Big Changes Coming

I 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!

What 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.

Suprise Church Calling

Friday 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!

Leap Year

Gee 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.

Happy 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!

Happy 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!

Christmas Shopping

I 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.