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Thank you to Karen , Kraig and Keira for the photos......
Sunday, March 28, 2010
3 weeks ago Kraig and Keira were married..Let's celebrate !!
Enjoy....I did while putting it together.....
Thank you to Karen , Kraig and Keira for the photos......
Thank you to Karen , Kraig and Keira for the photos......
Sunday, March 21, 2010
House for Sale!
This is my house.....
Mine and Heidi's home for almost 17 years.....
life is made of paradigms
different paths...all leading to the same end
Eventually...
While on Earth....decisions.....resolutions......conclusions..
it is time to say goodbye......
sadly.....good choices...bad choices....its all the same in the end.....Paradigms
the new.. the old... Economy.....finance.....failure.......success?
moving forward......moving on... no regrets...just fond memories.....
a lifetime really......
Friday, March 19, 2010
Heidi has been in VA for about 3 weeks now.... yakes.. time flies!!
Heidi is back in the little house....a different bedroom...
Heidi is riding her horses...
Heidi is back to doing the barn chores with joy...
Gemini remembers windchase...coming off the trailer with Heidi leading him thru the barn to his assigned stall...he turned at his old stall... and surprised himself! The door was closed and there was a horse already in it...How strange....! He continued to walk up the aisle and into his "new" stall.. He was still a happy boy... he found food there!!
Leo sensed from Gemini that this long journey had come to its end!... He was happy to follow Gem who will always be his buddy....
I busied myself with helping Heidi settle in to her new room..... and then driving Big Blue to Fredericksburg for the interview on Monday...
My sister, Wendy was moving to Leesburg... which is the closest "big" town from Purcellville where Heidi lives again.... I had thought.. after hearing thru Heidi that her trainer had said "what's keeping your Mom in Colorado?" I got to thinking... I could transfer to an HCA hospital nearby...I could have lunch dates/craft days every week, every month with my sister... instead of making long trips with 2-3 years inbetween! i could cheer Heidi on when she competed in her horse shows....
so.. Down to the temporary offices of SRMC...no.. not Sky Ridge of Lone Tree,Colorado.. Spotsylvania Medical Center of .. you guessed it.. Spotsylvania, Virginia...an hour and a half from Purcellville! A brand new hospital....opening this June... it would fit in with my plans...... was it meant to be??
Would I fit in with the Womens and infants services there?... Waiting is what I am doing now..... while I pack the house.....and in this economy.. go for a short sale....property has DROPPED in value... so has my house....
Heidi is back in the little house....a different bedroom...
Heidi is riding her horses...
Heidi is back to doing the barn chores with joy...
Gemini remembers windchase...coming off the trailer with Heidi leading him thru the barn to his assigned stall...he turned at his old stall... and surprised himself! The door was closed and there was a horse already in it...How strange....! He continued to walk up the aisle and into his "new" stall.. He was still a happy boy... he found food there!!
Leo sensed from Gemini that this long journey had come to its end!... He was happy to follow Gem who will always be his buddy....
I busied myself with helping Heidi settle in to her new room..... and then driving Big Blue to Fredericksburg for the interview on Monday...
My sister, Wendy was moving to Leesburg... which is the closest "big" town from Purcellville where Heidi lives again.... I had thought.. after hearing thru Heidi that her trainer had said "what's keeping your Mom in Colorado?" I got to thinking... I could transfer to an HCA hospital nearby...I could have lunch dates/craft days every week, every month with my sister... instead of making long trips with 2-3 years inbetween! i could cheer Heidi on when she competed in her horse shows....
so.. Down to the temporary offices of SRMC...no.. not Sky Ridge of Lone Tree,Colorado.. Spotsylvania Medical Center of .. you guessed it.. Spotsylvania, Virginia...an hour and a half from Purcellville! A brand new hospital....opening this June... it would fit in with my plans...... was it meant to be??
Would I fit in with the Womens and infants services there?... Waiting is what I am doing now..... while I pack the house.....and in this economy.. go for a short sale....property has DROPPED in value... so has my house....
