HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to me.  What color shall I use?  Oh yes, blue.  Not because I feel blue, far from that, but blue is my favorite color.  I have received many beautiful cards and words from my friends here on THE GOOD SHIP ST. CATHERINE. My what a lot of friends I have made.  And a wonderful family who have remembered me too.  My living room surfaces are full of beautiful cards.  The day is young, I may get more.  MY CUP is running over.  I have even gotten messages on  my computer!!  It makes me humble. what have I done to deserve all of this?  Love is FREE.  Just like God's grace.  You don't deserve it--it is freely given 

SO BE IT  Enjoy

Betty Boop

ALL GONE

Snow has melted, just the memory remains.  Sometime memories are good.  This one is because it caused little trouble.  But we were ready for it. Parts of U.S. are not so lucky.  Really serious in much of the rest of the nation.  I can't imagine living there.  Just remember the heat in the South and many would not like to live here.  SO BE IT.

Tomorrow is my 92nd birthday.  I have already received many beautiful notes and cards from friends here.  Two others have the same one.  It was a good year !!!  I have already lived longer than any of my family I think.  What is the answer for longevity? If I knew--I would bottle it and sell it for a lot. I would not like to live in the condition many here do.  To be up and living as I do is truly a blessing.

Betty Boop

LET IT SNOW

As I sat in the Bubble after going down to breakfast in the Cyber, I looked at the "snow."  Well it did snow enough to whiten the Meadow.  As usual, and I can not explain it, white gull- like birds were all over and some ducks were on the water too.  Every time it gets cold the gulls come. From where I do not know.  They were very pretty in the sun.  The little bit of snow is melting fast.  Well that is the kind to have. 

Slow day with nothing planned except Choir practice  at 2:30.  So I will do as I please and enjoy.

Betty Boop

OOOPS

I made a mistake on my blog.  I said we had lunch at LITTLE MERMAID.   No. no. no !!! It was BONEFISH. There, I feel better.  Betty

LITTLE MERMAID

Have you had lunch at THE LITTE MERMAID? We did yesterday after Church.  It has been there a while on the Colony.  I haven't been there in a while. It was a little elegant and the food was great.  Amy and I had their signature-Bang, Bang, Shrimp with eggs benedict . Excellent .  It was a beautiful day.  But the weather people say that is about to change.  Snow expected tomorrow night.  Won't that be fine? 

I have missed PT this weekend.  Start back today.  Always a little rusty but I will look forward to it.  I do hope it is helping.  Can't see much change in my balance yet, but I have "high hopes."

Betty Boop

SUNDAY SUNDAY

Let's see what this color is like.  Is it gold?  Hope so.  It looks like a "golden" day is coming over the Lake.  Enjoy it for they are promising snow coming.  Hey that would be something to enjoy.  They will scare it off with so much talking about it.  1-2 inches would be nice.  Or would it bring us to a fast stop?  What is wrong with that?  Win-Win. 

Jan, Tommy, Amy. Ed, and me all for lunch here in my Cyber Saturday.  Burgers, shrimp po- boys and grilled cheese, some FF's and some sweet potato fries and cole slaw for me and it was all good.  Especially the conversations and just to have them together  plus showing them off to all my friends was great.  Made me feel special.     Well off to get ready for Church and another bunch to eat lunch with.  Am I blessed?   I"ll sayI am.

Betty Boop

SATURDAY

Sky is beautiful this morning.  Clouds almost the color of this script.  Now the sun has wiped away most of the purple.  Can't believe the weather folks are getting us excited about the possibility of snow (sprinkling)  Don't we love the thoughts of just a little.  It seems to me I remember as a child more snow.  A few really big ones.  The world is getting warmer.  I remember space heaters to warm our house, and standing there getting warm in the morning while my clothes hung on the back of a chair warming before I put them on. No wonder there was always the threat of fire starting.  My don't let me down Memory Lane this early in the morning.  So much was good about those days.  The hard and bad memory of them seems to fade when you remember that there was a lot of good about growing up then.  Those of you who have my book CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF LITTLE DOT , should hark back and read it again. 

Jan is coming this morning.  We need to catch up on some things.  Amy came yesterday for a short visit.  All good, good, good.  I will have to run and get started on the routine.

