I think it's time to call it a day! We got home around 8:30pm and started opening the house. Willem worked on the fire. I worked on the water ( Read more... )

I used to be able to just write my morning pages without edit, but when your life is filled with family and friends, you have to be more circumspect. I guess when the kids were little, it didn't matter so much, but now they are all grown ( Read more... )

I got up early and went to sit in the living room to journal about our visit with Joyce and Cliff in western Georgia ( Read more... )

I slept for 15 hours last night. It was hard to get up in the morning. I could have just stayed in bed for several more, it was so comfortable ( Read more... )

Tomorrow we are leaving Mom's. I'm quite happy to go. It's too much of a routine changer for us to be here. I think it was too much of a routine changer when I left other times. Now going will help her return to the familiar ( Read more... )

I made myself scarce here until Mom was up for a couple of hours. I went to the store for Lori and got some more supplies for her ( Read more... )

I am so glad to feel happy this morning. I put away all of my stuff and put a lot of it in the car. I'll have to repack it later cos it's a big mess at the moment ( Read more... )

I went up and left a message for Mom that Lori was coming today. Mom came down looking for Lori, so glad she was coming today, saying, "I feel like a prisioner in my own home." I asked her if that was because we were in her home doing our own thing. I acknowledged her independence and wondered if us feeling at home here was bothering her ( Read more... )

I've been sitting here thinking I should journal, but couldn't figure out what I've been doing all day ( Read more... )

The new furnace is sucking in air all the time. it's hardly ever off. The vents are very dirty now. it has I need to do something about that. I need to wipe all the intake vents so they will work better. I thought the filter in the furnace would be dirtier but it is fine, enough to be changed, but fine ( Read more... )