From Saundra

Saundra wrote: Here I go again, the bearer of bad news. 

Juanita Gordon Llewellyn's husband Bill passed away last week.  Am sure she would appreciate some words of support from her classmates.  Our hearts go out to her at this sad time in her life.

Also, Richard Tatton could probably use some words of cheer as he is presently undergoing chemotherapy.

Saundra


Myrna wrote: Juanita and I were friends before school. We lived in the same ward. I am so sorry to hear about her husband's death.

There is too much cancer in our world. I know we all have to die but I certainly wish that we could have an easier time of it. 

Saundra wrote: AMEN!  Carbon County has a very high cancer rate and I know it is from the radiation from the atomic bomb testing.  We were not declared a downwinder county, but if you look at a map of the path the radiation followed (north/east) it went right over us.

Myrna wrote: I have already lost two very dear cousins to cancer--both younger than I am--one at age 50 and the other at age 60. My sister, next in age, had breast cancer as did two cousins. One Uncle, my one grandfather, two aunts, who were all residents of Carbon or Emery, have died of cancer. Two other cousins are fighting for their lives. I just can't understand why those two counties were not declared downwind areas. It bothers me. Sometimes I think it is more about money than about truth.


Saundra wrote: I know what you're saying.  The money plus the government doesn't want the people to know what they did to us, their very own people. 

Not looking at any extended family, just my immediate family:  Have lost a sister to breast cancer at age 43 (left a family of seven children) and my mother to colon cancer.  Now my brother is fighting for his life from Non-hodgkins lymphoma and his wife (originally from California) who lived in Carbon County in the 50's has had cancer as well as myself.  So, we have had 4 out 7 and 5 out of 8.  Charlotte Smith has the same stats.  She has lost four out of her immediate family of seven to cancer.

9/11 was a horrible tragedy, but pales in comparison to what Utahn's have suffered.  Congress was quick to jump on the bandwagon (within months) and award the surviving family members about 1.4 million dollars.  The declared 'downwinder' counties' people received $50,000 each and about 50 years later.  The people involved in 9/11 were just in the wrong place at the wrong time and it was terrible for their families to witness, but their family members were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Plus, our government had nothing to do with it as it is was perpetrated by people from another country.  In contrast, they brought our suffering upon us.  And it is not a quick, painless death.  So we have had to witness the long suffering of family members as well as ourselves (not to mention the lifelong side effects of chemo and radiation) and pay for the medical expenses ourselves, which far exceed $50,000. 

If you can get hold of and read the book The Day We Bombed Utah, it is very disheartening and scary and makes one lose faith in our government.  Guess that is the norm nowadays. 

Ah well - time to get off my soap box for the day.

Saundra

Myrna wrote: We need to stay on our soapboxes. There is too much of the "silent majority" in our society.

From Cousin Toni Jackson

Hi pals... just sharing,

Yesterday we had an earlier appt. than usual at OHSU, started at 8:15 am so thought we'd be getting out of there & back home early, but as it happened we didn't get to leave OHSU until 4:30 pm, so didn't get home until dark... hard rain the whole day.

Altho' my 3 scans last chemo visit never showed anything in my leg, I have been complaining about pain in my legs, in back of my knee & down my calf, for months & now it looks swollen & different so had them check it & the nurse pract. ordered an ultra sound of my lower left leg.  Unfortunately it showed a DVT (deep vein thrombosis or blood clot) about 6-8 inches long & it has to be treated by me giving myself 2 injections per day, in my belly, for months or even indefinitely.  That med allows the body to try & break or dissolve the clot before it travels to my heart, lungs or brain, thereby causing death.

The hard part is that the shot has to be given EXACTLY 12 hours apart & no times seem to be easy... my first choice would have been at 4 am & 4 pm cause I'm always home at those times, but that wouldn't work well to wake up Craig at that hour as he prolly wouldn't be able to go back to sleep for another hour, so I did it this morning at 6 am & we'll just have to do a 6 pm from wherever we are... out to dinner? to an early gig? (sometimes starts at 6) not convenient at any time, plus you know how much I'll love giving myself shots in my abdomen, above the waist, which means I have to be near a long mirror because I can't SEE that part of my body... boobs are in the way, ya know.

