picking up where I left off

Um, okay. So I think it’s been established that I suck at keeping up here. Thank you for coming back. My last post was at the beginning of the year, and now it’s already March. Sigh. Really so much has transpired in these fledgling days of 2024, mostly Dixon-related. But first let’s go back, shall…

Six years gone

Here’s the photo and post I put on both Facebook and Instagram today: In December 2014, to celebrate my parents’ upcoming 50th wedding anniversary, my sister and I bought a photo package. A photographer came to our house and took a bunch of photos of the family, both posed and candid. This photo was taken…

measures of life

The past few weeks or so has got me thinking about what makes a life. It’s multi-faceted. There’s health, love, financial security, food, clean water. There’s also the things you surround yourself with. There’s things you do that you enjoy. There’s your memories, your interior mind. For some, it’s their art, whatever form it takes….

puzzling

Mom and I finished the puzzle that we started on Thanksgiving. I think we both enjoyed putting it together. Is this the start of a new little hobby?

starting to slip a little

I’ve missed a couple days of posting. I will try to make them up, but we’ll see. I’ve got some busy days coming up in the next few weeks and some of them I won’t have internet access. More on that later. But right now, let’s get caught up. Wednesday I worked as usual and…

52 and a day

The big goal today was to get the gift from my mom which was a new iPhone. We went to Los Cerritos Apple Store & I’m now the recipient of a shiny new phone. The amazing (to me) thing is they could basically mirror my old phone so everything works just as it did on…

52

The morning was wet and breezy so I didn’t get on the trail. I went to get coffee and breakfast, and I came back home and watched more of “Madam Secretary.” I tend to stick to something once I get started, lol. Later in the afternoon, Mom and I went to Pour Co. in Fullerton…

the day before 52

I’m not entirely sure I can parse why I get so crabby as my birthday approaches. This year, maybe I can assign some of the anxiety to the logistics that my cousins and I are attempting to execute on behalf of our aunt. But other years have been similar. It’s that dichotomy of wanting to…

rainy day, no heat

It was a lovely rainy day today, which is usually very welcome, but it’s mid-November, and the temps even in Southern California get relatively chilly, Our HVAC system has been kind of on the outs for a while, and we finally had an appointment today. The technician said we need a new blower motor, and…

a lot of internal thoughts

It’s my birthday week, and with it comes a host of thoughts that I mostly keep to myself. As much as I’m good with where I am in my life right now, personal new years, for me at least, always come with A LOT of introspection. And I have come to realize that as time…