Getting ready to head South, we went tonight to spend an evening with Terry's daughter and was with her little family for a while. Their little Emma is so sweet; one year old and walking and almost talking, too. Tomorrow we take his mother out for lunch.. Just spending some time and not really saying 'goodbye' before we leave on Oct 8.

Terry has double checked the tires on the MH. He has made sure the tow dolly fits right, and the wiring hooked up right. He already has put the mud flap on the back of the MH. We are beginning to pack. But before that, I will go to Portland for a few days, for book club(s), and to hug my little grandchildren there. That is the hardest part to leave for months at a time.

My weekend in Tucson was good, and the skies were so blue all the time. I loved being with the two grandsons there, too.
I almost forgot how to get into my blogspot, so will have to do it more often.
Good night for now..... ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz

Today Lolly said "Be Safe" when I go to help Celia with the boys this next weekend; leaving in the morning at 6am. Will be back the eve of the 21st. Well, OK I will be careful, and God will keep me safe for you.



Today Ron downloaded the Mobile Broadbend on my laptop, so that is done. What a guy.

So if I make sure Skype is automatically available when I turn on the laptop, and also fix my phone so I can get on facebook and yak or whatever then I should be all set.



Terry changed the oil in the car and the motor home today. He has put a stone guard mud flap on the back of the motor home, and fixed the bumper. When I get back from AZ we will begin to 'pack' the MH. I will have a week to do that before book club. Then I bring the car back so it can be put on the tow dolly. On October 7, Dish Network is shutting off, Refuse stopped, , Newspaper too,,,,,, Four neighbors and one friend will be watching the house, watering my plants and picking up my mail and forwarding what needs to be.. Things are lining up for the adventure. I may as well look forward to it, because it is beginning to h.a.p.p.e.n., hummmm.
Love, Ma

Yesterday we went to Verizon and set up wireless Mobil Broadbend so we can be able to use the laptop Anywhere there is cell phone coverage.

Saturday Sept. 11


A day of remembering. Lifes were changed that day.


I was reading the things I wrote back in 2006 on this blog; how things were before David had his accident and all our lives here were changed.


Three years of not writing... Working my way through missing my son. I knew my son. I miss his wit and his knowledge. He had a capacity for understanding me, that no one else besides my girls have had. The way we could look across the room and know what we were thinking, for instance.


A mother has held that man when he was a little boy, and kissed his hurts away. Seen his laughter, seen him grow. Seen him sing in the Chamber Choir in Ashland, and took square dancing lessons with him... He worked his way through having had cancer when he was 17. He quit smoking, he had a family and loved his children....


David once said that Life is energy. Energy in a body. Life, Soul - they are energy that make the body move, feel, love, hurt, etc. David told Celia that death didn't matter, it was only a change of place for the energy .... and he put himself as an example like this.... "when I die, that will only mean that the energy has left my body - - - but my energy will continue to live, in the surroundings, anywhere that energy wants to go, it will be there. The wind is energy; love is energy.... a tree is full of energy. I have energy, I am alive, but when my body loses that energy, it will only be my body going to dust. I will still be around."



I miss you David. I knew your principles, your feelings, your standards. I will love you always. I know you would want me to remember you, but not grieve deeply forever. You would want me to be proud of you, and I am. You taught me to live in the moment, love my life, and take care of myself.



OK that said, this blog is going to be about my going down South for this winter. Probably I should have just created a whole new blog, but I didn't. This is for you, my girls, who have asked me to write often and keep in touch this way........ I Shall Return. I'll be Back. Let us just face this adventure together, and not get dramatic... We have Skype too, you know.
Mother

I am 'creating' this blog again, to record this first year as snow-bird-ing. Mainly to let my girls know what I am doing on the days we are discovering new adventures.. And as a birthday gift for you, Angie. To keep in touch, and also recording what & where we are doing. To be able to share my love this way. And when I miss you, A, Lolly, and Kass, I will write more. I don't see how this will work, to be away from you girls for half the year. And the grandbabies.... ooooh this is worse than the first day of school. I am not going to cry; I am going to go into this with anticipation of Doing it for the first time. And the added bonus of getting away from the northern wetness for these arthritic bones.

Now, after saying all this, :) , and getting set back up, I am now going to go to bed. It is after all, Midnight. Will add more tomorrow I reckon. me