Robin's Nest

2010-09-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

for all of you that like to make dill pickles!!!

This is a great thing that I just learned the dills turn out real crunchy, insead of mushy

I like to use small cukes from 2 inch to 4 inch.
clean then cover with water and keep ice on them for 12 to 24 hours.

1 1/2 quarts of vinegar
2 quarts of water
1 cup salt
bring to a boil while you put cukes in the jars
add in in jars.. a bunch of dill weed
garlic... if you prefer a bunch of dill weed
in each pint jar add 1/4 teaspoon of alum

pour hot vinegar water over the pickles within one inch of the top
place lid and screw on ring tightly
put jars in very hot water bath and proc ess for 5 min.

let cool overnight and enjoy

I hope you will enjoy these as much as I do...

some things that I think that I know!!

2010-07-18T15:09:00.000-07:00

A few years ago I saw a small note book that terry lee had made, it was full of quotes that she wanted to remember.
So I began my own notebook.... I really love it.

"books are the bees which carry quickening pollen from one to another mind"

(another favorite)

I asked God to take away my bad habits.
God said NO
It is not for me to take it away ... it is for you the give it up>

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said NO
His spirit is shole, His body in only temporary

I asked God to gran me patience
God said NO
Patience is the by product of tribulations. It isnt granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness
God said NO
I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain
God said NO
Suffering draws you apart from worldlyu cares.

I asked God to make my Spirit grow
God said NO
You must grow on your own. But I will puune you to make you fruitful

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said NO
I will give you life so that you can enjoy all things

I asked God to help me LOVE others as much as He loves me.
God said ++++AHHHH
finally you have the idea.

MY very favorite is from Winnie the POOH
"you're braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think"

broke my back & had to sit a lot...

2010-05-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

after I broke my back in a fall off of a 6 inch stool... the only time it didnt hurt was when I would sit in the recliner. So to keep from going nuts. Nanette got me started on project # one... It is a lazer cut that you choose the colors you like and tuck them into the cuts on the foam material.
I thought that the two pictures turned out nicely.
Project # two was also given to me by Nanette. It didnt apeal to me too much at first... I pieced it together and sewed on the felted wool flowers and did some embrodriary..( dont you just love my spelling) The more unusual thing about my project IS that I am visually challenged so that I am unable to sew with a sewing machine... everything is sewn with a needle and thread. and how do I thread a needle? I have tried starching the thread so that it would go thru the needle.... not too sucessful... and then Theron sent me a small plastic box like object
I put the needle hole side down and place the thread across the top and push a button and waa hoo the needle is threaded. I now love project #2

project # 3 is a christmas or winter wall hanging... I really struggled with this one... at one point I had completed all the stars for the sides and... later could not find them... I must have thrown them out.. I almost gave up at that point however I thought about it and went and bought more fabric. and completed the job... the hardest part for me was the embroidary.. me satin stich work that spells WINTER looks like it was done by a drunken sailor... This project got me to thinking about doing the four seasons. Sooo now I have almost completed the four different wall hangings for the seasons.... MORE TO COME LATTER Love Robin

How i kept from goiing crazyer....

