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as entertaining us with it s antics they are a lot of fun to watch depending on who you talk to in the neighborhood they are cute or perhaps not so cute to the ones who have had their flowers and gardens nibbled on well that about sums up summer around here hope you are enjoying your summer days posted by happy home at 5 24 pm 11 comments labels boating family fourth of july fresh cut grandchildren summer wednesday december 11 2024 happy to be home a beautiful day in sunny florida judging by this picture one might get the idea that we enjoyed a tropical vacation the main reason for our trip was to move my mother in law into assisted living from the apartment she has been in since 2014 we drove down on thanksgiving day not knowing what would be open and in an effort to save time we packed lunch and ate at a rest stop turkey jerky sweet potato chips homemade pumpkin muffin and clementines were my attempt at making this somewhat unusual thanksgiving still seem festive the traffic was light as we had hoped we arrived at our first destination in time to celebrate with our son and his family thankfully we were able to visit with them for a few more days jaxson loved going on walks with his grandparents and showing us the best views in his neighborhood grandma wanted a picture by the pretty poinsettias when grandpa was ready for a rest jaxson found a palm frond and used it as a fan soon it was time to head further south and begin our work we spent 6 days going through my mother in law s belongings she is in a much smaller place now so everything had to be dealt with in short order like so many from her generation she was a saver i was amazed to come across her high school scrap book filled with crumbling corsages boxes and boxes and boxes of photos made me glad that we now store them on our devices for the most part we brought back what we could fit in the car to be distributed to various family members we lost count of trips to the donation center once the jobs were done we enjoyed a celebratory dinner and visited her in her new home in her room with her daughter and yours truly our last day we visited during happy hour mother son enjoyed the christmas carols being played on the piano and a nice conversation somewhat teary goodbyes are always hard at 95 years old she is in remarkable health prior to her move she had a few falls and it became clear that she couldn t live alone anymore convincing her of that was interesting to say the least after an adjustment period she is now doing very well in her new home we are now back home and christmas seems to be coming way too fast the smartest thing i ve done in a while is putting up my trees and all christmas decorations prior to leaving after a very busy few weeks and a long drive home it was so nice to walk into our home all lit up for the holidays merry christmas to me this afternoon is my eye injection appointment and then i m off the computer for a few days can t wait to have a minute to sit and catch up on blog reading posted by happy home at 1 38 pm 6 comments labels christmas decorating family grandchildren thanksgiving travel winter monday june 10 2024 pondering weddings now and weddings then we made a quick trip to baltimore over the weekend to attend a nephew s wedding while waiting for my son to finish last minute packing i strolled around his yard to see what was blooming the previous evening s raindrops were still clinging to the calla lilies gazing at them conjured up thoughts of my own wedding nearly 43 years ago prior to the wedding i had seen a magazine photo of a bride holding a simple bouquet of calla lilies to me it was a very beautiful and elegant look one i hoped to copy for my own wedding someday when that day came along and my mom and i were talking about wedding plans she suggested using silk flowers instead her thought was that real flowers were a waste of money all the money spent only to throw them in the trash a few days later go the silk route and you and the bridesmaids can have them for years to come she said i could see her point and somewhat reluctantly gave up on my calla lily bouquet june 27 1981 here you see the beautiful silk candleholders the girls carried pretty safe to say none of them kept them for long i myself carried a lace fan embellished with silk flowers i held onto that fan until we moved six years ago it had been sitting in a trunk all those years i did love my wedding gown being a sentimental sort i had visions of a future daughter wearing it one day since there are no daughters i took a closer look at it when i moved and decided there was no need to keep it either although i could scarcely believe i would ever part with it it felt good to let it go my nephew s bride has been involved in dance and drama since she was a little girl when they planned their wedding they wanted all of the most important people in their lives in attendance and they said being on the dance floor at least once was mandatory i don t think i have been to a wedding with so many young people in attendance many of them were also dancers my brother father of the groom danced with his granddaughter she is only 2 and a half years old and was on the dance floor most of the evening with all of the dancers she was surrounded by she will most likely grow up with a love of dancing at some point the bride changed from her wedding gown to this mini length fringed dress her 88 year old grandmother is behind her in this picture grandmother was also on the dance floor most of the evening my brother and i were sitting at the table remembering how much our dad loved to dance we were commenting on how he would have loved to see his grandchildren and a great grand having so much fun on the dance floor right about then the dj announced that he was fulfilling a request for grandmother proud mary was the song she chose it is also the song my dad loved dancing to it prompted my brother and i to get out there and join the crowd dancing with dad june 27 1981 reflecting back on my own wedding it seems like we followed all of the traditions of the time church wedding layered wedding cake bouquet and garter toss etc i remember my mom telling me that it was important to get around to each table to say hello to each of the guests although i loved every minute of my wedding i felt like by the time i fulfilled all of the obligations the band was performing their last number and the guests were dwindling out the door i did however cherish