Cool sayings:
You can't be bored unless you're boring. Don't use the B word.
This is a first world problem.
Getting old ain't for sissies.
Beauty is as beauty does.
Inch by Inch everything is a cinch. Inch it.
Can't never did.
Wishing I Knew Then...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Friday, April 20, 2012
German Pancakes!
Wish I knew earlier about German Pancakes. My good friend Kathy McKeon made them all of the time. They are so easy, fast and fun. I should have made them more for my kids when they were young.
1 stick butter (I only use 1/2 stick)
1 c. milk
6 eggs
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
6 eggs
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
Melt butter in a 9×13 pan while oven preheats. Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a blender, mix eggs and milk; add flour and salt and blend again. Pour mixture into pan with melted butter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes at 425 degrees. (This will rise, but will not run over pan.) Cut in squares.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Let Me Sail, Let Me Sail, Let Me Crash Upon Your Shore!
Friday, March 16, 2012
We can sail... sail away...
1963 in Danville, California -- that is the year and site of the first of many embarkations to circumnavigate the worlds of our imaginations. Russ, my brother, Ann, my sister and I made up the crew of our haphazardly rigged sailing vessels. Who was our skipper? Who can remember that far back? But, being the oldest I must have thought I was!
1963 was the year we first moved into a home that had a built-in pool. We lived in the pool from the moment the thermometer read into the 70's and on into the fall. It must have been a frustration to my mother that her patio furniture was continually being seized by pirates for the construction of intricate sailing vessels. She was especially exascerbated because most of the time it was my father who masterminded these ship plans! He had the most creative imagination!
So that summer we casted off on one of the many adventurous voyages to "lands I've never been". We lived in swimsuits, ate on the boat and sometimes slept on board all night. We dived for treasure wrecks, swam with the dolphins and even had a few close encounters with pirates and sharks. There was never any doubt our minds that my brother and sister and I led the most exciting lives when all the other kids must have been bored out of their minds!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
DO WHAT IS RIGHT -- WRITE!
Thoughts are created in the act of writing. It is a myth that you must have something to say in order to write. Reality: You often need to write in order to have anything to say. Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied that we have something to say… The assertion of write first, see what you have to say later applies to all manifestations of written language, to letters…as well as diaries and journals. ~Frank Smith~
My problem this week is that I have a lifetime of things to write about and I cannot decide what to write about. I guess that I regret not being a better journal keeper. It always seemed that if I had time and inclination I wasn't having a full, fun and busy life. Most of the time that I was involved in creating memories worthy of writing them I was too exhausted or did not have enough time or energy to get them down on paper.
I love watching my children, especially my daughters and daughters-in-law, be better than I was at their age. Jenny writes in her journal all of the time. She has made it a part of her life. I have to find out how she does it.
Technology has been a boon to my journal writing. Writing on the computer is way easier and faster. The best I did at keeping a journal was when every Sunday I would write to my missionary sons about my week. The most comprehensive records I kept were my calendars -- at least my posterity will know how I spent all of my time! Now I keep my calendar online and write little journal snippets in the notes sections of the day. After each month I print out the whole monthly calendar and put it in my notebook. Sometimes I write about my ideas and feelings as I read my scriptures.
I am still struggling with consistency in journal writing. But I am still struggling and wrestling with it. My advice to any of you young mothers is "get back on the horse", try it another way, don't give up, never surrender. Find your way. It is of utmost importance.
"I don’t want to live in a hand-me-down world of others’ experiences. I want to write about me, my discoveries, my fears, my feelings, about me." ~Helen Keller~
"Write…your goings and your comings, your deeper thoughts, your achievements and your failures, your associations and your triumphs, your impressions and your testimonies." ~President Spencer W. Kimball~
Monday, February 27, 2012
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!
I really believe in the commandment: "... and men are, that they might have joy." 2 Nephi 2:25. The ultimate freedom is to be able to choose how we feel. So I choose JOY! I tried to teach my kids to love BEING HAPPY and the skill to be able to make yourself happy. One of my greatest memories was driving my blue Volkswagon Vanagon, fully loaded with my six kids and whatever stowaways, windows wide open to the world, radio blaring Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy!" and everybody singing along as loud as they could.
I am sure I embarrassed the heck out of some of my kids. But under those conditions how could anyone resist being happy! I suppose it could work with just one person, but the more the merrier -- happiness is contagious. I think I'll buy the song from iTunes and go driving around. Wanna come with?
Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
Look at me I am happy
Don't worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me
I make you happy
Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got not girl to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy (now).....
There is this little song I wrote
I hope you learn it note for note
Like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Listen to what I say
In your life expect some trouble
But when you worry
You make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Don't worry don't do it, be happy
Put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down like this
Don't worry, it will soon past
Whatever it is
Don't worry, be happy
I am sure I embarrassed the heck out of some of my kids. But under those conditions how could anyone resist being happy! I suppose it could work with just one person, but the more the merrier -- happiness is contagious. I think I'll buy the song from iTunes and go driving around. Wanna come with?
Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
Look at me I am happy
Don't worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me
I make you happy
Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got not girl to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy (now).....
There is this little song I wrote
I hope you learn it note for note
Like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Listen to what I say
In your life expect some trouble
But when you worry
You make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Don't worry don't do it, be happy
Put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down like this
Don't worry, it will soon past
Whatever it is
Don't worry, be happy
source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Families Really Can Be Together Forever (Part II REFUGIO)
In a talk I heard someone important say that no child who has grown up into an adult looks back to his or her childhood and fondly remembers the remodeled bathroom. Good childhood memories almost always have to do with family tradition, vacations and activities. While we did not have all the money in the world to spend when our kids were young, we still had enough to have choices on how we spent our time and money.
We sort of just fell into this tradition by accident: CAMPING AT THE BEACH! When my oldest was eleven and my youngest was one we came to visit our good friends when they were camping at Carpenteria. Although we had planned on a one night stay, we ended up staying longer -- everyone was having so much fun! The next year we made reservations for a whole week and have been camping at the beach every year since -- my youngest is twenty eight now. This tradition grew to include many families and friends over the years. This year Bill and I witnessed our grandchildren playing on the beach with our friends' grandchildren. Dejavu!
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