Saturday, September 8, 2012
Hurt ankle
While leaving church last Sunday Sept 4, 2012, I fell off the curb and hurt my foot and hurt my ankle and wrist and knees. Here's what my swollen foot look like compared to my other. It's been a week now and I am starting to feel better and the swelling is going down. I canceled my art classes and I'm waiting for it to be completely better before I try any strenuous activities.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Wedding of our First Grandchild and our 50th wedding anniversary
They included DisneyWorld, Epcot, Universal Studio, Kennedy Space Center, Gatorland, and, of course, Walmart. We stayed at the WorldQuest Resort and had a lovely comfortable room. S&H celebrated their honeymoon, Bob and I our 50th wedding anniversary and the beautiful bride and groom were married and left on a cruise for the Bahamas. We all were leaving just as Hurricane Isaac was heading Florida's way.
One of the things we had to get use to was the daily afternoon thunderstorms. They clouds were open and pour buckets and buckets of rain on us as we did the various activities. We learned to carry pocket-sized ponchos and just duck under the nearest shelter. The storms were accompanied by lightning and thunder and the airport baggage loading and unloading would come to an abrupt halt when the first crack of thunder and light was upon us. When Bob and I arrived, our baggage was delayed over an hour waiting for the storm to pass, then when flying home our plane was delayed about half of hour for the same reason.
Scott was so happy for his niece, the Bride Lisa!
Lisa and Paul were married in the Orlando Florida Temple
Sunday, July 22, 2012
July
So much as happened since I last posted. The end of June I went out to Seattle to help Scotty with his colon surgery. The surgery was very successful though he had a lot of pain and was in the hospital for five days. Sweet, wonderful Heather stayed with him in the hospital the whole time. She and I became the best of friends and I love her so much.
I stayed three weeks and then I came back to Utah and Heather went to her sisters wedding and then returned back to Seattle to be with Scott.
Bob has been working very hard helping Avalie and Trent with their sprinkler and landscaping issues for their new house. He had cataract surgery last Wednesday, July 18 on his good eye. So far things are looking very hopeful that he will be able to see much better with the new lens.
We had several birthdays K. turned 12 years old and received the priesthood at church. There were about 30 family members and friends that came to honor him at this time.
Lisa, our first grandchild got engaged to Paul.
I stayed three weeks and then I came back to Utah and Heather went to her sisters wedding and then returned back to Seattle to be with Scott.
Bob has been working very hard helping Avalie and Trent with their sprinkler and landscaping issues for their new house. He had cataract surgery last Wednesday, July 18 on his good eye. So far things are looking very hopeful that he will be able to see much better with the new lens.
We had several birthdays K. turned 12 years old and received the priesthood at church. There were about 30 family members and friends that came to honor him at this time.
Lisa, our first grandchild got engaged to Paul.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Mothers Day 2012
This lovely corsage and following note we given to me this morning from my eternal sweetheart Bob!
"To my eternal sweetheart:
You continue amaze me with your great love to our families, friends and me. You have been given great gifts from heavenly father which you develop and apply in many wonderful ways for our enjoyment and helping our family and friends.
You have a knowledge of the Gospel which continues to amaze me and which you enlighten class members with in church and in your testimonies
I so much appreciate your great love and patience with me with my reduced vision and memory. Happy mother's day love, Bob
"To my eternal sweetheart:
You continue amaze me with your great love to our families, friends and me. You have been given great gifts from heavenly father which you develop and apply in many wonderful ways for our enjoyment and helping our family and friends.
You have a knowledge of the Gospel which continues to amaze me and which you enlighten class members with in church and in your testimonies
I so much appreciate your great love and patience with me with my reduced vision and memory. Happy mother's day love, Bob
Sunday, April 29, 2012
On going battle with fibromyalgia
I have had fibromyalgia for over 30 years. The disease has left me with weekly canker sores in my mouth and tongue, severe headaches, depression, muscle aches, extreme fatigue, irritability and the inability to plan much ahead because of flareups. The symptoms were mild at first but lately have reached a point of my pain levels around 6 to 7 on a scale from zero being no pain to 10 being severe!
Several doctors have suggested a drug called Savilla but I resisted trying to manage the fibro without medication. Perhaps it's my age -- 70 years old --perhaps it's the five surgeries I had last year, or the fact that I'm just ready for a better standard of life that I took the advice and have begun taking Savella.
