Have a fantasic day!

                                    ---------BE----Happy!!
To-day is Monday, January 12th--My brother, Wayne, it is his Birthday-- He is one year younger than I am--lives in New Hampshire-

Son#2 just called-from Vancouver---reminded me to plug in my smoke detector-and "whatever else detector"---says it is 3-30am out there--is just after 7am here--(Kids always know what we should do and like to keep us "in the know"--)

I must lay out all my 500,000 pills --keep the Synthroid for this evening--to take WITHOUT food---The wash is in--only Lopez and I are up--very dark outside ----and cold-- and I just heard that more snow will be falling to-morrow--(as if we need it!)--

I must get my coffee on-- so--will return in a bit--  Of course the news is not sounding good (The TV is on!)--Poor Greenland--a country we never heard too much about before but now, it is out front in the news-Lordy be eh??---I shall return to add to this blog shortly--Oh---  I can put the wash into the dryer--I hear the  wash is done!-

           Below---- Wise words I wish I had thought of myself--

                    #1. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do---

                    #2.-Ask questions and learn--

                    #3.-Spend less money than you have!

                            and---  Blasts from the past--

                  I do not know which Grandchild this is--It looks like                                 Ethan--but , it could be Allison's son--Jacob-

Port Perry, ON., with Gramma and Grandpa Wallace, out in front , waving good bye to us after our visit--How we loved visiting them!!

--Mom and Dad below--on the hill in front of our cottage at Port Stanley, ON-- How I loved that place!!

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                        Allison with Hannah--and Willow

So---  ever onward here--  NO Synthroid pills-till evening--I just called the Pharmacy  who does the "blister packs"--so much to remember--

So----You feeling strong?--You feeling happy??--We all have survived so much--maybe this strength has been given to us to get us thru the last few years--and we can do this! Is it easy??---It certainly isn't!--But---WE CAN ---

You really are truly amazing!

        It is Sunday, January the 11th----  Where do the days go?-- Yesterday I did go to see my Doctor--and now I have to go to see an specialist in Endocrinology--have 2 appointments --one in Sudbury , to the East of here--and another in Sault St Marie, to the west of here--I guess which ever comes first--and specific instructions to not take my Synthroid in the mornings anymore--with food--only in the evenings--Oh Lordy! I just hope  things can be corrected- (It does seem like  when Fred passed, a lot of me "passed" with him)

So, I got up this AM., and took the sheets off the huge King bed--  and already they are washed and now in the dryer--I wonder why I dread changing that King bed so much , when it really was quite easy to do--?????--                         

                                     "Words of Wisdom"

#1. If you look at life as a bonus, then everyday is full of joy!

#2. Stare truth in the face.

#3. Treat your friend as one who may become your enemy and your enemy as one who may someday be your friend.

                            Below---a "Blast from the past"

-when life seemed "Normal"--no talk of death-Allison and Son#2 with Fred and I---Who would know what was going to happen?

Below--Son#2 with Willow and Hannah in the wagon--

And-----below---Son#2, #3---and Allison with Hannah

So, appreciate everyday--We never know what is in store for us--Be kind to people--Find truth in your life-----Doing beats Stewing--Remember, your achievements live longer than you--Forgive and forget---Just remember also, most of the things we worry about, never happen!

Now if I can remember all the above, it will be a good day!

AND__

Being a Woman is a "great adventure"----

    It is Saturday January the 10th-- I am late posting here as my blood work , taken at the medical clinic, came back all crazy--way way out of whack-- much too high--so, now I have been referred to an Endocrinologist, either in Sault St Marie or Sudbury--Both cities are about 2 hrs from here-Can you believe all that??-- Lordy Be! 

One thing I have learned is not to take the  Thyroxin pills with meals--which I have been doing-- I have had this low thyroid thing, for many years and it has always been stable--never ever has it been going all crazy--  till Fred got ill--while in Lake Field--  It was stabilized out there--  and now it is all crazy again--  Lord love a duck eh?---My daughter read that I should not take the meds with a meal--  so, I guess we shall see--My Mom had Addison's Disease--I never want that!!

                    So--Life goes on I guess--  I hope anyway--

A Blast from the past--below--Son#3---Emma's Father--

and Emma --below--now in her 2nd yr University

Hannah---finished University now-

So-  I must get off of here--

Words of Wisdom--first-- 

#1. Meet your obligations

               #2.Bad moods arrive unannounced

                         #3.Life is meant to be lived with thought

Remember--"A Great Adventure"--

Being a Woman IS A "GREAT ADVENTURE!"

What do you think??--

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Day--Another Dollar--

It is Friday, January the 9th -dark outside--and I think rain  is coming down--Lopez and Sushi and I are up and at it , here-and--you , even if you do not think so--you really are simply amazing--Just think of what you have accomplished in your lifetime!

