I Love Fancy Guppies

Did you know that I love Guppies? Well I do. They are gorgeous.

When I was little I lived on Argo Way in Sacramento, California. 

It was a little house that sometimes had a silver side when the rest was 

painted pink and I could tell people to look for the silver house when they 

were hunting for me. 

Any who... the neighbors had guppies. Not a big tank just a big bowl and those guppies had guppies and then those guppies had guppies. 

Whew it was so fun to see the explosion of little pretty fish and I got 

some guppies too.

Much better than the poly wogs that I caught every spring at St. Mary's Cemetery, the place I was forbidden to ever, ever go.  

"Where did you get those poly wogs?"  Mom would ask and of course being the angelic child that I was I answered "In the gutter by Jiggy's house."

Of course she really believed that. 

Back to my guppies...So when I couldn't do a lot with my hands and because some of my Granddaughters came to help me clean my house so that one of them could raise $7.00 for a frog house and we had to go hunting for all of the important things that go with little critters. I wound up at the pet stores 

and couldn't resist the beautiful guppies that they have now. 

Guppies have really changed since I was little. They are gorgeous. There are red, blue, green, purple and much more. 

There is a blue and a leopard mama in my tank. And I had a leopard daddy that Christi bought me for my birthday. He died but I am going to get another one because he was so, so beautiful. 

One of the funny things that happened is that about 30 little baby guppies 

that were six weeks old had babies! I had to put on my reading glasses to see them. 

I keep my tank at about 80 - 82 degrees and I guess that is what happens when they are kept nice warm. 

So now I have many, many Fancy Guppies. 

Love,
Grammy T.

Fighting Cancer One Hug at a Time

Jenny's Quilt

Nikki's Quilt

I have been busy lately making quilts. 


One for a new baby arriving in December 
(picture of just the top is above) 


and two for two of my cancer sisters that are 
having a hard time right now. 


I hope they will be able to feel love and hope 
like a hug from their new quilts.
 The finished quilt is for Jenny.


Please pray for her and Nikki.

Thank you friends. 

Love,
Grammy T.

We Don't Bow to Things

The Christus on Temple Square in SLC

A great man in our church once said:
 "We teach our people correct principles 
and then let 
them judge themselves."


I love this saying and I love 
"The Gospel of Jesus Christ."


Two summers ago, after our family reunion, 
we took some of our family to Temple Square in SLC 
and of course we went to the Visitors Center 
where the Christus 
is displayed. 


While we were looking at the Christus 
a little boy of middle Eastern decent 
walked up to the Christus and stood 
in awe of the beautiful representation 
of Christ.And then bowed to Him. 
It was very touching. 

That is something we don't see in our church but my little granddaughter 
thought it was a nice thing to do so she followed 
him in his praise of Christ. 
Very Sweet!!

Love, Granny T.

Precious Little One's

Our Savior Jesus Christ also has a body 

Because we, the members of 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 

don't believe in the Nicene Creed we are deemed 

by some folks as not being Christian.


In other words we believe that 
God is our Heavenly Father, 
He has a body and we are made in his image.

and is one with the Father in purpose, 
not in body. 


The Holy Ghost is also a separate being. 

Having been raised in one of the "other" Christian Churches, 

 that believe in the Nicene Creed, 

I asked my Momma 

what God looked like.

She said that I should think of Him as a big head floating 

and listening to my prayers and that 
He could be everywhere. 

As a little tiny girl my teachings of 

Jesus Christ was much easier to understand.

 Jesus came to the earth and was born of Virgin Mary 

and He loved me and He walked the earth

 just like me and he was good and kind 

and He truly loved little children.

He said we would go to Heaven if we were good like He was 
and if "we were as a little child". 

I loved Him so much and many times 
I felt Him with me. 

The Holy Ghost scared me at first because ghosts were 
scary to little girls. 

In fact my little friend Sally Jo was saying her prayers one night 

at my Nana Pills' house and she ended her prayer...


"In the name of the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost".  

Well that did it for those two little one's 

and my Nana had to sleep with us to get us to calm down. 

Children are so Dear you know. 

Love,
Grammy T.

I Will Not Complain

Tate is getting so big.
He is such a cute little guy.

Hi all, this is my first time back to my Blog in a very long time.  


