New Life

A couple of days ago our heroine heard something she never thought she would hear and it totally shattered her heart. Since she had already scheduled to take 2 days off and enjoy a 4 day weekend she made plans,,,,,,,,

After the first few days since hearing the terrible words, our heroine realized she had been living on stuff like macaroni & cheese and linguini with creamy garlic Alfredo sauce but no fruits or veggies. So not good! So she made herself an artichoke and had a stuffed baked potato to go with it for dinner one night.

In an effort to help her heart heal she decided to make some changes in the house, make it "her" home and no longer "their" home. She started in the kitchen where she packed up all of his stemware and replaced it with the crystal she got decades ago when she got married. She loves these glasses.

Our heroine moved all of his coats upstairs and brought the coats of hers that were stored up stairs down to the hall closet. For the first time in 5 years all her coats and clothes are on the same floor.

Next she started moving art work around. She had been given this pin flag for Christmas a few years ago and it had been hanging in the front den. They never really used the front den so she seldom saw it. It now hangs in the front hall where she sees it a lot more often.

Her Norman Rockwell had been hanging in the bedroom but is now in the living room.

Her Alexander Krysnasky (sp) that had been in a seldom used upstairs bedroom got moved down and put in the master bedroom where the Norman Rockwell used to be. She figures that if she spent all that money on these pieces of art she should be able to enjoy them.

By the time Saturday rolled around our heroine was ready for a break. Her neighbor picked her up and they went out for lunch together and then saw a movie. When she got back home our heroine traded her clogs for her hiking boots and set off on an hour long hike with her "kids" She sees this house often and wonders how long it has been since anyone has been there. Considering this shot was taken from the foot of the driveway it must have been several years. One time she will get brave and walk up the driveway to peek in the windows.

On her hike our heroine noticed that the public works crew had been out and put the hydrant indicaters up for the winter.

Here are the kids enjoying being out.

Morgan is just so darn cute.

As our heroine got closer to home she took a street shot. If you look carefully you will see Kele running back toward her mom.