Betty Boop

GOOD MORNING

Cold at 32 degrees.  Some would say that is mild.  Like Cary and Bryan. But for here it is cold.  It will warm up I think later.  Friday and another week end is here.  What will you do?  I will see Jan on Saturday.  What will I do without her?  And Amy and MG too.  Oh if I start naming people I will get in trouble for there are so many helpers.  PT is on tap this morning.  My Dr. is all for exercise and I am too.  Lord help me to keep it up and be fit as long as I can.  

I am going to come back and do laundry.  Now that is easy.  Go to lunch with friends and then a nap.  Before you know it a day will come to an end.

So Be It

Betty Boop  

BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE

Beautiful but cold.  It is January in Mississippi.  Up and down.  Just like me.  I am up today.   Such a good report so far from annual physical .  Two test have to come, but don't expect anything wrong.  Dr. says I am doing good according to my numbers.  They are important but how you feel is too.  Maybe I will keep working on my therapy and change my attitude.  Not easy when you are tending to so many things about your health. Always something to fix--can get you down. What should I expect?  After all 92 is quite an accomplishment. Right?  Lot of living during that time.  Some good and some not so  good, but be thankful for all the blessings I have. 

I need to get back to writing poems. That always makes me feel good.

Betty Boop
 

SATURDAY

Storm roaring outside.  Maybe I should not be on the computer?  A big clap of thunder just scared Bitsy who was sitting by the door to Balcony. Raining hard now.  It is ushering in cold temps. I woke at 5 this morning and could not go back to sleep. Got up and had breakfast by 6.  It is going to be a long day till nap time.  May have to catch a "cat nap." 

I have my birthday this month.  Guess that is good, but somehow I dread it. 92 is a little intimidating.  I am in the right place with many around me in my boat. I do wish I felt chipper, but I don't.  This PT is hard and I have to recover every time. It is supposed to make me feel better, but so far I don't.  Patience is not something I have a short supply of.  O well SO BE IT.

Betty Boop

BREAKFAST

Breakfast in Cyber.  I do love that place in the morning  (by myself) at the little table for two.  I keep my back to the line and make no eye contact.  Is that rude?  Not really.   I just don't like interacting with people, friends or not, early. I hope I do not offend anyone.  My, the eggs and bacon and rye toast were good.   Fixed and served by someone with a friendly good morning.  Better coffee too.

Bitsy is confused and I am trying to adjust.   My favorite blue chair that I sit in every night was carted away for a recover.  It was indeed shabby.  I had shopped and so had Amy and Jan for a new one but nothing seemed to fit my short legs.  So someone suggested a" do over" and I sprang for it.  The bad part is it will take 4 weeks to deliver it back--like new.  I can wait, but Bitsy is having to adjust.  She is confused at the change.  Likes everything to stay the same.  Oh well, she has  proved over and over that she can adjust to something new.    So have I !!

Betty Boop

2019 What!!

Today the color is grey.  No sun in sight.  So I am writing my blog in the color grey. Not very pretty.  But hey, that is just the weather.  The sun is still up there and all is right with the world even it does seem bleak.  I wont get into politics for I realize my understanding is very limited.  I try to get it, but can't understand a lot.  It is a great comfort to know I am not alone on that subject.  So I just say SO BE IT. That phrase covers a lot for me. 

I was looking at my Balcony this morning (from the inside) and it looks bleak.  Two little brave Pansies have survived. I have planted and replanted twice and not much luck this year. . They are beautiful at my outside entrance to my building.  So pretty.  Choir starts back today  after holiday break.  I am glad.  I do love my experience  there.  Even though I can't sing very strong anymore.  Others are the same way, but together we do very well I think.

Betty Boop  

COLD IN MISSISSIPPI

Cold for us.  Some parts of US have snow and lots of it.  Maybe we will have a "little."  But not today.  It really does throw us to have just a  little. Sunday was good.  We as a congregation reaffirmed our Baptismal covenant.  Impressive , the ceremony. Don't think I have done it that way before.  Do you remember yours? 
 
Lunch at Scrooges  They serve the best veggies in town. Too much really.  I was too full but happy.  Ryan brought me home as MG needed Amy to help her shop for something to wear to  an important meeting she is to attend.  That girl is a very successful business woman now.

For me it is back to PT. I don't enjoy it but I am glad I can get it here with St, Dominic's outpatient dept. Maybe it will soon help my balance.  I hate this getting old. 

