ONE MORE TIME

I'll try to write a little more now that I've gotten the pictures in. They were driving me nuts. I couldn't imagine what was going wrong with them. Every time I tried to get them in something would happen and they just wouldn't go, so I just gave up and quit.

In addition to the four of them graduating there was Chalice's boyfriend, Blake Whitney also graduated from Taylorsville and Chalice graduated from 4 years of Seminary in which she was chosen to give a talk. He gave Chalice a promise ring for graduation, we've had some very interesting conversations about "what that means" between her sisters and myself. To me it means that you promise to go steady for a while and if things work out well between yourself and the person that gave you the ring, you will receive an engagment ring at some point.

Also of importance here is the fact I was given the red sash from the U graduates which means a great deal to me. Especially when I wasn't even able to go to any of the Convocation Ceremonies. I hope to put it in a frame with pictures and make a nice wall hanging with it.

Now, we have to get them all employed. Chalice is unhappy with the amount of money she earns and JorJa hasn't put her Resume in any place yet because she promised to work up at the U until the end of June. Jacob is doing ok though and KayCee just got a position with Jason's Deli that she will start in about a week. For now, she is working up at the U doing some project which she can fisnish up in that week until she starts her new position.

I have to go get ready to go to dinner, so bye for now.

I'll try one more time?!?!?!

THE DAY AFTER THE NEXT DAY

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES TO GO WITH THE WRITINGS FROM A DAY OR TWO AGO.

The Day After the

OUT OF IT AGAIN!?!?!?

I keep intending to do better on my blogs, but I never do. Better I mean. Well I had better start with me. In the last month, I haven't had any more breaks in my vertebrae, thank goodness, but I did get 2 broken ribs and 2 cracked ribs all at the same time. Now if you want to wish for some pain, I can suggest some things that you can do to attain that wish. The Doctors don't do anything for you except give you some pain pills to put up with the pain from broken ribs and of course constant ex-rays. It is so darn hard to get clothes off and on during that time without screaming and they want to know if you are catching pneumonia each week. I won't tell you how I got the breaks but it has to do with the Heimlich maneuver and I won't tell you who did it on me except to say that if you are around our son (number 2) and you swallow some thing and it doesn't go all the way down, be extemeley careful about asking his help or making the decision to start digging your own grave. He feels so badly about it all, that I don't dare use his name. I keep telling him not to feel so bad because the alternative is not something that I desired.

Charlie and Sandy has had 4 graduations this year, JorJa graduated with a Masters in Civil Engineering, Jacob graduated with a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, KayCee graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication with an emphasis in Communication Techonology all from the University of Utah and Chalice graduated from Taylorsville High School. By the way she will be going to the U of U next year but I don't have any idea what she will be majoring in, I don't think she knows yet.

I will write more tomorrow or the next day, promise?!?!?

ALL-READY APRIL

My goodness the time really flies when you are having fun, doesn't it? I haven't done much in this last month except add another year to my already advanced age. This happened on April 3rd and I once again invited my whole family to a 15 course (or more) dinner. It was held at the Golden China Restaurant on about 5500 South Redwood Road. About 25 people came and we had a nice dinner and a good time. It was at 3:30 in the afternoon. So you see we have changed a lot of what we did before.

Also, I want to tell you how much trouble the "Boy Scouts of America" are in. We had a visit with our Bishop and one of his counselors the other night and when Brother Sorenson asked what I was doing I answered just some genealogy. Pretty soon, he said "How would you like to be the genealogy merit badge counselor?" I said "Well I would consider it if I didn't have to go out anywhere like to meetings or to the genealogy library or anywhere like that." Kent said that if a trip to the library was required' he could take them." so I agreed. Now, if you don't think the Scouts are in trouble just let me pose this question to you, when they start having an 80 year old woman who can't breathe, is on oxygen 24/7, and has all these back problems that I have had the last several months be a merit badge counselor what do you think?

Tales From The Past Week

I finally got my oxygen squared away. I think Kent trying to eat that poor delivery guy was the thing that did the trick. We finally got him to realize that a person on oxygen without any oxygen can get pretty angry, guess what the next step is? I just about found this out last night when we went up to the Spagetti Factory at Trolley Square last night. Brooke had phoned and they were having a dinner for Aspen, our 5 year old granddaughter, well neither one of us had been to Trolley Square for years so we didn't even know where the Spagetti Factory is located. We parked in the lower parking lot and the elevator was out of service so I had to walk up one set of stairs and when I realized that I would have to walk up another set to get there I just couldn't do it. Brooke and Matt came in just about that time so she said she would go and try to round up a wheel chair which she did and I appreciated her more at that time than anyone could know. We had a nice dinner and everything went well.


