CoCo's Corner

I give up.  I'm too busy.  I just can't keep up - - - - - - so here goes the rest of the month in one whole post. I'm thankful for (in no particular order): pedicures fall leaves wind that rakes the leaves to the neighbors yard Chewy Red Hots (ooooh yum) road trips plane trips Nestle Sugar Free Chocolate Milk Powder  pictures - there needs to be more pictures a warm house my bed in the igloo reading glasses - I have seven pairs family time grandbabies - young and older education honeymoons my honey bunny my kids who are awesome adults being busy feelings of accomplishment hot baths home cooked meals writing hair color - but, I earned every one of those gray hairs it's covering amazing stepdaughters sporty car a challenging, new job sitting down, putting my head back, my feet up and saying AAAAHHHHHH!! That's not all!! But, highlights are amazing!!

Today - I'm thankful for a girls getaway.  But, I'm not thankful for the snow that ha settled.  Hopefully it gets better before the road trip.

I'm thankful I remembered my sister's birthday yesterday and actually called and wished her a happy one ON her birthday.  There is always a first time in history for something!!

Not sure I can do this another thirty days.  I'm going to try. Today - I'm thankful for karma.  Nuff said.

This has been kind of a rough weekend.  I've not felt well.  Halloween party on Saturday was fun, but, that was when I started to not feel great.  While I was gone a couple of weeks ago, when I left, KayeLynn had a horrible virus that made it so she had to quit her first job and is now relying on her second job.  By the end of the week, Ted had it.  It reacted differently on both of them - but, now I've got it.  I'm going to say again, because this feels just like the same thing I had twice back in July. Yesterday, Ted wanted to go to Idaho to see his daughter - because we didn't know when we could get back there.  She lives in Glenn's Ferry with her boyfriend and two boys.  She moved there shortly after the newest kiddo, Cash William, was born back in April.  Glenn's Ferry is one of those little towns that you forget exist.  There are no McDonalds.  There are no Subways.  There is literally no fast food in the area.  Th...

Ted and I tried to start a tradition of going to look at the Autumn colors every year.  It started two years ago - and we missed last year.  Tradition isn't going very well - but, this year we managed to go.  This year we went on the Alpine Loop.  It's a scenic drive through Utah County and I have to say we couldn't have gone to a more lovely area.  So damned beautiful up there. Let me describe it a bit.  It starts in Alpine and goes by the Timpanogas Cave and keeps going up and up.  The summit is over 8,000 feet.  It's a VERY narrow two-laned road that in most places the speed limit is 20 miles per hour.  It has several pull outs so that you can stop and look at the scenery.  We ended at Sundance Resort where enjoyed an hour-long round trip ride on the ski lift and went way up the mountain and then turned around and came back.  It was AMAZING!!!  On the way up, the sun beat down on us and caused a little sunburn.  On th...

A community lost a hero today.  He was a silent hero - I didn't know him until today and it was too late.  I look at the picture of him, his wife and his little boy that one of the news agencies posted and it breaks my heart.  The little boy, who looks to be about two years old, will grow and slowly, but surely, forget pretty much everything he knows about his father.  The only things that will strike his memory are the things that his mother and others who loved his father tell him.  Sgt. Derek Johnson didn't deserve to be gunned down in his car as he drove to help someone in need. Rest In Peace Sgt. Derek Johnson May you watch over your little boy from the heavens above I've worked in public safety a very long time.  Not many have surpassed the amount of years I've put in - only a few have hit the milestone that I'm at now.  Nobody in this world, myself included, knows what it is to walk in the shoes of a police officer or a firefighter. ...