Happy thoughts...

some stuff I’ve gotten to do (in no particular order).....I’ve milked a cow, driven a tractor, plowed a field, gone tubing, camping, gathered eggs, gone snowshoeing, cross country skiing, taken a college course with my brother, tole painted (mostly by myself) one small key holder, laid sod, worked on a pig welfare farm, been in a road show, sung in a choir, canned fruits and veggies, grown a garden, gone hiking, walked in the pacific ocean, been to Mexico, ocean kayaked, walked in the redwoods, seen the Grand Canyon, seen the Washington DC Temple, been through the Nauvoo Temple, dispatched for a police and fire department, worked at a mortuary, worked in a fast food restaurant, lived away from “home”, driven in a blizzard, lived through an ice storm, driven an old VW bug, flown in an airplane, ridden a horse, had a phone on a party-line, listen to records, been to a live concert (Dan Folgelberg), climbed a fire truck ariel ladder, walked the narrows in Zion’s, known all 4 of my grandparents, known one great-grandfather, de-tasseled corn (midwest farm job), walked beans (see last), seen a midwestern sunset, seen a mountain sunrise, gone fishing, seen a midwestern pre-tornado green sky, played in warm rain, cut our own christmas tree, owned computers, been on a local pbs tv show (go seminary scripture chases), sewed clothes, snowmobiled in Yellowstone, married, had a baby, found treasure, been “scared to death” to later laugh about it, cared for 3 babies in cloth diapers for 2 weeks, had a dinner disaster, lived in the country, hiked Mt. Timp. to the saddle, lived in a dorm, lived in a basement apartment, floated in the Great Salt Lake, traveled between Utah and Illinois by car, seen Mt. Rushmore, had pets, have grandchildren, danced, seen God’s hand in my life.