I got a permanent on Thursday of this week which I was badly in need of so sitting there for 2 hours was a little tiring. On Wednesday I had two cleaning ladies come in and clean my house which I was so thankful for. I will have them come in once a month and do the same things, keeping my house liveable but not having to do it myself or depend on Kent to do it. It is too hard for both of us to clean in addition to doing laundry and dishes and preparing something to eat every day. I don't call it cooking because it really isn't cooking, it is just opening packages or cans or adding hot water to something. The microwave and I have become very good friends lately. We are gooing over to Charlie and Sandys for Corned Beef and Cabbage in a litttle while so guess I better go get ready.

THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

Another Month gone by. My how the months are flying around so darn fast. It seems like I just get one blog written and a whole month goes by. Well this is just a way to get me out of here before I will want to go. I would love to hang around forever but it is not to be. Lets get out of the "Pity Party" mood and on to something more interesting. I really seem to be doing much better than I have for the last several months at least I haven't broken any more vertabrae in the last 2 months so that is something to be thankful for.

We went to St. George last weekend for Kyle's farewell, and it was almost scary. We had called our Lincare provider to have a concentrator and 4 tanks available at the Motel we would be staying in and when we arrived down there the concentrator was there but no tanks. so I would be fine as long as I was at the Motel but going anywhere else was out of the question. Kent called the number there and even went over to the place Lincare was located and found no one there, but he did find a National number on the door so he came back and called that and to make a long story short we got some tanks from the guy that was in church teaching a class. It was a good thing too because we had some car problems on the way home just before we got to Nephi and we were stuck there for about an hour,when we got home we took our car into our mechanic and $128.00 later found it wasn't too serious. It was a good thing Charlie and Sandy were with us to help.

Kent just came home from church and told me we have a new Relief Society Presidency. Surprise, surprise, I didn't see that coming.

This isn't much but I hope to have more later.

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.

TIME JUST KEEPS ON GOING

My heavens, where has the time gone? It has been over a month since I did my bl0g. It is just unbelievable. Haven't done any thing interesting to write about except for the fact that JorJa and Jacob has been staying with us for the past two weeks, they were Evicted From Their Home, due to the fact that their condo was being remodeled, a new kitchen and bathroom was being put in and I understand it is absolutely beautiful except for the fact that in the tear out portion a terrible mess was made. There is dust on EVERYTHING. At least this is a long weekend coming up so they will have a little extra time to get it all taken care of. She has gone back to school to get her masters in Civil Engineering and he has one more year to get his degree in ( I think) Electrical Engineering. Plus they are both working as many hours as they can get and keeping up on their church duties, he is the Executive Secretary in their ward and she is a teacher I think. So really the only time we see them is when they come to eat and sleep. They certainly aren't any bother.


The other interesting thing that happened in this last month was that I went to move a little foot stool over to put my feet up and heard a crack in my back. Well, the next morning I was in pain just like before, and I knew what I had to do. I started calling the radiologists and people for an MRI and eventually had to have another Per cutaneous Vertebroplasty done. This time on the L3 vertebra. That should just about do it for all of the vertebra's as this is the fourth time I have had it done and the last time they did two at the same time. This one was different though, it was very painful after and remained that way for over 2 weeks, in fact it still hurts but maybe it is something else right now, I just don't know. I still have to take a pain pill every day just to get through the day and night. I hope this doesn't keep on as I hate pain pills with a passion, maybe it goes back to remembering Mom and her pain pill thing. I learned something new with this scenerio, the glue (it really isn't glue, I just call it that) they put into each vertebra is harder than concrete. The Dr. said they tested it out on the cement and the cement broke before this stuff did, so now I have a lower back that is stronger than the sidewalk. Of course that doesn't say the upper back and the discs can't pop.


All of the fires around makes it impossible to breathe easlily so I am having my days with that, but things could be a heck of a lot worse. I just want to be well enough to be able to do a few of the things I would like to do and be able to write about those things instead of about my stupid health. Bye for now.

