Good morning-- a brand new day-- AND---WE ARE A PART OF IT! Some people are not--- my friend , Linda, who used to run with me, every morning at 6am-- out in the dark we would go--and begin our "run", around our town--We did that for 2 years-- She passed into Heaven yesterday---- so sad to see her leave my life-- She was an artist--She painted our shoes ---
-- I have her painting, hanging in our bedroom----She was a beautiful person--I know that she is in a better place right now, but-- I am sad that I have to see her go--
The blinds are wonderful---
They do cut back on the sun --AND the people looking in, as they walk by--
They do cut back on the sun --AND the people looking in, as they walk by--
I must tell you also, that Lopez, the Chihuahua, while we were taking Himself to an exercise program, went into our bedroom-- climbed up on our beautiful Duvet --and PEE-ED--ON OUR BED---- ON THE DUVET----and it is pretty much ruined--I washed it--well, son#2 took it to a larger machine at a Laundromat--and we tried to dry it--but---it's lost all it's puffiness--just not the same--Boo Hoooooooooooooo!
I missed you all yesterday-- but--I just had to mourn my good friend, Linda
I missed you all yesterday-- but--I just had to mourn my good friend, Linda
So--- How am I doing?--
Well, I miss what I was used to--a lot--but , I am trying very hard to adapt--I read the meme below--and I am trying-----(but I am not doing well, in that respect--
You all are so good to not give up on-me--Thank yu---
Be Strong my friends!
and---
I am sorry to hear about your friend. Keep those good memories at the forefront.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as we age that we face a lot of loss, whether it be people, things, places, or our own aging bodies not being able to do what they once were. Try to remember that such is life and that we must look forward with optimism and determination and when we look back, we enjoy the memories, but don’t wallow in the ones that make us sad.
Sending hugs on the loss of your friend.
Thank yu for those hugs--sure needed sometimes-- I do apprecite it--Lynda
DeleteSo sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. I do love the picture tho and how nice of a rememberance of her. I know you miss Elliot Lake but if you moved back, it would never be the same. What's the old saying, You can never return home once you leave.
ReplyDeleteThe blinds look great! I'm sure they make the apartment much homier. Remember the old clunky blinds we used to have? Shame about the duvet. Maybe he will have to go into a crate when you leave home - Have a good day and enjoy the snow without having to shovel it. I bet it is even thicker where you used to be. Dot
Yes--He must be crated when I go out---little Lopez-- and Linda was a good person-Lynda
DeleteGood morning Lynda, so sorry to hear about the passing of your friend Linda. The painting takes on even more meaning.
ReplyDeleteThe blinds are great and give your apt. a homey feeling. Did Himself enjoy his exercise program? What on earth is going on with Lopez.?Too bad about you duvet being destroyed. Has the trainer come to your home yet? Perhaps crating Lopez when you leave the house would be a good idea since Lopez appears to going through a rebellious stage.
I hope you have a good day.
Maureen from California
Maureen--The trainer will be here o-morrow--See if she can help him--I hope so--Lynda
Delete(((HUGS))) and condolences on the loss of your beautiful friend Linda. LOVE the painted shoes. She sounds like a very special person. Glad you had her in your life.
ReplyDeleteOH so happy you now have your blinds up! They look so nice and I am sure you enjoy the layer of privacy they provide!
LOPEZ! What is it with his peeing on things. Sorry your duvet has to be replaced. *SIGH*
All I can say is don’t give up on YOURSELF. We all believe in you and are with you 100%. Continue to adapt as best you can/!
Hugs and peace
Barb
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Barb--You all are with me--I love to hear that--Thank yu--I like the $$$ in our bank--=invested--but---I do miss home--Lynda
DeleteIt's Kathy. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. It is very hard to lose someone you love. And what's happening with little Lopez - your beautiful Duvet! The blinds look wonderful, makes your home look really cozy and to be able to close out the night is so important. We live quite a ways back from the road but as soon as it's dusk (which was 5:30 pm last night - yeah!) I close all the curtains. The ones in the living room are sheer but I need to shut out the outside world! I had a pretty good day yesterday - took my last 1 hour Pilates private session on the Reformer - and made it the whole hour. I am finally feeling a little bit stronger and I have a plan to get my strength back. I even drove myself to my bible study last night and everything was just fine. I hope you have a good day today!
