You Gotta Love It !

Where do I begin to tell you about my amazing week I just had. First I was asked to look after Janiece's family while her and Scott went on there annual Denver trip. I was happy that they asked me. Shaunie is very capable of taking care of things but she had such a heavy week, at school that Janiece thought she might need a little extra help. So let me tell you about it.
It started off on Jan 19Th at about 3:00 run Shaunie to the dentist. Go to Janiece"s and start some super. Mick & Shaylie were swimming with cousins and so Shelby helped me. I wanted to make them feel special while I was with their family. They are all so good to me. I think I was the one that was treated like a queen instead of me doing much for them. You see there is Gage (there darling little dog), that loves Grandma. Every where I went he was right behind me protecting my every move. I do like that little dog, he doesn't bark only to let us know when someone is at the door. Your own personal doorbell. Then there was Mick that is a dynamite of a boy he keeps us all laughing and watching his crazy moves. He has a lot of energy and loves his sisters to death. Shaylie has an adorable giggle and dimples to go with it. She is always happy and giggling. Now Shelby, she is one fun gal to be around, she is so sharp with her witt. She comes up with the funniest things to say. You can't help but laugh your head off when ever you are around her. They say she has a temper, but this Grandma has never seen it. She was my second hand helper. She could have done the job just fine herself but, thanks Shelby for letting Grandma be there to help you guys. Then there is Shaunie she is very into being a top student and doing her best in her F.F.A. projects and so it was like she wasn't even there. She had to stay up late and stay after school so we didn't have her around to much. She turned 16 on the 21, and it was fun to fix her a special dinner and share with her her exciting day. She would have probablly rather been with her friends but she spent her night with us and we all loved it. All though we never did get her ,her birthday spankings. I guess she is going to have to get the tickle machine for that now. We kept very busy and the time just flew by. It was thur. before we knew it. We where all anxious for Janiece's return and so we kept in touch with her all day with texting her every move. Yes you heard it right I was even texting this week I had to learn quick because that is the way the kids get in touch with you and let you know what they need. Shelby needed an asprin one day Shaunie needed some papers signed and then, come get me I'm done. I thank the Newman family for there patience with me, but I am glad I learned how and I promise I will get faster. Well just to let you know of some of the High Lights of the week. Just picture a mattress 4 feet off the floor and huge logs all around the king size bed. We just didn't want to be apart so we decided to all sleep in Mom's bed. The kids got me a stool and then still had to pull me up. I have never seen a bed so high off the floor. We laughed and giggled and then I said, we have to get some sleep. They were so good to mind and so I sneaked out of the bed and hit the couch. I have still been having some trouble with my shoulder and I get up quite a few times a night so I knew I wouldn't be able to get back in without the help of the kids. That was a fun memory. There was Shaunie coming home after winning at her comp. with F.F.A. and seeing how glad she was that she had done so well and that it was over so she could get some needed rest. Way to go Shaunie, Grandma is so proud of you! Shelby is playing Basketball for the church team and at her game she got nailed with the ball she came home with a good looking goose egg. Sorry Shelby it looked really sore but sure looked funny when it happened. At the game Shaylie I think got thinking to much about her Mom coming home and so she curled up and layed her little head on my lap and just rested during the game. Thanks Shaylie for the cuttle moment. Then there was helping Mick with his homework, wow, that brought back some old memories. Way to go Mick you are getting so smart and It doesn't matter what you do you try to do your very best. That sums up a few of my feelings about my fun week with the Newman family. All I can say is You Gotta Love It! and I did!!! I will be glad to tend for you anytime, I Love my grandkids to pieces, and I think it is so important to keep up with there activities. I pray that I can always be there for them and be able to share in there lives. Janiece You and Scott have done and are still doing a terrific job with your family. Keep up the good work!!!

SNAP what has happened ?

