Brought it back, cleaned it up and voila……….
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Ikebana
Found this cute pot when I was cleaning out the pump house and thought it might work for ikebana.
Brought it back, cleaned it up and voila……….
Brought it back, cleaned it up and voila……….
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Lego Movie
Went to see the Lego Movie with the boy, the other day. It was really good. I highly recommend it. Its not just for kids!
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Another Sad Thing
During my time in Ohio we found out that a good friend of ours passed away from pancreatic cancer. It happened so quick that we didn't have a chance to see him before he was gone. We did have a nice visit with him last summer though. Its another reminder that we don't know how long we'll be here on earth and we should try to make each day better than the one before it. We should let the people we care about know how much we love them and not take anything for granted. Don't waste time with anger or jealousy or greed. Just love everybody and try your best to do what's right. I love you.
Visit From Dad
This may sound weird, but I'm going to tell it anyway, because it happened, whether you believe it or not.
As you may know, my father had renal cell cancer. Long before he passed away last October, I had asked him to come back after he died and let me know that he was ok. He said he would. At the time I asked him if we should make a plan as to what the sign would be so that I would know it was him and not just some random occurrence. He thought it best if we just played it by ear. "You'll know it when it happens", he told me.
Well, two of my aunts and my sister had a visit from him a month or so after he died, but I did not get one until later.
It happened in the middle of the night, around 2am, as I lay awake worrying that I was doing the right thing for my mother. I was thinking how I really wished he was there to talk to and to get some advice from. I thought, "I miss you". And suddenly he was there beside me and he said "I miss you too". I could see (without turning my head)his face as it was when he was younger, maybe 30's or 40's, with no gray hair. At this point, it seemed we were moving down a long corridor. It was sort of misty and the colors were muted, kind of like a black & white movie only in taupe & beige. The corridor opened into a large space and we danced together. I'm not sure exactly how we danced, since I don't recall us having bodies with arms & legs, but we did. I feel like we talked about a lot of things after the dancing ended but this is all I can remember. I asked him where he'd been, what he'd been doing and he said "you can't believe it, it's so wonderful! I've been all over the place and done so many fantastic things!". And his eyes were twinkling and full of excitement, happiness and joy. "How do you do it", I asked? "We take jumps", he told me and showed a small glowing, stick shaped thing, about the size of a finger. He said, "we use this and we take jumps and we can go anywhere and do anything we want". "That sounds great", I said, "but what if you're not good enough"? "Why", he asked, "have you been bad"? "Well, I've been mean to people sometimes", I replied. "There are only two places", he told me. "If you go to the other place, you get the scroll. And you don't want to get the scroll!" About this time a sound was beginning in the background, low at first but getting louder and it was unpleasant, like a band tuning up and people shouting and just awful noise. I knew without looking that he was gone because of that sound. During all of the talking, we never moved our mouths, we could just think and communicate with our minds. After he left, I was back in my bed. I didn't want to move because I wanted to try to remember everything he said and try to remember the feeling, because I knew this was my visit. But I looked at the clock and it was almost 2:40am. I wanted to remember and keep feeling the love that I felt when he was there with me. It was very intense and it wasn't like we were necessarily father/daughter. He could have been my son, husband, friend whatever, but the love we shared and the bond we felt was strong.
As I lay there, thinking and remembering, a great sadness came over me, worse than the night I got the call telling me that he had died. I think its because he was there so close and then was gone that I was grief stricken and remained terribly sad for days. But the thoughts of how happy he was finally overrode my sadness and I was happy knowing that he was enjoying himself so much and happier knowing that someday, if I avoid the scroll we'll be together again.
I know it seems unbelievable, but I know it happened, it wasn't just a dream and I believe it.
As you may know, my father had renal cell cancer. Long before he passed away last October, I had asked him to come back after he died and let me know that he was ok. He said he would. At the time I asked him if we should make a plan as to what the sign would be so that I would know it was him and not just some random occurrence. He thought it best if we just played it by ear. "You'll know it when it happens", he told me.
Well, two of my aunts and my sister had a visit from him a month or so after he died, but I did not get one until later.