Yesterday my Dr's appointment was cancelled--by the Dr. -so, to-day I go at 2pm--plus I need groceries--which means another trip --plus the car needs gasoline-- Son#1 filled the washer fluid thing for me--I have never done that in my life , and it is good he did it-- It needed fluid!

The sun is just coming up here --
-So much to learn when you live on your own!--And, yesterday was hair day also--colour--

So, I shall return---I hear Sushi upstairs, asking for her breakfast--

"Wise words to think about--"

#1.Life begins every morning when you wake up--

           #2-Spend an little time to-day for to-morrow, but not too much so that it ruins to-day.

#3.Trusting in yourself brings trust to other people.

I hope that your day goes well--  I also hope that you think positive thoughts--that you "can" do whatever you need to do, to get thru the day--and that the weather co-operates--

I found the picture below, buried in this computer--I do not know who took it--but it did make me smile--That is me , way up on the deck, and just look at all the men's clothing that I had washed--Funny to look back at that now!

Willow, beside Son#2 , towing Hannah, his daughter 

and the bird feeders lined up on the back deck--

and Son #2, with Hannah , his daughter
The old pictures are so much fun to go back to--to look at, over the  years gone by--

So, Lopez needs to get out--I see the sun just coming up--  Are you happy?--Are you feeling strong?--This is a brand new day and we are a part of it! Get off of here---and face the day--

Take advantage of the good days--

 Good Morning--  To-day is Thursday, January the 8th-- This A.M. I have a Dr's appointment-- plus a hair appointment this afternoon--and---Retirement Living will be entering the  apartment here to plug in a new, -"gas/CO2 / whatever-else-"---meter--which means Lopez will freak out if left here alone--so, I guess  he travels with me this morning-

                -It never rains but it pours--always the case isn't it?---And I hear to-day and the next few days, we are going to get rain--then snow--"Rain" is just not nice in the winter--and we have had a lot of that this winter--

Wise words--#1. Give people a second chance

                     #2..Face the truth

                     #3.-Good times are better when shared

I tried to watch the news last night--but ---I could not--It was very disturbing--It makes one wonder what on earth has happened to this world-It certainly isn't very peaceful anymore--Does it upset any of you?-or---Is it just me ? It never seemed like it used to be like this--It seems like there is no respect anymore for people just trying to live their lives, peacefully,  in their little part of the world--What do you think?-

So, I must get my wee little Lopez out in the yard-- get the clothes into the dryer-get some breakfast here--This day has begun---and we are a part of it--Remember to take care of your pets-- and try o remember the ones who have passed--to wait for you--All our Shepherds are probably over that bridge with Fred, my Husband who loved them to the moon and back--

Hopefully I can return  --after I get this day started--Meanwhile--

 

I Hope You Feel Beautiful Today-=

  To-day is Wednesday, January  the 7th--dark outside--and cold--and--I hear, more freezing rain heading in our direction-Yesterday I had to scrape  ice from the windows of the car before heading out--It seems like it has been a very "ice-y" winter--

This AM., I am meeting my friend "Dave" for breakfast--and--this afternoon, I have a dental cleaning planned--which I was supposed to go to yesterday. I cannot go to too many appointments in one day--and-when one returns from "far away", the medical appointments seem to pile up---

When yu live alone, do you cook for yourself--like--just for "you"?--Do you have a special recipe that is easy to make, and tasty?--Could you share it with us?--I find, living alone, I do not eat properly-- If it was an "easy to make recipe", I would cook something like that myself--and eat it--

                            OK--Wise words-- 

              #1.Encourage self sufficiency

          #2.Nothing of value is lost by taking your time

          #3. A wise person knows that she cannot know everything.

Remember this picture?-- Just look at how happy they both were! --                                            

out for dinner below--        

        Below--Son #3 with his Dad

So, I hope that you are happy to-day--I see that it is finally daylight - I can take Lopez out in the back yard--and he loves to run around loose there--keeps checking however that I am at the patio door--It is a new day--and we are a part of it!!----- So, get going--

 

Wishing you a fabulous, crazy and happy kinda day!

 To-day is Tuesday, January 6th--very dark outside--and seems quite cold--  but--the big news is--IT IS NOT SNOWING__YET!!__Holy Smoley!!!---  and there is my husband waving "Good Morning" to you all-- maybe even from Heaven!---

Is your  morning going well?--Are you happy?? I find that I must work at being that way--I mean "happy"----It is easier to think of all the reasons to to be "sad"---Now if I clap my hands , like the song says--"If you're happy and you know it, clap  yer hands"--

OK--Try clapping  yer hands--__  Go ahead--  OK - IT makes you smile  doesn't it??--

LORDY Be!!--it is "ME"!

Anyway--Wise words below--

#1.-There is a lot to do before you rest--

#2.-Being alone is great medicine-

#3.Remember the day you met a loved one.

and--blasts from the past--

and there I am--2nd last row--on the far rt

top row -on the far rt

my young sister on the left

My Gramma on the left-my Aunt Enid in the middle and my Mom on the rt--many moons ago--