tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62525834748670874242024-03-04T23:26:08.377-08:00Cox Family NewsCox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-58941122960669022962014-04-01T10:59:00.000-07:002014-04-01T10:59:00.546-07:00New Career New Jobs !!! Exciting!!Gosh its been a long time since I've been on here. Alot has changed in the last couple of years.
Ed has made our little home into a nice retirement cottage. Too bad we can't retire!!! Ed & I have been racking our brains (whats left of them) trying to find something we could do other than our physically stressful jobs. And a little praying too. What happened the other night was a total shock to both of us. The owner of Perkins called us - we know him well from when Mishelle worked there - his name is Ed too, (Is that a sign) He wants to reopen the the resturant and wants us to invest and help manage it!! It won't be Perkins anymore because he lost that franchise - it will be a "Chuck E. Cheese". Finally a family fun resturant that everyone can enjoy. We were hesitant at first- didn't know if we wanted to invest our own money in something like this - but after doing some thinking we decided it would be something fun to do in our old age. No stress, how hard can it be. Fun Fun Fun all day. The renovation will take a while because of the games and things that have to be installed and all new cooking equipment but Ed can help with that. They are going to fly us to California to a "Chuck E. Cheese" school. I know that sounds funny but it is required for owner/managers. There is so much to learn - kind of scarey in fact - but Mishelle said that when they move back in a couple of years she would help. And we have lots of nieces and nephews always looking for a job. Well at least we will be closer to our new job! And what a relief to not have that long drive everyday. This is just the change we needed and we are looking so forward to the new easier life style. Hope to see you all when we get things open at the new Chuck E. Cheese!! Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-59538480366505083042013-10-02T10:03:00.001-07:002013-10-02T10:03:32.594-07:00September flashbacksWow what a month!!! Where did it go. We started with community days and I don't know what happened after that. Its all a blurr. Grandma Cox gathering us all at the Hospital ER. I don't even know how everyone found out so fast. The hospital in Moses Lake & Spokane couldn't even believe so many family members would come for one person. So she should feel very loved. We are just so thankful they found the problem and stopped the bleeding. 5 pints of blood later she is feeling better and on the mend. One thing her illness did was reunite us with our cousin Karlene in Spokane. We were able to stay at her house while mom was in the hospital and we were so grateful for her hospitality. If you ever have a chance you need to visit her. Her house is listed as a historical site in Spokane and so interesting to tour.
The month ended being able to celebrate mom's 84th birthday. So glad she is still with us and getting her health back.
Another milestone was Ed turning 70. Wow that used to seem so old but he seems much younger than the 70 year olds I used to know growing up. He hasn't slowed much - maybe thats why he seems young still. He still works, still restores cars & tractors and still grows pumpkins. I'm hoping he at least outlives his 90 year old mother.
Life just keeps racing by and there's no stopping it. My only advice is - if your mom and dad are still alive give them a call once in a while, tell them you love them, and appreciate all they have done for you. You are who you are because of them. We are a lucky family cause there's not a bad apple in the bunch!!!! Love you all!!!!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-2480837417149235912013-09-06T14:25:00.002-07:002013-09-06T14:25:54.509-07:00September TibitsI know I'm late but who really cares. I can't believe that 42 years ago this month I was planning my wedding. I might have mentioned these things before but you might be interested to know: My wedding dress only cost $205.00 and I got it at ZCMI's in Salt Lake City. We got married in Cardston Alberta Canada and hotel prices were $20.00. My mom and dad were the only people at our wedding. Except another couple that were there with only his parents.We were married on Sept. 21 and our reception was on Sept. 25th - Ed's birthday. We came home from Canada to a TP'd house & potato chips crushed in our bed. (Thanks to my sister Sharon and Nelson Cox who also kidnapped me from my wedding reception and drove around town with Ed in close persuit) My 3 tiered wedding cake cost $45.00 and we served a whole crowd with it & red slushy punch. My colors were Baby blue, pink and white. Bobbie Whitaker sang "You've Only Just Begun" (Boy was that the truth!) I came home from my honeymoon and was instantly a new bride and a mom to Nick who was 4 years old. Our first house was the little house out by Connie & Nelson Cox's although it wasn't located there at the time. It was on the other side of town and it cost us $50.00 a month. We later bought a single wide trailer and moved it by Mom and Dad's on 6 S.E. It cost $99.00 a month and I wondered how we were ever going to make that big payment. So 6 kids, 19 grandkids and 1 great grand child later here we are. We've moved many times and had more cars than I could ever count. Prices have quadrupled in everything. I would never have imagined how much everything would cost this many years later. We were always warned though and I'm thankful we always tried to stay out of debt and have a food storage. Which came in handy many times. What a ride it has been and as we near our golden years I am thankful for choices I have made. Marrying a good man, being married & sealed in the Temple for eternity to my family, having a family & staying active in the church. We might not be millionaires but we are very rich in the things that matter most. The time has just flown by so fast I can hardly believe it. But I am a happy woman for every minute of it - good and bad!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-1278814775148653972013-08-02T15:33:00.000-07:002013-08-02T15:33:44.002-07:00August PostCongratulations to Mom, Sharon, Deby and Andy for surviging the trip we have all longed to take. Taking the Church history tour has always been a dream of mine. It sounds like you had a wonderful time inspite of the bumps bruises and sore muscles from all the walking. I have to give kudos to Sharon, being the healthiest of the bunch, for keeping this group of disabled family going. Even though I know you are handicapped yourself! I guess the biggest award goes to all of you for being able to stay in the same hotel room night after night and still be speaking to each other at the end of the trip. We all know that what happens in Nauvoo - stays in Nauvoo and I really don't want to know all the details. I have heard the spiritual experiences you had and I'm good with that.