ReplyDeleteHi Lynda! So sorry for the loss of your dear friend. I knew something was going on to not blog yesterday. Love the shoe art. How special that is. Your blinds are lovely! I have the same type that just pull up or down. Gosh, sorry to hear you are struggling with all the change. I hope by Spring you can get out more and meet people and just feel better. With my two yorkies, I use thinner bedding so it can be easily be washed and often. It is a lot better. Sunny and nice here in Ohio. I just ran out and my husband had put that eco snow blower toooo close close to my car! It got caught on my car. Not sure how it didn’t tear my car up. I text him at work and told him our garage is huge to never put anything near my car again! He is Polish! LOL Geez! Hope you enjoy your day! Big hugs!
ReplyDeleteOh no--- Hope it didnt hurt your car--Geez--It must be milder in OHIO eh?--I hear Allison is coming here again--in the March Break--nice! Lynda
DeleteNo, my car is fine, thank goodness! It was sunny and 44! Rainy tonight and tomorrow. How nice Allison is coming in March!
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ReplyDeleteLynda, condolences on the loss of your dear friend Linda.
((((HUGS)))).
Susan, Central Texas
I am so sorry to hear about you losing your "running partner" friend. So hard. I just finishing catching up on your blogs. All of January. Not sure if I was able to tell you before - but a week before Christmas, my dehumidifier in my basement overheated and burned it self to ashes....no fire just awful toxic smoke and soot. It covers all 3 floors of my house. On Jan.12th, I was finally able to find a small bungalow house to move into with my two cats - which both thankfully made it out alive. I am also thankful that I have insurance, as pretty much everything in my home is a loss. Structure is fine, but insides are toast. Losing lots of precious memories and possessions is so hard. So I can really relate to your meme about trying not to resist the changes that come your way in life as my life is now "upside down." For the next 7 to 9 months, I will be here without all my stuff....starting over. I am hoping that "the other side" will be better, but for now, I just have to take one day at a time and remember that it could of been worse.
ReplyDeleteSandra-- I have missed you--- I figured yu must be busy after Xmas-That is terrible with the smoke damage etc--- You poor girl!I -----never thought of a Humidifier over heating-- terrible!!!--well, one dy at a time--Hope your insurance kicked in-- Happy to see you back online--- Lynda
DeleteLynda, i am very sorry you lost one of your best friends, yesterday. Take care, hugs to you!
ReplyDeleteHard eh to lose a friend-- --Lynda
DeleteSo sorry for the loss of your friend. I needed to read the "try not to resist" piece, a couple of times. My son and his wife are going through some stuff, related to their foster child and his family, and so the uncertainty factor, the change factor, all so difficult for everyone, but especially for a six year old child!
ReplyDeleteHugs and prayers and thoughts... it may sound like nothing is being done, and I don't know about you, but it seems to help to know that someone is holding a kind thought of you and what you're going through. Blessings, my friend!
Thoughts and prayers go out to you on the loss of your dear friend. Glynis
ReplyDeleteHere I am, sis. Great to see your new blinds. They look perfect.
ReplyDeleteAnd Himself has an exercise program? Wow!
You know now, Lynda, that your friend is happy now and in no pain. She may even find a way to let you know. Be aware...dreams, sounds, things you used to see on your walks, the love for her in your heart...
I did go to the ER. Results were a severe infection. I'm now on a drug I've never been on before. Hopefully I will feel better soon...especially for karaoke Saturday night. I have not been for 2 weeks.
We will connect again soon. I will come back here later to see if you had time to do comments. Love your optimism! {{{HUGS}}} Love, Maggie
Maggie--It's you!!! --Hope tht yu are not allergic to your new -med---Yes Linda is not suffering--mustve been very brave eh to go thru that MAID thing-- Get better--Iam thinking of yu---Lynda
DeleteMy condolences for the loss of your friend, Lynda.
ReplyDeleteDeb---- Hard to move eh??--Any device to adjust faster-?? I do admire yu Deb-- I keep thinking of our house in Elliot-- I juat want to get over that--Lynda
DeleteGood afternoon Lynda,
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your friend. I know it is sad and just remember all the good times you had together. My friend (my maid of honor) died last year in Oct. Both of the girls in wedding are gone. It is hard when you can't call them up and see if they want to go for lunch or go for a walk. I guess that is why they say growing old is not easy. I loved the picture she painted for you - she was quite the artist. I love it and I know you will cherish it even more.
Did you put a couple of tennis balls in the dryer when you dried the
duvet. I hear that is supposed to work with distributing the innards
It is worth a try.