OH, MY GOODNESS, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME

Illness sometimes takes it's toll

It has been so long since I wrote in my blog it is like starting all over. This will have to be short because I just don't feel well enough to write a lot of stuff. The main thing I should mention is that because of this particular illness I had to miss my family reunion which was held at Scofield on the 4th & 5th of July. I understand there were a lot of the family that attended and that it was for all intent a rousing success. Emily (Derek's daughter, and by the way she is Miss Lehi this year) and DeMitch sang a duet at the talent show and won 1st place, and Denise (Kathryn's daughter) played a tune she had written and won 4th place. When Pat first got up there, she was in our Mazda, she went up over the hill a little too far and put the front end down in the ditch next to the railroad tracks, she was so nervous fearing she was going to get in trouble, I don't have a picture of this but I understand some were taken so maybe I will get one.

Another thing worth mentioning is that we had a bar-be-que for Kent and KayCee for their birthdays on the 29th and 30th. We held it over at the Stone Hollow Pavilion, we cooked hotdogs for the kids and adults that wanted them, and I cooked a bunch of bar-b-qued spareribs and baked beans and had a cake. I asked Brooke, Ralynn, JorJa and Sandy to bring salads and fruit and they did a terrific job.

I hope not to go so long in between writing in my blog again. I've had a bunch of people tell me to get something on here. Not much but it is something.

NO NEW ACCIDENTS THIS WEEK, THANK GOODNESS

Not a lot of news this past week, I pretty much stayed home most of the week until Friday. That morning I went and had my hair done at the usual time, 11:00 a.m. and then we went over to the Senior Center to our "Pain Management" class at 12:30. when we arrived home about 3:00 there had been a little mouse or maybe a little angel that had been here and cut & edged the lawn and pulled all the weeds in my flower gardens and Kent's tomato patch. I want to publicly "Thank Her" (her initials are J.J.) she is such a sweetheart. Then I hurriedly made a broccoli salad to take to the Ward picnic in between answering the telephone and visiting with some people that had dropped by to visit with Kent. After all this, we went to the picnic and it was a total success. There was a good crowd and a variety of food. Saturday morning we got up and hurriedly dressed to get over to the ward for their annual breakfast, car wash, bake auction, and church grounds clean up. From there we went over to Kathryn's garage sale, she had some nice stuff but all I bought was a nice big round glass bowl. Spent some quality time visiting with Kathryn and Denice, Gary and Gwen and then Dennis and Milly for a few minutes. We came home for a couple of hours and then went up to Brooke and Matts for a bar-be-que for Kyle's 10th Birthday. They had a real nice dinner and a big birthday cake. I felt like I had been running for two days straight. I was so tired I couldn't make it to Relief Society this morning, I did get ready and made it to Sacrament Meeting. By the way Verla told me no one dared sit in my chair this morning for Relief Society or Gospel Doctrine, and I said "they better not".

BROKEN HIPS, LEGS, AND NOSES AND CANCER TO BOOT

This week the message I have is not good, it seems like everything is going along pretty well and then it all falls apart. Is this the devil playing havoc with our lives or is it the Chinese that are all stirred up and getting ready to pounce on us? Last week, I was ill for two or three days and it seems like this is the same time as everyone was falling or getting results of a basically not so good nature.

1. Doris, one of my very good friends from Stone Hollow, does not have a finished basement, but does have a piece of carpet in her basement where the grandchildren she tends can go down and play. She wanted to get it vacuumed before she took her shower so she was vaccuming and got her foot caught in the cord, fell and broke her hip. She laid there for ten hours before her children came to see why she was not answering her telephone, she said it was very very cold and all she had on was her nightgown, I imagine it was cold and that she was in so much pain (been there, done that) that it was hard for her to concentrate. She is now in rehabilitation.

2. Joyce, Kent's brother Don's wife, was walking out of her neighbor's kitchen door and talking to the girl, didn't see the fact that the patio was about six inches lower part way down, fell and broke her femur bone several inches below her hip. The hospital gave her Morphine and that made her very combative, so they changed to possibley Percoset and she immediately changed to about 200% non combative, going along with whatever the instructions are and not arguing with anyone. The only time she can recieve calls or visitors is between 5:00 & 9:00 p.m. She is now in rehabilitation for about two weeks.

3.Leslie, Brooke's mother fell down the basement steps and broke her nose, cheekbone, eyesocket and fingers and got some bruises or gashes on her face. She has not been able to have these fixed yet as her face has been so swollen they couldn't do anything up until now, today she is going to the Dr. to see about having surgery. I just wonder, how much she will have to have.