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Ten...Twenty... Thirty and five years ago.....
1.) How old were you 35 years ago? 15
2.) Where did you go to school? Rainham Secondary School for girls
3) Where did you work?: I didn't then....
4) Where did you live? Windermere Drive, Rainham ,Kent England
5.) Where did you hang out? with Sue ...Tracy.. Jill...Annette (Annie) ..Fairy...Cindy...Janet......and our lovely friend, Jackie who was football mad.. had just died of Meningitis...on Christmas Day.. .:( ..Vanessa..Trudy etc..and don't forget the boys....Stuart, Brian,....Dave... Martin....who was the guy who broke his leg?.. we visited him a lot at Medway Hospital....he told me I was too modest...
6.) Did you wear glasses? YES! I had just come to terms with the fact that I had to wear them all the time or I couldn't see.... and I still had the 12 pounds (UK sterling) NHS kind.. taped across the bridge by my Dad because I couldn't get a new pair at that time....
7.) Who was your best friend? all of the above.... altho Vanessa and I were at each others' homes every day.. Home made Mac'n'cheese was our favourite lunch.. sprinkled with onion salt...oh.. and we wrote out an exercise regime because we measured our waists and wanted to be inches smaller...and we joined the local theatre company.. and helped the members with their lines, costumes and props...
8.) How many tattoos did you have? 0
09.) How many piercings did you have? the ears.....
010) What car did you drive?: Car?? wow..nope...never thought of the possibility of me actually driving one!!
11.) Had you been to a real party? .. we always had a party at someone's home.. I remember my "turn" my dad was away.. My Mom and sisters stayed upstairs.. it was one of the first few times our parties had BOYS come.. the house was crowded and someone had stepped on a brass fly ..my parents collected brass anything .. I tried for a long time to put it back into shape....!
12.) Had you had your heart broken? Yes.. Dave..... I went to Rachel's party and stood in a corner... tearing Stuart's Handkerchief into shreds because Dave ignored me... Frankie Valli had his hit "my eyes adored you" out.. that became 'our" song.. or rather my song ..lol... Annie's was the next party to go to.. Dave finally looked interested in me.. I wore a new dress that had quite a low neckline.. Mom and I fixed a piece of lace across.. It was then that I came down to earth.. Dave danced with me.. looking down on my exposed bit of cleavage... yep.. that was all he was after.. we made a date to actually go out ..but neither of us followed up on it..
----------------20 years ago-------------------
1.) How old were you?: 30
2.) Where did you go to school? I qualified 8 years before as an RN from Brighton School of Nursing...It was a 3 year hospital based program... I got paid to train... !!
3.) Where did you work? Launceston General Hospital,Tasmania
4.)Where did you live? a duplex off the Bass highway....between Launceston and the new Casino.. I often got stopped for a breathalyzer test on my 5 minute drive to work... my Bishop was the Police Commissioner of the town...
5.) Where did you hang out?: Home with Heidi, my 6 yr old daughter... or with my church friends... Penny and Wayne...Jenny... Heather......
6.) Did you wear glasses? glasses ... those awfully big ones that covered one's face!
7.) Who was your best friend? Penny....we were stuck together with glue
8.) How many tattoos did you have?: 0. It's a good
thing.
9.) How many piercings did you have? the ears... just one in each lobe!
10.) What car did you drive?: a yellow Hyundai hatchback.. can't remember the model..but at that time it had a dent in the side.. yep, that was me after a night shift! and the gears kept slipping!
11.) Had your heart been broken? I was looking from afar ... Paul, who had not long before left Australia to go back home to Utah......He finally married ...
12.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single....
-----------10 years ago-----------
1.) How old were you?: 40
2.) Where did you go to school? school was all done
3.) Where did you work? a Home Care nursing agency.. my case was a handsome little boy,Kevin.. He was 3 ..his favourite question was " come to bed with me Sally!".. I worked the night shift...I don't think I'll hear those words again in this lifetime!!
4.) Where did you live? Where I live now...
5.) Where did you hang out? not so much then... either way...
