Rose

When you make your blog more like your personal journal, where do you draw the line?  Just how personal do you get here?  Every thought, desire, whim?  Or just some basic observances on life and love and all that goes with it?  I"ll be pondering that over the next few days, to see where things outta stand.  In the meantime, here's a few updates on life in general:

It's been a year now.  My dad was diagnosed with cancer stage IV metastatic and has been on chemo. They've changed, adjusted, readjusted his medications.  He has had a few breaks inbetween, like not having any in the month of December.  He gets readjusted and his strength and appetite rebuilds.  It's been a wonderful extra year of having him, and I'm so thankful for the many number of times I've been able to dash up and see them on a weekend.  Even though we don't always do something special, or go somewhere, just spending time together, doing things we would normally do, is a pleasure.

This last trip up there, I drove dad to the recycle center.  Me, I just donate my cans to the city and let them haul them away, I didn't think it was worth my time.  But for a 9lb bag of cans, he got nearly $18 !!  So I guess the dollar's worth of gas paid off.  Not my fav place to go, however.  It's run by an oriental family, and on a Saturday morning, boy is it busy!  We had to wait for an 18wheeler to back in, and then another truck before we could even pull in. When you get inside the gate, there's just no space to maneuver your car into or out of a parking space.  People are everywhere, forklifts are dashing to and fro, and other people who are dropping off cans are busy trying to offload from their vehicle into the blue barrels they have ..... yeah. It felt like a madhouse to me!   But it makes dad happy, so .... that's what I do :)

While I was doing this with Dad, my mom wanted to get her roses fertilized for the winter.  Now, my aunt was visiting as well, and volunteered to help out, get the job done, but mom insisted, "Ohhh no, Linda's gonna do it when she gets back..."  hahahaha  I hope I'm as funny as she is when I'm her age!

And mission accomplished,
her roses will be glorious
in the spring, as always!