Wow! a wedding--how time flies. Congratulations!

I plan to move down south sometime. I have already called a moving company for estimate.

You would not believe what I have sold. I cleared out one entire room and 80% of another (and that one is a BIG room).

I talk to him to the point which he may wish I'd stop!

Meantime, I clean, sell, donate....

And Julie thanks for the cupcake!

We had Mike's Celebration of Life and what a party it was. Catered BBQ, chocolate chip cookies, and Mike's band played the songs he loved. I had 21 family members there with FOUR generations! I gave kids, grandkids and great grands things that belonged to Papa. The plan is to move to North GA.

Reen had written me about Gil. He fought a hard fight! He was a very nice man. I loved visiting them.

Right now I am in my downstairs while a huge thunderstorm is overhead.

I have to decide what I will take with me. I have sold so much, this big living room is empty except for a couch, rocking chair and steamer trunk full of photos.

I don't know what the future holds. I sure miss my partner in goofyness.

I was taken to Georgia by my kids to look at neighborhoods, and the military cemetery, and then to Jekyll Island where we spent our 25th anniversary. Perfect weather for it!

I have hired night nurses. Kids are coming and going. I think he still knows me but is back in he 1950s in his mind.

Shelly this could be so many things. Please see the doctor. Could be vitamins, cardiac, anything. I hope you get help with it.

I pray I can get respite for myself. The whole idea is not to kill me in the process.

Thanks, everyone.

I wanted to do a dinner Christmas Day but will instead have dessert and coffee, and a toast with anyone's choice of drink at 1 PM Central time to all who for whatever reason are not with us. Please join in! We will also do a zoom with family.

Mike appears to be improving. I know I have to figure out where we will live. My house is nowhere ready for market. However I have sold a ton of things and it's fairly cleared out. My plan is to whenever I do sell, we leave behind whatever we aren't going to take for a big sale, held by someone else!

Mike has fetched up with some worrying symptoms, very similar to when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. I am hoping that it will just require a medicine change. Neurologists have been advised but no appointment yet. He has outlived his diagnosis of Lewy Body dementia by a year so I pray this is not the beginning of late stage.

I am not doing "old" very gracefully.

It seems as soon as I fix one thing for him another thing happens. There is so much to organize just to get to appointments. I did get my COVID shot and will get flu for both of us this week.

He is able to socialize still so this week we went to a nice dinner with 20-plus friends and he had a very good time. It's walking distance from our house but t was after dark so we drove.

I am selling vintage costume jewelry for a very nice woman who is donating all proceeds to Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center. I have made over $300 for her but am at the end of that, just some necklaces and brooches left.

I just saw that ALL my FB Marketplace posts have only the "boost listing" (for $$$) edit available so I can no longer renew them. I have contacted FB three times for help. They did this without my permission and the "boost listing" edit button is off.

Mike is progressing in his Parkinson's and dementia and we have an appointment at Neurology next week. I am trying to figure out what is our best option living wise. Wish there was a fabulous senior living option that was within our financial capabilities.

Looks like I missed some birthdays!

I have sold so much I have whole shelves in closets completely bare. However the spammers and scammers are out there. Usually they insist on mobile apps for payment, and when I ask for cash they vanish like the wind.

It's good that some of us are still here to offer comfort. Such a sad time.

This week I have sold so much. A few things made me sad. Not many though.

I have Shelly's email, will touch base with her.

After some brutal heat and 9" of rain, we now have reasonable weather at last (low 80s).

I have sold so much stuff we have an echo here. I am actually selling my old Fire-King.

Nice new road, Carl!!

Carl, good going on your new road. I think the state of Missouri owes me a front end alignment. And the garden sounds wonderful. I have a window herb garden and it seemed to have crop failure till I oved the whole thing outside. Then it went wild.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. We had the whole gang here yesterday and had a sudden, unforecast wild storm with high winds. The charcoal on the grill went out so we cooked inside.

Mike has had a tooth extracted so today he gets scrambled eggs, ice cream, pudding. I am eating yesterday's leftovers.

I thought I was going to be 76, what a bummer.

Good news is I've sold close to $700 worth of things I found behind furniture, in the backs of drawers, etc. Astounding! I even sold the ruby bud vase. Working on a stack of newspapers from the end of WWII, the Challenger tragedy, Nixon leaving office, etc.

I have sold about $350 worth of glass, china, old comics, postcards and what have you this past two weeks!

If anybody recognizes that bud vase let me know. Thanks heaps!

Good news: son's cardiac issues resolving after a nasty bout of COVID. Bad news: Both cars broke down.

I did not know about Jim L. If that is true this makes me very sad.

I volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity sale pricing items. I would have done more but Mike had a big VA appointment. He is slowly progressing in both Parkinson's and dementia but we have held both beasts at bay for over seven years! Our couples counselor and my caregiver group counseling is all very helpful.

Any idea who made this? Almost 8" tall, very thin ruffle that rings when tapped.

Good news: son and Subie both well. I have sold glass, china, artwork and other treasures this week and they have all gone to good homes! Not enough to cover everything but close!

Weather appears to be wacky everywhere!

Subie has been transferred from my regular mechanic to Subaru as there is more going on that they can not identify/. Sigh. I'd best start selling faster.

Thankfully my neighbor took me to the Farmer's Market and the grocery so we're well stocked. I can at least relax while we wait.

Youngest experienced cardiac issues from a nasty case of COVID. It's still out there and can be devastating. He is in care of a cardiologist.

My old Subaru broke down very publicly on the bridge on Broadway here that goes over Highway 63 as we were on the way to the oral surgeon for Mike. Amazingly, as police were nearby working an accident scene I had oodles of help! Tow truck arrived immediately! I think it was the original fuel pump that went. NO advance warning as I'd had the car checked out the week before (oil change, etc.). I need to sell something quick!

NancyP I can't sign in to the Book Board with my regular sign-in. Gorgeous weather here.

Friends from college (1968) will be through town towing a trailer with a 1954 Rolls Royce inside! This should be a fun meet up!

NancyP, I got my ears done and no dizzies! But I took a CBD gummy and I know that helped. I usually get White-coat Syndrome and with the gummy, my BP was normal. I love my new ENT nurse and go back every six months now. Not three years!!