I'm sure that if you all never take another trip in your life time you are good. I would be too.
This month is bitter sweet for me as I prepare to say goodbye to Mishelle and her family as they make their move to Winamucca Nevada. I never thought she would ever move away from here and it has taken some time to get used to. I am excited for the new venture and I know they will be able to do great things there. This is a great opportunity for Kyle and I am happy for them. We hope to be able to visit them once in a while but that means I have to keep working. Thank goodness for modern communication like texting and skyping. The one thing I have learned in this life is that the older we get the more things change. We can never assume things will always be as they are. What I know for sure is this life is flying by - we just have to hang on and enjoy the ride! Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-19981031083982725552013-07-08T16:06:00.002-07:002013-07-08T16:06:56.048-07:00July PostWow! Almost missed this month. Since Ed & I moved to Moses Lake I feel like we live hundreds of miles away. Even though we drive to Warden everyday for work. I saw Cara in T & C the other day and I had seen her the day before and she asked me why we drive to Warden to eat everyday. I guess she didn't get the memo that we still work in Warden.
Anyway, we've lived in Moses Lake for a year now and how many of you have come to see us? Not many. We would love to see anyone who would like to come see us. We have done a lot of work to our little future retirement home - Ed has worked really hard to fix things up before he can't do those things anymore. I guess we're getting it done so that once we retire we can just sit and look at it. I didn't think we were that hard to find but Mom has ventured over a couple of times and gotten lost. Ed's mom has just said she will park at Perkins and to come get her. I don't think we are that hard to find? Anyway thank goodness for facebook or I wouldn't know what is going on. Well that and mom. She seems to know everything and I'm thankful for that. I do miss seeing everyone on Sundays and catching up. But we are busy in our little spot, doing missionary work, geneology, teaching Sunbeams (it takes both of us) watching our grandkids,and going to their games when we can and ! I thought as we got older things would slow down but just our bodies do - not things to do. I hope I can keep up! We have Uncle Bill's grandson (who is 28 and 6ft 7") living with us for a few months while he is interning with Dr. Nobel at the Moses Lake Community Health Center.
