Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Tattered Tapestry
This time of year....always makes me reflect.
Especially...reflect, on Those, who've been such a Huge, Wonderful...
part of my life.
The Ones, who've shared my kind...of 'Crazy'.
The Ones, even seeing every one of my flaws, Loved me, anyway.
<3
What I...Love, and Admired about All of Them...
most,
was...
What They considered their 'flaws', were so Obvious to me, are actually...
Proof...
of
their Strength.
<3
They...all have, and had....'Battle Scars'.
Proof, They'd shown up for the Fights.
<3 <3 <3
Remember reading in Streams in The Desert, long ago...
and it always stuck in my mind...
"When we reach Heaven's Gates, The Lord...
won't seek for our 'beauty', He'll be searching for our battle scars."
; )
Yes...Those Folks, were, and are...
Such Blessings to have been woven into this tattered
'Tapestry',
'Journey'...
we've shared.
; )
<3
Load's of Running to do, today, after taking yesterday off.
Load's of combing, through Public Records.
oh...my.
Love to Ya.
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Cheers!!
Took this day...
Off.
No reading...
about the wrongfulness...
today.
It had me so wound up...yesterday, didn't get much rest, last night.
Between combing through all of that, and
The Full Moon,
well...
I was wound for sound.
Indeed.
Just took care of myself, and Miss. Peanut, today.
; )
Took a Hot...Hot...Bubble Bath, this morning...
then, snuggled with The Pup, in John's old recliner, watching old Westerns, all day.
: )
Pal, Allyson... called last night.
Invited me over to her Home, on Christmas Eve, for Supper, with her, other Friends, and her Family.
<3
Thanked her, for her Kind Invitation.
I'm looking forward to Joining Them.
<3
So much has changed, over the last several years.
oh my.
I've never been big, on 'change'.
It's kinda difficult.
Below...is a tiny, Pink...Heart Ornament, I purchased at Jerri's Sale.
<3
I'll think of her, every year, when it hangs on The Tree.
<3
I always buy an ornament, or two...at The Sales.
; )
Memories...of the Folks we get to know, even if they're gone.
We get to know them.
<3
Called Mary, the Wonderful Lady, we conducted a Living Estate Sale, for...
this morning.
Thanked her, and Gib, for The Beautiful Christmas Card.
It...was so thoughtful.
Told her...how very much it meant, to both Bill, and myself.
<3
As I was soaking this morning...again, thought of my Most Favorite...
Christmas Display, down The Rabbit Hole.
<3
Had it nearly, set...when Our Peg came up, to visit.
She and I filled the old Tin Bathtub with ornaments.
: )
Peg used to help with the Christmas Open Houses, there...
and would be so Sick...of 'Christmas', she'd tell me, when she got Home, to Missouri, she Wanted NO Part...of 'Christmas' at Home!!!!
Hahahahaha!!!
<3
Sometimes, when we'd be out 'Junkin'...I'd run across Christmas Ornaments, that I Simply...had to buy.
; )
Peg would say...
"YOU DON'T 'NEED' Another 'Ornament'!!!!"
{hahahahahaha!}
I'd pick one up...and tell her,
"but...Peg,
I don't Have 'One'...Like This....'ONE'!!!"
: ) : ) : )
Hahahahaha!!!
Peg would Roll her Eyes, knowing...
'What's The Use!!!!'.
Hahahahaha!
; )
God Knows, how Much...I Miss Peg.
We were like Lucy, and Ethel.
<3
What One wouldn't Think of...
The Other...Surely...would.
: )
{It was usually me, that got us in some Mighty....Tight...Spots.
oh dear.
; )
Somehow, I believe...that's much of why Peg so enjoyed being here.
Told her Dozens, of times, that I just couldn't understand...why, she kept coming back.
So Much Work.
So Much...
Insanity. }
<3
but...
We Had So Much Fun, too.
We'd Laugh...until we cried.
oh...my.
<3
Peg...Loved it here.
I see her
Beautiful
Touches...
everywhere.
<3
Our...
Peg.
<3 <3 <3
The Mad March Hare, wearing The Hatter's Hat.
Priceless.
<3
So Needed to take This Day....
away.
Don't feel a bit selfish, for taking it.
Popped open a Bottle of Champagne, tonight...
am sippin' on it, as I write.
; )
Was going to save it, for New Year's Eve, but what the hell.
They sell more of it, at the store.
; )
This Day...is as Good, as Any...to Celebrate,
and Toast...
my Best Friend.
<3 <3 <3
Cheers!!
<3
Love to Ya.
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Blessings.
There's So Much...to say, tonight...
but
all I can say...is
Amen.
<3
So many trials,
So...Many Blessings.