2010-05-20T18:03:00.000-07:00

project number one

project number two

project number three

hard work pays off.. check out the new patio

2010-05-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

my number one son and his family gave me a $100.00 visa card for my birthday. I was sooo over whelmed. I had never had $100. to do anything that I wanted with... so I began thinking. every night I would lay in bed and try to think of what I could buy.. a dress..(no, I hate shopping) more books for my kindel dx..(no that was too temporary) I would ask friends and they would say put all your ideas in a hat and pull out one and DO IT. I knew I would look at it and say nay. after about one month... I came up with the idea... it would last forever.. I would be forever reminded of what it represented. I would turn my corner weed patch into a patio!!!
I thought about buying $100 dollars of walmart pavers... Nanette said NO.. you want stone.
so we got into Gordons truck and went to international stone co. I choose arizona stone. and my $100 dollars @.18 a pound purchased 3 BIG stones..... it came to $99.21... how awesome!
Nanette and Gordon dug the area down about 6 inches and leveled the ground. Then Dann came to visit and had the privildge of setting the first stone with the help of his father.. it weighted 475 pounds. The other 2 were a little smaller.... however the stones are about 2 1/2 to three inches thick. seeing that we would need about 2 more loads of stone, Gordon and Dann went and got it .
Sunday we ate dinner on the patio... however the chairs and table had to be carefully placed of they would fall thru the cracks. So Monday I went and got two more loads of smaller stones. and thus began my part of the patio. All the stones are set in small pea gravel... so I would look at the spaces between the big rocks and look around to find a piece of the puzzle that would fit that spot. If it didnt fit closely. I took my sculpting chisels and hammer and broke off the pieces that didnt fit ... until it was a perfect fit.... after 4 days crawling around on the rocks covered with the small pea gravel.. my knees are sore, my hands are swollen.. and I can look at that corner of my yard with pride. "IF ITS TO BE ITS UP TO ME" this has always been my motto. NOW I have built a flower bed along side of the fence and set containers of flowers in place... My other big purchase... was a large container of sterilant. to kill all the weeds in and arould the area.. WOW I hope I dont get too carried away and sterilize the whole place... OH WELL.

troubles for Nick

2009-06-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

We just found out that this morning, Nick was backing his motorcycle out of the garage, and it began to tip over..... of course in the direction of his damaged leg. He had a spiral break this christmas from a skiing accident... and has still not been able to walk on it... but he could ride his bike to work..... with the cruches behind him....
From what I understand the bike tipped over onto his broken leg.. and did further damage and also broke his hip.... he is in surgery ... so pray for him ... when I know more I will let you know more. love robin

My Talk on Temples, a source of strength and power

2009-06-16T13:48:00.000-07:00

As an introduction.... I was asked to give a talk on the conference talk of Elder Richard G. Scott: Temple Worship the Source of Strength and Power in Times of Need.

