Fathers Day 2009

My dad was named Hilton

but he inherited the name "Turf" from his older brother.

Now he has earned the name:

DAD

GRANDPA

GRANDPA GREAT

My dad about the age of 19 years old

(This is his missionary picture.

He served a mission for our church/Eastern States Mission)

Dad is in his early Thirties in this photo

He graduated from Brigham Young University

He was employed right out of school by Charles Pfizer

Dad is now 78 years old

He is a guy that really does not like to be serious in a photo, can you tell?

this was taken on iPhoto

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Words and thoughts really can't express my love and gratitude to him for being

such a terrific dad and friend.

I could not have asked for a better Father!

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This is what I made my Father on his

special day,custard pie with blueberry sauce.

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The Rain...!!!

 We have had buckets full of rain in the last two and half weeks...eerrr..but, this is what the rain does to this so called desert that we live in here in Utah! 

These are views from side year, back yard and front yard. 

That is Utah Lake, The Wasatch Front(Rocky Mountains), 

and Brigham Young University)

L O V E L Y!

Grosgrain: SHABBY APPLE Marseilles Dress GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Grosgrain: SHABBY APPLE Marseilles Dress GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Fabric Cover Journals

I love "idea" magazines.  

I really love it when they have a pattern and instructions.

I really really love it, when I have a completed

 project and can give it as a gift or a "thank you"

These are journal covers

 I made them with one of those terrific magazine patterns. 

I got quit a few ooohs and ahhhs over them. 

I think they might be a great gift to give young women and maybe someone even in their FIFTIES!

That Darn Cat..

Oh, do I love this guy...

he is such a handsome boy..

and he loves me too!

Ahh..the summer garden

(Before)

Here it is, the last day of May and I just finished planting my vegetable garden.

For some reason I could not find zucchini plants at 

any of the nurseries in the valley.

Yesterday I was buying some annuals and found the prolific zucchini.

 

I pulled bok choy and salad mix with some arugula.

It is a process to clean these veggies.

I have a 3-step cleaning program..

 the first step: 

rinse off dirt from root base. 

Then clean and rinse two more times

Here is the first batch of salad greens.

Much more to come!  (After)

I think I will visit the local Farmers Market on Saturday

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Letting Go..

I have not mastered the art of "Letting Go", what I mean is, there are certain things that reeeallly bother me.

Maybe it is because I am in my middle years of life and have seen things that I cannot change or know will NOT change.

Here are a few examples:

(not in order of importance)

-My local TJ Maxx is filthy, trashy, unorganized=poorly managed!

- I have not yet found a job.

-Driving in Utah (the worst drivers in the US)

Why many in the middle east countries repress women

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I could go on..but you might think I have OCD...

My father taught me this since I was a young girl to

"NOT LET IT RUIN YOUR DAY"

OK, I say, easier said than done!

I found this web-site that deals with Positive Health, maybe I have

 just diagnosed my inability to let go..

Google: "Don't Let"

and see the results!

  Sometimes I wish I was perfect!