Happy Birthday, TERI

I hope this reaches you. I hope you have a happy day and celebrate some way!  I took care of your present and you can get it when you get here.

I don't do what I used to do as I don't have any pictures anymore, so this is it! I hope this works.

I guess you're really busy now with academy awards coming.
I'm wondering what all you will be doing. Maybe you can have
some fun!  I think about you a lot when you were little. It makes me happy and also sad. I remember holding and carrying you places and I loved doing that. I can't hold a little baby anymore as they are too heavy. Cindy was here yesterday with Maya  and her mother. Maya is so cute but too heavy for me.  I hate that!
But I guess that lets me out of any future babysitting duties!

I wish I could be with you on your birthday. We can celebrate when you come home. I love you lots, Teri.

Happy Birthday, Cindy

March 14, 2017 I tried to change something in the blog I wrote for Teri's birthday on February 12. Somehow, I hit the wrong key and deleted it all! I'm not surprised as I seem to be doing all sorts of weird things lately with the computer. Maybe I should throw in the towel. . . or I mean the computer! I don't know what I wanted to change, so will let it go. I'm going to try and put on a picture like I did last time. It didn't take then so I'm hoping this time will be better. Sorry I goofed up, Teri.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CINDY

I am writing this blog for Cindy. On April 2 it will be her birthday, and it makes me both happy and sad. She has always been my baby, and I hate to see the years flying by. I feel this way every time my daughters add another year. It never seems to stop and I never seem to get used to it! Maybe that's because I don't feel like I get older each year! I just go on and think everything is still the same. That works for me! Cindy is still her same funny, crazy beautiful self.  She was so good with me when I was ill and in and out of the hospital. She and Teri saved me! They spent time with me and even moved me to my new apartment -- they arranged everything and helped me get settled. I feel so fortunate to have ended up with my caring daughters. Their dad was always so proud of them and I wish he were still around to see how they're doing.

I see Cindy a couple of times  a month, and I put out my clothes that I don't wear anymore. Sometimes she takes some and other times she takes me shopping. I got a couple pair of jeans recently when we were shopping and ended up giving them to Cindy a few weeks later! It's good that we're about the same size.

She has a big dog - April. April is a huge mastiff who has lots of hair, a big smell and much drool! She is a sweet dog but awfully big to have in a small apartment! She loves the marrow in roast bones, so Cindy buys the bones and then scrapes out the marrow for April. Cindy says there are bones all over the floor! I don't see that as I never visit  them in Washington and couldn't go up their stairs anyway. When I was young, I loved marrow and would always fight  over it with my brother whenever my mom cooked a roast. We had to take turns and it was always a special time for us. However, we never left bones all over the floor since Cindy wasn't around to pick them up for us. So we did the hard part by picking out the marrow and sometimes sucking it out! Where did all those good times go? I just wonder if April knows how lucky she is having a mother like Cindy.

So have a really fun day, Cin.
Don't ever forget how much I love you - it's a lot!
As you can see, I'm still having trouble with my computer. I have worked on it for days so I'm giving it up! I didn't want two pictures but I like them! So that's it for your birthday blog!!

Happy Birthday, Teri!!

                  TIME FOR ANOTHER BIRTHDAY!!


Today is my daughter's birthday. Teri is now another year older, but I don't like to think of it with the word "old" used. Birthdays should be about happy days with fun and surprises. It's taken me about 30 minutes to type this much! I can't type very well since my hospital stay and I know now I should have started this about 20 days ago! I hope she will get this as I'm not sending a gift and this has to do.

Teri, I love you so much and miss you a whole lot! I think of all the times I rocked you and sang to you. I loved doing that and many times when I think of it I end up crying. I read so many articles about mothers and daughters and the times they spend together. But I don't live close to either one of my daughters, so I won't be doing any of that. Maybe I'll just end up watching "Law&Order" as I know at least one of them will be doing the same. I am so proud of you and what you have become. You are beautiful, smart and so funny! It is amazing to think that you came out of me with your dad's help. We did a good job. Hope you have a wonderful day today.

I'm Back!