If we have never met, I am Robin the mother of six boys and one girl.. we have 28 grandchildren, and eight sweet grandchildren. We have belonged to this ward for 38 years.. through all of its changes. I teach the 4 year old in primary. and hear a lot of things said by these kids that I don't want to hear. So I say tell me after the lesson. It works every time.
Gordon and I have been serving in the Boise Idaho Temple for 7 years.. Our shift at the temple is Wednesday from 10:45 to 4:30. It is the best job I have ever had and we love every min. we are there. I begin smiling as soon as we get close to the temple and cant quite smiling the rest of the day. When I enter the doors of the temple and feel the quiet and peace and a feeling comes over me that I have come home.
As I look out over this congregation, I see beautiful people who are at peace and are striving to become more spiritual. The calmness of your demeanor tells me that you have no problems and that life is sweet. RIGHT
Because I know my situation, I realize that I am the only one here who constantly has problems. So I will share with you how I make it through my trials and find joy along the way. Gordon and I have had children problems or was it problem children? We have had money problems and so many other kinds of trials or tests..that later we realized we had to pass in order to progress. And sometimes it is very painful time....but I know now that life goes on.
Several years ago I attended a seminar.. where a catholic priest talked to me. I was talking about my worries. He pulled out a AA 12 step card, and pointed to the first step and asked me to read it. #1 do you feel your life is out of control? I replied.."boy oh boy do I ever" He said read step #2 Do you believe in a Supreme Being? I replied " I most certainly do, I pray over everything every day. I love my Father in Heaven. He smiled and said read #3 Then turn your problems over to Him. Let Him handle it.... It was a light bulb moment for me. I had prayed and because nothing happened right away, I tried to take care of the problem.
13 years ago I was diagnosed with mauclear degeneration. And that I would be legally blind in five years. I was devastated. I cried all the way home When I got home there was no one home to tell my sorrows to... then I realized that there was someone.... so I knelt down by my bed and prayed for comfort. I felt the presence of the comforter and received joy. When Gordon came home I ran to him smiling and said guess what I have maculear degeneration. I received a marvelous blessing from Mark and Gordon. and I knew with assurance that I would be fine. I can still see to read all the books that I desire. I just cant read one in one day.
This early spring I was diagnosed with Parkinson Disease, which affects brain cells that control movement and balance, again with the blessings, I know that all will be well. So when you see me bumping into doorways and my hands and feet shaking just give me a big smile. I am OK. I fear not because I know that at no time will I go thur this experience alone...and I will pass with flying colors, and a joyful spirit.
Before we can change anything in our lives.....we have to recognize that this is the way it is meant to be right now IN OTHER WORDS. Father, you lead and I will follow.... this is the way it was meant to be. This is part of my journey
Challenges that tax our faith, are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.
Elder Scott spoke about how so many of us now have access to the temples. And many of us do not have to travel long distances to attend a temple session. But there are some who sell their homes and all they own to travel for many days by boat, bus and bike to receive their temple endowments. We must not allow anything to interfere with our plans to go to the temple . Elder Scott encourages us to set a goal and stick with it. What other activity could have a greater impact and provide more joy and profound happiness for a person than worshiping in the temple
I enjoy watching the people come into the temple. They tend to arrive rushing as if running from the world.. If it is a husband and wife, the wife is five feet ahead of the husband. But after they have spent time doing temple work, they dome out dressed again for the world walking slowly hand in hand.
The temple is the House of the Lord, a Holy place. In the temple we learn, what it means to be in... but not of the world. As we enter the temple we change from our everyday clothes into white clothing. Wearing white is a reminder that we are temporarily leaving the world being and entering a holy place. White is a symbol of purity and reverence. private dressing rooms are provided, modesty is a priority. The Temple is a Holy place. Their is an abundance of the Spirit within its walls. We can feel the Spirit whether we are outside looking at the Lords house or inside performing baptisms, receiving our endowment or participating in a sealing.
The temple is a place of learning, where we receive ordinance necessary for us to return to dwell with God. One ordinance we receive is the endowment, this word means "GIFT" and it is truly a gift from God.
Another temple ordinance is Celestial Marriage. At that time a husband and wife are sealed together forever. After the endowment session, we go into the Celestial room... a very sacred and beautiful room... It is so quiet and here you can fold your arms and talk to your Father in Heaven. and give thanks for your blessings. talk to Him about your problems, pray for guidance or pray for comfort. Elder John Widtsoe said "the temple is a place where revelations may be expected at the most unexpected moments in or out of the temple... this will come as a revelation... the solution to the problem that vex our lives.
I cannot promise you that you will not have hardships, trials, health problems or money worried. But I can promise you that going regularly to the temple will give you comfort, insight, and strengthen your love of your Father in Heaven so that you will have the faith to understand that.. when you say " I will go where you want me to go.... You may not end up where you planned on going.... and with your new found faith that is OK.
Boyde K. Packer " a Scripture says " Ye learn obedience by the things we suffer." Sure trials will come. Because of them Faith will increase, Happiness will increase, Security will increase. You will be glad to be alive at this time. Temple attendance will help you to develop faith and happiness,
President Gordon Hinckly "Vicarious temple work for the dead, more nearly approaches the vicarious sacrifice of the Savior Himself than any other work of which I know. No one comes with any expectations of thanks for the work which we do. It is given with love without hope of compensation or repayment..
What a wonderful principle
Working at becoming obedient is like putting puzzle together. Each piece has a place where it belongs. And as each piece of the obedience puzzle goes together, you will gain strength and knowledge and will gain more and more faith. And stronger faith in your Father in Heaven, you will be able to turn your trial over to Him...and you will know joy.

Pres. Gordon Hinckly "Never forget that you came to earth as a child of the Devine Father, with something of divinity in your makeup
The Lord did not send you here to fail. He did not give you life to waste it.
He bestowed upon you the gift of mortality.....that you might gain experience.......
Positive, Wonderful..Purposeful experience......that will lead to life eternal.
May God Bless you and May you listen to the Spirit and be encouraged to attend the temple. Love Robin

MY LATEST T12 ADVENTURE

2009-05-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

After 69 days of pain and misery. I finally got in to see my Dr. She was angry because I told her I had pain, but had told the West Valley Therapist that I had no pain.... I told them that so that I could get out of there... What they were doing was a farce to me. So finally she told me that there was one spinal specialist therapist located in Middelton.... So I went to him and he had treated me before when my achilles tendon had to be replaced.
He did a hands on exam and found that when I landed from the fall.. It hadpushed the pelvis off kilter... and the part of the backbone and the tail bone.. were tilted.. and so one leg was longer than the other....(isnt this interestin) anyway he began with exercises to treat those problems and I am doing sooo mush better.... I can even go out and pullbutton weeds andgrass out of the flower beds.... until the muscles begin to cramp. then I quite and come in an read for a while.

