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Happy Anniversary Eliza and Matt.

2 years!

Hope you had a fun day.

How cool is THIS?

Bruce had, I think, a moment of genius.

A client recommended
this site to him. I think it might solve some of our terrill family reunion issues. Those who want to straight camp for 15 bucks a night can do so. Those who need more established digs can also do so.

check it out and let me know what you think.

I, personally, am very excited about it.

michael took that photo yesterday, and i thought y'all would like it.

happy holidays!

To Mom and Dad:

Happy Anniversary.

Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" was the only wintry poem I could think of off the top of my head. Besides maybe "Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall."

Um...happy winter. Happy longest night of the year. Happy wedding to Hannah's friend Katie. Happy almost-anniversary to Mom & Dad. Happy birthday yesterday to Erin McG. Happy second-to-last day of work for me until January. Happy done-with-finals to Hannah (Noah too?). Happy it-finally-got-above-freezing-in-Salt-Lake to me and Matt. And happy bloggerversary to all of us!

The point of this post, besides rejoicing in the winter season, is to ask if there are any other Terrillish links you all want on this blog. I resisted it for some time but finally linked individual blogs with your permission. So, I thought I'd ask if you have any family-related link suggestions...like maybe Noah's Bellinger site, for example, which I don't have the link to, although maybe Noah doesn't want it on here. I'm thinking not get into extended family, since that would get a little out of control. Anyway, e-mail me or comment if you have suggestions. Or if you have a winter poem or song you want to share, since my winter-related-lyrics well has clearly run a little dry.

And have a happy, wintry day.

The Dredge Report

This actually has very little to do with the Dredges, but I just wanted to title a post that. A little shoutout to all of you people who enjoy muckraking in the Information Age.

We did see the Dredges last night though, Hester and Spencer that is, as well as Hannah K, and Bobby and June and Randy and Star and D.J. and Raymond and Tanya and Tyler and Patrick and Katie and A.J. And a bunch of Randy's in-laws, and some other people I don't know. It was Uncle Bobby's 50th B-day so we stopped by for the party. Randy and Patrick were both home on leave--although actually, I didn't talk to Katie or Patrick or even see them; it was crowded. I'm not sure if Patrick's wife was there or not. I don't think she was.

D.J. (Randy's daughter) and Tyler (Raymond's son) are CUTE--they're the same age, and D.J. weighs approximately nothing, while Tyler is a little chunk. It's funny to see them next to each other.

Bobby & June said to say hi to all. I gave Bobby some jam (spicy peach, recipe courtesy of Phoebe) for his B-day present and he said, "Well, you certainly are your mother's daughter."

And, it was good to see some Kerksieks too. I hadn't seen any since H&S's wedding.

And, I just realized we didn't take any pictures! Sad. We were kinda on a roll there for the month of October with picture-taking, and then just sort of stopped. I need to get the camera out more.

Speaking of which...I didn't take any pics at the U2 concert either, sadly. I did have my cameraphone, but I was sort of nervous about using it because we were right next to a security lady who kept eyeing us--and rightfully so, since we weren't technically in our own seats.

The concert, BTW, was fabulous, and I'm sure Hannah will blog all about it.

London calling

I just got the official notice in the mail.

As of April 2006, I'll be a world traveler.

Sort of.

I got accepted to the spring 2006 theater study abroad in LONDON. Boo yah, grandma.

So, that's kind of exciting. Sorry for waking anyone up at home when I called about 20 minutes ago. Noah was up though. And he sounded excited for me. So go ahead and share the love.

61: an eventful age

And... I can't believe there hasn't been a Dad post.

Happy Birthday, Dad. Eliza and I have been trying to call you all day. And now it's late. But I thought of you many a time.

child labor laws

Bruce has the girls earning their keep.

They actually have fun working. An important skill I think.

'tis the season for programs and more programs

It seems like the week before christmas i run around to each child's school to see their christmas show and then make about eighteen million gingerbread houses. Despite all this sugar I still have a sweet tooth.

Go figure!

"Here come Santa Claus. . ."

At the ward Christmas party
Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Okay all you former Monrovians - just who is Santa this year?

One clue: He lives on Primrose!!

Eve and Porter were suitably impressed - although I think Porter was most impressed with the candy cane!!

words of the year

I swear I'm making some good headway on my paper (I have seven pages written), but I've been looking up a lot of words on m-w.com, and then I noticed the link to the Words of 2005. Number one? Integrity. Thank you, Young Women Values. Brought to you by the color purple. It's an interesting list, especially when you take into consideration the top news stories of the year. The tsunamis, Darfur, New Orleans, etc.

And then, I wonder who needed to look up "tsunami" in the dictionary?

Fifteen, There's Still Time for You

Happy anniversary!

