Marian who lives on a ranch…has traveled, among other places, Hawaii and Alaska, always happy to return to loving family ranch NFL honors program … and good things so many of the players do for our planet Happy that Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers was awarded the Most Valuable Player for the year! Congrats to the New England Patriots for winning the Superbowl! Montana legislature is in session… …great they have a shuttle bus to take people to the Capitol :) Smiles all around for a fun visit with daughters :) Yummy garden salad and quinoa loaf Wedding reception invitation for July 4th :) Rose’s “thankful for the gift of another day”
Red Panda at Zoo Montana in Billings The farthest city from a Starbucks in the contiguous U.S. (192 mi.)…Circle, MT…No caramel macchiato here :)
Identical triplets born to a Montana family Great Falls, MT, some years ago…336 hrs. (2 weeks) continuous temperatures without going above -10 ! brrrrr
“Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.” -Winston Churchill Our little puppy Cookie basking in a sunny spot on the floor :)
Ona…so helpful Relief after hearing Stephanie’s info
Visiting with the friendly couple from Butte America :) MOVE program with the V.A. – great!
How very nice to receive handwritten thank you cards :) GPa meeting his friend Jim who had moved back…such a nice man Spreading good will while running seven errands today… …received much more in return :) Super helpful young man at Nature Grocers…reminded us of our gson Scott Thanks to Eric, Mgr., at Albertson’s… …gave us two free meals for our comments :) Arrived home smiling and energized! :) “The grass isn’t greener on the other side. It’s greener when you water it.” -Science of Mind magazine
Changed plans Icy fog with slippery roads, limited vision, single digit temps …but gotta say, the frost on everything is really beautiful! Waited until all cleared to run errands Afternoon brought sunny skies and mostly dry roads :) Grocery store really busy in the afternoon..we usually go early morning when it’s quiet Happy to see our daughters in the store…one said to the other, “Look! the parents” LOL GPa (vision impaired) telling me how to put fluid in the power steering…am learning a lot about things I never thought about or had a clue Handicap placard
A foggy day Beautiful frost on the trees, each pine needle coated Amanda, talented in many ways… …singing, dancing, writing… …her drabble storytelling Her hugs which are warm and long…enough to last until the next time Her greatgrandmother (Amanda) who is 97 and a lovely soul Grateful for my two awesome granddaughters who will continue to make this planet a better place The privilege of growing older :)
Happy Birthday to gson David :)
Girl Scout cookies
Grateful for Luann’s helpfulness
GPa’s fresh, warm, caramel cinnamon rolls…yum:)
NFL
Green Bay won today…our smiley faces are curved up:)
Breathless anticipation for next week’s big challenge
Always marvel at how those h u g e (some 300#+) football players run as fast and seemingly easy as they do…wow!
Life is not about surviving the storm. It’s learning how to dance in the rain.
Renaissance Man (movie)
Military
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Teachers
Lessons learned
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
…and, of course….”This above all: to thine ownself be true,”…..
We’re all mature until someone pulls out the bubble wrap :) Took the Christmas tree down yesterday… …combined 3 large boxes into 2, hooray for purging! Oh, and had to take the tree down…noticed all of the Valentines!! products in the store while I still had our Christmas tree up :) More snow and Gpa shoveling A retirement perk for January…not having to go anywhere until Thursday :) Remembering Linda and her coy dog (part coyote) Barbara’s Roku An adorable miniature Yorkie who grabs at your heartstrings..sooo teeny :)
An abundantly blessed 2015 for each of you! Beginnings 2015 Calendars Goodness Treasured photographs Being okay with minus zero temps Trisha Yearwood’s stories at the beginning of each family recipe Double yoke eggs Barbara and her beloved pets Time
Merry Christmas! Must share this true story about our Christmas Eve: It was snowing for a beautiful white Christmas. Our tree was glowing and the fireplace looking warm and nice…all cozy, we were all ready for our family to arrive. About 5 min. before they arrived…POW! the power went out! GPa saved the Eve by getting a coleman lantern from our camping equipment so that we had some light. We all made the best of things for about 1 1/2 hrs. and remarked how great it was that we weren’t cold even tho the furnace was out as well. When the power came back on, it was heavenly!! Had a marvelous and fun gathering with lots of laughs the rest of the night!! There were 5,000 homes without power….the lineman who went to repair and rescue everyone found a deer on top of the power pole lines!! He said he wasn’t certain if the deer had been trying to find his kin, Rudolph….now wait!…hold on…this IS actually a true story… but the lineman said it appeared as though an eagle had picked up the deer and then dropped it…on top of the power pole lines. He said this was a first for him….but that it happened on Christmas Eve was awesome. Blessings to each of you and your precious families this holiday season!
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