The first week of January I decided to brave the
world and get out to meet people and make friends, even if just casual friends (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-prize.html): I am by nature a lobo – a loner; Hubs was my best friend and my
entire world aside from 1 or 2 lifelong friends, who also passed years ago, and
my children/grandchildren – but he is not here now, and there must be at least
a few friends in my life until I eventually and inevitably join him. Our
children and grandchildren live hours and several States away; if I get sick or
fall and can’t get up, I would be comforted to know that there is at least 1 or
possibly 2 friends who will be stopping by or calling me weekly to see if I am
okay; a woman – especially a woman in her
Senior years – on her own, needs all the help she can get. And I am going to
be on my own from here on out. I did hear from Hub’s niece, Tiffany, this morning
that she will be checking in and dropping by; I am thankful and appreciative as
she does has nursing knowledge and medical skills if needed. You all know how I
feel about nursing homes, and THAT is where doctors and hospitals send Seniors
when they end up in their offices of hospitals for anything from a lingering
flu onset or a prolonged illness: I do not want that. So Tiffany’s offer to
help in that regard eases my mind considerably. Elohim will bless her for her
considerations. I am not helpless, but life does happen; and always expectantly.
And I decided also to switch things out and
rearranged the various rooms in our home. Hub’s son came up from Salem, Oregon
to help me transfer the recliner from the TV Room Alcove down the hall to the
livingroom; Hubs disconnected the TV service in October 2018 and I stopped
watching TV years ago, so the point of that room is pointless now – time to
switch things out. The hallway was tight, so we turned the recliner on its side
and dragged it into place:
We are not couch/sofa people. And everyone we know prefers recliners also. I have had couches and sofas … even a sectional sofa … but they were always passed by when a recliner was in the room too. So this time around, we just bought recliners; and it suits
The room that used to be the TV Room Alcove; it is now just another spare room. For the time being, bins are stacked and stored there while I continue switching things out, but eventually this room will be used as another spare bedroom for overnight guests, or a drying room for herbs and certain veggies after harvest. You can take a girl out of the country, but you can’t take country out of the girl ;-)
The sad thing is that we still have stuff in
boxes that has yet to be unpacked because 95% of the time we spent in this
house since buying it a year ago, was ate up with remodeling it and making it
the home we desired inside and outside to fit the life we lived – we had unpacked
only what we needed as we worked at creating our living space thinking
everything would be in its place and ready for the final unpacking/placement
inside this past Winter once the planter boxes and rain barrels were in place
outside: we had no idea what lay
ahead of us. I have been procrastinating with the unpacking of those boxes
and bins since Hubs graduated to a better and higher realm of living: but I really need to get to it, and just get it
done.
This morning, as soon as the dawn broke, I went
for a walk around the Park – about a mile
from our driveway and back – then I pulled the coffee table too from the TV
Room Alcove down the hall; and I’ll start my veggie/flower seeds here in the
sunny window to be transferred to the planter box beds come Spring gardening
season …
River fog looks really close, but it is actually a mile or so away on the river beyond the back highway.
It is drizzling now with faint sunshine at 38-degrees
outside, and I am working on crochet lapghans to be donated to the local hospital
cancer ward – it’s the least I could do since the hospital paid all of Hub’s medical bills. From where I sit, in my
recliner, our home looks very cozy and inviting …
Hubs would have liked this view of the warm & inviting fireplace, from his recliner too. I am sure he is now smiling as he looks down from Heaven and sees the cozy changes: knowing that I will continue with the life we planned as if he were still with me ;-)
And now I have to get busy and get the Christmas
stuff pulled and stored; I didn't get much put out this year because I wasn't feeling very festive, but now it really has to be taken down ... even the 12 days of Christmas has come to an official end. LOL
