Sunday Rambles 

Grim and gray with patches of leftover snow from yesterday's storm.  Not much of a storm in the way New England can do a storm but there was snow and for a while, it covered everything.  It's January after all and this is only the 2nd time, I think, that snow made an appearance.  Hopefully it will take the hint, realize it's really not welcome here and stay up North where it should be.

Yesterday was my niece's funeral.  She was 61.  I'm 77.  All wrong in so many ways.  She had been in a long term care facility for over 5 years.  She had Cerebral Palsy and over the past 10 years had lost her mobility so that she was bound to a wheel chair.  She had trouble with her speech all her life as well as her other physical challenges and yet she was a force.  She was a very determined lady.  She never wanted to hear that she wouldn't be able to - you name it.  She wanted nothing more than to move through life as we all can.  

Wrote the above on Thursday and today is Sunday.  For the past days I have been out of sorts and not feeling much else.  It's been terribly cold and I am wanting to feel the heat of the sun.  I was asked by a good friend how I was feeling after my loss and she went on to say that, with me, it was hard to tell since I never let my feelings show.  I thought I was pretty transparent but evidently not.  As a result of that exchange I, of course, travelled inward to determine if that was true and it seems that it is to a great extent.  I realized that I had not been dealing with Kathy's passing as most people deal with that.

The night before last I heard her voice in my sleep and then during the day I searched my saved messages on my phone.  I had two from her and as I played them I realized how much I will miss her.  My last call with her was two days before she died and I'm so glad it was a loving conversation.  Told her I loved her and she said she loved me and I said I would call her on Thursday after her doctor's appointment.  She died on Wednesday. As I played that message I cried.  

Rambling on here and getting nowhere but right now I'm trusting that Kathy is now free from pain and physical challenges.  Her loved ones, and mine, were there to greet her as she went through that door and all is well with her soul.  

 Where has the time gone?  It's 2021 already. Do you have any idea how old that makes me?  All these questions have a way of exhausting me.  I'll be back

Merry Christmas Season

Just turned 3/4's of a century.  Yes I Did!  Celebrated with the worst cold any human being ever had.  At least in my opinion.  I have recovered from the major symptoms and now have only to deal with the occasional sneezes and residual nose blowing as well as the lethargy that comes from sitting under a blanket and moaning for a week.  Without getting all PC, baby it's cold out there is so true around here.  I barely want to open the door to get the mail.

Having said all that, open the door I must.  Christmas is coming and there are presents to by, cards to mail, festive things to do and cook and hope you are all enjoying the season.  I have a number of ladies lunches to attend and family functions to prepare for.  Christmas Eve for us will be on the 22nd to accommodate the caregivers in the fam.  That leaves the 24th to face.  Fortunately we old fogies have other old fogies who will be at loose ends on that eve and we will gather at some local open place for a fun dinner.  On Christmas Day as usual we will watch old Christmas movies over and over and at about 6pm go to the local Japanese restaurant for hibachi entertainment.

Here's a picture of my tree.  Jolly right?

Hello October

So a little more than a year later, I'm still here.  I'm amazed that so much time has passed between entries.  I'm amazed that it seems like just a short while ago.  I'm amazed that I can still be amazed.

So much for that.  Here it is, October 2018.  Recounting the events of the past year or more would be a task.  Some of the highlights include my husband's back surgery, a multi-level fusion, four to be precise.  It worked out wonderfully well but about 9 months or so later he suffered a herniated disc above the surgical area which had to eventually be surgically dealt with and that was followed by a problem with the Sacroiliac joint which eventually had to be fused ... all these months later he is finally and thankfully pain free.  Praise the Lord!

During all of that back pain thing I had to do the running and fetching and driving and nursing and I had a knee issue that could not be addressed until this past June.  Two large tears in the meniscus were repaired and the surgery was eventually followed by physical therapy.

So now that everyone in this house is done with the limping and moaning and groaning, we're ready for fall.

My Favorite New Movie

Saw this movie over the summer with my stepson and step grandson and my husband and I LOVED it.  Each for different reasons of course.  That's what makes the world spin as they say.   He loved the car chases, I loved Baby.  He is so adorable and if I were younger, much, well I would be heading out to where ever he might be living and .....  yeah.   So.  If I were you I would go see this sucker.  Man, oh man.  Now you know how old I am.  Man, oh man.  Right?  Well.  The music is terrific.  The kid is unbeatable and Kevin Spacey as always owns it.  Go.  Now!  see it

Helpful Fitness Tip

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We love our Charlie Baker

This is what I'll be doing this week and loving it

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