I just want to share some thoughts. Several things hit all at once several days ago-not huge, but frustrating and difficult in some cases to deal with. Torri and Sabrina both had cars break down, and trying to get Trent to work and both families of kids to school was a challenge, and then with Torri's house there were some glitches (mostly a lien on the property they didn't know about) that made for a scary couple of days, as the lender wanted all the stuff in and rate set just a few days from then. I just want you all to know there is an angel among us who went above and beyond to help resolve that issue. Trent was able to get their car fixed, and Sabrina (the angel!) drove to Barstow, then to Bakersfield, back to Barstow and then back to Ridgecrest to get the lien issue resolved. The next day she had to drive her Mom to a doctor appointment in Lancaster. This stress kicked the anxiety in again for a couple of days, which made us sad, but I know Torri and Scott and I surely did appreciate her efforts!

Moments

What was the happiest moment of your life?
Like Brina, I can't pin it down to one. When I was married, and when each child was born, and going to the temple for the first time with each one, and looking forward to the temple time for the last one. Also going to their weddings, and adding their spouses to my life.


What was the saddest moment of your life?
Again, can't do just one. The first was when Bill went off to Basic Training-we had been married a year. The second was the miscarriage of my first pregnancy. The third was when it finally hit, while standing in the doorway of my bedroom, that Bill wasn't coming home any more.

What was the scariest moment of your life?
When Bill had the seizure and they called code blue, and then when I realized, before they called it, that he wasn't coming back.

What was the most embrassing moment in your life?
There are a couple of things I still remember, but my lips are sealed!

What was the most exciting moment of your life?
Still can't narrow to one. There was the time after Basic, when I was supposed to drive to Oklahoma alone, and meet Bill there, when he suddenly showed up at the front door. That was about the best surprise ever. I think another (6) was the day each of my sons came home from their missions. Well, there's a few days until the last one!! There are a lot of others, like moving into our own house, getting good news like getting a specific job for Bill or for me....

Crazy Eights!

Crazy Eights!

8 Things I am passionate about:
1. The Gospel
2. My family
3. People being nice to each other
4. Reading
5. Sewing-
6. and all related - quilting, fabric crafts
7-8. Memory preserving- photos, scrapbooking, digitizing slides etc.

8 words or phrases I use often:
1. Okay
2. Sirus!
3. May I help you? (work)
4. Sirus!
5. I can't remember.
6. No Logan
7. Sure, I can do that
8. I can't remember

8 things I want to do before I die/on my wish list:
1-4. Finish all my projects
5. Visit all my relatives
6. See my last two sons married
7. Live long enough to see all my grandchildren born.
8. Keep all my marble!

8 things I've learned in the past:
1. Friends are eternal too! good one-I'll keep it
2. You need time for yourself. It is okay to take it! -Keep this one also.
3. Having children is the greatest blessing one can have. (I kept this one from my friend's she put it so well!) Again, I agree
4. Everything can change in a flash!!!
5. I really do love studying the scriptures.
6. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks-live where (mentally and emotionally) you are happy and comfortable. Bloom where you are planted
7. Keep in touch with family, they will be your comfort and support forever. Amen to that one too.
8. There is no greater comfort at any kind of loss (including the loss of the spouse) than an Eternal marriage and eternal companion.

8 things I currently want or need:
1. My bathroom finished
2. My kitchen remodeled
3. my photo projects caught up
4. to go to the temple more often
5. A remarkable treatment for Huntington's disease--a cure even better
6. Same for fibromyalgia
7. "Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most." - want it back
8. I forgot the other one.

8 Places I want to see/visit:
1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. Australia
4. Back to Germany
5. Back to England
6. More temples
7. Nauvoo
8. Back to Adam Ondi Ahman

8 favorite restaurants:
I rarely go out, and it is usually when I am visiting other people
1. Buca Di Beppo- have gone with Tyson and Stacey-I love the bruschetta
2. Cheesecake Factory- went with my sister
3. A little tea house in Lincoln by Sacramento -can't remember the name but had a real English tea (meal) and it was yummy
4. Outback
5. Victoria's here in Ridgecrest
6. Black Angus
7.
8.

8 TV shows I can't live without:
none. (are some I like, and watch, but I haven't any I get upset about missing.) - unless you
count general conference. I have been know to cry when it was supposed to be broadcast on channel 3 and then wasn't on - especially before we had internet to watch on.

8 things that happened yesterday: (Saturday)
1. Helped Torri paint a castle entrance for Victoria's party.
2. Cleaned up the house for Victoria's birthday party.
3. Victoria's birthday party.
4. Torri's car got looked at but not fixed.
5. Trent and Brina's car got worked on but not fixed
6. Tried to figure out what to do about the newly discovered lien on Torri's and Scott's property,
which was holding up the closing of escrow, which is scheduled for Thursday.
7. Went to Walmart in the morning with Torri for Victoria's birthday presents
8. Finally read my scriptures for Sunday School today.

8 things I look forward to:
1. Tevan coming home
2. Seeing Bill again
3. Christmas
4. Millenium- no more wickedness, persecutions, money trials...!
5. Bedtime on exhausting days
6. Sundays
7. the music at church
8. A time with no more pain-physical and emotional

8 things I love about the fall:
1. the smells
2. cooler weather
3. Thanksgiving
4. Baking and eating rolls
5. Cooler weather
6. Cozy feelings
7. Did I mention cooler weather
8. Pumpkin Bread - I'll agree with this one

8 things I need to work on!
1. Being more Christlike.
2. Being more organized.
3. Being more calm.
4. Being more aware.
5. getting back to a better schedule for scripture study.
6. More self discipline for things like getting to bed on time,
7. eating on a better schedule,
8. putting the book down when I should be doing something else!

broken bathroom

So--now I have a "broken" bathroom. With a leak into the hallway, and damaged wall, I decided that since I wanted to gut and redo the front bathroom in the spring, I would have to up the timetable and do the work now. So the process begins. Thought I would document with a few photos. Here is phase 1 beginning.

Twilight character

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Guess I joined everyone else!

1. I have lived in 5 states (Utah 3x, Nevada, Wisconsin, Oklahoma 2x, California 2x), and one foreign country (Germany)

2. I used to have a fear of fluttery things - moths and birds especially, butterflies are mostly okay. Now I just have a moderate nervousness about them in close proximity.

3. I love to learn to do new things--particularly in the arts, crafts and sewing area. As a result I have about a zillion projects that aren't finished. Something new comes along before I finish the last one! Now I mostly just get in the mood for one type of project, and after a while move on to another. But some things actually do get finished.

4. I love rainy days in the desert-love the smell, sunrises, sunsets and the smell of pine forests.

5. I have a really hard time when any of my family is struggling with something. I just worry lots.

6. My first major in college was Home Economics-that was at UCD. When I transferred to BYU I went from the general Home Ec. to Clothing and Textiles, which was my first love anyway.

7. I really liked math in high school, and did well, up through algebra II (advanced algebra. Then we had Trigonometry, and suddenly nothing made sense to me anymore, and that was the end of my math. I took statistics in college for my math requirement. That was okay.