tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59903512498053450042024-03-18T14:18:06.111-04:00The Misadventures of Widowhoodeach new stage of our lives is filled with mystery and misadventureMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-58672573909106758602024-03-13T00:00:00.094-04:002024-03-13T11:49:00.973-04:00The March Madness and a Midwife Post I’m not a fan of basketball but I am a fan of google and I’ve been researching why and what March Madness is all about. I love saying ‘March Madness’ and wish the term applied to something I care about. I do like the way the way those words rolls off my tongue but getting excited about when the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments are held rates on a par withMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-75787283381763759472024-03-06T00:00:00.256-05:002024-03-06T00:00:00.133-05:00Rise and Shine Morning Thoughts and Memories My upstairs neighbor woke me up at 7:00. For such a little thing I can’t understand how she can sound like an elephant stomping around up there. I wish I could be in two places at once. If I could I’d ask her if I could follow here around to see what she is doing to make so much noise. She did tell me she pushes furniture around with her walker---she's a cleaning fanatic, does it every day to my Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-18046025762690956512024-02-28T00:00:00.192-05:002024-02-28T00:00:00.135-05:00War and Play and my Black JeansIt’s been a head spinning week starting with a lecture here at the continuum care complex that was---well, very complex and totally over my head. It was presented by a woman whose field of expertise is the Holy Lands and she’s spent a lot of time in that area of the world. It was titled: Understanding the War. I went away from it being nearly---if not more---confused than I was before. As one of Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45919662207858007912024-02-21T00:00:00.105-05:002024-02-21T00:00:00.151-05:00From Kittens to Quilts via Way of the Underground Railroad<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-23911543451015626142024-02-14T00:00:00.087-05:002024-02-14T00:00:00.139-05:00Busy Little Bee! <!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->Correction. I’m not ‘little’ but I’ve been a busy bee lately and it’s mostly my own fault that I had a million questions come at me where ever I went this week. 1) I’m being credited for saving my upstairs neighbor’s life---not my words. Her daughter started that rumor and gave me a purple orchid for doing what anyone else Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-64244713362292695802024-02-07T00:00:00.095-05:002024-02-08T20:52:45.673-05:00Neurodiversity, Autism and DyslexiaTuesdays or Thursdays are usually our lecture days here at the continuum care campus. I try to go to them all for several reasons: 1) I figure if they don’t get supported they’ll quit inviting speakers to the CCC (and I feel sorry for speakers when only a handful of us shows up), 2) I like learning new things, and 3) even if I don’t like the topic the experience might make good blog fodder. This Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-39510112341010427262024-01-31T00:00:00.123-05:002024-01-31T00:00:00.155-05:00How to Keep Your Apartment Super CleanI’ve finally figured out how to keep my apartment clean and ready for drop-in company at any moment. Step one: Have a second cousin and her husband invite themselves over one Friday afternoon for a tour of the complex and to catch up on family news. I was excited to do it and needless to say I worked hard at spit shining my apartment so it looked its best. I used to babysit her and her three Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-29463176218787568042024-01-24T00:00:00.100-05:002024-01-24T09:56:00.725-05:00Is There Any Subject I Won't Write About? <!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->I woke up this morning thinking that I had to pee like a Russian race horse. I haven’t been around horses enough since my teens to remember how they pee but it’s phrase my husband used all the time. I hadn’t thought about that idiom in years and I’ve never tried to track down its origin before today. My husband was brought up Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-86787461368617785142024-01-17T09:25:00.002-05:002024-01-17T09:37:49.959-05:00Sadiversary Number TwelveLast summer the IT guy here on the continuum care campus was messing around with my computer for some Mickey Mouse reason when he said I don’t have the requirements needed to upgrade my operating system to Windows 11. I didn’t care. I don’t like change. I hate it when they become a necessary evil in the computer world. I told him all that and he said just keep it in mind if you see a great deal Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-29549854470450190052024-01-10T00:00:00.254-05:002024-01-10T00:00:00.135-05:00Broken Resolutions and Unfinished CraftsThe first week of the 2024 is over and all I have to show for it is a pedicure and a ten dollar bill from winning at Bingo. Considering it costs five bucks to play it’s not a win big enough to celebrate. But the popcorn was free and the company was good so there’s that. I never played the game before moving here to the continuum care campus but as the saying goes, “When in Rome do as the Romans Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-64132601337760073962024-01-03T00:00:00.321-05:002024-01-03T00:00:00.144-05:00A New Year: It’s Just Us Now<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-43590498955659021132023-12-27T00:00:00.243-05:002023-12-28T10:25:53.506-05:00Sentimental Holiday Feelings<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-39856349752818139862023-12-20T00:00:00.651-05:002023-12-20T00:00:00.143-05:00Cookies and Gingerbread Houses on Disaster Lane<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]-->I