Things are moving right along here in our efforts to move to Thailand to be with our son.
Several years ago our friend Carla gave us a riding lawn mower that really saved us a lot of work. We enjoyed using it, and the mowing of the lawn didn’t stress him the way the walk-behind mower did. It finally developed problems that couldn’t be fixed, so we bought a new one. It’s a nice one with zero-turn radius, and my husband almost grin when he uses it, though mowing the grass around the house is still a stressful proposition for him.
When we decided to move to Thailand to be with our son, it was a no-brainer who the riding lawn mower should be given to. We know we won’t get top dollar for anything in the auction, and we wanted to complete the circle by gifting it to Carla.
We did this yesterday, with my husband driving the mower first down our gravelly, STEEP driveway, then down the road about 2 miles from our house, where Carla lives. She cried. It was a really wonderful moment to return the joy of the gift she gave to us year ago. The mower will be appreciated and enjoyed. A true gift for all of us.
Today we have the auctioneer coming to the house at 11:00. I’m not sure what will happen, other than our signing contracts with him. I’m hoping we’ll get an idea of the plan on the auctions, time line, etc.
We have some errands to run after, and then I’ll continue going through things, throwing sensitive stuff away each week, trying to start putting things out in preparation for packing my one suitcase (still to be purchased) and my backpack that will be my carry-on. (ordered). (I finally had the energy to put all the laundry our son has done for us back where it lives and bring the laundry baskets back downstairs.)
I figure I’ll call the oxygen people at the end of this week or the first of next week to come get all the oxygen and equipment if I don’t need the oxygen at night anymore.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday. You made me feel special. :0)
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Ooh, I love that about gifting the lawnmower to Carla! Yes! Full circle moment there, Linda.
Hope your birthday was aWEsOMe! 👏
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It was wonderful. She is a dear friend and deserves all the good in life that there is. I’m still grinning that I got to HAVE a birthday. :0)
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I’m feeling that, Linda! Also, I am curious if you experienced ANYTHING… you may not remember it for awhile though (which is why I didn’t ask). But I research Near Death and Shared Death Experiences (after working on a small correspondence team for Dr. Raymond Moody who coined the NDE phrase). Anyway, you know how to reach me if you ever want to share any memories of that. Especially since you died twice!
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I’ll let you know if I remember anything. Right now all I remember is that there were nurses all around my bed when I woke up. They all looked at me and someone asked, “Are you all right?’ When I said, “yes,” they told me they were transferring me to ICU because my heart had stopped twice and I needed to be watched more carefully than they were able to in the ER and that cardiology would see me there.
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Beautiful riding lawn mower.Amazing pic.
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Our friend Carla was really happy with the mower. :0)
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Can you drive mower? How you my dear friend?
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Yes,I have. Not our new one, so much, because my husband said it was a bit ‘jerky’ and difficult to get used to. He seemed to like it, though. I’m much better, thank you. I see the doc who installed my pacemaker today.
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Thanks God, You will be better now. Iam so glad,Linda! Good installed peacemaker.
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Thank you, Raj.
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Most welcome ,Linda. Tack Care 😘
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