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Day to day life from a woman that turned 60 in Oct 2014 and who lives on a farm and Retired on January 2, 2016. I plan to do more sewing, work outside in the yard and just enjoy my retirement.

by middle age pearl

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March 30, 2016

The Plan on pause today

I worked most of the morning on dad’s large box of receipts for 2015. Lots of sorting, some throwing away, but mostly sorting. Then put all the information in my spreadsheet and there were a coup...


March 29, 2016

Update on "The Plan"

I made a LOT of progress yesterday and could say I’m done in there but I’m not. I will most likely re-arrange things again once I start putting other small appliances on the shelves. Speaking of ...


March 28, 2016

I have a plan

I will write about my plan later in the entry. Easter was good. It was chilly and then rained (not sprinkles and not showers) but hard rain for about 30 minutes. It was still lightly raining whe...


March 27, 2016

Happy Easter

A most humbling three days in this Easter celebration. Our Savior lives to give us eternal life! May your Easter celebrations include the Faith within yourselves and not the downfall of men and w...


It did start out chilly and I did cover my flowering bush on Thursday night, but not last night and all is fine. The freeze did kill my Easter Lilies however they were about done anyway. I mowed ...


March 22, 2016

Waiting waiting

I hate waiting on someone but also hate someone waiting on me and I avoid and take steps to prevent it as much as possible. Sunday after church I went to a music fund raiser to send kids to summe...


The weather folks had said we had a chance of snow or snow flurries this weekend but so far we’ve only had drizzle and colder temps. It is below freezing this morning so not sure the blooming pla...


I was sound asleep when Dudette and kids arrived last night but think it was around midnight. Dude decided to pickup his truck where they left it yesterday and go on home to get a shower and try ...


I have had a little burst of energy. It may not last long and I’ve already used some of it to prepare for Dude and family to return here from OK. A change in plans happened after Dudette got to h...


March 16, 2016

On the road again

We will probably leave for Columbia in an hour or hour and a half. Dad’s appointment isn’t until 3 but I need to take him to the DAV to ask some questions about his claim. Hopefully we can get on...


Just heard on the radio that we can get some snow this weekend. I realize it is still March, and yes, it has been a mild winter, and yes I knew it could happen, but NO I don’t want it to happen. ...


March 12, 2016

No pain no gain

I was feeling that little tidbit last night and this morning. I did some yard work to include burning and pulling new growth in front of the porch coming up thru the gravel strip. Oh my goodness ...


March 11, 2016

Friday AM

Can’t come up with a title right now suppose I will have to before this will post. Yesterday was another good day. Had my eye exam and ordered new glasses which should be in within a week. They w...


March 09, 2016

Midweek

Middle of another week. Time certainly doesn’t slow down just because you don’t work at a job. Didn’t expect to however, the time is flying by. Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend and the fi...


March 06, 2016

This and that

Another early Sunday and the washing machine is filling with water for a load of my clothes. I got J’s laundry done yesterday and was going to wait until Monday to do mine, but changed my mind th...


March 04, 2016

Friday-TGIF

I have to giggle a bit when I write or read TGIF, although it still brings the same feeling even now. Not sure why, other than the years and years of feeling that way on Fridays. Actually Thursda...


March 03, 2016

Excellent Wed visit

Oh my what a wonderful visit my HS friend and I had yesterday. She arrived at 8:30am and didn’t leave until 5pm. We talked and caught up with kids, grand kids, and life in general. It was like we...


Goodness the good news for Dude and Dudette is becoming humbling. First Dudette was offered and accepted working for a distributor of snack products as a Senior Sales Rep which entitles her to a ...


February 29, 2016

Another Monday morning

Per the laptop clock it is 5:47am and J is eating his breakfast and getting his lunch ready. Actually he is taking leftovers from yesterday but he usually gets a couple of other things to add to ...


February 27, 2016

5:22 AM-Saturday

Woke up early this morning. Of course I did, it is Saturday. Blah! O stayed overnight and he was awake by 5am. Told him he could go get in my bed, but he didn’t want to. He’s on the old laptop wa...


February 24, 2016

A lazy day

I was close to worthless today. Today was J’s early day to catch the bus to work, although he was a bit later than a reg early Wed. No idea why, but it makes for a bit of tension wondering if eve...


February 21, 2016

Sunday AM-6:30am

Been up for about an hour. Read diaries here and on ED. I was really behind in ED and had missed some back entries from some of my favs. I like the way PB keeps track and shows all entries and if...


February 20, 2016

Company is coming

A cousin and his wife are coming to visit dad, myself, and maybe my sister and brother today. They plan to be here around 1ish and they are also planning to spend the night. I’m getting the guest...


February 19, 2016

Bunnies

So my latest obsession in creating is making stuffed bunnies. I adjusted the pattern and seem to every time I make another bunny rabbit. I have to say that they do snuggle right into your heart. ...


Well, sorta. I did get several things done early this morning. Actually I did pretty good until around 11:30 when I stopped to fix a frozen burrito for lunch. Then I noticed how bright the sun wa...


Book Description

I am a Bible believing woman. I try to keep my Faith strong and my prayer life active. I believe in the Trinity and that there is a Heaven and a Hell and Hell is not on earth. I also try to forgive those that have hurt me, my family, or my friends. I try to forgive those that I believe are not keeping our Country’s best interests in mind when they make decisions and change the Constitution to suit the whims and wishes of selfish persons. I also pray for those and myself and if it is me that needs to see things differently, then allow a scripture or two or three to show me the error of my way of believing or thinking.
I have 3 adult children. 2 boys and a girl. My husband and were married on 1 June 1975 and he died unexpectedly on 11 May 2005. My oldest son will be 36 in October, my daughter will be 33 in October, and the youngest boy turned 26 in January and he has Down Syndrome. He (J) and I built a house in 2008 and moved from a 3 bedroom house trailer, to a 4 bedroom home. We live in the house that God built.