woke up this morning thinking I had a dozen Christmas tree cookies lined up on my Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-61300028036847845372023-12-13T00:00:00.564-05:002023-12-13T13:00:39.862-05:00The GingerBread House 2023 It's starting to look a lot like Christmas around here. The photo above is of our lobby where this week the area will be filled with folding chairs and an a keyboard will be moved in front of the window on the right for several musical events on the calendar. The space is bigger than it looks in this photo and will hold 75 of us, mostly behind the gray sofa and off to the left. The door youMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-64808447763245954192023-12-06T00:00:00.261-05:002023-12-06T10:18:15.394-05:00“The Gays” and Six Feet UnderSometimes it’s easy to forget to filler myself when it comes to recommending a Netflix series to binge watch. At the lunch table recently, here at the continuum care facility, we shared what we were binging and without thinking of the content of my current obsession and the people present I recommended Six Feet Under to a couple of deeply religious women who have lived sheltered lives and Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-91161801759676862132023-11-29T00:00:00.212-05:002023-11-30T08:53:45.629-05:00Christmas Spirit and Activities on Campus<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-52506403087911306372023-11-22T00:00:00.177-05:002023-11-22T00:00:00.205-05:00My Crazy Week with a Happy Ending It’s Sunday and I don’t have a post ready to edit for Wednesday. That’s out of character for me to cut it so close to the wire. But I’m stalling here, because it's been a crazy, busy week and I haven't narrowed down what to write about. So I’ll start out chronically and see where that takes me.<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-6623205128130549332023-11-15T00:00:00.103-05:002023-11-19T15:32:33.845-05:00The Sentiemental Garment Show Our Life Enrichment Director is really good at listening to our suggestions for cultural or fun events to put on our calendar and one I suggested happened this past week. It was called The Sentimental Garment Show. The idea was for people to bring a garment or a photo of yourself wearing the garment to the activities room for a presentation that explains why it’s sentimental to you. AtMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10131857651015163482023-11-08T00:00:00.031-05:002023-11-08T08:04:04.461-05:00Covid on Campus, Netflix's 'The 100' vs Hallmark<!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-46799265125329288132023-11-01T00:00:00.354-04:002023-11-01T00:00:00.150-04:00The Murder Mystery Dinner Party For Halloween our Life Enrichment Director here at the continuum care campus staged a Murder at Heathcliff Manor mystery dinner party. Was it ever fun both before and during the event. Twenty of us had acting parts and we got our characters’ names and bios two weeks beforehand so we could pull our costumes together. Over that time we were all brainstorming where we could get various parts of ourMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-38591257630069809572023-10-25T00:00:00.212-04:002023-10-28T17:10:42.624-04:00Privacy "Privacy is not about hiding something. It's about being able to control how we present ourselves to the world." Bruce SchneierLet’s talk privacy. What’s too much? What’s too little? Does it matter who controls your privacy or lack there of? What do you do when you are overwhelmed and need more privacy or on the flip side, you are lonely and longing for a conversation with Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-54466215148046485892023-10-18T00:00:00.197-04:002023-10-18T08:50:13.762-04:00The Bacon Edition and More Newbies on CampusWhen I sit down to write a new post I quite often do a search of my blog to make sure I won’t be repeating myself. This blog goes back to 2012 and my life experiences aren’t that broad that I’ve still got a lot of untold stories left---even less than when I started because I’m old and my memories are fading. Today I used the search term ‘bacon’ and I’ll explain why later on. One of the firstMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-73085359874940079782023-10-11T00:00:00.191-04:002023-10-11T00:00:00.155-04:00The Party, the New Resident and Striking Auto WorkersIt’s been two years since I moved into my independent living apartment on the continuum care campus and we had a party to prove it. Our first anniversary party was a huge affair with fancy finger food, an ice sculpture, a champagne fountain, music and dancing---all paid for by the management. This past weekend we had our second anniversary party which was less upscale than the first and was Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-51855351907152525972023-10-04T00:00:00.536-04:002023-10-04T00:00:00.154-04:00The Golden Bachelor, the CheerLeader and the Art Class I’ve been so busy I hardly noticed that September turned into October. My first clue that it was happening is that I got a phone call from one of the guys living in my continuum care complex asking me how my dining dollars are holding up, and if I ran out would I like to have dinner with him and his wife. He’s in my writing group and I’m in book club with his wife. They always have extra Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-72697522523243864042023-09-27T00:00:00.140-04:002023-09-27T00:00:00.151-04:00High Tea and the MayorIt’s a rare occasion when I share a photo of myself online but the one below of me all dolled up and experiencing High Tea seems like a good time to do it. People on my continuum care campus are not used to seeing me put any effort into my clothing. (Jeans and a sweat or tee shirt are my uniform.) Heck, I even broke out the jewelry and I traded in my tennis shoes for some black dress shoes I’ve Misadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com45