It happened in the middle of the night, around 2am, as I lay awake worrying that I was doing the right thing for my mother. I was thinking how I really wished he was there to talk to and to get some advice from. I thought, "I miss you". And suddenly he was there beside me and he said "I miss you too". I could see (without turning my head)his face as it was when he was younger, maybe 30's or 40's, with no gray hair. At this point, it seemed we were moving down a long corridor. It was sort of misty and the colors were muted, kind of like a black & white movie only in taupe & beige. The corridor opened into a large space and we danced together. I'm not sure exactly how we danced, since I don't recall us having bodies with arms & legs, but we did. I feel like we talked about a lot of things after the dancing ended but this is all I can remember. I asked him where he'd been, what he'd been doing and he said "you can't believe it, it's so wonderful! I've been all over the place and done so many fantastic things!". And his eyes were twinkling and full of excitement, happiness and joy. "How do you do it", I asked? "We take jumps", he told me and showed a small glowing, stick shaped thing, about the size of a finger. He said, "we use this and we take jumps and we can go anywhere and do anything we want". "That sounds great", I said, "but what if you're not good enough"? "Why", he asked, "have you been bad"? "Well, I've been mean to people sometimes", I replied. "There are only two places", he told me. "If you go to the other place, you get the scroll. And you don't want to get the scroll!" About this time a sound was beginning in the background, low at first but getting louder and it was unpleasant, like a band tuning up and people shouting and just awful noise. I knew without looking that he was gone because of that sound. During all of the talking, we never moved our mouths, we could just think and communicate with our minds. After he left, I was back in my bed. I didn't want to move because I wanted to try to remember everything he said and try to remember the feeling, because I knew this was my visit. But I looked at the clock and it was almost 2:40am. I wanted to remember and keep feeling the love that I felt when he was there with me. It was very intense and it wasn't like we were necessarily father/daughter. He could have been my son, husband, friend whatever, but the love we shared and the bond we felt was strong.
As I lay there, thinking and remembering, a great sadness came over me, worse than the night I got the call telling me that he had died. I think its because he was there so close and then was gone that I was grief stricken and remained terribly sad for days. But the thoughts of how happy he was finally overrode my sadness and I was happy knowing that he was enjoying himself so much and happier knowing that someday, if I avoid the scroll we'll be together again.
I know it seems unbelievable, but I know it happened, it wasn't just a dream and I believe it.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Sigh of Relief!
Over the weekend, mother took another little tumble and landed yet again on the injured arm! It immediately began to swell causing a trip to urgent care, where they diagnosed that the ball at the end of the humerous bone had slipped out of place and advised to get to the orthopedic doc ASAP. The doctor was able to squeeze her in this afternoon, took another x-ray and determined that the injury was nothing serious.
They suggested starting physical therapy and to just take it easy and the swelling should subside. Pfeuff!! Dodged a bullet!!!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Part 2 of Ohio Trip
While in Ohio, the girl came to stay for spring break. Also an aunt came to visit during the same week.
We had lots of fun with the family. We went to a casino and spent 2 days making a movie. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try to put the trailer on this blog.
We had lots of fun with the family. We went to a casino and spent 2 days making a movie. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try to put the trailer on this blog.
We spent a snowy Oscar day making red carpet fashions for paper dolls.
We had a wrap party when we finished filming, that included a specially decorated birthday cake.
Back
I'm back from my 3 weeks in Ohio. Nice to have easy access to internet again.
Will now try to catch you up on all my activities.
My mom had fallen and broken her arm and she decided to give up her home and move in with my sis in Colorado. We spent about 6 weeks taking care of her (she had to have a metal plate and 9 screws put in her arm) and cleaning out/fixing up her house to get ready to auction it.
Will now try to catch you up on all my activities.
My mom had fallen and broken her arm and she decided to give up her home and move in with my sis in Colorado. We spent about 6 weeks taking care of her (she had to have a metal plate and 9 screws put in her arm) and cleaning out/fixing up her house to get ready to auction it.
As soon as she was cleared for travel, they struck out for parts west, driving for 2 days before arriving at their destination. Meanwhile, I went back to Ohio to finish the work, get the repairs made and prepare for the open and auction.
Here's how two of the rooms looked for the open house.
Auction day: The crowd wasn't too big, but the house got sold.
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