Now I need to get a life. Gordon is taking Alix, Levi and Micah on the father, son outing this friday. They are borrowing Allens camper... so It should be a lot of fun for them.
Nanette is going to Crouch to sell her jewelery at a premothers day sale... which will be fun for her. Nan planted a lot of containers of plum grass and lemon grass... so will need to get them transplanted.... there is alway a lot to do this time of year... and it is fun to do because it gets you outside in the rain and sunshine. When it gets hot I am not very excited to go outside. well take care one and all.

my portrait and what I did while I was down

2009-04-11T15:42:00.000-07:00

These are the quilt blocks that I put together while I waited for my broken back to get better.. each block is different and they are all from small triangles. and same colors... It was like figuring out a puzzle... quite adicting. actually.

This is a self portrait of myself portraying the difficulty of making a dragon so real it comes up off the page. notice he only made it half way off the paper.

who is who

2009-03-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

this is a special note to carol, who wanted to know who the dougals were on facebook
So carol.. here it goes.... gordon and I had 6 sons and one daughter
1. Terry and his wife debbie and their children Anna Isaac Kaydee Ben and Becky live is taylorsville ut
2. Mark and his wife Teresa live in caldwell id. and their children,,,Casey at the U of chicago..single
Whitney and husb Spencer 3 wee daughters, and moving to twin falls, Id
Trevor and Chantel going to school at U of Idaho
Harrison and Erin going to school at BYU
Abby going to school at BYU Idaho
Landon a 11th grader
3.Dann and wife Terry Lee.. live in layton ut, Kanien and John going after master at U of U their daughters are Marsella, and Claire
4. Nick and Barbara live in so calif. their daughter in Caitlin in the 6th grade
5.Theron and Gwen live in kelso wa. theron's daughters are Amanda, Mellisa, Sarah, and Emily
6.Nanette..lives in caldwell id. has Alix (12) Levi (11) and Micah (6)
7Alex and Cheryl live in fruita co. and have tyler (12) and Wyatt (10)
I believe that this will help or confuse you. which ever... I enjoy hearing from you Love robin

THE REST OF THE STORY

2009-03-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

friends and family... this is a post note to the story of my fall.... 2 weeks later cheryl'sUncle tom, who is head of the respiratory dept of the same hosp. heard about me not getting an xray. he came to the house and talked and got my story... the next thing I knew my own physican called and said Robin what would you like a picture of? so I got right in and got xrayed and they found a fracture of the 12th thorasic vertabre. ouch!!! a week later I had an appoi ntment with the boise imaging clinic.... There I had an hour in the MRI machine. and a short trip across the hall way. and climbed up on the table onto my stomach. an xray machine was in place and an IV was pumping happy juice into my veins. the DR. inserted a needle with the assistance of the xray machine to see where he was going and then placed a bone needel into the bone and into the fracture.. he inserted a polysester glue into the fracture line... I laid still for a few minutes and then got up and went home. I no longer had the intense pain of the fracture... but because of the posture or something else. I had a lot of pain in the muscles of the back... from my sholder blades to my hips..... and a week later the pain level has gone down to a4 or 3 and I am a happy camper. what a fun experience.... I havent written until now because I couldnt stand up or sit down for longer than 3 min.
Life is great I am not sure what I was supposed to learn from this experience... but not to stand on little stools... be patient with people in pain.//// and love and appreciate my husband for his care and concern during this time. I have spent the last few days and croched a rug... and have hand sewn 3 quilt blocks.... each one a different pattern.... and read a zillion books. Learn from me and remember that compassionate service never goes with out punishment. I love you all robin

Everything comes in threes?