I have not been myself for a few days, I have had some trouble with my shoulder. I tore my rotators muscle and so it has caused my arm to go numb and terrific pain. I think that is so crazy how it happened. I have been swim walking and using my arms like I am swimming. Then next morning I got up getting ready for work reached up to work on my hair and snap something happened. It seemed to get worse as the day went on. I couldn't even move my arm for two days and had to miss work. You know it is bad for me to miss work. I try to go no matter what. So I finally decided I had to take some action because it wasn't getting better on it's own. So I called the chiropractor and got an app. If they couldn't help then I will go to the medical Dr. next. My app. was at 3:00 Friday afternoon and then we were going to meet up with Bobby and Lisa to hit a movie. Well I headed down to Brigham by myself and was at 1100 S. exit. That is the worst, for getting on the road for the cars getting on the freeway. I was waiting my turn giving myself plenty enough room in front of me from the car ahead of me. I could see in my rear view mirror I could see a huge semi truck not slowing down very quickly. Easing off the brake I moved forward a bit, and snap it happened. He hit the back end of my car. Wow!!! I was just hit by a semi. I couldn't believe it. I pulled over and so did he. We got out of the car and he asked if I was all right? I said I guess, but what was you think? Why didn't you stop. He said his brake would not lock up as good as it should. Was that an excuse I had never heard of such a thing. He just wasn't paying attention. I could see that it hadn't done a lot of damage to my outfit. But it was my new car and I would have to get it fixed. I called the 911 and told them to send someone out. I think I told the operator that it was north bound instead of south bound. Oh well I was in sock right? He proceeded to tell me that he would loose his job if we had to report this. Could we just settle it with some money? He was offering me 500.00 then 1,00.00 did he have something to hide? I thought I better ask the officer what to do. As it turned out I never made it to my app. and I was still in pain. I settled up with the truck driver and He ended up not giving me any where near what he told me at first. I was just grateful that we had not gotten hurt. I don't know how much it will cost to get my car fixed but I will deal with this another day. I met up with my date and we ended up going to the movie. It was not the best for language but the story was good. I wish we could have movie makers realize that they don't have to talk that way to get the point across. I was able to get to the Chiropractor the next morning and I think he helped me quite a bit. We will see how the next few days go. I hate that I am falling apart. I am not looking forward to the next snap. I wanted to get a pic of the dent in the bumper to show you all how very lucky I was, it could have been terrible. To think that I had been hit by a semi. WOW!!!! Thank you Heavenly Father for watching over me..

Wild Wednesday !!!!

Well today is wed. and I have to admit that it is a little wild. I go to work, pick up Abbie, then go pick up the kids at school because it is early out on wed. Then rush home for an after school snack. Back in to town to take Burkley to her singing lessons and then run them all home afterwards. it is now 4:30 and Jim pulled in right after I did. I know the first thing he is going to say is whats for dinner? I feel like I haven't even thought about supper. Oh the life of a Grandma, ( you gotta love it-amd I do) wouldn't have it any other way. Any time I get to spend with the grandkids is time well spent in my book. So what is for supper? Any ideas? I work with food all day and I hate to come home and try to think up what to make. If somebody just had it all there I would make it. I think my brain is tired.

Fun Day with the girls

Today was a fun day with my sisters and a few friends. We had talked about getting together to play games once in a while. We grew up loving to play all kinds of games and Laughing and enjoying being together. Trying to bring back childhood memories. It was my turn to have them at my home so we each invited a quest and that made 6. We are playing a game called (hand and foot). It is a fairly easy game after you learn the rules and it really keeps you on your toes to make sure you don't mess up. I tried to fix a nutritious snack and it all turned out to be a blast. The only bad thing was that the time went by to fast. So I say lets do it again. So Thanks girls for a fun after noon. Dawn, Rosie Yoder, D-Ann, Sara, Janiece, and me. What a lot of fun!!!!

The end of a season

Today was bitter sweet.....
I was released from my church calling today and it was a bit emotional. I didn't think I would feel so bad about leaving, but it is hard to not be in the loop. I feel like I have lost a best friend. I know that change is good and defenitly was time for a change and we all agreed. But when it came down to really being done it hurt. I do love those sisters. I have grown to love the ladies that I worked with and appreciate the friendships that we made with each other. I have served in the Relief Society for quite a few years, first I was a teacher for three years and then in the presidency. I will get over this but I truely feel bad that it has ended. I loved to go visit the sisters in the ward and felt that we didn't get enough of that in. It will be an awesome new presidency, and I will have to serve somewhere else. I am grateful for the opportunity that I have had and thank all those who helped us in our calling. So to Melanie, Mailee, and Lisa, I Love you guys to pieces and thank you for your love and acceptness to me. I'm going to miss ya......

Happy Birthday Mick

Happy Birthday to you mick!!!!!
It is a special day for you and I think you are growing up to be such a speial young man. You are so smart and spiritual too. You give such awesome prayers and I appreciate your example to your family in helping us all remember to say our prayers every day. Thank you for picking us for your family we are so blessed to have you with us.
This pic was a couple years ago but I love it. It makes me proud that you wanted to have such a special picture hanging in your room. I hope you will always stay just as special as you are today.
Being 8 is out of this wolrd! You are going to be put to some big tests now, and you will have to learn to CHOOSE THE RIGHT. I hope that the Holy Ghost will help you make some wise choices. Good Luck through out your years to come and please remember that Grandma and Grandpa Loves you to the moon and back. If I could sing I woudl sing you the birthday song, but I will spare you the torement. Happy Birthday my little man, my awesome wrestler, my biggest tease ever and to the worlds best hugger. You are the BEST!

