Flying the Friendly Skies

My, how Time Flies!  It has been 2 months since I last posted anything
and I am feeling a bit discombobulated (sorry, I am sure the spelling is bad,
not a word I write all that often)

Travel has been my middle name over the past 58 days,
I think I slept in my own bed a total of 4 days in January.

Some of my time was spent on Leisure, I will confess to that,
but a great amount was also spent on business.
(you know the thing that pays the rent and keeps the lights on)

Fortunately my business gives me opportunity to stretch my mind and
spend time around people.
(Not something, if left to my own devices, I would find myself doing.)
And so I feel quite content with the way I have spent my time,
and also exhausted.

March will give me time to regroup and recuperate as we will be home
at least half the month. I only wish that March weather made the 'staying at
home' part a bit more pleasant.

I shouldn't really complain too loudly as the bulk of my time away was
spent in sunny climates with shirtsleeve temperatures. But don't worry
we spent our share of time in the blustery weather of Colorado and Utah.

I also have been in Spokane Washington where my horizons were broadened
and my mind paradigm was shifted as I learned all about being alkaline and
healthy.  May I say, Our bodies are truly miraculous things and what we do
to them can sometimes be nothing short of criminal.

It truly has been a remarkable 58 days and if only my lovely children and
grandchildren had been within arms reach it would have been a perfect
scenario, but that did make home draw me as a magnetic is drawn to
true north. 

I am hopeful that it will not be another 2 months before posting something

but I am making no promises!

Momza oh Momza oh where have you gone!

Happy New Year

Hi everyone, it is time to welcome In yet another new decade and I am pretty excited for what this new year holds in store.

For some reason I am very excited for this upcoming year. Maybe it is because a new grandchild is expected! And wonderful opportunities are just around every corner, and the anticipation is killing me.

I will also try to do a better job of keeping my blog up-to-date. Hey, that can be my new years resolution. Keeping my life better documented. What New Years resolutions are you making? care to share?

Auld Lang Syne

Hi all,
Christmas is officially over and I am secretly glad....don't get me wrong,I love Christmas and everything that comes along with that.  I love the family gatherings and the lights and the joy and happiness that people seem much more prone to display at Christmas time.  But.....it is time to move forward.  And that is exactly what we did.  We took down the REAL tree the day after Christmas because it had become so dry and as long as we were in the take down mode we moved on to the tree in the kitchen.  I love the tree that we put up in the kitchen, it is a full 9 feet and I decorate it to make me happy, but it has been up since the first of November (yes, you read that correctly) which meant it had done its job and did it well. Furniture was moved back in and tiny villages were packed away until next year.  I usually have a little bit of sadness when I undecorate after the holidays but it hasn't materialized.  Maybe that is because I have so much that I am looking forward to in this new year.  For one thing we have a new grandson coming the first part of February.  I also have a little trip to the tropics around the same time.  If 2011 is anything like 2010 it will race by so quickly that soon I will be pulling the tree up out of the basement and enjoying the holidays again.

Change is Good?

We are making a few changes around our house, not really a remodel but still holes are being made in walls and wire is being threaded.
It is a little disconcerting to me to make a hole (even a neat hole) in a perfectly good wall.


Sometimes you have to make things worse before you can make things better.
I guess the same thing can be said of a myriad of things.
Still, sometimes it feels that we live in a never ending construction zone.
Luckily Mr Darcy is a whiz at destroying things and then building them back up!
If only he had the time to finish his projects.

A perfect Thanksgiving Roll

We love bread at our house and this recipe which is found in 'The Essential Mormon Cookbook' is a perfect recipe.  It is made a day ahead and refrigerated and it is 'fool proof', I am living proof.


Feather Light Overnight Rolls


1 C water
1 C butter (2 sticks)
3/4 C sugar
2 t. salt
1 C cold water
2 (.25 ounce) packages yeast
1/2 C warm water
4 eggs, beaten
7 1/2 C flour
  Butter for spreading on dough


In a 6 quart pan bring the 1 cup water to a boil.  Add the 1 C butter, sugar and salt. Remove from heat.  Add the 1 C cold water.  Dissolve yeast in the 1/2 C warm water (not hot).  When first mixture is lukewarm, add yeast mixture and beaten eggs.  Stir briefly.  Add flour and stir together. Cover pan with lid and refrigerate overnight.  When ready to roll out, divide dough in thirds.  Lightly flour surface of bread board.  Roll each third out in a large circle about 1/2 inch think.  Spread dough lightly with butter.  Cut dough into wedges and roll each up, beginning at the wide end, to form a crescent shape.  Place on 3 greased baking sheets ( 12 rolls per sheet). Let rise about 4 hours.  Bake at 400 for about 12 minutes. Makes 3 dozen rolls.


I am telling you what, everyone in my family LOVES these and requests them for every get together.  I am taking them to Thanksgiving dinner this year as Sissy, the gorgeous one, is hosting it at her house. (Thanks baby girl, I love you tons).  Anyone can and should make these for their family gatherings, they make you look like a baker extraordinaire.  (I wish I had a picture to attach of all of my children and grandkids enjoying them but no one would stop eating them long enough to take the picture.)


As a side note: if you do not already own the cookbook that I mentioned above, you MUST get it.  Every recipe in it is fabulous (at least all that I have tried have been). 

Note to self..Not another lame excuse

What is the deal? why are you not getting with the program.
What is the deal with your procrastinating nature?


You know you will feel so much better when you get
your assignments accomplished don't you?  It  will
give you a well earned sigh of relief and you know how
good that will feel.


The Relief Society Christmas Party is coming closer,
and closer, and closer and you know you must get to
it! Like right now. Hey! don't think I don't see you trying
to hide behind this computer screen...put this thing down
and get to work making those phone calls.....
I tell you what....sometimes I am such a task master!