Simple Truths

This morning, Rick had a funny look on his face and he said, "your body is changing". Of course, I know what he means, but just to confirm, I ask him, how so? It's at this moment, he catches himself and realizes if he speaks any words, he'll probably be telling a lie. Now he can't answer my question, so he tries to change the subject. If I knew what he meant to begin with, why do I put him in that position? I use to think I did that to teach him to not share every thought that crosses his mind. Instead, I just need to enjoy him as he is, honest in thought and free to speak it. I'll choose that today. So instead of getting my feelings hurt, we both just laughed.

Random Thoughts

I spent last week working in SFO and got some time in to visit with Mom, Shirley, Fran and Chris. Normally when I'm away, Rick shops on the computer, which could be dangerous. This week when I came home, I was pleasantly surprised with the new helmet he found for Ute Bear. The University of Utah football season is in full swing and the snuggle bears are having a blast.
Sara left today for Nashville Tn for their annual conference. Michelle is going through a difficult time as a school counselor, helping the kids travel through the road of grief with the loss of a classmate. I can remember going to my friend's funeral in grade school and it doesn't seem real for a long time. Life is precious and as John Maxwell writes, Every Day Matters. So make today count and make your life count.

Neighbor

We have always been lucky to be blessed with nice neighbors. One of our neighbors has bone cancer. He's had brain cancer and several other kinds and believes that he gets cancer every time he needs to forgive someone. He was deteriorating rapidly, and hospice set up a hospital bed for him in their family room. His skin tone was gray and he wasn't doing well at all. Then he started taking all kinds of minerals and now he's up and around, functioning like a picture of health. He even went out with Rick the other day to visit a friend. I bring this up because I can't believe the transformation in the person I saw two weeks ago vs. last week. I don't know the number of his days, but he looks like a different person. Every day is precious and every day is a gift.

Happy Third Anniversary to Steve and Shannon -tomorrow

INSTALLING A HUSBAND
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as · Romance 9.5 and · Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as · NBA 5.0, · NFL 3.0<> and · Golf Clubs 4.1.Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.· Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed, Desperate.

DEAR DESPERATE,

First, keep in mind, · Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while · Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html, try to download Tears 6.2, and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If those applications work as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta. Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program. This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0< /U>.In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck! Tech Support
I thought this was funny, but lucky for you, Husband 1.0 has been upgraded to 3.0! Happy Anniversary!

FISH !

My mother always taught me that you should eat fish in any month ending in R. I love September! Today, I got some Fresh Dungenes Crab, Fresh Shimp and Salmon! At least, that's when it's in season. There's nothing like crab, dipped in butter with fresh sourdough! Of course that will have to wait until Tuesday when I take my annual blood test with the follow up lecture on cholesterol.

Walk/Ride and Misc

This is what you do when each person prefers a different exercise. I like to walk and Rick enjoys his bike. This morning we walked/rode up City Creek Canyon. Fall is coming and the mornings are cooler and we want to get in every chance of getting outside and enjoying the beautiful outdoors before the deep chill sets in. They have signs to beware of bears - but we didn't see any - we didn't bring any either :) On our hike a few weeks ago up Millcreek Canyon, we ran into a moose grazing. I told him we'd stay on our trail if he'd stay on his.

Rick went to the University of Utah football game yesterday. Shirley, I think you spoiled him taking him to Stanford's new stadium. He said he was squished and this place could use some garlic fries! He enjoyed the game anyway.

Poor Fran and Shirley have been battling a skunk. Actually, it was Jazz the dog doing the battling. Nick and Sara have racoons coming through their yard terrorizing the cats in the neighborhood. Nick set a trap and he's caught at least 7 or 8 - I've actually lost count. They know there's another mom and baby out there still. He catches them in a cage, then takes them up Millcreek canyon and lets them go. Those animals are mean!

My friend Michelle is walking 60 miles this weekend in the bay area to raise money to cure Breast Cancer. Go Michelle! You're my hero! It's 20 miles a day for 3 days. Ouch my feet hurt just thinking about that.

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Birthday Dan!

With Anne's and Dan's Birthday this week, I tried Debbie's Berry Cobbler. Oh, that was good. Of course my husband says I didn't use a checkered basket for decoration and my berries weren't as good because they were frozen, but he enjoyed the ice cream. Oh well.... Enjoy your special day Dan and we should be in Vegas celebrating!

Happy Birthday Anne!

If anyone would know the true meaning of a birth day, that would be Anne. After 4 children and a new one on the way, it's the Moms that should be honored on anyone's Birthday! I hope your Birthday was great, and good job Cathy!