Thursday is Here!

Glad your family is there for you, too. Hang in there, Vickie. They're all there to help you through this. 

Vickie,

I'm continuing to pray for all of you.

Love you

Good Evening Kathy and OFF-

We started off cloudy up here this morning but then the sun came out and stayed for the day.

The last moving estimator came today and I walked through the house pointing out what is moving and what is staying.  For many of you I've been posting on Facebook for the last 18 months so most of you don't know that I bought a house in Texas.  My cabins in Maine are up for sale but it will probably be several years before they sell as the market just isn't here.

Kathy, sorry you didn't get to go to the beach with your Jazz.  I love the beach and I'm looking forward to walking on the beach when living in Texas.  It's about an hours drive from my house to get to the Bolivar peninsula.

Eileen I want to learn more about your arthritis class in the pool at the Y.  Last year I became certified to teach water fitness.  I taught an evening class this past winter and want to teach an arthritis type class in addition to the aerobics class I teach.

Connie- you amaze me.  Despite your blues you are always posting encouraging responses to everyone.  I too suffer from depression.  I am using you as my role model for downsizing and decluttering before this move.  It is stressful.

Trish sorry about the earache.  I've been fighting allergies for about a month.  Last two days I've had headaches.  Think the grasses may be blooming now which are irritating my allergies.

Finally, Vickie my friend.  I continue to keep you in my thoughts everyday.  I am thankful that Butch is pain free.  I am worried about your vertigo.  With the stress and dumping are you properly hydrating.  Have one of Butch care givers check your BP.  I know the waiting and sitting is awful and you have occupied your time by planning funerals and writing obituaries.  I hope that Butch has his travel day soon but at the same time I wish you more time with your beloved.  I support your plan of going away for some alone time.  Strongly encourage you to look into bereavement counseling.  I did counseling when my Dad passed.  I would also encourage it for Christie and Carrie.  If you can't get a condo at Padre you are welcome to stay at my empty house in Anahuac.  There is a bed, a recliner, TV and operable kitchen.  Text me if you need or want to go there, I'll put you in touch we a friend who has keys.

Well ladies, that's it for me today.  Tomorrow I have to drive to the uHaul place to pick up the moving boxes that I will begin packing.  I'm going to pack books and non breakables.  They're going to pack the dishes, breakables, pictures and lamps.  Tentatively planning for the move to happen at the end of September.  So tomorrow I'm picking up a 3-4 bedroom pack kit that I am buying from uHaul.

Thoughts going out to all of you.

Cindi B.

Cindi, the folks at the Y have to be certified by the Arthritis Foundation to teach these classes. I guess they want to change the name so they can skip that step (still keep it low impact, though). One name brought up was "Aqua Joints." I asked if someone would bring in the marijuana for that ... LOL. It got a chuckle. Every instructor teaches it differently ... the one on Tuesday had us walking around in circles for most of the class. She wore out poor Robin (I think she may have MS or RA, not sure). I was pretty pooped, too. Kelly, on the other hand, does more stretching and wastes 5-10 minutes as we play a name game. Like I said, everyone is different.