Craig gave me the shot yesterday, at the hospital, because with no mirror I couldn't see.  I got a huge bruise from that one, but I did my own this morning with no bruise.... hurt some tho'. And because this med is a blood thinner, like coumiden, they said I'd bleed easily if I fall or something, and no alcohol again (darn!).

I'm obviously not happy about having another thing to worry about, (cancer, kidney disease, various infections caused by the chemo, severe sleep apnea, exposed tooth socket, etc.) to treat... and OH YEAH our co-pay for this stuff is almost $1800 per mo. otherwise, without my Rx ins. it would be $4400!  So much for me bragging that cancer has not really cost us any money.

Note to Kris & Kelly... since I invited 51 gals to my Cookie Lee party and only TWO attended, I did not get any credit, or if I did Craig spent it on me as he arrived home during the party & picked out about 4-5 things for me that HE liked.  Kelly I may be able to get you something you had picked out of the catalog.  If we win the lottery, I'll get them all, LOL.... with $540 million on the line, we have about $20 bucks worth of tickets.  Wouldn't that be fun to share!  Gotta get busy while I still feel ok... the river is rising again & is supposed to be high all week, close to flood stage, hopefully not TOO close! I can only stand so much stress!

Hugs to all, Toni

BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Added by theresa dibert [atlantismoons] on Sep 28, 2011

theresa from oddville, KY (pop. 16,262) says:
I LOVE THIS CAKE. IT IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE CAKE. THIS IS USUALLY MY BIRTHDAY TREAT TO MYSELF.

Cook time:	25 Min
Prep time:

INGREDIENTS

- 2-2/3 c chopped pecans - 2 c sugar - 3 c all purpois flour - 1/2 tsp salt - 2 tsp vanilla - 1-1/4 c softened butter - 4 eggs - 2 tsp baking powder

- 1 c milk FROSTING - 1 c butter - 8-8 1/2 c confectioners' sugar - 1 5oz. can evaporated milk - 2 tsp vanilla - remaining pecans

DIRECTIONS

1.   PLACE PECANS AND 1/4 CUP BUTTER IN BAKING PAN. BAKE AT 350 FOR 20-25 MIN. STIRRING OFTEN.

2.   CREAM SUGAR AND REMAINING BUTTER, ADD EGGS 1 AT A TIME BEATING WELL AFTER EACH ONE.

3.   COMBINE FLOUR, BAKING POWDER,AND SALT; ADD TO CREAM MIXTURE ALTERNATING WITH MILK; STIR IN VANILLA AND 1 1/3 CUPS OF THE TOASTED PECANS.

4.   POUR BATTER INTO 3 GREASED AND FLOURED 9" CAKE PANS. BAKE AT 350 25-30 MIN. AND REMOVE FROM PANS.

5.   FOR FROSTING

6.   CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR, ADD MIK AND VANILLA; BEAT TILL SMOOTH; STIR IN REMAINING PECANS. SPREAD FROSTING BETWEEN LAYER AND TOP AND SIDES.

Kilroy

Louis Untermeyer's Modern American Poetry, Modern British Poetry,
Harcourt Barce & World, Inc., 1958, p.657:

[Editor's note: An example of an unfaked epic spirit emerging from the war was the expression "Kilroy was here," scribbled everywhere by American soldiers and implying that nothing was too adventurous or remote.

KILROY
Also Ulysses once--that other war
(Is it because we find his scrawl
Today on every privy door
That we forget his ancient role?)
Also was there--he did it for the wages--
When a Cathay-drunk Genoese set sail.
Whenever "longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,"
Kilroy is there;
he tells the Miller's Tale.


At times he seems a paranoiac king
Who stamps his crest on walls and says, "My own!"
But in the end he fades like a lost tune,
Tossed here and there, whom all the breezes sing.
"Kilroy was here"; these words sound wanly gay,
Haughty yet tired with long marching.
He is Orestes--guilty of what crime?--
For whom the Furies still are searching;
When they arrive they find their prey
(leaving his name to mock them) went away.
Sometimes he does not flee from them in time:
"Kilroy was--"
(with his blood a dying man
Wrote half the phrase out in Bataan.)


