Focus On Life - Week 33 - In Season

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but when I saw this prompt, my first thought was that song from the 70's -  Song: Time Of The Season Lyrics by The Zombies...  Ok, so I am showing my age....but it was a cool song.  Also later that day my husband and I had to run an errand and saw this sign....(suppose to say Rainy Season is Here!
























Thought it was kinda catchy...but we all know what season it is...especially in Florida....SUMMER! And finally we got the chance to go to the springs and beach....here is collage of what we did.  The two girls in the water is my daughter (standing) and me (in water...it was COLD water). Then the mural with my daughter in was on the side of a restaurant in Crystal River, so I convinced her to pose.....then there is one of the hundreds of crabs that were coming on shore...what a sight.  Then my son is striking a pose...that's me behind him...hehehehe. And of course some seagulls...when I took the picture of the single seagull with the buoy's behind him, I didn't realize there were seagulls on each one... what a hoot!

That my day in the "Summer Season" For more hop over using the links below....Have a sunny day!

Focus On Life - Week 32 - Where I Stand

When I first read this, being silly as I can be, I thought well I stand on my feet...but...we know that is not what she meant.   So I have been thinking about it this week, and right now I am standing in the center of several cross roads...Now that my parents have passed, I had wanted to do some traveling...but that is on hold while we wait for the doctors to decide what to do with my husbands ankle...after 9 months the bones still have not healed, one of the screws in his ankle is loose and he has an infection....they have given us several options. We are just waiting for the last of the lab test results to come in before making a decision.

My middle son is at home while he goes to college...where he is finding that college is totally different from high school.  My daughter spent the summer here helping me around the house and going through some of her "stuff" we brought with us when moved.  What she packed two years ago doesn't seem as important now....lol.

But..I know God is Good, and the right path will show itself when he is ready.

In my picture, I have my family, the one of my husband of course was taken last year before his accident. Then there is my daughter...(laying on the couch) then my middle son, and then my oldest with his two daughters and my daughter in law...the rest are of the nature around my house that somehow keeps me grounded.  I can't tell you how much I sit at my window or go out and look around my yard when I feel like I am about to loose it. Oh, and our dog, who doesn't know she is a dog.....

So from where I stand...life is good, God is good, and I will just keep plugging along.

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Focus on Life - Week 31...The color Blue!

I really thought I would be gone this weekend so I had my picture ready.  I really haven't been outside this week. So I went back and found some "blue" pictures in my stash.  My husband's fav color is blue, mine is purple...so we are kinda the same...but anyway, here goes!

For more "blues" hop over to Sally's place! Til Next week......

Focus on Life - Week 30 - Catch the Sun

Wellllll, even though I live in the "Sunshine State"....this week has been more rain than sun.  The summer is our rainy season and we are really getting it!  Today...is the first day I haven't woke up to rain. We are hoping to go visit the springs and get a little r and r or sunshine!  But I did manage to get a couple of photos before the rain set in of the bird feeder outside my window with the sun, and my dog looking out the window watching for the squirrels that were running around out there in the sun, and then if you can see in the one picture how tall my grass is. I am going to have a jungle soon.....

For more pictures of the SUN hop over to Sally's page. 

Focus On Life - Week 29 - Routine

Wow week 29 and I am a day early...whoo whoo!  I guess not having much going on on a Friday helps.....

This week, as you can see, Sally gave us the prompt - Routine.  Hmmmm...routine....doing something the same way every day.....ahhh...yessss...that would be MY COFFEE!  Unless I have to go in for a fasting blood work, DON'T mess with me til I have had my morning coffee!  Really sad I guess....but I don't have any little ones running around so I can take as long or as short a time as I want.   But I guess this is ONE of the PERKS of being "more mature" and retired....

My coffee, my computer, my emails, life is good!

So anyway...I have had my morning coffee, it is now time for my breakfast and to get on with the day.  For more great routines, hop over to.....Sally's

Focus on Life Week 27 - Texture & Week 28 - Pretty Patterns

Well I never figured life would slow me down as it has the past two weeks.....but since what happened really blends into this challenge, well, heck, I will just do a combo!! :-)

The beginning of week 27, my doctors gave me a new antibiotic......found out the very hard way...I am highly allergic to it....luckily I only took two doses, but those two doses did me in.  The rash I got was unbearable....I was in bed almost a week getting over it with new meds to counteract the antibiotic....so for week 27.....our famous leader Sally...

We are focusing on textures today! From the course to the soft and fluffy, textures are always at our fingertips but we tend to be too busy to notice. Textures surround us at any given time, we sometimes just need to slow down a little and give them a little attention. Run your fingers down the hem of a quilt or pick up that dried leaf and focus on what your finger tips feel.

Well I can tell you, that rash is raised!  It is raised and rough and it itches!!!! This rash was ALL over my body! Including my head!   I will never take antibiotics again! This was horrendous. I had to stay in bed most of the time with a fan blowing on me. If I got hot, the rash itched more!!! I would never wish this on anybody, even an enemy......

Legs....

Arms.....

So there you have texture....

  For this week, 28, it was pretty patterns....well, lets see what pretty patterns the rash left me......

Needless to say, I was a pretty patterned up person.

 And as I am sure you are, I am tired of the rash, so 

til next week.....

"Rash On".... :-)

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over to Sallys.

Focus on Life - Week 26 ?

I know I am very late with this....but...they do say better late than never.  I really didn't know what to post this time and almost didn't but then the light bulb went off.

As most of you know I lost both my parents this year, my Mom Feb 9 and my Dad June 3. It wa
s expected but......anyway this past weekend we were having an estate sale and such and so I was really busy and just didn't feel like posting.....but then "light bulb".

My camera died too....(time for a new one) so I am posting a canned clipart picture.

 But my theme " A New Chapter in My Life"  

I am now at that point in my life when my parents are gone, as is my husbands, so you could say we are at the top of the list now.....I have to make decisions I didn't think I would have to make...and not making ones I thought I would have to make.  I have blank pages to fill now with MY life and what I want to do. My responsibilities as a daughter are over. I am the "reigning matriarch" (lol) now.  It is a  strange feeling. I still catch myself thinking I need to call my mom to ask this or that, or to tell my dad about something I found in my garden....but I can't they aren't here.  

They are here in spirit and I can "talk" to them when ever I want, but, I don't get to see their reactions....

But I am well aware of how the life cycle goes....I watched Lion King enough when my kids were growing up!!!!!! So I will take this challenge and in baby steps start to fill the pages of my new chapters. And hopefully when the day comes for my husband and I to "go" my children will take up the challenge and continue on.

Thanks for listening to my rambles, I know some of you have been there done that and many will be soon.  So I am thankful for being in this new club and will await new members as well.

Veralynne