SIX Years

Our goal is to retire in SIX years. Seems like forever more, but looking back at how far we've come it seems just around the corner.

As technology continues to advance and my mind continues to forget I wonder if I will make it even the six years that I have left until I can retire.

More and more I have to do reports online, file online, work online. My rememberer doesn't remember much anymore. I am constantly writing step-by-step notes on each project that I do and have done for years. However most of my responsibilities ARE changing to the online step so new notes need to be made.

We could probably retire sooner but we would take a big hit in several ways. One being that we would bring home less than HALF of retirement than if we were to stick it out to my full 30 years of service (six more years). Also we would have no health insurance and I would have to wait even longer until I qualify for Medicare/aid. Plus that is that much more income that we would not be bringing in with a paycheck.

Decisions decisions.

I told dad that we could go on mission after mission, that way we can get insurance through them.

Serving a mission while we are still healthy is our goal.

Sooo.........this

and this

along with all the sewing I want to do

will have to wait SIX more years!

Ohhhh yes, I'm counting!

January 9 Saturday Night Date Night

Sometimes our date nights are spent in comfortable silence.

I love this guy!

I cherish "most" of our time together.

Life is Worth Living

"Life is worth living wherever you are

Deep down in a dungeon or high on a star.

Life is worth living, it all has a plan

When God knows you're giving the best that you can.

The saint and the sinner, the great and the small.

We are all God's children and He loves us all.

So pray when you're happy and pray when you're blue

For life is worth living when God lives with you."

Nick Kenny

Finding Faith in Christ

This morning as I was getting ready in the hotel for my meetings I turned on this video, Finding Faith in Christ. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea until AFTER I put my makeup on. Wonderful video. Where am I? Do I have enough faith. As I watched this I felt my freshly shaven leg hairs grow back.

Things Change, Fancy. They change all the time.

We have some upcoming changes happening  at our house and with our family.

First off, we adopted a new son. His name is RAM 2500.

We love our new addition!

Youth Temple Visit

One of the perks to being in the youth program is Baptisms For the Dead.

The leaders got to watch the youth and it is always a neat experience.

These are some very fine youth!!!

Trek Training

Doran and I were asked to participate in this years Stake Trek.

We were called to be Ma and Pa in our ward.

One of the many things that we need to do to train for trek is to walk and walk and walk and walk.

One mutual night we decided to walk up to the temple and back.

It is a two mile walk one way. So we walked up and then went across the street to the tabernacle where donuts and juice were waiting. Then we walked back.

This is a small dent in the training that really needs to take place. PLUS we will be trekking in the July heat. This training was in the brisk cool temps.