HALLOWEEN 2009 TREATS

It's Time For Halloween

In HR

2009

By: Janette

Oh my goodness, it's time for Halloween!

I've seen so many witches with faces of green.

There's lots of pumpkins on the ground,

That's big and orange and very round.

And all kinds of ghosts that's oh so scarry,

They send chills up my spine & makes me wary.

Here on your desk there's a surprise for you,

No....it's not a pot of witches brew!

It's a pumpkin that's filled all the way to the top,

In it there's eyes like Mr. Cyclops!

There could be a little clapper toy,

It may be annoying or it could bring you joy.

There's at least one gory body part,

Could be a finger, ear, teeth or somebody's heart.

What would it be without our Tootsie Rolls,

Or some candy corn that'll sooth our souls!

Oh goody, a little chocolate bar,

Would of been more room in a big glass jar!

Look there's a cute Halloween gunball,

Whatever is in your pumpkin, you'll enjoy it all!

If you look really hard you will see

A face on your pumpkin and happy is he!
Don't be surprised if I sneak up and say BOO!

Cuz' it's that time of year to scare the HECK out of you!

Here is a picture of the pumpkin filled with treats and the poem on two sides of the paper I wrote to go with the pumpkin.

Halloween Party Invite for work - CUTE!

This is the 'Smilebox' invite I created for our office Halloween party. I emailed it out today to 41 folks. I got lots of compliments on it. I also printed out 3 hardcopies for the 3 different buildings that we all reside in 9 hours out of every day. It was fun to do. I also created a poem that I will read in the training room right before everybody goes out and does the "Haunted Halloween Hunt" where at least 15 folks will get a Halloween Toy.

Make a Smilebox invite

COLUMBUS DAY 2009 - MONDAY OCT 12TH

Christopher Columbus

By: Meish Goldish

Christopher Columbus was one of a kind.

A way to the Indies he wanted to find.

People said, "Chris, you'll never succeed.

"But he had a plan, he had a need.

Sailing from Spain was Chris' idea,

On the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

People said, "Chris, you'll fall off the earth.

"But he followed his dream for all it was worth.

The year was 1492

When Columbus set off with an eager crew.

People said, "Chris, you'll never reach land.

"But on he sailed, just as planned.

Two months later, an island was found.

There were Native Americans all around.

Chris and his crew began to explore

What the Indians discovered long before.

Chris didn't know the trip he led

Was not to the Indies, but America instead!

Even so, he gained such fame

That now the whole world knows his name!

What Just Happened?????

One of the things that irritate me is when we go to the Ute Football games, and Dave is wearing ear phones to listen to the game on the radio. When ever I ask a question like "What just happened?", cuz' sometimes I miss what the penalty was or what the referee's call was, he doesn't hear me. When I ask him a question, I have to ask it twice before he takes the ear phones off to answer me (apparently I hadn't asked him twice before Ash took this picture, LOL). So yes folks, just so Ash could get her dad to turn towards the camera, this is me asking him a FAKE question! He did not have a clue as to what we were doing. Ashley and her friend Kimberly went to the game with us on the 26th of September when they played Louisville, KY. By the way, the UTES won this game! Yes!

Comparing The Life Of An Old Barn To Our Lives

I received the below in an email message today from my friend Michael that use to work in Human Resources with me. He and his wife moved up to Kemmerer, WY (where we moved from after 15 years) at least 5 years ago. He still keeps in touch by forwarding messages to some of us still down her in the big city. When I read this this morning and looked at the pictures of the old barns, I thought about my sister and how she will go around looking for old barn wood to do various different projects. It is a perspective about old barns that I never thought about too much. In fact, I never even thought how one could compare an old barn to a person. Now I see it! I know that when Dave and I go on vacations, especially back east, I hunt for the different size, shapes and colors of barns, especially the old ones. And the very person I think about when I'm looking is my sister. I too love the barns, but I'm not ever ambitious enough to go looking for the old wood. Maybe some day when I retire. Anyway, I thought that some of you out there would like to see this so I am making it my post for this day. Enjoy!

A PERSPECTIVE ABOUT OLD BARNS

Only years of standing in the weather,bearing the storms and scorching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood.

A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked. He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it was for sale. I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.

Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's been a lot of winters pass with their snow and ice and howling wind. The summer sun's beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has turned silver gray. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of tired. Yet, that fellow called it beautiful.

That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there, gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to line the walls of his den in a new country home he's building down the road. He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful.

Only years of standing in the weather, bearing the storms and scorching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood. It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I. Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows with us. Sure we turn silver gray too... and lean a bit more than we did when we were young and full of sap. But the Good Lord knows what He's doing . And as the years pass He's busy using the hard weather of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy seasons to do a job of beautifying our souls that nothing else can produce. And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy! They took the old barn down today and hauled it away to beautify a rich man's house. And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off to Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.
And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then for the seasons we've been through here... and just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's house.

