Long Time No Blog!

Hi! Long time no blog! Well before I get busy I thought I would write a bit. My lovely daughter and her Idan will be visiting soon and I need to get organized for their stay. I am getting excited! It won't be a long visit but substancial. Only because I will be visiting them in sunny California this summer, it will make up for their short Easter visit here. I was very sick with a sinus infection and bronchitis. I took off from work one day which wasn't enough. Since I haven't sick pay I went in hoping not to get anyone sick. My Steve had the same but much worse. He never missed a day. Even with his great benefits. What a tropper! It seemed spring sprung but snow is now in the forecast next week. Hence life living in the north. I do love the snow but also look forward to the change of seasons. It spices up repititous life. Well, I hope everything is well with you and we will talk again. Mum

Vacation's Are Fun

Well, hi again. It's been a week since I was last around, if you noticed. I've been busy and on vacation. Some people wish to spend their vacation doing as much as they can and others rather take one day at a time tackling what ever comes their way . I must say I was somewhere inbetween. I had planned on doing not so much, knowing I would never get everthing I wanted to do, done. That way I got everthing I planned on doing, done. I did make it to the auction last Sunday and it was kind of disappointing. There wasn't much to be desired there or if there was it was way over priced. I did go home with a watercolor of a winter scene of a creek and mill in Avon. It was painted by some student from the Cincinatti Art and Technology Center for Mr. Milton H. Bidwell who was the founder or it could have been painted by him himself. I am researching it. It is not signed but has a label on the back. It cost $10.00. It needs a new frame. A nicer one. I also worked on some taxes and cooked, cleaned, and did the wash, which is an event in its self. I helped package some Ebay sales and mail them to their destination, another event in its self. I applied for some job openings on-line and received some calls. Nothing promising yet. I went to an open house , which I liked the house but it has no attic and the rooms are no bigger than our present house. Disappointing. Then came the notion to move to a warmer climate. Not sure if that or any of it will happen. But, you never know! Fate is funny, it can go straight (boring) or make a big "U-ey" to the right (track). I am sure everything will work out with time. I did go to my Mom's (it's Sunday). So, some vacation right?

The Lavish Pad

Today we went to a household sale. Everything was pretty much picked out as it was going on all day and we arrived after work. But the size of the house was mind blowing. The master bedroom upstairs was bigger than my living room and dining room combined (with a fireplace)! There was a sitting room which had windows all around to view the outdoors and Lake Ontario, with a fireplace. Next to that there was a living room and dining room combo with a fireplace also. Next to that was another full sized dining room. Next to that was a kitchenette and last of all, next to that was the full size kitchen! (That was just the first floor.) I was told a judge was living there. There is going to be an auction Sunday at the house, they are storing all the furniture in the 3 car garage and the 2 car garage (with servant quarters up above it) for it. I can't wait to see what is for sale. We almost bought a couch and love seat but decided it might be to big for our living room, no doubt! So now I have something to look forward to on my favorite day Sunday!

Time

I wonder where all the time goes each day. I never have enough time to do what I want or have to do and since I am getting older I move slower meaning it takes longer to get the job done. I guess our creator planed it this way. If I don't finish it today then I have to stick around to finish it tomorrow. In that case I'll be here forever! As I get older I've even considered a maid to help me out, but that could get costly. Maybe I could pretend I am sick and someone else in the household will take over? That I will have to add to my "To Do" list!

Half Way There

Today is Wednesday, a funny word. But it means so much when you are waiting for the weekend. I can't say that it is my favorite day, as everyone I live with knows, that would be Sunday. A day of rest and content. Not to mention a holy day, instilled in me as I was growing up, a holy day of obligation. I really didn't mind going to church each Sunday and I don't mind it now. It has become a part of me, a place I where I find holiness which comes home with me into my life. I remember the routine of Sundays, the gatherings at my Grandparents. The singing, the food, the family, the fun, all after Church. Now it is held at my Mom's, minus some people, who are there with me in my heartfilled memory. (They never really leave.) Yes, Sunday is so special, because it reminds me of my Grandparents and parents, who made it special. I hope I have made it special too.

Renewal

Trying, oppressive, aching, crazy; to bed we go to release our pain. We cry in our sleep, it is only a realistic dream of the battling day. The painful thoughts of our life disappearing when we awake, refreashed to an amending day. Happy and elated to start again. The renewal of the night.

The snow keeps coming

Even though it hasn't snowed in a week the spell of the winter cold desolately entrapping us into our cacoon, with no escape, lingers. Are we close yet to the chirp of the wren babies, the peak of the Easter lilies, the bright sun burning my face while I borrow out of my cave into the joy of the changing seasons? I am getting older just enduring the arrest of my soul. I want to burst out and hold the enchantment in my memory for the next jailing of the changing seasons. Somehow, I have lost the bliss of the spring. When will it return? With the true love of one?