; )
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{Forgot to mention...been goin' through Public Records, this afternoon.
Concerning Fairfax, and District 6.
oh my.
I'm Nauseous.
Very.
a little...
Angry, too.
; )
oh...my. }
I've combed through Mountains...of Public Records, with a
Lice Comb.
: (
They Are...Sickening.
Sure would Love...to enjoy Christmas.
Haven't been able to....for years, thanks to Fairfax, and IDOT District 6.
again...
'bless their hearts'.
All I've Ever Asked of Them, was to tell the Truth.
Obviously, after reading Mountains of their words, they aren't capable of That.
That...
makes me...
Angry.
Very.
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Christmas Blessings.
The Tree...is done.
<3
It's not as Full...as usual. I'm not dressing the House up...this year.
The Tree...will have to Carry Christmas, this year.
<3
Frankly...I'm pretty proud of myself, for getting this much done, this year.
Couldn't imagine the Kids, and Grandkids...not seeing The Tree.
Dear Friend, Allyson, stopped by yesterday morning, and brought some of her Wonderful...
Homemade...
Christmas Goodies.
<3
What a Beautiful Blessing, Allyson has been in our lives.
<3
John...Adored her.
We sat, and visited, for a long...long, time.
: )
Got her caught up...on the IDOT, and Fairfax's Shenanigans.
Shared some of the Public Records, we've been combing through, with a Nit Comb.
She...was as stunned as we are.
Allyson, is a psychiatrist, tease her all the time about her secretly using me as her 'study subject'...for a book, she'll someday write.
: )
Met Allyson, nearly two decades ago, at The Rabbit Hole.
<3
We became fast friends.
<3
She's seen first hand, how this Journey with IDOT, and Fairfax......has affected us.
All...of us.
Allyson, said... "Let's take another Trip...in 22.: ) "
She suggested Virginia, then...said..."How about The Panhandle, of Florida??"
Told her...I was Up For Anything...'South'.
; )
and...
Perhaps...
New Orleans,
again???
: ) : ) : )
She was All In!!
<3
Allyson Loves The South...as much as I do.
<3
It was very fitting, considering the gift...I found her, recently....at Antiques of Marion.
The Creoles of Louisiana.
The book was published, in 1884.
What was so Incredible...about this book,
as I was flipping through it's pages, found a handwritten note, from the first 'Giver', of the book.
The note had Christmas Greetings, and was dated, Christmas Day, 1884.
Priceless.
Priceless.
<3
It Had...to Go To Allyson.
<3
Received many Christmas Cards, all...so very Special.
<3
Gib, and Mary...who we conducted a Living Estate Sale for...this Summer, even included us, in their Christmas Letter.
What...Beautiful People.
<3
I didn't send out any, this year.
Haven't since John left.
I...need to start doing that, again.
They bring such Joy.
<3
Took Pal, Dale...out for Supper, at Bobby T's, where Daughter, Liz...works, last night.
He was Such Tremendous Help, at Jerri's Estate Sale.
He wouldn't take a penny, for helping us.
He, so Loved Jerri, and said...he considered it an Honor, to help with her Sale.
Another...Wonderful Blessing.
; )
Ran into a young neighbor, and business owner, at Bobby T's, we were talking about the shenanigans, here...
I told him...how my Family, and Friends...so want me to get out of here.
Dale...nodded his head, Big Time...in agreement.
The neighbor, told me some very interesting details, concerning Fairfax.
Seems...I'm not the only one, who is having major issues with City Hall.
Very...sad.
Fairfax...truly, used to be
'Home Sweet Home'.
Now...it's like Hell, for so many.
Disappointing,
to say the very least.
Sadly...when we pulled Christmas, from under the stairs, and landing...last week,
we found mold, from all of the wrongful flooding.
I was afraid of that.
You can't be repeatedly flooded, and not have damage.
It was heartbreaking to see.
Kinda took the wind out of my sails.
Another Gift...from IDOT, and Fairfax, City Hall...
solely because of their wrongful Trail accommodations.
They just keep Givin' and Givin'.
Bless their hearts.
Could see, on the cardboard box...under the stairs, where it had soaked up water.
Thankfully, Christmas, is mainly packed in plastic totes.
Some of our wrapping paper, sadly...was standing on it's end, and...was destroyed.
I could see...where the totes had been sitting in water.
Helper, Brandon...scrubbed the floor, and walls, with bleach.
It's not going to stop the mold, but...it'll help, for now, until it can be repaired.
All of it.
Well...
I'm going to go sit...by The Tree.
Listen...to Old...Christmas Music, and reflect.
Miss. Peanut...has beat me to it.
<3
Love to Ya.
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Friday, December 17, 2021
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