wednesday...sick day

i ate something bad yesterday...Had to cancel dinner last night with good friends...that is feeling bad! So today I got half way to work and had to turn around and come home. It was snowing!
It was so pretty though, the white snow against the green grass and trees.

When I started feeling better I did the big bad job of moving winter clothes down and summer clothes up. I didn't feel good enough to sort them to discard the ones I don't wear...I just got them moved and I feel happy because now I have room in my closet again.

I'm just finishing up a novel entitled "Brooklyn" by Com Toibin. It the first of his books that I've read. It's pretty good... the time is set after WWII. Its about an Irish girl that comes to America through the sponsorship of an Irish American Priest. He finds a home for her with other Irish girls and gets her a job. There is a lot of prejudice against each other: Irish, Italian, and Blacks. The frustrating thing to me is that this young woman won't tell people what she's thinking especially her Mother, because she didn't really want to go to America, she felt her older sister should because she's beautiful and poised and capable. But it's neat because she learns to make her own choices and grows more confident and sure.... It's good! Try it!

Just talked to Lyssa. She and her two friends have just made it from Phoenix to Provo...they were so tired and acting silly and crazy and having such fun! They are here for the Women's conference at BYU.

The title of my blog is Latin for "time flies". That is such a reality for me.

Here I am, feeling about 40 but soon to celebrate my 65th birthday! How fast it all went...My three beautiful daughters are themselves busy wives and mothers and have given me eight wonderful grandchildren, five girls and three boys.

I only raised girls. I love my girls! and grand girls! Girls stuff is way-y-y fun! Hair stuff, lotions, bubblebath, powders, bath splash, fingernail polish, the huge choice of girlie fabrics and textures for their clothes and room furnishings. Girl colors are fabulous! and there is no limit to the fun things to buy for girls! And Hello Kitty, Fancy Nancy, and Baby Stella are just the beginning!

However, getting sons-in-law was such a fun addition to our family. I love these three guys and I don't want anything to happen that would make them not a part of our family. Because of this I have gotten myself into big trouble with my girls. They say I always stick up for the boys, their spouses.

See, I was raised in the fifties and sixties. We were taught that if a girl made her husband happy to be at home, if he could relax from the hard day at work, come home to a clean house and hot meal, he would want to be there and he would be, even when there were so many interesting women flirting with them at work and away from home. So yes, I spoiled Monty. Mostly because I loved doing things for him. I still do but when he tries to demand it, I rebell. And now after 38 years of marriage, he is doing many, many nice things for me too and is really spoiling me.

So now I have these wonderful young grandsons. I get the biggest kick out of them. They are so different from girls... how does it go...snakes and snails and puppy dog tails...and the things they say!

This seems disjointed and is way too long to start out with, but it does show even though I'm a Gramma, I still feel like a young wife starting out at times...there ya go....!