I’m feeling a bit ‘bleery’ this morning, trying to wake up. A happy thing is that it’s 33 degrees now, and we might get some melting of the snow today. Today is Day 4 of being stuck up here on top of our ridge line. I THINK we’re still sane. :0)
My husband got an email yesterday from the people from whom he ordered the computer, saying the Motherboard wouldn’t be delivered until Tuesday. That seems to have calmed him down – and certainly, me, too! Hopefully, by then, we might be in a much better situation here.
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I painted the covers of two journals in my art room yesterday. The front and back covers are painted the same. The inside is blank manila paper. They are a nice size for throwing in your purse or backpack. I’ll list them on my Etsy site today.
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I’ve been enjoying our pets’ reactions to the snow. Our yellow lab, Amber, is reveling in running through the snow like a mad thing, smiling from ear to ear. She only stays out for 5 minutes, though, at the most, wanting to come in, be dried off, and rest in her bed.
Jet, aka Monster Cat, WANTS to be outside, but her mean Mama says she is an inside cat. She sits on the window sill in the dining area where she can look out onto our deck. She watched the snow fall past the window in great amazement last Thursday, and is reacting now to birds flying around, trying to grab some seed from the feeders.
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I’m making slow progress on my “clean-out-my-clothes-closet” project. I’m planning to do a session up there today – I’m bouncing between blog posts, exercises, art room, and closet cleaning throughout the day, trying to maintain what might be left of my sanity. :0)
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I think I told you that the ice maker on our fridge stopped working. I made an appt for a tech to come, but then my husband started making unreasonable demands that the tech have everything that might possibly be needed to fix the problem with him when he came. I canceled the appt. My husband finally admitted defeat and the tech is scheduled to come Thursday – assuming he can get up the driveway by then. We’ve been using ice trays and putting them in the freezer of the pantry fridge. We are then transferring the cubes to a plastic bag and putting them in the bottom of the kitchen fridge. That’s a workable solution and I’m delighted. We may have to reschedule the tech, buy a new ice maker, and/or decide to keep going as we are after the tech finally comes and goes.
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My sister-in-law and I email every day to keep up with, and support each other, since we’re each married to a “Lewis man.” We were talking this morning about feeling guilty even talking about things in our lives when so many people across our country are in such dire straights. I think each of us can care deeply, will do whatever we can to help, and have our hearts reaching out to all of them, but we need to keep going, each in our own way, to maintain sanity.
I hope that each of you is well today.
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What a dichotomy between the snow and cold outside and an ice maker on the fritz! I am with Amber! Ha!
You are such an inspiration, Linda! I have barely moved this morning. Other than pour some green juice for myself, and make Richard some grits, I have ‘took to the bed’ to write a book review for a fellow blogger. Now, I am eating a couple clementines.
I think we are such house bums that we don’t mind staying in now. I used to go, go, go! But now, I am content to stay in.
But last night, I did put the new snow boots on that my dear daughter gave me (she hadn’t worn in years), and she and I went to art class. I will blog about that next.
Glad to hear that motherboard isn’t coming til Tuesday!
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I love your comments. Thanks, Sheila. I guess we could technically scoop up some snow and put a bit in our drinks, but better to use the ‘system’ we’re doing now. Our fridge is old. I’m not sure there are even parts for the ice maker. I don’t know if we can afford a new ice maker, assuming they are still making those for what my husband calls our ‘new fridge’ (2006). I know we’ll just limp along, doing as we are now, if our other option is buy a new fridge. I’m glad you’re taking a bit of time to relax. I’m glad you made it to art class. Sounds like a fun thing to do with your daughter. Good for you!
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It was fun, Linda. Thank you! And thanks for not calling me a bum! Haha! I am in reading mode, and I know there’s a time for everything.
I am with you and your sister-in-law about the California fires. I dare not complain about anything right now. My aunt lost everything in a house fire years ago. So, I have some sense of what those folks are going through. Sad.
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Oh, if you’re a ‘bum,’ then you’re my very favorite bum. :0) I’m so sorry about your aunt. Is she okay now? I’m doing some reading, too. I’m re-reading my ‘In Death’ collection by J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts.
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She has passed. The fire happened about ten years or so before she died. It was hard on her but she got through it better than most of us expected! Her dad, my grandfather had remodeled that old house so she had so many memories of him attached to it too.
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I’m sorry for your loss, Sheila. I can’t imagine how devastating a loss like that would be. I’m glad she got through it. I feel so sorry that people have not only lost loved ones, homes, businesses, places to work and shop… It’s so sad.
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Oh, thank you. Like most, I still have so much to be thankful for. My mom’s sister passed two years before my mom passed. They were so close! So, at least my aunt passed before my mom, because I don’t know if she could have dealt with that. Also, my dad passed almost two years after my mom.
I have two first cousins left and one uncle on my mom’s side. And I have four first cousins and one aunt left on my dad’s side. All the rest are gone.
I’m the crone of the family now.
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We are down to my husband, our son, and me. My husband has a brother. That’s it now.
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It’s sad, isn’t it? I wonder about those who live to be over 100, and the ones who want to live to 120 or more. What are they thinking?!?
I met a woman who turned 104. We had a party for her and I asked about her family. It was the only time throughout the whole party that she got a little misty. They were all gone. She said that was the only downside to living so long. I’m sorry I brought this up now.
Hugs!
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Having people you care about die is really hard. I thought I would die when we lost our daughter, Jade, to SIDS when she was two months old. We almost couldn’t continue to live. My first parent was hard, but when I lost the second, I suddenly had to be the adult in the room and I really didn’t feel ready. I had always had a cushion to that point. My older brother died last year. We weren’t close. He said that I ‘wasn’t worth knowing.’ My husband has a brother, but that’s it now. We cling to each other and to our son. Family is such a precious thing. Memories are priceless.
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Oh, that does sound excruciating, Linda (the loss of your daughter).
I sometimes think the loss of our pets, one before the other helped me deal with the loss of my parents. It is odd how that goes.
I’m sorry to hear about your brother and what he said to you. My son and daughter haven’t talked in a year or more either. I never had siblings so I have no frame of reference. But it’s sad. I would think siblings would be grateful to have each other.
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Losing pets is really hard, too. They’re family members. I always wanted to be close to my brother, but it wasn’t meant to be. I wanted to have a large family after we married. After 5 miscarriages, one son, and the loss of our daughter, that wasn’t meant to be, either. I’m grateful that we have our son, and that we’re so close to him. Talking on chat to him almost daily means the world to me.
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My mom had five miscarriages too. Well, one lived for less than a day, but I didn’t know that for many years. Mom named her and they had a funeral for her. I wrote Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection about and for her.
I am so glad you had your son and he’s so close with you! You’re right. That’s priceless.
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I’m so glad we met, Sheila. I think the world of you.
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Ditto, Linda. Much love.
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