DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Yard Work, Gifts and a Sunset

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In my last post, I shared an explanation of what happened to my husband Joe in only 5 WEEKS....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

Again.....

I want to THANK ALL OF YOU who emailed me, messaged me on FB, send cards of condolences and lifted me up in your prayers and supported me with your positive vibes and well wishes!!!!

It has meant so much to me and to my family......

THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Today, I want to share a bit of what has been going on in my life as I deal with the aftermath of Joe's passing and try to figure out a new life for myself without him.....

First, I would like to share some of the gifts I received over the past 2 weeks....

I received this beautiful bouquet of flowers from my son Joey's co workers, the head of Catholic Social Services and his assistant....

Along with this massive hoagie tray!!

It came in a box that whole sheet cakes come in!!

The delivery man had to help me get it through the door into the house!!!

I had my son Joey take about a third of it to my son Jim and DIL Danielle to enjoy....

We also took some over to my neighbor Ed and the neighbors on the one side of me who brought bags of ice for my freezer over to me when we lost electricity for almost an entire day when Joe was in the hospital and then came back several times to be sure I was okay and did not need anything...

It came from a local grocery store and was absolutely delicious!!!!

We also received a wonderful bagel and muffin tray from Joey's Boss and the Human Resources department.....

I forgot to take a picture of that one.....

My sister Barb gifted me this beautiful Angel that came with this lovely card....

It is a solar light......

Joey's work friend Erin and her Mom Cindy dropped off these amazing cookies from the National chain, Crumbl....

We enjoyed the cookies and their visit.....

I took out the flowers that lost their luster from the bouquet but the lilies are still opening up and are beautiful a week and a half later.....

We have been blessed to receive gifts of Mass cards, donations to Charities in Joe's name and monetary gifts and gift cards from friends, neighbors and family....

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!!

The Amish Farmer is back at the Mall for the Season....

I went to see him last Friday to tell him about Joe as they were Buddies.....

Like everyone else, he was shocked and was wondering why Joe had not been around the previous Fridays that he was there.....

I did buy a few things....

Banana bread....3 for $10 made in his wife's Amish Bakery.....

And their amazing home made cheese.....

Cheddar and bacon cheese .....

I did manage to take down my outside Easter decorations and clean up the porch and flower beds......

For now, until I can get down to our shed and bring my Summer Front Porch decorations up to the house, I hung an Easter wreath on the door...

I swept up the front porch....

I cleaned up the flower bed under the Living Room window.....

Raked up and freshened up the mulch.....

I threw out the greenery that was in these pots all winter and stacked them, getting them ready for when I plant my annuals....

I also straightened out the border.....

I also raked and freshened up the mulch in the front flower bed....

While I was working out in the yard, this flew overhead.....

Something that I just had to do was to claim the bedroom as my own....

My clothes were kept in the back bedroom closets because Joe's clothes took up our bedroom closet....

I went through all of Joe's clothes, bagged them, labeled the bags and moved them downstairs....

12 bags of clothes......

And 2 bags of socks!!!!

90 pairs!!!!!

I kid you not!!!!!

Along with over 20 pairs of shoes and sneaks and 5 pairs of boots....

My son Joey made arrangements for someone from Saint Francis Assisi Soup Kitchen and Shelter in Scranton to come and pick up all of Joe's clothes....

It is one of the Soup Kitchens sponsored by Catholic Social Services from the Diocese of Scranton which Joey works for....

They have a Food Pantry, a free clothing room, a homeless shelter and a mobile clothing trailer that goes out into different neighborhoods....

They also supply clothes to a Veteran's Home that is also sponsored by Catholic Social Services...

I know Joe would be thrilled that his clothes will be helping so many men that are in need of them....

I then moved my clothes into the closet in our bedroom and moved all of Joe's Penguin's Hockey jerseys, sweatshirts, tee shirts and coats into the Craft Room closet until I can go through them to see what my sons and other family members want.......

The twins turned 4 months old on the 29th!!

Thinking about them brings me JOY every day!!

I can finally see the sunsets again from my front porch.....

So I will leave you with this beauty.....

I hope you will stop by to visit again......

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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