The Bad and the Good

 Another day, another problem. Because of the snowstorm, we are running late on clearing out the house, which is going to cost us $$$, and because there's a shortage or appraisers in Austin, we're going to have to pay even more $$$. Very unhappy.

There's something in the air right now that's clogging up your girl's sinuses and she's been up a storm. Thinking it's the bouquet of large flowers on the kitchen table.

Fiorella is very grateful for son L's in-laws opening their sheltering door to her after the snowstorm, but she can't wait to move into her own new house--whenever the heck it will be ready.

Did Fio tell you that she found a pair of glasses in her baggage and, although she's guessing they were her late husband's, they're perfect for her? Whew--she's been having to use an old pair Scotch Taped to the their rims for about six months.

Steak for dinner tonight.  Fiorella really hit the jackpot with her shelter family!

 

 

A Happy Ending

 Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the Lost River house we go. It's no longer Fio's, of course, but your girl needs to pick up more of her clothes and Daughter, who also has a new home, plans to meet her there because she's interested in some of Fiorella's chairs, which warms her heart 💗

The only casualty in Fio's shelter home so far has been the little amber necklace that she planned to wear with her yellow-gold pullover. Ah, well--the necklace will either turn up or it won't.

By the way, Daughter did a lot of volunteer shopping for Fiorella, which your girl appreciates very much-- especially the under-eye cream, which she'd never tried before. However, she's been left wondering about the paper of black bobby pins--Fio's hair is medium brown.

Apparently the modern way to entertain a pre-school child is to run colorful cartoon shorts from countries like Korea, which Fiorella, being a linguist, is in favor of because she assumes that then the children's brains will absorb the flow of more languages than English. 

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Here is Fio, back in the shelter again after she and son L drove up to her former home and worked on emptying it out for the new owner. The best part of it was that Daughter and her beau joined them and took away a lot of Fiorella's most valued furniture for their own new home.💗

 

 

 

Persnally Speaking

Fiorella, supposedly a very smart girl, can't believe how many stupid things she's said and done in her life. Yup, looking back, she realizes that, with the best of intentions, she's been her own worst enemy and that it's a miracle she has any friends left at all. THANK YOU!

Today is Friday, right? Fio has a calendar, but it's hard to keep track of the days without her usual milestones like wash day, grocery-shopping day, holidays, and specific TV programs.

When Son L whisked Fiorella off to an HEB less traveled yesterday, she made sure to buy an emery board and now her raggedly nails are no longer snagging on everything she touches.

Catch-up news--Son's television fix didn't work. Fio thinks TVs have become too big for their britches.

Fiorella admits she is fueling herself with Russell Stover Easter chocolate. Don't roll your eyes at her at her. You have your traditions and she has hers.😊

From Typewriters to Television

DANG! Fio wrote two and a half charming postlets, then did something or other that erased everything. This would never have happened with a typewriter. 😠

Son L escorted Fiorella to HEB today--masked, of course--so she could have an outing and also pick up some salmon. But when your girl got back to shelter and tried to fit her catch into her hostess's refrigerator, it was a no-go, even when Fio split the salmon into two bags. What to do, what to do? Hmm... how about that fridge in the garage? Hurrah, the day and the salmon were saved! (Fio should add that, in the absence of ties, she used hair clips off a card her daughter had given her. )

How embarrassing--your girl thought she had the television in her shelter room mastered, but it's started stalling when Fio tries to pick up Midsomer Murders. Maybe it doesn't like Fio's choice of programs.

Fiorella is hoping she can get back into romance writing again once she gets settled in her new house, but it's hard to get a plot going when all your pages are stacked in boxes in the garage.

Son L was kind enough to help Fio get into Midsomer Murders again, but she doubts if it will stick. When she moves into the new home, please remind her that she wants a "normal" television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moving Onward, Dang it!

 This is the day--the day that Sonia gets transferred from free range to the confines of the Georgetown's Ponderosa Pet Resort, where she'll be boarding for a couple of weeks until Mommy moves into her new home in Austin and can arrange for Doggie to be driven down to join her. Please wish us all well.

Son and Fio will be clearing more out of the Lost River house when they're back in Georgetown, but the forest of boxes in the triple garage will have to wait until movers have been hired. Fifty-some years of marriage accumulates a lot of baggage.

Interesting--Texas's Governor Abbott doesn't give a damn about his constituents dying of coronavirus now that he and his family have been inoculated. In fact, by releasing all Covid19 restrictions, he encourages the spread! Doesn't he realize that Democrats are getting shot up as quickly as they can while all too many Republicans are putting their faith in The Donald?

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 Son L and Fiorella spent a long time in her old stomping grounds in Georgetown today. First of all, they loaded Sonia Dog into Son's car--which turned out to be easier than both of them had thought it would be--then drove down the road to the boarding facility, where we all received a friendly greeting. Fiorella thought Sonia would balk, but instead, she sat down patiently while Son and Fio provided vital information, then allowed herself to be gently walked out of the room. Whew!

Next came clearing out yet another layer at Fiorella's former home, which was hard for your girl. We're down to the bare bones now.

More Observations

 Whoopie! Fiorella slept straight through to 6:19 this morning, a first in her home away from home. Not that son L's in-laws haven't been more than hospitable, but it's hard for your girl to adjust to new surroundings, and it will probably take her a while to adjust to the new house too. 

Shhhhhh! Don't tell neighbor Michael, but Fio is planning to turn the photo she took of him and his wife in the woods into a painting once she gets settled into said new house. Hoping she still has the talent.

Hmm....Wondering if there is anyone else in the world who takes down as many notes as Fiorella does, but the girl can't help it. Ever since she learned to print, she's left no paper unused😁

Sigh....Fio thinks we will have to hire a pick up or a truck to transport Doggie to her new home. Mastifs don't fit in cars.

Yoicks! Your girl finds it hilarious that she's been lulling herself to sleep each night with Midsomer Murders, easily the bloodiest show on TV. With at least five residents coming to barbaric ends every go-around, you'd think the British village would have been long ago put under quarantine 😁

 

Late Night Post

 Happy March, and Fiorella hopes this month will be better for her than February was. No inoculations are in the cards for her yet, but son L has done wonders when it comes preparations for moving out of the old house and into the new one. There's still a problem with boarding Doggie, though, and our relocation date has been moved up.

The first thing Fio wants to do when she gets settled is to contact her Gtown doctors to get her records transferred to Austin, which probably won't be as easy as it sounds.

Why is it so darn hard to get a Covid inoculation? Are they all being reserved for big wigs?

Your girl landed on her feet regarding the family that son L married into. They not only welcomed her with open arms and have been sheltering her for about two weeks with about two more weeks to go, but  have helped her get acquainted with her granddaughter, who is the most charming child on the face of the earth💗

Fiorella's posts are probably repeating themselves, but please be patient with. Your girl's world is in stasis right now and so is she.