Good-morning, kittens & dawgs! I wish last week’s strain was choosing between tea or coffee but it wasn’t that simple. I got more than my share of bad mews but the only thing I’m willing to talk about is finding out my youngest daughter and son-in-law are moving to Maine at the start of next month which rocked my world. How much more can a mother take in one week? Please no more testing, I don’t wanna find out!! Anyhow, you’ll see that I created a button (using their info from GoFundMe) at the top right side of my blog for anyone interested in helping with their move. {Hint-Hint} 😉
Hey, it’s okay… to be sad and even a little lonely with your baby girl moving sooo far from home!
Now to tell ya what had me giddy last week (boy, did I ever need it to!) and that’s my Christmas present. Yeah, it’s early by a few months and that’s purrfectly alright by me because who can wait for that magical morning to see what Santa leaves beneath the tree anyhow? I’m a big kid at heart, really I am. Thankfully, that jolly ole elf solicits outside source for help sometimes. Anyway a couple of weeks ago, DH surprised me with the mews that Santa’s getting an iMac and asked that I build mine online at Apple for early delivery. Naturally that spurred a happy dance on my part.
Hey, it’s okay...to get an early Christmas present. Life is too short and I’m all for seizing the moment!
Seriously. I was just that happy! We do not spend this kind of money at Christmas usually. We tend to keep things simple. It’s just a timing thing really. The main reason for doing it now is my MacBook Air that’s almost five years old and is facing battery and memory issues making accessibility to my computer files shaky. I definitely do not want another hard drive failure! I do automatic Time Machine backups and often manually copy essential files to my external hard drive (that’s getting old, too) thanks to that major system crash but I certainly do not want to find myself in panic mode to get up and running again. I prefer to stay ahead of the problem if I can.
My new computer arrived last Wednesday. I had a little hiccup getting the migration to working but finally got it resolved by Friday morning. It worked beautifully taking about an hour to transfer all files to my new ‘puter.
Speaking of Christmas and being giddy, every time we go to Home Depot I see their Christmas decoration area and it makes me all happy inside. That child-like quality sees the trees and lights and my whole world brightens. That amazing Christmas sense washes completely over me filling me with excitement, mostly I began thinking about all the things I want to do for the holidays – candy making, baking, handcrafted cards, … In recent years I just chillax enjoying the flow of things instead of like years’ past getting stressed robbing me of that sense of wonder. DH & I have our presents to each other, so…BOOM that’s done. I’m beginning to think about what I want to get the kids and our parents. This is the trickest part of our Christmas shopping.
Hey, it’s okay… to feel like a kid again when spying Christmas decorations. Who says you Christmas is just for kids anyhow? Not me! CHRISTmas lives in my heart 24/7 but the magic of the seasons fills me with giddiness.
Last week, we wanted to tackle the roof problem but didn’t get a chance to begin things until yesterday. The issues of last week sorta clouded our brains preventing us from doing that job. We still have more to do and hopefully, we can finish it this week before the cooler weather moves in. It’s going to be really cold Saturday night with forecasts of freezing temps. Oh, I’m not ready for winter!
I have to admit I get concerned about bloggy friends when they are absent from Blogosphere too long. Has anyone heard from Les at Ink Interrupted? I sent an email but haven’t gotten a response which is totally unlike her. So…I’m worried. Please, if anyone has info to share with me then do so!
Hey, it’s okay...to be worried about someone you only know in cyberville. Blogging is a wonderful community and the people (friends now) I’ve met over my 7-years here are awesome but it’s frustrating when regular contact gets broken and you don’t know what’s going on.
UPDATE: I’m happy to report I did hear from Les and that all is well. She’s been super-duper busy with completely her novel. She goal was to set out to prove that she could do it and she did! I’m thrilled for her. She’s definitely a talented writer and deserves a shot at pursuing her dream as an author. Les did say she hopes to return to Blogosphere next month as she’s messed us all. Anywho, I wish nothing but the best for our gal! 😉
These new-to-me mewsicians are from Portland, Maine and I dedicate this morning’s Tuesday Tunesation to DD#2 & DSIL! Introducing… The Mallett Brothers Band.
Next week’s Cathy Chats‘ session, while all things random certainly goes but let’s talk specifically about “your most memorable Halloween or what you plan to do on Halloween night“. I’m linking up taking a coffee break with Stacy, Les, and Amber this morning and you’re invited to come and I hope you’ll visit again tomorrow for not-so Wordless Wednesday!