He is going to be a P.A. He lives in Portland with his wife and 2 children. He gets to drive home about every other weekend and see them. He's a great guy - much like his father and grandfather. And as it turns out he likes to build things and has helped Ed with a lot of things. So we feel lucky to have him. This is it for July. Love you all!! Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-12207069050689036182013-06-04T10:16:00.001-07:002013-06-04T10:16:24.781-07:00Memorial Day 2013Memorial Day was a great day this year as always. While Ed and I were in San Antonio we missed the family Easter party and it was really hard. So I told myself I never wanted to miss a family gathering again. Even though it rains every Memorial Day and the wind blows and its so miserable. Why would we put ourselves through that and want to be there. Because its tradition. I have pictures of all of us when our kids were babies and we're all wrapped up in blankets at the state park on Memorial day. So its not like we had a lot of "great weather" Memorial Days. The ones its hard for, I think, are the sons and daughter in laws that didn't grow up having a BBQ in the wind and rain on Memorial Day. But its hard to explain why we do it. Its a 3 day weekend and a wonderful opportunity to take off on a great get-away but we don't because we would miss a day with all the family. And it gives us a great chance to think about our relatives who have passed away. We show our kids and grand kids the graves and tell the story about each relative that they didn't have the privilege of meeting on this earth. Their Grandpa, their cousin, their Aunt or Uncle. How else will they know about them? I hope our extended family understands how important this day is to us and will continue to come and join in as we celebrate the lives of family members who have passed away. And it gives us a great opportunity to be together as a family. I don't know how many of you know this but Grandpa Cox passed away right after Brian and Roni got married. And they were suppose to leave for their Hawaiian honeymoon the same time as Grandpa's funeral. Not only didn't they go but they didn't have insurance on their trip so they didn't get their money back. We tried to talk them into going anyway but they wouldn't. I have always thought that was such a kind and generous sacrifice for Dad. June 6th is Mom and Dad's 66th wedding Anniversary. What a great example they have been to all of us. I see so much of my Dad in his Grandsons. They are kind, and generous, honest and hard working men. We truely have been given a wonderful Legacy. Love you all!! Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-91430309576533251632013-05-03T15:03:00.000-07:002013-05-03T15:03:15.731-07:00Not April FooledFor those of you who look forward to my April Fools stories every year I'm sorry. Just didn't have it in me this year to come up with anything. Even my boss texted me and asked if our Bishop had called us into his office this year and if I had anything to announce. I think our trip to Texas and work has wore me out!!! Right at this time I am trying to Import 50,000 lbs. of beans from Chile. You can't imagine the paperwork and hoops you have to jump through to make this happen. The last time we imported beans from Chile the sheriff showed up to go through our beans because police dogs picked up the scent of drugs in our container that came into LA. So needless to say I am a little weary about importing. I never, in my wildest dreams imagined I would be doing this kind of work. Shipping seeds all over the world - Me, the girl, who when I got married made my husband call the Dr. for my own Dr. appointments because I was too shy. Now I communicate with foreign customers through phone calls, emails and texts. Sometimes I can't hardly understand them but we make it through. I fight with the Dept of Agriculture and have probably been put on the FBI list for irate US citizens as I argue, plead and beg to make our shipments legal to ship. My boss told me to do whatever it takes to get an order through and I had to have him clarify to me what "whatever it takes" means. I love Pure Line Seeds but I would never do anything illegal, immoral or dishonest for them. Well almost anything.
And they know it! I am going on my 15th year here and wondering how I lasted this long! Its the money. Yes I said it. Money. Its what gets me up at 5:30 every morning and keeps me plugging along through the stress and mess. Someday I'll hang up my pens and pencils and computer key board. It will be a glorious day!!!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-62729461881987689212013-04-06T20:30:00.000-07:002013-04-06T20:30:05.252-07:00The Stars are Bright, Their Big & White (clap clap clap) Deep in the Heart of Texas!Well Ya'all its true, Ed & I got to fly to San Antonio Texas last Friday for some great R & R. Our boss got us a great deal at a Hotel he always stays at, but I'm telling you we were way out of our poor measly element. Door men, Bell boys, conceirge,- or in other words people with their hands out constantly wanting a tip. Every evening someone would knock on our door asking if they could turn down our bed. Just how lazy does someone have to be to have someone turn down their bed for them. Maybe if they wanted to give us a foot massage or go get us some food - something useful like that. There is alot of history in San Antonio like the Alamo. Many old artifacts. a beautiful River Walk. We didn't have a car so we had to walk alot - which was good for us. We had a good time but it is good to be home. Not to work, but to be back with family and people we know. I really missed being at the Cox family Easter party. We really don't appreciate certain things in our life until we miss something.
The family is still growing, Grandma Cox's 63rd great grandchild Tyson & Vanessa's little boy Easton was born and her 64th great grand child Chance & Jaydee's Mabel Bea was also born. And Kylee & Cos's big announcment of their baby coming in Oct. Wow!! Can you imagine having that kind of legacy. I am so proud of this family. We were once 6 kids giving mom and dad fits and now we are the parents and grandparents. Life is good even though there are bumps along the way. I think we're gonna make it!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-49099705656366518542013-02-28T08:44:00.000-08:002013-02-28T08:44:55.108-08:00Changes in BloggingThis blog business isn't what it used to be. I used to be able to go right in and make changes and posts but someone, somewhere, without much sense, has decided they need to change things every month and its getting to the point where I can't figure out how to even get into the blog. I'm sorry everyone. I think I am just going to communicate on the family facebook. I am looking forward to going part time work this summer and maybe then I will have more time to figure all this stuff out. Right now I just don't.