that dance with my dear dad back to the weekend wedding the wedding took place in an outdoor garden just outside an art museum we migrated indoors for the reception the garter do they even wear those anymore and bouquet were never tossed and cookies and brownies replaced the cake to me it seems like the weddings i have been to in recent years are more a reflection of the bride and groom s interests talents and shared dreams i kind of like how they express their individuality more now rather than being tied to those traditions just comparing notes on weddings here today mine was everything i wanted it to be at that time i don t regret a thing well if i m being honest i might have regretted those silk flowers just a tad d posted by happy home at 12 50 pm 8 comments labels celebrations dad family happy things spring tuesday may 14 2024 mother s day flowers and charm bracelets outside our bedroom window this morning things are looking a bit soggy the downspout has created a raging river at times next to the rosebushes the rain is a welcome sight after our rather dry month of april while things are a bit dark and drippy outside this beautiful bouquet of flowers near the kitchen sink are brightening things up inside a thoughtful gift from my son for mother s day another bouquet from brett bringing beauty to the dining table so nice the be remembered with flowers cards and phone calls on mother s day i do hope you too had a nice mother s day a few days before mother s day i received a surprise in the mail my sister sent me my mom s charm bracelet i suppose i had seen it as a child although i scarcely remembered it as i looked at each charm it seemed as though the story of her life unfolded before me engraved charms depicting each of her children tiny baby shoes and a tiny baby carriage which were most likely gifts when her babies were born a telephone and victrola perhaps from her days before marriage and children the tiny warplane did my dad bring it from his time in world war 2 if my mom were still here i would be asking those questions so often at this stage of my life i wish i would have been more curious about my parents and grandparents younger years either way this charm bracelet was a little glimpse into my mom s life and interests through the years more familiar to me are the golf bag and tennis racquets she absolutely loved tennis and thinking of the pleasure it gave her makes me happy after looking at mom s bracelet i was compelled to dig out my own far fewer charms on it as i think the fad was beginning to wear out in my generation i believe that most of the charms were gifts from my parents that little round one to the left of the roller skate says i love you when you spin the circle i can t think of a sweeter gift to receive for mother s day although my mom has been gone since 2009 something so personal brought her memories flooding back to me and that s the next best thing to having her here since i know that many of my readers are from the same generation as me i am wondering how many of you have a charm bracelet still if you do perhaps you would consider sharing it on your blogs posted by happy home at 12 34 pm 11 comments labels family happy things mom mother s day spring monday march 25 2024 to florida and back last week we travelled to the sunshine state the first few days we visited brett s mom she will turn 95 later this year and is starting to show signs of dementia brett and his sister went through her storage room while i spent time going through photos with her a lot of time was spent reminiscing about these photos often i had no idea who the people were and she couldn t remember yet she was reluctant to toss them i tried to explain that the younger generation isn t typically interested in these old relics so if they didn t have meaning to her it wasn t necessary to keep hundreds and hundreds of them meanwhile in the storage room brett and his sister dealt with tax papers from the 1970s to the present and every brochure for every piece of furniture appliance etc that they had owned once done they had 400 lbs of paperwork to be shredded i don t say this to be critical of my in laws instead it was a reminder of how much has changed regarding keeping photos and paperwork in the past few decades after the work was done we enjoyed a nice lunch overlooking the water the boating activity and pelicans were entertaining as we dined on fresh grouper sandwiches then it was on to visit our son and his family for the remainder of the week jaxson was on spring break so there was lots of time for science experiments and many many board games we brought our very old tennis rackets and introduced jaxson to the game somewhere in my own old photo collection i have a similar shot of my dad with his two grandsons on the tennis court holding their rackets in this same position my parents loved the game and wanted all of us to love it as much as they did all too soon the week was over and it was time to head home i never like that part and neither does jaxson good memories will tide us over until the next visit posted by happy home at 3 01 pm 7 comments labels family getaways grandchildren happy things spring travel wednesday november 29 2023 post thanksgiving pre christmas the christmas decorating is underway at my happy home before i get too immersed in that a brief documentation of the thanksgiving that was thanksgiving was different in many ways my son offered to be the host in his new to him home one drawback to that is he doesn t cook he did offer to provide costco s version of a pre made turkey dinner that idea was shot down quick by his cousins i said i would be happy to help in any way but i decided to let the younger generation come up with the plan this is new to me and i found it rather fun to wait and see what they came up with i did bring over a few fall decorations and my sister in law brought her table cloth i felt right at home seated around our old dining room table once the plan was in place we all brought a few dishes to share i guess i should say the females brought the food my son happily provided the shelter as he called it and the beverages i ll say one thing we had no shortage of food it s been tradition for my sister in law to bake the pumpkin pie and i bake the apple new this year her granddaughter baked a chocolate cream pie yum yum yum hats off to the younger generation for a most successful thanksgiving celebration now back to the christmas 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