Together

This year we got a photo of all my grandkids and their parents (my youngest son and his wife) together for the first time in ages. One is married and just moved back from Georgia, they bought a house here. One will be off to college next fall, one out of high school in March, one more is engaged as of Christmas day. Some are adopted so there are same age "twins" that aren't twins. Two 13-year old, two 8 year-olds, and two 18 year-olds. If I get bored with myself I can go over there and there is always something going on. Plus there's a miniature horse in the "backyard," a dog, a cat, hamsters, a goldfish, and boy friends that seem to be there for every meal.

I have no pithy thoughts.  It's 12:30 PM and I am still in my pj's and haven't eaten breakfast yet.  So I wish you all a wonderful and healthier New Year and be done.

From me to You

Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year.

Gift of Sight

I had my cataracts fixed about five years ago. Some more grew and this Thursday they were fixed. Easy peasy.  The doctor dilated my eyes and removed the new cataracts with a laser, no pain, no strain, no recovery time.  We live in amazing times. I don't even need new glasses.  The only disconcerting thing was this nice, young doctor closely resembled my 14-year old grandson both in looks and relative age.  So young. I'm sure he wondered why I kept smiling at him.

 

This morning is the frantic wrapping of the mail-away gifts.  The Post Office said to mail them by December 12, oops! My sisters and I have a four-way text going and we discovered that none of us is likely to be ready for Christmas on time this year. Gifts will be late and no one cares. We will all be having dinner with people we love, some will make it to church and the grandkids are covered; not to mention none of us needs anymore "stuff."

So, I hope you can relax, spend time with those you love. 

Still Learning

We had a teeny snow Sunday. A little frosting after days and nights of temps in the low 20's. A bit early for those temperatures but not without it's pleasures such as a morning glitter storm made out sunshine and freezing fog Thanksgiving morning. Fairy dust.

I did go the grocery Sunday. Bought some Tillamook Coffee Almond Chocolate Ice Cream along more common staples. Then I put my p.j.s back on and online shopped some gifts for the younger grandkids. Ate ice cream for dinner.  Talked the evening away with friends on the phone and stayed up past 1 AM reading Louise Penney's new Gamache novel "A Better Man." I'm over half way through it. It.Is.Really.Good!  Went to sleep and had annoying dreams about building myself a small artist's studio outside with lovely light only to find friends and family filling it up with things they wanted to store. Analyze that. Maybe it was just the ice cream.

Thanksgiving was a good with one mix-up.  Eldest son Chris came to carry most of my food over to his brother's. I came later with my hot dish only to find them in an uproar. As I parked Grandgirl Mya and her bf arrived saying they'd been out looking for me?! Turned out when I restarted my phone I'd only shut it off. Since I'm attached at the hip to my phone and didn't answer they turned out immediately to find me when I didn't show up right after Chris. I was frankly quite surprised and then touched. I showed up 15 minutes after Chris. I thought they thought I was in an accident. No, they actually thought I was dead. A few months ago my COPD seemed much worse. Tests ensued and I was diagnosed with heart failure, two more meds added and I'm much better. My lungs are stable. However there was a whole room full of frightened people hugging me...because they thought I might have died. I felt terrible and grateful. Now I'm thinking about that dream again. Thinking maybe I haven't appreciated fully what my family and friends have done for me, filled my life with joy and love. Maybe that's what all that stuff was in the studio of my heart.