I do want to congratulate Emma & Marshall on their new baby boy!Looking forward to seeing him and being at his blessing. We are also looking forward to Tyson and Vanessa's new baby boy due in March. Its been a very busy year with lots of new Cox grandkids. I'm sorry I missed February birthdays. I panicked today when I saw that McKenzie's birthday was on the 28th and thought I had missed it - then realized that it was January's birthdays on the blogs. And then remembered I hadn't missed it I had sent her a gift. Oh my. Am I getting old or what. I know that there has been many great accomplishments and events this last month and we are so proud of our own grandchildren. Jackson won his pinewood Derby. It is his first year in scouts and I want to assure everyone that he did most of the work himself on his car. Michael said he only dropped it twice before the race. We had 3 grandkids on the Moses Lake honor roll this month. What a thrill for us as we never saw much of that with our own kids. (sorry kids but the truth hurts sometimes) We also got to watch Kayla in her gymnastics tournament last Sat. She is really good! I'm sad to say I don't know much thats going on in the rest of the family. We need to have some kind of blog where everyone can add to it of what is going on in their families. That would be so fun.
Does anyone know how to do that? Anything anyone wants to add would be wonderful!
Love you all!!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-35489086998965093402012-12-31T11:15:00.003-08:002012-12-31T11:28:30.933-08:00Happy New Year!!Well, I can't believe I totally missed December. My apology for anyone who had Dec. birthdays. I hope people remembered your birthdays without them posted on the blog. Yes I am losing it. Or could it be that I had 4 major Christmas parties to plan, prepare and deliver. Not to mention my stressful job. But it all got done. And I only had a tear in my retina to show for it.
If we could just see from the end to the beginning that everything was going to turn out - we would worry less. But that is where prayer and faith come in. Something I often forget about. Oh, believe me I pray! Sad to say, I just don't trust the Lord. There, I said it! My New Year's resolution is to have more faith and be more optomistic. Ed would be laughing right now if he heard me say that. I'm a pessimist and a worrier. "What if" is my middle name. And its funny because I'm 62 years old and I can't say anything terribly bad has ever happened because I was in charge. Even if I had a magic ball and could see the future - I would be afraid something would interfere and change the future somehow. I picture my perfect future as sitting in a rocking chair on a porch in front of a beautiful beach and ocean. Diet Pepsi - with lots of ice - and all the sereneness that comes with it. Then comes my wildly vivid dramtic mind interupting the calmness with a huge gigantic 100 foot wave rushing toward me to wash me out to sea. I can't even dream peace and calm!!!
So my dear relatives, having said all that, wasn't the family Christmas Party great!
I'm not sure what mom was thinking during all the madness Sunday night. Masses of little kids running around screaming and chasing each other, 37 adults running and fighting for chairs and gifts that we could go out and buy for ourself. Not to mention all the other adults on the sidelines cheering for their loved ones to win the big one!!
Well, I think she was grinning inside and saying to herself, "I wish Grandpa was here to see what we created!" Happy New Year everyone!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-45994508000921309812012-11-01T11:07:00.000-07:002012-11-01T11:07:17.804-07:00ThanksgivingWe decided that this year everyone will just do their own thing for Thanksgiving. We've just gotten so big and its so much work. Married grandkids have to run from family to family trying to fit it all in and its just become too much for most everyone. I know that some will not be happy with this decision but we all knew it would have to be this way sooner or later.
I'm just kidding. I'm not sure anyone even reads this anymore so I just thought I would add some spice to it and see. Well we're going to do Thanksgiving but not Christmas. Just kidding again!!
We have decided though that the dinner will be at the church again. And we've decided to downsize to hot dogs and chips to save on clean up and there never is enough food. What!! Kidding again, if you are still reading this. I do know that we ran out of food last year so we need to bring more food!! No skimpy little salads people!! We hope to have "Family Feud" again. So I will post more when I know more.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-5644178188411577182012-09-11T09:25:00.000-07:002012-09-11T09:25:00.540-07:00The Good Ole' DaysIn the good old days we would all gather at mom and dads on Sunday evening and the grandkids would play outside until we dragged them in the house to say good bye. It was just the thing to do on Sunday and we enjoyed every minute of it. I miss those days. I didn't know at the time how lucky we were to have the time and opportunity to do that. Our lives are so busy now that it is almost impossible to find a time to all get together. We were lucky to all live in the same town and only have one church time. My how times have changed. I never thought I would see sports events for our kids on Sundays, live an area with several wards meeting in the same building, and schedules so tight we are like ships passing in the night. But here we are. If it wasn't for facebook I wouldn't know what my family was doing half the time. I long for those good ole' days. When we would get together and laugh and talk and didn't have to hurry off for another scheduled event. What happened to that life? I am sorry you younger generation will never know those days. They were good times.
Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-41283703693472839402012-08-08T10:54:00.000-07:002012-08-08T10:54:05.830-07:00Praying With One Eye OpenWe have a saleswoman at Pure Line Seeds and she is also an ordained minister for a non denomiational church. I love this woman. She is from Oklahoma and has the most southern accent I've ever heard. She kind of reminds me of Paula Dean. She always greets us with a big hug and kiss on the cheek. Everyone she meets gets greeted like this. She is good in sales because she is so friendly and personable, everyone loves Penny. She is also very religous and a "Praise the Lord" lady. She has had a rough life but once she turned her self over to the Lord she is a changed woman. She is always giving me a bad time because if I'm ever stressed she tells me to trust the Lord, put my faith in the Lord. She's not afraid to show her religion. Unlike some of us. About a month ago she came to Warden for our Pea trial show. She had just returned from Jeruselem and was really spiritual. She even brought me a cashmere shawl from there. She really is a special woman and I am amazed at her faith and spirit for all she has been through.She is such an example to me. Well while she was here she took me to the Corral Resturant in Warden for lunch. The Corral was packed that day and people coming and going. I know pretty much everyone who comes in there. She decided we needed to join hands and she would bless the food. Out loud! Now, I am a religious person and I do bless the food-- at home. Why is it hard for us to bless our food in public. Well, I kept one eye open - watching out -- secretly hoping no one I knew would see us. It was a beautiful prayer and I am ashamed I can't be that open. She knows I am Mormon and I try to be a good example but I learned a lesson that day. She is a better example of a Christlike person than I will ever be. She's not afraid or ashamed to thank the Lord or praise the Lord.
How would you have reacted in this same situation? Would you have prayed with one eye open afraid someone would see?Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-75677915232781199102012-07-08T19:49:00.002-07:002012-07-08T19:49:34.666-07:00Come See Us!Well here we are in our new little home in Moses Lake. Cozy like 2 peas in a pod. It only took us a month to move and its all we've done night and day! I didn't know 2 people could accumulate that much crap! we just moved 6 years ago and gave away so much stuff its hard to believe we were right back where we were. Like hoarders actually, only not with garbage. I just didn't realize how much food storage I had. Not until I had to watch the guys from Pure Line Seed - who were helping us move-lug it all up from the basement. I did realize one bit of advice I am passing on to anyone who cares to listen, If you have a basement, never take anything down there you don't want to drag back up out of it. Also never, and I repeat never, remodel your stair case so you can't get things back out of your basement when you move. Jeff and Lily have inherited and a big screen TV, a queen size bed, a couch and love seat, 2 recliners. The freezer came with the house when we bought it and I don't know how they will ever get it out of there if it dies. Well, lesson learned. None of it would have fit in our tiny cottage anyway. I will really miss that house at Christmas time. I know I can still have my family here but it was nice to spread everyone out, kids in the basement and adults upstairs. When we bought that house - it was our last house. The house we would retire in and live till we died. But I never realized my knees would give out on me and I couldn't go up and down the stairs anymore. I never realized how far Moses Lake was and how much more often I wanted to see my grandkids. Life is funny that way. It changes our perspectives constantly and we move to new phases in our lives. We hope to retire someday and this is the perfect place for us. Well, thats what we think right now, we'll see how we feel in a couple of years. At my age I never know how I'll feel tomorrow. Everyone please feel free to come visit us. We are at 3010 W. Peninsula Drive #97. Its easy to find and we welcome your visit.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-17754537681927862862012-06-12T08:10:00.001-07:002012-06-12T08:10:26.381-07:00Big Changes ComingI first want to apologize for being so late with the June Birthday calendar. Time is flying by so fast I can hardly keep up. I am sorry to say the family blog cannot be my first priority. I have already said if anyone wants to take it over they are more than welcome. I know the day will come when I won't know what to do with all my spare time but until then there is no spare time.