Kilroy, beware. "HOME" is the final trap
That lurks for you in many a wily shape:
In pipe-and-slippers plus a Loyal Hound
Or fooling around, just fooling around.
Kind to the old (their warm Penelope)
But fierce to boys,
thus "home" becomes the sea,
Horribly disguised, where you were always drowned,--
(How could suburban Crete condone
The yarns you would have V-mailed from the sun?)--
And folksy fishes sip Icarian tea.
One stab of hopeless wings imprinted your
Exultant Kilroy-signature
Upon sheer sky for all the world to stare:
"I was there! I was there! I was there!"


God is like Kilroy; He, too, sees it all;
That's how He knows of every sparrow's fall;
That's why we prayed each time the tightropes cracked
On which our loveliest clowns contrived their act
The G. I. Faustus who was everywhere
Strolled home again, "What was it like outside?"
Asked Can't, with his good neighbors Ought and But
And pale Perhaps and grave-eyed Better Not;
For "Kilroy" means: the world is very wide.
He was there, he was there, he was there!
And in the suburbs Can't sat down and cried.

Peter Viereck (1916- ) Professor Emeritus Russian History
Born in New York City in 1916, Peter Viereck is the only
American scholar who has received Guggenheim Fellowships in both poetry and history. Viereck retired in 1987, His first book of poems, Terror and Decorum, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949. He has also published extensively in political science and history.

Viereck served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Psychological Warfare Intelligence Branch in Africa and Italy, He earned two battle stars.

I Lobster, But Never Flounder‏

I was a cook and she was a waitress,

Down at Salty Sam’s Seafood Cafe.

And somewhere near the clam juice,

Or the seaweed salad,

Some little shrimp just lured her away.



Chorus:

Oh, I lobster, but never flounder.

He wrapped his line around her

And they drove off in his carp.

I lobster, but never flounder.

I octupus his face in,

He’ll only break her heart.



Well, I said, “Just squid and leave me

For that piano tuna,

If you want to trout something new.”

She was the bass I ever had.

Now my life has no porpoise.

Oh my fin, I love her.  Yes, I do.



Chorus:



Well, I tell you friends,

I swordfish she’d come back to me.

I’d show her a whale of a time.

I’ve kelpt her picture in my walleye just for the halibut.

I wonder if she’s kelpt my picture in her perch?



Now, I said “perch.”

Some of you out there are kind of looking at me like your losing your herring or something.

I’m getting a haddock though myself up here.

I think I’d bass quit seahorsing around or you folks will go into a state of shark.

If I get out of here alive it’ll be a mackeral.

“Frankly, Scallop, I don’t give a clam.”



Chorus:

General Conference

Kirsten wrote: Hey You Great Utah Family Members, 

Do any of you know if your stake has any General Conference tickets left? Our Spring Break coincides with Conference, so Jared took off April 2nd so he could take our girls up to a session, but our stake's allotment is already gone. Just wondering if any of you have a way to get tickets? Our stake's seems to go fast.

 Thanks, 
 Kirsten

Myrna wrote: We will check and find out if there is a way for us to get any. I don't know if any are left or not.


When was it that you were traveling through and stopping by?

The girl that Julie's girls are taking dancing from is Jessica Pay, from Santaquin. She has some connection with Lisa. She is Todd Pay's wife. He is the mayor of Moroni.

Kirsten wrote: March 24/25 and then March 30, 31, April 1 and leaving on Monday, April 2.  Speaking of which, how do we get tickets for conference?  And is it only 8+ for the conference center and ALL overflows or can I take the littler ones into overflow while Jared takes the girls to conference?

Kirsten

Grandma's House

Birthday Card

Todd wrote: We just received a birthday card for Hailey. Her birthday is in December. Is it possible that this card is for one of the other grandchildren?

Myrna wrote: Oh, good grief! And I did send her card in December. Yes, it is possible. It was to go to Sorina. I have lost my marbles. I wrote both Haily and Sorina on the same day on the calendar even though I know better. I am  so sorry. I did get Sorina's card to her today. We were invited for birthday cake. Just bring it back when you come and I will take care of it. I did fix the calendar! I still don't know what my problem is. . .maybe age?

Todd wrote: No problem. I'll bring it with me. 

Braden's Gift Money

Melanie wrote: I always make sure that your money you send goes in to Braden's bank account. I think he just forgets to thank you. He usually writes us his email, then prints off our emails to read later. I have sent his email. Received his email, then a little while later I sometimes get another email with, "Oh yeah, thanks for the package...." or, "Yes, I need...,"

 I sent his package several weeks ago and I ask every week if he has received his package. I still haven't heard.

