A New Home After 43 Years

 

My New Home

 

In 1970 we moved from our small home in Beverly Place subdivision to my parents home and my home that I lived in before I married.  My parents moved there in 1955.  Dad decided he wanted to move and offered us to buy the house. I lived in that house through 2 more births of my 7 children and deaths of 2 husbands.  The house was so big, so many memories and I just wanted to start over with something new.  I never moved before because of John and Kathy but now Matt and Kelly need a home for them and their 4  children and I needed John and Kathy to stay there. And I wanted the home to stay in the family as Alex had done so much handiwork there.

So after Randy died, I was ready to move but had to wait almost a year for Matt to get his act together. He finally got a short sale and I was lucky to find an apartment in Pleasant Grove for people over 55.

I first wanted to move to Green Bay Wisconsin with Tammy but I have friends here and family and things going on. I love my new apartment and the people. It was so much work to get move and I never want to move again!

I had a fund summer of going on a tour to central California and then to the Tuacahn with the seniors and then a very long girls road trip to Wisconsin with my daughter Monica and granddaughter Lacey. Lots of fun but tiring.  To see more about Wisconsin and the photos there see: http://tulabell.blogspot.com/2013/07/4th-of-july-photos.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tulabell+%28Tulabell%29  Tammy's blog.

I found out I had diabetes and the meds I was taking made me very sick and have low blood sugar. I am on different meds now and feeling better and I have lost weight.

There are lots of activities here at the apartment complex and I plan on taking more classes this fall with Beverly and going to Branson MS in November.

Playing the Waiting Game

Still waiting and waiting for Matt's house to go through. It looks like I will  be spending the summer here after all and probably live in the motor home until fall. I have a couple of exciting trips planned. One in May to California to Monterrey, Big Sur, Salinas, Carmel, San Francisco  and Yosemite. We had been studying John Steinbeck in our classes. I am sharing a room with a total stranger. But it will be an adventure.

Then I plan to go to Mesquite NV and St George with the Seniors in June. Tammy and Charlie will come here and take all my belonging to Wisconsin and then in September I will drive there after living in the motor home for the summer.

I am so sick of the cold. We had a bad winter. Today is sunny the wind is cold and biting.  I have started to date a little. One guy I dated was my age but looked 80. Another is one I have had several dates with. He helps me with my computer. So for now I am just playing the waiting game and almost beginning to think it  will never happen.

Cold Winter Days

Well winter is here in all its glory. I think I live in Alaska. It has been hard since Randy's death. It's miserable and cold and dark. I dream of him often and in my dreams he is alive and well. I hate to wake up to reality. Another blasted birthday has come and gone. I am what they now call elderly. I find life gets quite boring. I keep thinking I am going to move soon but nothing comes of it.. I have been packing and everything is cluttered. My kids took me out for my birthday. It was wonderful except for the crowds. I went to Idaho for Christmas. The weather was bad on the way home. The holidays are not what they used to anyway.

My little Gimli cat is now my constant companion. He is soft and furry and keeps me warm. My desktop computer and my printer neither one work. I now only have my laptop. I chat sometimes with people online. I met a scammer and he didn't fool me. I no longer chat with him. My reading is my life now. I love non fiction and memoirs. Beverly and I are getting ready to start some classes for seniors. The last ones I found boring. Hope this season is better.

John and Kathy and I took the bus to Green Bay. It was a hurried trip. We had a good time but the ride was very hard. I know that I can live in Green Bay and be comforable. I will miss other family though. After coming home, I got really sick with a sinus infection which is still not completely gone. Not much to say, except I hope it gets warmer soon. And that I find out soon what my future move is going to be. I hope I can use my motorhome in the summer. I may sell it.