I went to take a few items out to the recycling barrel. When I opened the door I noticed out of the corner of my eye something jet across the yard to the shed. Hmm I wonder what that was? Put my things in the trash and turned around to face the shed and came eye to eye with a stupid SQUIRREL!
Why do these animals keep invading my home???
I madly had skip corner the squirrel and set the trap with peanut butter. Please pray for the Foxcroft family that we will capture the dumb little creature before it does damage!
Does anyone know about squirrels? Do you think it is at all possible that it is the one that we drove miles and miles away to set free? Seriously what are the odds?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Happy Birthday Grandma Nielsen!
This is my grandma Nielsen. Isn't she beautiful! This is my only living grandparent I have left. She just turned 94 on Friday. Can you believe that? Her mind is as sharp as a whip. She can remember things from long ago which always amazes me! My dear Aunt Connie sent me this picture of her with her cake. I was so happy to get it! I can't get the picture to upload for whatever reason...I will keep trying! You will just have to imagine her beauty!
My grandma means the world to me. I have always felt close to her. She was always loving and kind to me. She let me stay with her as a child when my parents went away. She fixed the best foods! She makes the best candies! We used to have family parties with all the cousins and sit around and watch old movies of our parents when they were young. I loved spending time with the cousins...playing in the barn...milking cows...gathering eggs with grandpa. Grandpa and Grandma would take us up to the ranch and we would spend many hours exploring the ranch, swinging in the metal bed swing. Grandma would sit in her trailer with us and play spoons. I had a great childhood with many fond memories! Grandma always throws a New Years party every year. There is always great food, games, puzzles, visiting with everyone. It is a tradition! While I haven't been able to go very much, the times I go I love it and amazed that grandma always stays up for the new year too!
A few years back...in fact 7 years ago March 14th...my grandpa passed away. I can't believe it has been so long. My grandparents had a great relationship. My grandma lived to served him. She took care of him in every way. I don't ever recall them EVER being angry with each other. They may have, as I know most couples do, but I don't remember it. I remember him loving her....wanting to hold her hand always. Grandma had a hard time when he passed. Didn't much want to carry on without him. His picture sits right on her dresser and she wakes up every morning to him looking at her. She tells him she loves him and misses him. At that time I decided to try to help her with her lonliness and write her a letter every week. I did it really well for over a year....then I am ashamed to say I let "life" get in the way and stopped. I vowed once my grandpa died that I would never let there be any question how I felt about my grandparents. I had a hard time dealing with grandpa and my papa and grandma cowley passing away. I still miss them more than anything. I think about them alot. So I didn't want there to be any doubt in my grandma's mind how I felt about her. I hope that I expressed to her how much I love her...how much I am thankful for how she helped me growing up.
I adore her and love visiting with her when I can. She is so funny as she gets older. I am purely entertained every time I visit her. I am thankful that she is my grandma and is still alive and kicking! I know she wants to be with my grandpa and I know that will happen sometime soon probably. But for now my Dear Sweet Grandma Nielsen....be amazed what you have accomplished in your 94 years on this earth! You are beautiful, funny, loving, caring and I hope that I am just like you when I grow up and am your age!
My grandma means the world to me. I have always felt close to her. She was always loving and kind to me. She let me stay with her as a child when my parents went away. She fixed the best foods! She makes the best candies! We used to have family parties with all the cousins and sit around and watch old movies of our parents when they were young. I loved spending time with the cousins...playing in the barn...milking cows...gathering eggs with grandpa. Grandpa and Grandma would take us up to the ranch and we would spend many hours exploring the ranch, swinging in the metal bed swing. Grandma would sit in her trailer with us and play spoons. I had a great childhood with many fond memories! Grandma always throws a New Years party every year. There is always great food, games, puzzles, visiting with everyone. It is a tradition! While I haven't been able to go very much, the times I go I love it and amazed that grandma always stays up for the new year too!