Thank you for sending him money. I know he will appreciate it. He likes spending money. :)

Mel


Myrna wrote: You I trust. You are one of the most honest people I know. I know he always gets the money I send to you. The money I send in a card, however, I am never certain he gets. I remember the years of my two South American missionaries. Once, I sent Shawn three chocolate Easter bunnies. He got half of one and it had been cut in half through the paper. ;)


Melanie wrote: That is why I ask him every time I send him a package to tell me what was in the package. In the future, when sending letters put a photocopied picture of the Madonna and child on the envelope or package. The Latins are very superstitious and daren't open packages marked like that. I use different ones by Renaissance artists, as they are found in Latin America in most if the churches.
Thank you Mom. I know he appreciates.
Melanie

Myrna wrote: What a simple solution! I could have been using that all this time. :)

Todd will soon be in Utah

Todd wrote: I'm on my way to get you. Five more weeks.

Frontier Airlines <no-reply@flyfrontier.com>
Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Reservation Confirmation
To: Todd Trauntvein <ttrauntv@columbus.rr.com>


  Frontier Airlines Inc.
7001 Tower Road
Denver, CO 80249-7312
Thank you for choosing FrontierAirlines.com for your travel plans. Please read these important details carefully regarding your purchase and itinerary:
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Reservation Code: BUKKRF
Issue Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012
Main contact: Mr Todd Trauntvein
E-mail: ttrauntv@columbus.rr.com
Home phone: 740-9671678
Cell phone: 740-8172563
Passengers
Mr Todd Trauntvein Flight CMH-MKE-DEN-PVU
Ticket Number 4222171332378
Seat 8A,15C,16A

Air Itinerary Details
Flights

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RE: From Myrna

Sounds good.  I think Michael's ward is at 11 also.  So we'll run home after church and change and then we'll be down around 3-3:30.

Oh one other question, my friend wants to order some strawberry plants but doesn't know what kind of plants are good.  Any recommendations?  I have no idea...

 Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 4:13 PM

To: Amy Gordon Trauntvein

It sounds wonderful! We will look forward to seeing you both. Our church is the 11 a.m. session.

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From: atraunt@columbus.rr.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:46:13 -0500

Very cute!  Wow that was a while ago, lol!  Are you and Leonard doing anything this coming Sunday after church?  I will be in Utah spending a few days with Michael and since he has school Mon-Fri and you are at the temple on Sat, we thought we'd come down on Sunday after we attend his ward, as long as you will be there that is.  Let me know if that works or not.

Thanks!

Amy

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:02 PM
To: Amy Gordon Trauntvein
Subject: RE: From Myrna

And then there are those who wonder why I keep my old emails. What a fun memory.

---

From: atraunt@columbus.rr.com
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 21:30:07 -0500

Thanks for the updated info…. Need to get those Christmas cards out.  J  Thank you for Hailey’s birthday card and $.  I will take her shopping this next week.  I’m sure she will be buying something pink with it!  Hailey had a good birthday today.  She got to go play with her best friend next door (she’s being begging to go play for weeks), opened her presents, went out to eat pizza and salad (her request), came home for cake and ice cream and is now watching WALLY (one of her presents) to finish off her big day.  Just thought you might want to know.  Thanks again for remembering her 3^rd birthday.  Love to you both!

Amy

Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 8:48 AM
Subject: Julie's mailing address

Jim and Julie Jones 

11705 East 21000 North

Mt. Pleasant, Utah, 84647

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Cook time: 1 Hr 10 Min
Prep time: 20 Min
INGREDIENTS
- 6 eggs
- 2 stick butter, room temperature
- 2 c flour
- 2 c sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz Philadelphia cream cheese
DIRECTIONS
Mix sugar and butter very well. Add cream cheese and then add eggs one at the time, and mix it again. Add flour, baking powder, vanilla and mix well and ready to ready to bake. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake for abt 50 minutes or until golden brown.

It is good but it is RICH.

03/12/2006‏

Todd has invited you to view photos.

Just thought you might like to see how the kids are doing. Love you!

