Happy Birthday to Me

I can't believe its my birthday already, so soon - Sunday, August 31. Boy does time go by so fast. I don't believe I'll be doing anything for my birthday, though. When you get my age,(I won't tell you how old) it just becomes another day. Julie will be baking a cake. That is already planned with the cake mix sitting out ready to put together. It will be chocolate, my favorite.
I hope to get something for my birthday. I've put in a request for an embroidery hoop. We'll see if that happens. If not I'm just glad for the embroidery stuff I have. Boy can these hobbies be expensive!
But anyway Happy Birthday to me.

Just Released

Sunday I was released from the ward's Relief Society Presidency. I enjoyed the last year and a half, learned a lot, got to know more sisters in the ward, did some service and taught too many lessons. I'm just kidding about that. Teaching was one thing we all didn't enjoy. But now I am tickled pink. You should have seen me after I was told our presidency was going to be released. Jerry said I was smiling ear to ear.
I have been called as a Family History Consultant. I love family history besides sewing. Sunday after the release, we came home and as usual took a short nap. I dreamed. My great-great grandfather, William Ernest Lipps was there so it seemed although I didn't see him. We had communicated somehow and I got a reply from him. Someone in New York had received a paper from him all folded up. I could hardly wait to see what was on it. When it was unfolded there was a picture of a man, no one I had seen before and it wasn't William Lipps. There were other papers but the phone rang and I woke up. Now is that a coincidence about being a family history consultant or not? Anyway, I thought that was pretty interesting. Jerry told me to continue my dream that night. But it didn't happen. Here is a picture of William Ernest Lipps 1824-1909.

The Dogs in Our Lives

We have been watching The Greatest American Dog. It has been so much fun to watch. Dogs sure bring a lot of joy into your life also alot of work. Our two Cocker Spaniels, Molly and Maggie, were just groomed so I thought I would show our Great American Dogs. Their tricks are not the greatest but at least they do a few.

This is Molly and her favorite toy, a purple bull. When someone comes over, she always gets her toy to show them. Maggie's favorite thing to do is roll over. For a treat, you don't even have to ask her to roll over. She just does it. Maggie has the funniest howl. She will howl when she gets excited or when she wants you to hurry up so she can go for a ride in the car. Here she is howling for her favorite treat, chicken jerky, we get from Costco. She loves them.


Molly will sit up on her hind legs. We can't get Maggie to do that yet. But then Maggie will roll over and Molly won't.













Here Maggie is shaking hands. Both dogs can do this.