Back, again.......

Back again…

Sorry, to those of you who read my general ramblings on a regular basis, I have been very bad about writing.  I have been in a rough spot for the last couple of weeks.  This time of year, for me, besides just being winter is the anniversary of the death of my husband two years ago.  While I think I am doing well, it still brings me down a notch or two from where I had gotten to in my grief journey.  But I have gotten through it, it is now behind me for another year and I am back on my journey and doing well.

I have abandoned the Farmer’s Almanac project.  I have been keeping track, without writing about it.  Let us just say, that the estimates in the book are just guesses based on historical data.  They are close, but for the most part, wrong.  So we will move on to other things.

I love my two bestest friends.  Marji and Debby came over Monday.  I was not expecting them.  I had been trying to stay busy all day.  At 4:30 PM, my back doorbell rang and I saw Debby’s smiling face.  She was still taking her coat off when the bell rang again, and there was Marji.  They had decided between them that I was not going to be alone that night.  So they came in and we did some reminiscing and a lot of laughing about the goofy things we have done over the years and it was a wonderful way to get beyond a day that had brought such sadness two years before.  And both of them were there that day, too.  I really cannot thank them enough for knowing what I was going to need and being there for me.

I am digging out from under the many boxes and bags of ‘stuff’ from Maryland.  Some days I make strides in the process.  Others, not so much.  I am running out of space.  Danny brought up the last pieces of furniture that I was keeping.  The sewing machine table and the large cutting table are in the basement.  The four-drawer chest that was in the dining room in Maryland is now in the dining room here.  They came here with all crap from Maryland.  That stuff is gone and I am filling the drawers with fabric, patterns and thread so I can get rid of the storage bins I have stuffed in the corners.  So, I am making progress.

So, I am doing well.  I will try  to do better at writing.