Well next time you leave you better put Mr. Lopez in his cage! He is mad that you didn't take him with you.
Keep playing that piano. Love Bev
I’m sorry about the loss of your friend. Did your DH enjoy the class? The blinds look wonderful. It makes the place feel cozy! I’m sure it will take time to adjust to living in a new place but I’m sure you will persevere. You are one strong lady!!
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trying to be strong----- but--I'm really not as strong as I should be--I guess it will come--I hope!-Lynda
DeleteI'm sorry to hear about the loss of your dear friend...we all know the day will come, but it is hard as we age, to lose dear ones. What a wonderful painting of your running shoes ... she was quite talented. Did she exhibit, or sell in local art gallaries?
ReplyDeleteThe blinds look quite nice; I'd imagine you're glad to have them for the privacy and for keeping the loss of warm/cold air. We have blinds in every window of our home, and in the front-facing windows I've put sheers over some of them ... I can have the blinds all the way open to let in the sunshine but still have privacy ... I've tested and folks can't see in because it's brighter outside than in.
Yikes!! It may be that Mr. Lopez is still feeling upset about the big more and everything being different. I agree with those who said you may need to crate him when you leave him home alone; he may feel safer in his crate when you, his person, is gone. One of our dogs, Roxey, had to be crated for several years; she destroyed things when she and Thor were home alone. She was a rescue, and has anxiety when all of her people are gone from home. Through the years she's gotten better and can remain out of the crate.
Yay for Himself having an exercise class; did he enjoy it? Hopefully you can get out and about to explore a bit more, maybe poke around small local stores or coffee shops while he works out to just get out of the house. I love being home, but need to get out around people regularly or I get a little blue. Even if it's not with friends, just going and having a coffee and people watching perks me up.
Happy Thursday!!
ooops ... Mr. Lopez may be upset about the move, not the 'more'
DeleteMy friend Linda was a talented artist--won many awards-- just a lovely Lady---
DeleteYes some days are difficult--I will be VERY happy when I stop thinking of our home in Elliot--because we have everything here that we need--Ys --Hinself enjopyed the exercises but--He doesn't know anyone --and wouldn't talk to the people --Next time I will introduce him--Lynda
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ReplyDeleteI just finished reading your friend's obituary, posted late this morning, which I 'Googled' and spent some time at her website and it's links to her works & life including a 24 minute document "The Old Tin Box" -- what a talented person.
Susan, Central Texas
Susan--Linda was her name--Linda Finn-- She was a good person-- Lynda
DeleteSo sorry about the passing of your friend….that’s a rough one, for sure! I’m glad you took time yesterday to honor and remember your long friendship. I love the shoe painting; what a nice remembrance to cherish!
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, Lynda….if we weren’t aging, we could stay in our homes and carry on …. But we are getting older and our bodies no longer move as quickly or as efficiently as they once did. You were 100% right to move; emotionally, it IS hard, I do know that from experience! It will get easier, trust me!
Your home looks lovely and welcoming…too bad Lopez had to ruin your duvet! Guess the little guy didn’t like being left behind. ❤️
Eissa7 (Karen)
Oh Karen--I should have moved earlier in life like in my 60-s--hrd to not miss what we were used to--but I believe it will come--Matt sure has helped us--took Fred to the Red Lobster AGAIN__and Spring WILL come soon--I hope!--Lynd
DeleteLynda, I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend Linda. I love her shoe painting. She was a very talented lady. Losing friends is very hard. I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteNot happy to hear Lopez ruined your lovely duvet. He'll need to be crated when you leave him.
Hoping Fred will get comfortable at exercise class. I think he will as the people become more familiar to him.
We are all supportive of your decision to downsize. Its difficult but you did it. I feel sad and sorry that you miss the lake house.
Blinds look cozy. Enjoy your privacy.
Hugs and love
Marge/St.Louis
Oh Marge--I know in my head we are better here--but-- yu miss what yu are used to I guess-Lynda
DeleteHi Lynda: My condolences for the loss of your friend. Your blinds look great. I think you need to spent some time at the seniors centre and make some friends as well. I think you will feel better then. It's not like you to see down so much. Start thinking about the future there instead of the past in Elliott Lake. Smile!! It will get better. And remember, your not shoveling all that snow! Hugs Brenda
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about the loss of your dear friend. Her art work is stunningly beautiful 💖 Carol in FL
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss. Hugs,
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