I haven't posted anything for a while as I've been in the hospital and various rehab establishments in the area for about a month. I had to move, not only once, twice, possibly more times but I quit counting after a while. It all started when I became very weak and fainted and was then swooped up by an ambulance who dropped me at the nearest hospital. Turns out I had a bad case of pneumonia. I know some thought I was in rehab to fight alcohol or drugs, but no such luck. That wasn't on the agenda - maybe next time.

My daughters, Teri and Cindy, came here to help and be with me during my time of need. My daughters moved me and set up housekeeping for me in my new apartments. They decorated and did everything. The places looked gorgeous and very homey. I didn't ask them if they had fun doing all the moving as the very thought makes me sick! But they are wonderful daughters so they probably wouldn't say anything like that to me. But they got me settled in my new environments. I couldn't have made it without them. Actually, I moved to only one new apartment - it only seemed like more due to my addled mindset at the time.

Teri was with me for quite some time as she wasn't working at the time. So she saw the part of life in the hospital when you aren't allowed out of bed and occasionally go to the bathroom right there! I was taking a strong antibiotic for the pneumonia which gave me diarrhea ---- every damn day!! So I was pooping all over the place for which I'm very sorry for Teri's sake.  When I was allowed out of bed and walked the halls, people would ask  "Go poop today?" That seemed to be the topic of conversation for many people. I have to catch myself now before I blurt it out when I am out walking. Occasionally Teri would jump up from the chair beside my bed and say "I've got to get out of here!" and then disappear until the next morning. She had a room for visitors where she could stay so I didn't worry about her. I was just envious!

Cindy came to see me whenever she could. She lives in Tacoma and works long hours at the city dump! My little girl is now a teamster! She missed some of the pooping stuff which made her sad, I'm sure. She loved when I told her stories of how people came into my room every night all the time. I'd wake up and find a big man bending over me, asking how I was feeling, etc. No matter that it was the middle of the night! I would mumble something and he would disappear. One night. at 2:30 AM, I awoke and there was a guy who asked me what city I was in and what was my name!! I got mad and told him to get the hell out of my room and stay out! I complained to the head nurse the next day and she said he was new and being trained. What sort of training, I wonder. I confronted him and he apologized.

I had so many crazy experiences during my hiatus, and as I start remembering how to use the computer again I'll write more. I seem to have forgotten a lot of things - possibly I didn't have pneumonia after all. Maybe I had what is called extreme computer anxiety, an ailment discovered recently which is no surprise as it was about the same time the computer was discovered! I was a relatively happy person before I got my computer and started my blog. I guess that's when everything went to hell for me and I ended up in rehab, pooping all over myself. Guess I'll stop this and maybe do another one at a later date.

Cindy's Having a Birthday Today

Cindy's having a birthday today and I can't believe it. She  is my youngest daughter and it's not easy  for me to realize she's a grownup woman. She was with me for five days and sprung me out of the rehab facility . . . no,  not a drug facility. . I was in the hospital first with pneumonia. So Cindy stayed with me at the mother ship and did

everything for me. She shopped many times, washed clothes several times, fixed my food, stood outside the shower door to make sure I didn't fall and everything else

that needed doing. Now she's back at her home and I really miss her. 

Cindy, I hope you know how much I loved having you here.You could move in anytime. The laundry will be piling up pretty soon and I'll need something from the store. But Teri will be coming here to take over the second shift.She'll have a lot to live up to.

I hope your birthday is a good one. You are a beautiful, smart woman and I love you so much. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Cindy's having a birthday today and I can't believe it. She  is my youngest daughter and it's not easy  for me to realize she's a grownup woman. She was with me for five days and sprung me out of the rehab facility . . . no,  not a drug facility. . I was in the hospital first with pneumonia. So Cindy stayed with me at the mother ship and did

everything for me. She shopped many times, washed clothes several times, fixed my food, stood outside the shower door to make sure I didn't fall and everything else

that needed doing. Now she's back at her home and I really miss her. 

Cindy, I hope you know how much I loved having you here.You could move in anytime. The laundry will be piling up pretty soon and I'll need something from the store. But Teri will be coming here to take over the second shift.She'll have a lot to live up to.

I hope your birthday is a good one. You are a beautiful, smart woman and I love you so much. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!