"Smile"-because you are amazing-

Good Morning--It is Monday, November 24th--It is very dark outside--feels cold also--My phone tells me it is minus 5  right now, in Elliot Lake--Lopez and I are up---but not too much--"at-er" yet--

The sunrise over Elliot Lake--This Morning--  like--just now--

and--then we have the tree of lights--where we celebrate 2 very important people who are now in Heaven watching over us--  My hubby--and Louis Ucci---You are all welcome to attend--

Words of Wisdom--

#1.--Go home and love your family.

#2.-- Never give up on what you really want to do.

#3.--When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place.

So---  Life--We are so fortunate to be "in the land of the living"--

a Blast from the past--below--

lovely picture of the 4 boys--above--

and--  Mom and Dad's cottage in Port Stanley--many moons ago--where I  used to date "Skip the drip"--(Dad's name for him)-and, "Horsey Bill"--another nickname from my Dad--

by the way--- Dad called Fred--

"Fred the Med"-

Lopez and  I must get out for the walk--  

Make to-day special ! and--Be kind to everyone!-

--One never knows what is going on in their life!
 

 

Sunday in the rain--

--Holy Cow!-- It is the 23rd of November-and it is SUNDAY__-  We are VERY close--- to Christmas----

Last night I ate a lovely meal at Son#3's home--His wife cooked chicken over Basmati rice with a green salad--  It is lovely to eat with people!---They have a very cute new kitten--long fur--  orange , white and black fur--so sweet!---It seems that Christmas just might be held at their house. We try to change where , which home,  every year--

It was a busy day yesterday,  having to deal  with Amazon--  AND THE STUFF THEY ARE SENDING (without my request)--multiples of--and trying to return whatever is not easy either--Son#3 was just here to help me do all that-

Words I wish I had written--

#1. Get up early three mornings and you'll gain a half day--

#2.Your children are with you, yet they do not belong to you--

#3.-No one can tell you how long you should mourn.

Blasts from the past--interesting--just look how small the children are--

So---Time to get on with the day--raining here outside-nice to have rain--not snow---I must pick up a few groceries , maybe this afternoon--seems that I am always at the grocery store--
Hopefully this rain does not turn to snow later on in the day--although it usually does--

                            but----  we cannot  crawl back inside our lost innocence--

It takes "strength " to carry on---and on--and on--Did I tell you that our hospital here in town is going to honour Fred, at the tree of lights ?  What a lovely honour that is!-- He would be so proud--something he truly deserves--

Be careful what order--

 It is November 22nd--and it is Saturday--  I just called Amazon.ca--- -cancelled my membership--am pretty cheesed off with them---Remember the pads??--all over the front lawn?  Lord love a Duck!-I have stored them in my storage room--  seems like 500  boxes of pads--takes up the whole storage room--Now----  I did order 2 Humidifiers--and now I see they are sending me 2 more--which I did not order---  I just called AMAZON -in CANADA_-  cancelled my subscription--with them---  like forever!!!  ----  I am pretty upset--because this Amazon  people do whatever they want--then charge  me for their mistake--so--I cancelled my subscription completely with Amazon--so mad at them---

And that is why I am late blogging--and also why poor Lopez cannot get out to do his business!--What a smoz eh??-Have any of you had the same problem with Amazon??--kinda drives one crazy!

I shall try not to panic--try to trust what this guy said he would do , at Amazon--(I kinda do not believe him)--

Anyway--I must get Lopez out--and I shall never order from Amazon ever again--Have any of you had the same problem with them??--

OK--Son #2 IS winging his way home from  Zurich, Switzerland----He did send pictures of his meals--

above are-- Ravioli sand fresh  Margarita pizza

It does look good!

        Holy cow--just got a message from Son#3 asking me for dinner tonite--EVER NICE!!! and yes I'd love to go--

OK_-"--  Words I wish I had Written"" #1-The only thing left after you die are the good deeds that you performed-- #2--_The imminence of death should make you live-

#3---Meet others halfway.

Well, That is about it--  Well--  not really --because-- are you feeling strong?-- You must!---

A few blasts from the past--Son#2's daughter--Hannah--  already finished University--

                                    Just look at the happy Grandchild!!!

Now--get off of here---

One Day at a time!

 It is Friday, November 21st-- a bit over a month , till Christmas-

I just had a phone call from Son#2 , who is now in Zurich, Switzerland---flew all night---He says he hears the music from , "The Sound of Music""------"The hills are alive with the sound of music""--even sang that last sentence to me--the sound of music ---song------

He says the weather is a lot like here-

-below--- a "Blast from the past"--a nice picture of son#2, way back when----with his Dad--

and another old picture of the 3 boys--with their Dad

Yesterday I stopped at the clinic--had the sutures removed from my hair line--Thy have not told me yet if  what they cut out was malignant or not--  There were only 2 sutures--So, I think I have had all the tests done that the Doctor had ordered when I returned to Elliot Lake from Lakefield where I did not have a Doctor--Man oh man, when one does not have a Doctor, your body just falls apart!

