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Showing posts with label plodding along.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plodding along.. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Plodding Along

 Thanks for all the wonderful thoughts/good wishes on my last post. It just seems to be one thing on top of another. I want the year to be done.  Tomorrow it will be three months since Mum passed. I've been regularly messaging my sister and she says she is still having good and bad days. She also said she had heard that the plaque for Mum's bench in Felixstowe has been finished. There isn't a date when it will be installed as they are short staffed. We are hoping it's before the weather gets too bad and sister can't get to Felixstowe to see it. 

It seems an odd thing to say, but with the losses in our family and the things that follow it has got me thinking about sorting out some of my own things and decluttering. I probably shouldn't be thinking of tackling it when we have a whole (somewhat hoarded house) to sort through, but I'm going to do a little at a time and work on getting rid of things that I 'might use someday' or haven't used in a while. 

I did well enough this week that I sorted all the post that needs to be shredded and recycled or put in the bin the things that didn't need to be shredded. The shredding is on the list for next week. I have also started getting together a box of books that will be donated and have even started another box for misc. donation items. I felt quite productive...at least for a few hours. 

Photo - things that brought a smile to my face. 

Daughter sent me a photo of her nail art. She's started doing her nails with stick-ons. I thought these looked quite fun. Not sure I could do a lot with them on though lol 


Friday, February 26, 2021

Odds and Ends

 Thanks again for all the support, comments and thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate them. It makes my heart feel good that there are such nice and supportive people out there. This really can be a good community!

Just a few random bits today - phone photos that I've taken of my days. Still plodding away.



Some lovely painted stones I saw on my walk the other day. How appropriate they are! They really made me smile and brightened my day. 

A cross stitch I've started. The light is getting better in the daytime - there has actually been several days of sunshine this week. Great for stitching. I showed this to Mum the other day and I need to do more so I can show her progress the next time we manage to video chat! Great motivation :)


An Ice Cairn. First time I've seen one of these! Husband's work doesn't want him to work overtime and he worked longer this week so ended up taking a few hours holiday and had the day off today. We went out for the day. It was lovely and bright and fairly warm (at least for Michigan lol). 


Hopefully this video will show up lol. I took - no tried, to take some video at the lighthouse.