As I often do on the finish of the yr, I look again at what we’ve achieved round right here. It wasn’t a very huge yr for tasks, however we did wrap up an enormous one which was on our checklist in addition to just a few smaller ones. We don’t have loads left to do on this home (thank goodness) and I’ve been requested, will you promote your home and get one other so you should have extra tasks to do. Completely not! I’ve been running a blog happening 18 years now and I’ve finished so many DIY tasks and achieved numerous huge and small achievements in residence renovations, so I may be pleased with that and blissful and content material with the place we’re. We’re getting on up there in age and DIY’s usually are not as straightforward anymore and we’re so glad we’ve been ready to take action a lot ourselves on this home. Now we’ll take pleasure in it! We traveled much more this yr and loved that a lot and can proceed to journey within the coming years.
Earlier than I get happening the tasks we’ve finished, I’ll offer you a bit recap on Christmas and finish of yr on my daddy. Daddy continues to be doing properly in reminiscence care. He’s 97 now and his well being is holding up fairly properly. He’s getting extra feeble and a few days are higher than others so far as strolling goes on his walker. Some days I arrive and he’s gone again to mattress or hasn’t gotten up for the day. I do know that may be regular at his age and it might be anticipated as somebody approaches the top of their life. The care supervisor and I’ve talked and he or she thought we should always see if he certified for hospice but. I actually want we had gotten hospice concerned sooner with mother final yr. We didn’t know she would fade so quick and so they have been solely there for her for just a few brief weeks. Hospice did an analysis this week on dad and so they instructed me that he doesn’t qualify but for companies. I suppose he’s doing too properly! We’ll get him a wheelchair to make use of when his legs can’t assist him anymore. We don’t need him to fall and he has taken just a few spills within the final yr, fortunately nothing damaged.
Dad doesn’t deliver up mother or anybody at this level and he hasn’t requested about her in months. I feel that’s regular too with somebody with dementia. He appears fairly content material each day and simply talks concerning the each day issues and never loads from the previous. He is aware of I’m vital, however I’m undecided he is aware of my title anymore. He at all times lights up when he sees me stroll in, so he is aware of I’m somebody particular to him. I simply attempt to take care of him weekly and ensure he’s taken care of and he’s. They’ve a tough time getting him to bathe as soon as every week, in order that’s typically a struggle. Aside from that, he’s largely agreeable and content material and that’s all we are able to ask for at this stage of life. Thanks as at all times for loving my daddy. He’s a Godly man who has at all times relied on his religion to get him by means of and he nonetheless does. When he does get to speaking, he’ll at all times say issues like I’m very grateful that I can nonetheless stand up and stroll and I’ve a cushty place to dwell. I’m so glad he’s content material, that makes such a distinction!
For the primary yr ever, my sister and household stayed in Louisiana for Christmas and didn’t come residence. They have been right here for Thanksgiving and Lauren wished her ladies to be in their very own residence for Christmas, which I completely perceive. I missed them, however I’ll go down and go to all of them once more within the spring and they are going to be again right here too. The women are rising up so quick and are 10, 8 and 4. Parker is catching up with Lauren in peak and is already 5’4″ at 10!
The women bought a brand new pet for Christmas which after all, was enjoyable for them! They named her Peaches. Mark and I celebrated Christmas together with his household on Christmas Eve and our conventional Christmas day late lunch together with his daughters at a Chinese language restaurant. Everybody seems to be ahead to that point and it’s a enjoyable custom. So Christmas has come and gone. It was a superb one!
I assumed you all would take pleasure in seeing Mark’s 9 grandchildren these days from his 4 daughters. The three youngest all turned 2 within the final couple of months so this was a birthday celebration. They vary from 2 to 12, with 5 boys and 4 ladies (the cousins within the center are holding their sibling infants, besides one boy is an solely little one. The 2 on the precise are siblings of the two on the left. You’ll be able to think about the exercise when they’re all collectively, it’s fairly wild!
Now for the tasks this yr, not that many, some small and just one huge one:
I bought my spices organized lastly (after 7 years dwelling right here). Organizing Spices
This wasn’t our home, however I flew down final spring to go to my sister and BIL and we bought their bed room put collectively and it turned out attractive. Sister’s Master Bedroom
We lastly renovated our third lavatory upstairs and made it an Artwork Deco haven, Mark’s fave. It actually turned out so snazzy and we each love this house, with its classic retro appeal. 3rd Bathroom Renovation: Art Deco Inspired
I did a summer time deck refresh and added a brand new desk and chairs out right here, together with that new umbrella desk. We love our out of doors areas and it was so good to have the deck ground finished final yr and the whole lot stained for this yr. Summer Deck Refresh
That’s it for this yr! Thanks all once more for hanging out with me for all these years. A few of you’re new, however a few of you’ve got been with me for the reason that starting and I’m so grateful for all of you who select to observe together with our life journey. It’s had numerous ups and downs, however we thank the Lord for all of the blessings he has given us. I’ll carry on running a blog into the New Yr, however I’ll remind you that one of the best ways for all of you to assist me is to go to my weblog usually and each time I put out a submit, in case you can simply come right here on the weblog and browse it, that helps me a lot. Blogs and on-line creators are struggling today, with all of the adjustments with Google, Pinterest, and different methods to get site visitors. We’re all down in site visitors to our blogs and that makes an enormous distinction in making a dwelling doing this. So thanks on your assist! It’s appreciated greater than . I couldn’t preserve doing this with out all of your assist!
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