It is 7-10am--still quite dark here--just beginning to see a bit of light-- Lopez must be walked

So, I hope your day goes well--Remember--

"Stick to your guns"

Mom and Dad always told me that----

Remember--#1.. ""If you do not feel old. Then you are not___ 

#2. The smallest deed iS better than the grandest intention--

$3.-At the end,  we all mend!

and Lopez and I best "hit the road"--

I hope that your day is  fabulous! -and if it doesn't feel that way, make it that way!

--

Better than it could be!-----always--

It is Thursday, Nov. 20th-- dark--cold--I am up--because I have to go for breakfast with a friend--then---get to the clinic and get my couple of sutures out--then the Pharmacy for my pill pack--and before all that--get little Lopez out- to do his business-- 

Yesterday was the Bereavement Course-----and of course, it was so good--sad--lots of tears--but--it is helping-- --very time consuming  tho--

Last night I drove out to Son#1's house--had supper   with them , and made it back here just before dark.

I do hope that "your" day-"-to-day"--is the best ever----Make it that way--I will not add too much here yet--as it is going to be a very busy morning--and I must get little Lopez out--and I hear Sushi yodelling upstairs for her breakfast--Lory Be!----never a dull moment here--  

                                                 BUT--------

                      #1.  "share your sorrow with a friend-"(-a wee word of wisdom however before I go--)--and---a blast from the past--

            Son#2 with Son#4 who had just broken his arm--at school--His  Father was VERY upset--so----remember -----Life is always  better even when it is not good sometimes--

Let whoever think whatever--

                    To-day is Wednesday, November, 19th-- and-----It is cold!!-no snow falling, but VERY COLD!-----I tip toed down here  about 5am--turned up the wee furnace--but, it still feels kinda cold inside here--I have hopes that this tiny place  will warm up  soon!

To-day I have the Bereavement  and Grief  clinic-----11am to 3pm--It seems there is always something--Yesterday, 2 Drs appointments-- about the Thyroid  and the Heart--I will be so happy when all these appointments are over-- and I can get my life back!

                                        a Blast from the past--

                            It must've been someone's Birthday that we were celebrating-

We are all there---

The 2 young girls below are now in University--Tempus Fugit!--(Time flies!)

This am I have the Bereavement Course--till 3pm--  then must get my sutures out at the hospital--like maybe 2 sutures--

So, I am counting on all of yu to  make to-day a great day--  are you happy and you know it?--Can you clap your hands if you are?---

Ah__THOSE GOOD OLD days!--Did you ever dream that we would grow older than old??-- I knew it would happen one day but I never gave it much thought--never ever thought of how lonely it would be without my husband!- Think of all the people you know, who have lost their spouse!----Maybe give them a phone call and/or  invite them over-- or--take them out--justa idea!~

                                                    So----  Words of Wisdom---

#1-KEEP YOUR SOUL YOUNG

#2-Age is only important if you are cheese-

#3-Let MEMORIES  STRENGTHEN YOU!

Time to get wee Lopez Out into the cold--I hope that your day is great! If it isn't--make it that way--

"Don't Be Weird!"

 

Good Morning--Tuesday, November 18th--Lordy Be--such a busy morning--  with 2 hospital appointments at 2pm---  Lopez and Sushi are up here, staring at me--  like--  "What do we do next?"---I see it in their faces-- 

 Mornings are busy here--the wash and dryer--the bed --the animals to feed--the vacuum with the litter--and now 2 Drs appointments--plus it feels quite cold outside!--

  Below--  It says below  that I am a spirit having a physical appearance--  Hmmm--Some people believe that when one dies they do become a "spirit"--  What do you think about that??--

Last evening I took the garbage up to where we used to live--so much kitty litter--What do all of you with cats, do with the soiled litter?--=I find it fills up my kitchen garbage here.--And of course . last night, I stopped in to see Son#1--in fact had supper there--drove back before dark--It is hard to eat alone--Do any of you find that?--so much nicer to eat with other people--

Words of Wisdom--or--"Words I wish I'd wrote!"

#1. "Take The Stairs!"

#2.-"The sky is the same colour wherever you go---

#3.Never doubt an opinion made from the heart--

#4--Long faces make short lives-

             and-- blasts from the past--below--

Son#2's wee daughter  (now finished  University)--myself and Willow--=and below -=-Son#2 the pilot, with his friend, another Air Canada Pilot--

                            and, below--a very old picture of "me"-- -I think in high school--

        So, how is your day going?--Are yu feeling strong??--ready to face a new day??-

                    It does help to have  friends--  Friendship Matters--Big Time--

                            

-                                Some days are easier to face--than others aren't they??

                                                I hope your day is good---

                                I hope there is only tears of joy!