Time Management

OK, I haven't had time to figure out the photo part. I'm sure I'll get it figured out. Our friend Audrey arrived this afternoon to stay for a week. She's come back from Wisconsin, where they spend the summer, because our friend and neighbor Cynthia passed away Wednesday. Cynthia and her husband Ray had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in April and shortly after that she was diagnosed with both lung and breast cancer. What a wonderful marriage they had! They had their share of trials the same as the rest of us but they just kept working together. If only more couples could think of "we" instead of "me", maybe there wouldn't be so many children in single parent homes. I know that for John and I it has certainly been an exercise in cooperation. Ray seems to be handling the situation for the time being however, he has yet to be alone. His daughter will be here for another week, plus Audrey, and John and I are with him every evening. We will continue to be there to help and support him.

Cynthia wouldn't go to the doctor. That is why she lost to cancer. What a tremendous price to pay for being determined no one could tell you what to do. We had all been begging her for a year to see a doctor. She lost over 60 lbs in the last year and wasn't dieting! She finally admitted to her daughter a week ago that she had known she had a lump in her breast for over 3 years. My prayer for anyone reading this is this ~ have an annual checkup! This could have been prevented if caught early and just think, her family could have had the pleasure of her life's presence with them. If you can't think about yourself, think about the people who love you. It isn't fair to them.

A new experience for me

Well, this is new for me. I thought I'd give a blog a try and see how I like doing it. It's so stinking hot here that I need something to keep me busy inside other than the way too many books I read, and house work. I've done way too much house work lately due to the fact that we replaced all the flooring in the house a week ago. I'd never replaced carpet in a house I was living in before. The end result is wonderful, but holy cow!, what a lot of work!! It was like moving. We paid the carpet guys extra to move all the furniture but I had to get the furniture ready for them to move. Like, empty the china hutch, bookcases, curio cabinets, etc. You get the picture. I decided we have WAY TOO MUCH STUFF!! I guess the real problem is it's been too many years since we moved. Moving is good for purgeing all that stuff you no longer need but thought you couldn't get along without. The amazing thing is, I got rid of a ton of stuff and the closets and drawers are still all full! I blew it when I didn't save a pair of old shoes for John to wear when he went out to touch up the paint on the house. Oh yea, we also had the house painted on the outside. It looks great too. I figure as old as we are we'll never have to do this stuff again.

Well, my next project is going to be to take some pictures of the house and figure out how to post them on this blog. Wish me luck.

Mavis