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Mom

Neva Jean Edeburn Anderson

Yesterday, October 30, 2006 the first person to greet me on this earth passed away. Mom was just 69 years old.   All of us have to deal with death at one time or another, but when it's your Mother no matter how old you are at the time of their passing. I  still feel the little girl in me wishing it had been other wise.   There are many things that I will always remember about my Mom - fresh cooked bread after school, homemade dresses, Homemade Easter eggs, handmade blessing dresses,  she always  dressed nice, and no matter where we lived  she made the house  beautiful.
These are just a few of the things about Mom.
I know this doesn't seem a subject to put on a blog- but I just wanted you to know I will miss her, and that she was important to me.
I know that she is at the place where she will not suffer as she suffered here, but where she will continue to grow, accumulating knowledge and developing and being useful  under the plan Salvation made possible through the atonement of the Son of God.
   "As mortals we all must die.  Death is as much a part of eternal life as is birth.  Looked at through mortal eyes, without comprehension of the eternal plan of God, death is a bleak, final, and unrelenting experience described by Shakespeare as "the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns" {Hamlet, act 3 scene 1, lines 79-80}
     But our Eternal Father, whose children we are, made possible a far better thing through the sacrifice of His Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  This had to be.  Can anyone believe that the Great Creator would provide for life and growth and achievement only to snuff it all into oblivion in the process of death?  Reason says no.  Justice demands a better answer.  The God of heaven has given one.  The Lord Jesus Christ provided it.  His was the ultimate sacrifice, His the sublime victory."  {Teachings of President Gordon B. Hinckley}

  Love you Mom-
Teresa

Girls Night Out

Over ten years ago I served in the Stake Young Womens organization  with Ruth, Sandi and Cindy.
Since then we have made a point to get together a couple times each year, even though we all live in different towns miles apart.
  We usually plan a shopping trip or lunch. We've also taken a train trip, gone up to Cindy's cabin, garden party, or a  planned themed parties like last years " Red Tartan" party.  Mainly we just have fun catching up on everyones life.
  Just this week we got together at my home for a fall themed party-  Ruth and Cindy brought their favorite fall recipes, I prepared pumpkin soup, and Sandi came with a great fall salad.
We spent the evening just talking, laughing etc.  We also had time for a little project at the my shop "Le shed" and closed the evening down at the fire pit under the prefect star sky, eating apple pie. 


"The most beautiful discovery true friends make, is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

Tag I'm it

Yes, I've been Tagged by Heidi  my Daughter in Law.  So now I will list five  things that are uniquely me. {In other words weird or should I say  peculiar.}

1. I have this odd behavior that I find myself doing once in awhile, I take my thumb and pointer finger and placing them in a parallel position next to my eyes, I measure things, moving my thumb and finger closer or farer apart as needed.  I think I started this in Grade school one day and thought it was fun!

2. I have this very unique talent when it comes to restaurants- I can always pick the meal that their out of or will be served last, or they completely forget my order- I kid you not- for most of the almost 30 years that I have been married- I will be the last one at the table to receive my food. It has  become a family joke- When we go out to dinner someone will say oh lets see if Mom gets her food first and when that doesn't happen, Dan usually says someone like "Oh, I'm so sorry, next time I will tell them to bring yours first!"

3. Mystery movie are another thing-  I can tell you with in the first 15 to 20 minutes who did want,why and how and be right 9 out of 10 times. Just the other night we were watching "House" and I had a crazy idea pop in my head and it was right! Go figure.
My theory on this is- I believe all the actors know the story line- and with out even knowing it they give it away through body language- 

4. My jaw pops once in awhile when I eat- sorry if you were with me when that happens!

5.Bridges I hate them- But if you travel much you have to cross them. When my children were little they pretty much went everywhere with me and that meant running around for parts for Dan . Which meant going to the Bay area and of course having to cross the bay bridge- I would play over and over in my mind all the different ways I could get the kids out of the car and swim to safety,  one idea I had was a  great stunt that would rival anything done on  a "Jame Bond" movie!

So there you have it , a  glimpse of some of my weirdness. I know I have more truly unusual things I do, but can't think of them right now- Your free to though.
I guess it's my turn to tag some people- Most of the bloggers I know have already been tagged     {my
blogging community is small}
I tag Pam, and four other people who read this and want to be tagged {Is that fair?} Let me know if you tagged yourselves.

Fall Flowers?

Yes, it is fall but if you walk out to my garden you may be a bit confused. My garden is full of "Spring" colors- Hint to myself plant some orange, red, flowers that will be in bloom next fall! As  I've said before I love Dahlia's they just keep putting out the flowers!

'Ace of Hearts' Collarett                   'StarLite' Cactus form

'Candy Cane' Formal Decorative          'Mrs. Santa Claus' Informal decorative

'Tasagore' Peony form                          'Dizzy' Single

Just a look at part of my Garden.

Count Tarantula

Yes, It's happening again- Twice a year these little critters migrate across our property once in the spring and then again in October- Seems fitting that they come out again in the month of Halloween.
Strange thing, in the spring they seem to be in groups {like a line of ducks crossing the road} but in October they migrate alone- So what do you think happened to the rest?

Nut House

It's that time of year again- where we spent 24/7 at Andersen Nut Company- {as we lovingly call it the "Nut House"} Things are going well, except for the late start everything is running just as it should!
Here's what it typically looks like during the day -

Kent ...Banks

Okay so Kent has not had the greatest luck with ATM cards-  His first year at college, he had problems keeping a currant balance- He couldn't figure it out- seemed like we were always putting money in his account because he was over drawn- so one day we had enough { all this time Kent couldn't figure out what the problem was,swore that he wasn't spending that much money} so we went to the bank to have them give us a written statement of where and when the account was being used- Well long story short- we found out that one of the employees at a certain store Kent went too was hijacking his account! {be-careful where you use your ATM} So we fixed that problem but was never able to find out for sure which employee ... so here we are 2 years later and Kent and the bank are at it again- Only this time in Kent's favor- He went to withdrawn some funds today and noticed that his balance was way larger than he expected in the amount of $30,000.00 way more than he should have. So we are looking into that-  Hey, maybe someone was feeling a little guilty about past wrong doings and decided to pay Kent back--could happen.
  Kent also sent me a picture of the Rexburg Temple, so I thought I would share.