GOODBYE UNCLE CARL AND AUNT JACKIE, I AM SO GLAD THAT I GOT TO SEE YOU WHILE YOU WERE HERE. YOU HAVE REALLY GOTTEN TROYS WHEELS SPINNING ABOUT RETIRING OVER THERE. SO IF YOU GET WORD OF SOME STRANGE NEIGHBORS MOVING IN, YOU WILL KNOW WHO IT IS.
I ALSO WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, THAT FRED COHU'S MOTHER IN LAW PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, WHILE HE WAS TAKING CARE OF US DURING GRANDMAS TIME, HIS MOTHER IN LAW WAS ALSO HAVING SURGERY AND PROBLEMS IN SPOKANE.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
SOME THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD
SINCE GRANDMA PASSED AWAY, I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ALONG WITH PRECIOUS MEMORIES. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE TRULY KNOWS WHAT MY GRANDMA MEANT TO ME, AND WHAT A SPECIAL BOND THAT WE HAD, AND NOW I AM HAVINGS THESE THOUGHTS THAT I CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE, SO I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF I WROTE THEM DOWN THAT IT MAY HELP ME CLEAR MY HEAD. I HOPE I DON'T OFFEND ANYONE....AND IF I DO, THAN MAYBE YOU NEED THE OFFENDING.
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW SLOW THEY ARE, OR HOW FORGETFUL, OR IF THEY CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR MIND ABOUT SOMETHING, OR IF THEY HAVE TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION A BIZILLION TIMES, KEEP ANSWERING IT WITHOUT THEM KNOWING THEY HAVE ALREADY ASKED IT. HAVE PATIENCE, AND DON'T STRESS OUT OVER THIS PERSON, FOR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LEFT WITH THAT PERSON.
ALSO, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING TO HARM YOUR OWN HEALTH, THAN DO IT AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT MAY HARM, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW WON'T COMPLAIN OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO YOUR FACE, AND STOP BEING SO SELFISH AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU DO TO OTHERS.
GRANDMA CONFIDED IN ME A LOT OF THINGS, THAT I NOW WISH THAT I WOULD HAVE COME FORWARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHE REALLY FELT ABOUT THINGS. THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID OR SAID, THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK SHE UNDERSTOOD OR THAT SHE DIDN'T CARE, SHE DID, AND SHE TOLD ME SO. THERE WERE TIMES THAT GRANDMA WAS IN TEARS, (YES, STRONG STUBBORN GRANDMA) TELLING ME THINGS, BUT BECAUSE SHE CONFIDED IN ME NOT TO TELL ANYONE, THAN THAT IS WHAT I DID AND NOW I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS FEELING OF GUILT THAT I DIDN'T STAND UP FOR MY GRANDMOTHER. SO FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH NOW, I AM STANDING UP FOR GRANDMA, AND LETTING THOSE PEOPLE KNOW TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY OR DO TO THEIR LOVED ONES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LEFT WITH THAT PERSON, AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THAN IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE ANYTHING BACK.
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW SLOW THEY ARE, OR HOW FORGETFUL, OR IF THEY CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR MIND ABOUT SOMETHING, OR IF THEY HAVE TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION A BIZILLION TIMES, KEEP ANSWERING IT WITHOUT THEM KNOWING THEY HAVE ALREADY ASKED IT. HAVE PATIENCE, AND DON'T STRESS OUT OVER THIS PERSON, FOR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LEFT WITH THAT PERSON.
ALSO, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING TO HARM YOUR OWN HEALTH, THAN DO IT AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT MAY HARM, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW WON'T COMPLAIN OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO YOUR FACE, AND STOP BEING SO SELFISH AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU DO TO OTHERS.
