Sunday March 21st ~

These are the moments to remember forever...

I can't believe it's that time already.  Another week is

 over and the days just seem to fly by so very fast. I am 

often sad how fast time goes by.  Makes me appreciate 

every day even more. Time does not wait for anyone.

The boys spent the weekend so far watching soccer.  Sniff 

sleeps, while Arvid watches the game.  More of the same today. 

 Yeah, Sundays are usually quiet, and we don't mind it all.

Wishing everyone a good day, and may it also be a relaxing one.

Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of

 every day, then we will be happy no matter what
 happens or what changes along the way...

~Nadiya~

Wednesday November 4th ~

 Patience is not simply the ability to wait 

 it's how we behave while we're waiting...

Look who was waiting for me this morning. 

 I named him shy boy/girl.  They know what time I walk and 

someone is always lurking waiting for me.  make my day. 

 I now have a weekly 😍budget for these kitties 

Arvid now thinks he's Puerto Rican.  Yesterday he said 

to me, "can you make some of that really good root chips 

you usually make?" The root is malanga or taro.  

I made it once never thinking Arvid would like it,

 but he ate most of them.  Ever since I have been making it

 at least once a week for him.  He said, it's elections night so 

we should have some of that good chips.  We did.

Still waiting to see who our President for the next four 

years will be.  Arvid, Sniff and I are rooting for Trump as

 are mom and dad.  My sisters this year went the "other" way.  

My nieces and nephews are borderline radicals 😂😁

Hopefully results will be in later today.  At the end of the day,

 Trump or Biden what matters is that they do what's best

 for America.  Friendships have been ruined because of 

these elections.  That I think is going to far.

Here in Puerto Rico we also had elections last night.  From

 our balcony you could hear the cars blasting and the music.

  Puerto Ricans never fail to express their emotions.  I LOVE it.

Happy Wednesday all.  Let's see what the day holds.  

Will I smile or will I be pissed off?  Time will tell.

Change will not come if we wait for some other

person or some other time. We are the ones we've been

 waiting for. We are the change that we seek...

~Nadiya~

Life ~

Grief is never something you get over. You don't

 wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that;

 now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you 

every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honor 

the person that you miss, you can take something that

 is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity...

.

Everyday is a good day no matter what happens.

  We always find a reason to see the positive and the 

good around us.  So what happened last night?

  As we were going to bed, Arvid turned off the 

lights,  and said "it's 11:11"  I said "that's our bedtime 

with Brutus"  It was like clockwork.

After that I'm not sure what happened because it 

seemed as if all of a sudden Brutus just died all over

 again.  I could not stop crying and the grief 

was too much.  All over again.

It took me a very long time to fall asleep, and to stop

 my mind from going back to the day Brutus died.  I

 have a memory that sometimes is my worst enemy. 

As I was immersed in grief I was also thinking of Sniff.

  Of how much I love him, and at the same time how much

 I wished our Brutus was still here.  Today will be better. 

 It's a beautiful day here. I'm done with my workout

 and Sniff is all over the place chasing a leaf. 

Today will be better.  I'm calmer, but my heart is sad.

Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can

 walk it, and no one else can understand it...

~Nadiya~

It’s Different In Norway~

Today I feel like putting an out of order 

sticker on my head and going back to bed...

It been a hectic week since getting to Norway.  Granted
it’s nice to see everyone, but all we do is run from one place
 to another.  This is a hectic way to spend our “vacation”

Being on the run all day long is definitely not “vacation” 

As Arvid told his mother it more like work.  We are tired. 

Very tired.  Have not had a single moment to do much of anything
 on our own.  Well not true. We do get to go to Fishland in the

 afternoons and just sit back, relax and have a little restful time.

I am having a good time seeing everyone.  Love the
grand kids and all, but this is just exhausting. I am ready to
be at home in Branson with Sniff.  I’m tired. Very tired
 and when I get tired all I can think of is going home.
 Having alone time and some peace and quiet.

We will be having 2 days away on on own. I am extremely
excited about it.  No running from one place to another.  I’m
just tired. Those 2 days in Norway will be the "vacation"

When I'm tired I miss home.  I miss Brutus like crazy.
 I miss Sniff and I miss my family.  And now I'm tired and
I am missing all of it.  I know tomorrow is another day, but all
it means is we do the same thing all over again.

We don't call it homesick.  We call it missing home.
There's not a sickness involved.  It's a state of mind.

Wishing you all a good day. Life in Norway is

 not as exciting as life in the USA. That’s a fact.

Sometime you just need to disconnect 
and enjoy your own company....

~Nadiya~