Sensationally Six

Tomorrow another birthday happens...

I'm not sure how festive it will be since we are ice/snow bound but we will get a celebration in at some point! It's only a number but we are both now over half way through the 5's! Somedays he really feels every single year as he moves on past the aches and pains to make it through the day. The military certainly was a good gig until you realize you paid an awful lot with your body to do all that they expected.

He's competitive, competent, capable, opinionated, loyal, passionate and a good husband, father and LaLa. He spoils us all and we only think of him getting better, not older! Happy Birthday MiRV! Hopefully you will get some road time in this year.

Sensationally Six

Can we even believe we have a six year old granddaughter? No, we certainly cannot...but here we are 16 February 2022 and we do! She is crazy about horses, mermaids, Elsa from Frozen and unicorns. She is tender hearted yet a bit bossy. She loves to draw in detail and color. She enjoys cheese, a lot along with dill pickle chips, strawberries, pickled okra and pepperoni pizza. This girl also loves snow and playing in it and this is good since she lives in where they get a good amount of that white stuff.

We were thrilled to be able to be with her for her celebration this year as last year weather prevented us from being with her on her actual day.

Looking forward to a sensationa year with this SIX year old!

My dad...

After 91 years and 79 days on this earth my dad is no longer with us. His last few years have been physically challenging as his body aged and did not perform how he wished. I think that he was still mowing his yard just last fall is a testament to the life he lived. He was a sensible man, an old fashioned, opinionated man. He lived through the Great Depression, he served his country, he worked hard at a blue collar job, he provided for his family. I think he would agree that his life was one well lived. He had a blessed life and he did not shy away from telling others that. He saw things in his lifetime he never dreamed he would. He especially made this comment when he visited us in Italy and we traveled to Rome, Pisa, Florence and Venice along with Bled, Slovenia.

I personally find comfort in the fact we will be reunited one day. 

1930-2022

Sensationally Six

Starting in February, after our girl turns six, SENSATIONALLY SIX will make its appearance. I will try to make it a weekly feature (but you know sometimes life happens and there is a lag in postings!) on Wednesdays.

 

The HANDFUL

The house got awfully quiet on Tuesday around lunch time as daughter and family headed north. Now to get the year end chores wrapped up. UGH paying taxes was tops on my to do list this week. Then it was a quick spontaneous girls trip for an 80th birthday celebration that just brought me back home this afternoon. I'm ready for a quiet evening in to ring out 2021 and usher in 2022. Just know I am headed to bed in about an hour. I'm beat. It's been a year. Some days have been joyous, others sad, some good, most great, a few challenging. Ready for 2022 and new adventures and milestones. Our family is relatively healthy and we are very thankful for that. There are things we hope to do better but we continue to try and live to the fullest with purpose and being intentional in our choices. 

The blog will likely be a bit quiet in the coming weeks as I complete the year end tasks and wrap up projects that need to be completed. We will have a 6 year old granddaughter soon. I will try to decide what the posts will look like in 2022. Until then be safe and live well, you only get one life; choose wisely! 

The HANDFUL

What a week...shingles off when we returned and because we got in late they were not noticed until two days later! We were a plus one though and we will have her til her folks come for Christmas!

It looks like we might be good but we will be keeping on eye on things!

And Merry Christmas eve...we are winding down for the evening after a lovely full day of houseguests popping in and out. It's the season. We have had a revolving door today and now we have settled in after our traditional pizza dinner, Christmas book reading and donning new PJs. The anticipation of opening that snowman tomorrow was off the charts!

So from our house to yours MERRY CHRISTMAS! We wish you happiness and good health this season.

The HANDFUL

No Littles this week allowed us to go up North. However, there was a slight delay...when one needs to set their water heater on the patio at 10:30 p.m. chances are it's not your best day. After a load of laundry, I hopped in the shower and that is when there was quite a puddle in our laundry. Stepped in by MiRV. Water was quickly shut off and the assessment was made that the water heater has failed...

A quick phone call the next morning confirmed the unit was still under warranty. Armed with instructions of getting a replacement it's off to the local home improvement store we go. Mission accomplished, new unit installed and working. MiRV got a shower and off North we went. Quite a bold move considering we just installed the new unit. But, thankfully, we had checkers checking in to make sure we weren't leaking. All was/is good PTL. I'm just really thankful it happened before we left. Because finding 40 gallons of water on the floor would not be fun in anyone's book!

In Northern news much visible progress was made as the bathtub was set in place and the toilet was brought in along with the vanity to check spacing/placement. WooHoo this is exciting progress since it is so visible! Got smaller quick with all the hardware though! And some of the workers are nearly unable to move their bodies today. It's all MiRV can do to get out of bed the next morning after helping with this remodel. The drive home will leave him stiff and aching for days.

The plan is to head home tomorrow or Sunday and it appears we will be a plus one. The Bee has already ask if she can come back with us to the Meadow. Of course we said yes! Hard to believe Christmas is just a mere week away. Looking forward to our Christmas Eve tradition of pizza this year. Made possible since as our crew is gathering on Christmas Day for our family celebration this season.