What was your happiest moment today?

[aja8888]

Happy in a strange sort of way

On Friday morning, we had the memorial service for my deceased wife at a local church. It was very nice and many relatives of hers and friends were there. Many of my friends were there, but my small number of family members all live back East and watched the service via a Utube hot link.

That night, I had over 20 of her relatives over to the house for a get together. Some folks were from California (her brother and sister) and the others, mostly nieces and nephews with spouses, were from Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, and Dallas, TX. Locals were my daughter and her husband and my DW's children and grandchildren.

We had a really good time and I love those folks, many of which will be kind of out of my life going forward. Sad, but I am glad this is over. I don't ever want to bury a spouse or close family member again. And, odds of that happening are diminishing rapidly as I am the "oldest" in the extended family.

So, I sit here at 5:00 AM, wide awake and the house is silent. It's an eerie silence as the constant running of the oxygen concentrator that was drowning out sounds of almost everything, is gone for good. I can hear the ice maker in the fridge groan occasionally as it is giving birth to new cubes. I can hear my dog snore as he sleeps on the floor next to me now. Crazy, but the silence is an indicator that my life has changed for good and I am stating to accept that.

Time to start think about working on my golf game again.

 

[Venturer]

On Friday morning, we had the memorial service for my deceased wife at a local church. It was very nice and many relatives of hers and friends were there. Many of my friends were there, but my small number of family members all live back East and watched the service via a Utube hot link.

That night, I had over 20 of her relatives over to the house for a get together. Some folks were from California (her brother and sister) and the others, mostly nieces and nephews with spouses, were from Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, and Dallas, TX. Locals were my daughter and her husband and my DW's children and grandchildren.

We had a really good time and I love those folks, many of which will be kind of out of my life going forward. Sad, but I am glad this is over. I don't ever want to bury a spouse or close family member again. And, odds of that happening are diminishing rapidly as I am the "oldest" in the extended family.

So, I sit here at 5:00 AM, wide awake and the house is silent. It's an eerie silence as the constant running of the oxygen concentrator that was drowning out sounds of almost everything, is gone for good. I can hear the ice maker in the fridge groan occasionally as it is giving birth to new cubes. I can hear my dog snore as he sleeps on the floor next to me now. Crazy, but the silence is an indicator that my life has changed for good and I am stating to accept that.

Time to start think about working on my golf game again.

I'm sorry to read this. My prayers for you to continue to find comfort and solace. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[wearefinishedworking]

aja8888, you write beautifully, expressed all the feels...I am moved by this description of your weekend.

 

[pacergal]

aja8888--all the best as you move forward in your new life circumstances.

 

[Dreamer]

aja8888, yes, this is beautifully written.

I love the last sentence. I wish you many good golf games and adventures in your life.

 

[finnski1]

aja8888, yes, this is beautifully written.

I love the last sentence. I wish you many good golf games and adventures in your life.

Yes and the sentence that stands out for me and would be my saving grace is: "I can hear my dog snore as he sleeps on the floor next to me now."
With DW and I never having children we have always had loyal and faithful dog companions that I don't know what I would do without at that crucial time.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Aja, being a caregiver is tough and you often feel relief when it’s done. However, it doesn’t negate the love that you had for your wife. The feelings are definitely complicated. I hope you continue to be part of your step kids and grandkids life.

For me only seeing my step son and his wife once or twice a year is one of the worst things about my divorce. We had custody of my stepson when he was a teenager and we became really close. Now he has a very busy life between his career and family. They are expecting a baby in august and I am sad that I won’t get to be a grandma in the way I had hoped. Anyway life is all about change.

 

[pacergal]

Woke up to a beautiful sunny, but cold (25degrees) day, enjoying my morning coffee, reading the forum.
Have a bunch errands to do later, but all fun stuff.

Life is good.

 

[Koolau]

I'm sorry to read this. My prayers for you to continue to find comfort and solace. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Adding my prayers for comfort and recovery, aja888. Your family is your lifeline right now. May they support you and help you to heal.

 

[Timeisprecious]

Woke up to a beautiful sunny, but cold (25degrees) day, enjoying my morning coffee, reading the forum.
Have a bunch errands to do later, but all fun stuff.

Life is good.

Nice that you're enjoying it here, Pacergal. I love coming to this thread and reading the newest entries. The associated joy and - hopefully - positive bump in our health is why I started it. Have a great week!

 

[ls99]

Woke up and nothing hurt.
Contrary to the George Burns' line of: If I wake up and nothing hurts, I must be dead.