Memorial Day was wonderful wasn't it. Except for those who couldn't make it I thought it was one our best ever. Dad would be so proud.
3 new great grand babies for mom on their way - so we just keep growing.
And another big change is coming- Ed and I are moving to Moses Lake. I know that most of you already know this but Jeff and Lily are buying our house and we have decided to downsize big time and buy a small house. I am not excited for the moving part and I will truely miss seeing the family on Sundays, but I am excited for this new change in our life. Sometimes you just get in a rut and a change is good. We are preparing for retirement so that we won't have to work forever. I will let you all know when the big move happens - if anyone is looking for something to do we could use some help - especially bringing all that food storage up out of the basement! I think Jeff and Lily are going to inherit a bunch of stuff with this house!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-80660413579874975832012-05-15T15:19:00.001-07:002012-05-15T15:19:24.342-07:00What the heck??I don't even know if this is going to post right. I guess thats what happens when you only post every other month. My computer says my browser is no longer supported by Blogger. What the heck?? Some parts of Blogger will not work and I may experience problems. Well I don't know what to do. It looks different and I'll just see what happens. Don't you just hate it when you learn to do something and get used to it and it changes all of a sudden because somebody decided it would be easier that way. Well that somebody should be shot - or at least be hung by their thumbs for a day. At least let us vote on it. Us old people are not good with change. Just leave things alone. If it ain't broke don't fix it!! I thinks its a communist plot to confuse the old into submission. I know I say it all the time about everything from seat belts to cell phones but its my story and I'm sticking to it!
I don't think many people read the blog anymore - well since I only write every other month but someday I'm going to retire and I'm going to write to my hearts content. That might not be too far off. Shhhhh don't tell Brian.
Well at least I got the birthdays changed before the end of the month. If anyone wants to take over the family blog its fine with me. I know I'm always behind. Please forgive me.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-63518728049057270502012-04-01T10:20:00.002-07:002012-04-01T10:52:33.918-07:00Suprise Church CallingFriday we received a call that the Bishop wanted to meet with Ed and I right away. We were elated because we were just sure he was going to let us know that he had found a new home for the missionaries. So of course we agreed to meet with him as soon as he wanted. Imagine our suprise when he extended a call to us to serve a 1 year mission. Now we both work and need to work so we proceeded to tell him why we couldn't and he said just hear me out. This mission is to a small country is South America where they are teaching the people how to farm and grow their own food. Their main crop will be garden beans and peas. They need someone to show them how to prepare the land, plant the seeds and especially how to grow the plants clear through to harvest. And that this mission was going to be paid for by the church. We just sat there and looked at each other. You know Bishop Cole and he's not real serious so we laughed and asked if he was kidding. He said he was as suprised as we were but that President Leavitt had received the call first and thought of us because we both work in that area. Then came the bad news. We would have to live in a tent and there would be no up to date facilities if you know what I mean. But there would be people there to haul the water and make us as comfortable as we could be. Ed was so excited and asked how soon we could go. I said now wait just a minute. We have a house and grandkids and jobs and bills and our moms! I cannot live without running water and a bathroom!!!! How long would we have to be there? The bishop said their planting season begins next month so we would have to start preparing right away. He wanted us to go home and pray about it but they needed an answer by Monday. I am the pessimist in the family - I cannot even imagine myself living in a tent without a bathroom or not seeing my family. For a YEAR!! It has been a very stressful weekend thinking and worrying about this. Then I woke up and remembered today is April Fools Day. Yes everyone we didn't really get this call. If we had you would have all heard about it on facebook and heard me crying and whining all the way to Moses Lake. Have a great day!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-20583392842018492252012-03-01T18:54:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:03:26.232-08:00Leap YearGee we get one more day of February this year! Yippee! We're always saying there aren't enough hours in a day or days in a month. How productive were you with one more day in February? I'm still behind as ever. What I would like to do is clone myself. Just someone to go to work for me. I would lounge around the house and watch TV - take naps - eat. Oh yeah I forgot I have missionaries living in my house. 3 now to be exact. They are up at 6:30 sharp. We hear their alarm. They eat breakfast at 7 am sharp. Then they don't leave the house until noon and are back at 1:00 for lunch. Sometime they wait until 2 but then they are always back at 4:00 for dinner. Then they are there until 6 or 7. Then back once or twice to use the bathroom or get something and home by 9:30. So I guess if I stayed home I really wouldn't have the house to myself. No use cloning myself. I'm sure Ed wouldn't want 2 Lorrie's.