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Continue reading →: Weather has been nice here!
Even though the weather has been nice and I mean nice, no ice, snow or fog, it is still winter. Everyone seems to be fighting those interesting bugs of illness. You know viruses, colds, coughs, vomiting, etc. The whole big bi’g of tricks known as nice. Mine has always been…
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Continue reading →: Tuesday, next week visitors from TEXAS.
It has been a long time since we have had Texas guests (family). Son in law is disappointed that we may not have any snow for him. Texas doesn’t very often have snow. Thank goodness we, husband and I stopped buying Christmas and birthday gifts, many years ago. Birthday gifts…
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Continue reading →: Quiet Day on the home front.
Daughter and granddaughter got home safely from their big trip to Ireland. Not able to talk with them as daughter came down with the flu. Love to talk with her but now is not the right time. Husband and I went Ireland several years ago and we had a wonderful…
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Continue reading →: Great Traditional Thanksgiving
Thank you each and everyone who gave so much time to make our traditional Thanksgiving a great Thanksgiving. We even added a ham this year. Not everyone could attend and we missed those who could not be with us. I missed my husband and I believe others did also. He…
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Continue reading →: Planning low key holidays?
Smart thing to do plan low key holidays. Prepare for the holidays early, but keeping them low key. Helping others whenever possible that are hurting more than you are. Talk with your family about cutting down on holidays. Maybe instead of buying gifts for everyone, draw names and limit money…
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Continue reading →: Routine, nice but not there yet! Football his favorite way to pass time.
Since the passing of my husband I have been trying to get into a good routine, but I am not there yet! Working on it! Some days it is all I can do to get the brain working in a proper manner. Each day I feel a little better. It…
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November weather here we come!
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Continue reading →: November weather here we come!Had a short trip last weekend with daughter and granddaughter from Indianapolis. They were going to visit son, daughter in law and grandson for a weekend in South Bend. It was a beautiful weekend with gorgeous weather. The trees were turning color. Saw vibrant orange, burnt red, brown of all…
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Continue reading →: Monday morning! Good day so far.
Up at 5 AM as I find I get more done during the early hours than later in the day! However I do have to say these days were different when we had children going to school, sports and other activities. Decided to make a coffee cake for myself. Not…
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Continue reading →: The End!
The end came last Sunday September 21, 2025. My wonderful husband of many many years died peacefully. He was trying to watch the football game, but did not make it through the whole game. It was a struggle for all of us to let go, even though we knew it…
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Busy Saturday this weekend and last.
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Continue reading →: Busy Saturday this weekend and last.Thanks to Cindy and David for a great breakfast last weekend on Saturday, and for taking us to see Sarah and Adrian, granddaughter and her husband. They are currently spending some time in the hospital. Another story for another time. Cindy and David were instrumental in selecting a new oven…
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Continue reading →: Trying to improve, but make a mistake in title.
Worked hard on the blog I just published! What was the first thing I noticed after publishing mistake in title. That is what happens when you try to do something fantastic!! Pardon my mistake! I hope you will come back again anyway. Have a wonderful Friday and a good weekend!…
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Cleaning up not only papers b Etsy shop!
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Continue reading →: Cleaning up not only papers b Etsy shop!Lots of things accomplished today! What? I can honestly say I waded into a ton of paperwork and made good progress. Now it is not totally cleaned up but progress was made. What did I do? Tore up and threw away! Trashed! Changing the subject a bit, but I still…
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