NEW DAY-NEW ATTITUDE!!

TODAY IS FILLED WITH HAPPY THOUGHTS, AND HAPPY LONG OVER DUE REUNIONS!  MY JAPANESE SON IS IN TOWN AND IS TAKING ME OUT TO LUNCH.  I CALL HIM MY SON, BECAUSE I WAS NOT ONLY HIS HOST MOTHER, BUT I PLANNED HIS WEDDING, HIS HONEYMOON, AND THEN HELPED TEACH HIS LOVELY WIFE WHO ALSO STAYED WITH ME, HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH.
REMEMBER I WAS A HOST MOM FOR 11 YEARS, BEFORE MY HUSBAND MIKE GOT SICK WITH ALZHEIMER'S, AND THEN I BECAME A FULL TIME CAREGIVER.
MY DEAR SISTER ALSO HAD TO BECOME A FULL TIME CARE GIVER WHEN HER HUSBAND ALSO DEVELOPED ALZHEIMER'S.  THAT IS WHY WE NOT ONLY DO THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK EVERY YEAR, BUT DO OUR BEST ALL YEAR LONG. TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENESS ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.  LAST YEAR WE CAME IN FIRST PLACE IN RAISING MORE FUNDS THEN ANY OTHER TEAM IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND HAD 63 PEOPLE JOIN US AND OUR FAMILY ON THE WALK.  BTW, THAT WAS ALSO MORE PEOPLE WALKING ON OUR TEAM (BONELLI-HAYES) THAN ANY OTHER TEAM!!
EVERYDAY IS SUCH A GIFT.  I WISH MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE THE GLASS HALF FULL.  WHILE WE HAVE LIFE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE.  WHY WASTE A MOMENT BEING SAD OR DEPRESSED?  CONCENTRATE ON YOUR MANY BLESSING, AND SMILE.  YOU WILL FEEL BETTER, AND SO WILL ALL THOSE YOU MEET.  HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY!  LINDA-OUT

MY LIFE-STRANGER THAN FICTION!!

YESTERDAY BROUGHT UNEXPECTED JOY, AS A NEW ROOMMATE CAME OVER AND GAVE A DEPOSIT ON MY ROOM, PLANNING TO MOVE IN ON APRIL FIRST.  BOY DID I SLEEP GOOD LAST NIGHT.  THINKING I ONCE AGAIN HAD THINGS UNDER CONTROL.  NOT!!  HONESTLY, WHEN HAVE I EVER HAD THINGS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL?  I'LL TELL YOU WHEN-NEVER-THAT'S WHEN!!
ANY HOW, FIRST THING THIS AM I GOT  THE DREADED  CALL.  IT SEEMS HER FIANCÉ  THOUGHT IT WAS A PACKAGE DEAL WHICH INCLUDED HIS OVER NIGHT STAYS WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN.  NOT HAPPENING!!  SOOOO, I AM NOW ONCE AGAIN LOOKING FOR A ROOMMATE.  SURE WISH I COULD FIND A NORMAL ONE, I REALLY DON'T THINK I AM ASKING TOO MUCH.  THE GOOD LORD KNOWS MY EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT ALL THAT HIGH!!
OK, ENOUGH OF MY WOES FOR ONE POST.  I AM SO SURE AT LEAST HALF OF THOSE READING THIS ARE GOING THROUGH MUCH WORSE THAN ME.
LIFE IS PRETTY GOOD IN TRUTH.  I HAVE MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS, GOOD KIDS, A ROOF OVER MY HEAD, AND THE TWO CUTEST MOST LOVABLE DOGIES ON THE PLANET!
I AM ABOUT TO BECOME A GRAND MOTHER AGAIN TO TWINS, AND A GREAT GRANDMOTHER AGAIN TO ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL.
LISTENING TO THE OLDIES RIGHT NOW AND  REMINISCING.  WHERE HAS ALL THE TIME GONE?
HOPING YOUR DAY IS HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS!!  BLESSINGS,   LINDA OUT    

BIG SURPRISES THIS WEEK!!

I WAS UNDER THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS WOULD BE AN UNEVENTFUL BORING WEEK, BUT NOT SO!!
OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY, TWO, YES, TWO OF MY FORMER FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS E-MAILED THAT THEY WOULD BE IN TOWN THIS WEEK AND WANTED TO TAKE ME OUT TO EAT.
THESE JUST HAPPENED TO BE TWO OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS.  THEY WERE BOTH WITH US FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
ONE IS FROM JAPAN, AND THE OTHER FROM S. AMERICA.  HOW BLESSED AM I, THAT THEY STILL REMEMBER ME, AND CARE ENOUGH TO COME SEE ME?  I'll TELL YOU-VERY!!
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS ONE, CAUSE IT HAPPENED TO ME, AND EVEN I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!  MY NEW ROOMMATE MOVE OUT YESTERDAY WITH OUT EVEN A WORD!!  JUST LEFT HER KEYS ON THE TABLE, PACKED HER THINGS, AND LEFT!  I DIDN't KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL I WENT INTO HER ROOM, AND FOUND IT EMPTY!!  UNREAL!!  I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY THING LIKE THAT IN MY WHOLE LIFE.  SHE MUST OF HAD SOMETHING MENTALLY WRONG WITH HER, AS SHE WAS YOUNG, BUT ON DISABILITY.  SOOOO, GUESS I'M BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER ROOMMATE!!
HOPE YOUR LIFE IS HAPPY AND LESS COMPLICATED THAN MINE! BLESSINGS GALORE-LINDA OUT.  

GOOD ROOM MATES ARE HARD TO FIND!!

I HATE TO COMPLAIN, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOM STRANGE PEOPLE WANTING TO RENT A ROOM FROM ME.
SADLY, SINCE MIKE PASSED, I HAVE BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE I NEED A ROOM MATE (or rather the financial help) TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
I AM BLESSED WITH THE BEST KIDS IN THE WORLD (not just my opinion either) WHO SEEM HAPPY TO PAY FOR MY RENT, BUT AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO INDEPENDENT, I WANT TO DO ALL I CAN TO SUPPORT MYSELF.  HENCE A ROOM MATE.
ANY HOW, IN OTHER AREAS OF MY LIFE THINGS ARE GOING WELL.  I WAS AT MY ONCOLOGIST YESTERDAY FOR MY REGULAR CHECK UP, AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY WITH MY BLOOD REPORT.  HIS WORDS WERE "YOUR BOOD WORK IS AWESOME TODAY !!" .  I OF COURSE WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, AS MY LAST BLOOD WORK WAS NOT SO GREAT.
I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT WITH TWINS, AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.  SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT, BUT IS FINALLY GOING TO BE A MOM!!
I WAS IN CA. FOR A FEW DAYS LAST MONTH, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO SPEND TIME WITH MY SON AND HIS TERRIFIC FAMILY.  THEY ARE SUCH GREAT HOST, EVEN THE LITTLE GIRLS (my Sweet grand babies) MADE ME FEEL SO LOVED AND WELCOME.  THEY SURE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE GIRLS!!
ONE OF MY OLDEST AND DEAREST FRIENDS (the guy who got Mike & I together)  HAS HAD A STROKE.  HIS WIFE HAS BEEN KEEPING ME POSTED, AND HAS BEEN RUNNING HERSELF RAGGID TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF HIM.  HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER, AND I SPOKE WITH HIM A FEW DAYS AGO, AND HE REMEMBERED ME, AND WANT TO SEE ME ONCE HE GETS BACK HOME.  I WOULD LIKE THAT TOO.
WELL, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR NOW, WISHING YOU ALL MANY BLESSINGS THIS DAY.  LINDA