Hey let's write something good and uplifting.  The coffee was good this morning.  Fresh can was opened and it smelled so good.  Always smells better than the taste.  I remember my  little 4 cup perculator  coffee pot. of long ago.  I was too busy with "girls" And my second cup would always get cold. Well I will sign off before my second cup gets cold.

Betty Boop

SUNLESS SUNDAY

No sun so we will have to make our own. Lets go to Church.  That always make me happy.  Not just the presence of God that I feel there, but the music , the love and acceptance of friends and the fact that it does make me feel good.  So that is sunshine for today.  No wait --I get to see some of my family for lunch Nothing like sharing a meal that brings you closer. What a family. I am blessed indeed. More sunshine.

Jan and Tommy had lunch here with me Saturday.  They are one of the "rocks" that I depend on and cling to.  Jan put something up high that I was afraid to climb and reach.  Smart of me, also she adjusted  buttons on a new blouse. I can't thread a needle, much less sew a button on anymore. She is also my watchdog of my mail. So many little things she does, that I have trouble doing.  So never think that small task don't matter.  They do!!  I am so blessed.  Oh yes, my new blouse that Jan was adjusting.  It is a beautiful shade of red. And that also makes me happy.
MORE SUNSHINE

Betty Boop

SATURDAY RAIN

Rain may not last long, but I miss the sunshine we had for a  couple of days.  Maybe I could write a poem about it.  I can't remember writing one on that subject.  Never know what will come out of that brain.  I do have one according to a CT scan.  This round of PT has been rough.  I am amazed at the number of people who take some form of therapy.  That department stays busy.  Really something to watch and to also go through the exercises.   I will try to stick with it, and hope it helps my balance.  It is no fun felling unbalanced. 

I had a favorite breakfast here in my little apartment.  V8 juice and coffee.  Bitsy had LIVER & CHICKEN DINNER and dry cat food also.  Both our bellies are satisfied.  I am sure you enjoy my breakfast and sometime lunch offerings.  Just shows you I  have little I have to say--so I will just say nothing till something of interest happens.  O yes, I have been having such strange dreams (pain meds)  I go back in time to my early marriage days.  Kind of feels strange how real they seem.  Kind of nice and sweet.

Betty Boop

MORE SUNSHINE

You have to get up early to see the beautiful sights with sunrise.  Baby Blue skies, clouds get color from the sun rising, pale pink.  It does not last long, so you have to be there in the moment. 33 degrees is a little nippy, but that will soon rise to just cool. 

Egg over light, Cranberry juice, turkey bacon, whole wheat toast, coffee  sounds good?  I cooked it myself and dined in my "nighty", watching the sun come up.  Pretty sight?  Not me but the whole picture.

I have just been looking at Bryan and Ashley  on Instagram.  I am loving watching progress.  They are both amazing with the remodeling of their first home.  Bet they will never want to move.  Her kitchen looks better than Martha Stewart (she mentioned her.)  His study with all the beautiful shelves for books is just what he needs.

Betty Boop

SUNSHINE

Sure looks great outside my Balcony door.  Little cool,  but It is January 10.  Our first born's birthday.  How time marches own.  I was such a young girl then.  22 and clueless as they come.  Of course Truman was too.  But she survived us.  So did we. I feel quit proud of her.  In spite of being the first one born of two more to come.  I guess we used her to  learn how.  I believe it made her strong and independent .  For she has done well.  Good mother and wife.  Now retired to do things she wants to.  Happy Birthday.  I will never forget the first time I saw you.   No Mother was or still is as proud of you as I am. 

Have a good day, everybody!!

Betty Boop

LOOK MOM, NO CAVATIES

Music to my ears.  Of course I take good care of my teeth.  Little sugar helps with much of it.  Any way I has happy to hear that the pre cancer in a spot is still gone. 

Amy and I went to our favorite--Piccadilly (sp)? for lunch.  I always love their liver and onions.  Cabbage and black-eyed peas is icing on the cake.  Good day but was tired.   I am off to PT for a little grueling!!  Yes it is just  patch, patch, patch.  SO BE IT.

