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Patsy (grano9) posted an update Friday, Dec 30, 2022, 11:09am EST, 1 year, 4 months ago
Belated MERRY CHRISTMAS, and early HAPPY NEW YEAR! (don't faint, yes, I am still alive and kicking, just not as high)
Had a very quiet holiday, same as the last 3 covid dominated years.....mostly stick close to home except for groceries, banking, filling gas tank, seeing doctors, going to physical therapy twice a week and neighborhood walking...a rather quiet and quiet existence..
no FOL anymore, they had a SUPER sale in October, over $200K - biggest ever...I didn't work it. I miss FOL but a new, younger crowd has arrived during the pandemic as many of the elders had to hibernate.Had a sad goodbye in September, my beloved PT cruiser Percy blew a head gasket and could not find parts, so he was donated to the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch (place for boys being trained for "honest" jobs of car repair) and auctioned off.
Actually shed tears when they towed him away.....only had 156,000 miles and was bought in 2003.
I am now driving a 2022 Toyota Corolla - silver, named Tigger - quite a difference.... I actually prefer the PT - was easier to enter/exit and didn't have 2 gazillion new things to learn......... oh well, things do wear out (as I am finding with my 83 yr. old body)My sister and I have not cruised for visited or vacationed together since Feb/2018 when we returned from a lovely cruise - I really miss our cruising....but doctors say no.
Have graduated to GreatGrano6 - yes, 6 great grandbabies..........two I have only "met" in pictures/videos. My kids and grands are scattered from Alaska to Florida.......Healthwise - am ok, had a couple of minor surgeries this past year and I go to PT twice a week - doctor trying to keep my strong and fit since I live alone...... ladders/step stools are outlawed - and I "try" and behave carefully, but am not one to depend on others much..............just try and be safe.
My saviors the last three years to keep me from going completely bonkers have been two kittens I adopted, - brother and sister... Punkin is a male orange marmalade cat - rather aloof - and his sister, a fluffy fat calico female names Sweet Pea...who is most docile and quiet....Punkin is a bit standoffish - and has a broken tip of his tail. They keep be from sitting too much and give me great company.
I got booted off Facebook for asking a question - (they don't recognize punctuation evidently) and I really miss hearing from old school buddies, old neighbors, BB buddies, and all you folks. However, I tried getting back on with a new IP address, new name, new email, etc... and the minuted I added friends from my list they booted me again... I gave up.
I do hear from some BB buddies and several high school friends..... but everyone has been so covid consumed the last 3 years things just seem to have changed.Forgive me from not staying in touch............ I miss our old BB on eBay..........what a great crowd we had.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE....................... will try and touch base more often.. (typing for a while was not easy as I had my index finger in a cast after surgery for a cyst and it now has a screw between the first two joints...it lost feeling sensation for a while and was in a cast) Just getting the dexterity back)