JAMIE SUE MOM LOVES YOU

I just got back from witnessing an angel doing her tricks. W have our mother Bonnie in the nursing home, and it is very depressing to say the least for her. she tries to tolerate it but gets down so easy. Jamie had made arrangements with the hair dresser at the place to see if she could use the shop to do grandma's hair. The lady said sure so Jamie told grandma lets go do your hair. She was delighted. I showed up just as they were going in the shop and so I helped a little get her figure out how to get the job done. We had to put her in her wheel chair and hol the chair by hand while she washed it. You should of heard her oww and aww ( that feels so good Jamie you have magic fingers) is what she said. It just made me so proud of Jamie to take time out of her busy life and give to her grandma. A great Big THANK YOU to you Jamie. She also goes every thursday night and helps grandma get ready for bed. I think grandma could do it by herself but she loves the company. So this is my little angel for the day. I Love you Jamie and am so proud of you I pray for you everyday and want the very best for you, you desever to be treated like a queen, because you truely are one.

I wanted to talk about the pic this was taken in N.Y. when we went there in Aug. of 2008 with Jamie's son Isaac's baseball team. We were shopping in cooperstown and found a Keybank so I had to take her pic to remind the girls that she works with, that she was thinking about them. (not) Any way. she is a bank teller and every where I go I get good reports of what a great job you are doing. They love you at the bank and we are so proud of you too. Keep up the good work and remember we LOVE YOU TONS!!

I guess this day is dedicated to my oldest and adorable daughter JAMIE...............

My oldest cutey

The water is great

Well I made it this morning to the pool. It was so great, it felt good to get moving and when you are in the water you feel like you aren't as big as you really are. I walk most of the time because I can't swim, and I use my arms like I am swimming so I think it was a good work out. I went to watch Burkley play basketball and then to watch Kaden too. I wish they weren't at the same time. So I only got 1/2 of one and 1/2 of the other. They are so awesome to watch. Oh I'm talking about my grandkids they all do such a good job at what ever they are doing. I love to see the hustle in them. Way to go kids, your Grandma Loves you TONS!!!

T.G.I.F.

Thank goodness it's friday. It has been a rough week getting back to the work force after having 18 days vacation. I think I am getting old. I need to get some rest. No pic's today we need to call the computer man and get a few repairs. Went to Logan after work and needed to pick up a few things at Wally World. I hate that place it is always so croweded and you can't even think about what you needed. I don't know where all the people come from. We took Abbie and Isaac with us Grandpa took Isaac and I kept Abbie. I had a perfect little angel, she puts up with alot for having to hang around grandma. Well I waited in line to drop Jim Rx off at the drop off, then had to kill 20 min. so we checked out the 75% off christmas stuff. wasn't in the mood to get christmas just got all mine put away and hardly had room for all I had which wasn't much. Then go back to the line to wait to pick up. I swear you pay for things more with your time that you have to put in. Come home fix dinner and was going to go swim walking with Janiece. It got to be an hour after I was supposed to be there, and I decided to bag it. There I go making excuses for not getting in my exercise. I guess you could say I am feeling like I have no time for myself. I have got to make some changes somewhere. I think I am a little grumpy so hope tomorrow is a better day......

Memories of my mom

This is a picture of my dear sweet little MOM. She passed away in July of this year and I miss her alot. I guess I should say she has been gone for quite a few years. She had alzhimers, so The real Mom wasn't there. But we were so very lucky that she was so pleasant and kind up to the very end. Even though she couldn't remember 2 seconds after she told us somthing. She could tell us stories about her past when she was a little girl. This picture was taken in the Bear River Valley Nursing Home she spent her last years at this home. We are so grateful that she was able to return home to her Heavenly Father, and be with the Loved ones that have gone before her. Mom loved the color purple. As you can see she is wearing purple. It was fun to buy her things while she was in the home. Her last Christmas we got her a little tree and I found purple decorations and she loved it. She used to do her own shopping and so it was like we had a chance to to her mom in return for all she had done for us. Mom was a frugal person and never wanted to waste anything, if she couldn't eat all her food she would take it wrapped in a napkin and take it back to her room. She was quick with her witt and everyone loved to be around her. Her hands were always busy she kept crocheting up to the very end. Sometimes we weren't sure what she was making but she always wanted to give you somthing and if she gave us what she had been crocheting we would just take it home un do it and bring the yarn back to her in a few days. Sorry mom, but it was good therapy for your hands to stay busy. I Loved my MOM to pieces and was so proud of the example she had showed me through out her life. Many people have told me of the many acts of kindness that she had done for them through out her life. (Mom I want to grow up and be just like you) Love you Tons- miss you and yet so glad you are where you are now. FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!!!