6.) Did you wear glasses? glasses
7.) Who was your best friend? Shannon and Deni and Lorraine
8.) How many piercings? Just the ears...with earrings in...
9.) How many tattoos did you have?: None
10.) Had your heart been broken? ..Yes....a few years before I had met up with an old boyfriend, Steve... thought it would work again.... alas!..no...
11.) What car did you drive?: oohh.. I want it back! my 1992 blue Saturn SL1.. it was the best...
12.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: Single.. as usual!!
--------------------Today--------------------
1.) How old are you?: 50
2.) Where do you go to school? finishing up my BSN... someday!!
3.) Where do you work? TMCA... I am a Nursery/NICU Nurse
4.) Where do you live? Colorado.... where the snow falls!
5.) Do you wear glasses? glasses......Can't see out of contacts.. well... can't see out of glasses either.. now, I may just have to go to the eye specialist about that!!
6.) Where do you hang out? I do..all over... and it's none of your business!!
7.) Do you talk to your old friends? funny... most of us have found each other on FB..
8.) How many piercings do you have:2 in each ear.. but I can't remember when I had earrings in.. last year sometime???
9.) How many tattoos?:aren't they just for the army/navy guys??? Never even thought of one for me....
10.) What kind of car do you have? my daughter's Hyundai Accent...
11.) Has your heart been broken? it never got to be mended......never fully....
12.) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? Still insanely single.....
2.) Where did you go to school? Rainham Secondary School for girls
3) Where did you work?: I didn't then....
4) Where did you live? Windermere Drive, Rainham ,Kent England
5.) Where did you hang out? with Sue ...Tracy.. Jill...Annette (Annie) ..Fairy...Cindy...Janet......and our lovely friend, Jackie who was football mad.. had just died of Meningitis...on Christmas Day.. .:( ..Vanessa..Trudy etc..and don't forget the boys....Stuart, Brian,....Dave... Martin....who was the guy who broke his leg?.. we visited him a lot at Medway Hospital....he told me I was too modest...
6.) Did you wear glasses? YES! I had just come to terms with the fact that I had to wear them all the time or I couldn't see.... and I still had the 12 pounds (UK sterling) NHS kind.. taped across the bridge by my Dad because I couldn't get a new pair at that time....
7.) Who was your best friend? all of the above.... altho Vanessa and I were at each others' homes every day.. Home made Mac'n'cheese was our favourite lunch.. sprinkled with onion salt...oh.. and we wrote out an exercise regime because we measured our waists and wanted to be inches smaller...and we joined the local theatre company.. and helped the members with their lines, costumes and props...
8.) How many tattoos did you have? 0
09.) How many piercings did you have? the ears.....
010) What car did you drive?: Car?? wow..nope...never thought of the possibility of me actually driving one!!
11.) Had you been to a real party? .. we always had a party at someone's home.. I remember my "turn" my dad was away.. My Mom and sisters stayed upstairs.. it was one of the first few times our parties had BOYS come.. the house was crowded and someone had stepped on a brass fly ..my parents collected brass anything .. I tried for a long time to put it back into shape....!
12.) Had you had your heart broken? Yes.. Dave..... I went to Rachel's party and stood in a corner... tearing Stuart's Handkerchief into shreds because Dave ignored me... Frankie Valli had his hit "my eyes adored you" out.. that became 'our" song.. or rather my song ..lol... Annie's was the next party to go to.. Dave finally looked interested in me.. I wore a new dress that had quite a low neckline.. Mom and I fixed a piece of lace across.. It was then that I came down to earth.. Dave danced with me.. looking down on my exposed bit of cleavage... yep.. that was all he was after.. we made a date to actually go out ..but neither of us followed up on it..
----------------20 years ago-------------------
1.) How old were you?: 30
2.) Where did you go to school? I qualified 8 years before as an RN from Brighton School of Nursing...It was a 3 year hospital based program... I got paid to train... !!