I broke my wrist when I fell in the shower the middle of July 
and to mend I needed an operation of a metal plate 
and seven screws. 


I am just now back to typing with two hands. 


With physical therapy I am hoping to be able to use it better through the 
next few months. 


I just watched Nie-Nie and I don't dare complain. 


Here is her blog:
 http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/


And here is a video about her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDvxPjsm8E


So you see why I will not complain.

Love,
Grammy T.

Successful Marriages Require A High Degree of Mutual Toleration,

My Grandfather George William Pillsbury with his siblings 
Leonard and Adeline Jane.

"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal

is going to waste a lot of time running around 

shouting that he has been robbed. 

The fact is that most putts don’t drop, 

most beef is tough, 

most children grow up to be just like people, 

most successful marriages require a 

high degree of mutual toleration, 

and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. 

Life is just like an old time rail journey ...

 delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, 

interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. 

The trick is to thank the Lord for letting 

you have the ride." 

 — Jenkin Lloyd Jones 

How to get back to Classic Yahoo Mail

So I know I'm a slouch. 

I haven't written forever.

But, I have had issues.

One of the issues is in the 

picture above.

But the good news is that I just figured out how to get my Classic Yahoo Mail back.                                                        

Go to your Control Panel in your Windows 7. Change the resolution to make your screen 800x600 resolutions.

Go back into your Yahoo Mail and it will give you the option to change your email back to classic mail.

Now change it back.

Now go back into your control panel and change the resolution to the one you want and save it.

And that is all there is to it :)

Love,

Grammy T.

Remember That Time When We Used to Make Homemade Root Beer?

Homemade Root Beer

When my husband was going to school 
at BYU in the late 60's 
a young man named Finlinson 
from Delta, Utah 
taught me to make 
homemade
 root beer.


He brought me his families bottle capper and away 
we went having the best time making 
it and then putting it in 
the dark basement 
until 
it was fizzy. 


It was so fun and very yummy.


This morning I happened upon this recipe for 
homemade root beer and wanted 
to share it. 

Ingredients:

Serves:

80

Serving Size: 1 cup

2 ounces McCormick® Root Beer Concentrate

5 pounds sugar

5 gallons lukewarm spring water, (approximately 95°F)

1 package (1/4 ounce/7 g) dry active yeast

1 cup pre-boiled water, (cooled to 85° to 95°F)

Directions

1. Clean and sanitize all bottling equipment according to information below. Shake Root Beer Concentrate well. Mix with sugar in a large container. (DO NOT USE ALUMINUM). Stir in spring water.
2. 
   
3. Dissolve yeast in 1 cup pre-boiled water. Allow yeast to dissolve undisturbed 10 to 15 minutes. Add to sugar mixture and stir well.
4. 
   
5. Bottle immediately into plastic bottles, leaving 2-inch space at top of bottle. Cap tightly. Store each bottle on its side in a warm place (70° to 80°F) for 1 to 2 days, then store upright in refrigerator at 40° to 45°F for additional 3 to 4 days. Keep refrigerated and consume within 7 to 8 days.

Please go here for the full recipe.

Love,
Grammy T.

I Love My Buddy Burners

Frying EggsWhen I was a Girl Scout my leader, 
Mrs. Thorpe, taught us how to 
make buddy Burners. 

They were so much fun and I used mine 
all summer long to cook 
my breakfast.

Frying Hash-browns

 Well a few month ago I saved some large tin cans from my food storage, the one's you get at the Bishops Storehouse or Cannery, and I washed and saved some tuna cans. 

Frying toast

 Then This morning Sarah, Matilda and I made up the burners.

It was so much fun to cook our breakfast outside and 

it was the best breakfast they had ever had, 

for sure! :)

Love,

Grammy T.

Instructions for making Buddy Burners.

Sweet Memories for Sure

When I was little we lived on Argo Way in Sacramento, 
my mom would get Canned Boston Beans and 
Canned Boston Brown Bread. 


The bread was sweet and we ate it toasted 
with lots of butter. 


The beans were very sweet too so it all made for 
sweet memories for sure. 


I found a recipe for the Canned Brown Bread. 


I thought it would be very fun for 
us all to try to make our own. 


But if you are too busy and want to buy them 
here is what they look like 
in the can. 

Love,

Grammy T.

