Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my last post. I was overcome by all the kindness and support, and some of your words brought me to tears. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. I wanted to answer each comment personally, but my home computer has been glitchy lately and I've had trouble getting online every time I've sat down to do it. (Today it seems to be in a better mood--we'll see how long it lasts). I can answer comments from my phone, but that's a huge pain and I hate it. So anyway, here I am sending my thanks to all of you.
I had a pretty good weekend. Monday was a holiday, and Marla came over in the afternoon, and we made taco salads and watched a couple of episodes of The Gilded Age. It's a Julian Fellows show in the vein of Downton Abbey, and a lot of fun even though, as Gregg says, "it's a damn soap opera with fancy costumes" Ha! He's right, but it's a lot of fun.
It was good to see Marla. She's had a rough time, because her dear grandmother, Miss Mildred, died a couple of weeks ago. I loved Miss Mildred. She was one of the kindest, gentlest souls, and one of those sweet little southern ladies that you just don't meet too often anymore. She treated me just like family, and I'm grateful to have known her. So that's sad, but she lived a good long life (she was 96) and died peacefully surrounded by her loving family. We should all be so lucky.
Anyway, that's what's been going on with me. The next couple of days will be spent preparing for what's shaping up to be a very dangerous winter ice storm set to hit the state this weekend. It's really looking like a bad one and I'm a bit worried. We have gas logs and a gas stove, so we'll be able to stay warm and fed, but the state emergency management is warning that much of the state may end up without power well into next week.
I'll keep you all updated on the storm prep. Hopefully it won't be too bad, but we're preparing for the worst.
10 comments:
Fingers crossed the weather doesn’t hit as hard as expected!
I loved Gilded Age! I didn't think I would care for it, but really anything w/Christine Baranski in it is good.
Be prepared for the worst, hope for the best. I wish I could give Marla a hug.
Let's hope you do well in the upcoming cold.
I adore her as Aunt Agnes! I've already watched all three seasons that are available but Marla hadn't started it yet. I live the sets and costumes!
Our local weather guy is always the voice of calm reason, and he's warning us to expect a really bad time and to prepare. I'm worried.
We should be okay but it's going to be a major storm that lingers for days.
She helped her mom picked out Miss Mildred's clothes, and they bought her favorite perfume and lipstick for her for the burial. It sounds weird, but it was actually kind of sweet when she told me about how they took care of her at the funeral home. Her family is old fashioned when it comes to that kind of thing.
I have watched 2 seasons of "The Gilded Age", and I liked it. Christine Baranski always delivers, and her character kind of reminds me of Maggie Smith's on Downton Abbey. We are supposed to get a whopper of a storm too. They are calling for up to 2 feet of snow. But one local station is calling for ice at the end of it, and the potential for power outages. Yikes. Good luck with the storm!
Yes, prep yourself for this upcoming storm and try and stay safe. We're supposed to get snow...lots and lots of snow.
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