granmarl

11 hours ago, meatball_nyc said:

Hi Tribe. 

My sister passed away thursday morning in her sleep. Bless her. 

 

I haven’t kept up but will try to. My youngest son tested positive 

for covid. I Got tested today. Negative. He’s in isolation downstairs in the basement. Told him to get the vaccine. Didn’t want to listen. 

 

Balls!!!!!

I’m drinking wine. This sucks. 

Very sorry to hear about your sister, she is free of pain but the ones left behind the grieving lingers. Peace to you and hope your son will listen to his Mama now and he's on the mend soon.

1 hour ago, kpark895 said:

And one of my son walking me to my seat:

 

Lovely pictures,  congratulations to the happy couple and Mom.

Welcome back Sid. Sorry you had good news and bad news same day. Sucks about your cruise.  Makes you wonder why some cruises are sailing and some not,  especially when virgin is adult only. Not like there will be unvaccinated children on board.

Sorry for all the repeats, it would let me delete when I forgot to add the picture. 

1 minute ago, granmarl said:

This is so true.... I am alone now after being with my husband for 53 years, knew each other 3 years before we were married and almost reached our 50th anniversary,  shy by 6 months. That was a tough cruise I had to cancel. But life is too short and after 2 years of him being gone, its been a rocky road. The song "1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do" it's true but life is for the living and you have to love and appreciate what we have right now..... a milestone birthday is his tomorrow and I'm throwing him a birthday party in his honor and family and friends, we will laugh and cry and I  know he'll be smiling down on us... peace out.

Forgot to add the picture. Lol

Just now, granmarl said:

This is so true.... I am alone now after being with my husband for 53 years, knew each other 3 years before we were married and almost reached our 50th anniversary,  shy by 6 months. That was a tough cruise I had to cancel. But life is too short and after 2 years of him being gone, its been a rocky road. The song "1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do" it's true but life is for the living and you have to love and appreciate what we have right now..... a milestone birthday is his tomorrow and I'm throwing him a birthday party in his honor and family and friends, we will laugh and cry and I  know he'll be smiling down on us... peace out.

This is so true.... I am alone now after being with my husband for 53 years, knew each other 3 years before we were married and almost reached our 50th anniversary,  shy by 6 months. That was a tough cruise I had to cancel. But life is too short and after 2 years of him being gone, its been a rocky road. The song "1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do" it's true but life is for the living and you have to love and appreciate what we have right now..... a milestone birthday is his tomorrow and I'm throwing him a birthday party in his honor and family and friends, we will laugh and cry and I  know he'll be smiling down on us... peace out.

This is grand, now I have 2 bookmarks to follow plus the other place. This group is very resourceful. Where there's a will, there's a way......

So glad this was posted you know where. Been checking here off and on today and here it is.... even though I  haven't posted in a very long time I have always checked in and this group has always put a smile on my face.

1 hour ago, jbhcw said:

another thank you to all the tribe for the kind words...prayers....It was an absolutely beautiful day...I take consolation in that...Service was live streamed which they are doing now...and glad I decided to do it so family in Mass...Mexico..and people who were not able to come could watch.  I think I am doing nothing today except piddle around here...and do some thinking and reflecting....I have two wonderful sons who helped me so much...plus my brother...and his wife...plus some awesome friends...I am blessed in so many ways...and I have to remember that...Again thanks to you all....

For me its been 16 months and there are days it seems like day one..... keeping busy helps and try to stay in routine but also take time for yourself and if you need to just sit down and cry, just cry........ One foot in front of the other and one day at a time, that's all we can do.  Stay strong and safe.

jbhcw, so very sorry about the passing of Frank. The love you shared with him will live on with you forever. Hold on to that in the coming weeks, months, etc. 

Enough already......... between covid-19, the fires and now an earthquake shook the house and woke me up. At least I still have the car packed for the fires.......

54 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

So Vancouver now tops the list for worst air quality in the world due to the fires south of us. It is so smoky and hard to breathe outside. I can't even imagine what it must be like for folks actually in the area of the fires!

 

 

The smoke is so thick outside and even inside I can taste the smoke. 

