Two Celebrations

I took a bloggy-break the past few days. Just a quick post tonight to get back into it.

Sunday (two days ago) was Mother's Day. Mom and I celebrated by eating chocolate chip cookies that I brought. She ate her whole cookie and then started on mine! When she picked up the final piece of the cookie, she took a bite, looked at me, and then handed it to me as her eyes asked, "Do you want this?" I thought that was sweet, and I did eat it. 🍪 I also brought her a jello cup, which she enjoyed.

Saturday (three days ago) we celebrated the life of our friend Dick. It was a lovely service. Lew spoke for a couple minutes about their friendship, and he did a nice job. Lots of people attended the service, so we had a busy afternoon of fellowship. We were pretty tired by the end of the day. We will both miss our wonderful friend.

Today is the middle of May! Fifteen days of May before today and fifteen more days after. Enjoy!

Dad 669: Talking Tall Tales

(Dad writes today. I wonder how he really feels about things, ha ha! ~ Tracy)

Derf Here! We sure have had some nice weather the last week. The only rain for this week is expected on Friday. Other than that, I guess we will have good weather through next Monday.

I have spent a lot of today watching news about the President's family. All should watch this, especially the mainstream media. (Get rid of the mainstream media.)

I'm now watching Biden cussing out the Republican party.

I'm now not listening to Biden as he still is not talking about the truth. When Biden is speaking, his tales are not quite honest. That is the way I see it. I'm done!

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!

Normalcy

I have been thinking non-stop about our friend Dick and his grieving family and friends. It's like a computer program running in the background that's taking up all of the working memory.

I was, however, able to have a couple days of "normalcy" by going to work yesterday and today. I put in a total of 17 hours and accomplished much more than I thought I would.

One day at a time.

Best Friends Forever

My husband lost his dearest friend, Dick, yesterday. His passing was unexpected and we are still feeling somewhat numb.

Dick and his wife, Carole, were our Saturday morning breakfast buddies. Dick and Lew also met with two other retired guys midweek for their "old man's breakfast."

Dick and Lew went Christmas shopping together every year, albeit in recent years their "shopping" day was more about where to eat breakfast and lunch! They played golf together. They went to movies together. They did household improvement tasks together. They cherished their status as BFFs.

We grieve for our loss, but we rejoice with Dick who is now with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So — although we will miss you for now, Dick — we WILL see you later.

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of knowing this great man.

Another May Birthday

Today is my cousin Wendy's birthday.  She is almost a whole year older than I am.  (A year minus three days older, to be exact.)

Wendy is our family's Prayer Warrior.

I received a birthday card from her today.  I sent one to her earlier in the week.  We've always enjoyed celebrating our close-to-mutual birthdays.

Happy Birthday to you, dear Wendy!

💕

Dad 668: The Regular Schedule

(Dad writes today! It is pouring outside right now. ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another cloudy, damp day with possible showers in the Northeast. We have had a very poor month of weather. The prediction seems to favor similar weather for the next couple days. The experts are predicting a fairly good Mother's Day weekend. Perhaps our weather pattern is going to change and it will be a pattern for the better. Let's hope so.

 

It seems that Lew and Tracy are now on the positive side of their sickness. They both are getting back to normal. We are quite happy, and hopefully they will continue their productive direction. We'll take it!

 

Our regular schedule for visiting Mary Lou will now resume with Tracy getting back to her daily visits. She will be followed by me to finish the afternoon. Our visits are helping (I think) to keep Mary Lou's spirits up.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Birthday Photos

I had a very nice birthday yesterday!

I went to work for a few hours. One of my colleagues brought me these lovely flowers.

Lew made cheese nachos for my birthday dinner...

... and he bought a Triple Chocolate Cake!

 

As for a picture of me on my birthday? I have only one!

Yes, I left work mid-afternoon and stopped to visit Mom. I hadn't been to see her for a couple weeks due to the bad cold I had, but I am now well enough to visit. Dad was there, too, so the three of us had a nice time chatting about my new status of being 60 years old.

Happy May to all!