Friday, October 31, 2025
Make each day count!
Thursday, October 30, 2025
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO Y"ALL!
Good morning-- Happy Halloween-- Are you ready??-- -the children--the candy--Lord love a Duck! It is still dark here-Lopez and I have NOT been out yet-but--the wash is done--AND DRY_-oh--I see the day light has crept in--and we have heat--
Before I wish you all a "happy Halloween"---we heard last night that our family in JAMAICA are OK__Their daughter in the US, texted Son#2 the Pilot-- said her Mom and Dad and family there in Jamaica do not have phone or cell service, but they are all OK--That is a very good thing! ---They own and operate the FDR resort right on the ocean-- Here is a picture of "ICEY'--- their Mom--We are happy to hear that they are alright--
So, I decorated the outside of this tiny house for Halloween---As you can see, there are so so many trees around here--
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Stay Strong!
BUT --THAT HOKEY POKEY CLINIC---just might be what we need!----Lord love a Duck! Some days we must try harder--I do know that!--
So, it is cold this AM--dark also-- but, I do see the sun coming up in the distance --with a pinkish glow to it--That must be--"HOPE"___ALWAYS-- THERE IS HOPE!
Lopez and I are up--Sushi fed-- her litter cleaned-- The heat is on (but I do not feel it yet!--) So, we have the TV on here--watching CNN--Hoping to hear how everyone in Jamaica is---We have not heard anything yet-- probably all the phones are out----- Angie, Fred's niece has a resort there--FDR resort--right on the ocean-- No news is good news, I hope!!-----I believe even the airport in Montego Bay is closed so far--
I think the cleaning Ladies come here to-day--That will be so nice! -----So--Last night, I ate at Son#1's restaurant--by myself--I am becoming used to sitting at a table, by myself--and ordering a meal, and eating most of it--I bring the rest home, for lunch the next day--I have to force myself to to do that--I did meet a friend from years gone by--a lovely Lady who has asked me to have lunch with her several years ago-- People really are nice you know--So many people are in the "same boat as I am"--
I just heard-- "Daylight Saving time"--this weekEnd--Holy Smo-ley------ So much to remember-- Can all of you remind me to change the clocks? (that are not even up yet)- Saturday night I guess--the clocks--- Please remind me!-----
So-_  to-day--  Be Beautiful----  Be Happy-- Try to be at peace---Be "YOU", --"Be Loving"---"Try to be confident", --but--best of all, "Be Positive!"
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
SMILE, It's A NEW day!!
just up--and dressed here--a new day-- following closely that storm, in Jamaica-- where Freds family are---It must be scare-y for them--They own and run, FDR RESORT near Port Antonio in Jamaica-- It is very dark here still--I shall get the washing started--will return--
oh--just heard --175 mile per hour wind in Jamaica right now---That must be frightening !!!
Monday, October 27, 2025
A brand new day!
Good Morning--almost 7am here--dark--minus 3 C--
Lopez and I are up--- had to come down here , about an hour ago and get the fire on--"STOKE" the fire, as Dad used to say-You remember, when he is in Britain, he usually gets a train, and goes to visit his wife's brother , and the brother's wife------and they usually BBQ --or go out to eat-- He said they cooked fries last night--
I hear the wash machine here, chugging away in the kitchen--
OH, I must tell you, I bought a few packs of those soap cloths--Amazon was selling them. Do you use them? Do you like them??--I know Miss Maggie had sent me some when we lived in Lakefield--a lot lighter to carry home than a huge box of detergent-
-When I look in the mirror I am seeing an "older" Lady-- Maybe it's my hair--definitely not combed yet--or coloured like it used to be--Somehow it doesn't seem as important as it used to feel--The grey/white is shining thru--
So, are you feeling beautiful this AM?A few "blasts from the past" might help me remember life as it used to be--Whatcha think?--
always--lotza dogs Son #2 with his daughter--who is now finished UniversitySon#4 with Son #2's daughter beside him and our daughters children in front--
so-- the wash is done--- very dark here still--How are you feeling?--- Ready to face the day?--= Happy??--going to exercise?--- My Himself did not exercise very much--but---- HE ATE ONLY HEALTHY FOODS---( much better than me)--and he lived to be-96----almost 97--That must tell us something eh?---
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Get up and "at-er!"
Good Morning Y'all! --I survived another night--I hope we all did! --It was a challenge as my Himself had a Birthday dinner-- We all went to Son#1's Restaurant--I took a cake--- (-seems that we are not "cake people"------)--but--when one is 97 yrs young, we all try to do what we feel is right--AND---- I DID NOT CRY!----It seemed like a happy occasion--
Saturday, October 25, 2025
It's your Birthday--my Dear husband!
Good Day-- still dark here--but-- It is a special day--It is Himself's Birthday--TO_DAY--He is 97 years young--and--He is in Heaven--Hold onto those you love--tight!!-
-So my Dear Husband--I do miss you---I know that you were not ready to go there-to Heaven---yet----- You must wait there for me--For some reason, you left me behind-- maybe to look after all the kids??-----I know that you had a reason to get there--to Heaven, before me--
We are celebrating your Birthday to-day--at Son#1's restaurant------I am bringing a cake --and we will sing to you--You must've forgotten to tell me that you were going to Heaven when you did--You see, I did not want you to leave me here--
I heard you sing the other day--  You sang "Montego Bay"--I was driving back home from taking the garbage up to Dunlop--and --  I was  heading home--down the hill , in the car, and was feeling sorta afraid, and then you sang---  I felt a lot better when  I heard "Montego Bay-It came thru the radio loud and clear-----knew it was you--
Friday, October 24, 2025
Weekend is Coming Soon--- STAY STRONG!
I AM UP---- IT's C_C_C_OLD----dark--- but--LOPEZ ---SUISHI --AND ME-----WE ARE UP!!
Thursday, October 23, 2025
I'll Just Be Happy Today!
Anyway, things seem better this AM with the tooth--- but--to-day I have a "surgical consult" about ny head--- You see, there is a growth on one side , above my left ear--very small--but--it is a weird looking thing--so, at noon to-day I have a Surgical consult--which means, no more hair colour--in fact-- it might mean, the Dr taking that tiny spot off my head-- Lordy Be! Life is tough eh?--
I must get wee Lopez out --AND IT IS COLD OUT THERE! ----Be STRONG--- We really do not have any other way to be , do we??--Strange stuff happens when we are so old doesn't it??--But---- We just have to "hang in" here--"Go with the flow"----accept our fate--- Maybe pray a lot----- and BE STRONG--
It will be OK----because we will make it OK--
a blast from the past---below--It will be a short blog this AM---but-a short blog is much better than no blog--so--get up--- get going---and I shall check in with y'all later--It's a brand new day--Make it count-- BE HAPPY!
 
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The colours of the North!
The far "North"---trees--lakes-clean air-
and-- Fred and I--- tipped to the side-- but--it is still us--
The Car is at the Dealers--The snow tires are going on--plus an oil change--so it will be there most of the morning--The sky was so beautiful, when I drove in--Pink in a corner of it--behind a huge mountain -- I cannot get over how beautiful Elliot Lake is--with the huge hills--kinda like mountains--and all the trees--and then there are the lakes--so many lakes--and such great people--kind--like us--live here---
A Lady working in there, at the car dealers, drove me home , and Lopez ment me at the front door--She will come and get me around noon I think--meanwhile, we have a wet cold rain falling--
So, the wash is done--the bed made--Sushi on it--she comes downstairs here in the night-- Sometimes I meet her in the kitchen at night--The stairway between the 2 levels of this tiny house--
