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Setting up Mom’s Kitchen and Why I Spend Time So Much Time in My Bedroom
Here’s Mom’s house with the sod put in. Things are slowly coming together. I thought of you guys yesterday and took some pics. Here’s Mom’s mail boxes that you can see in the distance there. You have to squint to see it. We can’t figure out how things work with the keys to the mail box or which mail box is Mom’s. There is no corresponding number. Mom is going to call the GoodAll folks today. They didn’t explain that very well. Most of the houses have mailboxes but at some point the post office said they would have to have mailboxes like an apartment. At least that is what…
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Turning Tears into Hope and Acceptance of Things to Come
We had our Thanksgiving around 6:30 Thanksgiving Evening. It gave us the day to do other things, including chores and relaxing coming off of a very short work week but with long work days packed. It was just the two of us. Dinner went from elaborate to least work possible since Mom wasn’t coming. We had refined the menu down to a basic Thanksgiving meal for two and agreed on the meal’s contents days earlier. I’ve been a bit emotional and trying to figure out why. Most of the time it’s the lack of vitamin B or D and yeah maybe I do need an increase this time of year.…
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Thanksgiving Day, Relaxing, Restful, and Quiet
Wow, today has gone by fast! We’ve not even had our Thanksgiving feast yet. It’s set for 6:00 p.m. for just the two of us. Yesterday when I came home from work, I was “spent” I suppose. Although around 2:30 I began to get weary at work and could feel it, but I kept plugging away until 4, getting the most critical things done that would put me in a good spot for Monday and the beginnings of the next payroll. Arriving anywhere from 6:15 to 6:45 and getting up at 3 or 4 most mornings this week, along with working 10 and 11 hour days plus drive time took…
