One is sort, delete and print my 80 thousand photos. I have everything I need now...monitor, printer and photo albums. It's going to take a long long long time to get through it all and I know from experience it will be an emotional ride.
The other project is dealing with all of Mom's slides. Theres hundreds of them. I need to sort out the ones to digitalize and print and the ones to set aside for a later maybe. The first step is to organize the ones to print. This is where the only pics I have of Aryn and Kevin as babies and toddlers are. I didn't have a camera back then. Jim, my first husband, was a photographer but he wouldn't let me have any pics when I left. I did steal a few when he wasn't looking but I have given those to the kids. Their baby books had some but they burnt in the house fire. Jeez...sounds like a bad novel or a bad country and western song.
April and Myles are coming again for a couple of nights today! I get to meet the new puppy today. They have seen a lot of people over the last two weeks, some of it indoors, so I have told them that this time there will be no hugging :( and we will be on the deck most of the time. (shovel list). I just can't afford to take a chance. And worse than me getting sick is how poor April would feel should I get it. So caution it will be. I am going to make a turkey dinner for tomorrow nite...but tonite its a hot dog roast on the deck! Since we have to be out there anyway we may as well cook our dinner there too! And who doesn't love a weenie roast?
Monte has been super prepping for his snake. Its a ball python, (they don't get too big and they are super friendly), a girl and she arrives today. The terrarium needed sticks and rocks, a certain kind. So a few days ago off we went into the forest and up logging roads and we found rocks and sticks.
When we got home, he baked the sticks for two hours in the oven and boiled the rocks for half an hour on the stove. He has been so excited and over the moon. I was okay with it until I overheard him tell someone that this snake has only been fed live mice and hasn't eaten dead ones. And eventually it gets rats. So, we went from 'they eat crickets' to 'they need live rats'. I am NOT happy about that.
I think Peter is maybe moving back!!!! This makes me very very happy. Monte too. This house needs more people in it and those two boys fit the bill perfectly. I can look forward to more amazing conversations and learning from Peter. He enriched my life so much. And with no visiting with anyone I feel like my heart and soul are drying up!!! Well I do watch Huntley Street once in a while to fill that spot in me. But it's a wee bit off for me. I like the stories though. But Peter will be much better! Huntley is a sad replacement of sorts.
Mmmmmm...I am smelling beets. I am boiling up some beets to have with Turkey dinner tomorrow. The smell soooo reminds me of Mom. She used to grow row upon row of beets then pickle them. They were a major staple in our house.
Well I need to go and get the kids bedroom back in order. I decided to work some more on the closet in there and there is stuff all over the room. Gotta shove it all back into the closet somehow.
Kind of reminds me of trying to deal with the walk in closet in our big house. A huge closet full from side to side and top to bottom. I would start to clean it then just give up. The job was just overwhelming. After the last attempt, two days later, the house burnt down...took care of that closet problem licketty split!!!!
Anywhooo...not that I want this place to burn down and clean the closet, I gotta go gitter done! Stay safe and stay noodled! TTYL
ARYN:
1. Plant a garden. Well we did that alright! Do you feel better?
2. When life hits a rough patch...like bad news, family member dies etc....redouble your health practices. Don't let your health go.
3. Find an aerobic activity you enjoy. And DO IT!
4. Get creative on more ways to get active. Like...stop using that elevator and use the stairs.
5. Create a car free zone around your house. Well you already walk everywhere. That kind of takes care of 3, 4 and 5 for you. Not so much for me. I do walk to the truck, now and then.
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| OUT LOOKING FOR STICKS AND ROCKS |
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| A BEE AND THISTLE.....I AM GOING TO NAME MY FIRST PUB THAT |
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| FIRE WEED....JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF FLOWER LEFT ON THE STEM WE HAVE A FEW WEEKS TIL WINTER COMES |
You know, I actually like snakes. But I am way too empathetic to have something I have to feed other live creatures to. I just can't handle something suffering in any way even if it is the "food chain". I experienced that once at someone's house, never again. At least it will be in the basement so you will never have to see or hear it. Out of sight, out of mind. And Ball Pythons are generally very friendly..:-). Happy about Peter. I know you miss him.
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