3 hours ago, luvcruzing said:

Are we all holding our breaths waiting for news from the West Coast Tribe - hoping it’s good?

We seem to be in a holding pattern. The winds did not materialize like they thought they would, not to say they won't come back.  I was out back at 5:00 AM and you can see the ridge of the mountain all a glow in the dark and the smoke and haze are just awful.  They are saying this fire could go on till mid October.............. I do worry about mopedmom1 as the devastation in Oregon is just heartbreaking with towns totally gone.

@mopedmom1, so sorry you have to go through this, especially being so far away. Prayers for you and your house is spared.......... my car is finally packed and ready to go on a moments notice. Strong smell fire in the air this morning and the winds are suppose to pick up today...... also  I know bittersweet  but Happy Birthday. 

Now been told to gather up what I can and be on alert to evacuate at a moments notice. We are expecting winds tomorrow and that won't be good. The mountain behind me haven't  burned in 40 years so its ripe for the pickings..... i remember 40 years ago they were on fire and we sat on our roof with a hose to catch the embers.  I have a dirt bike trail behind my house and than a wash and than those million dollar homes.  So there is a break....... whatelse does 2020 throw at me....... 

34 minutes ago, luvcruzing said:

Doesn’t seem very far away to me.

Not good news as far as fire but good news it has turned away from homes and there are million dollar homes above me. I just hate to think of all the critters in harms way. 

1 hour ago, fyree39 said:

I couldn't tell you have far the nearest fire is. We have very fine ash, whatever can float a hundred miles. I'm so tired of it.

This is about 2 miles from us and as long as the winds don't sift should be ok.  I did hear above us there may be possible voluntary evacuations.

2 hours ago, fyree39 said:

The smoke is so bad it's like we're living on Mars. Everything has an orange caste.

 

 

Its snowing ash in our front yard, back yard all over the cars. The Bobcat fire is not directly behind us, we have a mountain separating us but close enough with all the ash and orange sky. And it's 0 contained......

1 hour ago, sid_9169 said:

No matter what happens with my housing search, I definitely can't stay here, so I started packing up my CD collection...

 

The real estate guy sent me some links to available properties, but most of them were closer to my upper limit... I need to try and keep it well under what they're willing to lend me, as who knows what could happen in the future...

 

 

Sid, I know i haven't bought a house in  a very long time but are realtors looking at their commission or whats doable for you.? Due your due diligence and what affordable for you. I honestly hope you find what's best for you and don't settle. There is something out there for you.

1 hour ago, fyree39 said:

 

 

In the early aughts I got into ink, sort of, and starting to think about some piercings in various places. I ended up with only one tat and no extra piercings, but the urge sure was there for a few years.

When my husband passed I got my 1st tattoo.

36 minutes ago, mopedmom1 said:

 

The trip is going well.  So much nature all around. A good place to do some healing.

 

This moose is right off the deck 10 feet away. Eagles, loons, and Sand Hill cranes are all nearby. The inlet is a five minute drive away. 

 

That absolutely looks like the perfect place for healing. May it give you peace and inner strength.............

26 minutes ago, deedle7544 said:

#nopineapplepizzaever

Hence the 2 bottles of wine, go with anything!!!!

2 hours ago, blarko said:

I had chicken tenders

My neighbor texted me, he had an extra pepperoni and pineapple pizza from domino's.  Thought he's not a domino's kind of guy but come to find out the delivery person came to the wrong house and told him to keep them......free.... so scored dinner.....otherwise would have been cheese and crackers. And of course 2 bottles of wine later, guess I'm bad being its only meeee.......

14 hours ago, mopedmom1 said:

Today was Ralph's birthday as well.

 

I hope you get a new key cut soon! Lol

mopedmon1 another 1st. Happy heavenly birthday Ralph. Wednesday was my husband Gene's birthday, it was the 2nd one without him and to be honest I don't even remember the 1st one, I probably sedated myself........crusier 147147, happy to hear all went well with the procedure Thursday. Now get your strength for the next round........... Sid_9169, my friend is a distributor for CBD. Funny story, my granddaughter and her boy friend were going to start a CBD farm. Glad it never got off the ground as they broke up...........