New Year’s ‘24/‘25 Day – 6
On top of the usual closing down routines, my DH spread four cart loads of gravel over mucky areas on the drive and took the last piece of 1” foam insulation and tucked it up under the heavy mil plastic covering the window in the pump room. It’s not pretty, but it’ll be warmer than […]
New Year’s ‘24/‘25 Day – 5
Two main things got done today… The poor couch got cleaned. There is only one outfit that rents carpet cleaners here. It had an upholstery attachment, weighed 50-60 pounds, though it’s hard to judge, and was certainly industrial. Don’t put your nose in the couch… It still smells like cat food 🙄. Lots better, but […]
New Year’s ‘24/‘25 – Days 3 & 4
The best thing about the last two days is we did almost nothing. One of my son-in-laws gave a little push back via phone today, “YOU did nothing?? come on!!” So I redrafted my statement and said, “I only did things I wanted to do!” This he took as truth 😏. The one thing I […]
New Year’s ‘24/‘25 Day – 2
We met with a wonderful artist today that my dad did photography work for. I was able to dip back into dad’s archives recently. There was a file whose name I was able to run to ground. A painter. I contacted them through there website and they said they’d be delighted to have the materials […]
New Year’s ‘24/‘25 Day – 1
We are back from dinner with Tim. He’s in good form for someone whose mobility is not getting better. My DH snuck in doing the dishes against mild protest, and wielded a ladder to replace a battery in a smoke detector that was just starting to complain. Conversation was varied, interesting and funny. The property […]
New Year’s on the Island
We’re gearing up for a short trip to the Island for New Year’s. It’s will have been more than 8-weeks since our last trip by the time we arrive. This is a tad unusual. There are lots of variables including the holidays, working on my MIL’s house, appointments, and needing a little down time that […]
Triggered
This word has become popular. Too popular. People use it to describe what are actually emotions that they are uncomfortable with. That is not what being ‘triggered’ is. I was finally able to put words what the fight or flight feeling is, what it is to be triggered: If your rational ‘out’ from a situation […]
Small updates
Late last week a small batch of items showed up overnight on the tenant’s front porch. It could only have been from our AN and his wife. Included were two oak card catalog drawers, and keys with my name on them. I looked closely at the picture the tenants sent and for sure the drawers […]
Mary
Mary hired me at the start of the century to be her executive assistant, over see licensing, accounting, and IT for her 40-million dollar retail insurance shop. Our branded office was one of many across the country that were ultimately owned by a much larger insurance company. There was a nice core of us that […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s been a fairly quiet month, though somehow full… I’ve only been to my MIL’s minimally, waiting for the GC to finish making sawdust so I can finish my finicky painting without interrupting his schedule. Dust and paint don’t go well together 😏. Then it turned out that his schedule kept him away, so not […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 