My Six Reasons to Smile & One Reason to Frown

It seems that I hardly have time to turn around before it is Sunday again and time for my Sunday Six reasons to smile.... but before I list them I have a blog friend who is really sad. I told you about Plaid last week. Her last post is called "Isolated". She is heavy with grief from the loss of two of her wee babies.... she doesn't understand why God didn't step in and help the doctors save them.... she doen't understand why she hasn't had more support from real friends or blog friends. Please.... Please take a minute to go to her blog and give her love..... like several of you did last week. She really needs it and that would make me smile.

This is my Sunday Six for this week:

I like Sundays. Sundays make me smile.

I like going to church and recharging my spiritual batteries.

I like singing the hymns.

I like partaking of the sacrament and renewing the covenants I made when I was baptized.

I like meeting with my church friends.... they are like a second family to me.

I like having dinner with my daughter Mindy and her family every Sunday.

I like writing my blog and thinking of the things I've smiled about during the week.

I like reading your blogs and getting comments from you.

I like Sundays. They make me smile.

Being retired with my John makes me smile.

When my friends learned that John and I were both retiring at the same time some of them warned me that I would probably be bored to death and John would drive me crazy being under foot all day long.

Boy were they wrong!!!

Retirement is like living in a fairy tale.

It is like a dream come true....

and we are far from bored.... in fact we are so busy that I don't know how we ever managed to fit teaching careers into our schedules.

John and I are having so much fun.

We get up when we want.... After years of getting up before dawn and being to school by 7:25a.m. ...we turned off the alarm clock and wake up around 8:30a.m. or even later!!!

Every time I look at the clock I smile....for the first time ever, my time is my own....

I am no longer ruled by the bell and I love it.

It is wonderful being able to travel any time we want.

We love visiting with family and friends.

We don't have the income that we used to but we have freedom that we have never had before.

It is great. Freedom makes me smile.

Our Prius makes me smile.

Glen Beck is always making fun of Prius owners.

I just smile..... because I love our Prius.

I love the keyless entry and ignition.

I love the GPS.

I love the back up camera and leather seats.

I love the 6 CD stereo system.

I love getting 44 or more miles per gallon. I love our Prius!

Reading to my grandchildren makes me smile

I take Austin to the library each week and he picks out books for us to read together.
We also take the Friend Magazine which is put out by our church.
It is full of good stories that teach about morals, values, family and Jesus.

As you can see from this picture, my grandchildren are always excited and enthralled when I read to them and eagerly absorb every word. (hee hee)

Celebrating with Austin for his Birthday makes me smile.

We just had a small family party for Austin's birthday....
but he could not have been more please.

Being an avid Thomas the Tank Engine fan, Mindy knew that making him a Thomas cake would make him happy.

I mentioned last week about how thankful we are to live close to Mindy and her family.
We adore all of our grandchildren.
We wish we lived close to all of them..... but since we can't do that.... we really appreciate having this sweet family close to us.

Austin was delighted with each gift and we were delighted being there with him.

Luckily we had Grampy there to get the toys out of the boxes.

It took forever to get the toys out of the packaging.

Oh well, that did not make me smile but having John there to open them did.

Now....after all of that smiling.... this is what I am frowning about.

My computer has gone haywire.

I loaded a web cam and it's drivers on it yesterday.

It worked great until I tried to use it today.

It took me 22 minutes to log on and go to Oak Cottage to visit Marie this morning.

Tonight it won't even do that. It won't let me visit anyone!!!!

It will eventually bring up my google reader but it won't scroll down or let me click on any of your blogs to read or comment.

I am sad. I want to visit your blogs and say hello.

I hope we can figure out what is wrong and fix it soon.

Do any of you have suggestions for fixing it?

Other than my lap top being difficult tonight, I have had many things to smile about and I am thankful.

My life is rich and full. I am grateful for these and the many other blessings that the Lord has given me.

I hope that you have a happy and blessed week ahead and I hope I can visit you soon.

Love, Lura