A few years back...in fact 7 years ago March 14th...my grandpa passed away. I can't believe it has been so long. My grandparents had a great relationship. My grandma lived to served him. She took care of him in every way. I don't ever recall them EVER being angry with each other. They may have, as I know most couples do, but I don't remember it. I remember him loving her....wanting to hold her hand always. Grandma had a hard time when he passed. Didn't much want to carry on without him. His picture sits right on her dresser and she wakes up every morning to him looking at her. She tells him she loves him and misses him. At that time I decided to try to help her with her lonliness and write her a letter every week. I did it really well for over a year....then I am ashamed to say I let "life" get in the way and stopped. I vowed once my grandpa died that I would never let there be any question how I felt about my grandparents. I had a hard time dealing with grandpa and my papa and grandma cowley passing away. I still miss them more than anything. I think about them alot. So I didn't want there to be any doubt in my grandma's mind how I felt about her. I hope that I expressed to her how much I love her...how much I am thankful for how she helped me growing up.
I adore her and love visiting with her when I can. She is so funny as she gets older. I am purely entertained every time I visit her. I am thankful that she is my grandma and is still alive and kicking! I know she wants to be with my grandpa and I know that will happen sometime soon probably. But for now my Dear Sweet Grandma Nielsen....be amazed what you have accomplished in your 94 years on this earth! You are beautiful, funny, loving, caring and I hope that I am just like you when I grow up and am your age!
Monday, March 1, 2010
A special kiss
I have been sitting in my room all morning feeling sorry for myself. Crying and feeling sad. Worrying and stressing about things that I really can't change. I finally got up and started working. A suggestion that my Grandma Cowley always said to me. She always told me to "Get up and work...you'll feel better". So I took her advice and started in. I decided to walk outside my front yard and eat and orange.
The weather is beautiful today. Warm sun, crisp air in the breeze. Really appreciating God's creations. I have always found beauty in simple things. Always loved looking at the sky and watching clouds, green grass on my feet. Watching ants scurry around. I was feeling happy again. I looked across the street and out walked my neighbor Beth with her mother Jean who has been very sick and basically came home to die. That was almost 3 weeks ago. I have kept in contact with her grand daughter Sarah. Asking and inquiring about her grandma. I have felt prompted many times to go over and visit with her. One time I saw her out with her daughters and got the courage to go out. I ran in to put on my shoes and came out and they had gone inside. I felt terrible that I didn't get to say anything. But what do you say to someone who knows they are about to die? What do you take the family? I have felt like I didn't know what to do. I wanted to go over but let fear keep me. Feeling somewhat satisfied that I was checking in with Sarah and that it was ok.
So today when I saw her daughters bring her out in her wheelchair I immediately walked over to her. My puffy eyes with no make up on them. Walked right over to her. I was a little taken back at what I saw. I tried to make out the Jean I knew. But she wasn't there. There was this little frail lady, with her eyes sunken in and white beautiful hair blowing in the wind. That was the part that looked like jean to me. Her hair. I asked how everyone was doing. Feeling dumb after asking that. Finally I got up the courage and took Jean's hand in mine and told her I was sorry she was sick and what a great neighbor she had been to me. She smiled. I held her hand. She closed her eyes and relished in the sun and how good it felt. I told her that I appreciated how much she had helped me many years ago. You see Jean is the lady that came running out in to the road and screamed at the top of her voice ..FIRE...FIRE....FIRE.... Our fire alarms didn't go off immediately but Rob heard someone screaming and went out to see who it was. It was my good neighbor Jean. So rob was able to come in and get us out before any damage to our family so many years ago. She smiled. I don't know how clearly she is thinking because they stopped her feeding tube a few days ago. But she smiled and said oh yes. Her daugheter started talking to me and while she was doing that Jean brought my hand to her lips and gave me one last kiss. I wanted to cry. I managed to keep it together and told beth to let me know if they needed anything at all.
