Update on my life

I am sorry I have neglected this blog, but here goes, and I will play catch up. Tomorrow, Nov, 14 will be 5 months ago that I lost my husband. It has been hard, as I look for him every morning and see him in my mind constantly. I still have him on my phone announcing,please leave a message. It does not freak me out, I enjoy hearing his voice. My kids and grandkids are also going through this with me, each dealing with it, in their own way and needs.
The daily task of dealing with bills, things breaking down,is pain in the butt, but I am coping, again with help from friends and kids. I went to my daughters a couple of weeks ago in Maryland, it is was a great break, and I loved spending time with them. I am looking forward to thanksgiving and hopefully spending more time with my son Eric, who lives about an hour and half from me. He is a very very busy teacher and coach, and I am very proud of him. My son Gary lives next door, and has physical challenges due to an auto accident. He helps me daily with yard work, breaking things, and just the days where everything goes wrong.
My challenge these
days is too lose weight,
eat healthier,
keep trying unclutter my house,

and make my scrapbooks and photo albums,
and keep this blog up to date.
Good luck to me, ha ha.

25 random things

25 random thingsShare
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1. Love to read, almost anything
2. Love to dance, and used to be very good
3. I had a puppy once, named Meathead
4. I live in and grew up in the valley my grandpa and my dad were born in.
5. I started turning grey at 23, by 30 was mostly grey
6. I love movies, but not violent bloody movies
7. I collect all kinds of cd's
8. I am a packrat, trying to stop
9. I love to collect cookbooks, but very seldom every follow recipe exactly
10 I have three grandkids, who I adore
11.I flew last April for the first time in 40 years
12.I was very very shy in High school
13 I was admitted to college, but did not go, because I was terrified
14.Always had a secret wish to be a singer, unfortunately can't sing my way out of a sack.at least in tune
15.I am still trying to figure out some of the things on facebook
16.I was and still am a fan of the Beatles, when a teenager, I would have given anything to go to
England and marry one of them
17. As of June 14, I am a widow
18.I have a sarcastic sense of humor, both goofy and strange.
19.I love tv, CSI, NCIS, survivor, amazing race, and country music stations.
20.I love to garden, flowers and veggies.
21.I have always wanted to live on a ranch, but I am afraid of horses.
22.I have never wanted to live in the city,and I love country life.
23.I adore coffee, all kinds Also teas
24.Christmas is my favority holiday.
25.I have great kids, and I hope they know that I think that

veggie garden

I planted my veggie garden when my husband was alive, and taking chemo, so I planted good fresh veggies for protein and vitamins for him. When the C-Dif bacterial infection took him, I was left with a large garden with just me and my son. Well, the neighbors and friends will benefit, and I may give some to the our towns food bank. I am sure some of these people would love to have some of these veggies and they won't waste.
My gas dryer in my son's house quit, so I now get to figure out what is the best way to either fix it or replace it. My husband did not replace our washer and dryer and just used the one next door, and I am not happy with that scenerio, so I am going to figure out the cheapest way to get a washer and dryer fit into my house, and out of the basement(where they used to be, and we always got water).

update on bird and cats

Well, mama Wren kicked her babies out, and they could not fly, so they hopped over to the shady area by my house,(I am trying to make a woodsy forest floor garden there) and when last seen were attempting to fly. In the meantime mama Cat heard them so I had to keep an eye on her. She was busy moving her kittens, one died, as mama was in very bad shape, skinny and hungry. She still had two kittens but the one time we located them, so moved them, so I just put food and water out for her every morning. She is very wild and not friendly to humans, but she will sit there now, so I can put food out. I will still feed her, she is a beautiful calico cat, and I do not think she has ever had human contact, but I enjoy her anyway.

baby birds and kitties

In between my house and my garage, I have a roof covered porch, we call the breezeway. It is a lovely cool spot with flowers and a table and a grill. Well, right now a wren family decided to move into my decorator birdhouse, kicked the flowers out of the birdhouse opening and moved in. I told her the house was crooked but she ignored me. Now we have baby birds, noisy baby birds, I can't see them but I hear them. If I go out and sit on the breezeway with my coffee she sits up there and chews me out.
My son lives next door, and he came for coffee before work this morning, and said "what is that noise?" Baby birds, I said, No, he says it sounds like a cat, WELL, a stray cat, we have been seeing in the neighborhood, decided to have her kittens in an old chest that I use for a little table to hold a plant. I covered it with a tablecloth and Mrs, Cat decided to have her kittens under it. Now everytime I go out I get growled at by a cat and scolded by mrs. Wren. Now , my son says, guess what, now I have a birdnest with baby birds in it, in my garage. I live by a creek, and there is all kinds of animals there, I hope they do not find out about my maternity ward. I will definitely be in trouble.
I have to admit, Mrs. Cat looks like she is starving, so I fed her!!! I know I should not have, but she is a momma and she needs her strength, and she is still hissing at me, but if I leave her alone, she may get used to us. She is eating the food I left out for her.

keeping name

I am keeping glory2001, it stands for one of my favorite Bon Jovi songs, Blaze of Glory, signifying my love of westerns, Bon Jovi, and music, so it stays.
I have been trying to get the weeds out of my veggie garden, so far it is an even race between me and the weeds. I will keep trying.
I went back to curves today,and I am going to continue and get back in shape. I need to keep going and keep busy.
I am still buried in paper work, but when I get off of this here computer, I will get a couple more papers done. Finish up the bills, and make sense of my book keeping.
My son Eric, (the coach) came home to pick up his son, who has been staying with me, and to go to his and twin's 20th class reunion. They had a good time, and while he was here, he cooked some pork and beef brisket on the grill for me, I gave them some and now I can munch on the meat, add some noodles left over, and I do not have to cook for days. I will add a salad and it will tasty, and healthy. I might have to have a bowl of ice cream for dessert, which means I really need to keep going to curves.
I am going to try to keep my mood up, even though tomorrow is the month anniversary of my husbands death. It feels like ten years since I have seen him, and I have good and bad moments. Today I received a notice that an old friend(a girl, but not a girl friend) of Jim's read in the Springfield paper that he passed away, and sent a memorial to the VFW in his honor. He would have been surprised and so very pleased that Ann remembered him so well.
The paper work calls me, so I had better scoot.

new blog name

I use glory2001 as a pen name , my real name is Jan Christian, and I wonder if anybody has any suggestions for a new name(be nice).