tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post8169993564069964123..comments2024-03-28T20:40:18.960-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: The Ramblings of a soon-to-be Crazy WidowMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41680214422493349932014-11-26T23:46:49.292-05:002014-11-26T23:46:49.292-05:00Your description of a blue haze as interacting wit...Your description of a blue haze as interacting with people, but feeling like you're not really connecting is a perfect way to describe the way I often feel. We can be talking, having a good time even but still I know nothing deeper will ever develop.<br /><br />A crust-less pie would be better than one with a crust....well, at least store-bought pie crusts. I have a great recipe for pumpkin Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-78706572297220126462014-11-26T22:02:59.212-05:002014-11-26T22:02:59.212-05:00That feeling you describe as a blue haze is one I ...That feeling you describe as a blue haze is one I have sometimes experienced as having a glass wall between me and the world -- I'm interacting with people, but it feels as though I'm not really connecting. It's a feeling I dislike intensely, and fortunately it usually passes fairly quickly.<br />If your love of pumpkin pie is about the filling more than the crust, a trick I have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88310914875225338362014-11-24T09:21:49.181-05:002014-11-24T09:21:49.181-05:00Yes, cherries and pits---more meat to the fruit th...Yes, cherries and pits---more meat to the fruit than pit and the pits are important because they are capable of growing bigger and better fruit trees. For me the decision not to do a tell-all is easy. (And couldn't all couples do that, no one or no relationship is or ever will b e perfect.) 1) It's not in my nature to bad-mouth people I love---learned that early in life from my parents Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-91340941841475932322014-11-24T06:45:20.500-05:002014-11-24T06:45:20.500-05:00Yes, our beau's and our relationships with the...Yes, our beau's and our relationships with them were complex. Cherries with pits. Sometimes I'm tempted to do a tell-all, but what's in print can't be taken back. LOL Besides, I was a handful myself. <br />GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45979204512603121772014-11-23T20:57:20.458-05:002014-11-23T20:57:20.458-05:00I feel old when I can't do everything for myse...I feel old when I can't do everything for myself. I'll get young again in the spring when the snow season is over. LOL<br /><br />Interesting thoughts you've shared about throwing our anchors overboard. For me, it means being in a safe place to be ourselves, a place where our muse can be found. But I feel like I should correct your assumption that Don and I had a "sweet love.&Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82054957248958491542014-11-23T20:27:45.416-05:002014-11-23T20:27:45.416-05:00I've always loved that quote and clipped it ou...I've always loved that quote and clipped it out of the paper, decades ago.<br /><br />Michigan snow doesn't go away in a few days like it does in so many other places around the country. I wouldn't mind that at all. Although this week a lot of our snow is going to melt and they are talking floor alerts. <br /><br />Trust me, what I am planing forThanksgiving dinner is not my usual Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-80993023785625404472014-11-23T17:58:38.868-05:002014-11-23T17:58:38.868-05:00Kiddo, you're not OLD. Old is 101, or 102. Y...Kiddo, you're not OLD. Old is 101, or 102. You've got the philosopher in me thinking. When we throw our anchor overboard, do we throw it in the past, the present, or the future? Maybe we throw it where love is, toward dear sweet love like you had with Don and I had with my honey? Jean, you've developed a great capacity for love, evidenced here and elsewhere. Maybe it was 'DonGowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-25543727270838385192014-11-23T17:32:13.153-05:002014-11-23T17:32:13.153-05:00I agree with Awkward Widow. You'r dinner is be...I agree with Awkward Widow. You'r dinner is better than what I'd do. I'd probably have a bowl of soup and sandwich. I've never heard that Ann Landers quote, but it rings true, doesn't it? <br /><br />I love the snow, but my sister, who lived in New Hampshire, used to remind me that I had no idea what it was like to have snow on the ground until spring. Most of the time when itBella Rumhttp://culdesacchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31539312062190354762014-11-23T13:35:09.804-05:002014-11-23T13:35:09.804-05:00I know they sell 1/2 pies closer to the holidays b...I know they sell 1/2 pies closer to the holidays but I was afraid the weather wouldn't let me get out again before Thanksgiving. The day wouldn't be the same without it. <br /><br />Your Sunday Soup Supper sounds great and not too hard on anyone.