Week after Easter

It was a busy week!  Ron still had Monday and Tuesday off, and he was great help at 810 continuing the task of readying the contents of Mom's house for the garage sale to be held April 24.  We took more loads to the Samaritan Center and Recycling and took a pick-up load of trash to the transfer station.  We also met with the Thrivent representative again on Tuesday afternoon - Mark and Mary met with their representative in St. Louis - and finished up with the transfer of Mom and Daddy's investments and life insurance to Mark and me - they were so generous and loved us so much.

Wednesday was my first day on my own.  I did pretty good, but I miss Mom so much.  Coffee time in the morning is lonely, and I miss her so much.  Like Mary says, I had coffee with Mom and Daddy and then just Mom for decades - there is a void.  Mary was sweet to call me Wednesday afternoon and happened to hit one of my sad moments, so it was nice to have her to talk to.

I spent 7 hours straight at 810 on Thursday - boy was I tired!  But, I accomplished a lot.  I carried up quite a lot of stuff from the basement - it is shaping up.  I hauled another load to the Samaritan Center.

Friday, I ran errands to pay the funeral home and went to the bank to close the safe deposit box of Mom's - moving the abstracts of the properties to our box.  Errands are time suckers!  Friday night, Ron and I took Deb and David Mills to the Rotary Shrimp Fest - all the boiled shrimp you could eat (and we ate a lot), cajun potatoes and cole slaw - yummo!

Saturday, Ron and I worked at 810 for about 5 1/2 hours each and accomplished a lot.  Took two more loads to the Samaritan Center and priced things.  Ron carried all the pictures off the walls upstairs to the bedrooms and put them on the beds.  We grilled burgers for dinner - a beautiful day.

Sunday, we motored to Overland Park in the rain to spend the day with Amanda and the kiddos.  It quit raining in time for Chad to play in his golf tournament.  We had fun playing Zingo and another board game before going to Freddy's (Peyton's choice) for a bite of lunch.  While Garrison and Grandpa napped, the girls went to Party City to buy baby shower supplies for Amanda for work.  It was a quick trip, and we headed home around 3 p.m. because Apollo was in Clinton, and he was crossing his legs!

I had a very sad moment at Dollar Tree when I walked by the greeting cards and saw the Mother's Day Cards - I won't be needing one for Mom this year, even though she is still and always will be the best mother who ever lived.  She loved ALL of us unconditionally and sacrificed many times so we could have better lives.  Heaven is the winner with her up there.  Peyton said this morning when it was thundering that Grandma and Grandpa Mintun must be up in Heaven bowling!  Mom was always saying that!

I get to spend Monday with Peyton as she is out of school - she has things planned for us including breakfast at McDonald's and a trip to the American Girl Doll Store - she wants to have lunch at the Auntie Anne's Pretzel place (they don't even have tables), but I'm hoping to talk her into Olive Garden - I love their peach tea.  Looking forward to a fun day with my sweet little granddaughter.  God is good.

We are blessed.  Miss you Mom every day!  I haven't been able to play the piano yet - hoping to make myself do it this week.  Ron and I finally ate dinner at the table last night - we had been eating in front of the TV - too sad to eat at the table without Mom.  Baby steps.