Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

It's just the whole thing. She is tired. Her ex daughter in law (more of a daughter to her) just inherited her fathers small house and is re-doing it. I think she will want to have family Christmas and holidays there. If that is where it goes, we will probably stay up here and just have a smaller gathering. I don't know.....

 

[greybeard]

After a very windy & rain filled night, the sun is shinning tho there are still a lot of lingering clouds. good forecast for next few days.

 

[Mini Horses]

Life brings changes -- we all have to deal with them, in some fashion. As we age it is sometimes a challenge to adapt. I am an only child, from parents who both had large families. Mom couldn't have more. Dad's fam had 6 boys in the Navy, so everyone spread out. The one daughter cared for parents, eventually married and had one child. Mom's fam was 4 boys & 3 girls. Again, 3 spread out & 4 at home. Mom was the last of all to pass. Now-- me & my 2 kids, who have discord. It's a real teeter/totter sometimes. There are some cousins all over -- none are in contact. So it goes. I have a LOT of background info, pictures, etc. that I will share with each of my kids, via a "package", in case they ever want to know more.

It has become a small, isolated family unit -- so to speak. This does sometimes cause me to view things differently. I see things as, almost, 3 individuals who are simply "loners" in many situations. We each have some extended families as friends, co-workers, etc. BYH & SS are an extended "family" for reaching out in emotion & sharing, not just information, for many of us. It's all good.


Now...fill the coffee cup. It's chilly out, not bad. Sunny
Rain blowing in tonight I need to go pick up more hay.

 

[greybeard]

Dad's fam had 6 boys in the Navy, so everyone spread out.

WW2 and the economic boom immediately following it caused more families to 'spread out' than any other time in our modern history. (1900 and later)

My own parents left 'the farm' in north central Texas and extreme Northeastern Texas right after WW2 to resettle here on the Gulf Coast where there were lots of good paying jobs in petro-chemical plants. One of Dad's brothers stayed in Calif where he was stationed when the war ended.
The Calif brother made it about every other year for awhile, but soon declined to travel that far. (Can't blame him) Still have a cousin and his family in Calif....had 2 there, but one of them recently told them "you can all go to %$*!" and she 'came home to Texas'.

When I was a kid, the big family Christmas was in New Boston Texas, where my grandparents lived. We made the trip every Christmas about 300 miles one way until both my grandparents were gone. (went several other times during the year as well)

Our last extended family reunion was in Linden Texas in late summer 2017, which is about 1/2 way between "everybody" in the family. People were there from 5 different states.yes, the Calif people attended.

 

[Alaskan]

Reunions are fun...but yeah, lots of work

 

[greybeard]

Reunions are fun...but yeah, lots of work

That one was a special one. Put together by request and for the benefit of my brother, to see the family together one last time. Big guy, standing front row with black cap and his hands in his pocket. In 3 months, he was gone. Cancer.
There were a few that couldn't attend, but not many.

 

[Granny Heeney]

Coffee's on! And there are clean cups.

 

[promiseacres]

Clean cups are good.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee! Carson the puppy met me at the bedroom door with his sock, been playing tug. He finally got enough, now I’ll take that coffee! Uh-oh he’s going for his squeaky pig.

 

[Mini Horses]

Ahhh...coffee! Thanks for letting me join you with my cup full.

Today, 64 @get up -- nice! Yesterday 27. Huge change. Of course, the unneeded rain is coming with this warmth -- heavy today and lighter thru Tue. Great for any ducks but, my goats are not impressed. Me either because it limits outside work. Especially annoying as I have had this week and next week off from my weekday jobs. So much you can't do with wet wood, wet soil, wet everything.

I am doing some inside house cleaning (like Rammy) and not enjoying it, but -- Love the results

We are on the PLUS side of time now -- every day the daylight increases a tiny bit Then, there is the New Year approaching, for what that is worth OK, new calendar. Most of us are enjoying the "seed porn" catalogs and planning for our always hopeful gardens. I'd really love to pick a nice, vine ripened tomato and make a sandwich -- NOW!!

Enjoy your day