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d lady - my youngest didnt' go through the teen years right away.- I agree it's better for their independence.
it was hard on dd younger - my heart knew independence was so important but it took her awhile. I am glad she finally found her way.
d Nancy I can contact the local community college - that's a great idea too.
thank you d cathy too!

I need to finish setting up my menu - my cousin, mom and myself are going to be cooking together tomorrow so that we have some prepared things in the fridge for dinner.

I have to wash the kitchen floor, swish and swipe the bathroom, order groceries
finish the floor in the laundry room
working on being grateful and not thinking too big on the work I need to do.

more laundry flip flopped

Sat down to write some things in my now note book and thought of a few things and saw a couple more.
So I've planted my birthday plant for over wintering & cleaned out the planter so I I can paint the bottom of it.
Put away a plant tray.
Got more items ready to go out in the trash for Tues Trash Day.
Mower is put away too,
Glad it's warmer today and not raining outside!
Okay back to my notes.
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Next round
did the notes put away that stuff on the table is now in the butterfly room.
Watching it rain & paint dry on the lower part of a planter from the plant I put in. Perfect timing!
I wanted it to go with the main deck theme and had paint from other items I"d painted to the planter has one coat on the tan part,
it's not teal.
Dinner is cooking.

Harriet you mentioned Libby the library app. I think that was the name of it I used to use that and one other they changed from on
my tablet. I no longer use that tablet I just lost interest in it.

bw2, I know of at least one Facebook group that offers translations. You probably won't get a word for word translation but perhaps you can get the gist of it before you pay someone to do it. It's a private group, be sure and read their rules before you post anything. And I know Google can do it, I just have never had to use it. https://www.facebook.com/groups/361690548110384

My old stamp sets are not selling. I guess they are too old, huh? At least I'm trying before sending to the thrift shop.

Meeting dh for dinner soon. He is leaving work earlier and earlier. Tomorrow I can eat normally until 6 p.m., when I drink a 10 oz bottle of magnesium citrate. UGH. Wednesday will be the clear fluid day.

Progress made.

DD13 decided to put a smile on her face and do her 5 activities of choice. The activities she picked were to walk a mile, paint designs on the interior of her bedroom door, bounce a ball, organize her bookshelf, and join me in the kitchen to cook. She made cheddar garlic biscuits. All these activities took her about an hour to accomplish. Now she has returned to her bedroom to do whatever she pleases.....like sit and watch a screen.

Added to our ready to eat stash -
** Rice
** Meatballs
** Tamales
** cheddar garlic biscuits (made by DD13).

thank you d twins!!!

Blessed… many high schools still teach German. You might check with some of them near you. Sweetie took German in HS years ago. And if I remember correctly your daughters are going to school as well. Also a history professor might be able to help you because the letter that you have is an important part of WW11 history.

I have a letter written by my distance 6th generation grandmother written to her from her cousin in 1700’s. I had a terrible time reading it at first because of the complicated hand writing. I showed it to a friend and she zipped right through it. When I shared it with a presenter in my genealogy workshop, she was so impressed with the historical content in it she asked if she could have a copy to use in her workshops. The male cousin wrote about his travels through the Erie Canal.

I have (kinda) gotten my act together, at least a little bit, today.
I had the dgrands till around 1:00 pm; then they wanted to go eat at a pizza place in Next Town, so we called ds and he agreed to go with us.
I had already started a load of towels and underwear in the washer. After we got back from eating, I left them all at home and came home, continued with laundry AND vacuumed the kitchen and hardwood in main area of the house. (I still need to do the rugs.)
I have also gotten dbil's extra ticket, listed all these tickets online for Saturday's game, contacted dfriend who thought she might need one (but now doesn't) and returned dgd's backpack to their house.
Talked to dmom earlier.
Talked to ddil a little while away.
Much text interruptions from Sunday School class as we go through who's bringing what for family meal following a funeral Wednesday. (This makes the TENTH church member we have lost since Nov. 1 of last year. Three of these people never came, and a fourth was homebound, but still -- this certainly seems like a lot. This most recent loss is a lady the same age as my dmom. I taught both her sons in school. I will be late for the funeral because I'll have GriefShare Wed. morning, and this will be the last week. The lady whose funeral is Wed. was a sister-in-law to the homebound lady. Their family has been hit hard. Of three siblings and their spouses, only one brother now remains. There are several children and grandchildren.)

Blessed, this is fascinating about the letter! I hope you get it translated.

I had to LOL at dd13, LadyM. I need to force myself to move for 5 things. I actually did today, but some days... y'all know how I am...

(((Twins))) We'll be cheering you on as you go through this prep. I can't imagine drinking that stuff. The only time I had a colonoscopy, I asked for pills.
They gave them to me, but they were HUGE and I had to take about a million of them!

I am afraid my dmom is about to need more time and attention from me. She told me this weekend (again) that she was just going to have to start buying groceries with me, so she could ride the scooter and I could do reaching and lifting. Her back is really giving her fits, along with her feet, which are a constant problem. She has another appointment with the pain clinic next week, and she hopes they will authorize home health to send a physical therapist. This whole thought just kinda scares me -- I am not ready to become her caregiver! Trying not to let my mind go to the "what if's" and take ds' approach to life. Nothing bad is happening today... no need to think about what might happen tomorrow or next week or next month.

I'm so sorry if I have left out people I needed to reply to -- you are ALL so important to me!!! I am sooo glad we're back "HOME"!!!

d Lucy thinking of you and your d mom. praying for your sweet mom and her back! praying the pain goes away!!!
your d son is a smart man! I am going to put that in my phone.

d rose very sweet - you must think I am super young Thank you for the idea!
it IS hard to read the handwriting from the 1700 - Can you imagine how hard it will be, in the future, for those who didn't learn cursive.
how interesting about the letter!!!

you are a very good mom d lady!!

good luck tomorrow d twins!

Once I get the letter translated - I will share it here - I only got a few pieces put together.

mom was at her house all day today and did really well. she was even reading a book this evening!

very scary - the woods by my one sis in laws had a woman murdered on a hiking trail. dd younger is always walking in the woods. I always did too but this is very frightening that it happened where it did. Praying for the woman's soul and praying whomever did this gets caught fast.