One year ago today

 Can you believe it is one year ago today that The Brother Alan and Lisa arrived to set up home with me??? So much has happened. There were adjustments and changes and 2 people added to the home. For 2 years that Dennis had passed I lived alone and did as I pleased. It took just a short time for us to get used to the new arrangements...mostly on my part.  Then we added Murphy. I no longer need to take care of the garden, take out trash and recycle, there is help with other chores and Alan and I share the cooking. One of the other good things for me is that I do not like to drive anymore and now I do not have to.

I wanted a few things done and Alan was able to do them with no trouble. Fencing in the garden to keep Murphy out! New lights here and there.... and this is the latest project....

I hated the verticals in my room. I wanted this look and Alan was able to do it in a day. I now have more privacy from the lanai and garden area. With the weather eventually cooling down the lanai will be used more and as you can see my room opens to it.

Here are a few pictures of changes------

The brick pavers were extended to square off the garden and the fencing goes all around the planting area. The pond was removed after a week of jack hammering.

Our rose and kitchen garden. We did not plant the chives in here and Murphy ate them all!

It wasn't all work....Lisa and Alan lounged in the pool they bought for Murphy who will not go in it!

We made changes around the inside in all rooms to make it ours. I am sure there will be more in time but for now our home is comfy and yes at times like a 3 ring circus but we would not have it any other way.

Murphy has gone from a scruffy puppy 

To a handsome one year old who still acts like a puppy!

Yes, during this past year many things happened. As you may know, this past week we lost our mom. EvaP had been in a nursing facility. Slowly she lost ground; dementia and falls and then Covid. EvaP was 93 and lived a good life. She travelled, she enjoyed her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her nieces and nephews were important to her...she loved their monthly lunches when she was well. She passed peacefully in her sleep on Sunday morning October 11th, the last of that generation. My cousins and I are now the older ones! Thank you to many of you who sent her cards and letters during her adjustment to the new living arrangements. It really did help.

All in all, so many new things----- many changes happened---- so many changes yet to come---- we are ready. 

Thank you for stopping by and for you kind words and sympathy notes. Thank you for your friendship.