The Day Is Here

The one day of the week when the blog writes itself. Why? Because it is your day! Update Day. The day when you tell me what is going on in your life. Your joys. Your concerns. Your plans. Want to tell us how your elderly parent is doing? Go ahead. Any questions you have of me or the other people here? Ask them. Need to vent? Venting is good for the soul, get it off your chest and give us a good vent. Anything on your mind? We have no rules today. Doesn't matter what the subject is today, if you got something that you need to talk about give it a go here. And this is a great group that is both accepting and nonjudgmental when we get the chance so if you have been reading the blog for a while and want some new friends please introduce yourself. Or if you are just new to the blog we would love to meet you.

Been a good week, not as busy as normal but good. Three days, two nights at Mom's. A couple of meals out for Mom and I. I really think it is important to get the elderly parent out once in a while so they can interact with others. Did grocery shopping for two households. Did my budget. Scheduled my education. Set up my trust. Now this week re-doing my will is on schedule. And last week there was the biggie. I mowed my lawn. Now that may not seem all the big to you but I have to tell you that sometimes being ecologically sound is a pain in the rump. I bought an electric lawnmower instead of a gas one to save on fuel. Electric mowers are great if you regularly mow your lawn and the grass isn't to tall. However, when the grass is tall enough to hide the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and three basketball teams with all players over seven feet the electric mower doesn't really work that well. You have to stop every few seconds turn the lawnmower over and clean all the grass off of the blades. When I first started mowing my backyard Harry Truman was president. I did finish it yesterday. Whew what an accomplishment. The good thing is that I didn't find any dead bodies hiding amongst the grass. The bad thing is there were no wild women hiding in there either. The other good thing is that the lawn looks really nice. And one more good thing is that now that the grass is cut being ecologically sound won't be so painful. Next up for this guy that usually gets dirty doing household chores because the ink from the yellow pages rubs off is to tackle all the weeds taking up residence in my yard.

Next week? Two days, one night at Mom's. A business meeting. Began the process of transferring the title of everything I have to the name of my trust. Basically that is two things, the house and the car. Oregon is now requiring a lot more information to either get a driver's license or to change title on your car. They want a birth certificate. Fortunately, I found mine. I can now prove that I was born. Then I have get to the new will notarized. The reason for the change in the will? It is being changed to what they call a pour over will, where you leave everything to your trust. Then I have to make a list of everyone to contact if something happens to me. Next a list of my passwords to various sites, my bank account numbers, where to get into my bookkeeping file, how to get into the blog, review my advance directive, and so on. Then send a copy of everything to my sister and brother. I've been putting this off for a couple of years now. It is really difficult to think of these things but from my years in business I've come to know how important it is to make things easier for people you leave behind if something happens to you. You just never know what will happen or when it will happen.

I do need to ask for more prayers, vibes, and good thoughts. A friend from another Internet group is undergoing cancer surgery on May 12. Please send whatever you can muster her direction. I know they would be appreciated.

OK, the blog is now yours. Tell me everything. I want to know all about your lives. I also want to know if you are making arrangements for the day you leave this world? To difficult to think about?