Pink Raspberry Shake & Flora Husbandry

This fluffy pink makes me crave a raspberry shake. You know the famous ones, from up at Bear Lake. So let’s plan a fun, time-off August break. If you come, too, we’ll throw in some birthday cake.

I am so grateful for the many beautiful flowering trees planted everywhere. It makes spring so awesome. This is for all the arborists and husbandry that created and improved upon these wondrous trees and designs. You are the best.

Remember to Thank Jesus, Easter and Every Day

Jesus, the very thought of thee With sweetness fills my breast; But sweeter still thy face to see And in thy presence rest. ***** No voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A sweeter sound than thy blest name, O Savior of mankind! *****

*****O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, To those who fall, how kind thou art! How good to those who seek! *****Jesus, our only joy be thou, As thou our prize wilt be; Jesus, be thou our glory now, And thru eternity. by Bernard of Clairvaux

It is so easy to get caught up in worldly cares and forget the gifts Jesus so willingly gave us all. This year, ponder, feel, remember and love Him enough to immerse yourself in his love. Imagine him sitting beside you or with arms outstretched waiting for us to come unto Him. We will both be glad we did.

Thank You Means Alot

The boss sends out emails if someone excels. When I read about them it really compels Me to try harder and from me it expels My best efforts even if just for Gels.

I was surprised when a fellow employee sent this complimentary email about a gel pen I had ordered. I smiled all day long. You can bet I ordered more and appreciated his kindness. Do the same today for someone you work with or for. You would be surprised the difference it will make.

Doing Your Friends, Employees and Fat A Favor

My boss (the lab manager) thinks he is doing the employees a favor by bringing in boxes of treats, donuts, apple fritters, cookies and so on several times a month. He is such a great man and leader. I think many of us are getting tired of the same old thing. Yes, they are fresh and amazing, just out of the oven at his favorite bakery; but so full of sugar, sugar and more sugar.

My boss plopped these on my desk and said, “Have some.” Just a little thing, but makes those cravings in my tum. It doesn’t top the list of my best goodie or yum. So I’ll skip this treat, and not bite when he brings the chum.

He brings in three large boxes of a variety of fritters often. I quit having a whole fritter and just cut a small piece off when I go in the lunchroom. The problem with that is all those little pieces add up to one giant one. At first, i didn't like them. After trying some, I would get a sugar high, but then I began to like them. Now, I just have to stay as far away from them as I can.

Please dear Boss, How about some apples, oranges or bananas. I and many of us would love them. You are thin, but many of us are fighting a battle that is gargantuan in size.

Generosity at Easterday Farms

Onions --did you ever think of them as a gift? Not usually. We were given 200 pounds of them at Thanksgiving. 50 pounds of white, yellow and 100 pounds of red onions. They came from the Easterday Farms in Pasco, Washington as a donation to the Othello Hotel Museum, for their fund raiser. With only two people to fix meals for, I decided to share the abundance. At Christmas I bagged up one of each color and gave as Christmas neighbor gifts with this poem: "These Washington onions are full of charm, All the way from Pasco's Easterday Farm. We promise no reindeer came to any harm. Merry Christmas to you and to your swarm."

I still had some left this month, so I packaged up the red and white ones with this fun poem and handed them out to friends and co-workers. Happy Valentines in red and white. Have an Easterday Farm’s onion in all its might. You may think, that this isn’t quite right. Here’s to a healthy, fragrant gift wound up tight. Thank you Easterday Farms for sharing your wealth with the community. They have traveled from your farm to Utah and all of our friends and family.

Not So Super Bowl Partiers

I went upstairs to get away from the noise, Of the Super Bowl and all of the boys; Who were shouting loud for the best darn poise, Of their player, strategies & who he destroys.

This photo shows all the work people go to for Super bowl and other sports celebrations. Sure we watched it. I pulled out a half dozen things to snack on. I'm not willing to spend hundreds of dollars or hours making everything match and so forth. In the middle of the game, my husband allowed me to change channels over to watch an hour of PBS's popular Downton Abbey. It was the last episode of the last season and much more important than the fiftieth super bowl game. Thank you honey for that gift.

Then we flipped it back to Denver beating South Carolina and all was happy. We hardly even missed a play. I don't like the commercials as much as I used to. They have gone overboard and all seem the same.

Thanks to 1,000 Acts of Kindness

I just read in the community paper about a YMCA group that did 1,000 acts of kindness before Christmas. It was a fun thing for these young folk to do. They set a goal to accomplished it by a certain time. The reward was a party with their parents. This was such a great opportunity for the children to learn how easy it is to give of themselves.

This is being done throughout the world. Service and kindness go hand in hand. It is what will bring about peace. Weekly I serve by taking Meals on Wheels to the elderly. I have made some great friends over the ten years plus. There is a variety of homes: mobile homes, apartments and high rises. I snapped this photo in the elevator of a senior living housing unit. I love serving and you will too.

Just try doing 1,000 Acts of Kindness this year. Before long it will become second nature.