Cleaning up....

Today after work I spent the day just cleaning up and organizing some things. I finally got to take the bottles I didn't fill canning out to the shed. There were very few of them left, which made me feel pretty darn good! I rearranged the freezers so that I could take advantage of the price of Turkeys this week.
I should be getting ready for Chet family to be getting here next week but somehow I just can't seem to get motivated about the whole thing. Maybe because time seems to be moving SO fast. I swear November just started and here Thanksgiving is a week away...... wow where had the time gone and who was suppose to be keeping track of the clock?
Anyway this week looks as though it is going to continue moving forward with brute force, Ford has another swim meet tomorrow and Megan has to work. Chet has some out of town work that he needs to be getting done and I am just plugging away as usual. Grateful that I am able to plug away.
My body has been reminding me of late that no matter how much I say I am not getting old, it is out to prove me wrong. So, I have to say I am grateful that I still work the way I was designed. Maybe not as efficiently as I use to but I do still work!.

Swim meet

Ford Had a swim meet today at Layton Surf n Swim. Not my most favorite place to attend a meet at. All the same it was a pretty good meet and Ford beat one of his personal times. Yay Ford! Megan came and watched the meet with me as long as she could. She has a prior event she needed to attend. Her Friend was the lead in her school play which opened tonight. Ford get a little frustrated that he is not faster or better, but it will come with time. He is glad that he got on the team (with some encouragement from Megan) and is planning on continuing to swim through his senior year. I am having a great time watching him swim and improve on self!

Laaaazzyy!

Today has been nothing but a lazy day! I ran some errand, got gas in the car (so dang expensive!) Bought goggles for Ford for swim... That sort of thing. Really not worth blogging about.
I am however, so grateful for today. Being able to get out of bed and have a very full if uneventful day. Being able to walk, drive and attend to things that need to be done around the house. I have been thinking about all of the people who would give so much just to have an average day. I am truly blessed!

A very nice day!

We here at the Parker's house had a very nice day. If I sound surprised that is because for me Sunday's can be a struggle. Trying to do what I am suppose to do and not everything else that always seems to be in my face. You get the drift.
Anyway, yesterday I made a loaf of bread for a friend of Chet's but we ended up not being able to take it to her because she ended up leaving. So we got ready for church early this morning and went to take it to her today. It was very nice to meet her and get the chance to visit face to face. I had a headache that was building into a migraine and Chet's parent were coming over for dinner after we got out of church. So after meeting Chet's friend we went home so I could take more medicine and get some stuff in the oven so dinner could start. I had promised Kati I would be at church and though I really didn't feel up to going I went for Relief Society, and I am glad. Sister Sage gave a really good lesson. By the time I got home, The headache had eased a little bit so I was able to get dinner finished almost the same time that Chet's folks got here. The only thing missing from dinner was Megan, because she had to go to work. After dinner we turned on the movie Up! and enjoyed spending the evening with Chet's parents. Now my headache is trying to ebb back in, so I will take some more meds and be off to bed. What a very nice day indeed.

Whoops!

Well, there you have it! I finally missed one whole day! I didn't even think about blogging yesterday. That is horrible of me I know, but for sometimes going weeks without making any new posts I think that making it for about half of the month before completely skipping a post is pretty good. Don't you? Anyway, it was Friday the 13Th so maybe I can just blame it on that and be done.

Today we got the first real snow of the season. BOOOO! I keep thinking that I really should live someplace besides northern Utah. It is a guarantee to have snow every year, and if it is not snowing it is still cold. I keep wondering why the Lord said no when I was wanting to move someplace else.
(Deep sigh) Oh well, there is the fact that I really would miss the mountains if I ever did move, so that is one good thing I suppose.
Today was mostly uneventful, so there really isn't much to blog. I did take dinner into a gal, that lives just down the road She just had her fourth baby and finally got her a boy. :)
Oh and I baked bread all day too. I really wish the bread maker could make more than one batch of dough at a time. I did try to make some of my own dough yesterday, and I have to say that the bricks I produced were NOT what I was trying to achieve. I will try again with another recipe. Oh well live and learn right?

My Honey :)

Today is a day I celebrate more than most any other day of the year! 43 years ago Chet was born!!! I am so grateful to have him in my life to be my friend, the Father of, and example to, my kids. My lover and one constant! He lifts me up when I feel like I can't get up, and keeps me grounded when my head is floating in the clouds.

He has inspired and directed me, stayed by my side through times when, I am sure, it would have been MUCH easier to have just walked away.

Looking back over the years, I am amazed at the people we have grown into and I need to thank you, for helping me grow into a woman and mother, that I am sure I would not be, if not for your encouragement and direction!

I look forward to the continual celebration of our life together and of your life in the coming years! It has been an awesome ride and I am looking forward to the rest of it! I love you, Happy Birthday!

Mellow day......

Not to much to blog about tonight. Today was just one of those mellow, kind of winding down sort of days! I spent the afternoon putting away hoses and things that need to be out of the weather, and trimming the trees (so I don't need to worry about doing it in the spring, before it gets to warm).
I had planned on coming home and taking a nap, but I never end up taking a nap when I plan to and today was no different. But I did relax after the yard work and just hang out in the house.
Also I did make Chet some cookies for his birthday tomorrow. Now I am just doing the daily blog thing and I will be off to bed! My eyes are burning and I am so tired!