A New Day

It's a new day hooray! Christmas bells are ringing, are you ready for this new day? Sometimes I'm kinda dumb in my head
sometimes I stay all day in bed.

In september I woke up one morning and started to write poems, or just words I call them. Ill leave a few with you today

I have a little child
she lives inside of me
Each day when she comes out to play
we share our thoughts and dreams.
L.ROSE
This is from a childs point of view, I thought my mom was telling me, my clothes were from a different land___

FROM THE OTHER SIDE

My mother used to tell me
my clothes were from the other side

We were always given clothes we could wear
without having to buy.

She sewed and sewed for hours
making dresses and clothes for me

To brighten up my school days
and take care of my needs.

I learned when I got older
the clothes from far away

Were clothing being made over
being made her way.

My mom she did the best she could
we lived within our means.

I know that we were very blessed
I know it yes indeed.
L. ROSE

Nearing the end of Gardening season

Hello everyone,
Gardening season is moving by quickly, It has been really nice raising my own vegtables, it has been exciting learning new things about growing different vegtables. This year I grew a giant pumpkin, I have never tried to grow one before but it happened. It is so big, I'll have to get some pictures on the blog about it, actually here are two pumpkins. One weights about 30 lbs the other about 10 lbs I guess , they are supposed to be able to grow up to 300 lbs, but I'm excited for the size they already are.

We have red beets, green onions,carrots, cucumbers,jalapenos,green peppers, tomatos, and lots of squash --zuchini that is. we had peas earlier in the year, and radishes and lettuce. My sister gave me some apricots from her tree this year ,and so I was able to make apricot jam , my children really like it with pancakes and fried bread scones.
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In July, I made a quilt for my Grandson it was a picture of luigi It turned out pretty well.
Also this month I was able to get together with some of my girl friends I went to high school with for lunch at the park, that was really great. It was nice to talk to all of them and see what they have been up too.
Last month I had what I thought was an stroke and I couldn't see for three days. I figured that my life being able to sew was over so I gave away all of my fabric, That was crazy for me because I love to sew and create things so much. But what done is done.

Family Reunions

We left for Idaho on Friday around noon. We went to a family reunion in Idaho. I haven't driven to idaho in many years. I remember the last time when I was coming home my car broke down. So I was very careful this time and took my time.

My daughter and I stopped along the way there, we stoppped in Poccatello, and visited the zoo, we took pictures of the animals from the park next door.

There were tons of large rocks in that park. One was so big it was amazing to me, we took pictures of us sitting on them. It was so nice there in Idaho still lots of room to breath fresh air and just open land I really loved it.

Our next stop was Blackfoot, Idaho. There we ran past a large statue of a baked potato, including sour cream and butter, we had to have a picture of that too.
On to Groveland, this is where our reunion was. We set up our tents at the Groveland baseball park, had dinner and then we told stories about our ancestors, then finally to sleep Yeah!!!!!!

Saturday was a great day to visit, and learn about our heritage. I learned about the herbs that my great grandmother used to heal and take care of her family across the plains with, certain plants that can be used for foods and vitamins. My great grandmother wanted to go to school very bad, when she went to the school house as the teacher rounded up the children, the teacher asked her "what religion are you?" she replied "mormon" the teacher said "we don't allow mormons in this school" but that didn't stop her from learning to read. She took pictures she had from a New Testament that she carried around in her pocket, and she would match it to the stories that the missionaries taught her. From there she would try to decode the story one word at a time. She also listened to the men talking in the inn where she worked, when they would leave, she would gather the newspapers they had left behind, and search for the words they ahd spoken. There is so much more to this story, and it has made such a difference in me, knowing that she never gave up. That she found the success that was hers.

Spring has sprung

You know that old saying spring has sprung the grass has riz I wonder what that white stuff is. Well it's the first of April ,and you can see the tulips heads pushing out from under the snow. Here in Utah, the snow comes then the sun comes out and melts away the snow then it does it all over again. It is kinda springy feeling.
I have added five raised beds to my back yard for planting this year. I have two more to make. I decited ( well acually Joy from "Joy in the Garden" gave me the direction.)that the only way to be able to grow a good garden without fear of the animal in the ground was to dig up the ground and put down ground cloth, or a wire fencing to keep it out. So I've done all that, Now I am going to get a garden started. Last week I planted my peas, next I'm gonna get in some lettuce, and onions. I love this time of year the best to get out and plant and see what you get.
One day I want to be able to have enough flowers growing to be able to gather bouquets for the graves on memorial day. Last year I had some Iris to send, purple and brown ones.

Time to start over

The New Year is already slipping by. It is already towards the end of January .The Christmas season was nice but I'm happy that it slipped by swiftly.And now we are into a more relaxed time of year. It for me is a time to start over, and a time to do better than I did last year. I was hoping that we would be warmer after we had our house well insulated but it seems that we are just as cold. We are all walking around the house with our jackets on trying to keep the chill off. Maybe we need a new furnace. Or maybe we need to eat more grains and be more active,( I know this really would help.) It's hard to get my kids to eat anything made from grains, when I add oatmeal to the ground beef my son tells the family we are having horse patties for dinner. There is so much processed foods in the world today, its no wonder that there are so many unhealthy persons upon the earth. I think that if we could only teach the hungry people of the world to use grains in their diets more and eat brown rice instead of white rice, that they would be able to fill the nourishment that their bodies need .And I know that they would be less hungry, and feel energetic. I kind of answered my own delima of why I am so cold all the time it seems.
Last year I learned how to make cream of mushroom soup out of bean flour to use in my casseroles, it was so much better for our bodies and the best thing is that my children didn't know that I changed the ingredients in the recipe, it was more healthy and had less salt. I get alot of my healthy recipes from the store where I shop for my grains. Kitchen Kneads is the name of the store, it is located at 7579 South Redwood Rd west Jordan ,Utah, 84084 They have classes on Saturdays to teach you how to use your grains and your dried food storage . After each class they let you sample the foods that they have made. I like the challanges that the owner gives like trying to live on your food storage for one week with out going to the store. or trying to live without power for one week . It can really give you a chance to see what others around the world are going through. And hopefully will help you to be prepared for the furture.