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-29641699969695195872012-02-16T14:39:00.000-08:002012-02-16T15:07:24.118-08:00Happy Birthday Grandpa!Even though no one reads this anymore - I want to apologize for not posting birthdays. I could not get into the Cox Family Blog on my computer at home. It would let me in but wouldn't let me post anything. It let me change the background, strangly, but nothing else. I finally tried at work and I'm in!! Its actually been a depressing month for me. I hate when bad things happen to good people. And to be really honest I don't think people realize when they make a decision for themself - how many people that effects. Grandpa Cox's Birthday is coming up on Saturday and I just want to say that he was the most unselfish man I have ever known. He always put everyone before himself. He was a giver! He would give the shirt off his back even if it was his last shirt and worry about it later. All he wanted was love and kindness in his family and would hide hurt feelings and anger to keep the peace. I know that its a dream to think all people can be like that, but what a great world it would be if we could be more caring, and less selfish. That we would think of others first, and our wants second. I really believe our children will suffer if we don't. Life is more about giving than taking. Let us be the givers. Let us be more like Grandpa. Happy Birthday Dad. We Love You!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-37552271354703722442012-01-01T22:37:00.000-08:002012-01-01T23:07:41.112-08:00Happy New Year!What a great way to start out the New Year with the blessing of a new family member. Congratulations Levi & Dania! I decided to make a tally of our family members. There are 30 grandchildren & 59 great grandchildren. By my account and I could be wrong - of course, the numbers change so fast around here we're always afraid to ask whats new. But I do know there is another great grandchild on the way. (TJ & Misha) There is also a wedding coming up - Emma and Marshall and the date I heard was Feb. 18th. I'm not a very good reporter I work mostly on hear say but I know someone will correct me if I'm wrong. The family Christmas party was a success and we are looking forward to next year. The decision was made to put a family in charge. Ricks family took this year and the Olson's will be in charge next year. The scarey thing is that it will be here before we know it. As I was taking down my Christmas tree today I went through a little sadness as I always do at the end of the Christmas season. But I know that time passses so fast I'll be putting it up again soon. Am I the only one that thinks that way? Well, here we are in 2012. A new year - a new beginning to be better than we were last year. Yes on Monday we will start our new diets, we'll vow to be a better friend, a better mom, dad, sister, we'll make a new committment to read the Book of Mormon, to de clutter our homes, get more organized. Do any of these sound familiar? I wish you all a Happy successful New Year and Good luck with those New Years resolutions. As for me I am working on all of the above and added a new one this year - I hope I can figure out my new IPHONE! I hate it right now and I know hate is a strong word, but I hope to turn it to love someday. Happy New Year Family!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-69757751508077525282011-12-04T22:23:00.000-08:002011-12-04T22:57:12.724-08:00Christmas ShoppingI had a rude awakening yesterday. I cannot shop til I drop anymore. I now drop way before the shopping is done. Its pityful. Do you remember when you were in school and how you felt the day after your 1st day of PE. Well times that times 10 and thats how I feel today. I hate to admit it but I now envy the 250 lb. grandma on her scooter shopping away. When did standing and walking become such a dread. Maybe its sitting for 9 hours a day that has made me so unfit. Maybe its my age. I used to love shopping and go for hours and hours. I remember when me my sisters and mom would load into a car and we would leave early in the morning shop til the stores closed. We spent hours looking for that one special doll or toy that one of the kids wanted. It was go go go till we could go no longer. And the shopping didn't end until Christmas. I was never done and always looking for that one special thing. Then there was the baking and wrapping & grocery shopping. Well, that still has to happen. Now that we've added daughter in laws, a son in law and grandkids my list has grown & grown. Ed gets mad because he thinks we should just give them money. But how personal is that. It just wouldn't be Christmas if I didn't worry my self sick, shopping, trying to find exactly the right thing, and then watch them open their gifts and wonder if they really like it, and in then end wish I had given money or gift certificates. It just wouldn't be Christmas. And it takes a whole year for me to rest up, relax and start all over again. I don't know if its because my list gets longer every year or that I'm getting older and tireder but as I say every year, next year we just might give money and gift certificates.