Farewell party

Mom and Erin

Tim, Janna, Britton, Kooper

Steve, Pam, Kayleen


Marinda, Brian, Karen, kids

Bonnie, Alene, Melissa Bob, Bob, Tony

Well, Stephanie is at it again, being the party animal that she is, decided that I needed a going away party. I was just kind of hoping to sneak out quietly, but we had a BBQ instead. She and Brian hosted at their house, as they usually do. It turned out very nice, and I did get to say good-bye again, this time to family and friends. Again very hard. But I did advise them all that they could always come to Texas to visit. But the hardest will be when on Friday night and Saturday morning when I actually leave. It will be soooooooooo hard to leave the kids and the grandkids:( I am not looking forward to that, because I am too emotional, and I will be a cry-baby. My Mom is riding down with us and she will stay for a week or 2. Then she will fly home. Then I am sure I will be a cry-baby again. And also when Brian and Brian leave to come back here. I guess I will just be an emotional wreck for a few weeks. But it will be a good move for us and I am actually looking forward to starting a new chapter of our lives. It started out just Roger and I, and now it will be just Roger and I again. Funny how it all works its way back to the beginning. Anyway Stephanie and Brian thank you for a great party... as much as I said I really did not want one, I did enjoy it. Thank you...I love you and will miss you lots! I look forward to seeing you in May

Yard Sale?

Ok, so I was going to throw away or give to the D.I. alot of stuff, and Stephanie says "Why don't you have a yard sale, you might as well try to make a little money off of your stuff, before we take it to the D.I." Sooo... here we are having a yard sale. Stephanie and Brian came over a few nights and we went through stuff. The came again on Friday night to price and sort. Then they came again on Saturday morning at 6:30 am to help put stuff out. It was pretty slow, but we did have a few people come, and I negotiated a little to easily, so after that Stephanie was in charge of negotiating. This would be why I don't have yard sales. But we did get rid of some stuff and everything that was left we loaded into Brian's truck and took to the D.I. It is really kind of exhausting to sit and watch people go thru your stuff.

The joys of packing...ugh

Well now comes the chore of packing. It is always such a joy, it is like, where did all this junk come from? Actually I have been packing a little at night while I was still working. But now comes the big push to get it all done so I am ready when Brian, and Brian come to load. We will see how ready I am:) Actually I am pretty well packed, with the exceptions of the garage, and a few smaller areas. I will say one thing for the Military, when we moved every few years, you got rid of a lot of stuff, as you were only allowed so much weight, so you did not keep everything, and as we all know I am a "pack rat" because you never know when you might need it.

Saying good-bye to friends at work

Judy

Debbie

LaDawn and Me

Well after all of the craziness at our house it finally came time for me to say good-bye to my friends at work. They were so nice they had a BBQ and lunch for me on my last day. It was very hard to say good-bye. But I will come and visit when ever I come back to Utah to visit. Thanks for 8 great years!

Roger's Baby (his truck)

Well if not to add salt to an open wound. While Roger was here for his Mom's funeral, his friend Brian in Texas, went by his apartment to check it on that Thursday, and called to let Roger know that his truck had been stolen. So besides trying to deal with his Mom's death and getting everything ready for the funeral, he had to try to deal with the police in Lewisville, the insurance co. and who-ever else. He eventually was able to file a report.
When he did get back to Dallas they called him on that Monday to let him know that they had found his truck, the person was the otherside of San Antonio heading to Mexico. He took the truck through a wood fence, through a ditch and hit some trees, needless to say the truck was totaled. The guy got out and ran, and they said they never did find him. And of course everthing in the truck was gone. Luckily there was not alot in it.
Needless to say we are just tickled pink about all of this:)

Thank you

Mom had a very beautiful service. It was very difficult for all, but everyone did a fantastic job. She would be very proud of all of her Children and Grand-children. It was as she had requested.
I would like to thank everyone that helped with Mom. Nancy, Heidi(the harp lady), Frank, the Bishop, and everyone else.
I would also like to let all that came in for the funeral know that, we all are grateful to you all. I know it meant a lot to all of the family especially Mom to know that all of her Children and Grand children where here. Thank you Jennnifer, Paul, Lisa, Lori, Sherry and Sheila for coming at a moments notice.
All of the Grandchildren's memories of her were a tribute to the love she had for them all and the love they had for her. Stephanie and Linda did a great job reading them all. And of course Sheila's songs brought us all to tears. Simply beautiful.
Thank you all.

Mom B

Well, the Sunday after I gave my notice at work, I went to Church for the Blessing of Emily and Chris's new baby, Stella, and yes the Church is still standing:) It was a very nice blessing. Afterwards we went to their home for some refreshements. After visiting for a while, I left and decided that since I was already out in West Jordan I would stop and visit Roger's Mom and then go to visit my Mom. When I got to Roger's Moms house it was not a good setting. When I went in the girls,(Alene and Bonnie) said Mom was in bed in her room and she was not responding to them, I went in and was floored at the condition she had deteriorated to in just a couple of days. Bonnie said they had called Nancy the Hospice nurse that was assigned to Mom. We waited for her to come, and when she did she was completely surprised that she had basically taken a nose dive with her condition. After checking her Bonnie asked her if she needed to call the family, because Mom had a habit of "bouncing back" when we all thought it was her time, and Nancy said yes to call the family, she only had about 12 - 24 hrs at the most 3 days, So Alene and I started to call the family to let them know and I somehow got Roger a flight to come in that night about 11 pm. I went in to Mom and said I knew she was tired and ready to go "home" but to please wait for Roger to get here, and she must have understood, because she held on. I picked Roger up and went straight to Mom's house, and Roger walked in and said something to her and she (as Bonnie said) almost broke her neck turning towards Roger. She knew he was there. She hung on for a couple of days, which gave Roger time to spend with her. Finally on Wednesday morning, I went home after being up all night as she was very close to going, to get some fresh clothes and to let our dogs out, but before I could get back she passed away. Bonnie had laid down with her and snuttled with her and, put her arm around her and kissed her and told her she loved her, Bonnie dozed and Alene said she took about 3 breaths and was gone. So she passed away very peacefully on March 4th 2009

Giving notice

Ok, so it has been a long time since I updated my blog, but in all fairness a lot has happened and I have just been overwhelmed.
On the 27th of February, I gave my notice at work. With the 13th of March to be my last day at work. Needless to say I was extremely nervous. I have been with Midwest Floor Coverings for over 8 years, and I will say it was really one of the hardest things to do. I have really enjoyed working there. It is a great place to work and for the most part most of the people are great to work with. I made some good friends there and it was VERY hard to leave. But I have to look at it as a great new adventure.