Written by my Dad, in his retirement.
Mom and Dad at their 25th Wedding Anniversary Party. As my sister goes through their journals and pictures we’re finding two people that we knew, but not completely. It’s funny when you think about this. Things happen, you meet people in your life and then perhaps forget to mention it to your kids, because life is going on and things get hectic.
All I can say is, thanks Dad, for leaving this behind for us.
Today, Hubby and I have been married for 26 years! Through the good and the bad, Hubby and I have survived and our marriage has grown. He is still the first person I want to talk to in the morning and the last person I want to kiss goodnight.
The last 26 years have slipped by so fast. Our children have grown, we now have a beautiful granddaughter and our life is full and rich in all the ways that count.
Thank you so much, Sweetie for making my life so full of love, happiness and the security I always wanted.
Happy 26th Anniversary!!!
I hope that it was springlike where ever you are. Today, despite a few clouds, the temperatures rose and more of our snow melted.
The dogs ran in the yard, Hubby went for a walk and I enjoyed the heck out of the day. Spring, how I love you, especially after this long and cold, snowy, and icy winter!
I also installed Google Chrome onto my laptop. Talk about a learning curve! I’ve been using Firefox for years, but decided to switch. Somethings with Chrome I really like, and yet some things are painful and not user friendly at all, (like pop ups! If someone knows how to stop them please tell me!) Wait, I think I got it! If this does work, I’ll stick with Chrome for a while.
My hand is doing better. Between the therapy and my exercises, my trigger fingers are healing. Now if I can just get my thumb working again!
Have you seen “Frozen” the Disney kids movie? I watched it with Savannah the other day, and I loved it! It’s a great movie for young kids and older kids. The music is super!
Enjoy springtime, where ever you may be!
I spent the day on Saturday with Mandy, Matt, and Savannah. Savi had a music class and she just loves it. I also enjoyed watching it. Savi loves music, loves to dance and loves to sing. She is only a little shy, but once the music starts she begins to move!
What can I say? I am over the moon in love with my little granddaughter!
She has a beautiful smile and laugh. My heart fills when I see her having fun!
I loved this shot of Savi as she kept doing her split!
See her singing? She knows the words and was having such a good time!
Happy Savannah!
And after her music class, and a little shopping and lunch, my little cherub fell asleep on the sofa. After about about an hour, she moved and curled up in my lap. A grandmother’s dream!
Don’t worry, I’m fine. I’ve been trying to deal with Flickr problems. They changed their upload to my blog features and I have been struggling to figure it out.
I finally did and will post all about my visit with Savannah this afternoon!
Tomorrow I will be going down to spend the day with Mandy, Matt and Savannah. Savi has a music class and then after lunch I will babysit for Sav so her parents can go to a matinee. Now this is really what we call Oma Fun!
My therapy on my hand went well and my hand. I like my therapist and I am getting more and more pain free motion back.
On Thursday I go my hair done at my salon. My hairdresser did an amazing job. She really always does. A year ago my dear friend and hair stylist Margarita passed away from cancer. I miss her so much, and even though my new stylist doesn’t do my hair the way Margarita did, she does really well. Our relationship is uniquely our own. But we all miss Margarita.
The day was another beauty! Blue skies, warmer temperatures and lots of snow melting! Yay Spring!
What a beautiful day! The sun was shining, the sky was clear and blue, and it was WARM!One could almost watch the snow melt!
Hubby and I spent the day together. We did things together, like shop, slowly. We took our time. That was good and nice.
The drive to the stores, was so darn pretty. I actually felt happy and hopeful that spring is on it’s way. I also had a funny thing happen.
Today was the 36th anniversary of my brother, Dickie, passing from cancer. He was seven years older than me.
In some ways, I did not know him as well as my sister did. They were just two years apart, and in many ways best friends.
Anyway, I was feeling a bit sad, and thinking back to when we learned he had cancer, and how my Dad and I had been together when we got the phone call.
Hubby and I stopped at a car dealership, and when I was looking at a car, I opened the door and there was a paper clip.
You see, Dad always had paper clips, and since his passing a few years back, on the days when I feel low or sad, I find a paper clip in a weird place. During the time Mom was at the end of her life, I kept finding jumbo paper clips. Maybe it’s nothing, but I like to believe it’s Dad’s way of letting me know I’m not alone.
It was a good day!
1. Since these questions are posting on the first day of April it seems only right to ask-when was the last time you did something foolish? If you can’t answer that one, try this one-when was the last time someone fooled you?
I often open my mouth and insert my foot. It’s not that I mean to say the wrong thing, it’s perhaps that I empathize too much.
2. What’s the last biography or non-fiction book you’ve read? Was it any good?
I just finished reading “The Ghost of Flight 401”. True story of Eastern Airlines L1011 flight that crashed in the everglades in Florida. Good book!
3. Garlic-friend or foe? What’s your favorite dish made with garlic?
I love garlic and I use it all the time in soups and stews.
4. Several Spring flower festivals happen in the US during the month of April. Of those listed, which would you most like to see in person…The Skagit Tulip Festival in Skagit Washington, The Dogwood Arts Festival in Knoxville Tennessee, The North Carolina Azalea Festival in Wilmington North Carolina or the Daffodil Festival Weekend on Nantucket Island, Massachussets?
This year none. But I would really love to see the Chery Blossoms in Washington, DC.
5. How do you choose which blogs to read? What is something that will make you stop and read every time? Something that makes you say, ‘eh, think I’ll skip this one and move on to the next’?
I have blogs I’ve been reading for years. One blog I read for a long time suddenly became a fitness blog, and well, frankly, I’m guiltily not in to fitness right now.
6. April is National Mathematics Education Month so tell us, when did you last use math?
Although I don’t like math, I do use it all the time. I think I use it in recipes most of all.
7. In honor of the A-Z challenge kicking off on April 1…choose one word beginning with the letter A to describe your yesterday.
affectionate
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I’m getting better using my left hand for mouse control. Oh, I still mess up from time to time, but this morning I wanted to make a new desk top picture for my laptop.
I have to say working with the one hand was a challenge! But in the end I got this picture collage of Savannah put together.
It was also on Monday that Fickr/Yahoo implemented changes that caused chaos on my accounts as well as Hubby’s! (Was this their April Fools Joke?) I do not even want to tell you how long it took me to get things straightened out. And all with one hand splinted behind my back!
In fact I will admit to a bout of frustration where I accidentally knocked over a glass of juice, which fell into Greta’s dog bed! Thankfully, she wasn’t in it at the time. Oh well, it needed a washing anyway!
It is frustrating. Not having a functioning hand. I sure hope it gets better soon.
What’s this? Warmer temperatures, even though it is grey and rainy. Hubby and I went to the grocery store, where we saw, while walking through the parking lot, two locals walking into the store in work boots, shorts, a short sleeve shirt and down vest. Yes springtime in New Hampshire!
The ice is thinning on our lake and there are large puddles everywhere. All the BOB houses (for ice fishing) must be off the ice by April first.
Our snow is melting, and I know under all that snow and dirt ‘Snirt’ my lawn really took a beating! I am afraid we will need a lot of reseeding this spring.
I was thinking that perhaps I will plant some spring bulbs. You know, I stopped planting bulbs, because Fritz followed me around and dug up every bulb I planted! At first I was a bit angry, but how could I stay angry at that dear boy?
Life has changed but life also goes on.