March 2nd ~

 Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone

 else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is

living with the results of other people’s thinking...

Arvid and I have done the drive to NC so many times,

 but this time on the way back home we are tired. 

Yesterday it caught up on us.  By 9 PM I was 

ready to just lay down in bed and sleep.

That being said, we had a really good time with my

 parents.  I enjoy seeing the easiness between them.

 My parents know Arvids likes and dislikes.  They are

 tuned in to his moods and to all his indiosyncrasies.

As we got there one of the first things Arvid asked my

 dad was, "so have you made a lit of things you would like 

me to look at?  Or fix?" Sure enough, my dad had stuff for

 Arvid to do.  They both enjoy doing it together.

As always we had a relaxing time.  It was cold, more 

so for Arvid, the "Viking" than anyone else. One of the 

highlights of the trip was going out to an actual restaurant 

with my parents/  For Arvid and I the last time we 

ate in a restaurant in the USA was March 2020.  

Back in Florida and we will not eat out again. 

 Although I might add that Covid  cases are going down.

  One day it's low another day high, but on an average, 

the numbers are low.  This goes for the entire USA.

Sniff is so happy we are home.  He hardly leaves 

our sights.  I love this little dude so much, and so happy 

to be with him again.  Sniff completes our life.

Looking forward to not doing much today, not 

that I did that much yesterday.  Hello March 2nd.  

What's in store for us this month?  Make it good.

In order to write about life first you must live it...

~Nadiya~

Going With the Flow...

We're all in the same game; just different levels.

Dealing with the same hell; just different devils...

Walks and more walks is what we do in the afternoon.  The weather right now is gorgeous.

Come summer, well that is debatable on who you ask.  For us it is too HOT.

That's why come June Arvid, Sniffer and I head out to Chicago.  

Yesterday was a walk day for us.  As always I love to stop and take pictures.  

The truth is that i delete most of the pictures once I download them on the laptop, 

but the fun lies in the taking.  Arvid sometimes gets impatient with me. 

Says I slow him down, but no matter what he still waits for me.

Many little chores planned for today so not sure of how the day will play out. 

 I have been hoping to go to the movies, but so far we have not been able to make the 

time for it.  Movies are my way of forgetting for a while.  I have always loved going to the 

movies.  Now even more.  For me it's an escape for a few hours.  I also don't mind going alone.

Sniffer is doing great.  Sleeps with us from 11:30 until we get up in the mornings.  Then

 he eats and wants to be brushed and played with.  Of course i do that before I do

 anything else.  If not he will not shut up.  He's very cute to have around.

The days are going by fast.  Brutus has been dead for 161 days now.  I miss

holding him very much.  Shadow has been dead for 40 days already. Little shadow

how my heart griefs for this little kitty that never made it to one year.

Both Shadow and Brutus will have birthdays on May 17th.  Brutus would have been 10

 years old.  Brutus, mama misses you like crazy.  My little Shadow would have turned one.

Life takes us in many directions.  We never expected Brutus to die.  Arvid and I always

 talked about having him for 20 years if we were lucky.  When Shadow came along, obviously 

we expected the same.  They both died on the 5th of the month.  Weird if you ask me.

Life is full of surprises.  I don't like surprises.  Never did.  Never will.

I don't know what they are called, the spaces between seconds, 

but I think of you always in those intervals.  Don't be afraid to change 

you may lose something good, but you may gain something better...

~Nadiya~