Catching Up

I thought it was time to post a little something to catch up on the goings on in my life.  On January 26, my grandpa passed away.  He was the first of my four grandparents to go and while it was "fun" to see the relatives that came for the funeral, it's hard to have to see them for funerals.  I went to see my Grandma the other day and I asked how she was doing and she said she was lonely.  I felt sorry for her.  They had been married almost 62 years!  That's a long time to live with someone and then to have to adjust to the big quiet house has got to be difficult.  At the cemetery, after the service was over, my brother and sister in law and I sang Families Can Be Together Forever.  It was kind of my grandpa's theme song.  It is definitely his goal.  The night of the viewing my uncle read us a letter that Grandpa had written, talking about how he was glad he was going first, so he could get our mansion ready!!  It makes me happy to think of my grandpa in heaven wielding a hammer, building us a mansion that we can all live in together!  This is the first time in my life, that I saw the blessing in the death of a loved one and I felt that the Atonement took all the pain out of him dying.  I struggle a lot with death when I feel it's too soon but Grandpa lived a long life and at the end was really suffering, so I'm glad that he is now pain free.  It is a little strange going to their house and him not being there, but I think that time will heal that for me.
In other news, I am pretty much the same boring person!!  I am still struggling with what I might say on a dating site that might make me attractive to all those singles out there.  I told my cousin Hailee that I have this desire to be brutally honest.  If I was going to be honest, I would write things like, "Sometimes I get angry and I yell.  Sometimes I go to bed without brushing my teeth.  Sometimes I go a whole month without shaving my legs."  How many men do you think will be interested after I reveal all that!!!  Probably not the ones I want.  She told me that it was probably important to be honest, but I should be sure to let him know that I wasn't perfect but I was at least trying.  I think that's probably a good idea.  Maybe I should try harder to not lose my temper, brush my teeth and shave my legs!!  That might make me more desirable!!  Anyway at the end of the day, I'm a happy girl so I guess I can't complain too much!!!  Life is good!