Believe in Yourself-

 Good Day--I mean., give yourself, the gift of a "good day"-If you are like me, you might have to  tell your brain, that "you" ARE going to make this a good day!--NO MATTER WHAT!!--- Tell yourself that no matter what happens--  no matter the weather--- --- "YOU" can do this--- maybe , just for to-day--because , we are worth it!!

If you are like me, you already are a tad distressed---- maybe stand up, shake out your limbs--and talk to your brain---

 Son#2 is in Vancouver, . going to Britain, overnight to-night-- My Himself seems  good---reading his newspapers--which he pours over every morning , for hours--It is nice this am., as we have no cleaning people in--- no dog trainer--  WE ARE ON OUR OWN-- I hope to get groceries early to-morrow morning----before the snow that is predicted ---

-So  are you wondering how the  cleaners , the "Molly Maidens" turned out yesterday--??  They did their job--but---  Our apartment is small, and  life seem a bit crowded in here--  lotza action---  perhaps once a month might be a good idea-- to clean--- the bathroom--kitchen--dust a bit-- We do not need much--It seems our grown children feel we need these "cleaning maidens" more than we find them necessary--Crazy!!!!  

Lopez and I just "hoofed" it down the ice-y drive and onto the ice-y trails--My goodness , it certainly is not safe walking around here right now--It just might be easier to skate ---  SO MUCH ICE! and---- incidentally, Lopez did nothing--which means another trip-----Lordy Be!!!
I hope that your day is going well---

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Make Yourself a Priority--

 

                                                            We do NOT want to cluck-

                                    Good Day----SNOWING here AGAIN----  but----lightly--Lordy Be, I was up at 5am----The cleaning Ladies will be here--the Molly Maidens---and Son#2 , the Pilot is in Toronto--waiting to go to Vancouver and a  few other cities out west--will return on Sunday--I was going to go for groceries , but, I can wait till to-morrow--or the next day--

I had to help Himself, put one of his ears in--this AM--- Lordy Be! I think we should take out some kind of insurance , in case he loses one of them.  It is kinda difficult getting these things into an ear! I can see where they might drop our--and--it doesn't help me too much when he is yelling at me--like---- "Why can't you do as I say?"-- and, "I dld tell you before that it goes this way!"---This man is not an easy person to deal with!-Women must have a thick skin.

Son#2 just texted--said that it's snowing  on the runway--he sent the picture below seems like wet snow-

Well, no Molly Maid here yet--but-=we are waiting--Meanwhile--How is YOUR" day going??

                        Hope that you are hugging your pets--They need a lot of loving too--

                                "Never stop playing""------great advice from a dog ------AND___-that you feel "strong" on this very snowy day---Make yourself  a priority---"Keep your chin up" as my Dad used to say--Do not allow the "crazies" to get you down---AND__--Think "Spring""-- We are almost there! 

Hope you feel beautiful to-day.

Good Morning--It is very mild outside--but VERY ice-y----Our Driveway is   slippery-----  So, I am determined to write this blog, early--and not drag it out , over the whole day.--

 To-day the dog trainer will be  here for Lopez-He has not bitten me in a few weeks, which is great---I have not given him any toys, as then he  hoards them in his bed and growls when I go to reach for the toy--=and if I do go to take whatever out of his bed, he bites--  Nice dog eh??--I don't know if she can correct that or not.

So, the dog trainer this AM--to-morrow "Molly Maid"----  I did not call for the Molly Maid-- Son#2 decided I need her--Personally I do not feel , in this tiny apartment, that I really need a cleaning Lady--but----  we shall see--Son #2 has done so much to help us here-- , I hate to tell him "NO" --until we try her--

And Son#2 has arranged to have Himself go to a "Day Program"  here in Lakefield, 2 mornings a week--with them coming to drive him there and back--for a fee of course--Himself seems  very willing to go--We shall see---  It is all thru Community Care---Of course these kids mean well--so--I shall sit tight and see how it works out--

I see the sun shining--so--guess it's time to make the bed and walk Lopez AGAIN--on the ice!--- Won't it be ever so nice when Spring arrives and the ice goes?-

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Good morning---- Good Evening--

 Good morning to you all---6-20 am--  Lopez, Sushi, and I are up--in the dark--I am going for a Pedicure  this AM--I have never ever had a Pedicure--in my whole life--  so, this should be interesting--I have to drag the recyclables down the parking lot, to the road--on the ice-before I go--

