5/2026 - Thursday 7th - MY JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Carita , Carina

I do not know these names.  Had one ancestor called Aunt Carrie.  Close as I get.

    Today was actually great!!  What a surprise.  I knew part of it would be but it ended even better.

    Night was awful.  I could not keep my eyes open so missed Colbert.  Fell asleep right away.  Woke up later freezing to death!!  I pulled up my weighted blanket.  I finally warmed up & then I was too warm.  Blanket off.

    My blood sugar was constantly low all night.  And I had even took less insulin.  I do not understand.  I wonder if the med I take for my neuropathy is changing things inside me.  Who knows???

    I met a newer friend for coffee at the White Peacock.  She is in charge of a building in town.  Plus she is on the SVAFC board.  When she is supposed to work & cannot then she calls me.  I love those calls from several people,  A fun coffee!  She has had the most interesting life.  I love hearing about it.  We plan on meeting again.  Very nice.

    I called MM to see if he was at work.  He was so I went to the Sale Barn.  We sat outside for a while but then I moved inside when he got busy.  I decided to have supper there.  Better than me cooking,  Had a burger with egg & cheese & fries.  

    A guy who works there is also a professional singer.  And works hard at that.  He even said I looked prettier than when we first met.  MM said I am Grandma so he renamed me  Grandma Hottie!!!  What a fun guy!  Nice to laugh!.  And truly sweet guy.  I warned him he was making my blog tonight!!!  So here he is!!!

    On they way home I stopped to see Willie.  His flowers looked so bad.   I had 2 last bouquets in the trunk of the car so his grave looks better now.  Someone planted daisies behind his grave & they looked awesome.  Took lots of photos,  Said hello to MM's father & my best friend John,  Cemetery looks good.  I have lots of new flowers that have come.  Ready to make graves look good.  A couple of graves have peonies on them.  Took more photos.

    Got home and a very lazy mail man drove up in my yard.  He was no where near my car port or porch.  Or even my trash bins.  He tossed a box on the ground and went on his merry way.  Need to complain. Found 2 packages in the ditch behind my mail box.  One was totally ruined.  The other one was ok.

    Although a great day, got sad news at noon.  A local man I really liked & respected passed away today.  So sad.  Peace & hugs to his family.

    Still no baby cats.  Starting to worry again.  They have to be starving.  I keep calling,  Only get a possum & a racoon.  Dang.

                                  White Peacock

Sale Barn

Supper

Willie's grave

Smoky Hill Cemetery

My great grandparents

Neighbours have a cool new "toy".  Very cool!!

                                                                 

              

5/2026 - Wednesdy 6th - MY JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Marit , Rita

Went to school with a Rita.  Beautiful girl.  Cousin is married to a Rita.  Know no Marits.

    Today was pretty good.  Slept good but it took an entire pill.  No cats outside.  Wish they would return soon.  They have got to be starving!!!  Only saw a possum last night.

    Today was a work day at the Old Mill.  And what a joy.  I  finishsed all the tiny photos of students.  I almost did a happy dance.  Now working on photos of kids that are not named.  Some have the photo studio on the photo but not all of them.  Sad all these sweet photos that are not claimed by anyone.

    One of our most famous photographers had notes & hand written books, etc. about his photos.  But there was a major fire in his studio & lost it all. No way to identify any photo now.  Poor planning on his part.

    HS & LL were busy but I had time to visit with AP.  He is a cool guy!!

    On they way to my car I had a scary happening.  As I walked I got a cramp or lots of pain in my left ankle.  I could not walk at all!!  I sat down on a huge rock to rest.  It sort of quit eventually.  I was scared for a while.  Never happened before.  What next???

    Finally after lunch the clouds cleared & it got sunny  & warmer.  I was hoping for lots more rain.  JR thought my getting half an inch was great.  Not hardly.  Three to four inches would have been great.  Half an inch is a waste.  Does no good.  Not in a drought.  

    Small chance of rain for Mother's Day.  I could not care less.  I am no longer a mother except to my cats.  Not to kids or grandkids.  Just forgotten & left out.  Maybe stay home on sunday.  Who could care???  And no one anywhere realises how much I am hurting.  No one.

    Actually having coffee tomorrow with someone i know from town.  I have worked for her at the SVAFC.  Nice lady.  Be fun.    

    Got a huge box of cat food but no clue where to stash it.  Not outside.  The racoon would have a hey day with it!!!

    Sure is nice to have CBS back to watch and a great internet wifi.  Life is good.  At least that part is.  I was fighting tears on they way home.  Glad it passed.  Life is good & bad.  No one bothers to find out how I am.

Old old photo of the Oldl Mill.  Ran it through an app that can fix old photos.  Looks good!

Photo on my pc at work.

A pile of work I have completted.  Total of 4 boxes of photos.  There are 10 or so others not here.

Hermanos y amigos mios.

Brothers & my friends.  Mayito & Pepe.

Me at work today

Sale at the Red Barn years ago

Mom sipping on my martini at Ya Ya's in Wichita

Miss her now when I need her the most