GRANDMA CONFIDED IN ME A LOT OF THINGS, THAT I NOW WISH THAT I WOULD HAVE COME FORWARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHE REALLY FELT ABOUT THINGS. THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID OR SAID, THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK SHE UNDERSTOOD OR THAT SHE DIDN'T CARE, SHE DID, AND SHE TOLD ME SO. THERE WERE TIMES THAT GRANDMA WAS IN TEARS, (YES, STRONG STUBBORN GRANDMA) TELLING ME THINGS, BUT BECAUSE SHE CONFIDED IN ME NOT TO TELL ANYONE, THAN THAT IS WHAT I DID AND NOW I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS FEELING OF GUILT THAT I DIDN'T STAND UP FOR MY GRANDMOTHER. SO FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH NOW, I AM STANDING UP FOR GRANDMA, AND LETTING THOSE PEOPLE KNOW TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY OR DO TO THEIR LOVED ONES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LEFT WITH THAT PERSON, AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THAN IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE ANYTHING BACK.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
JANUARY 14
HELLO TO EVERYONE,
WORK HAS BEEN KEEPING ME PRETTY BUSY. I WORK MY REGULAR 40 HOURS AT RH SMITH, AND THAN I AVERAGE ABOUT 25 HOURS AT BLEYHLS, BUT I REALLY ENJOY THE SECOND JOB SO IT ISN'T SO BAD. I WAS A LITTLE SAD LAST NIGHT THOUGH...TROY AND DYLAN STOPPED BY TO SEE ME AT WORK ON THEIR WAY TO WATCH KINZI PLAY BASKETBALL AND I DIDN'T GET OFF UNTIL 9:00, BUT WHEN I GOT OFF WORK TROY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT KINZI'S GAME HAD JUST STARTED SO I RACED OFF TO THE SCHOOL AND GOT TO SEE ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME. IT SEEMS THE GAMES BEFORE HERS RAN LONG, SO IT PUSHED HERS BACK, SO IT WAS GREAT FOR ME, AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO LATE IN THE EVENING, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY ADMISSION!!
DYLAN HAS BEEN A PRETTY SICK BOY, I HAD HIM AT THE HOSPITAL FRIDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY MORNING AND BACK TO THE DR. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVER SINCE HE HAD MONO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE HAS HAD HUGE PROBLEMS WITH HIS TONSILS, AND THEY SWELL UP SO BIG THAT IT BLOCKS HIS BREATHING, WHICH REALLY SCARES ME WHEN HE SLEEPS. ANWAY, HE GOES TO SEE AN ENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND OUR FAMILY DR. SAID THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT HAVING THEM REMOVED.
STEPHEN HAS BEEN A PRETTY BUSY BOY. HE GOES TO SCHOOL IN YAKIMA MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 8:00 TO 3:30 AND THEN HE GOES TO WORK AFTER THAT, WHICH A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK IT IS IN TRI-CITIES. THANK GOODNESS HE IS YOUNG AND CAN HANDLE THE LONG HOURS.
TROYS WORK HAS BEEN PRETTY SLOW STILL, HE KIND OF GOT TIRED OF DRIVING TO YAKIMA AND THERE NOT BEING ANY WORK, AND HAVING TO TURN AROUND AND COME HOME, SO HE ASKED HIS BOSS LAST WEEK TO JUST GIVE HIM, HIS PINK SLIP (WHICH IS WHAT YOU TAKE TO THE HALL TO BE PUT ON THE LIST SO THAT YOU CAN DRAW YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT), SO HE DID, AND WE SIGNED HIM UP, BUT HIS BOSS CALLED HIM THIS MORNING AND SAID TO COME BACK ON MONDAY. HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME WORK LINED UP FOR HIM FOR AWHILE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, MY BABY BROTHER, RONNY IS GETTING MARRIED. THEY ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO TIE THE KNOT IN AUGUST, BUT THEIR PASTOR SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THEY LIVE TOGETHER THAT THEY SHOULD GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN THAT. SO THEY ARE GOING TO WED ON FEBRUARY 7, AND THEY WILL STILL HAVE THEIR CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN AUGUST. I AM SO GLAD THAT HE FOUND KACEE, SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH, AND VICE VERSA.
WELL I HAD BETTER GET BACK TO WORK NOW.
LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL,
JANICE
WORK HAS BEEN KEEPING ME PRETTY BUSY. I WORK MY REGULAR 40 HOURS AT RH SMITH, AND THAN I AVERAGE ABOUT 25 HOURS AT BLEYHLS, BUT I REALLY ENJOY THE SECOND JOB SO IT ISN'T SO BAD. I WAS A LITTLE SAD LAST NIGHT THOUGH...TROY AND DYLAN STOPPED BY TO SEE ME AT WORK ON THEIR WAY TO WATCH KINZI PLAY BASKETBALL AND I DIDN'T GET OFF UNTIL 9:00, BUT WHEN I GOT OFF WORK TROY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT KINZI'S GAME HAD JUST STARTED SO I RACED OFF TO THE SCHOOL AND GOT TO SEE ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME. IT SEEMS THE GAMES BEFORE HERS RAN LONG, SO IT PUSHED HERS BACK, SO IT WAS GREAT FOR ME, AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO LATE IN THE EVENING, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY ADMISSION!!