I said to Matt this morning, "Wow, Bonny and Bruce have been married for 15 years! I was 7 when they got married. Noah was 3!!" And he said, "So Noah pretty much always had at least 2 brothers." It seems funny now that Noah was Esmé's age when B&B got married.

Way to go.

Oh, and it's doubly exciting because today IS the fifteenth. Fifteenth on the fifteenth.

hundreds of books, THOUsands of books!

That's a line from Beauty and the Beast... by the way, did you all know that Jerry Orbach is the voice of Lumiere? (JO is better known as the late Brother Lenny Briscoe of L&O fame.)

Anyway... if you haven't checked out books.google.com... I suggest you do it... now. Especially if you are trying to write a 12-page paper on the androgyny of the Beatles and its effect on masculinity in the 1950s and 60s.

Barbara, Harry... you have raised a brilliant daughter.

But maybe I'll get back to that paper now.

hannah and one of her sisters

esme' and some snow

 
 

Went to the Dance, Looking for Romance, Saw Barbara Ann and I Thought I’d Take a Chance

Hello, Mother...

I heard through the proverbial grapevine that you have quite the schedule mapped out for the post-Christmas visiting.

I’m wondering if you could offer the constituency a better idea of what day(s) this extravaganza will occur. Wednesday the 28th rings a bell, but I heard you may have added to that. Maybe you don’t want to post all the details on the Internet, but could you, perhaps, post some of the details (i.e., days/times)? My interests are clearly selfish, since I'd like to plan my own week in CA (not like I have tons of people to see or anything but I do have a few), but I’m sure everyone would appreciate being on the same proverbial page.

Little Things Mean A Lot

Read me a story
Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Mother, Mary and Donna came for dinner yesterday. Eve is a bit under the weather, so Grandma took advantage of the moment and read to Eve!

In honor of the occasion - of them coming to dinner that is, not reading to Eve - I made wassail - but I don't think it was appreciated by anyone but me, your dad and Dawn. Consequently I had a large pot of it left over.

So I decided to take it to school - I figured the teachers would drink it up. When I got to school, I remembered that it was Sandee Gray's 60th b-day - she is the youngest of the "Girls of '45" - and so I hustled over to Von's and got some Danish's and made a sign on my computer and Voila - a birthday party! (After Anna May went over the loudspeaker and invited the teachers in during snack.)

Not many teachers appreciated the wassail either - although they were much more willing to try it - and most became fans. I was amazed at how many people didn't even know what it was! I said, "you know the song 'here we go a wassailing among the trees so green' what did you think it was?" And they thought it meant walking!

I pointed out to Marcie H. that 2 of the 3 people who knew what wassail was were Mormons! Marcie said, "Trust Mormons to be familiar with 18th century libations!"

It was fun - but that's not the reason I'm telling you about it. At the end of the day, Sandee hugged me and said it was so nice of me to make her birthday so special. I felt a bit guilty since it had all been somewhat offhand and last minute.

My point is this - it really is easy to make people happy. We often don't make an effort because we think it will be a "big deal" and will be too much to add to our already full plates.

But little things do the job nicely. A good thought to remember this holiday season - and all year through for that matter!

Book Review Update

Since more people peruse the Terrill blog than my blog, this is notice that there are book comments on the No One's Aiming to Please blog - I will learn linking one of these days - probably when Eliza is home for Christmas - she seems to be the only one patient enough to teach me things - some people I won't name are easily frustrated with me!

Another one...

Henry and Brielle were in the backseat in the way to school thsi week and I was listening to their conversation. Henry was apologizing to Brielle becaue he hadn't been very nice the last few times they had played. They were rejoicing that they were once again"Best Friends".
Henry told Brielle, " My mom talked to me about not being noice. It's not okay to be mean to our friends. Now we can be best friends again! Boy, It's a good thing we have grown-ups, isn't it?"
I want 2 things to go on the record.
1.Grown-ups are a good thing.
2.I am now considered a grown-up.

Emily Reeves

Emily Reeves's obituary was posted today at deseretnews.com. There's a guest book and info about flowers and charities.

Anybody who wants to send a card, Mom has the Reeves's address.

Hannah--if you want to go to the funeral, it's Thursday a.m. and I think Sue C. said Katie was going to try to go, and I'll bet some Finlays will go, so you might be able to get a ride. I'm going to try to get off work and go.

Pleased

Yesterday we were puting up the trees. I know, a record for a Terrill, still the beginning of December.
David asked Henry to go and put something away. Henry responded,"I would be pleased to."

Get Ready, Get Ready

As The Temptations say.

Some have you may have received an e-mail like this today:

Congratulations!
This e-mail serves as your confirmation into the Canyonlands Half
Marathon and 5 Mile Run on March 18, 2006.

Better start runnin'!

(I added that last part.)