The improvement is incredible. After taking medicine for only three days I had a great day yesterday for my pain was reduced with the fatigue and I was able to participate in very major activities without being completely exhausted and sick at the end of the day. My mind is lighter, I feel less burdened and I know there is something wonderful going on with this new medicine.
I am keeping a chart with my symptoms and the level, and the degree of severity and how they are improving plus notes on what I am able to accomplish. I am on a trial package right now that will end in two months, and we will see at what level I need to continue to take medication. I feel this is a blessing from the Lord, and I am very grateful for it!
Update on my health since using DoTerra essential oils and eating gluten, corn, chicken, dairy (mostly) free. I haven't had a sore in my. Now for several months.
Several doctors have suggested a drug called Savilla but I resisted trying to manage the fibro without medication. Perhaps it's my age -- 70 years old --perhaps it's the five surgeries I had last year, or the fact that I'm just ready for a better standard of life that I took the advice and have begun taking Savella.
The improvement is incredible. After taking medicine for only three days I had a great day yesterday for my pain was reduced with the fatigue and I was able to participate in very major activities without being completely exhausted and sick at the end of the day. My mind is lighter, I feel less burdened and I know there is something wonderful going on with this new medicine.
I am keeping a chart with my symptoms and the level, and the degree of severity and how they are improving plus notes on what I am able to accomplish. I am on a trial package right now that will end in two months, and we will see at what level I need to continue to take medication. I feel this is a blessing from the Lord, and I am very grateful for it!
Update on my health since using DoTerra essential oils and eating gluten, corn, chicken, dairy (mostly) free. I haven't had a sore in my. Now for several months.
Ward Spring Fling
They did a dance number called breakdancing each of their children participated as well as Avy and Trent and it was great!
American mothers of achievement
It was a most excellent day today. My daughter-in-law, Vicki, received the American mother's achievement award for 2012 and a beautiful luncheon that was held in Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake. Brett picked me up in the morning with Vicki and seven of their 10 children to celebrate this great day.
When we got there it was buzzing with beautiful women of all ages and their families. Cheri and Sophie arrived and joined us also Vicki's mother, Ara. we were all so proud of Vicki.
When we got there it was buzzing with beautiful women of all ages and their families. Cheri and Sophie arrived and joined us also Vicki's mother, Ara. we were all so proud of Vicki.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Hear the wind blow, love!
The first wind that I ever heard was as a child living in Oklahoma. The wind would blow all the time it seemed like. But then I never noticed the wind much --that it was blowing but it never was a bother. It was just there -- part of the landscape and part of my childhood.
After I married my sweetheart and we moved to Chicago then Ithaca, New York then Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was employed after receiving his PhD from Cornell. One night as we were lying in bed preparing to go to sleep I asked him, "can you hear that? he said "hear what?". "The silence. I can't hear the wind blowing. It's so quiet!"
We have lived in 9 states. Oklahoma was our birthplace then we married and moved to Evanston, Illinois. Of course, Oklahoma is known for tornadoes and High winds. And oh how the wind blew in Chicago off Lake Michigan all the way up to Evanston where we left and Bob attended Northwestern University and I worked for Rotary international.
From Illinois, we moved to Ithaca, New York and Cornell University where Bob received his PhD and the wind blew and the snows fell and it was quite an experience. While we were there I worked for Cornell University in the ILR school which was Industrial and Labor Relations as a secretary for Dr . Risley
The Asst Dean. I got to met Dean Rusk, Sec of State and Bobby Kennedy, brother of JFK & Presidential nominee.
Our two sons were born in Ithaca and were 1 1/2 and 2 weeks old when we moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Bob worked for Sandia Labs and we watched the Wind blow the tumbleweeds across the desert. We bought our first home there which cost us $14,700 in 1969 on Tahiti Street.
But the wind was different in the desert in Albuquerque. It didn't blow all the time like it did in Oklahoma and it was here in our first home that I heard the silence without the wind.
From Albuquerque we moved to Palo Alto, California. It was here I got to experience the wind off the San Francisco Bay. It smelled so different from anything I had ever experienced because I had never lived near an ocean before. I could smell the salty water and the fish and the boats and the wind.
Our next home was in Minnetonka,Minnesota but there wasn't much Wind there except when the storms blew in with snow and cold and one tornado that blew a tree on our Neighbor's house. One particularly nasty snowstorm took out the electrical lines and we were without power for four days. We lived in Minnetonka, Minnesota for 16 years. Our two sweet daughters were born there. Our two sons brought their brides there to meet us before they were married. The boys also had their wedding receptions there in Minnetonka.
