Holidays

Wow its been a long time since I posted anything to this blog. Anyway, I hope all my Heeding cousins had a great Thanksgiving and will have a wonderful Christmas and New years. Things havent changed much lately, so there isnt anything new to update on the blog. If I didnt already post it, Cindy's daughter, Brande, got married a while back. They have lived together for a few years now and decided to make official with a quicky wedding down in Las Vegas.

a year ago we said goodbye

It's been a year since we said goodbye to William "Bill" Carl Heeding. I still think of things I want to tell him and things I would love to ask him. I miss my phone conversations with him and I miss that contagous laugh he had. He was always upbeat when we spoke and even though I knew he didn't feel well, he never complained. I knew years ago about his arthritis making his hands hurt and all I ever heard from him was a joke about how he had a good excuse to flip people off and not get into trouble, because he couldnt move that finger. He was always proud of his kids and his grandkids and took any oppertunity to boast about whatever latest thing had been done. He loved his life and his family. I wish I had been able to visit with him more. We are all scatured to the four corners doing our own things, but we will forever be united by the two brothers, Bill and Paul. Through our memories and our hearts they continue to thrive. All my best to my Heeding cousins. Take care.

Paul Heeding "Heed"

Today would have been my grandpa's 87th birthday. All week long things have been reminding me of him. Little things people say or do, this morning I woke up to find it had rained over night and I took my dogs outside to do their duties and the smell of sage came over me and reminded me of all our deer hunting trips. I was always the tom boy so I went hunting with grandpa, my dad, and cousins. I miss those days crawling around in the mountains before the sun even comes up so we could get to the "ideal hunting spot" before the sun gave away our location to the animals. It hardly ever worked. I dont think grandpa even wanted it to work most of the time. He just liked going camping and walking the hills. Some years he was so sore and feet swollen he would literally sleep in his boots so his feet couldnt swell up over night and not be able to put the boots on in the morning. What a fight it was for my dad who thought you had to be covered from head to toe in orange so you didnt get shot to get grandpa to wear any orange at all. Grandpa usually only wore a single vest of orange if any. I think of all the weekends he spent having grandkids stay over when I'm sure there were other things he would have loved to do something else. His sunday routine of going to Harmons to buy a paper always turned into such a production dragging along three or four of us all piled in his old pick up. He was a joker and loved to laugh. He had such a deep rolling laughter that shook his whole body. He loved very much but didnt show it all the time. If you pointed a camera at him he would "strike a pose" every time. Rather it was putting grandma in a mock head lock with one arm and balling a fist with the other like he was going to hit her (which he never ever did), or cracking the biggest goofiest grin nashing his teeth, or just flat out arms on hips or splayed out in the air posing. I have very few "serious" pics of him. Happy birthday grandpa. Love and miss you always.

April Fools

Hello all you Heedings that read this. Well its April Fools Day, and although its stupid it makes me think of my grandma and grandpa. I used to think up some stupid thing and call them and tell them something and when my grandma would say your kidding i would say yup April Fools! April is also the birth month for my grandpa and his mom, Lillian. Which of course means cemetery duty to decorate graves. Last month was grandma's bday and i did go decorate her grave and feed the deer at the cemetery.
Well not much exciting happening with the Utah Heedings. My brother still needs a job, he was employed for a couple months and then got laid off again, my dads still living in his home that was my grandparents, and all else is about the same. Phil still needs to find a teaching position and I got a letter from Jim yesterday in my mail. I wish they could both find something or some one to make them happy.
Well take care all. Happy April Fools Day and hope you all have a great Easter!

too much to do in such little time

i have a list of things i would like to do and it seems i never have enough time for it all. i get upset with myself for missing the deadlines i set for myself but i still keep adding to the list. lately i have been in a funk and just cant seem to get anything done.
my dad is not liking having that big house all to himself and says he may not keep the house after all. he plans on waiting for a year or two then possibly trying to sell. i am hoping he can find something or some place to be happy. he isnt a cheerful person to begin with but being in the house all by himself really isnt good for him. i am supose to be helping him with a will and with some other things he has asked me to do, again i just havent gotten to it yet.
from what i hear things are alright for billies family. i dont hear from them and probably wont. with all that went on when my grandma was ill and since billie and my dad dont speak to one another, and that is a good thing since it wouldnt be kind if they did. billie's kids seem to feel that my dad and their mom fighting mean we are fighting so i have given up communicating with them for now.
as for cindys family, since my last update of them all brande has moved to roy and lives with her boyfriend, dave. he seems to make her happy and for the first time ever she actually mentioned a possiblity of getting married one day. she has always told me she didnt want to get married in the past. rather marriage is on the horitzon or not i hope she is happy in life. i do speak with cindy's kids from time to time, mostly through facebook since it seems to be the easiest right now. ryan moved in with his girlfriend so cindy and jon have the house to themselves. landons family is doing good. i hear from his wife, justyna, through facebook. the girls are growing up fast.
my brother is still out of work. this will be his third year without a steady income. he has taken on odd jobs through the past few years to come up with some money but nothing permanent. his girls are of course growing up faster than i want them to. harlee will be three in july and makenzie will turn seven on the 25th of this month. kenzie will be in alaska til june when jason will get her for the summer. lil miss harlee has the biggest attitude youve ever seen and does not hesitate to let you know what she thinks.
grandma and grandpa got to spend their first anniversary together since his death in 2003 on feb 1. they would have been married 67 years. grandmas birthday is the day before st pattys day and she always loved that holiday so i am trying to find some fun things to decorate her grave with that are green or st pattys related. she always liked her "greenie day".
well i guess your all caught up now. take care all.