Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you to Dann for the beautiful flowers. Hope everyone had a wonderful day. I love you Dann and miss you.

I am grateful for the Dishwasher - our dishwasher stopped working in November sometime and I went back to washing the dishes by hand. It wasn't that bad and I didn't mind doing it, but when Dann bought a new dishwasher, I realized just how much I missed having one.
Vehicles that work and get us to where we need to be. I don't go many places, I am pretty much a homebody, but when I do I am grateful I have transportation I can rely on. The truck isn't mine - it's Dann's and he drives it when he is home. I am grateful for the car that I have. I took a picture of the truck because Nathan said dad wanted a picture of his truck. The vacuum.Sorry the picture is sideways - I thought I fixed it but apparently not. I can't figure it out. This vacuum broke - it was less than a year old and under warranty but it took over 6 weeks to get the part to fix it. It was missed and I had to borrow Nathan and Amy's vacuum several times. I picked it up, brought it home, used it twice and the same thing broke again - took it back to get fixed again - bought a cheap 40.00 vacuum to use in the meantime - 4 weeks later I got the vacuum back again - so far I have used it once and it seems to be working. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Now I have a vacuum for upstairs and downstairs - no more taking them back and forth. That will be nice - the vacuum always seemed to be in the wrong place, when I needed it. I don't realize how grateful I am for things until they are broken. I need to appreciate all that I do have. I am truly blessed to have the things that I do.

Most importantly - I am grateful for my family. This time having Dann gone has been extremely hard. I am really grateful for the time that I get to spend with my children and grandchildren, for the phone calls etc. I love my family and I am so glad that I have the gospel in my life and know that we can all be together forever. I can live without all the "things" but I don't think I could survive without family and friends.

I know it's a little past Christmas and 2010 but what can I say. Christmas this year was a little different from years past. Kanien, Jon, Marcella and Claire were in Indiana and we watched them open presents by video cam. Dann wasn't with us - we were able to talk to him on the phone. He couldn't get his video cam to work, but we were glad we were able to talk to him, at least. I was able to get time off of work, which I was grateful for and ended up not having to work at all. That was nice. David, Rosalee, William and Henry spent some time with me as well as Nathan, Amy and Jason. It was an enjoyable day. I did the 12 days of Christmas for the kids and tried to reflect on the Savior more this year.