2009-02-24T12:19:00.000-08:00

last thursday, I have a friend that I visit teach. she had become very ill after having a knee replacement and was readmitted to the hospital. she is divorced and about my age. her home was always beautiful..furniture, and many eye candy. the relief society pres went into her bedroom and it was super trashed. she has 2 dogs and a cat that sleeps with her. and they are too lazy to do their business outsidel and they do it all over the house. so the rs pres. talked to her and the so the woman told us to purge the house of all unneeded items. SO last thurs. 4 of us went to town. I was asked to clean the pantry.. throw away all outdated items. and clean the shelves of weevel...so I tossed out about aton of stuff. and had the top shelf empty and was standing on a small homemade stool. Reaching back into the corners..the stooltipped over and flipped me backwards. Oh the pain..it went up my spine. It took me about 5 min to get up off the floor. and wobble to the couch. I worked some more and did no lifting . and then went home.... did I mention this woman is a shopaholic!! her closets were virtually packed with towels and sheets. and rugs... her garage was also packed with boxes of things that had never been opened. so the DI got a wind fall.and dad and I took 1499 pounds of things to the dump. I broughthome some of the cake mixes and other things that were out dated and not wevelley. rather than taking them to the dump..I hate to throw awaay food,
anyway, that afternoon, dad took me to the emergency room to get an xray of my spine and hips. a young PAcame into the room and said you are hurting, theyhe made me move my legs and said your hips are fine. what you have is pulled muscles down the back bone..gave me a script for pain med and muscle relaxiant, and now 6 days latter I am still in pain but only if I stand up. what a waste of time. I guess that this too shall be for my education here on earth. Other than my misadventure. all is well here on the home front... Love ya robin

i love color

2009-02-14T17:40:00.000-08:00

each saturday, I increase my meds. So sat, sun. and monday, are rather ickey days... but come tues. I am ready to go. This tues. I decieded to paint the living room.. It has been a creamy yellow for several years... and now it had gotten rather fly spotted, and finger printed. a time for a change.. right? So what color togo with? I love going to the paint section of Home depo. all the colors that i look at are so beautiful... it is hard to choose. I finally went with a color called artic ice. It is blue, with black added, and green added and yellow ocher. It is in a medium value... and when I painted the first wall... I thought it was going to be awful..... but I love it. It is a very calm and restful color. and goes with many things in the room. My living room is early dougal and early roos. In other words. it is mostly furniture that was donated to us. The carpet has been on the floor since 1972.... which would be 37 years. and it just wont wear out... so it will be there for ever. But all in all it is home and I love it.
back to the painting... it took me 2 days to do the job I finally had to have gordon help me move the big oak table... I just couldnt budge it... Now the next part is to paint the woodwork and window sills. They will be white.. and since I am just a little shakey/ I have asked nanette to do that for me. If I did it we would have white windows and curvy lines of paint on the walls. anyway I thought I would let you know about my latest adventure... and what a wonderful world we live in... I love it. love ya robin

2009-01-31T10:40:00.000-08:00

ya hoo!!! its me again... yesterday was temple day and it was a looong one. we leave here at about 1:30 in the afternoon and we got home at 11:30.. so today I am tired..also saturday is increase the med day... but life is so good. I just love my sisters in the temple.. what a family.
today is kinda clean up day.. straighten things.. anything except what I really should do, which is make bread.
My quote for the day is "1. learn to love your calling in life and in church
(I teach the 4 year old... who couldnt love that) 2. Learn to be satisfied... it is more pleasant 3.Learn to accept adversity....your going to have some. 4.Get in the habit of saying pleasant things...not negative remarks 5. Live in the present to the hilt...sucess is a journey...not a destination. 6.Live and honor the covenants (baptism and temple) 7.At the age of 70 + resist the urge to straighten out everyones affairs. So what advise can I give you today to help you straighten out your affairs? Love ya robin