Old Pictures of The Day

The young lady is Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. She is 5 years old in the picture and was a slave girl in Virginia and was redeemed in Virginia by Catharine S. Lawrence. She was baptized in Brooklyn at Plymouth Church by Henry Ward Beecher. 
It is Heartbreaking to me. 

I Love this blog called Old Picture of the Day.

I really do.

You should go to his page and take a look. 

You know the old saying 

"A picture is worth a thousand words"? 

It is really true and the pictures are here on 

"Old Pictures Of The Day."

After you visit the Blog of PJM

please write me and tell me which of the pictures 

touched you the most and I will reply.

Love,
Grammy T.

The Crash on Friday the 13th

Our Chevette was a cute silver.

On Mothers Day the older girl's and I were talking about 

"The Crash" we had in our brand new 

1977 Chevette Hatchback. 

It was so cute and it got such good gas mileage, 

29 mpg in the city and 39 mpg 

on the highway. 

We left early in the morning on Friday the 13th of February, 

the day after Becky's birthday.

I obviously fell asleep 

because when I opened my eyes 

I saw a road marker in front of me. 

I over-corrected and by doing that 

the car flipped 

end over end,  

over end. 

After the car rolled and was flying through the air 

with myself and all six of my children in it, 

I prayed to Heavenly Father 
and asked Him to help me because 
there was absolutely 

nothing I could do by 
myself. 

A voice answered and said 
"You all have your missions yet to fulfill". 

When we landed in a ditch across the road, 

it was so peaceful and I heard 

the birds singing. 

Timmy had flown out of the broken and 
smashed window and 
had slid down hi-way 80 

on his back and arm. 

A car stopped to help us and I told them to go away 

that we didn't need their help. 

Obviously I was in shock. 

I then told Timmy to, 

 "get back in the car because 

we were going to go 

to Grandma's".

 He said, 

"Mom we don't have any wheels and all of the 

windows are smashed out".

I finally realized the situation we were in. 

An ambulance stopped on it's way to 

the hospital in Elko and we got a 

ride into town with it.  

They said that a trucker had radioed that there was a 

fatal accident up ahead.  

We were that accident but we were all alive

and had very minor injuries. 

That is physically. 

Emotionally I was a mess and 

I kept having flashbacks of the wreck 

over and over and over for a 

very long time.  

There is so much more to this story but it is 
all very sad so I think that I will just say 

that I am so thankful for the angels 

that were there to help us that 
morning on the I-80 between 
Wells and Elko, Nevada. 

I really don't know how we all would have survived 
without divine intervention.   

And as my family grew and got older and we had 

TEENAGERS 

it was very comforting to remember those words; 

"You all have your missions yet to fulfill."

Love, Grammy T.

Happy "It Didn't Happen Day" Everyone

It's going to give me time to clean my laundry room before the big one.
Of course who cares because it would be such a mess anyway.

Speaking of big messes, the poor South really took a beating a few days ago. 

Wow, 342 tornado's in just a small amount of time.  

397 or more people died and over
300 of those people lived
in Alabama. 

So sad.

And it is still flooding, 

shoot!!

Let's remember them in our prayers 

and go to The Red Cross Donation page to help.

Two posts disappeared, really!!

It's Friday the 13th and two of my blog posts 

have disappeared. 

Really!!!

Wow!!

Where did they go??

You saw them right?

The one with a box of chocolates and the other

 with the strip quilts.

In fact they are still on my Profile page on Facebook. 

So who took them??

They came back all on their own.

Strip Quilt Kits

These are some of the quilt kits 

that I bought for Humanitarian. 

I don't need as many now so I am willing 

to donate some to a good cause. 

If you are interested let me know. 

Love,

Grammy T.

Our garden and our bunnies..OOPS.

A Raised Garden Bed

I got an email from Jessie a few days ago that said "Let's build raised vegetable garden beds."

 Wow, that's a great idea I thought and didn't answer the email.

But Jessie found some used ones right here in our little neck of the woods 

so we got them and painted them a cheery Forest Green today.

I planted seeds in a little Jiffy Starter thingy last night and the plants should be ready when the weather decides to behave itself.

Hopefully I'll be able to put up some pretty picture in a few months.

Oh, one little tiny problem, we have little rabbits running around the back yard that are cute as heck but that will love our garden.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Love,

Grammy T.