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-9310781533399268762011-11-30T21:37:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:17:53.004-08:00Fasten Your Seat beltsWe are approaching December at a high rate of speed so fasten your seat belts and hang on. I don't even know where November went but I do know we went through it because I vaguely remember turning 61 years old and then something about mom taking a tumble in the Safeway parking lot, Thanksgiving at the church, eating a little - and I do stress little - bit of turkey, a laugh out loud game of family fued, Austin's successful heart surgery, Haley & Matt's beautiful wedding, and on the very last day of November, two new beautiful babies born into the family. Preston Chamberlain and Aleana Bisnett. Whew!!! I know December is going to fly by as fast because the calendar is already filled with work, parties, programs, birthdays and Christmas celebrations. If it wasn't for the work I would half way enjoy my job, and even though it consumes me to my very core, as God as my witness I am going to enjoy the month of December. I'm going to take a deep breath, laugh alot more, stress a little less, sleep the whole night, and keep in mind what is most important this time of year. Its all about the birth of our Savior, being with family, and giving yourself permission to shop till you drop. Happy December everyone! Enjoy it before its gone!!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-77674109602168350942011-11-07T20:37:00.000-08:002011-11-07T21:17:11.717-08:00Thanksgiving!I really think this blog should be turned over to someone less busy and stressed than me. Well, who should that be. I know, I know, everyone is busy and stressed! There are many exciting things happening in the family right now. Haley's wedding Nov. 26th, Levi & Dania's baby, sadly Austin's surgery which we are all praying for his fast recovery, and November has more family birthday's than any other month! We also have Thanksgiving coming up. Which we are having at the church this year. The main food has been assigned and we are asking the married grandkids to bring salads and side dishes. Whatever you have brought other years is just great. I think the traditional Cox-Martinez football game is still on. I myself have never gotten to see it - but maybe this will be the year. We have many things to be thankful for this year. Our family is growing and when all is said and done is there anything more important in this life than family!! I love you all!!!Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-21310791544894124192011-10-19T20:43:00.000-07:002011-10-19T21:34:45.252-07:00Is it October already????OMgosh!! Where has the time gone. I haven't even changed the family birthday calendar. I don't think anyone is reading this anymore anyway but I'll try to do better. I have found out that no matter what is going on, life stands still for no one! September was a full month of celebrating. Rick & Sharon and Ed and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversaries, Just can't believe how fast those 40 years have passed by. Our kids are grown, and we've doubled our families with wonderful daughter and son in laws and grandkids. We couldn't wait for our kids to grow up and move out and now we long for them to come home and bring the grandkids. The clean house that once seemed an impossible dream sits quiet and polished begging for little ones to come mess it up! We made it through the rough times and the poor times when we wondered how we were going to make it to the next pay day and how we could make 1 lb of hamburger feed a family of 8. You would never find a family now eating homemade hot dog pizza, or mashed potato pie, heck my kids probably wouldn't even eat it now, but they loved it then. I remember once finding $5.00 and Ed and I were so thrilled we could go to Burger King and have two Wopper meals for five dollars! We didn't have much when the kids were little but they didn't know it. I long for those days, but am greatful for what we have now. One thing I do know is that I don't have to worry about how many more years we have together because I know we will be together for eternity.Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252583474867087424.post-25620987820349137472011-09-01T07:46:00.000-07:002011-09-01T08:02:22.615-07:00Consumned By My Job!!I feel like I have been in the twilight zone the last couple of months. Its the Pure Line Twilight Zone. Like nothing else exists. The owner closed our corp office and moved everything to Warden except finanical stuff. So Kylee & I have been over loaded with 2 past secretaries work. I am now the foreign order shippier. Since I have taken over this responsiblity I have been responsible for shipments to Sri Lanka, Morrocco, China, Pakistan, Colombia, & New Zealand. The paperwork is overwhelming and so maticulous! (never thought I would use that word!) My whole life revolves around this work and I think about it 24/7. One of these days I will either relax & comprehend it or I will quit! I see a small pin light at the end of the tunnel but we have a new Chief operations manager who is driving us all nuts with his big company changes and who, in all of our opinions, doesn't know what he is doing! The good thing about it all is the owner likes me and trusts me and respects my opinion because, bsically, he doesn't want me to quit. Kylee has been a real trooper through it all and is my shoulder to cry on. Well, actually we cry on each others shoulders. I'm not sure, at almost 61 years old, I am wanting to take on such a huge task but there is one thing really keeping me here. The money and the benefits. The 2 ladies who were laid off from our Corp. office are my age and can't find a job anywhere. Both are single ladies with no other income. So I will count my blessings and gird up my loins, and stick it out until I, #1 get it, or #2 drop dead from exhaustion. Cox Family Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612281672476669557noreply@blogger.com0