-It seems everything is melting--and -it is 4 Celcius outside--this AM --

It has been raining here all day and all the snow is melting--there are huge puddles everywhere making it so hard to walk with little Lopez---

Well, I did get a pedicure-- first time in my life--$60 --Is that about the same price that all of you pay?--It was wonderful,   but, I was gone the whole morning--kinda hard leaving Lopez with Fred that long--

How is your day going??---  I  was speaking to a Lady at the Salon, who is off to Florida for a month --We used to do that---load all 5 children in our vehicle and drive South for 3 days, to Florida , where Mom and Dad lived in Altamonte Springs-- in Orlando--- We did that year after year after year--, always at Christmas time.--We wanted  Mom and Fad to enjoy our children--at Christmas Time-- As the children got older, we rented a Condo , over at the beach, and Mom and Dad would come over--

Finally--I have finished this blog!  Jeepers Creepers--You all have no idea how many interruptions there has been while I was trying to type this--  CRAZY eh??----FINALLY---- ( DONE!!!  5-30pm)

                                        I HOPE THAT YOUR DAY IS GOING WELL__

We can pretend to be sane---

 

Good Day---I hear we are  soon heading onto Peterborough for Himself's ears---new  hearing aids--I just hope they work and that his hearing loss isn't caused by damage to his ears--We shall soon find out--

I have decided that from to-day on, I shall stop worrying so much about Himself-- his coughing--too much mucous-- the vocal cords damaged from Covid--him not doing what he  is told to do--I cannot change him--(my biggest worry)--  I must accept what shall be , shall be-----  Please remind me of all that---

This is the picture from our front deck of the sunrise this AM-- beautiful isn't it ?----and Son#2 , the pilot, took almost the same picture, only from the air, as he was descending early this AM

and---  if you look closely, at the "pink", you might see me , standing on our deck, taking a picture of the sunrise--Now isn't that so weird?--We both saw the "pink"in the ski--

        I must get out of here--get ready for another trip into Peterborough----I'll take Lopez ---I'll have to let you know how things turn out-- -I must keep my chin up (as Dad just told me , in my head)---

Enjoy to-day-- Laugh at  everything--and I shall check in here this evening-------see how y'all are --Just think......a brand new day--- just beginning---  Holy Schmoly! 

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You're worth a hell of a lot more than you think!

Good Day---a new day---light snow falling, but I hear it will not snow long, and it might even get milder to-day--Yeahhhhhh!

Yes-- Lets make it a good day---I just had wee Lopez out --twice---- AND --He did his business-- and--I am getting better, with the poop bag--  never did that when we lived in the bush--but--now we are (_ahem)--City people----so, I carry a baggie in my pocket ---AND, 

---I changed our bed--  Lordy Be!  The King sized bed is almost larger than the room, so what a challenge to change it-

-I  also, heard in the night  --from Himself--how he hates his flat pillow--wants a firm pillow--Lordy Be!!  I  think he is blessed to even have a pillow, after all we have been thru lately--  Men eh??--  They expect the moon ----but--I just ordered 2 new firm  pillows from Amazon--  Bless Amazon!!!

So, Son #2 is now in Los Vegas---will return to-morrow--no snow there, he says, and it is plus 8 degrees --He was telling me , it is a city of concrete--large concrete buildings--, walls, sidewalk--Just look at the blue sky!--

I hear that Himself's hearing aids are in--Oh man---  It will be wonderful when he can hear again--I have begun to write things down when I want him to hear me--It means a trip to Peterborough-It also means that I will have  to put them safely away every night--- Remember , the cat chewed his other pair because he never closed the lid to the charger and Sushi, our cat,  found them, and chewed them--Horrible!!

                Apparently cats are intrigued with a blinking light--which was on the charger--

When you married, did you think your life would be like Cinderella's life--that she met her Prince and was taken care of forever and for always??-- -------  It isn't that way is it??--My life seems  to be  in charge of everything--and when something goes wrong--or someone needs a new pillow--it's up to me to produce that--kinda crazy-----Good thing we are strong, very capable, women!!!--

This is the day, that a very nice Lady invited me to attend a concert, at the United Church-with het--- I guess it is part of their "concert series"----- It is some brass orchestra and  it sounds like it will be  fun to listen to--from 3pm to 5pm-- Hopefully Himself can survive here alone--Lopez will have to be crated--

I hope that your Sunday is a good day ---  If not, MAKE IT A GOOD DAY--Son#2 just texted me--  having breakfast  at Denny's restaurant--on a 55+  menu--looks good--

                        ```You are special---  just in cae you didn't remember This is a reminder-- !