NOTE: On Wed. Brooke called and said that on Monday the 12th Leslie will be going into surgery and they will be cutting just below the scalp and placing a metal plate into her face over where she has a broken eyesocket and cheek. This will have to remain for the rest of her life. Oh My Goodness!?!?

4.Kathryn, Dennis and Milly's daughter, just found out she has rectol cancer. She starts chemo and radiation treatments on the 10th of June for 5 weeks and then she is totally off of them for 5 weeks before having surgery. It is thought that after surgery she will have to use a colostomy bag. By the way I am Kathryn's Godmother.

5. Isn't all of this stuff happening a real drag? One thing that I found out that is a real plus is that Pat will be here on the 24th of June until the 29th of July. I also found out Pleasant Valley Days in Scofield is on the 4th and 5th of July.

MOVERS, SHAKERS, NEW JOBS, TOTAL LIFE CHANGES

My whole family is moving , changing, graduating, and doing all sorts of new things. It is hard to try and keep up with all of them.

Matt accepted a new job with "Red Interactive" which is located in Salt Lake City. That is they are out of Los Angeles with a satellite office in SLK. They are a major interactive web-design/creative agency. If you want to know any more than that you will have to ask him because with my limited knowledge on web anything I just cannot give anyone any more information, in other words I am "a complete dumbbell." As a result of this they just moved to Bountiful where they will be living in his grandmother's home. She is now in a rest home. This is good for them because they are just getting started, Abbey doesn't have a job as of yet but will not have any trouble finding something in the near future.

Clint, Brielle, and Molly just moved into an apartment that has 2 bedrooms, so Molly could have her own bedroom. Apparently these kids don't have any furniture to speak off, because they just move so quickly, or maybe they have a lot more energy than I ever had.

Kyle just graduated from Snow Canyon High School on Friday the 23rd of May, he will be 19 in January so I'm sure he will just keep working for the Pizza Factory until that time and then serve a mission. Or maybe go to college for 1 year before going on a mission. If I'm wrong, I will be surprised.

Ashley is coming from Virginia to set up a new record label on the 26th of May, I wish I knew a little more about what that is all about. I guess I will just have to be more inquisitive.

Jacob and JorJa both have new jobs that they start on Tuesday. JorJa is going to work for J.U.B. Engineering and I don't know the name of the company that Jacob is going to work for, His will probably be just part time because he has one more year to graduate in Electrical Engineering. When I find out more about what they will be doing or just who they will be working for I will let all of you in on it.

SATURDAY'S RAMBLINGS

There is not a lot of news going on on in our lives today, but I just wanted to post a little of something. Yesterday after getting my hair done we went to a "Pain Class." That is, trying to live in a pain free environment. It is a 6 week course so maybe I can learn something that will be beneficial to me, the biggest PAINS that bother me is my back, I never have a minute free from pain with that, I'm sure it comes from the vertebra that I had the problem with when we were in Malaysia, since that was the one that I never did have cemented or glued or whatever you want to call it. The real name is Percutaneous Vertebroplasty. I have had this done to four of my vertebra and I would recommend it highly. The only problem is that it has to be done within a certain period of time of injury or it is too late. This was done in 3 surgeries or treatments or whatever. It is done by Radiologists, and if you want more information on it just give me a call and I will tell you what I know. I have other problems that are serious, like Emphysema, where I can't get my breath and I am sure this is going to be my main problem in a period of time. Right now, I can live a pretty normal life if I just adjust a lot. Cooking has become a problem, but I have found that if we just fix meals that are pretty simple and buy a lot of microwaveable things we can get by. Cleaning is almost impossible, we will have to hire someone to come in and clean pretty soon, and traveling is also almost impossible.

After the class, we came home and Sandy called to see if we wanted to go to dinner at Applebees, they were going to use their gift cards that Pat gave to us for Christmas, Kent said he did not want to go because he wanted to stay home and finish his talk that he has to give tomorrow in church, so I went alone and met Charlie and Sandy, Jorja and Jacob, and KayCee. We had a nice meal and enjoyed each others company.

At 8:30 we watched the Jazz play the Lakers on T.V. even though I felt they were playing pretty well, they just could not get the ball to drop through the hoop, it was like something was just not letting it go through. It wasn't because they weren't trying real hard, and I am sure they are reliving that game over and over in their heads today. They lost by 3 points. Of course I also know anyone with at least a little bit of interest in the Jazz already have their version of it, good or bad.

Today I may not do anything but go out and sit on the patio and read or just sit and breathe in some of that nice fresh air.