January sunshine!!
Already the first month of 2025 has passed! January sunshine is a rarity in the PNW but we have enjoyed several days this month in Vancouver, Washington.
HOWEVER...south of the Columbia River, sentiments are different...
They will soon be happy again as rain returned yesterday!
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This start of the new year has had a different flavor for me. With returning home from the east coast New Year's Eve I had only a few days to adjust to the 3 hour time difference and prepare for my Grandma G Christmas on Sunday, Jan.5!
The Couve Gang!!
Later that week Kahana, Saul and Nainoa came for an afternoon visit. I had already taken down the tree but a plant with lights worked nicely! Pomai was still in school.
That left me with two weeks to catch up on laundry, cook extra food, clean up the house...especially the floors... and program our family calendar to get ready to...
Do The Deed!!
The past two years I have been haunted by the failed attempt to have cataract surgery on my right eye. I had gone in, ready to have it done, when they sent me home (actually to the emergency room) because of high blood pressure. That shattered my healthy self-image and its been a struggle to regain it. Now two years and two months later with two cancelations and worsening eyesight, I was again scheduled for the surgery.
This time all went well with the encouragement of my family and Debbie being with me!
Rockin my Hollywood sun glasses!
I am amazed how bright and clear the world looks now. Out of my right eye. Only one eye to go...on February 18.
After a couple days with Angie hanging out with me I was ready to loaf around by myself and leisurely finish the family calendar. It runs from February to February and contains over 300 family photos from 2024!
I've taken a few weeks to be low key, sleep in, lounge whenever and take walks while the sun shines, though the air is chilly.
It's a great time to work on the Maui puzzle I bought there two years ago! I need to go again sometime!
When you get a craving...home baked baby back ribs!
A feast for one!!
REFLECTIONS
The winter months have always been a challenge for me. Living here in the Pacific Northwest I am somewhat more relaxed, but cold rain is still difficult. This January has provided an assortment of scenarios and some sunshine so the weeks have passed quickly. The warmth of friendship and family has kept the chill and gray away! Yay!
This has been a good three GeoGram weeks in the life of Gram G.
"Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits..."
(Psalm 103:1-2)
