Hello,
Frog, Loved the Christmas parade picture. I still find it amazing how well behaved your “youngster” horses are in situations like that:)!!!
Everything here is fine...getting ready for Christmas. In fact tonight we are making our ravioli for our Christmas Dinner. The Bixby Christmas parade was last night, I tried to get pictures of the horses, but they didn’t come out at all. But it was a good parade.
Life has been a bit tough lately, not necessarily because of the holidays, but it’s now just at a year that we found out what was wrong with Larry, and when he started really crashing. We’re trying to be cheerful for the holidays, tho, and they are providing some distraction.
Another stressor...they are predicting an ice storm starting tomorrow night thru Tues. I believe. That was something I was really dreading hoping it wouldn’t happen...of course it may not, you know weather men:). But I’m picking up some gas today, and getting the generator ready just in case. I don’t really think it could get as bad as it was last year ~crossing fingers~ :)
HEY - I’ve really been wondering about you... even tried to call you yesterday, but I have the business phone number on my caller ID, and when it went to Charlie on the voice mail I didn’t leave a message. Was going to try again when ecurbh got home (he had the cell phone where your other numbers are stored) but by then I was in wind storm worries and distracted.
So how’s that for excuses!
I know this time will be hard... Was hard for a number of years for me after losing my mom. We count on our comforts and family and husbands during those times, and it just never feels right without them. I know it would be very hard without mine, now that I have him. I do think it’s therapeutic to try to have a meaningful Christmas, including talking about how much Larry is missed as a big part of it. I hope there isn’t a feeling you shouldn’t talk about it, I know you should. Share good memories and stories, and laugh and cry, you know?
Gosh, I sure hope your ice storm is not too bad, if at all. That makes it all the more depressing that you were going through that last year too, on top of everything else. I hope you ~don’t~ have it bad, and are not alone up there on the mountain. I suppose you have to stay to take care of critters and such, but I hope you can get the kids to come help and keep you company too.
I sure wish Rocky had a good home by now so you could pack up the pooches and go to town, or your kid’s place, at least for the storm.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you don’t get the bad weather.
Are all the kids going to come over to help with the ravioli? That sounds so good :) - here it is always same old, turkey for Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas. I voted for lasagna this year but was overruled.
Praying for strength and comfort for you and the kids thru the holiday season, and maybe a miracle or two to put a smile on your face.
I’ve been absent for a long time here and am way behind, I’ll try to get caught up soon and active again. Al’s memorial is today and I’m trying to get myself together for that and then dinner for his kids this afternoon. I’m become a master at putting things off until the last minute and I’m taking a break from cleaning house and getting ready. My niece claims her mother and I are the same, clean for ten minutes, take a 1hr coffee break and then another 10 minutes cleaning :)
We had a dusting of snow last night but don’t have real bad weather coming in until tomorrow or Monday. Well, discounting the high winds last night but I slept though that.
May you have a blessed holiday season.
Hey! Great to hear from you. I’ve been thinking about you lately. I figured this would be a hard Christmas for you so I’m glad to hear you’re keeping yourself busy with the kids. Good idea about moving the celebrations to their house. Change is good to keep your mind off things.
I hope the ice storm passes you by. Those are never any fun, but even if it doesn’t it shouldn’t be as bad as last year, simply because there’s not as many tree limbs left to fall.