          

 

Moms take care of the world!

 I am later than late posting-- Yesterday was even worse--but--The good news is--I AM HERE!----  and--- I AM ALIVE --- AND I AM HAPPY_--at least right now--- To-day--and yesterday have been very difficult--I wanted to run away---  Do you ever feel like that??--You really know that you won't run away--but--- just to feel the thought travelling thru the brain--is not a good feeling---I'm sure that we all feel that , at times--A better feeling, every morning is---

                        So what on earth happened that made me feel like I did?-- Of course I wanted very much to go to the Chinese New year dinner--but---They had to drive to Oshawa to the Mandarin restaurant--- and in total, would be gone for 5 to 6 hrs--too long to leave Lopez in a crate, alone , at home--I offered our vehicle , but they wanted their car --In our car, I could've taken Lopez--but their vehicle had a transponder on it ready to drive on a  "paid for" highway-

-I was told to just lock little Lopez in this apartment alone--for that length of time, but-- Moms know that babies and puppies do not do well alone , for long--so--I watched them drive away--Lopez and I were in the window--

                        I cried a few tears--felt sad-- wanted to see our relatives--pictured below--

                                                                Son#2 in the middle 

                                                                Himself--with is niece---

 I was in the depths of despair---but-----Lopez and I survived--  felt  unimportant however-- I believe , it's called, "BEING A MOM" -----no dinner came back to me-but some DIM SUM did------- Moms go thru a lot ---BUT, guess  what.?--- The sun is out to-day and all is well---and life goes on---

So---to-day, -all is well that ends well---  Praise the good Lord  eh??---AND--  I FEEL SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER--Do you feel it in the air??--  The days are getting longer---AND WE ARE ALIVE!- 

   Moms always survive-never want to "upset the applecart"-( Mom used to say that!)-- 

                                                             We are strong--- We have to be!

Enjoy to-day--no matter what happens---

Do you have crazy days--?--I mean, days where things do not go right--or , the day is mixed up, or something important , goes wrong, right off the bat--Yesterday , my day was like that---I got to  do what I was supposed to do, but whatever I  tried to do, did not turn out like it was supposed to-

-For instance----  for me to get to the hair  dresser, it is easier  if I walk-- It is --like 3 blocks away--This Lady said, "I find your hair colour too light--"---and, "How be I tone it down a bit"---AND SHE DID----  AND I LET HER--because I thought she knew what she was doing--I NOW HAVE A FUNNY TONE OF BLACK HAIR----It does not look good!-- I suppose it can be rectified--but----   I'm afraid if I do too much to it, it just all might fall out--and I had to pay this Hair Lady a lot--I do not know what to do---  maybe wash it --and hope some of the black colour washes out--

To-day , it is cold out side--like--VERY COLD----  Parka weather--  I do hear that Spring is in the air--somewhere---We all know that eventually it will come--It will be exciting to go outside WITHOUT a parka on---

"Gung hei fat choy"----  which means,  "Happy New Year"  in Chinese, and this evening, Himself , and I, and son #2 and wife, are heading out to eat a  Chinese meal--and more good news, Himself's "Ears" are in--in Peterborough--which means a trip into the city, AGAIN, --but it will be wonderful for Himself to hear what is said-----if they work---

How is your day going?--- Are you able to cope with what is happening in your life today---It might be a day where you just might have to do something fun--like----

                                                        I shall be thinking of you-- 

 I hope that you can enjoy every moment to-day--even if things do not turn out the way you thought----You might like having blackish hair ----Lordy be!-----(It looks bad tho! )

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I must learn to just accept what each day brings---'specially when we cannot change things--

 

Please don't be a jerk.

