09/2025 - Miércoles the 03rd- MY JOURNEY

Today's Name Day:  Anita, Annette, Tord, Turid

My first daughter-in-law was Anita.  She was the best.  I miss her & think of her often.  Mom had a friend Annette.  Every card she sent to people had a tatted flower in it.  Lovely.

    I did not blog last night as I was too tired.  Had a board meeting at 6pm then a program.  I stayed for it and some treats afterward.  I do not fit in most of the time but a sweet lady sat with me.  Nice not to sit alone.  I enjoyed visiting with her.  Did not get home until 9pm.  I just did my spanish lesson. Then I was done!!  💤

    Today I did nothing.  Had rain late morning.  Had water over my driveway so somewhere west of me there was more rain than I had.  The little creek that goes through our pastures doesn't even have a name.  No idea where it starts or where it ends.  There is not a large culvert in my drive so the water backs up & floods my drive.  Does not happen very often.  Did not amount of much today but I was afraid to leave & have it rain more & then I would have trouble getting home.

    The weather is playing havoc with my back.  Sure gets old.

    Yesterday MM & I had lunch out.  And he had a couple of nice gifts from me from he trip to Manhattan.  He is the beset.  He worries about me. 

    A bit warmer today.  I rested.  Cinder was near me all afternoon.  She is a blessing.  Kisse stays near me also but she is not a cuddler.  Sometimes in bed she will sniggle.

    I use a stylus on my iphone.  I have two of them.  one won't charge anymore.  The other works but not properly.  Ordered a new one.  Hard to find one that I want.  They all now have a weird end.  Don't like them.

    No plans tomorrow.  Lunch out got cancelled & JR is too busy to eat with me.  A day at home.

    What a mess our country is.  Two shootings today.  One a conservative who supports no gun laws & is now dead.  The other kids in Colorado.  And most of our government refuses to talk about what to do.

    Photos are a mix of whatever I like.

                                                    

 

09/2025 - Lunes the 01st - JOURNEY

 

Nice bouquet last week at the SVAFC.  It was beautiful.  I took lots of photos of it.  Sharing them today.  Not sure who brought them in.  Still looked ok yesterday.  No flowers blooming near my farm.  Thanks

to the drought.

Today's Name Day:  Sam, Samuel

Have a cousin named Sam or Samuel.  

    Just home resting.  Less pain, sort of.  Trash day tomorrow but I cannot move/lift anything.  Cannot ask anyone.  People are too busy.  And, of course, no one who could help offers me support.  Nice to be cared about. HA.  😞. Never dreamed I would be so alone & abandoned.  Life sucks.

    Short email from one friend.  Several texts/fotos from MM.  Good to see him with family & friends.  Warms my heart.

    Cloudy, temps in the 70s, maybe rain later.

    Not much to say.  Really hard to blog with Cinder curled on my chest.  😸. Photos a mix.

           

Very coolll home in Sweden.  Love this.

Two of my favorite graves in McPherson. Kansas

                                      

07/2025 - Viernes the 25th - JOURNEY

 

Great rooster in a yard in town.  Love him!

Today's Name Day:  Jakob

Known several Jacobs.

    I cancelled today as soon as I woke up.  Health issues.  I hate to miss work & eating out but. I have done what I can do today.  Which is mostly nothing.  Got support from MM.

    We had thunderstorms last night.  Lasted all night until this morning.  I got next to nothing.  Lindsborg got much more than me.  Marquette got a lot more than me.  Same as always.  Rain forcast for tonight.  Yeah Right.  It did stay cooler today & cloudy.  Ends this weekend,  Of course.  Back under the dome of heat.  🔥

    No plans for tomorrow.  Plans on sunday.  I hope.  I know I have to meet with MM.

    Cool photo from CW.  Loved it.  Lucky him.  Plus he loved a video I posted.  So did MM.  Nice.

    Photos are mostly flowers.

Cousin's kitchen window in Järvsö Sweden.  We ate breakfast here every day.  Heaven on earth.

Dreaming!!

07/2025 - Jueves the 24th - JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Kerstin, Kristina

Have known several ladies with these names.

    Poor sleep last night.  I cancelled part of my day from being tired.

    Had a small rain shower.  I got 0.09".  Not enough to write home about!  Tonight heavy rains, flooding, etc. are forecast.  One of my apps say it will start around 11pm.  There are clouds out there.  It stayed mostly cloudy today but the air was overwhelming.  I never get used to it.

    The ponds here are all full.  Look good but if I get several inches of rain my driveway could be under water part of tomorrow.  I never drive through it.  I thought years ago I could.  When the water went down there was a huge log in my drive.  Could have damaged my car driving over it.  I just do not do it.

    Saw my eye doctor today.  There was a young man in the office running errands, etc.  He came in my exam room to move the chair into the correct position.  When he talked he sounded exactly like his dad, my doctor.  Nice guy!!

    My exam went ok.  Big improvement since my lazer treatment. But still cannot see good.  Probably never will.  He chose to make no changes to my glasses.  I see sort of ok IF my glasses can stay in place properly.  No matter how many times I have my glasses adjusted it is never right for me.  Nose pads on my glasses help the best.

    When I got home I took a much needed nap.  The kids had missed me & joined in.

    I know more than one person who thinks if I am running around & doing stuff I am ok,  I am never ok.  I am always in pain.  Always.  People just cannot understand.  And assume.

    Cats aren't eating as much as usual.  Maybe the weather is affecting them in the house.  They seem normal in all other ways.

    Cinder was looking out her window.  Staring at something.  And she was making quiet little sounds.  I feel guilty not letting her outside anymore.  Has she forgotten how scared she was?  I just cannot let her out.  Too many dangerous things around here.  What scared her is probably still here.  We used to leave Nico outside all day on a super long leash, in the shade.  No way would I do that now.

    I found some microwave spaghetti on Amazon.  Heat it for one minute.  It was pretty good.  I am out of sauce so just used a tiny bit of butter, salt, & cheese.  It was ok.  Fast & easy.

    Photos are almost all flowers.  Found some new ones today.  A video from Sweden of flowers helped me add some new ones.