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Post by goldengirl on Mar 20, 2023 9:18:04 GMT -5
Hi, everyone. Kona, I'm so sorry for your family's loss. It is hard to mend the family tapestry when someone passes away. I'm glad you are feeling better. I don't blame anyone else when I get sick. I attribute it to my immune system being weakened for whatever reason and I get sick. But I do stay home when I'm sick.
The granddaughter is wed. The toasts at the reception remarked about the odds of a girl from Ohio marrying a guy from Costa Rica. They will be going to Eastern Europe as missionaries in the fall. I don't think anyone has really given me the correct place, only that it is a dangerous place for women.
SAR, I wish I had your energy. You are always moving. I understand about what to get rid of and what to keep. I am such a sentimental person I can remember who gave me just about everything that I have been gifted. How can I get rid of those things??? My daughters have said I don't have to keep everything. There comes a time when I should be able to get rid of the stuff. Well ... But I want to get rid of a bunch. I don't want my kids to have to go through everything when I am gone. So I will just suck it up and get to it soon. LOL! Did I also say I am good at procrastination???
Have a great day, All.
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 20, 2023 16:16:37 GMT -5
GG, I am also like you I remember all my gifts so I try to place them so folks know I have and love them... but some things I go have to just let someone else enjoy as I have.. today I ran and got bird seed, more cat food incase something happens tomorrow if they arrest Mr T. also my kittens got the last vax so they are good for the rest of their lives. it is sunny but cold, and I am JUST NOW at 5 pm having my first cup of coffee.. lol I got to cook me something too have not eaten a thing.
it was 38 yrs ago today I began my life living with Dan, we did not marry for a yr but I lived with him. bitter sweet day....
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 22, 2023 16:48:04 GMT -5
Annie, our very first rescue here, is gently easing into Dan's arms...I can feel him close.... I keep checking on her, and she is very close to complelely crossing. was hoping it was before the rains came, but the rains are here and I will not chance any life essence left at all so I will probably be digging in mud again.
I had started a short story I was posting about Annie as a rescue in her words... and Spirited1AU loved the story.... I'll have to let her know after the fact. I will try to find a few photos.. so sad, but the numbers continue to drop.... that, is a good thing.
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 22, 2023 17:39:05 GMT -5
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 23, 2023 10:49:59 GMT -5
I put this on FB Annie was the very first rescue we had after we moved here and built the barn. She was a lovely little petite grey mottled kitten with a peach patch on her head. she came from a line of feral cats that hunting this area before we moved in, Rosie, then Little Grey, ferals that kept our barn rodent free but never let us near enough to trap, neuter and release. Annie was born and as a tiny kitten decided 2 legged humans were not all that bad. so one day when I saw she had an eye infection, brought her in to do minor vetting, and she stole our hearts, and never left. she graced us with her quiet dignity and soft purrs for 23 yrs. today I laid her to rest between storms,,,RIP Little Annie, you were such a good little kitty.
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Post by Kona on Mar 23, 2023 21:37:42 GMT -5
Sue, I’m so sorry for the loss of Annie. Sounds like she lived a good (and long!) life. I’m sure Dan is happy to be reunited with her.
GG, congrats to the newlyweds! They are brave an adventurous. Most importantly, they are setting out to help less fortunate souls. I’ll send prayers for their safety.
After college I told my Mom I was thinking of joining the Peace Corps. I’d never seen her so upset! I know she feared for my safety. She told me how I’d probably be somewhere hot, with bugs and stuff like that. Her trump card was “You won’t even be able to get Tampax!!!” I never did join. I would have been on my own out there and I knew it would worry her too much.
Thank you all for your condolences. The wake is on Friday and a Memorial Service on Saturday. Everyone is holding up pretty well.
Take care all!
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 24, 2023 11:39:22 GMT -5
Kona, I never knew that about you! but today is so different from even back then... will be holding your family in prayer this week-end as you lay your SIL to rest.
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Post by goldengirl on Mar 24, 2023 12:02:20 GMT -5
Kona, I wanted to do the same thing, join the Peace Corps and help to make the world a better place. My mom's youngest sibling was not receptive to the idea. He said the kind of people that went with the Peace Corps were not the kind of people he wanted to see me associated with. I was talking to my elder so I did not contest what he said. I didn't argue with the adults in my life. We will call it "respect."
