas, made it to a lot of get-to-gathers, I felt pretty miserable most of the time but with pain pills and the desire to go, I think the only parties we missed was the trip over to Gary and Gwen's on Christmas night and new Years Eve at our house or at Charlie and Sandy's. They wanted to come here and I told them that it would be alright but I would probably just go to bed, so they decided to go to Charlies and I did go to bed about 6:00.

JorJa and Jacob came over and brought all the Christmas decorations up and decorated the house, or at least the living and dining rooms and took the deer and things outside (Kent had put the lights up out there) and I told them they could only decorate the things that they were going to come back and take down and put away. They agreed to that and Jorja came and took everything down and put it all away. The day she came, Jacob had to work, so she also made a pot of soup for lunch.


I have really enjoyed reading every ones blogs, keeping track of what they have been doing and where they have been going and how they have all been feeling. It's kind of like sitting around having tea and talking don't you all think? I think I better close for now, with the promise I won't take so long next time.