Keeping me younger…

Keeping me younger…

Younger as oppose to young..

Don’t do this as much as I use to…

Use to take care of his oldest brother

Many times a week when Mom worked

But that was 3 years ago.  Before Lil’ Dude

Was born.. Now it is just occasionally.

We had a great time while mom and grandma

Went shopping and big brother was at school.

But I can see that I am slowing down from the time

Of his brother, when he was this age.

Use to run races down the walk way.. with his

Brother yelling out.. I BEAT YOU.. I WIN…

But now I am lucky if I can walk down that walk

Way with any kind of walking speed.. but we dug

In the dirt.  Ate French toast for breakfast and ate

Chicken nuggets the shape of dinosaurs. Played

Kick ball.. and check out the toys after being put

away for the winter..  So ended up washing said

toys as the box leaked..  but all in all a good day, … 

until big brother got here after school..  

then the competition started.

 

 

 

Life as it comes..

Life as it comes..

I decided to accept life for what it is for me…

The far future is gone for people my age. So do you fret for the amount of time you have left? No. 

Do you have regrets for the past? No, not really. After all..why? Self indulgence? That is a waster. The longer you worry about the past that you can’t change, the less time you have for now.

So why waste it.

Same with worrying about the far future. Wasted time. Stealing your time from now. Use your now time wisely. Have fun with it. You rarely get a second chance. And there no second time around. So have fun .. enjoy and let go. For gosh sakes, don’t waste your time with the  shoulda .. coulda… woulda.. or even the  ”if only”.. I did or didn’t do.

Total waste of time…  you are missing now. The view,… children playing.. animals.. scenery.. mountains. lakes, sunsets, or sunrise and  birds flying, or chirping in the trees. A child at play, with so much imagination. Lovers holding hands, walking and talking.. especially if those lovers are over 60.   So much more to enjoy NOW..  Don’t let it pass you by.

Accept what you have, instead of wishing for something that can’t be.. do what you can for now.

Who knows how long that will be..

 

OUR NEXT PROJECT…

OUR NEXT PROJECT…

When we walked around our house a few weeks back, to see what snow damage the winter did.

What we saw was peeling paint… and even peeling cedar shakes/shingles…  The bottom line is the house needs to be redone outside…. All the way around the house.  We have known for years about the deck area.

We have owned the house for 24 some odd years. We have repainted it 2 or 3 times.  Last one about 6 years ago.. maybe 7.

So we had to make a decision.. what do we do about it? Paint again?  With the King turning 70 this year.. we were not looking forward to repainting it again.. and him doing it in about 7 more years or less. Or we would have to bite the bullet…. And come up with siding.

After pro’s and con’s we came up with metal siding. Something we both can still do at our age.. with help from our family.  Saving labor cost.

Now, we got to measure the house to see how many panels we need….. and how many packages of wrap we need to put on the house after we remove the shingles.  And then there is the trim…. As they say the devil in the details…  And this is where we call in our marker… our grandson… who is a contractor… to do the measuring …. So we know how much panels, wrap, and trim…. We are going to need.  AND then.. we go and find out how much all of this is going to cost us.   

So that is our project for this coming month.. get information.. order it.. and hope we can get it in a timely manner..  And then late May…. IF the weather co-operates  with us.  We start peeling off shingles.. which to me, is going to be the longest and hardest part of the job..

Wish I was a rich woman… la tat ta….                             Fiddler on the Roof ……    I could either hire it out.. or live in a condo…where the maintenance  crew do that… but NOT A RICH WOMAN..  so  depending on a few good friends, family and us (God Willing)…   stay tune to pictures in a month or so..

 

 

Heading on the downside of April….

Heading on the downside of April….

Here we are more than half way across April.  Normally called April showers for May flowers..

I don’t know how much May flowers we are going to get with SNOW in April.. 

Could not believe, waking up Easter morning with SNOW!!!   Luckily not much..  not sticking to most stuff… but still SNOW..  I think my daughter got a inch but she always gets more than us.

And the good news is.. she did Easter on Saturday, so the kids got to find eggs in GRASS and not snow berms.

Definitely a different year, weather wise.  She got about 4 feet of snow between January and March.. we got 11 inches one time.. with a couple of inches that would come and go, with few more coming off and on.  By mid March, ours were all gone.. Yet she, who lived just 12 miles from us still had 3 feet to melt. Only grass showing was in the paths they snowblew the months before.

Makes we wonder, what May and June is going to bring… and in July and August will we once again feel like we are practicing for Hell.. with the heat?

Guess only time will tell.. but we have almost half of April left and lots more showers coming… I am sure. Hopefully now white showers.  

Online with the Government… not good for me

Online … not good for me

It is time for the King to sign up for his Social Security.

