💞 Thursday November 3rd ~

Granddaughters, a beautiful reflection of yesterday, a joyful promise of tomorrow...

 As mentioned in a previous post, our youngest granddaughter, 

Amelia turned one year old on Halloween Day.  October 31st.
  That's her with her two other sisters, Aleah our eldest and Vanessa, 
granddaughter number 2.  If I'm having a "bad" day I look
 at them and I smile.  My day is suddenly brighter 💞. 

The removal of all the ruined boats and the salvaging of the

 "good" ones is taking longer than expected.  The problem is that

 there is not enough space in marinas to store these boats.  So many

 marinas were trashed by Hurricane Ian.  This boat has been 

in the same stop from day one.  We pass it on our walks.

I am amazed that I have had zero pain, zero bleeding after

 the surgery.  Seems too good to be true, but I am happy.  I really

 don't do much lifting with the left arm, so I figure I am almost

 healed.  Now the area of surgery 😲 sure looks wacked out.

To all a good day and may you always find something

 positive in each day.  I do and for that I am grateful.  It could have

 been worse.  Once again, I know someone is watching over me.

Challenges are what make life interesting and

 overcoming them is what makes life meaningful...

~Nadiya~

💞 Sunday October 30th ~

 A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed,

 for he will never lack for amusement.  May you never 

lack confidence and always believe in yourself... 

I woke up very early again.  A lot going around in my head lately. 

 Sniff is by my side but sound asleep.  He keeps wanting to be by 

my side more than ever lately.  Maybe he knows something I don't.

  Whenever one of us is not feeling so great, Sniff is always

 there to "watch" over us.  Just like Brutus used to do.

We're finally getting a little order inn our place.  Most of the

 furniture is here, and we have finally been able to empty out 

the suitcases.  Arvid's stuff is all packed away, of course.  

Mine that's another story.  It's a work in progress

.As I sit and reflect on my life, I can say for sure that it's not

 perfect, but I have a family both here in the US and in Norway

 that makes it a good life.  I have love from both sides and I know 

that I can count on both my Norwegian family and on mine.

  It make my heart happy.  We have a very special bond. 

To my family.  To Victoria, Michael, Michelle and family just 

know how grateful I am to know that we are family and that I love

 you all.  I'm also grateful to be a part of our special circle of love.

Sometimes we must look outside our own backyards to

 realize how big the world is and how blessed we are...

~Nadiya~