Blog Intro

Blog Intro

Quote of the Week

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. -Booth Tarkington

Fact of the Week

Fact of the Week: How long do astronauts stay in quarantine? Apollo 11, 12, and 14 Astronauts from these missions were quarantined for 21 days after returning from the moon, beginning when the lunar lander's hatch closed on July 21, 1969. The quarantine was a precaution in case the astronauts had been exposed to dangerous lunar microorganisms.

Joke of the Week

Joke of the Week What do you call a well-balanced horse? Stable.

Comic of the Week

Comic of the Week

Monday, December 28, 2020

The Great Conjunction - Winter Soltice 2020

The Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter occurred on the winter solstice. Not seen this close together since the 17th Century! 

 It was also being referred to as the Christmas Star. Honestly, with it being 2020, I was sure it was signaling the end of the world! We survived though. Merry Christmas!

Monday, November 16, 2020

Bubbles Turns 50,000 on Friday the 13th 2020


 Almost 8 years old and barely has 50,000! I love my little champagne bubble! 

Monday, November 9, 2020

Ranae Retires! December 2019

Ranae left us! We miss her SO much. She left at the perfect time, at least she didn't have to deal with the pandemic while at work. Here are some of her decorations...
She worked for CCI for 40 years! Most of my life!




Of course she HAD to wear a crown!





She made Jason Draney, Nate Brimhall, and Q Selis sing "Jingle Bells" for her. Good choice, Ranae! 
Her retirement gift was some new luggage and........
  A TRIP TO HAWAII!!


I hope you have a WONDERFUL retirement, Ranae! Best wishes and Love you to pieces!

Monday, October 19, 2020

Grandma Turns 90! (August 2020)

Happy 90th Birthday, Grandma!! What a milestone! Here she is, pretty as a princess on her special day! It might be hard to see, but she has a pink, sparkly crown on that has "90" spelled out in "jewels". I bought the crown and the sash, she picked out the outfit. Neither of us knew this before hand. She matched PERFECTLY! We must be related or something! 
Here is her cake. It looked SO good, I wish I could have had some!
Here are pictures of the fam: Calli, Coop, Rachelle and Chase, Trey, Ryan, Raylor, 
Jason on the end in the back and Xander up front.
Ashley, Grandpa, Tim, Toph, and Terry. I didn't get any of Mom, Alex, Brendon, Lyndie, Natalie, Kenyon, Jordan, or Becca. I wonder how they were able to escape the evil clutches of my camera! Peyton was moving into his new college dorm and couldn't be there. Dexter was out of town, and Morgan was in a friend's wedding that day. Natalie and Kenyon were doing cake deliveries, but made it there later. 
We were hoping people would drive up, honk, waved and wish her a happy birthday. My mom asked the bishop and the relief society president to get the word out. Either they didn't do it, or people didn't care because NO ONE drove by. I was so sad. A couple of her neighbors came by to wish her a happy birthday, thank goodness for them!




Here is the beginning of our spread. I didn't get any more pictures because I was helping with other things. 
What counts is that it was a success to her. Mom said that later that night she was thrilled and got teary eyed and said that she had the best family ever! Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Monday, October 5, 2020

Christmas 2019

Post from the Past! 
1st Day of Christmas -- Ornaments!
I usually don't get them an ornament after their 18th birthday, but I saw the Cowboys and Steelers ornaments, so I HAD to (I can't believe I paid money for the Cowboys one....)
2nd Day of Christmas...Book O' Lifesavers!

3rd Day of Christmas -- Munchies!

4th and 5th Day of Christmas -- Ear buds!
For Terry, I got him a "bauble" for our patio furniture

6th Day of Christmas...Chocolate Orange!
7th and 8th Day of Christmas..Candles
9th Day of Christmas....Candy Canes and Poppycock!


10th Day of Christmas!


11th and 12th Day of Christmas... Ferrero Rocher and Smell Goods!
I didn't do a 12th Day of Christmas with pajamas because they all have a TON, so we just recycled....
Tim got Topher some cool MegaMan things
Tim also gave Terry a coupon for a Father and Son Dinner Night
Tim and Ashley gave me a cute memorial for Dusty
Brendon and Lyndie gave me cozies! 
Alex gave Terry and I a spa package. Terry doesn't really dig these, so I get it all to myself!
Brendon and Lyndie gave Terry this mug. Turned out to be one of his favorites.
The Ricos gave us this cute pillow for our trailer
 Our latest family photo
BIG family photo
Always have to get a poinsettia. 
....and I got a Christmas tree (at this writing, it is still alive!)
Terry got a new tracker for me. My other one bit the dust (unfortunately at this writing, it is giving me problems)
Two girls and their daddy...
It's almost Christmas time again! Hopefully I won't be so slow this year! It was a great Christmas though!