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Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Good Bye 2025
It's been a year, with all the ups and downs one can expect. Some wonderful, some tolerable and, unfortunately, some really downright awful.
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The wonderful? Our eldest grandson, Dylan, graduated high school, had his first college course learning Spanish in Costa Rica and then beginning college.
This year Steve retired after over 40 years with La-Z-Boy. We're both adjusting to this situation. LOL!
After literally an entire year of surgeries, I now am through with my jaw/implant issues!!! Woot, woot am back to eating raw foods on both sides of my mouth.
We also took a fantastic cruise and finally saw the Panama canal. It was even better knowing this cruise was gratis thanks to the point system.
Physical therapy was okay. This time it was the knees. My PT was adamant that due to my "falling" and balance issues that I have to use walking sticks. They've certainly helped catch me many times. On the flip of that, my hands are killing me.
We had my mother-in-law's unveiling in September. Nothing says family togetherness like 20 hours in a car together...
And now for the ugly: on May 12th, the day after Mother's Day, we had to see our precious girl Sunshine over the rainbow bridge. Crying as I type this sentence.
Obviously it hit us extremely hard. Hoping that once she found Pepper that all made her feel better.
Poor Lucky though, she cried with us for over a month, wound up with severe blood pressure issues and also had some harrowing and frightening other health events that had us crying as well.
Our little old baby is quite deaf and partially blind. But she can smell a carrot being cut from a room away! Her favorite time (outside of us holding and feeding her) is when Dex (Adam and Sam's little old guy) is here.
They run around the yard, sniff and kiss and then nap. Wait an hour and repeat.
So our 2025 is coming to a close. We're having Steve's 69th birthday here on New Year's Day. Traditional, for us: Smoked ribeye roast, nice big salad, Yorkshire pudding and "Too much chocolate" cake.
We don't ever go out on NYE. But, if you do-may it be filled with fun, love and safe events!
Happy new year!
Sunday, November 16, 2025
It's Been a Minute
I used to be so good at posting weekly.
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Heck, I actually worked hard at writing my musings.
Now, takes me several tries and adds to drafts to get something on here.
Of late, our little old baby has been quite sick, so a lot of time and money has been spent keeping her with us.
She's worth it all! Thankfully, she's doing much better. We were holding our breath though.
I've also finally finished with my yearlong jaw implant issue. Phew! Nice not having a hole in the back of my mouth.
Steve is getting into a post work routine.
We are now spending our Saturdays watching the youngest grands at various sporting games.
Not knowing what comes next, I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and blessed holiday season.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Addiction to Coffee
We all have something that we must have in a certain way.
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My addiction is my morning coffee. Steve doesn't really care, one way or the other.
But at slightly less than 3 years of age, Dylan told his less than 2 year old brother Aidan: Don't talk to Grandma yet, she's still drinking her coffee.
This week I decided to do the long process of cleaning our brewer, once breakfast was over.
It was working just fine until the fateful moment when I pressed start.
It made a strange sound and sputtered. Steve said I put the water in wrong. So he took it out and put it back in.
Didn't help, at all.
Then we did what all our generation does: pulled out the manual and trouble shooted. Nope.
Then we googled it. Nope.
Followed by going on YouTube. Nope.
Steve then did what a great husband should do (with a wife who was panicking about her coffee needs)! He went into our Amazon prime account and ordered a new unit.
We just had to wait 3 days!
I had a doctor's appointment the next morning. I took myself to Starbucks and got a venti. Steve figured I wouldn't be able to manage my purse, canes and 2 hot cups of coffee so he went coffee free
The man is a saint!
Next morning we met friends for breakfast. The restaurant had decent coffee in very large mugs. Bless them
Our new coffee maker came that afternoon. Steve set it up immediately. We tried it after dinner.
Turns out the new model has two things I always wanted in the old one: The ability to both make it hotter and stronger!
We'll be trying out the carafe tomorrow morning. Steve said I shouldn't make 12 cups when 8 should suffice.
Seriously? He knew enough to order a new machine but then thinks 8 cups is good?
Basically, thanks to Steve's quick thinking and our Amazon account, my impending withdrawal effects were avoided.
Other news, I really liked our new dentist. She took the impressions for my crown. This means that in 3 weeks, I will have an end to this year long dental adventure!
Monday, September 08, 2025
I Love Britbox!
Britbox has come into our home. It's an entertainment venue that even Steve is enjoying!
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Yes, we've binged on Sherlock, Shakespeare and Hathaway, 2 versions of Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple and so many other well written and acted programming.
We had a free 2 week trial. We now have a paid subscription for a year.
Our main question is: Why can't American TV be half as well put together?
As I'm writing this entry I am watching (okay, binging) Sister Boniface. A smart, funny nun who helps the police solve murders in the 1960's England.
We used our Amazon prime membership to start. Check it out if you want to get thoroughly involved in some interesting shows.
And now, you'll have to excuse me, I need to see how the good sister figures out who killed the chess master and why!
Saturday, August 16, 2025
World's Most Expensive Dog Bed
Lucky has taken over my new electric recliner! Making it the world's most expensive dog bed.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2025
6 Years and We Still Miss Our Pepper
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Sunday, August 03, 2025
My Head Hurt
My head hurt, a lot. Truth be told, this was worse than a migraine.
What Was the cause of this blinding pain in the back of my head? Take your pick:
Degenerative disc disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Bulging/herniated neck discs
Valley fever
Jaw surgeries
Last, all of them together
Okay, it had been going on for months. But now it was making focusing a challenge. I googled it.
Occipital neuralgia. Messaged my physical medicine doctor. He had me make the 45 mile trip to not just confirm, but to give me a "nice" big syringe full of lidocaine to the offended point of beginning.
It was not a pleasant experience, but less painful than when he injects my knees.
Within a few minutes I could open my eyes! By the time I was allowed to leave, the pain level was about 90% better!
Whoever made the statement about getting old is not for sissies, knew what they were talking about.
