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Monday, February 27, 2023 7:33 PM
BRENDA
Monday, February 27, 2023 7:34 PM
Monday, February 27, 2023 9:20 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I was sad when my g'mas house was sold, and no matter how long I stay away, visiting the family house still feels like home.
Quote:I think your aunt will be happy with her newfound freedom but she'd better find a hobby and/or some friends to fill up her time. She sounds like a sociable person who is used to company.
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Yeah, the missing part can take longer to come up. This is going to be a big adjustment for your aunt though. But having you around to help her will ease her mind.
Monday, February 27, 2023 11:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I was sad when my g'mas house was sold, and no matter how long I stay away, visiting the family house still feels like home. Yeah... When I was pretty gung-ho about getting stuff out of the house the other day, I decided against disturbing anything in the livingroom where I knew we'd be talking to the guy about arrangements yesterday. I didn't want to take that feeling of "home" away from them with what might be the last time they all sit together in the house. I'm going to be starting to clear out furniture tomorrow, and now that the hospice stuff is out of the dining room I can start pulling anything that's still left for them to sort through all in one room for them to make decisions before I throw it away or take it to Goodwill. There's no sense in prolonging any of those nostalgia feelings now. I know that they're all grateful to me for being the one to go through all of it so they didn't have to look through it themselves and get all emotional. I'm very thorough and have saved any pictures and anything else that would have any sentimental (and/or cash) value. I hope everybody who wants to can take a little piece of her with them over the next week or two before it's all cleared out. Quote:I think your aunt will be happy with her newfound freedom but she'd better find a hobby and/or some friends to fill up her time. She sounds like a sociable person who is used to company.
Monday, February 27, 2023 11:37 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:27 AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:30 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 2:12 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Well........ I was about to say that I think we're done with the snow around here this year. But then I had to look. It was almost 60 yesterday. It will be 49 today, 59 tomorrow, and it doesn't appear that we're due to see a high lower than 36 for the rest of winter. But Friday night it's dipping to 27 degrees and they're saying we're going to get 6 to 10 inches on Friday night. If that's true, that might be more snow in one night than we got all winter here all bundled into a couple of hours. What a way to top off a wild winter. -------------------------------------------------- Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 2:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: More snow for my area SIX and I got a dental appointment. So I am heading out early to make sure I can get a bus to get there.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 2:18 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: More snow for my area SIX and I got a dental appointment. So I am heading out early to make sure I can get a bus to get there.And a belated Merry Christmas to you too. Is there any way you can cut your walk short? ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4:32 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4:33 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:19 PM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:22 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Back and in. My dental appointment was cancelled due to the fact that the dentist couldn't get into the office. So mild kerfuffle there. Pharmacy was short on my seizure meds so will have to make another trip to them. It was rain mixed with snow while I was out and now that I am in the sun is out. So some of the snow will melt.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:47 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Back and in. My dental appointment was cancelled due to the fact that the dentist couldn't get into the office. So mild kerfuffle there. Pharmacy was short on my seizure meds so will have to make another trip to them. It was rain mixed with snow while I was out and now that I am in the sun is out. So some of the snow will melt. oh that is frustrating! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:20 AM
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 11:20 AM
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:56 PM
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Thursday, March 2, 2023 5:26 PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023 10:10 PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:30 PM
Friday, March 3, 2023 8:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I'm glad for the time you are getting with your aunt and your dad, SIX. That's what's important now.
Friday, March 3, 2023 12:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I'm glad for the time you are getting with your aunt and your dad, SIX. That's what's important now. Yeah. Everything will be alright. I feel like I haven't properly grieved Grams yet. Maybe there isn't any such thing as proper. I was a lot more emotional when my other Grandmother died, but that happened right in the middle of the worst of my drinking and I didn't even go and see her before she died. Maybe a lot of that was more about me and my guilt. I dunno. I've also been keeping myself so busy. Except for my aunt throwing things to the curb after they were out in the garage and helping me move a few of the larger pieces last year, her kids haven't had to worry about clearing any of the junk out. I told my aunt and uncle yesterday that I'm finally finishing the job that my deceased uncle and I started when I was just a kid when we cleared out a room in the basement and collected a bunch of scrap metal in the garage and got 87 bucks for it. My buddy and his family are going down to Florida for 10 days next week. I'll be over there patching up his daughter's room and getting it painted for her before they come back. After that, unless it warms up here again, I'm going to have little on my plate for a while. It will probably hit me when I can't call Grams then. -------------------------------------------------- Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Friday, March 3, 2023 12:05 PM
Friday, March 3, 2023 12:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: There is no proper way to grieve. It is individual to each person. Take it from someone whose done a fair amount of it. Busy can be good to help deal with things. It's a coping mechanism. Helping friends is good as well. It most likely will. I had that happen when my favourite aunt died. I wanted to talk to her then I remembered that she was gone. It was awful.
Friday, March 3, 2023 3:43 PM
Friday, March 3, 2023 4:26 PM
Friday, March 3, 2023 4:27 PM
Friday, March 3, 2023 4:29 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: There is no proper way to grieve. It is individual to each person. Take it from someone whose done a fair amount of it. Busy can be good to help deal with things. It's a coping mechanism. Helping friends is good as well. It most likely will. I had that happen when my favourite aunt died. I wanted to talk to her then I remembered that she was gone. It was awful. Yeah. It's hard for me to get motivated getting my own house in order right now since I kind of have to do a tandem house/garage re-org and it's cold and snowing at the moment. It will be a lot better on Monday when it's warm and everything melts. I felt a bit of it this morning. I talked to my dad for a while, but he's not much of a phone talker and we just spent a lot of time together just yesterday. My aunt and friends are all working right now. I wanted to call Grams, but yanno... Didn't get emotional about it yet. Don't know how that's going to effect me going forward, really. I did have that good cry while she was still alive. Maybe that's all there's going to be. It's different this time than with my other Grandma because I was there through almost all of it and I know it was a relief for her and everybody else when she finally passed, and I've been spending so much time and energy helping everyone else out so far that I haven't had any time to really process it while it was still "new". It's kind of shocking to think that it's only been 6 days right now. It feels like 2 weeks have passed already since she's been gone. It's not like I don't have a ton of stuff to do here today and many, many days going forward. I just wonder where my energy and enthusiasm to work goes when I get back home. I was so amped up I could hardly sit still the last 3 days of helping over there, but now that I've home I've hardly done anything but a bit of paperwork since I've been up 4 hours ago. I'm glad spring's coming. Warmer weather and sun always makes me feel better. -------------------------------------------------- Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Friday, March 3, 2023 9:39 PM
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Saturday, March 4, 2023 1:09 PM
Saturday, March 4, 2023 3:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Off to get my laundry done then a walk in the rain.
Saturday, March 4, 2023 5:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Off to get my laundry done then a walk in the rain. Laundry, positive step. Walk in the rain? Not so fun. I'm heading out to do some yardwork while it's cool and I can crank up the motivation. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Saturday, March 4, 2023 5:42 PM
Sunday, March 5, 2023 1:36 PM
Sunday, March 5, 2023 1:57 PM
Sunday, March 5, 2023 2:57 PM
Sunday, March 5, 2023 7:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Trying to get published ..that's quite a process, isn't it? And here I was, think you just typed it up, sent it in and crossed your fingers. Heh! What do I know?? ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Sunday, March 5, 2023 9:22 PM
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Monday, March 6, 2023 1:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: SIX, I get tired just reading your posts. You're like the Energizer Bunny.
Monday, March 6, 2023 1:17 PM
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