DYLAN HAS BEEN A PRETTY SICK BOY, I HAD HIM AT THE HOSPITAL FRIDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY MORNING AND BACK TO THE DR. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. EVER SINCE HE HAD MONO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE HAS HAD HUGE PROBLEMS WITH HIS TONSILS, AND THEY SWELL UP SO BIG THAT IT BLOCKS HIS BREATHING, WHICH REALLY SCARES ME WHEN HE SLEEPS. ANWAY, HE GOES TO SEE AN ENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND OUR FAMILY DR. SAID THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT HAVING THEM REMOVED.
STEPHEN HAS BEEN A PRETTY BUSY BOY. HE GOES TO SCHOOL IN YAKIMA MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 8:00 TO 3:30 AND THEN HE GOES TO WORK AFTER THAT, WHICH A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK IT IS IN TRI-CITIES. THANK GOODNESS HE IS YOUNG AND CAN HANDLE THE LONG HOURS.
TROYS WORK HAS BEEN PRETTY SLOW STILL, HE KIND OF GOT TIRED OF DRIVING TO YAKIMA AND THERE NOT BEING ANY WORK, AND HAVING TO TURN AROUND AND COME HOME, SO HE ASKED HIS BOSS LAST WEEK TO JUST GIVE HIM, HIS PINK SLIP (WHICH IS WHAT YOU TAKE TO THE HALL TO BE PUT ON THE LIST SO THAT YOU CAN DRAW YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT), SO HE DID, AND WE SIGNED HIM UP, BUT HIS BOSS CALLED HIM THIS MORNING AND SAID TO COME BACK ON MONDAY. HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME WORK LINED UP FOR HIM FOR AWHILE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, MY BABY BROTHER, RONNY IS GETTING MARRIED. THEY ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO TIE THE KNOT IN AUGUST, BUT THEIR PASTOR SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THEY LIVE TOGETHER THAT THEY SHOULD GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN THAT. SO THEY ARE GOING TO WED ON FEBRUARY 7, AND THEY WILL STILL HAVE THEIR CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN AUGUST. I AM SO GLAD THAT HE FOUND KACEE, SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH, AND VICE VERSA.
WELL I HAD BETTER GET BACK TO WORK NOW.
LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL,
JANICE
Friday, January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOLTEN....
IT WAS NICE TO GET TO SEE EVERYONE, ALTHOUGH NOT FOR THE REASON THAT I, OR YOU WOULD HAVE CHOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER FACED ANYTHING SO TOUGH IN MY LIFE...BUT EACH DAY I CONTINUE TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER A LITTLE MORE. A GREAT BIG THANKS AND HUGS TO MY COUSINS, WHO JUST SEEMED TO KNOW WHEN I NEEDED A HUG, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. AND A GREAT BIG THANK YOU, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DID IN PREPARING THE FOOD.
I AM GETTING EXCITED TO SEE CARL AND JACKIE NEXT WEEK. I HAVE BEEN WONDERING HOW TAN THEY WILL LOOK NEXT TO US "WHITE WINTER FOLK".
TWO JOBS ARE KEEPING ME PRETTY BUSY, BUT IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN KIND OF NICE, THAT IT KEEPS MY MIND OCCUPIED.
TIME TO GO HOME FROM JOB #1, LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL.
JANICE
IT WAS NICE TO GET TO SEE EVERYONE, ALTHOUGH NOT FOR THE REASON THAT I, OR YOU WOULD HAVE CHOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER FACED ANYTHING SO TOUGH IN MY LIFE...BUT EACH DAY I CONTINUE TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER A LITTLE MORE. A GREAT BIG THANKS AND HUGS TO MY COUSINS, WHO JUST SEEMED TO KNOW WHEN I NEEDED A HUG, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. AND A GREAT BIG THANK YOU, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DID IN PREPARING THE FOOD.
I AM GETTING EXCITED TO SEE CARL AND JACKIE NEXT WEEK. I HAVE BEEN WONDERING HOW TAN THEY WILL LOOK NEXT TO US "WHITE WINTER FOLK".
TWO JOBS ARE KEEPING ME PRETTY BUSY, BUT IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN KIND OF NICE, THAT IT KEEPS MY MIND OCCUPIED.
TIME TO GO HOME FROM JOB #1, LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL.
JANICE
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