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29121. Ms. No - 1/7/2020 9:35:49 PM Happy 7-Day Old Year!
Arx -- yes, crossbody
Wabbit --- access to Access is what made me buy a PC rather than a Mac when I finally replaced my home computer. I'm a huge fan of Excel --- drives me nuts when my coworkers build tables in Word. Hate having to deal with all that wonky formatting. 29122. arkymalarky - 2/21/2020 7:08:42 AM Well Stan's mother died Friday. Expected but not distressing. She was at peace, in no pain, and Stan was with her when she stopped breathing early in the evening while he was playing Phoebe Snow quietly on his phone and holding her hand. he was playing I don't want the night to end.
She was 90 and had been in the nursing home 6 years. The service was really nice and we had the reception with over thirty family members at our house afterward. She had over 20 great-grandkids 14 were at our house. The youngest is three in at the grave side he was playing among the tombstones making little three-year-old noises and I leaned over to Moese and said that would have been mamaw's favorite part.
in almost 40 years she and I never had a cross or even a tense word. And that was due to her not me 29123. wabbit - 2/22/2020 11:02:02 PM Oh Arky, I'm so sorry to hear about Stan's mom, she was a lovely woman, still living at home when I met her. Both you and Stan have my condolences. 29124. arkymalarky - 2/23/2020 8:56:25 AM Thank you Wabbit. I'll tell Stan. I thought about that visit when I posted in here. That was a magical time. I'm very glad you got to meet her. 29125. Ms. No - 2/25/2020 7:45:18 PM I love that she was a mamaw and not a mee-maw. As a kid I always thought other kids just didn't know how to say their grandmother's name. Of late, it has seemed to me that mee-maw is the more common, but that's just anecdotal.
Even when we know it's coming, even when it is peaceful, we still miss our loved ones. I'm glad there could be that toddler joy at the graveside. I'll have you in my thoughts, please give Stan my regards. 29126. arkymalarky - 2/27/2020 5:45:03 PM lol. I'm a Nana.
Thanks. I will. The biggest thing is for six years Stan went to the nursing home three days a week. Interestingly, his thoughts of her now are from before that. You'd think that would be entrenched in his mind but it isn't. All of the good memories that he really didn't think about for 6 years because his Mother's circumstances were ever present when he was there have come back and that's a great gift. 29127. Ms. No - 2/29/2020 1:54:54 AM Yes, it really is. My uncle, unfortunately, has held on with both fists to his angriest memories of his mother --- some of them greatly embellished, but not all or even most. My mother, who was treated far worse and has far more reason for complaint, has mostly held on to the very best. I remember some of my Mamaw's less lovely moments and qualities, but only when somebody brings them up and then I'm like, "oh, yeah, I forgot about that." 29128. arkymalarky - 2/29/2020 9:28:43 AM Parent-child relationships are so complicated, and stan's family was pretty much the least I ever saw. It kind of freaked me out at first. Like I had stepped into a 60s sitcom like Leave It to Beaver. My family had the same effect on him for very different reasons. :> 29129. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 3:45:32 PM greetings + salutations, Le Mote! also, condolences to Arky on the loss of her mother-in-law.
recently, I celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary. it was some months after that, in 1995, that I dialed online to the Internet for the first time, and not too long afterwards began corresponding with the unruly, unpredictable mob which called themselves 'Fraygrants' tempus fugit, etc. but I don't feel very much different at all. 29130. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 3:46:22 PM nice to see the light still on hereabouts, anyway. my warm good wishes to one and all. 29131. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 6:14:44 PM nice to see the light still on hereabouts, anyway. my warm good wishes to one and all. 29132. Ms. No - 3/3/2020 9:10:16 PM Good to see you -- and happy quarter century of wedded bliss! 29133. arkymalarky - 3/4/2020 3:44:32 PM Bhel! Great to see you! I first checked out The Fray, don't remember when, because my dad said he thought I'd like it, but someone had called him an idiot when he tried to get in a conversation. Wonder who THAT was. Dad is now 88 and just finished his last book on Chesty Puller (available on Amazon ;))
25 years! Congrats! So funny, we've never met but I remember your sharing your life events, kids, big move, and wondering if you and other "Fraygrants" were ok on 9-11.
Thank you for the condolences. I actually came in to share more sad news I haven't wanted to. My sweet little Mazie died of pneumonia two days ago, less than 3 weeks after Betty. She was almost 15. I haven't called Judith yet. Wabbit and MsNo can attest to what a dear little animal she was. There is a hole in my heart, but that is where her "spot" is now. 29134. Ms. No - 3/4/2020 5:26:40 PM Oh, Arky, I'm so sorry. Mazie was a darling, sweet girl. 29135. arkymalarky - 3/4/2020 6:30:01 PM Thank you, No. She really was. 29136. wabbit - 3/14/2020 4:52:35 PM Oh no, Arky, I am so sorry to hear about Mazie, she was so sweet. I remember trying to sketch her and her never standing still, tail wagging furiously all the time. She was precious. 29137. arkymalarky - 3/15/2020 5:09:21 PM Thanks Wabbit. This has been a hard one. My side by side buddy for almost 15 years and she was doing great. Just got pneumonia and went down so fast. Vet was trying to get the fluid off her lungs when she died.
How are you doing in this pandemic? Finally got my parents squared away with their doctors and groceries and we're all staying home for at least two weeks. 29138. arkymalarky - 3/15/2020 7:49:46 PM Trying to get all my pictures and everything organized, and have those sketches on the pc wanting to get things printed and framed in the house now that I'm retired. Hobo still looks just like your sketches of him. He misses Mazie, but he's taken advantage of being the only dog and slipping in the house like a cat here lately 29139. Ms. No - 3/16/2020 1:19:57 AM Ha, that's him to a T.
I'm delivering a pot of chili to a friend who was hospitalized with Guillain Barre Syndrome for six weeks. She's home now, but still not up to snuff and her husband has Type II Diabetes and dealing with kidney issues.
Tomorrow I'm walking a friend's dogs and doing a grocery run for her while she's laid up with a leg/foot injury.
In the meantime, I bought a new car for the first time in 20 years just yesterday. I got a Toyota RAV4 and it's wonderful to sit up high enough to see over parked cars at intersections.
But the thing I love most is being able to stream my music from my phone and the hands free calling. It's pretty dang cool.
Oh, and the space to haul crap from IKEA and Home Depot. I've got plans for a major bookcase addition and there was no way I could have managed it before without renting a van/truck.
I will miss the Mitsubishi, though. A long and faithful relationship, but it finally died ---- bearings in the engine are toasted. My mechanic called me and told me to dig a hole. :-) 29140. Ms. No - 3/16/2020 1:21:16 AM Hope you all are well and enjoying the simple life at home. I'll be doing house projects, yard work, and curriculum building. Kind of excited about mapping out the contract grading parameters for next year's English course.
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