Week 40 - The no picture Thanksgiving

I love my camera and I love taking pictures.  I do not love taking pictures of people who go above and beyond out of their way to not have their picture made.  So, I put up the camera and gave myself a break and did not take any pictures.  It is much less stressful for me.

What I wish I could explain is it is not about double chins, weight, or any list of excuses people have for fighting pictures.  It's about memories.  Remember the TG we all stood outside when it was 30 degrees.  No one will say look at my (fill in the blank).  Some days we will look back when someone had died and say, awwwwwww there is (fill in the blank), or look there is that tree that died and we used to climb.  I cannot tell you how many funerals we attend and we see a picture we took in that slide show, usually it is the only one in focus and taken at a special occasion. When that photo comes up we can talk about the event and our memory of the person.  The memory becomes even greater and more special and a way to help the living grief.  It is never about double chins, weight, saggy, baggy or suck it in but I seem to never be able to explain that to people. 

Week 39 Why I Vote

 

I agonized about my vote for awhile and the day of was more worrisome than I had anticipated. The election was more than Republican or Democrat and I was sick and tired of being called "Undecided."  I was never ever "Undecided"  I had "decided" long ago that I did not like either candidate.  I can see by the division of the country that most people agree with me they do not like either candidate.  I prayed something would happen to change my mind and make the decision clear. I felt so strongly that at one point I was going to write my name on the ballot and not a vote for President.  I decided I wanted to be part of the democratic process and appreciate the sacrifice of the men and women who have fought for this country.  As a woman, the opportunity to cast a ballot is a greater privilege.  Women have not been voting very long and still cannot vote in many countries.  It was difficult to punch that ballot but I didn't necessary vote for president I voted for the honor and privilege to safely say who I did or did not want to be in charge of my country.  I will not lie it was tough the lesser of two evils is still evil.  On the upside, I get to complain for the next for years!

 

 

 



Week 38 Family Reunion Time

This is my grandmother's family.  A smaller turn out than last year which I think is sad because every year when someone dies a little more family history and tradition is lost forever unless it is passed on.  I believe the tribe elders should pass that information along to the younger ones but they do not seem to be interested or they are not interested until it is too late. 

Week 37 30 Days of Thanksgiving

I would like to think I could eat 30 days of Thanksgiving because the food is that good.  Then I would need 30 days of naps! 

1- Husband

2 - 20 years of marriage. I would like so say it has all been great but that would be a lie so I will say it has overall been great and an adventure to say the least. 

3 - Friends, hands down, I have a few, select, awesome buds.  I would not ask hesitate if ask them to help me bury a body, bail me out of jail or wake up in jail beside me and say, "boy that was fun," next time we can do it and not get caught.  LOL

4 - It is Sunday so a good time to be thankful for Jesus dying on the cross that I might have life and have it more abundantly.

5 - The hide button on FB so I can hide the political ranting.

6 - I finally have the motivation to start working out. 

7 - A job I like believe it or not

8- Camera.  I love my camera there I said it and I don't care. 

9 - Yoga - my new love

10 - A successful surgery to remove that hideous thing on my neck I feel so much better!

11 - My office.  I love my office!

12 - Mac he is such a lug

13 - Crazy OCD CoCo

14 - Lance Armstrong McPherson aka Ditch Dog the 7 time all neighborhood Frisbee champ.  The other dogs think he is doping because he is so awesome but they're just jealous losers!

15 - Cheese my favorite vegetable. 

16 - Working from home.  I probably should not elaborate no one needs to know I do not shower and stay in my jammies

17 - This awesome weather for fall.

18 - Clean sheet day

19 - Formosa

20 - wood stove my house is oh so toasty

21 - new double window because the make the house even toastier

22 - I survived TG thanks to a 1/2 pain pill

23 - I love two days off

24 - Cheese my favorite vegetable

25 - naps!  I love naps

26 - filet'

27 - flowers

28 - mac and cheese

29 - wood stove

30 - air conditioning

Week 36 Porter Family

Really, I do not like shooting people pics.  Shooting people is tough no matter how great the people are to work with and these guys were awesome!  I always worry that I just will not be able to execute a good photo.  Somehow, I stuffed four people on this bench I made Mike buy at a yard sale and made it magic.  LOL  My how Miles has grown. It's odd to say the "Porter" since to me Marisa is still a itty bitty blonde haired blued eyes baby and now she is all grown up with her own cloned children!

 

Week 35 Fall Has Fell

Fall has fell! Literally, fell right off the trees.  Fall is here and as I predicted it would not be a spectacular fall but no one ever listens to me.  I said, the leaves are just falling off the trees they are not really turning any deep rich color but no one listened to me.  When it rained at just the right time and then we had a couple of windy days I said, this all came at a bad time the leaves are being beaten off the trees but no one listened.  Now the evidence is undeniable they are just turning loose from the trees.  The color from a distance is still beautiful and I had been watching this spot for awhile now and the morning I saw clouds and a little color in the sky and hoped in the car.  The light could not have been better but still not what I have hoped for in the light.

Week 34 Things I have Learned or Maybe Knew and Denied During Illness

1.  I can drink a beverage with more or less than 3 cubes of ice.  If someone brings it to me. 

2.  I did not die of boredom even though I was sure I would.

3.  I can sit though movie without falling asleep.  I proved that 3 times.

4.  I still enjoy surgery drugs.

5.  I am not as tough as used to be once the drugs wore off and they quit prescribing the good stuff,     I was over it.

6.  I am always doing something when I could not do anything I realized how much I do unknowingly. 

7.  You do not need a shower everyday, well may I do need a shower daily, but it is not a deal breaker. 

8.  A shower will improve your mood.  Enough said.

9.  If you sit in the recliner or bed long enough you will freeze in that position. 

10.  A shower will improve you mood. Really!

11.  Your family drama is way more tolerable under the influence of drugs.  I can see how people get hooked. 

12.  Maybe I don't "need" a shower every day but thinking I can't have one makes me "need" one!

13.  I am not good at "resting" physically or mentally.

14.  I have so many issues they started to wear me out.

15.  I really need to have the option to shower every day.