tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post1541768168471992725..comments2024-03-29T08:54:05.713-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Doctor Happy and the Bunnies and ButterfliesMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-76108314333204657482017-05-18T09:07:23.709-04:002017-05-18T09:07:23.709-04:00Welcome, Anna. I just went to a travelogue last ni...Welcome, Anna. I just went to a travelogue last night that included Wrakow. Looks like a beautiful place to live. I don't plan to go but I like learning....Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-7893842886978565592017-05-18T05:44:15.160-04:002017-05-18T05:44:15.160-04:00Hi, I accidentally found your blog and it feels li...Hi, I accidentally found your blog and it feels like meeting a friend. Though space and age separate us, the life perspective seems so familiar. Even the the paintig used for your avatar is the one my friend used as an inspiration for a costume for a party. I once stumbled upon another wabpage which is sometimes soothing and sometimes inspiring for me, so I wonder if you would find it interestingAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430217400627661990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85069264460142285402017-04-22T00:52:05.865-04:002017-04-22T00:52:05.865-04:00It's not hard to get the butterflies to land o...It's not hard to get the butterflies to land on you at a butterfly exhibit, especially if you wear brightly colored clothing. When I was there with royal blue on many of them would get within 6-8 inches before realizing I wasn't a flower change course.<br /><br />I've got over 380,000 hits on my blog and I'd like to think they are all friendly, nice people but it only takes a one Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31358240066161035892017-04-21T22:30:05.566-04:002017-04-21T22:30:05.566-04:00I don't post photos on FB, but I do on here. ...I don't post photos on FB, but I do on here. My blog feels safer to me plus, none of my kids know about the blog, so they aren't apt to see the photos. LOL There IS a method to my madness. I have never been in a butterfly house. I would so love to go. Wish we had one nearby. I would just sit very still somewhere and hoped they'd come to light on me.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-64785871674496016082017-04-21T17:09:47.998-04:002017-04-21T17:09:47.998-04:00Most grandparents know how their own kids feel abo...Most grandparents know how their own kids feel about posting photos online of their children. Some care, some don't. Some turn off the GPS markers when they take photos, some don't. But oh is it tempting to post all that cuteness all over the place! Don't blame you.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88544336048042317772017-04-21T15:59:37.748-04:002017-04-21T15:59:37.748-04:00Butterflies and kids sounded like a wonderful time...Butterflies and kids sounded like a wonderful time, you just may have started a tradition, a good one too.<br /><br />Yes it seems we get out of practice dealing with kids but all in all we can handle it, posting the faces of kids I understand but have been guilty of posting my grandson, I guess that's just expected ha haJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079471254681821763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-63942719972044123672017-04-21T14:32:26.192-04:002017-04-21T14:32:26.192-04:00Yeah, well, my kids made me pull MY hair out too! ...Yeah, well, my kids made me pull MY hair out too! LOL<br />donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3250188182992851302017-04-21T07:21:47.114-04:002017-04-21T07:21:47.114-04:00I'm really not very diligent. I go in streaks ...I'm really not very diligent. I go in streaks with exercise and diet, with everything really. In a couple of months I'll be back to finding excuses for not doing it. You are lucky to have a room available, though. The YMCA is costing me $55 a month plus the cost of personal training sessions isn't cheap. Once they end, the challenge of being diligent really starts for me. I need the Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-37183069680421621342017-04-20T21:57:23.091-04:002017-04-20T21:57:23.091-04:00I'm so glad your doctor visit went well. You c...I'm so glad your doctor visit went well. You certainly have been diligent about every sort of thing -- starting with that weight loss. You're a great role model!<br /><br />I've got an exercise room available to me right here at my apartment complex, and I'm thinking I need to start using the treadmill. In the winter, I'm much better about walking, but the heat and humidity shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-83191142697815940982017-04-20T21:52:09.245-04:002017-04-20T21:52:09.245-04:00I'd just as soon not see dogs breeding. If tha...I'd just as soon not see dogs breeding. If that makes me a prune then so be it. LOL Female rabbits pull their own hair out to line their nests if they've been successfully bred. Aren't we glad humans don't have to do that.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-766555966734423822017-04-20T21:44:26.987-04:002017-04-20T21:44:26.987-04:00I'll bet I've seen those computers for sen...I'll bet I've seen those computers for seniors. I'll bet their marketing doesn't appeal to many of us. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-36048810884023473602017-04-20T20:58:15.681-04:002017-04-20T20:58:15.681-04:00That whole bunny thing reminds me of a dinner out ...That whole bunny thing reminds me of a dinner out with friends recently where I had to confess my ignorance of the animal world's mating habits. I'm a city girl with no experience in how the birds, bees, bunnies, or dogs...or any other creature beyond human, actually mates. Well, I get the general idea of course, but when my dog breeding friend described to me what it's actually donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-9701140261677563442017-04-20T20:35:21.033-04:002017-04-20T20:35:21.033-04:00It would make a great topic. There's a company...It would make a great topic. There's a company here in Houston that's building and marketing computers for "seniors." Their advertising is so filled with contempt for older people, I've nearly called them a couple of times. Then I decided life was too short to devote any energy in that direction. <br /><br />Besides, even if we aren't completely tech savvy, we have othershoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-6419511943001368752017-04-20T16:40:29.348-04:002017-04-20T16:40:29.348-04:00I get a kick out of buying bundles of pine needles...I get a kick out of buying bundles of pine needles because my lawncare service is one that my nephew owns and when he was a little kid he tried to sell bundles of pine needles from their property to passer-bys. He was ahead of his time. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-24080788289492675492017-04-20T15:30:42.366-04:002017-04-20T15:30:42.366-04:00Isn't it nice when your doctor is pleased with...Isn't it nice when your doctor is pleased with your progress? We are works in progress. I'm a believer in exercise and strength training at our age.<br />We had a papoose-type thing that we carried our son in when he was little, but it was worn like a backpack on the back. He liked it. <br />My mother always used pine needles, and I'd use them too if I had pine trees. I like the look.Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-231417688457916762017-04-19T20:10:20.637-04:002017-04-19T20:10:20.637-04:00I like the idea of having a way to signal to each ...I like the idea of having a way to signal to each other at a retreat that you're open to talking or want to be silent. You sure are adventurous with your travels. The tiny cottage overlooking the Pacific sounds wonderful, I just wouldn't enjoy doing it all alone.<br /><br />You have my e-mail. Do let me know if you start another blog. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-56626533918873506852017-04-19T19:01:27.020-04:002017-04-19T19:01:27.020-04:00Hey, to be sure you could try asking the pine tree...Hey, to be sure you could try asking the pine tree if it'd like more needles underneath. I hear there are people who can communicate with trees and plants and horses and dogs...<br /><br />Nope! NO need to add my blog back on to your list. If I ever feel compelled to show and tell, I'll start afresh. I can't get into spilling my life onto Facebook. More likely I'd start a GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10272198164292714752017-04-19T15:16:21.890-04:002017-04-19T15:16:21.890-04:00Now you've got me feeling like I've insult...Now you've got me feeling like I've insulted my poor pine trees for not producing enough needles to suit me. LOL I hope this year I get some of the giant pine cones that sometimes come in the bundles. I might have to hide them from my white pines.<br /><br />Should I put your blog back in my "blogs I follows" list in hopes that you might be back to writing from time to time? Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-7136564499254673932017-04-19T15:07:03.623-04:002017-04-19T15:07:03.623-04:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trou...I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble talking to millennials. I think we care about the same issues but each generation approaches things differently. I know you are very computer savvy and so am I but I'm always shocked at how shocked some millennials are when it becomes clear that we know our way around cyberspace. This would make a good blog topic.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3263551200667064992017-04-19T13:27:37.020-04:002017-04-19T13:27:37.020-04:00It sure sounds like you've begun a magical spr...It sure sounds like you've begun a magical spring tradition with Nature's Disneyland. It would be wonderful to watch everyone's eyes get as big as saucers. What a wonderful way to knit a family together! hmmm...I'm thinking butterflies'd be terrific therapy. Once you marvel together, can you still argue together?!<br /><br />I agree with Libby - this is a beautifully written GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-47912218546496855112017-04-19T12:51:42.899-04:002017-04-19T12:51:42.899-04:00CONGRATS on great check up. My Easter ham showed ...CONGRATS on great check up. My Easter ham showed up on the scale yesterday morning. UGH. Now I must follow your lead and build some strength along the way.<br /><br />It is sometimes difficult for me to talk to MY kidults. It's like they are from another planet. And three hours with two busy boys and I need an hour of quiet!! I like early morning or right before bed when we can talk The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-42152085991105372962017-04-19T11:47:49.740-04:002017-04-19T11:47:49.740-04:00For the past two months I've been working my b...For the past two months I've been working my butt off to get my weight down for this appointment. A higher weight can effect blood pressure and I didn't want those meds adjusted. Plus it was just time to start turning that weigh gain train around before it got hopelessly out of control and effects my life. <br /><br />Little kids sure are busy little creatures, aren't they. I bet we Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-35604937014859017872017-04-19T11:34:37.323-04:002017-04-19T11:34:37.323-04:00Your Easter dinner sounds good. It was probably wi...Your Easter dinner sounds good. It was probably wise to hold off on the ham, I have the same problem.<br />Nice to hear that your visit to the doctor went so well. You weren't expecting any thing less, were you?<br />The family excursion to see the butterflies sounds like a good plan. I think it will make a great tradition that the 'kids' will continue long after you're a fond Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-30420708094385859992017-04-19T11:07:24.040-04:002017-04-19T11:07:24.040-04:00Yup, good health comes from three places: your own...Yup, good health comes from three places: your own self care, your genes and a good health care system.<br /><br />What I love about being around four generations of my family is not just the littlest ones but also seeing what great parent0s and grandparents the other generations are. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57115786588810111242017-04-19T10:56:27.591-04:002017-04-19T10:56:27.591-04:00Way to go on the great check up. You are doing you...Way to go on the great check up. You are doing your share in maintaining your health. Medicine can only do so much, the rest is in our hands. <br />The butterflies sound like a great tradition to keep going. The excitement of children is contagious. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.com