Karen's Dangling Conversation

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE VIEW FROM MY BICYCLE THIS MORNING.  I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE AT THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE LIVE IN AND FROM TIME TO TIME I JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER, CREATOR OF SUCH BEAUTY.  THIS MORNING I TOOK THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS VERY, VERY PERSONALLY.  I HOPE YOU DID TOO!  TAKE IT PERSONALLY....IT’S FOR YOU!

I MISS  MY GRANDMA THOMPSON.  SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT PART OF MY GROWING UP YEARS.  I WAS REMINDED OF HER TODAY AS I WAS WATCHING A SESSION OF GENERAL CONFERENCE.  PRESIDENT UCHTDORF WAS SPEAKING, GIVING A GREAT MESSAGE OF HOPE AND HE SAID “TODAY IS NOT THE WAY THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE.”   I REMEMBERED MY SISTER TELLING ME THAT OUR COUSIN HAD RECENTLY REMINDED HER OF A SAYING OF GRANDMA THOMPSON.  “TODAY IS NOT ALWAYS”.  AS I REMEMBERED HER WORDS I FELT HER CLOSE AROUND ME.  IT WAS AS IF SHE WAS PATTING MY BACK AND SAYING HANG IN THERE, THINGS MAY LOOK A LITTLE BLEAK TODAY BUT JUST REMEMBER NOW IS NOT ALWAYS.  AS PRES UCHTDORF CONTINUED TO SPEAK I HAD A VISION IN MY MIND OF HOW THINGS MIGHT LOOK IN THE FUTURE, A HOUSE FILLED WITH MARRIED KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ALL COMING TOGETHER TO ENJOY EACH OTHERS COMPANY.  MANY HAPPY DAYS OF FAMILY AND FUN ARE SITTING ON MY HORIZON.  I NEED TO REMEMBER “TODAY IS NOT ALWAYS” AND THE CARES OF TODAY WILL ...

I got blackberry pie! I got a darling new basket for my bike! Breakfast on a tray made by Mackay! Such cute birthday balloons! Lunch with my sisters! I found a list the other day.  It is something I wrote on my 50th birthday.  I wanted to put down some of the things I loved about turning 50!  A whole year has come and gone and I am now officially in my fifties as I turn 51 this year.  I kicked off my birthday week by having my first ever colonoscopy and then went and had a mammogram just for fun!  Hah!  See how I laugh in the face of danger?  Truthfully, not always so fun as the years keep climbing but I'm thinking I am doing pretty good for my age and so here's that list....with a few additions as I brave my way through the fifty something years. 1.  The grey streaks in my hair.....if the truth be told I can't wait for a whole head full of beautiful grey hair. 2.  I'm stronger and more flexible than I was in my thirti...

I LOVE MY BLOG BECAUSE IT IS MINE, ALLLLL MINE AND I CAN BLOG ABOUT ANYTHING I WANT.  AT LEAST SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE BLOGGY POLICE OR SENT A LETTER FROM THE BFDA TELLING ME TO CEASE AND DESIST.  EVEN MY CHILDREN NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING WRITTEN ABOUT IN MY BLOG....CAUSE MOSTLY THEY NEVER READ IT...UNLESS I CAPTURE THEM AND PULL THEM OVER TO THE COMPUTER AND MAKE THEM READ IT.....EVEN THEN I DON’T THINK THEY ACTUALLY READ IT.  BUT I DON’T CARE!  I LOVE MY BLOG AND THAT IS ALL THAT COUNTS!   THAT BRINGS ME TO THE SUBJECT OF THE DAY.  MY CUTE SON MACKAY.  I LOVE HIM SO, SO MUCH!  OF LATE HE HAS BEEN GROWING OUT HIS HAIR AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIS THICK CURLY HAIR I AM SO READY FOR HIM TO CUT IT.  SO TODAY I THOUGHT I WOULD POST PICTURES OF MY CUTE MACKAY WITH DARLING SHORT HAIR AND AT THE VERY LEAST IT WILL GIVE ME A MOMENT OR TWO TO REST MY EYES FROM HIS STYLISH NEW KRAMER LOOK. UGH!