October 2021 Island Trip – Day 1
We checked for a ferry update at 10PM last night. No news is good news! At 10:13 they announced that my boat wouldn’t sail due to lack of certified crew. I discovered this at 5:45 this morning, and launched. Probably a record! Up and out of the house in 35 minutes, including loading the car, […]
Mom Docs
Our checklist for Stella has always been electronic, and indeed was modeled off our (always printed) Excel checklist for Luna (our little trailer). Today I spent an hour and brought Luna’s checklist into the 21st century, particularly as my DH will finish gearing up Luna, and set out camping on his own next week. This […]
Winterizing & Camping
Our ferry system schedule is out of whack due to an aging fleet, lack of qualified crew (mentioned before) and some of those crew objecting to our governor’s mandate that all state employees be vaccinated by the middle of this month. Many employees (not just ferry folk) will lose their jobs, causing chaos throughout the […]
Quilt Update
After tearing this quilt apart three times, adding the second raven, deciding I didn’t have the paper piecing skills to add the third raven as I’d drawn it (I’ll quilt it in), this is the top with its boarders, ready to quilt.
Holes
I realized about a month ago that if I tossed each piece of clothing I own that has holes or frayed cuffs, I’d be left with things that are no longer relevant to my lifestyle, are too big/small, weather incompatible, or hoodies. I’ve started recycling the most egregious items of clothings… Things my children wouldn’t […]
A Moment, Please…
As in today I had a bit of a moment. Quietly and to myself, but some things kind of caught up with me while in the attic and then under the house. The last large number of years have been dedicated taking care of my parents and their needs, in life and death. That’s OK. […]
A Little Work
Early this month a former client, who is a friend, asked me if I’d like to resume caring for their garden. We met today, strolled the garden, and discussed what their goals were for the property. I’ll start next month! I’m glad to get my toes back into select maintenance (gotta like you and your […]
Driers and Mice etc.
No, mice are not in the drier, thank goodness. But last weekend after a rep from our gas company, who was out to swap some piece of our meter, confirmed that our brand new drier was indeed spewing un-combusted natural gas out of its vent and onto our front walk, I called the company I […]
Boxes Retired
Well, at least on the mainland… I have everything of my parents, that I’m keeping, out of boxes. The items may not be in ideal places, or organized perfectly, but the cardboard is no longer part of the equation. I am able to be a little more ruthless in editing. Just because mom kept a […]
Dear Mom & Dad,
I took your great grandson on a walk today. A half mile from home it started to rain. He was delighted! Once home we brought firewood in, and he really wanted me to build the fire in the stove right away. So, on the first functional day of fall, we turned on the furnace, and […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 