Arrrgh!!!

First, the funeral for my cousin has come and gone. The Fire Department sent a fire truck to lead the funeral cortege, one of my nephews was present in full county police dress uniform, and two Navy men came to do the flag ceremony and play taps.

My cousin's family were so very serene. I know that Hospice had come in to work with them, to help them grieve and adjust to the loss that was coming. We had such good talks with them! We had the chance to bring out the good memories and share them. I said something to one of the boys about how sad it was to meet again under these circumstances, and he said that he thought funerals and weddings were how most families kept in touch. He's right. It's just that funerals are so sad. At any rate....they did a great job of giving my cousin a send off. All that was missing was the Irish wake....and they may have held that too! *G*

I've been weeding. All week long, I've tried to get at least two hours a day in weeding the gardens. I missed Thursday, Friday and Saturday for family stuff and a rain day, but I spent four hours on the herb garden today. I'm three quarters of the way through with weeding the herb garden and its walkway. I wonder if this will be the year that we lay the brick in the path....

I'm gradually mailing or giving the gifts we brought back from Maui. I still have three packages that I need to put together for the Post Office, but that won't take me a lot of time. It will be nice to see the top of my dresser again.

I'm slowly catching up on correspondence. If I haven't gotten to you, give me two more days and then holler at me!

The suitcases have been take to the basement, and all the vacation clothes have been washed and put away.

I've even worked in the office....and traveled on behalf of the company.

So....I know there must have been time for me to blog. I wonder what happened??