Hi there to all you blogger's and blogg looker's I have been at this for two days and can't believe how it gets into your system. I couldn't wait to get home to get my next day written about. Is this called addiction. I don't think I am that bad yet. I did a great thing yesterday, Jim wanted to clean up some snow out side, so I couldn't see him doing all that shoveling. He had the axe and broke up the ice and I shoveled the ice on to the lawn. Dumb thing to do when you don't do stuff like that every day it really hurts the next day. So I am paying for my actions. I was only trying to help Jim. What a nice wife I am. Look out Jim, I might be a bear tonight. I hate to be in pain. I enjoy watching Oprah and she has confessed that she fell off the wagon. Gained a bunch of weight and now she is going to get busy and get working on this problem. Well I am hear to tell you I fell off the wagon and I hate the way I feel. I need to get busy and get back on the exercise schedule. I know I feel alot better when I do this so I am going to try to get more exercixe, eat more healthier, and don't make any more candy. Those carmels at Christmas became addicting. Sugar is my weakness. I have joined a group of people that are calling it the biggest loosers we are going to work on it until memorial day. We just weighed in and then we will weigh at the end to see who gets the pot. I don't think I will have a chance because I can't loose weigt very good, but at least I have somthing to keep me thinking about it. So good luck to all you loosers. I hope we all get in better shape.
Hey did you know where Nacho Cheese came from? A Spanish guy went into a Blackmans Cafe, and ordered some chips and cheese. He then went running out. I Black man went running to the door to catch him, yelled at the Mexican and said thats Nacho Cheese - Thats Nacho Cheese. So that is where Nacho Cheese came from. Ha Ha Thanks Jim for the joke. Luv ya

Thanks for the encouragement, I guess I will keep trying. I don't know how to put pic's on yet so that will have to be another day. I think this will be good for my journaling so if it is boring to you of well, it's for my posterity. When I get old and die they can read my blogg. Today at work we had a crazy day I thought everything was going okay and one of the ladies come to me and say what am I going to do the chicken isn't done and the oven shut off by itself so I said just be calm we can hurry and get it up to temp. by putting it in another oven. turn it up so it can hurry. I am so glad that I try to stay calm when things come up like that. It turned out okay, it is always a worry when you are in charge of food. The temps are so important. Then we had one of the ladies get a call from her daughter that she needed her to come quick. When it is a grandchild that is # 1 in my book so she needs the next 2 days off. Good luck Carole I hope everything turns out okay for Lucas, he will be in our prayers. I already had one other lady needing a day off and so we need subs. This is a good job but not to easy to get on full time. The district has made it so no one could get any more than 4 hours and that isn't as appealing as full time. But if anyone needs part time let me know I am in need of subs. So hears to the next two days of work with dealing with subs.

Coombs'Cartoons

This is going to be funny just like a cartoon. I am trying to show off my talents. Which you will soon see how much I have, just remember if you want a laugh just blog on to me and you can get a good chuckle!

I am a wife, a mother, a sister and a great Grandma! I have 4 great kids and I have 11 grandkids with one more on the way in April. I have been married to one guy for 40 years, can you believe it? I married young so It has gone by fast. I married Jim in 1969 and we have had alot of fun in those 40 years. I don't want to go through all the fun but. just so you know I have been married to a guy that absolutely LOVES his job so I have had to be very patient with his first love. I think you get the drift. It is especially fun in the winter when he has to be on call 24 -7 when it snows he goes. I am very proud of his dedication to his work and caring for the public. He tries so hard to keep the roads safe. I think I will keep him for another 40. who knows maybe we will go on a trip or cruise when he retires so I will have something to really write about.
I am a lunch lady at the Bear River Middle School. I have been this for 24 years and I love it. I have been able to have a job that gives me alot of time off and the whole summer to be able to go watch my grandkids preform in there talents. I have worked up to being the unit manager for the school and it is quite a bit of responsibity. I guess it isn't so bad, I at least get to tell the ladies what to do and oh yes, I do like to boss people around. Is this a talent?
I have had a great desire to learn more on the computer and I fell very unsure of myself so I keep asking my daughter to help give me lessons and she just says to just try different things and you will figure it out. I am very scared to do this so it is going to be hard.
I have been serving in the Relief Society as the 1st councillor in the presidency. I love it but I have been in there for 3 years and I think we are going to get a change real soon. Jim is a sunday school teacher and he is doing a great job the kids really like him. He always has treats for them and that always helps them like you better. (What ever it takes)
We as a family are trying to have family Home evening every week at our home and have all the kids come to it. It is amazing how much the kids love it. I am so proud of my grandkids and there testimonies. I can honestly say that this has helps us as grandparents to increase our testimonies also. I love having a project going on if it isn't tearing a wall down it might be tearing a set of cupboards out I think my ideas are great! Jim doesn't always agree until we are done then he likes them.
Well this is a story that is never ending so I will try to create this and see what happens. Like I said hang on for a crazy ride!!