February 18, 2014
I’ve had quite a long absense from here this time…almost a year since I’ve written anything. Where to start…hmmm…
I did my taxes earlier than usual this year and got my refunds back already, it took just over a week to get them both. Most of it is spent already on real estate taxes on the house. Some of the remainder will go for things that I normally wouldn’t have money for, like new filters for the drinking water system or new tires for the car…sounds thrilling right?
Bill has recently started some new treatments on his back aimed at getting his pain levels reduced. He’ll be doing these for about 6 months to a year. I hope they work for him.
I’m still working as head cook at the Pawnee Senior Center here in town, getting in 20-25 hours a week. That’s enough. I’m not as young as I used to be ya know…I used to post the menus all the time but got tired of all the typing. I suppose I could scan the monthly menu and post that…
We did take a trip last year in June to Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada. That was something else! I took so many pictures and videos! I bought a new tablet computer last year, and was amazed at how good the pictures are. Playing with that thing is about the only hobby I have now…it does so much. Mostly I just take pictures with it and play games…kind of hooked on Candy Crush LOL.
Obamacare took effect January 1 requiring everyone to have health insurance, and after much frustration I got signed up…I’m still wondering how it will go once it takes effect for me on March 1. Just signing up was a pain and I’m not even covered yet…although the final premium and coverage is very good…we’ll see how it goes.
All three of my boys and their families are doing well. Steve and Jessica and son Alexander live in Hickman. Pat and Samantha (recently married in September) and their kids Camryn and Adalyn live just across the street from us here in Genoa. Adam and Evie and son Vaughn live in Columbus. All of the grandkids are growing like weeds and they are all the most intelligent and cutest grandkids EVER! (I’m proud to be one of those grandparents LOL!) I don’t see them enough…If I had my way I would give them each kisses and hugs (and Goldfish Crackers ha) every day!
In my last post last year I spoke of painting a mural on the side of our garage…well that’s as far as it’s gotten. Wishful thinking that. When I got the basic idea down on paper, it just seemed like too massive an undertaking that I kind of gave up on it. I kept telling myself that I should do one small section at a time, but thinking about doing something like that and actually doing it are two different things apparently. Someday…maybe…
Time passes quickly…way too quickly. I think of all the years that have passed, I’ve raised a family and now they all have families of their own. I used to think about what I would do with my time when all the kids were grown up. Well here I am living it and all I seem to be doing is working part time, and nothing much else. I seem to have run out of energy for doing all that stuff I thought about when I was young…You don’t seem to realize when you’re young that once all that “raising a family” is over, it’s hard to find anything that will take the place of that. I kind of miss having kids around all the time, but then again I don’t think I’d have the energy to still be doing it every day. Don’t get me wrong, I really love my family and their families, and love all of my grandkids enormously, and would really like to see them more often. Raising kids is indeed for the young, because once you get a lot older it’s a lot different…can’t really explain it…I guess I’m just feeling old today LOL. I think I need a nap…
Well, I can’t think of much else to say today. I’ll be getting ready to go to work soon…salisbury steak at the Senior Center tonight. For me the best part of the meal will be the dessert, no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies! Bye for now…
February 18th, 2014 at 8:55 pm
Ok come on, you CAN’T be OLD!!! If you are, that makes me ancient and I am not ready to be that “yet”. Have to much to do and places to go and quilts to design and books to write. Which by the way #6 is at the publisher now and scheduled to come out this fall. They contacted me last fall and asked for more stitch combinations (like the last one) and I said no problem, turned the notebooks in to them last fall and they sent a contract. So it goes.
Yeah kids grow up and have families and jobs and time is so short for them. Seems like life moves so much faster these days. So it goes.
Set your mind to doing that mural this year and work on it a little at a time and you will have it done before you know it. One brush load of paint at a time. You are so talented you can do it.
Hope Bills treatment is helping. Love ya Mom
February 22nd, 2014 at 11:16 am
I totally get what you are saying about getting old Cindy. Once the kids are gone you realize it more, or maybe its after you’ve reached a mile-stone age, it used to be 40, then 50, now 60. You see it in the mirror, you feel it in your body, and there’s not much you can do about it. Exercise? As you said, less energy and the results just aren’t the same as when we were in our 20s! But there is still much to do! As your Mom said, plan and complete your mural! Travel more. Read! Keeping physically and mentally active is huge as we age…that saying “use it or lose it” couldn’t be more true. I know staying “social” is great too…you are doing good Cindy, and you are not alone in how you are seeing the world today.
I love ya sista!!