It's Here . . . Lovin' it

This is the corner of my deck this morning.

Here is the front steps, my poor little
pumpkins are still out there. . . .freezing!

You can't see it from here
but my little colorful
windmill is out
there covered in snow
I won't mention the shivering
of my FLAMINGOS!!

We barely covered out picnic
table at about
5:00 last evening.

There are still leaves
on the plum trees!!
But, good news, the
streets have been plowed.

I love the first snow of the
season. Mostly I love it until
about mid-January. Then
I get real tired of the dumb
drivers on the roads.

WELCOME HOME WINTER!
MY ARMPITS HAVE MISSED YOU!

The Family. . . . . . .

I purchased a external
drive to backup my computer.
(Hey J or Mandi, I might need some
assistance)
So, I was looking as some
old pictures (not too old I think
April 2009-Uncle Gregor's funeral)
Anyway, I run across this picture
of my youngest brother, his wife
and oldest daughter.
It made me laugh, because
they are so serious.
(I know it's a funeral and all)
But, if you knew these
knuckleheads you would laugh
too, because they are always
having fun. This guy got the
lions share of the "Paxman Family Fun Gene"
He is so great to be around.
He and his wife walk into a room
and you know that the fun has arrived.
No need for anything else. The entertainment
is taken care of. I'm so thankful that
they are a part of my family.
I Love you "Hon-Yocks" (SP)
as my dad would call you!

October beauties. . . .

This is how they grow, on lovely bushes - sometimes they break open and the birds have a fabulous lunch snacking on them.

This is a basket full of the best fruit EVER.

Then when they are broke open, out tumbles these lovely pink pearls of sweet

delicious-ness. When I met my husband

he had NEVER had them. We started dating

in August, so we weren't far into our

dating when these reared their beautiful

face. I made him some famous

Dixie Fruit Salad

and he was hooked. Totally Hooked.

For him and all my kids
Thanksgiving would be
Thanksgiving without Dixie
Fruit Salad on the Table.
Mandi gets to make it this
year along with her
Fabulous Famous Rolls!
Can you say yummmmm. . . . .

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead.

Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Thanks to my Dad who served

our country.

Thanks to the many

thousands who also served

and are continuing

to serve.

Girl Power. . . .

Miss Harmony and I drove to Filmore on Saturday
to meet mom and Peggi at "Larry's"
(for those who remember my
boycott, I did not spend any
money $$ Harmony paid)
to make a "deal"
a "swap" a whatever clandestine
sounding word you
can come up with.

Mom and Peggi got
confused. Peggi thinks
she's a LOSER and
mom thinks the world
can #$@*-off

These are the beauties I went
for. Pommies,
my favorite fruit.
I try to get to So. Utah
in October to get these
for myself.
This year it didn't happen.
Mom (being the world's best mom)
called me and asked if I
wanted to "meet" her for
a "drop" to which I promptly
said "Hell Yes!"
It wouldn't be Thanksgiving
without Dixie Fruit Salad.
(Mandi, Bev & Kendall let me
know and I can drop some
off for you- ummmmm)
There are more that this
picture indicates.

On to Part II of my
weekend and "girl power"

I had to go to the endodontist last week for a "re-treatment" of a root canal on tooth #8 (front tooth on the right) This tooth is capped with a "bridge" so I didn't want anything to go wrong. I've had a problem with this for 3-1/2 years!! Last December I had an infection and my Dentist give me an antibiotic to clear it up and said I needed to go the the specialist to have it taken care of. Well, it took me this long (an a huge pus-pocket that throbbed like hell) to get an appointment. He drained the pus-pocket and made an appointment for the "re-treat." I told him I have some "issues" so he give me a Valium to take before I come and we scheduled an anesthesiologist so I could be sedated for the procedure. All seemed to go well, I went home Wednesday afternoon and "slept it off" I didn't go to work on Thursday because my eyelids weighed about 80 lbs -EACH! Well, Friday afternoon after work I was having some "throbbing" and I was taking some pain meds prescribed for Boyd, but I didn't care - I hurt. Harmony had to listen to me the entire trip to Filmore and home about my "face hurting" I couldn't even say where it hurt. I told her I was real tired because I couldn't get to sleep because if hurt too bad. We returned home and Harmony helped me string some Christmas lights (that's for another post) I turned down the chance to go to dinner with Travis and just went and laid down in bed . . . at 5:30 in the afternoon. (I couldn't have cooked if I wanted to because that morning when I turned on the oven to bake some items for breakfast, my oven wouldn't work - the stove yes, oven no - but that's yet another post) Boyd left that evening to assist in a service project in the neighborhood to do some painting and didn't come home until about midnight. This is what he came home to.



( it got worse than this, my lower cheeks along the jawline got all puffy, and up to my eyes)

I was sobbing and he said "I had no idea it was this bad, I thought you were being a "pantie waste" and just wanted sympathy (I've been know to be dramatic - ha) I made him give me a blessing, and wow, he has a direct link to the Big Guy, because after that the pain subsided and I was able to sleep for about 4-5 hours. Sunday morning I called the endodontist and and described my face and he said to go to the ER. So away we went. I am so thankful for kind peeps at the hospital. They give me lots of good pain meds and a dose of antibiotic and warm blankets and lots of kinds words. So by today, some of the swelling had gone down, and I went to work. This morning another pus-pocket burst and drained and it was disgusting!! I've had a terrible taste in the back of my throat that I'm sure is my sinuses draining, but this one was in along my gums and I could spit it out - can you say GROSS!! So, that's that. I will post later about my lights on the deck - LOVE THEM and my fabulous repairman (Oven is fixed - Yeah)

Take your grandparents. . . . . .

Today was "take your grandparents to
lunch" day at Isaac's school.
(It was also a voting location)
Boyd couldn't go,
I could. It was FUN
I'm a pathetic blogger.
I had my camera in my purse
but did not pull it out.
In all fairness, I'm in
a little love affair with
my grandchildren. I;m
quite smitten!! When I'm
around them I just want to
make them happy.
This sort of looked like my
lunch. I didn't have an option
to have green beans or I would
have taken it. My option was
peas!! Isaac had the chicken
noodle soup, with crackers and
a bread stick. He didn't eat much
and I told him he should. He told
me "my moms soup is sooooo much
better than this."
Thank you Isaac, for letting me have
lunch with you. I met his English
teacher and his Chinese Teacher.
She had to whisper to me because
she NEVER says a thing to the
kids in english - this is a total
immersion!! I'm so impressed, he
understood what she was saying!!

I am Thankful. . . . . .

This month I'm only going
to blog about things that
I'm thankful for.
(I think. . .I hope)