Good day--We have sunshine-- Extremely cold temperatures--but--- It is  almost the end of winter---  so--there is the promise of SPRING--YEAH!!! -----(somewhere out there)---  

It is my hair day-- so I shall put Lopez in his crate, and "hoof it"  a couple of blocks away , to the hair dresser-----in the cold---- Monday, Himself goes into Peterborough, for his new hearing aids--Lets hope they work--that the inner part of his ears  is not damaged--

BE HAPPY----  I shall leave you with the above, to think about--  and I shall return--(with new hair)--

                                    Oh --one more thing----until I return---  Remember--

Well--=Here I Am--returned--with new hair--coloured--but--  I am thinking of letting the white show thru--Yu know this hairdo cost almost $200-----  and I go every week--- --  What if I let the white grow in and just put a few streaks into the white--?--=How many of yu at my age have white hair??--I am in my 80's-- --$200 a week is just not going to happen----  Please lt me know   if you let the white show and how yu feel about it?----  

I see the un is out--- cold tho---==-  Lordy Be! $200  Holy Smoley! OK-=-=-=  I m offa here --will check yer responses  later--Lynda

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What to do if-- someone breaks your heart--

                                                     Good morning--dark here still--AND COLD!-- so important   to face the day--the cold---  with the promise of milder weather on the way--There is snow removal going on here now---  Yeahhhhh!---

Son#2 the Pilot son, is back home here--He sent a picture of what he called  his swimming pool, in Punta Cana, in the Dominion Republic--

                                                            It looks lovely doesn't it??

We had a  call yesterday--from a Lady who I knew years and years ago, in Elliot Lake-- Apparently she lives near Lakefield--I feel the phone call was from God herself--Apparently, she was with my friend Linda , who used to run with me, early every morning, in the dark, but recently, Linda passed --I guess I wrote an article about her years ago----- 

 (I used to write an article for our local newspaper, called, "The Merry Go Round"---all about raising 5 children and the crazy things that happened-)-This wonderful Lady has offered to introduce me to people --her friends, in Lakefield--Here!----There is a God in Heaven---

So life just goes on and on--minus 24 C here outside----Wee little Lopez needs to go out AGAIN--- He refused to do his business in the cold  when I took him out earlier-- 

How is your dAy going??--Is  it warming up where you live??----  Are you feeling strong??---  Please don't let the "Doldrums" get you down--or--"the crazies"----  Life can be tough -"-IF WE ALLOW  IT"-

Above, --a picture of my Mom and I--outside her house in Elliot Lake-- Dad and her had just moved up to Elliot Lake from Orlando, Florida-- Little did I know how  difficult that move must've been on Mom--She always wanted  to move back to their place in Florida--but---she never did--I understand now, how she must've felt--

            Yes--Take care of you---"YOU"-----  Be strong---  Do what you feel  is good for you---

            The world will wait its turn--

 

Another day--to be strong!

           

 Good morning---So happy that we are all alive and well! -----Thank the good lord eh??---I am up--Lopez and I ----Very cold here this AM---I took the recyclables to the road--hope "they" take them--And, I have the car running as I am going to venture up the road to Food Land--I also talked to 2 of the boys still living in Elliot Lake-

---also, spoke to son #2 , who was sitting in Punta Cana, waiting to fly an airplane full of people back to Toronto---

Terrible accident at Pearson Airport last night, but everyone  is alive ---Son #2 , was sitting  at the Airport in Punta Cana, with a plane load of passengers-- They all had to de-plane, as Pearson Airport in Toronto was closed after the accident-so  they had to stay in Punta Cana for the night--- He texted me in the middle of all that--

-I said to him, when I saw it was  him, "So, Are you heading home?"---and he replied, "Mom, turn on CNN"---The passengers are de-planing-"-

--- Lordy Be, I did not know what he was talking about--

So, He will return to-day ----  

It is extremely fortunate that everyone is OK------ The weather in Toronto has been terrible--like 40 cm of snow has  fallen over the past 2 days--  Lakefield is about one and a half hrs from Toronto-----The runway in Toronto appeared quite snowy , looking at the TV with the plane on its side--

                            

Remember to live carefree and thank the good Lord for everyday--I spoke this AM.,  to 2 of the boys in Elliot Lake--reassured them that one day , when my Himself is not here anymore, I shall return to Elliot--live in an apartment---Right now, Himself is enjoying this one level home-- 

                                        We need to be strong women---  AND WE ARE__

                                            Remember--I love you all to the moon and back--

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