I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

The day started with several down notes but.................

We did get off to breakfast at the culturally interesting restaurant.  Found friends there and had a lovely meal and good visit.

Went to the cemetery and found our beautiful but artificial flowers from the 16th of October still there and still great looking.  The keepers had decided that they were ok to stay and had left them right where we put them last month! Yea! We added a big bunch and the whole thing still looked wonderful.  The extras we took to neighbors who were buried there.  Put out the flowers and took pictures for their granddaughter.  She will be pleasantly surprised I think.  And all the little flags had been put out and look so lovely.  The driveway into the cemetery was lined with American flags and the whole  place looked so festive.  Mother was pleased.

The next stop  was Sam's Club.  We always enjoy the samples.  Mother enjoys the goodies we bring to her waiting spot and she enjoys watching the people.  We always come away with lots of stuff we don't need but will enjoy sharing with others.  I have decided that baking cookies is a job for someone else most of the time.  They have a bakery that makes cookies to die for and we just can't leave them there!  Apple pie for the holiday will be nice to have too.

When we got home Mother realized that she had lost a highschool class ring.  She didn't get to have a ring and her sister had given her, her own  class ring.  We made calls and looked everywhere but guess it might just be gone.

All in all it was a good day.........Jack and I talked about how high our expectations were when we came 11 months ago.  And I laughed about saying we were taking baby steps in many directions, but not sure we are often back to crawling in reaching our goals.  These are not big goals, just things like bringing the house up to a cared for condition.  The yard needs so much work.  The trees need trimming and the yard needs to be leveled and the driveway rescued from years of dirt settling after rains.   I could go on for lines and lines!  LOL  It is still a day at a time....and more often than not.....hour by hour.  Jack told me I had lots of guts to undertake what I have done, and yet I don't see that I had any choices.  You don't abandon your family.

Peace!