Its me again.....wow

2009-01-29T08:20:00.000-08:00

Last time that I was at Terry lees home.. I spied her little note book of interesting thoughts....So I got me a mediun size pink spiral note book..(so it is easy to find) and began collecting my own.....or someone elses thoughts...it is about 1/2 fulll now and I take it to church and if the talks get toooo boring during sacrament meeting.. I can read something worth while....
Neal Maxwell...."We knew before we were born that we were coming to earth for bodies and experiences and that we would have joys and sorrow, ease and pain, comforts and hardships, health and sickness, success and disappiontments. We knew also that after a period of life we would die, we accepted all that eventualities with a glad heart, eager to accept both the favorable and the unfavorable. We eagerly accepted that chance to come earthward even though it might be for only a day or a year. Perhaps we were not so much concerned whether we should die of disease, of accident or of senility. We were willing to take life as it came and as we might organize and control it and this withou murmur, complaint or unreasonable demands.

Sometimes that is a hard concept to remember. love ya robin

2009-01-25T16:35:00.000-08:00

My last blog was on Jan. 14 2008... so today I celebrate by writing a new blog...
I was unable to get into my site.... so nan helped me and here I am again.

PARKINSON AND ME

I had wondered for some time about the changes that felt were not right for me. So when I went to the Dr. in mid December, I asked her... could parkinsons be genetic? She said "possibly...WHY?" I explained to her what I had observed and said it seemed similar to what my father had gone through.... ( he lived to be 92 years old). After she had me walk down the hallway and bent my elbow a few times and asked about what I had precieved?

I told her about the weariness, weakness ( I have always been very strong),, stumbling into objects ( doorways, tables etc.) , shaking hands(especially my left hand) and choking on food or water.

She put me on ropinrole.25 mg 3 times a day.. for a week. and then increase it every week until I was up to 1mg..3 time s aday. It has really been fun..

Ropinirole causes nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, trouble sleeping, weakness, dry mouth. So about an hour after I take the pill morning sickness hits.... I go to bed at 10:30 and wake up between 1am and 2am.. so I go out to the recliner and wrapup in a warm blanket and fall back to sleep. but I am not complaining.

Parkinsons is caused by a group of basal gangli, deep in the center of the brain. These gangli are responsible for movement. PD is a loss or damage to the dopimine receptors in this region. PD is deggeneration of a number of nuclei in the dopamine producing nerve cells in the brainstem. Dopamine is a neuro transmitter that stimulates motor neurons... the cells that control the muscles. By the time the symptoms appear I have lost about 80% or more of the dopamine producing cells.

Looking back....myhands began shaking in 1982,,I noticed in an art class age47 restless foot movement...began 1999 age64

balance problems..about2006 age 71

walking steps didnt seem smooth 2008 age 73

left hand shaking ... dec. 2008 age 73

choking...nov 2008 age 73

voice changes (sounds like I have a frogin my throat...dec 2008

The best defence is to exercise daily. delete stress from my life, exercise my mind. etc. etc.

So every day will be a new adventure

every day will carry with it a responsibility

I will make the most of everyday

come what may... and love it.

Information if such a good tool.. I thought I would share with anyone who is interested Love ya, robin

tagged #2

2008-01-14T19:12:00.000-08:00

in 1974 life was hard.. but our income was not what yours is today
my married life is a piece of cake. with 7 kids in our home this was a busy time. I sewed drapes 6 days a week. 12 to 14 hours a day. each week doing 75 to 125 widths of drapes. I was paid by the number of widths.. this money bought the materials to build our home. piece by peice. in 1974 I had been sewing drapes for 7 years, I had 7 children to feed, keep clean, Twice a week I churned 3 gallons of cream to make butter. I ground wheat and made 15 loaves of bread a week, we had a cow, that gave us 3 gallons of milk a day, We raised 2 lambs, 3 pigs, a calf and a big, really big garden that I and the boys took care of, Gordon was teaching school to find ..............................75 cents and put 3 gallons in the car got us there and back.
In 1978 that spring we raised 250 chickens.. a large garden Gordons parents came over to help us kill and prepare the chickens.. the boys caught the chickens... gordon killed them them other boys dunked the chicks in boiling water and pulled off the feathers. Grandpa dougal gutted the chickens, Gordon cut them up and brought them to the kitchen where they were cooked down in large kettles.. when tender.. grandma dougal and I took off the meat andplaced in it pint jars and processed the meat and broth in pressure cookers we started at 8am and finished at 11;30 pm at the end of that day I wrote....Gordon and the boys bought me a a gas grill, so for supper we cooked hot dogs and potato salad of course... it is really great to be a part of this family.. I am so proud of each and every one of my children ( and I remember all of this work was done cheerfully and with out a word of protest) sure.