I still would like to do something that helps to make the world a better place. Or perhaps I am. This month marks 23 years that I have been writing articles for Family Recovery Center. When I started, the exec dir did not want me to write anything personal. So, for years, without cooperation of the staff to provide a local slant, I wrote the articles from a very general point of view: information.
But for the past few years -- maybe it's because I'm about to leave my comfort zone -- age 60s -- I don't know. My articles are much different. I share a bit of myself now. And the effects are bringing me rave reviews from the staff, and republication across the state of Ohio. When I speak of "retirement" I have friends and associates who say, "Your words are helping other people. You can't stop now." So, I continue to write the articles. I think I've written enough of them now -- the newer format (personal) -- that I could put them into a collection and publish as a book. I'm trying to find the time for that.
I have other projects I'm working on, too. My April time will be a challenge. Ayden (age 7) has spring break for a week. In May, his mother will be going to a conference in Phoenix so I will have him for nearly a week. One of my daughters talked to me yesterday about a visit with her dad. I said, "He's going to miss me when I'm gone." She said, "Yes, he is. He was so disappointed when he came up through the yard and you weren't home." (I was at Ayden's because he spent two days at home sick and it was easier to spend the days there than to take him out into the weather.) So I guess it will be fun juggling husband and grandson while daughter is out-of-state. Writing time will suffer some more. And summer break is in the not too distant future, too. But it all will be OK. Where there's a will, there is a way.
SAR, I didn't know that about you and Dan. I just knew that he rescued you, your knight in shining armor, riding a white steed. Yeah. I'm such a romantic!
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 24, 2023 13:28:59 GMT -5
I've read many of your articles, and I agree ... you help alot of people. but write at least 2 more yrs if you can.. 25.. is a good number! ((hugs))
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Post by goldengirl on Mar 25, 2023 12:20:41 GMT -5
I recently told ET that I will stay until she is gone. She is about 85 and still CEO of the agency. I don't expect her to retire again. The first time she began to decline. She wasn't back long before she was vibrant again. So, I will stay while she is there.
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Post by plantlady on Mar 26, 2023 11:47:44 GMT -5
GG, sounds like you have a lot going on and that you are doing what you were meant to do (writing). Kona, keeping you and your family in my prayers. SAR, I know you will miss Annie even though you knew it was time for her to pass.
After so much and coolness we are actually going to have a nice day today, near 70 degrees. Went to a walk in clinic yesterday for that ongoing infection in my cheekbone (from the root canal abscess three years ago) and they put me on a stronger antibiotic this time so hoping this will make me feel better. Will see the ENT in a month.
My is heavy thinking about and watching the news from Mississippi. So much devastation and so many people lost everything. Keeping them all in my prayers. Hope you are all having a good weekend!
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 27, 2023 17:26:00 GMT -5
I agree PL, not only having those storms, they are still news stories almost daily about more train crashes.... SMH
lots of folks round here dealing with allergies and drainage.... I'm ready for full on spring. I have a vase of daffies in my kitchen.. and all my shrubs and perrenials are popping now, the lawn green up over night... soon will be mowing again.
cold and damp Monday, Dave left at noon, Bob popped in for a quick cup of coffee at 12:30. so much for me getting busy after Dave left. actually I wanted to lay down a bit, but that just never happened today. so 3 days I did not get anything done... maybe I can play catch up this week. happy Monday, everyone!
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Post by plantlady on Mar 29, 2023 7:17:51 GMT -5
SAR, hope you were able to find a way to get some rest! Everything is getting greener by the day here and if they don't come mow soon, my front yard is going to be a jungle! It's getting nicer and will be in the 60's and 70's here for the next week. Planning on lunch with a friend tomorrow and hoping to get more done outside in the next few days.
Sending to everyone who stops by this week.
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Post by SAR01 on Mar 29, 2023 11:51:25 GMT -5
today is all 4 seasons in Ohio! woke to 20 degrees now it is almost 50, a line of wind and storms to move through this afternoon about 3, then snow and ice storm and down to 18 tonight.. lol OHIO! love it or leave it.
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Post by plantlady on Mar 30, 2023 9:18:26 GMT -5
Wow, that's crazy, SAR. It's like that here once in awhile. Apparently bad storms moving in here tomorrow but not sure if they will head up your way or go to the southeast.
Hope everyone is having a nice week.
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