3.) Where did you work? Launceston General Hospital,Tasmania
4.)Where did you live? a duplex off the Bass highway....between Launceston and the new Casino.. I often got stopped for a breathalyzer test on my 5 minute drive to work... my Bishop was the Police Commissioner of the town...
5.) Where did you hang out?: Home with Heidi, my 6 yr old daughter... or with my church friends... Penny and Wayne...Jenny... Heather......
6.) Did you wear glasses? glasses ... those awfully big ones that covered one's face!
7.) Who was your best friend? Penny....we were stuck together with glue
8.) How many tattoos did you have?: 0. It's a good
thing.
9.) How many piercings did you have? the ears... just one in each lobe!
10.) What car did you drive?: a yellow Hyundai hatchback.. can't remember the model..but at that time it had a dent in the side.. yep, that was me after a night shift! and the gears kept slipping!
11.) Had your heart been broken? I was looking from afar ... Paul, who had not long before left Australia to go back home to Utah......He finally married ...
12.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single....
-----------10 years ago-----------
1.) How old were you?: 40
2.) Where did you go to school? school was all done
3.) Where did you work? a Home Care nursing agency.. my case was a handsome little boy,Kevin.. He was 3 ..his favourite question was " come to bed with me Sally!".. I worked the night shift...I don't think I'll hear those words again in this lifetime!!
4.) Where did you live? Where I live now...
5.) Where did you hang out? not so much then... either way...
6.) Did you wear glasses? glasses
7.) Who was your best friend? Shannon and Deni and Lorraine
8.) How many piercings? Just the ears...with earrings in...
9.) How many tattoos did you have?: None
10.) Had your heart been broken? ..Yes....a few years before I had met up with an old boyfriend, Steve... thought it would work again.... alas!..no...
11.) What car did you drive?: oohh.. I want it back! my 1992 blue Saturn SL1.. it was the best...
12.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: Single.. as usual!!
--------------------Today--------------------
1.) How old are you?: 50
2.) Where do you go to school? finishing up my BSN... someday!!
3.) Where do you work? TMCA... I am a Nursery/NICU Nurse
4.) Where do you live? Colorado.... where the snow falls!
5.) Do you wear glasses? glasses......Can't see out of contacts.. well... can't see out of glasses either.. now, I may just have to go to the eye specialist about that!!
6.) Where do you hang out? I do..all over... and it's none of your business!!
7.) Do you talk to your old friends? funny... most of us have found each other on FB..
8.) How many piercings do you have:2 in each ear.. but I can't remember when I had earrings in.. last year sometime???
9.) How many tattoos?:aren't they just for the army/navy guys??? Never even thought of one for me....
10.) What kind of car do you have? my daughter's Hyundai Accent...
11.) Has your heart been broken? it never got to be mended......never fully....
12.) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? Still insanely single.....
Friday, January 15, 2010
What is filling my time ?
As TV is an issue at the little house...Heidi came back home practising what she had had to do for 19 months... watching whatever cute series had been aired on regular TV and is now out on DVD...so... she found The Gilmore Girls.... the story line being about a mother and daughter... which could be similar to Heidi and myself?? not quite..but it isn't dissimilar either....
Reflections of last year.....or I forgot to post!!!
Reception of those digital signals in Purcellville is anything but good...so,on those days or evenings when it is NECESSARY to escape the BUBBLE and to satisfy Generation y's appetite for their often delayed dose of the "internet", Heidi talked of an internet Cafe called 'Market Street'.I was delighted to visit myself and personally partake of those waves of technology!
Heidi sampling those succulent Waves!
Heidi insisted I sample the Chocolate Milk too....It was very yummy!
Enjoy looking at it!
Reception of those digital signals in Purcellville is anything but good...so,on those days or evenings when it is NECESSARY to escape the BUBBLE and to satisfy Generation y's appetite for their often delayed dose of the "internet", Heidi talked of an internet Cafe called 'Market Street'.I was delighted to visit myself and personally partake of those waves of technology!
Heidi sampling those succulent Waves!
Heidi insisted I sample the Chocolate Milk too....It was very yummy!
Enjoy looking at it!
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