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late night check in after gallery duty today, i took a new friend along because she wanted out of the house. It was not super busy but interesting people came in and kept us amused. I may have mentioned she has vision issues and cannot drive. We had fun engaging with visitors including some from the uk. Nice afternoon.
more tomorrow , later
Dianes
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DH loves apple cider doughnuts, well doughnuts of any kind, really lol! Sounds like you will have a busy 5 days!
Yes to Apple Cider Donuts! One perfect donut from a really good bakery.
Stinks that the buyers won't budge but not surprised. Fingers and toes doubly crossed that it will all work out.
We are only home for 5 days mostly for SIL's 75th birthday party with a side benefit of seeing all my kids that day. We will spend the rest of the time putting away all the outside stuff at the Cape house in preparation for the winter and figuring out what else to pack. Hoping to have room to pack some apples from an orchard. Hmmm... maybe we need apple cider donuts while there.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
My 2 youngest never got along at all until the last few years when they reached their 30's. Time changes sibling relationships.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
So glad to hear that DD is doing better and love that her brother is there to help. I can see that having a plan would help in making her feel like she has more control.
Stinky shampoo - yuck! Worth bringing back.
I am assuming BFF can't afford to rent a small apartment? We had friends who did that for a year to help out their daughter.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
The relationships between your boys might change as they get older. My brother is 6 years younger than me, and when I lived at home, he was my cute little brother, but when I moved out, and he became a holy terror of a teenager, we had no relationship. As adults, we were cordial but not close. Over the past 5 years or so, we have become closer. We're very different people, and I think it took me this long to understand who he is.
BFF's house is near Mexico City. She married a Mexican citizen when she was 22, and they lived in Mexico, with visits to Minnesota in the summer (we went to high school together). Her oldest son was killed in a traffic accident when he was 13, and when her younger son turned 18, he decided he would make his life here in Minnesota. When he was around 22, she and her husband separated due to his infidelity, but by this time she had lived in Mexico her whole adult life, and chose to stay there. She started coming to Minnesota to see her son, and work at temporary jobs for 2 months each summer and winter. (Her parents are deceased, and her other relatives live in the small town where we grew up) She could earn enough money to support herself without working in Mexico the rest of the year, if she had her US earned money and her alimony. After a few years of this, we had to tell her she could stay with us one month each visit, because they started getting longer and longer once the grandkids were born. Then the current crisis happened, and we've been doing what we can to help. But yeah, living with us permanently, even if she is splitting the week between our house and her son's house can't go on forever.
Does BFF have a home of her own somewhere? I can't remember. You are such a good friend to her and her son!
I love that your kids have a good, supportive relationship with each other. Mine really don't. It went from DC1 and DS2 hating each other to having a cordial relationship now but none of them are particularly close with each other which is unfortunate. Even DC1 and DSD talked about getting together for Christmas if we are not here for the actual Holiday but no talk of such things among the brothers!