Betty Boop

ONE THING AND ANOTHER

Well, Monday started off with an eye infection.  Went to Dr.Ford (the great conversationalist.) Jan and I can't look at each other because we might break into giggles. He is a hoot for sure.  But we got some eye meds  and it will be all right.  I go to the dentist today.   Amy's turn to haul me around.  My but I feel needy. Thank goodness they are the best at making me feel o.k. about all the stuff they do for me.  Everyone (old) should be so  lucky to have such good help.  M. G. came by and gave Bitsy her shot.  Like a  nurse she is. And I do appreciate her a lot.  Oh well   SO BE IT.  I always say.

Betty Boop

SUPERSATURDAY

Woke  up feeling like an adventure (as Jan calls it.) That means my numbers were normal and I have been wanting to check out sales at my favorite department store--Dillards.  I know it is a late but sometime you get better bargains but less choices.  That makes it an adventure.  We started as the store opened to conserve my energy.  Found 2 pair of pants, 4 tops and one sweater. I am rich again or am I?  More clothes and less money.  O. K. Win some lose some. or something like that.  I was pleased.   Lunch at the new Food Court was good.  It really does look better with it's new makeover.  So light, clean, much bigger.  Made for less noise.  I really enjoyed  the morning.  Jan is so helpful and patient  with me.  She said she enjoys helping me. What a blessing I have with two girls here.  I know Linda would be the same if she were here.  I also needed some makeup--got that and we headed home.   Home and bed for a nap.  All in all, a good day.

Betty Boop

FRIDAY {already?}

I had lunch with a lady  and her husband that I know but have never dined with them before.  They live in one of the houses and do not come over much.  My she was a talker and very entertaining (maybe)  I was a little weary when it was over.  She talked for her husband too.  I know he can talk, but has a hard time getting a word in.  She told of her first   husband and told of his  first  or was it second wife?   I lost count.  Down right funny the way she told it.  O well it was a little too much to share. You never know what will come out over lunch !!

I have to go do a little laundry.  I had breakfast in the Cyber, because I woke up early and also because I could!!!

Betty Boop

DARK OUTSIDE

It is dark and cloudy early.  I think we can expect it all day and more rain.  Someone needs to build an Ark I think.  I never want to go through a flood like 1979 when the water came all around our house on Riverwood.  Thank heaven it did not come in the house but we had to get out till it receded.   Bad memories.

Amy came yesterday and decorated  the table in the hall.  I had just about used all my stuff too much.  She has many nice, pretty, and cute items to decorate with.  I will ask her to make a picture to share when she comes again.  I really like it!!!!

I have a meeting to go to.  Mary Margret Judy (her name sounds like a Nun, but she isn't one.)  She is our director and a very good one.  She has a meeting for residents once a month to bring us up on current events and past ones too.  I like to go just to hear what is real and what is gossip.  A lot of rumors can get started as you would expect among people like us.  See you later.

Betty Boop

DAY 2

I had a wonderful lunch for New Years'. I got my fill of black eyed peas and very good cabbage.  Money and luck.  I need them both.  I also splurged with turtle cheesecake.  It did not do me under, but I want do it again for a while.  My it was good.  Nice company with Judy at my table.  Missed Betty.  Hope she is back soon.  One man said he went to the new Years party (he has a girl friend here).  He is in his 90's, and uses a walker.  Went through 2 hip replacements a couple of years ago.  He loves to dance.  He announced proudly that he danced with 7 women including his girl friend.  He was at lunch, but she "slept in."  I say hooray for him.  He was once a very well known architect  here in Jackson.

I have a bunch of Dr's appointments this month.  I hate that they all come together, but I will get them behind me. Therapy will be mixed in.  Hope that helps I don't have time for anything else  except Choir.  That I love.  Hope to keep that activity.  We will see.  What will be--will be.  And I am thankful.

Betty Boop

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Yes, to you I wish a good one.  Truman and I were not big on parties.  We went to bed before midnight and rarely saw the ball drop till next day on the news.  I did not drink and he rarely did, so that lets you out sometime. Today you can't go anywhere with out the habit.  So Be It.  It bothers me a lot.  But people make their own choices. Still not for me. 

It is finally light outside. Very cloudy.  I woke at 5:30 and just got up.  Everything is closed here except the New Year's lunch in dinning room.  I am going.  I must get me some black eyed peas.  Need all the luck I can get.  I don't really believe they will bring good luck. I just happen to like any kind of peas.  So good luck to you all and please keep reading.  I would hate to think I am writing to the wind.  I do express my opinion sometime.  To each his own.

Betty Boop