I tried to get an appointment with the SS office. After all the covid deal is over enough that they should have the office open again…NOT…

When I called to get an appt. I was told I would have to make an appt. for a phone interview.  Or go online. Told her that my husband did not do computers at all.

And he isn’t good with filing papers, so I have to help him.  And I am hard of hearing so that doesn’t work out well either.  It took her 3 times to keep her voice up so I can hear her… also I asked her to slow down, as it was hard to understand while I am trying to hear.

But even figuring it out, unless she thought I was faking it..  she would not change her mind.  So I said. Ok we will try our best…  THEN she tells me it will be 2 more months before I could even get on the call list. I told her.. wow.. 2 months… and as she was talking.. I thought who can I get to help us.  So finally I told her we would try to get our family to help us.  It would be faster to do it online..  She said, yes, it would be faster. So told her that is what we would do.

Two days later???  I get an email.. confirming our PHONE APPT 2 months out…. what???  So decided after we get the online done, I would cancel it.. In case it didn’t go well.

So had a talk with our daughter.. and she gets off work half hour before our SS office closes… (then I found out we don’t have to worry about that, as it goes to some office SOMEWHERE) who knows where.

 

So today, she came over, 45 minutes later we had it taken care of…  so now we wait until they tell us to send more paper work…  THANK GOD FOR KIDS.. adult ones anyway…   Thank you … JC Because when it comes go government stuff.. I hate to do online.

 

Update on IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

Update on IT TAKES A VILLAGE. 

David has come a long way.. we have been getting almost daily updates..  and then he was moved to St. Lukes Rehab.

In Spokane…and this is his second day… Sio here is the word from David’s mom…  

 

I am enjoying my day with David! It's so great seeing all the improvements he's made in the past week. The rehab allowed both Patrick (my husband) and I to visit at the same time, which has been so nice! We both or rather all three of us are impressed with St Luke's. Today we saw an OT session. David was able with a little assistance to transfer from bed to chair. The therapist worked on stretching his right arm. Due to scar tissue and tight ligaments they are working on increasing his ROM (range of motion). They started his night feeds again to increase his calorie intake. We are very happy with all the improvements he keeps making.

 

 

This is a picture taken today…  he has lost a lot of weigh.. with time, that too shall come back.

 

So many people have come together.. helping with the go fund me type of a site…  others bringing meals. And the amazing prayer chain that goes from here to back East… R.I.  N.C. S.C. and Missouri.

And so many more states.. say nothing about the local.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME…

Yep… we are just a day apart.. well, actually 11 years and 11 months and 30 days apart…so we can’t very well forget each others birthday.

Well, here it is 82…  82 wow, didn’t think I would get to be  this old but then again..  I have some relatives that got to be this age..  My dad was 82… almost 83…. His brothers were in their 80’s too.. and their sister.. my sweet Aunt Harriet made it to 88 almost 89…  Some in the family made it to their 70’s. So I have passed all of them..   So you might ask.. how does it feel be 82…  Well, the answer is.. pretty much of what it felt like at 81 or 80… 79    well you get the idea…  Mostly like the brain is roaring to go, and the outside of me says.. not so fast…  Don’t have the grip I use to have.. can’t carry a heavy box, like I use to.. I think the part that got me last summer was finding out I CAN’T HOP… now really how hard it that. Well, not really hard, as I can’t do it at all.. unless I hang on to something. And then not well, either.

So my words to you as you age.. Relax… don’t let other people stuff get to you… You can’t do anything about it anyway… and to be honest, you will find out you really don’t want to do anything about it.  It is ok to feel sad about others problems… but it is their time to fix their own stuff.. just like you and I have done.  And Nationally …NOT A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT…  So live every day, in your own circle.. family, friends.. you will have less heart ache, feel less stress…   and the old adage… stop and smell the roses?  Well, there is a lot of truth to that… 

So HAPPY APRIL…  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.. 82 AND STILL KICKING…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE KING..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE KING..

 

MY KING THAT IS..  yep today he turns 70!!!! 

And he is finding out how it feels to be older..

He told his friend just the other day… I am finding

I am not as strong as I use to be….. told him welcome

to my world.

I can remember when my doctor turn 70.  He had to cancel and reschedule my appt.   and when I got in to see him several days later… he said to me.. SO why didn’t you tell me that at the age of 70 the body starts to fall apart… haha..

Told him he was the dr. and he was suppose to tell me that 4

years ago, so I was leaving it for a surprise for him.

Someone told me that aging isn’t for the weak of heart.

And what was it my own grandfather told me?.. he was 75..

Something about age being wasted on the youth ..  As he sure could use being more active.

So he has 10 more years before he really knows how much

He is falling part.. I am not telling him either..  Its best not to know..