 

[Retire2023]

We FINALLY made the call to start moving the only account with AUM fees to the rest of our self-managed stash! Not sure why it took so long, but probably because of the reports and second set of eyes on our plan. No longer feel the need for that, and it feels great! Better late than never!

 

[Dash man]

On Friday morning, we had the memorial service for my deceased wife at a local church. It was very nice and many relatives of hers and friends were there. Many of my friends were there, but my small number of family members all live back East and watched the service via a Utube hot link.

That night, I had over 20 of her relatives over to the house for a get together. Some folks were from California (her brother and sister) and the others, mostly nieces and nephews with spouses, were from Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, and Dallas, TX. Locals were my daughter and her husband and my DW's children and grandchildren.

We had a really good time and I love those folks, many of which will be kind of out of my life going forward. Sad, but I am glad this is over. I don't ever want to bury a spouse or close family member again. And, odds of that happening are diminishing rapidly as I am the "oldest" in the extended family.

So, I sit here at 5:00 AM, wide awake and the house is silent. It's an eerie silence as the constant running of the oxygen concentrator that was drowning out sounds of almost everything, is gone for good. I can hear the ice maker in the fridge groan occasionally as it is giving birth to new cubes. I can hear my dog snore as he sleeps on the floor next to me now. Crazy, but the silence is an indicator that my life has changed for good and I am stating to accept that.

Time to start think about working on my golf game again.

Peace be with you.

 

[Act2]

Truly enjoyed getting to stay home from work due to the ice day. Very happy to have power, too!

 

[matjung]

I looked up the price for TWOU and fell in love with +25%

 

[Koolau]

Truly enjoyed getting to stay home from work due to the ice day. Very happy to have power, too!

Sorta sounds like the day a tornado missed my house by a couple hundred yards. Hadn't thought of it before, but I guess that was a good day though YMMV.

 

[Koolau]

I looked up the price for TWOU and fell in love with +25%

Unless you bought it a year ago.

 

[pacergal]

woke up with DGS, who spent the night. He is a delight. He will be leaving with DS soon for a basketball game. Everyone will be back tonight ( all Kids and grands) for our belated "Family Christmas Dinner", which was postponed due to an ice storm in December.
Have the Beef tenderloin roast ready to go, along with all the sides and desserts!

Always Happy with family here.

 

[Timeisprecious]

It was middle of the afternoon yesterday and DW got the idea to check and see if our favorite ice cream stand was open. Turns out they opened on March 1, so we had our first ice cream cones of the year together. Happy happy happy!

 

[Car-Guy]

When I fixed my tractor... Couldn't get it started yesterday. Tried everything I could think of and finally decided to stop for the day. This morning it cranked right up. Flooded, vapor locked, air in the fuel line or some other anomaly. Or maybe it doesn't like to work on Sundays either.

 

[frayne]

Walked 18 holes of golf today and this evening off to my granddaughters 15th year birthday gathering.

 

[JPatrick]

Received my tax refund today. Only took 8 days via Turbo Tax. Hope it sticks.

 

[Lewis Clark]

I co-produce a printed guidebook for the major bike trail in my county. My co-producer and I have been wanting to create a smart phone app but do not have the technical knowledge to do so. It is a minor fund raiser for a "Friends" support group.

I posted a plea for assistance on our Facebook group hoping a software developer would be willing to volunteer time for this project. And got a promising response in just a couple of hours!

 

[matjung]

Both, Bank of Ireland and Dufry reported numbers for last year and stock markets rewarded the performance

 

[matjung]

I co-produce a printed guidebook for the major bike trail in my county. My co-producer and I have been wanting to create a smart phone app but do not have the technical knowledge to do so. It is a minor fund raiser for a "Friends" support group.

I posted a plea for assistance on our Facebook group hoping a software developer would be willing to volunteer time for this project. And got a promising response in just a couple of hours!

I cannot promise anything, but what kind of help would you require?
The general advice is - compile a web page that is mobile friendly.
Thesis: It is easier to do marketing for a web page, then for an App.
Sometimes the https://nativescript.org/ community contributes Talent to Ideas for free or a small fee.
There are always graduates around who are happy to contribute to its first project. Travel usually attracts a small crowd.
The framework is based on JavaScript and is able to output apps for Apple/Android.
Do you already work with something like Jira, Confluence, or Trello?
The company where you publish the guidebook may already have a concept for the corresponding online experience.