We made our next home in Portland,Oregon for the next 13 years. Portland has a gentle soft breeze and the wind and the rain fall like a gentle mist most of the time. Our two sweet daughters were married and went off to college from this home. By this time we were grandparents of six grandchildren. Bob retired from the Fei company and we were called on a mission to Hawaii where Bob taught astronomy and physical science and I was his assistant. I also got to teach watercolor and was the stake primary president. We served for two years there and lived in Turtle Bay resort. There is nothing so rejuvenating as the Polynesian ocean breezes. Often as the sun was setting Bob and I would walk to the ocean shore,sit under an ironwood tree and feel the gentle breeze blowing off the ocean.
We moved back to Portland for a short time and then to our home in Eagle Mountain, Utah, where today I am writing this memory of the wind that is so tied to my own memories of life and home and feelings.
Hear the Wind blow love--hear the wind blow -- down in the valley --off the ocean --up on the mountains we hear the wind blow.
After I married my sweetheart and we moved to Chicago then Ithaca, New York then Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was employed after receiving his PhD from Cornell. One night as we were lying in bed preparing to go to sleep I asked him, "can you hear that? he said "hear what?". "The silence. I can't hear the wind blowing. It's so quiet!"
We have lived in 9 states. Oklahoma was our birthplace then we married and moved to Evanston, Illinois. Of course, Oklahoma is known for tornadoes and High winds. And oh how the wind blew in Chicago off Lake Michigan all the way up to Evanston where we left and Bob attended Northwestern University and I worked for Rotary international.
From Illinois, we moved to Ithaca, New York and Cornell University where Bob received his PhD and the wind blew and the snows fell and it was quite an experience. While we were there I worked for Cornell University in the ILR school which was Industrial and Labor Relations as a secretary for Dr . Risley
The Asst Dean. I got to met Dean Rusk, Sec of State and Bobby Kennedy, brother of JFK & Presidential nominee.
Our two sons were born in Ithaca and were 1 1/2 and 2 weeks old when we moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Bob worked for Sandia Labs and we watched the Wind blow the tumbleweeds across the desert. We bought our first home there which cost us $14,700 in 1969 on Tahiti Street.
But the wind was different in the desert in Albuquerque. It didn't blow all the time like it did in Oklahoma and it was here in our first home that I heard the silence without the wind.
From Albuquerque we moved to Palo Alto, California. It was here I got to experience the wind off the San Francisco Bay. It smelled so different from anything I had ever experienced because I had never lived near an ocean before. I could smell the salty water and the fish and the boats and the wind.
Our next home was in Minnetonka,Minnesota but there wasn't much Wind there except when the storms blew in with snow and cold and one tornado that blew a tree on our Neighbor's house. One particularly nasty snowstorm took out the electrical lines and we were without power for four days. We lived in Minnetonka, Minnesota for 16 years. Our two sweet daughters were born there. Our two sons brought their brides there to meet us before they were married. The boys also had their wedding receptions there in Minnetonka.
We made our next home in Portland,Oregon for the next 13 years. Portland has a gentle soft breeze and the wind and the rain fall like a gentle mist most of the time. Our two sweet daughters were married and went off to college from this home. By this time we were grandparents of six grandchildren. Bob retired from the Fei company and we were called on a mission to Hawaii where Bob taught astronomy and physical science and I was his assistant. I also got to teach watercolor and was the stake primary president. We served for two years there and lived in Turtle Bay resort. There is nothing so rejuvenating as the Polynesian ocean breezes. Often as the sun was setting Bob and I would walk to the ocean shore,sit under an ironwood tree and feel the gentle breeze blowing off the ocean.
We moved back to Portland for a short time and then to our home in Eagle Mountain, Utah, where today I am writing this memory of the wind that is so tied to my own memories of life and home and feelings.
Hear the Wind blow love--hear the wind blow -- down in the valley --off the ocean --up on the mountains we hear the wind blow.
Hello, I feel sorry for you.;(
The title of this post was written on a yellow Post-it and left on my desk Sunday. It wasn't signed but was written by one of my grandchildren who came to visit me.
I had surgery about 10 days ago on my feet and my feet are wrapped up and I am in a wheelchair for the next two weeks. It was such a sweet message and so tender and much appreciated by me their Nana.
I had surgery about 10 days ago on my feet and my feet are wrapped up and I am in a wheelchair for the next two weeks. It was such a sweet message and so tender and much appreciated by me their Nana.
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