23 november, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

 

Thanksgiving

Name Day is Klemens

    I thought this was going to be a good day but I was wrong.   I got no sleep last night.   Legs ached & I could not lay still or comfortable.   I tried everything but nothing helped.   Probably the cold front getting close.   Plus I got some magnesium oil to put on before bed.   Think it made me restless.   And made my skin super dry.

    Nico was up more often.   I would almost get asleep & he wanted out.  No sleep.

    Lunch was ok,   I did good ignoring posts that would depress me.   Nico & I laid down to nap.   I suddenly had bad stomach pain..   No idea why, but I sure did not feel good.   I called JR to cancel eating out.   I feel so  bad,   I was looking forward to turkey, etc.   That was all I wanted,   One small thing but I cannot even have that.   I hated to cancel but knew I could not go out to eat..   Nico & I went back to napping,   We both slept sort of good on the sofa,   He laid close,   I am tired of feeling guilty,   Seems I always fail..

    Supper was only the blandest of foods.   So far so good.   Had low blood sugar before supper.   At least with that, I can take a couple of glucose tablets to feel normal.

    Nico had a rowdy moment.   Dumped my kitchen trash over.   Sheesh.   He had aplenty to eat.

    The snow is moving our way.   There is 12 inches forecast for Colorado.   I am in the 2 to 6 inch area.   The weathermen keep saying over & over that this is NOT a winter storm but they have all sorts of warning/warnings out already that they stressing..   It will either be a full blown blizzard or we will get nothing.   I am hoping for some snow.   And my boots & camera are ready to venture out in it!!

    We are not only getting snow but super cold temps.   Teens at night & very cold days.

    Photos are wintry, Christmas photos.   I like them.

                            

24 november, 2022 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    Had a good day.  Lots of memories floating around in my mind.  I am glad for all those who have a large group of family &/or friends for the holidays.  I do not begrudge them but am just sad of all I am missing that I used to have.  And I miss the me I used to be.  I will never be the same.  I lost Willie & that has really affected & changed me & my life.  I lost both of my kids plus 2 grandkids.  How & why I lost them is much worse than being without them.  Then 3 chronic diseases to deal with.  I miss family gatherings but that is life.  Things always change.  I almost cried once today but feel much better tonight.  I realise I am lucky just in different ways.

    I slept sort of well, just fell asleep late.  Tried to nap but woke up early.  But that was a good thing.  I got ready for supper & Nico & I sat outside with Cinder.  A nice moment I needed.  So did they.

    My brother, PM, & I ate at the Happy Swede that served a complete Thanksgiving meal.  My first photo is of it.  We all three agreed it was the best Thanksgiving meal we have ever had.  Perfect!  I had part of my food & part of JR's food to take home.  I will eat good this weekend!!  I am so thankful for those two men & just thinking of their friendship & spending the meal with them made me feel so good.  No more tears.  I do not need family that does not want me.  Their loss.

    There was a huge group in the next room.  No idea who they are.  They were there long before us & still there when we left.  They were all into a football game on the TV.  Fun!

    When I got home I shared a snack with Nico & Cinder.  Kisse does not like people food.  

    Lots of Christmas lights in town already.  Downtown is all white lights.  Time to capture photos.  I love Christmas lights.  I look forward to a special place in Salina.  Wish someone could drive me through.  I cannot take photos as there is too much traffic.  JR gets lots of good photos.  But I have no one to ask to drive me.  Willie used to drive us there.  Miss those times.

    Photos tonight are Thanksgiving photos.  None are mine except the first one.

                    

Sheltering in Place, Mood Of Silence, Day 256....

 No blog post today. It is a very bittersweet day for me. Two years ago my husband suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and was in a coma for almost a week before passing.

Photos are from today and 2 collages from 4 years ago. Family of one and family and a friend in the other.

Sheltering in Place, Mood Of Silence, Day 241......

 I had a busy and fun day. Even if I had to get up early!!! Today the former Fox Theater now the steifel Theater replaced the tower that was on the top of it from 1931. JR and I went to Salina and got food at Sonic and then found a parking spot where we could see and he could walk to it. It was exciting to see. The first photos I took were good but the last ones sucked. The sun was in my eyes. I could not see with or without glasses and they were all blurry. Damn. I posted a couple of the tower, one of me, and a trinket from Thailand. Also posted photos I edited.

I was tired and went home to nap. Then got JR again as this is our Jalisco night. It was pretty slow except for take out meals. Had time to chat with JS. And it was DG's birthday. MA came in for a minute. Good meal. Made me smile. JS had a couple of videos he shared. Funny.

Beautiful weather today. Pleasant and no wind. We were supposed to get rain on friday. BUT. Now it will miss most of Kansas. Glad they did not surprise me. I expected that.

Covid is totally of control. Wichita and the county it is so bad. They opened the schools, just allowed bars to stay open until 2am, opened restaurants. Well today they had 452 new cases. Yikes!! Glad my RA doctor did not want to see me this week. Debating what to do abaut schools, bars to close at 10 or 11, no dine in restaurants, no more than 15 people may gather anywhere. My county has changed too and we have up to 60 new cases daily. Masks all the time unless eating, no more than 15 in a gathering and no more than 6 sitting together in a restaurant. My church never opened up to sunday services. Another church has been open and seems like more cars every sunday. Interesting to see how many are there this sunday. Jalisco's is fine as they are. No one gets close. Only change is no putting tables together for big groups.

Thanksgiving is soon. JR and I have no where to go and no family to be with. We have sort of decided to get turkey sandwiches, pumpkin pie and cans of spray whipt cream!! I think we each will have our own can! And try not to have a food fight!! And we have a movie we will watch. Probably better than family. No stress.

Nico was less demanding tonight. Pleasant. He has a small spot on his nose near one eye that bleeds sometimes. Maybe the cat nailed him. I have heard either of them screech but no blood or anything broken. It must itch so he scratches and then it knocks the scab off and bleeds a tiny bit.