If you have trouble using the View Photos button, copy and paste this link into your browser:

http://www.walmart.com/agt/bounce.gsp?ID=8CE3BC9C1A0D31439118A9A19074C928E1D7&sharee=mandlht%40msn.com

Catherine is very ill.

Myrna wrote: How is Catherine? Sister Luker told me that you had discovered that she had another major life-threatening problem. I would call and ask but I do not want to worry Katherine and know that she would be where she could hear a conversation.


Norma wrote: Catherine has severe hypothyroidism and a cancer antigen that indicates she probably has some type of cancer.  She has seen an endochronologist and she is to see another specialist the end of this week to look for the cancer.  We hope to find out what we are dealing with soon.  I did not check my email since Sunday morning, so am sorry I did not answer sooner.  I will let you know as soon as we know what this crisis with Catherine means and we continue to pray for the best.  We continue to take her to a doctor who deals with desensitization to allergies to try and help her.  Seems like we spend our whole life waiting for help that never seems to come.  Hope all is well with you and your family members.  Thank you for all you have done for us.  It is sometimes hard to see the whole picture of what the Lord wants us to learn and do.


Myrna wrote: I am so sorry. I have battled severe (meaning that it has been difficult to treat) hypothyroidism for about 10 years now. I just wish that she didn't have to do this on top of everything else. Could there be a chance that she really doesn't have cancer but that it is just another manifestation of the Lyme disease?

Lowry G. Olsen

Myrna wrote: I just heard about this from Denise but I cannot go! This is Uncle Max's brother-in-law.‏

Lowry G. Olsen
February 18, 1919  ~  March 5, 2012

Lowry Grant Olsen, age 93, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2012, surrounded by his daughters. Lowry married his sweetheart, Dorothy Childs, on Aug 23, 1939 in Orangeville UT and was sealed in the Manti Temple on June 4, 1958.

Lowry was born to Arthur and Della Olsen on February 18, 1919 in Ferron, UT. He spent most of his life in Ferron. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother, Elden Olsen, and his wife. He leaves behinds his two daughters, Della Marie (Duane) Marble, and Pauline (Roy) Wood, 8 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and 4 great-great grandchildren.

Lowry worked as a farmer, coal miner, and heavy equipment operator. Lowry's unmatched wit and delightful sense of humor will be greatly missed by all. He loved his family and they loved him.

He was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was a member of the C.C.C.
In his free time Lowry loved to fish, camp, and travel. Lowry was a "rock hound". He turned the rocks he gathered into beautiful pieces of jewelry.

Funeral services will be Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Ferron Millsite LDS Chapel (35 W. 200 N.). A viewing will be Friday, March 9, 2012 at Fausett Mortuary in Castle Dale (720 N. Center) from 6-8p.m. and Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Interment will be in the Ferron City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Friends and family may sign the guest book and share memories of Lowry at www.fausettmortuary.com.



**This was where Uncle Max got that neat tie slide he sometimes wore.

Integrity from Kirsten

Mom, 

Saw this while studying for my lesson this morning and thought about your situation earlier this week....

It's from Marvin J. Ashton:

Avoid those who want immediate decisions or cash right now. All worthwhile investment opportunities can bear deliberation and scrutiny. We must get all the available facts and consider them well, and then make decisions that are in the best interest of all. When marginal cases and situations arise, personal integrity must be an important element in any decision. When right actions are not clearly evident, personal honesty will lead us to discern and reveal relevant points or facts of which others may not be aware. A person of integrity will assist others to be honest. A person of integrity will ask questions and give answers that are accurate.Integrity makes it possible for us to chart a course of righteous personal conduct long before the time for action arrives.

A wise person will not allow himself to be victimized by the unscrupulous because of false pride. Oftentimes people are swindled because false pride prevents them from asking questions and seeking additional information. For fear of embarrassment or being thought ignorant, a prospect ofttimes nods his head in the affirmative when he really doesn’t understand the glib salesman’s line of chatter. “What does that mean?” “What are the risks?” “What are the pitfalls?” “What is the history of the company?” “What references do you have?” are questions worthy of pursuit. When promoters carelessly use simple but elusive words such as “hedge,” “shelter,” “exempt,” “annuity,” “umbrella,” “tax free,” “insulated,” and “deferrable,” the buyer had better be aware.

