Racing Thoughts

Hi,I have not been here for such a long time.Sorry.But I have had several major things going on in my life that have taken up much of my time. The one that is taking up the most time is that we may have to move and that thought really has me upset. We own a condo on the water in the next town over from where we are in a two bedroom home now. It is a much smaller one bedroom,upstairs condo on a private beach(we lived there when we first were married and have rented it out for many,many years). But now the market is so slow that no tenants are showing up for the new lease which is all ready for June 1st. Neither Nick nor I want to make this move.So my mind has been racing with thoughts of what to take with us and what to give away.I will have a garage sale I guess over Memorial Day weekend to unload whatever. Then what is left I will call the Lupus foundation to come pick up!My biggest worry is that this condo is an upstairs unit and with my breathing problems,I am going to have some real issues with those stairs(20 steps to be exact..two flights). I will probably have to contact Medicare and see if they can help pay for a chair to glide up at least one flight. Also I feel so sorry for our dog as she has always had a yard to run free in and now she have to learn to be a dog on a leash!(I feel that is so very unfair to her..but I do not want to give her up).So I lie awake at night and try to put all of my thoughts in a worry basket for God to help me out with..but it is not easy!
I find that I need a very special time to just sit and really plan out all of the things I need to do before our move July 1st!( I pray each night that my realtor finds a tenant for us and then this will not have to happen). But I guess a house is really just a place to put your hat down and Nick and I will make it work to become a HOME and as comfortable as possible for us and our dear dog!

WE"RE MOVING ON UP !

I am so excited because my new Dell custom built computer and large flat widescreen monitor and printer has arrived(a late Valentine Gift from my hubby)!Wow, the screen is so much larger than before and the graphics are just great and it is FAST(cause I do not have any virus or junk loaded up as yet). Now maybe my next week I can upload my pics from my cd's and post some on my site here!
It is amazing to think of how we all communicated before this whole new world of techno...
my telephone bill has been cut in about half! I still do snail mail alot for birthday,synpathy,hello, ,thank you and thinking of you cards. I want to keep some things a bit more personnal.But by utilizing the tools available on in the computer world I have found so many of my friends with whom I had lost touch over many, many years. I have even made many new friends thru other friends!We now are getting to know each other as our lives and families have grown.We share emails ,recipes and pictures of important things in our lives(just as we did when we were mere tykes in school or wherever our friendship roots began).Now we have all developed new buds and are just waiting for some of them to bloom so we can share more of our lives together AGAIN! I even joined Facebook and some of their groups.I found one lost friend from college who I have been trying to track down forever.It is such fun when on Facebook yesterday,I receive a video from my niece and it has the newest family member,Andrew at 2 months,just chatting away and trying to do different movements.I feel as tho I am right there beside the little tyke.Well time to try to get a short nap in because I am sick with bronchitis again and the meds are making me want to sleep. So I must force myself to hit the off button on my new toy here for awhile.See you all for a chat again soon. I look forward to reading yours each day. Keep them coming,from your friend,JACKIE

THE WONDER OF DREAMS

Good afternoon. Boy am I spoiled today I awoke very early 5am,let the dog out and then curled back into my bed to snooze until11 am! Then the sun came brightly shining thru my window.WOW !! Wow how powerful the sun is..to be able to wake me up and bring me out of a DREAM!!! Do you ever dream???.I find it fun to have a dream..if only you could sleep thru till the endings. I always seem to awake before the dream is finished..or maybe then again it shoild never have an ending! Just a thought to ponder. I am the one who watches a movie on TV and after it is over I continue(as my husband always tells me)to write more of the script for that show!!!I really would have liked to edit or rewrite COMPLETELY the recent BATCHELOR SHOW!(But did anyone get a chance to see MELISSA on DANCING WITH THE STARS last night. She did a beautiful waltz with Max! I loved it.
Well back to my dreams..there are specialists who can interpret your dreams..but sorry I would feel like my privacy was invaded..after all it is MY dream!Just to be able to let your mind go into that wonderful state of deep sleep and let your thoughts go wherever they want(instead of where you put them many times usually into a state of worry over something that is bothering you..Where in a dream you lose control and let it just wonder. I am talking just about dreams,no nightmares!!! I also find myself daydreaming ever so often..now those are Great!
Like this afternoon just before this post I took my cup of decaf coffee unto the porch and looked out over the water and had a fun time just daydreaming as I let myself travel to a warm island(remember I am in NJ where it is a bit cold this time of year). Well I had better let myself come back into the world of reality today and get a load of laundry in( can't seem to dream that chore away!( LOL).HAppy dreams to you all!

I am waiting for my dinner to heat up(Spaghetti Squash).My husband has a meeting tonight,so I can indulge myself in doing and eating whatever I want. AND I have CONTROL of the remote all evening!!!
So here I am again and I was browsing thru some pics of my dear Lady Jane and found her all decked out last Fourth of July. (She can only tolerate those girly bows for a very short while after her groomer works on her,so I have to be camera ready for her!
OOPs..there goes the dinner bell.soooooo enough for today! Bye and have a great night!

MY SHINING STARS

HELLO,I am Jackie. This is a whole new adventure in my life and at age 62 I am so looking forward to it.I am a very friendly kinda woman who enjoys chatting with and meeting new friends. I have been reading some wonderful blogs and I feel as tho I would like to be a friend to many of these wonderful young woman already.I am married to the man of my dreams now for 37 glorious years. We were never blessed with any children,but I have one sister who has 3 daughters and 1 son..So I enjoy alot of my life thru the eyes of my loving nieces and nephews,who I will introduce to you at a later time with photos.I also have 3 quite handsome great-nephews.(And another baby due in the family in May). But the PRIDE AND JOY of my LIFE is my furry adopted BEST FRIEND...my cocker spaniel"LADY JANE". Her story and how she came to live with us will take up and entire page so I will save that for another day and of course I have to get a great picture of her to include.

In choosing names for my blog I spent alot of time ponderering on what I am made up of?

And I came to realize that I am so very thankful for so many things and family in my life,that make me just who I am...thus the name them "MY SHINING STARS"