I'm Hooked

I am embarrassed to say it but yes, I am hooked on "The Office". It is dumb, mindless, inane, and well just plain stupid, but.....I can't stop watching. I need help.

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Looking Forward

With the events of this past week; losing our dear Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley and today hearing the announcement of our new Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson and his counselors, Presidents Eyring and Uchdorf, I have reflected on the joy of the gospel. Most of the joys I cherish most can be traced to this beautiful building, the Mesa Arizona Temple. Today as I drove home from work it was pouring rain. As I traveled east on 1st Ave. I looked up and saw the Temple illuminated in front by the setting sun, the dark clouds behind it and a beautiful rainbow to it's side. What image could better embody the future. Though dark clouds surround our lives we can hold them at bay and look to the future with peace and joy as we follow our Heavenly Fathers plan. I look forward to the future with optimism and great expectations for the wonderful things to come.

End of an era

Something very sad has occurred in my fair town. This restaurant, My Matta's, has decided to close down. This restaurant is where we celebrated reunions as a family. My mom and I ate here many a night. And my favorite; this is the restaurant Richard took me to on our first date. I am not the only person mourning it's loss. This can be called "The Place" for the LDS people here. Matta's is where you went after you received your first temple endowments and then where you went for dinner after an evening session. It is a landmark that I will greatly miss.

Christmas in January????

I have had the letters to do this Christmas project for no less than 5, yes FIVE, years! This January I was able to buy more wrapping paper and found some that I thought would be great on the letters for the look I wanted. So.....here is the finished product. I can't wait to display them on the mantle with some greenery. They turned out just as I hoped they would. I have also seen these with ribbons and they hang off of a shelf. Cool huh?On a side note, I have this theory about Christmas wrapping paper that apparently after talking to Dana I have passed on to her. I have a container for my paper. I can only have enough Christmas wrap that will fit in the container. So....I was ecstatic this year when I had BIG presents to wrap. Yes...you guessed it. It meant I could buy more paper. I love Christmas Wrap!!!. And yes, Richard thinks I am nuts, though he does enjoy the colorful event.

Dinner with the girls

Every few months my friend Shauna comes into town from Salt Lake. When she does she'll call me and we set a date for a date. Then...I start calling our friends. All I say is "Shauna is in town". They reply "Oh, what day and time". It's kind of like setting up a drug deal. We always go to dinner at Charlestons and always have a great time. This time I decided to take pictures of those that came (it varies). On a sad note, one of the reasons I wanted to blog this event was because we have lost a dear friend since the last dinner, Elaine Keber. We thought of her and missed her during our time together. Friends are hard to find, good friends even harder. These wonderful women I am privileged to call my good friends. I love them all!Denise, Pat, Betty and Caprice

Lynn, Shauna, Donna and Karen

With these happy faces who wouldn't want to call them friend.

Gifts from the HEART

Here are a couple of Christmas gifts we received that now grace the walls of our home. I love gifts from the heart and that is what both of these are.Natalie made this mirror with the cool A on it for Allen of course! It hangs in the living room right by the front door. Now I can check my hair when I leave the house. It looks great.

Dana made this changeable connected hanging snapshot display frame. I can just change the photos when the mood strikes. The magnets have fun sayings like SASSY (on Anna), PRECIOUS, MY ANGEL and SECRETS. It will be fun to update these as new pictures arrive.

Back in the saddle again!

Confession: I have sinned....It has been 23 days since my last posting. In my behalf, the cord that hooks from the computer to the camera was misplaced. I have been frantically trying to hook up the wrong cord thinking I just couldn't get it right. Then...tonight, finally. I call Natalie, "Did you take my cord?", "No", well then it must have been Dana. I call Dana, "Did you take my cord?", "Well, maybe, I probably did" then....I come back in the family room and there it is on my camera! Yes, it was Tyler (I had already asked him earlier), he found it in his room. So I am on a roll again. I will try to do better.