May there be peace within you today. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

And...I do sincerely thank God for my wonderful friends and family who love me even though I show signs of weathering.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADIE!

JUST A QUICK BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT TO KADIE, THE 4TH DAUGHTER OF CHERYL. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY CARING, GIVING AND SWEET YOUNG LADY! SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND ONE OF THE BEST MOM'S I KNOW TO HER FOUR CHILDREN. I'M SURE MIKE WOULD AGREE, (WHO IS THE LOVE OF HER LIFE) WITH ME. THIS ISN'T LONG, BUT JUST KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS FAMILY LOVES AND ADORES YOU!

Yesteryears

This is a picture of me at 1 ½ years old with my sister Cheryl, at around 3 years old. The original was torn and awful looking. My mom had it redone a short time ago and she gave us girls a copy of it. I look very much like my dad and Uncle Ralph. He was the second oldest son of my grandparents, Glen and Myrtle Spencer. Dad was the youngest son and was the baby of the family. In fact, he had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. He has one sibling still living, my Aunt Peggy. I don't think there are very many baby pictures of me so I really love that mom did this. Thanks mom, I love it!

Happy Birthday Diana!

Even though Diana's birthday was on the 19th of August,we celebrated 10 days later after Aunt Ashley got home from Texas. We were going to have a party for her with her friends, but we had too many problems getting kids names and addresses, and then the time got away from us. We decided we would let her invite one friend this year and choose where she wanted to go eat, what movie she wanted to see and let her have a sleep-over here at our house with her friend. So, she had Emmy come celebrate with her. Diana chose 'Wingers' and the movie "Shorts". Earlier that day I took her shopping using her birthday money she got from Grandma Sprankle. She wanted to go to a girls store, (I better not say which one), but oh my goodness! One 2 piece outfit would have cost $60, so needless to say we got some very good deals at other fine stores. She always loves to spend time with her Grammy (me) and Ashley, but she had alot of fun with Emmy too. I wrote this poem for Diana that takes us through her first eleven birthdays. I'm trying to get pictures of her scanned through the years and will probably try and get them in a slide show. Since I am so late in recognizing her birthday, I'm going to post the poem now.

I know you had a great Happy Birthday Diana,...

we love you so much!

The Eleven Birthdays
Of Diana
By: Grammy - Aug 19, 2009

The day Diana was born,
Was a miracle at it’s best.
She was such a beautiful baby,
We couldn’t have loved her less.

Number One Birthday came along,
She had filled our lives with joy.
We had so much fun watching her grow,
Ashley was happy she was a girl and not a boy!

Number Two Birthday came so fast,
It didn’t seem possible to me at all.
She had such a beautiful smile,
She was a brown headed little doll.

Number Three Birthday was so fun,
She had natural curls in her hair.
Her eyes were different shades of colors,
She was the answer to our prayers.

Number Four Birthday she’s still so cute,
She’s her daddy’s little Princess Di.
And if the truth be known to us all,
She’s the apple of her Grandpa’s eyes.

Number Five Birthday she just keeps growing,
She’s truly an angel sent from heaven above.
She’s so full of life, she sparkles so bright,
And the recipient of a whole lot of love.

Number Six Birthday, oh my word!
I couldn’t help but cry when she started school.
Pretty clothes, new school shoes,
Paper and pencils, she had all the tools.

Number Seven Birthday she is growing taller,
She’s the sweetest grand-daughter to me.
All she has is love in her heart,
For all of her family!

Number Eight Birthday, wow she is so amazing!
Even tho’ she’s got a mind of her own
When she’s asked to help out with the chores,
There’s never a moan or a groan.

Number Nine Birthday, can you believe it?
What are we to do!
She just keeps getting bigger,
She’s not done, she’s not even through.

Number Ten Birthday, what a sweet little lady,
Ten whole years have gone by so fast.
She’s one in a million and will always be,
She’s no longer that baby girl from the past.
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Number Eleven Birthday, I can’t believe it’s here,
She keeps us laughing and is so funny,
I love being with her, she makes me feel young,
There is no doubt,…she makes our days bright and sunny!