If prudent decisions cannot be reached on the basis of one’s own expertise, advice should be sought from knowledgeable and trusted counselors. Offers that cannot wait or stand review are not worthy.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.” (The Home Book of Quotations, sel. and arr. by Burton Stevenson, New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1935, p. 1726.)

We are living in a day and time when the “gentle lie,” the “soft lie,” the “convenient lie,” the “misleading lie,” the “once-in-a-lifetime deal,” the “opportunity for a few selected friends” are being vigorously advocated and promoted. Designing promoters of questionable schemes have and will continue to prey on the gullible.



Reminded me of the "pressure" you were feeling to buy now.  :)

love you, 
Kirsten

OK, I'm asking everyone I know and even people I don't know. (THE LOST IS FOUND!)‏

Myrna wrote: Have any of you seen my green/turquoise (or pink to LHT) ruffle-necked sweater? It was new for Christmas, a gift from LHT (the money and he went with me to pick it out). It goes with a pretty blouse. I quess I should use all of this discription in past-tense because I have not been able to figure out what I did with it. HELP!

Kirsten wrote: Did you bring it when we went to San Diego?  I'll look around. Kirsten
Myrna wrote: I did but I am certain that I brought it home. It is now on sale at ShopKo but they don't have my size. DRAT!

Myrna wrote: Yes, I am shouting for joy in all caps. Dad found my sweater. What joy! I first had to sit and remember where I wore it last (to the funeral on Tuesday) and then that I went to three meetings that day, after the funeral. I had been to all those places and I told Dad that I just knew that it had to be here at home. So, he took the challenge and started looking himself. There it was with the the other green things in my color-corrdinated closet (OCD) hiding between two blouses and pushed back so that it's sleeves were not visible. (I STILL think that the gremlines took it and then, when they were done tormenting me, they brought it back because I looked in my closet seven times. I had even looked there because I thought that was where it should be.) Whatever happened, I am delighted. I would tell you all that this is because I am old but it really is just because I am like that and always have been. "If it had been a snake it would have bit you," my grandmother used to tell me.

Kirsten wrote: So dad has turned into your AnnMarie. HeHeHe!

Myrna wrote: That's what motivated him. I said, "Dang! Where is AnnMarie when I need her."

The Mirror

The Mirror
Edmund Burke 1729 - 1797, Irish Philosopher.


I look in the mirror
And what do I see?
A strange looking person
That cannot be me.

For I am much younger
And not nearly so fat
As that face in the mirror
I am looking at.

Oh, where are the mirrors
That I used to know
Like the ones which were
Made thirty years ago?

Now all things have changed
And I`m sure you`ll agree
Mirrors are not as good
As they used to be.

So never be concerned,
If wrinkles appear
For one thing I`ve learned
Which is very clear,

Should your complexion
Be less than perfection,
It is really the mirror
That needs correction!!

The Lost is Found

OK, I'm aksing everyone I know and even people I don't know.
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:58:32 +0000
Have any of you seen my green/turquoise (or pink to LHT) ruffle-necked sweater? It was new for Christmas, a gift from LHT (the money and he went with me to pick it out). It goes with a pretty blouse. I quess I should use all of this discription in past-tense because I have not been able to figure out what I did with it. HELP!

Kirsten: did you bring it when we went to San Diego?  I'll look around.
Kirsten

On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:13 PM, L H and Myrna Trauntvein wrote:

Yes, I am shouting for joy in all caps. Dad found my sweater. What joy! I first had to sit and remember where I wore it last (to the funeral on Tuesday) and then that I went to three meetings that day, after the funeral. I had been to all those places and I told Dad that I just knew that it had to be here at home. So, he took the challenge and started looking himself. There it was with the the other green things in my color-corrdinated closet (OCD) hiding between two blouses and pushed back so that it's sleeves were not visible. (I STILL think that the gremlines took it and then, when they were done tormenting me, they brought it back because I looked in my closet seven times. I had even looked there because I thought that was where it should be.) Whatever happened, I am delighted. I would tell you all that this is because I am old but it really is just because I am like that and always have been. "If it had been a snake it would have bit you," my grandmother used to tell me.

Kirsten:  So dad has turned into your AnnMarie. HeHeHe!

Myrna: It is true that AnnMarie has always had a knack for finding the items I have lost.