I came inside and immediately cried and sobbed. Today I choose to feel sorry for myself when my life is really a great life. I have great friends having babies bringing new life to earth. That in itself is amazing. I have a family that is like no other. I can depend on them for anything. Anything at all. What great peace that is to know I have such support in my life. I have a husband who works hard to take care of our family and the most beautiful kids that bring me moments of such happiness I think I will burst. I worry about them. I love them. I am grateful for them! I have a home and abundance of things that I could ever need. I truly am blessed. I am blessed to have known such good people in my life. It is time I start acting upon all my feelings instead of pushing them down and worrying about others. It is a new chapter in my life to be old enough to be the one helping those with loved ones who are passing. I may have not known what to do but now will at least do something. I will not sit idle and worry about doing something stupid or doing the wrong thing. But have faith in knowing that just doing is what I should be doing. I love my grandma dearly and thankful for the life lessons she taught me. I am thankful to have known beth and jean. There are only 3 of us left in the neighborhood that were the original owners. They are one of them. We have good memories of running in to them at Disneyland. What are the odds of that? But we did and stopped and visited with them. I am SO glad that I listened to myself and walked right over to her today. For tomorrow may be too late. I don't want to live my life with regrets. Sometimes things just aren't about us, they are about others. Jean let me know today that somehow I touched her life. I am so appreciative of the kiss I received. Until later my good friend and neighbor.....go in peace!
The weather is beautiful today. Warm sun, crisp air in the breeze. Really appreciating God's creations. I have always found beauty in simple things. Always loved looking at the sky and watching clouds, green grass on my feet. Watching ants scurry around. I was feeling happy again. I looked across the street and out walked my neighbor Beth with her mother Jean who has been very sick and basically came home to die. That was almost 3 weeks ago. I have kept in contact with her grand daughter Sarah. Asking and inquiring about her grandma. I have felt prompted many times to go over and visit with her. One time I saw her out with her daughters and got the courage to go out. I ran in to put on my shoes and came out and they had gone inside. I felt terrible that I didn't get to say anything. But what do you say to someone who knows they are about to die? What do you take the family? I have felt like I didn't know what to do. I wanted to go over but let fear keep me. Feeling somewhat satisfied that I was checking in with Sarah and that it was ok.
So today when I saw her daughters bring her out in her wheelchair I immediately walked over to her. My puffy eyes with no make up on them. Walked right over to her. I was a little taken back at what I saw. I tried to make out the Jean I knew. But she wasn't there. There was this little frail lady, with her eyes sunken in and white beautiful hair blowing in the wind. That was the part that looked like jean to me. Her hair. I asked how everyone was doing. Feeling dumb after asking that. Finally I got up the courage and took Jean's hand in mine and told her I was sorry she was sick and what a great neighbor she had been to me. She smiled. I held her hand. She closed her eyes and relished in the sun and how good it felt. I told her that I appreciated how much she had helped me many years ago. You see Jean is the lady that came running out in to the road and screamed at the top of her voice ..FIRE...FIRE....FIRE.... Our fire alarms didn't go off immediately but Rob heard someone screaming and went out to see who it was. It was my good neighbor Jean. So rob was able to come in and get us out before any damage to our family so many years ago. She smiled. I don't know how clearly she is thinking because they stopped her feeding tube a few days ago. But she smiled and said oh yes. Her daugheter started talking to me and while she was doing that Jean brought my hand to her lips and gave me one last kiss. I wanted to cry. I managed to keep it together and told beth to let me know if they needed anything at all.
I came inside and immediately cried and sobbed. Today I choose to feel sorry for myself when my life is really a great life. I have great friends having babies bringing new life to earth. That in itself is amazing. I have a family that is like no other. I can depend on them for anything. Anything at all. What great peace that is to know I have such support in my life. I have a husband who works hard to take care of our family and the most beautiful kids that bring me moments of such happiness I think I will burst. I worry about them. I love them. I am grateful for them! I have a home and abundance of things that I could ever need. I truly am blessed. I am blessed to have known such good people in my life. It is time I start acting upon all my feelings instead of pushing them down and worrying about others. It is a new chapter in my life to be old enough to be the one helping those with loved ones who are passing. I may have not known what to do but now will at least do something. I will not sit idle and worry about doing something stupid or doing the wrong thing. But have faith in knowing that just doing is what I should be doing. I love my grandma dearly and thankful for the life lessons she taught me. I am thankful to have known beth and jean. There are only 3 of us left in the neighborhood that were the original owners. They are one of them. We have good memories of running in to them at Disneyland. What are the odds of that? But we did and stopped and visited with them. I am SO glad that I listened to myself and walked right over to her today. For tomorrow may be too late. I don't want to live my life with regrets. Sometimes things just aren't about us, they are about others. Jean let me know today that somehow I touched her life. I am so appreciative of the kiss I received. Until later my good friend and neighbor.....go in peace!
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