I am here with my dear sweet niece Heidi. She is winding down and soon will go to her heavenly home. It is hard and also a blessing to be at her side. I wish I could trade places with her as my life is close to its end and she still has so much ahead of her with three wonderful grandchildren now and maybe more to come. Two wonderful children and a very loving significant other. We spent the day looking at pictures of her life and that possibly we can use to in the future at her memorial service.
My blog will suffer again as my mind and heart are only with her right now.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
7/27 Mon
I have been so lax in posting this summer. It has been another summer in the northwest. One of mixed emotions. Working at the fairgrounds has been a mixed blessing. We have learned what kind of work we want, what we can do and how involved we want to get. They definitely have gotten more out of us than we did them. We have done lots of work on the fairgrounds and it has created pride getting the old fairgrounds in shape again. It had been neglected for almost 2 years and it is near and dear to our hearts so our community service was good for us. We got free lodging but sewage dumping was a pain, internet was a pain, managing campers for a while was a pain as they have a problem with the homeless. Things were better by the end as things were put in place to reduce vandalism and encourage good campers to come. I didn't take before and after pictures of the work I did and should have as no one realizes how much I did. I did most of the gardening, pruning, fixing flower beds, trimming, and that kind of work. It was hard physical work and the weather was in the 80-90's and with little shade but it helped me get in shape and lose a little weight. I cleaned bathrooms(lots) daily and got them finally in a nice state that got lots of kudos. Leroy took care of the campgrounds, did maintenance work, worked with the maintenance man and did garbage. We did painting and supervised a few 4 h work parties. We watched a lot of horse shows, mostly 4h but that was fun but very dusty. We didn't get together with anyone it seemed, and went out to eat only a few times. We were exhausted by the end of the day and flopped into bed and never did much else of anything. We tried to clean out our storage but didn't even get enough time for that and had a garage sale at the pole barn on the fairgrounds during chochokam (the citywide craft/art doings). We didn't even get to walk on the trails again. I only got a few times in at the boxing gym with my trainer (though she said I hadn't lost anything and came back in pretty good shape) and I got a month in with a trainer that had a gym at the fairgrounds which really helped my strength training and back issues. Even Leroy got something out of a few sessions with him. I didn't get to see my friend Bobbies house as I had planned or see the new Waif building. My friend Donna retired and we got no time together hardly as she ended up with pleurisy and blood clots in her lungs (the other way around) and she had a houseful of company all summer so we saw very little of each other. I didn't get any sewing done and Iris still had so much trouble with her gut and then was spayed that we didn't even get in any dog shows. I barely saw my little Annie either.
Now I am in Minnesota. I left WA quickly as my niece is ill and I needed to come to be with her. She has been ill for quite a while but this may be the end of the battle. I helped raise her when she was tiny as we all lived together for a time and I was quite active in their lives. Anyhow she is like a dau to me and watching her in pain is very hard. She has a darling dau and son who are adults and she has three sweet grandchildren. She is a person who has always done for others and doesn't realize how important she is to others. She has a devoted significant other who is doing a nice job taking care of her.
Leroy is wrapping things up in WA and will be headed east soon. He is trying to finish up some work with the car and the rv so he is busy. He would like to be in Sturgis for the rally as it is the 75th and since he was born and raised there and is 70 he has been around for most of all of them. The guy that started the rally sold him his first motorcycle. Our goal was to still be around and go for the 100th in a three wheeler, but that is stretching it a bit. I would be 93 and he 98, Can't you just picture that?
He will then come here or come here sooner should he need to and we will decide what to do after that.
The fairgrounds wants us back but not sure am ready to get involved in that more than we already have.
All for now.
Now I am in Minnesota. I left WA quickly as my niece is ill and I needed to come to be with her. She has been ill for quite a while but this may be the end of the battle. I helped raise her when she was tiny as we all lived together for a time and I was quite active in their lives. Anyhow she is like a dau to me and watching her in pain is very hard. She has a darling dau and son who are adults and she has three sweet grandchildren. She is a person who has always done for others and doesn't realize how important she is to others. She has a devoted significant other who is doing a nice job taking care of her.
Leroy is wrapping things up in WA and will be headed east soon. He is trying to finish up some work with the car and the rv so he is busy. He would like to be in Sturgis for the rally as it is the 75th and since he was born and raised there and is 70 he has been around for most of all of them. The guy that started the rally sold him his first motorcycle. Our goal was to still be around and go for the 100th in a three wheeler, but that is stretching it a bit. I would be 93 and he 98, Can't you just picture that?
He will then come here or come here sooner should he need to and we will decide what to do after that.
The fairgrounds wants us back but not sure am ready to get involved in that more than we already have.
All for now.
7/27 Mon
Well, I tried this on firefox and couldn't get it to work so will try on explorer and see if it posts
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