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-87575291077234567762014-11-23T13:30:13.822-05:002014-11-23T13:30:13.822-05:00With our husband's dying just days apart, we b...With our husband's dying just days apart, we both do a pretty good job of just plodding along, don't we. Even if we do have a down day here and there we get right back up.<br /><br />Me, too, on Bee's reveal. I want to know where she's meeting these guys---the cruises, the internet or own condo turf? We should go down there and ring some details out of her...about January when we&Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-63757651748039797342014-11-23T13:09:04.664-05:002014-11-23T13:09:04.664-05:00You are right about staying home ... by choice is ...You are right about staying home ... by choice is so much more luxurious. My traditions are changing as well. I don't want to shop, buy, prep, clean, cook, do dishes, pack left overs and clean again any more. 6 is my max and I am VERY comfortable asking each person to bring something. <br /><br />Tonight is Sunday Soup Supper at my house. Loaded baked potato soup. Someone bringing The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41258347927412246092014-11-23T12:32:10.248-05:002014-11-23T12:32:10.248-05:00and then, the third sadiversary is just around the...and then, the third sadiversary is just around the corner in January. Well, kid--we just keep plodding along--through whatever comes along. I've been waiting for Bee's Big Reveal for weeks it seems. At least one thing to look forward to, LOL.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31646336743541877672014-11-23T11:39:57.637-05:002014-11-23T11:39:57.637-05:00This year, they will realize how important those h...This year, they will realize how important those holiday get-togethers were and how much they took them for granted. I don't blame you for putting your foot down, though. If no one helps with cooking or clean up it's got to be a LOT of work to fall on the host and hostess...not to mention getting the house cleaned before and after...and the cost!<br /><br />It won't help you but a tipMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-49066303522891554002014-11-23T11:14:39.729-05:002014-11-23T11:14:39.729-05:00This will be hubby and I's first year not host...This will be hubby and I's first year not hosting the holiday meals for 25+ years. No one will lift a finger to help and we're tired. We've begged them to help out, but alas they just wouldn't listen. So we told them last Christmas that we were no longer hosting the holiday meals. Now they want to help. Sorry, way too late. We'll cook for ourselves and we're looking Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31800790678798446512014-11-23T10:40:51.947-05:002014-11-23T10:40:51.947-05:00Wow, you flatter me... but I will lap it up like a...Wow, you flatter me... but I will lap it up like a kitten with a bowl of milk. By the way, I love your blog as well. <br /><br />That 'sugar crack' is real isn't it, and it's so easy to get right back in to it. A friend suggested I cut the pie in half before baking it. Then I can save half for Christmas. If I can figure out how to keep the filling from running out of the cut side,Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-25526493090207763182014-11-23T10:19:27.888-05:002014-11-23T10:19:27.888-05:00Debbie Downer or no Debbie Downer, the holidays ar...Debbie Downer or no Debbie Downer, the holidays are challenging for me and I still have my husband and a couple of grown kids. I feel blessed in that regard and I still struggle with the whole season never really living up to the Hallmark moments I see in all media representations. I know that's not realistic, but still….. Here's the deal, Jean. We go around the table at every meal donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-44243853663466919622014-11-23T10:02:38.554-05:002014-11-23T10:02:38.554-05:00In case anyone is wondering what Bee is talking ab...In case anyone is wondering what Bee is talking about, I changed the ending of this blog before I knew there was a comment waiting to be published. Originally, I had written that Debbie Downer was knocking on my door.<br /><br />I've been wondering about that teasing cliffhanger you wrote about in your blog. I hope it works out for you but if it doesn't at least you're out there with Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-19017548777938290972014-11-23T09:37:09.066-05:002014-11-23T09:37:09.066-05:00don't let her in for anything honey! slap her...don't let her in for anything honey! slap her face even! i'm not sure what is happening with me either. i have this lovely man that was supposed to have been here last week but was delayed a week for work. will he come? i have no idea but if he does i will be smiling from ear to ear. if not, well, not so much. is he the one? i have no idea but i do know he's someone i'd Empress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.com