Our trip into Hershey, PA - Post #3

We headed over to Hershey, PA on Sunday. I love that place. Here are some pictures of the outside of Chocolate World, some on the Trolly we took a tour on, and around town. I love the street lights they have lining the main street. The lights are Hershey Kisses. To learn a little more about Hershey, PA, just Google on it and all kinds of things will come up about it. It was Milton S. Hershey that founded the Boy's school/orphanage along with his wife. Now days they have it for both boys and girls. Of course they have the amusement park, but I myself have never been in it, however Dave did as a young boy. My first time to Hershey was in July 1970 when we went on a walking tour of the real factory. It was way cool. Chocolate World today has a simulated factory in it with real chocolate, and you go on the tour in cars,...kind of like "It's A Small World" at Disneyland, only there you are in boats. They take a picture of you as you are coming to the end of the tour. It was really neat. You get a small sample of a Hershey bar when you get out and the ramp takes you down in to this huge store. I got a few souveniers for family members, but you gotta' have money in the bank to buy everything you want. I had a limit! There is a picture in this post of the inside of our trolley along with me and the two conductors who did a really cute skit during the whole tour. On the trolley ride we went all over the Hershey grounds which included the home of the Hershey's and we saw the original chocolate factory also pictured in this post and another of the amusement park with the factory in the background. It's quite large. You will notice the two huge brown smoke stacks Iif that is what they are). The smoke stacks has the word Hershey on them. We went all around the town of Hershey, PA. We took alot of pictures, but just didn't want to bore anybody with them. We had a really good day!

Pennsylvania - Birthplace of my Hubby - Post #2

We then headed in to Pennsylvania towards Gettysburg. We made a stop there and went in to the Cyclorama there at the visitor center, plus we saw a movie about the battle at Gettysburg in the theatre (I'm going to post some pictures at Gettysburg in my last post about this trip because we stopped there again after leaving the Harrisburg area on our last day in PA and on our way back to the airport in Baltimore). After doing that, along with spending some time in the gift shop, we headed to New Cumberland which is south of Harrisburg to hour hotel. Dave was born in Harrisburg. We stayed there for 3 nights. After we got dinner and went for a ride (we went and found Walmart), we settled in for the night. Next day we got up, got ready and drove over to Rutherford where Dave grew up. We went and saw the Sprankle home and all his friend’s homes and where they lived in conjunction to Dave. We went over to the schools him and his sisters attended and saw a big huge cornfield that lines the old neighborhood. We drove down this little country road where he use to ride his bike with no worries of getting hit by a car, but that has changed a lot. The traffic is rather heavy, and the ups and downs and curves and trees make it very dangerous as it would be hard to notice a bike rider or any body walking or jogging when traveling at the now posted speed limit. We stopped by this old churchyard cemetery. It had graves in it from the mid 1700’s +. There is a marker that said, “Here lie the pioneers, defenders of the frontier soldiers of the French and Indian wars, the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Among them are: (then it lists known names, but there are probably more in there). This marker was erected by Harrisburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution June 19, 1924 in celebration of their thirtieth anniversary. I don’t know about any of you that reads my posts about different places, but I find things like this very interesting. There is so much history back east that I have been exposed to over the years, especially since getting married to and traveling with Dave in the Army and years since. Hope you find it interesting too!

Maryland/Pennsylvania Post #1

I wanted to post some stuff on our trip back east in June. Since we had already scheduled annual leave for Dave's birthday week, we delayed it until the end of that week in to the next because Dave had training in Maryland in a town called Chesterfield, I believe. He traveled there on Monday, June 15th, he flew me there on Friday, June 19th. I flew in to JFK in New York City, which was pretty cool because we came down from the Great Lakes region and flew south of the city, out over the ocean, then flew along the coast line. I was on the left side of the airplane, so I got to see the city from over the water, flying north then turned inward and flew over the western side of the city in to the airport, at least from what I could tell. We never did get to the gate at the terminal we were suppose to pull up to. After waiting the whole 30 minutes we were early, they finally parked us out on the tar matt and had a people mover come to the plane and get us. We rode in to a different terminal than we were suppose to. We were running late by then and so I immediately headed towards my gate, but made a quick stop in to the ladies room, then on to the gate. I get down there (one of the last gates in that terminal) and they tell me the flight I’m going out on to Baltimore was changed to another terminal all the way on the other side of it. I was literally running with a bag in each hand through this what seemed like a maze of hallways. I heard the “last call to board” 3 times before getting to where I needed to be. I was the last paid customer on the plane, and one “stand-by customer” followed me. Whew! It tires me out just thinking about it. That night we stayed in Frederick MD. Next day we headed towards Emitsburg, MD to stop and see if the National FEMA Center had changed at all. Dave went there to a Fire course back when my cousin Terry and Margaret Spencer still lived in that state. I stayed with them while Dave was at training. We stopped and took a couple of
pictures in front of the big sculpture of the firemen. It started to downpour rain so that was all we ended up doing there. We then headed in to Pennsylvania towards Gettysburg.

Dave standing in front of the Firemen sculpture at FEMA in Emitsburg, MD

Here we go! On our way in to PA