beginning #1

2008-01-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

I was born into an inactive lds family, I had a brother that was adopted and five years older than I, Jerry... and I had a sister sandy that is 5 years younger than I and a brother Michael who was 10 years younger than I. at the age of 5 our family moved to Spokane. where my father was staff artist at the air base. we lived in army housing it was a good time of my life. I was taught to work early on.. because mom was a RN and worked the 3 to 11 shift. My first chore was dusting.. Saturday was house cleaning day.. on would go the radio to the classical and opera station and mom and I worked along side of each other.. as I got older i got the job that I hated the most..cleaning the toilet... I and still hear mom yelling " for crying out loud.. your hand isnt going to fall off get in there and scrub.. its clean water..." OH YA.
after the war we moved back to boise.. dad went into the sign business. we camped out in the desert for fun in summers and went to out cabin the the mountains a good time.
School and teachers scared me to death. and still do. I thought I was dumb.. because my dad always told me " you are so dumb" Now I know that I had a learning problem..
My memories of childhood are of fear and fantasy. When I went to bed my imagination went to work and it still does today.. I put myself to sleep with vivid picture stories that are never ending. From the time I could read.. I read... It was and is my escape from the real world into a world of adventure and friends that I never had in real life. Today I know that this is not a good thing. because life is out there and you do need to face the facts and get on with life.

So now you have read this little quip about me and are ready to call in the men in white jackets and pass out the happy pills to me... ha I beat you to it...

I grew up graduated from high school... and went on to school at byu.. in the nursing program a 5 year study of nursing. I completed 2 1/2 years and married my high school sweetheart and dropped out of school to become a mother. and wowo did I become a mother.
more latter...

Tagged

2008-01-12T10:42:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged and am supposed to talk about several things that no one knows about me.
GUESS what no one on this earth knows anything about me.
Tell me what is my favorite color... my favorite meal... my favorite child..ha....my birthday... my childhool....do I have enemies... who are my friends... what are my beliefs... my intelligence... or lack of it... do I like chocolate... or cantalope... or steak... what is my favorite season... my creative passions... what makes me feel good... what are my fears... what are my real talents.
so you see..the list could go on and on . all of my posterity do not know a thing about me.. why? because no one has ever taken the time to really know who I am. So if and when you tell your children or grandchildren about me it will mostly be your mis conception of who you thought is was... and not a word of the truth will be told of who I really am.

thhese were taken from the taste of home book

2007-11-08T09:41:00.000-08:00

CHICKEN BROCCOLI CASSEROLE

3 cups broccoli florets..cook until crisp tender..place in 11x7 casserole
2 cups cooked chicken cubed
1 can cream of chicken soup or mushroom..undiluted
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2cup grated parmesan cheese....mix chick and sauce and pour over broccoli
1 cup cubed fresh bread
2-3 tablespoons butter melted
pot with bread cubes and butter
bake uncovered at 359 for 25 to 30 min

I had 1 1/2 cup cooked rice that i place in bottom of casserole and
then went ahead as at the first of reciepe

the dish was eaten really fast and everyone really liked it. give it a try and let me know

some new gooood casserole we liked it a lot

2007-11-08T09:30:00.000-08:00

FOLD OVER TORTILLA BAKE
1 pound ground beef
1cup chop onion...brown onion and beef and drain well
2cans stewed tomatos (i used a jar of salsa)
1 cup enchilada sauce ( i used tom sauce with a sprinkle of taco seasoning)
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper.......mix the above with the meat

