Good Morning Y'all-Rise and SHINE!

It is Thursday, January 15th--dark as the Ace of Spades outside--Terrible!!  Little  Lopez will freeze his toes out there for sure-- I shall return in a bit--need to get the Washer going--but--before I go---I must tell you that it is minus 21 C here right now outside! AND THAT IS COLD!!

                                            So---Positive thoughts on a very cold day--

Blasts from the past and below-- son3's wife with Emma who is now in her 2nd yr University

                    a family get together --at Son3's restaurant with family from Jamaica

                                                    Family is so so important--

My Gramma on the left--  My Dad's sister in the middle and my Mom on the far rt--in Port Perry, Ontario where Gramma and Grandpa lived--Oh how I loved their house!

                                                    Just look at all the food--

                                                So--Words I wish I had written-- 

                                                        #1-Never worry alone!

                                                        #2.Pay yourself first--

                                                        #3.Believe the best of everybody!

                So, Son#3 has been in and out --  ---trying to return a "snow shovel" for me--

            Dave , my friend has called to book me in,  to have breakfast with him--soon----

Lotza action going on all around me--Daughter called also from Medina, OHIO--says it is cold there too!-----I best get off of here --but--first--I hope that you are feeling strong this AM--no use feeling sorry for yourself--get out there and think only strong thoughts--because WE CAN DO THIS!!----WE ARE ALIVE----The dryer has stopped-Lopez is waiting to go out and face the cold--Remember to call your good friend--

                                                                    RIGHT ON!!---

Be Happy and Strong and Wise--

Today  is Wednesday, January the 14th---Still very dark outside--and snowy--and cold--Lopez, Sushi and I are all up--Yesterday, a snow day, was a lot of work--shovelling almost all day--and then, a miracle happened--a neighbour appeared on his 4 wheeler--pushed many tons of snow away  from the car--I was so so grateful--When the snow plow passes, he pushes snow into my driveway-(-His plough is on a slant, and as he passes, heavy wet snow is shoved  right into the driveway--)

The wash machine is chugging away--It is so hard to get out of bed when it is so dark--and cold--although I had been up earlier to turn up the heat--then went back to the warm cozy bed--

So this is January--We have February--then March--March it usually gets milder--  Thank goodness!---The wash is now in the dryer-- YEAHHH!!

                        Wise Words  I wish I  had thought of--

#1.-Do not Rely on your wits alone

#2.The key to failure is trying to please everyone-

#3.If you know nothing, say nothing.

AND---  We really are, at our age, very smart--because we have learned to be that way , over the years--and I find, even my children believe that as we age, we lose some of our wits--Do you find that?--Little do they realize that we have gained more "wits"--at out "older age"--

                      So--  Blasts from the past--

 The  photo below,  is my Mom and Dad -- They were living in Northern Ontario--Dad was  a Civil Engineer-surveying up in Northern Ontario, preparing for a new road , which probably is Highway#17 which we use all the time now going to Sudbury or the SOO -and in his spare time, was fishing with Mom-Looks like Mom had just caught a fish!

     

Hannah playing in the leaves, above

I think it was my Birthday--many moons Ago--
So many memories -so much going on--Such happy occasions--

But--  that was then--this is now--

Tempus Fugit--"Time flies--!"

I must get off of here--  always snow to shovel-- pets to feed--Laundry to finish--and then there is the vacuuming--and--I need a coffee--

So, try to stay strong--  and be as happy as you possibly can--It is a new day and here we are--a part of it--

GOOD tImes and DIFFICULT times!

 To-day is Tuesday, January the 13th--after 9am---so, it is day light--I have already shovelled snow --around the car--  and a lot more is predicted to fall any time--like--another foot or so--Hopefully I do NOT have to go anywhere--Oh--I also have the garbage out by the road--ready for pick-up---even the recyclables--

Lopez has done his business out in the yard--(another good thing!)--So--Are you happy--(and you know it?--)---  I was happy--still trying to be--but--I am questioning my existence on "living here alone"--Was I crazy to think I could do this??--I am 83 yrs "OLD"__Is that too old to live alone?-- I never used to think it was--but--now with my thyroid out of "whack''--it makes me kinda wonder--  Everything seems to be OK----but what if the Dr cannot get the thyroid back to normal??---Will it make a difference on being capable to live alone??--Lord love a Duck  eh??--Maybe I won't dwell on all that right now--

Let's change the topic here--to "Wise Words"--I wish I had written--

 #1.Wise people listen to those who oppose them-

#2.Love beyond boundaries, beyond the physical, beyond the human.

#3.Wish upon a star.

                         We must be "optimostic-I MUST BE ---

This was me--many moons ago--very optimistic about everything-==-

                Hannah with big "Beau"--

-                           Above--- baby "Andie"--so so sweet-

   and my VERY favourite picture ever--Allison with Fred--and just look at how happy they both are--out in Vancouver--on our very very happy Holiday-

So--- life is not easy  is it?---good times and difficult times-- Life and death-- and, we must cope-- and it sometimes is so hard to cope--but-- I guess "We must be strong"-accept the good and the bad--but--wouldn't it be nice if sometimes someone would just tell us that we CAN do this-- like--live everyday--accept both the good AND the bad--and only cry tears of joy--not sadness--

--BE STRONG- NO MORE being a WIMP--Can I be that way?--Hopefully--OF COURSE I CAN!!!

                         Looking out for better days for sure--  Trying----Is life easy?---confusing---

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--