Another CHICKEN!

The BIG HEN WITH HER CHICKS is what I bought with my Christmas Money from Gramps and Linda! I'm going to love it forever!

THRIF-T THURSDAY - Guess what I did today?

So I biffed going to the salvation army (DI) if they had one here. So I had to BAKE BREAD TODAY!

(from previous post) I have also decided to empty a few more plastic bins of STUFF so I now can take an even BIGGER load!

Not that I don't have anything else to do. I also went to the YMCA and worked up a sweat. I mopped my floors, cleaned the bathrooms, polished the appliances(darn that stainless steele) and cleaned the inside of the microwave and 2 loads of laundry, finished the R.S letter's I am getting mailed today. Oh and soon I am going with Mr. Clark to the Dr. (it's all good, just still working on regulating the meds.) AND BLOGGING...

I LOVE STAYING HOME!!!!

p.s. I made it to Salvation Army on Friday. It wasn't too painful to let go:)

YAY I accomplished my goal for the week

WALKIN' WEDNESDAY'S

My membership at the YMCA is now DO IT OR DIE! I can't bring myself to cancel the membership, I actually went in there to cancel it in November but I had to take Clark a paper to sign since he is the PRIMARY account holder(Clark's been 1 time). So I'm re-thinking, maybe I'll keep it since I've had time to think how much I loved it last year. I've got to get back there. It has been three months,AHHHHHHH And if I get back to the routine it can be a 3-4 day a week routine? For now I keep it to at least WALKIN' WEDNESDAYS:) So in 'writing' my goal -- so it isn't merely-s/p? a WISH! Today I'm letting you all know ... I'LL TRY And today I'm taking a bag of size 6- clothes to Salvation Army. I'm trying to part with my favorite Maroon Suit? I haven't warn it since Elyse was 8, I'm thinkin' I could part with it???

* I decided to save the Maroon Suit, maybe Elyse can where it someday? It's how old??? nevermind that ---I can't part with it. Dr Phil's concept of keeping New Years Resolutions is to give yourself a consequence if you don't keep your goal --My consequence is if I don't take my car load of Salvation Arm TODAY...I have to make bread tomorrow! Update: After walking 3 miles and swim aerobics. I still have to go to the Salvation Army---Im dragging my feet, I may have to make bread tomorrow.

TIMELESS TUESDAY:

My Mom

This bedspread is 28 years old. It's needs blocking(which is starching) I took it out to show you all what I mean by -- a lot of work. My treasure from my mom.

Elyse has a crochet bedspread too!

Timeless Tuesday's are now going to be my posts on people that have impacted my life. So here it goes. MY MOM: SHE WAS A QUILTER: Until the last maybe 5 years of her life she never tied a quilt. It had to be quilted. My most treasured quilts are her Satin Quilts including the Salt Lake Temple quilt that she made us. I grew up playing under the frames while she quilted. The boys still have their matching blue bedspread quilts and I think Terrence refuses to sleep with anything else and it drives his wife crazy--simply because its almost in shreds! SHE LOVED TO CROCHET: Not just a few doilies, She made a zillion bedspreads and table clothes and liked to keep a journal on the hours she put in on them. They would consume over a thousand hours each. --Including the Altar clothes at the Mt. Timp Temple. SHE LOVED TO COOK: My fondest memory is when she would make a batch of every kind of cookie and spread them out all over, down our long table. Then we would take a plate to all the neighbors, and fill the freezer. Frozen cookies were great! This wasn't just for a holiday it was sporadic all year long. SHE LOVED TO SERVE OTHERS: She was one of those people that always new when someone was in need. I can't even tell you how many meals she was always taking in. She was always visiting someone. She sat beside many people who suffered from cancer. So when she found out she had cancer she knew exactly what she was going to do and not do to get through it. That was the hard part. SHE LOVED TO WORK ALONG SIDE MY DAD: We had a big garden and one year chickens. She was right out there chopping off the chickens heads with an ax and chopped off a bit of her thumb! She hollered and Kaye Hall (our neighbor) came running picked up the thumb packed it in ice and we rushed to the hospital where they sewed it back on and it took! SHE WAS ONE WHO LOVED TO BE PREPARED: Food Storage was always something she had. SHE COULD DO IT ALL! One thing about my MOM is she could do it all,be everywhere, do everything. She would work her 8-5 shift come home have dinner on the table consistently at the same time. Do her church callings, make 15 quilts and still have time to read. SHE LOVED TO STUDY THE SCRIPTURES: She was one of those people that could answer all of your questions about the Bible and book of Mormon SHE LOVED MY DAD One thing that I remember is that her goal when she didn't work was to always get dressed up each night when my Dad would come home from work. Make-up, hair done and a dress! Clark sometimes teases me if I look especially shabby when he comes home. He throws the "YOUR MOM WOULD NEVER DO THAT!" phrase at me. I love it! Her final years were spent working for LDS Social services. She LOVED the adoption part of it. She took in many babies waiting for parents and pretty much adopted the families for her own. SHE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ENDURING FAITH. COURAGE, AND LOVE FOR OTHERS She died from Ovarian Cancer in 1998 at age 64 two months before her retirement. THANKS for the great years Mom. We were lucky to have you as long as we did. You were my very best friend. When I grow up I want to be just like you! I miss you!

IM MOVIN' ON MONDAY- My goal for this week

A goal not written is just a wish--- so THIS WEEKS GOAL is take one load of STUFF to Salvation Army. I've worked on a little corner of my special junk room. (I can't take pictures it's embarrassing!) I'm such an emotional saver of everything. I liked it better when my storage room was above my garage. Out of site, Out of mind. Now it just haunts me. p.s. my kids will thank me when I die!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR SWEET MADDIE GIRL WHO's TWO!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON, YOU ARE OUR SUNSHINE AND LOVE! Your bubbly fun personality gives life a new meaning. WE LOVE YOU SWEET GIRL!

GRAMMIE AND PAPPA CLARK

Santa came late this year!

I just got an email from my brother Blair. Can I tell you how much I love him! He made me cry with his Christmas note. He is amazing! He is a wonderful man. An incredible father (his love for his kids is like no other I've known) He's had his share of trials and heart aches especially this year. Janna's courage and integrity are a tribute to what great parents she has. I LOVE YOU MY BRO. I LOVE MY AWESOME SISTER IN LAW , AND ALL MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS!

SANTA RUNS IN THE FAMILY THIS YEAR! MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE GOT A KICK OUT OF THIS ONE!

p.s Kara's having a girl!!!!