12 flour or corn tortillas
2 packages cream cheese
1 can chopped green chilies..drain..spread cheese on tortilla and a spoon of gr. chilies
fold in half and again in 1/4ths
1 cup cheese grated
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pour half of the meat sauce in dish
place tortillas point side up half way up the side of the dish
pour remaining sauce over top
cover with foil and bake for 15 min
sprinkle with cheese and bake another 5 min or until chese is melted

nan's kids at terrys

2007-10-26T10:41:00.000-07:00

I am back again after a brief delay

2007-10-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

My password was not recognized by the blog site. but now I am back again. I will post more tomorrow.. love ya all

whatever

2007-09-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

well not a lot of news today. this is our night to go to jail...last week noone wanted to listen to us so we got to go home early.. which is not too bad. gordon has spent this monday and tuesday out at the ranch at jordon valley.. he is beginning to know the area and more imortant he is getting to know his cousins and their children. aunt frankie is 88 years old and is running the ranch with the help of her daughter charlene who is 60 something. they run about 5000 acres and many heads of cattle.. i think it is awsome. while gordon was gone my sister sandy, came down from the hills and we canned 38 quarts of peaches.... we were going to do chilie sauce and tom suace. but she wanted to do that at her house so she could smell the wonderful smells of it all. so after canning we went shopping... which means going to goodwill and st vincentde paul stores. that was fun just being together was fun she spent the night we had some really good talks about the good old days... so I will talk to you latter love mom

all new

2007-09-21T11:33:00.000-07:00

guess what? we redid the lawn this year.. and yesterday gordon planted the grass and now we begin the watering process./ we will get 2 boxes of tomatos at the temple tonight from our friends. so tomorrow we open the cannery again and do toms. Saturday we will process the apples that gordon picked off of our trees.. about 2 1/2 bushels .. this is the year for pie filling type things... then on monday aunt sandy will be here to can tom sauce and chilie sauce and peaches... I hope she get here I think it will be fun. all is well dad is doing real good. and is now able to eat hot dogs and other things he likes to eat.. it is sunny and I keep seeing birds on the front lawn.. I hope they are not eating the grass seed... love for now... got to go to the temple.

gordons day

2007-09-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

today gordon had surgery, on his tracia it went well, the dr. streched the esophagus and hopefully now he, gordon that is, will be able to swallow food more easily. 16 min after the procedure, they had him sit up and get dressed. even if he didnt even know what he was doing. I drove him home... I was listed as the responsible driver... isnt that a laugh. he slept all the way home.. i got him in the house and he ate a bowl of cream soup.. and went to sleep in his chair and has been sleeping for the last 4 hours... so all is welll I precieved that possibley some of you would want to know the outcome... all is well love mom

HELP ME!!!

2007-09-08T12:24:00.002-07:00

DEAR BLOGGERS.. AND FAMILY WIZARDS...
I have a new kodak easy share camera.... and it has a site called nero..
also a site for my pictures... the problem is..(.me) I am unable to find the pictures and or unable to figure out how to put them on the blog site.. I know that they are in there somewhere and I know they should have some kind of number for each one so that I can bring it to the blog site... meanwhile back at the farm... all I can do is say HI and How are you. Love robin

HELP ME!!!

2007-09-08T12:24:00.001-07:00

2007-08-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

dear kids I am still trying to post a new photo of the asparagas that we planted this spring. I am having techinical troubles finding the pics on the nero site. so hang in there I will keep trying until I am half way successful. love ya

2007-08-09T17:09:00.000-07:00

this is the morning glory growing on dads arbor. next week my next discovery will be how to get the pictures to be right side uplll

2007-08-09T17:07:00.000-07:00

more bamboo

2007-08-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

this is the bamboo that alex gave me a start of. it came in the back of his truck, dry roots, out in the open for 3 days.. i didnt think that it would live... but as you can see it is spreading out and growing bigger ever day.

2007-08-09T16:57:00.000-07:00

hey whada ya know... here is a picture of nans sun flowers that she planted along my back fence.

smiling dann

2007-08-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

my son, wha hoo, nan just showed me how to put something on the blog... aren't we proud of me. i like this pic of dann,,, he is smiling.

2007-05-15T14:31:00.000-07:00

this is the new and modern robin....

this is photo of mom from about two years ago and she is still on the same crutches....