Friday at home…
Andrea on the stereo…cool dry breeze thru my window…fresh washed hair……washing machine working away…
There is much more that brings me some contentment today, but it is just good to be home and have this day off. I just keep saying to myself how fortunate I am to be an opendiary member….how fortunate I am to be in touch with so many wonderful creative people….
Life is on an even keel for us right now….Stanley is back to work after his recuperation from shoulder surgery…we have a work day tomorrow at our little boat basin to trim the mangroves back…they are protected so it is a pretty big deal, but we are allowed to keep our little channel waterway open…..I hope this cool dry weather continues tomorrow, it will be a good work day.
I must have halfheimers…I lost my instruction paper that my dear friend Polly wrote for me for posting pics….I have the photobucket next to me, but I am not getting the right response…I think I will try the snapfish….if I can remember.
We have had a lot of reflection on aging since we turned 60 this month and last month….some is somber and some is joyous… some feelings are left unspoken….but, I can see it in his face, he is weary from all the problems with his parents, he felt like he could really relate to Don Cheadles’ character in Crash…how the son who really is there and provides the help is never really recognized, his help is assumed…maybe I have that wrong… Estrangement is painful to deal with…but we feel we have to step out of the picture as we have been ask to do…"Stay in FL and mind your own business" is pretty obvious…
I miss my Mother and Father…..I miss family…I miss the kids….but, we are working on some changes around here.
I feel the same as you about this Diary, Ollie. My antecedents are ALL gone and most of the long-time friends as well. Life would be pretty lonely without it and the friends it has brought. When the DM asked for help to keep from defaulting on a loan needed to recover from the hacker attack, I got a lifetime memberships for myself and another diarist. The thought of loosing OD was panicky!
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a day off is so nice. i miss my family so much. they are in tennessee and florida. wish we all lived in the same area again. take care,
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OD is so much a part of my life…I couldn’t do without all of you. I love you all so much.
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Its so good to be reading you more regularly aghain and to find you so much happier…glad Stanley is better too. I agree its a good idea to try snapfish….they really are so simple to use…especially if like me you use copy/paste instead of codes to log the pics. if you need further questions answered please just say so. love you…stay happy
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my son is about 3 hours away and I seldom see him any more. My cirle of people I know is small. I miss my family. There is a loneliness that creeps in that is hard to explain to others.
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You seem to be breathing a little slower, and finding some comfort and contentment again. It’s good to read you, as always : )
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there was a gentleness to this entry.
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I am sure things are getting better, Ollie! Sometimes it just takes time to see them. I share your feelings of missing my parents but they are still special to you. You and Stanley have a wonderful relationship. I am so glad that you wrote!! Much love,
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ryn, thanks for the kind words–Kermit does look healthier than he did back when he was anemic and we didn’t know, doesn’t he? And, yes…we do plan to see Freida and Robert…how wonderful is that? In their home country this time, too. Read the entry: sorry for the ruptures, but now you are free to choose for yourselves and that can be the best thing about the 60’s. You can control you own
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lives and that’s about all, as we each have learned the hard way over time. I know you and S. will soon be out on your boat and have wonderful adventures together. So glad he’s better now. More later…gotta scoot right now but had to say thanks and yes and that I think of you often.
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Holding on to you with great affection dear Ollie. love to you
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RYN: to put an ID pic in left panel you first need to be using OD layout 2.0 … check under diary layout in Maintenance. Then when that is saved..scroll down further(still in Dairy Layout)to where it says about a photo. Click browse which will take you to your photo file in your pc. The chosen photo needs to be very tiny. Select photo, then click upload. It takes a few mins.Good luck. More later
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So glad to read this entry and know you had a contented weekend. Life is smoothing out a bit.. I know how much I love my weekends at home just doing what I want to and not being at work. Enjoy this beautiful spring, dear friend. Many thanks for your kind note.
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Hello Ollie, Glad you had a day to catch your breath and could catch up with yourself and other things. Family relationships can be very trying. Hope your husband’s shoulder is much improved and that you had a good weekend.
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Hi Ollie – I used Photobucket
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