Both Cee and I spent a lot of yesterday just crying over the loss of our brother. We know that it's tears for our loss, especially after thinking we would get to see him in a couple weeks. I had thought I would go over to her house and spend some time with her but she ended up having a problem with her computer and she came over here, instead.
The nice part about it was that she finally got to see the chickens (and her comment was *Gee, they look plump!*). She even got to see the inside of the barn although she didn't venture inside. She also got to see how crazy they are over the *greens* we throw into the coop. She laughed at that.
The Beast tried to resolve her problem without going online with it since it seemed to be a Windows 10 problem. Once he seemed to have corrected it, she left here along with some of the stew I had put aside for her.
The Beast wanted to make a pot roast of all things (with leftover stew in the house?) but he went ahead and made it anyway. He has his own way of making it although he did let me season the meat before he seared it. I also cut up the onions for him since he hates to do that and he always ends up cutting it way too large. Yes, there IS such a thing.
Then, he gets a call from Cee again and the problem is back. She explains to him when it happened and he tells her to bring it back and this time he will put it online and see what he finds. When she gets here, he connects it up, finds the problem, shows her what to do and they also find out that the real problem seems to have originated with the game site she likes to play on. When the Beast went to the site, they were downloading a correction. But, if she has a problem like it in the future, she now knows how to correct it herself. She knows how to get to the features that she needs to access.
Cee and I did spend time sitting outside for a bit each time she came over since the weather was just beautiful. She was there when the Beast came dragging two boxes for me from my bff, Carol. That really shocked me since I didn't expect anything from her except, perhaps, the coffee she sends me every few weeks. But the big box was way too heavy. When I opened it up, I knew what it was....candles! She sent me some last summer and I just loved them. This time she sent me four of them. We sniffed the different scents and they all smell wonderful. I have the *Clean Linen* one on my desk right now. The smell really does remind me of fresh washed linens when dried on a clothes line. Very clean and fresh.
That woman is one for surprises. I know she isn't feeling well right now so it surprised me even more that she would take the time to send me anything at all. I wanted her to just concentrate on getting well but see what she does?
When Cee had told me she was coming over the second time, she told me she had talked to Bee after she got back from the Funeral Parlor that our brother had pre-paid for his cremation back when his wife, Patty, had died. She told me she would tell me all about it when she came over. I gather that it will take 7-10 days before he can be interred alongside Patty. That means that, if she wants to have some kind of gathering for it, she will have to get busy in order to notify the rest of us. I will need at least a 3 day heads-up on it and it will have to be a hurry there and hurry back thing since we don't have the money for me to stay if I am going to be able to go up in June as planned. Cee says she won't be going but my son, Mustachio, may want to make the trip. I will have to check with him on that.
The Beast won't be able to make the trip with me since we have the animals now to take care of. He wants to make a trip up there to see his brother (who has a bad case of MS) that is getting worse as he gets older and more severe.
The Beast and I finished up dinner together and then I put away the dishes for washing while he put away the leftovers. I folded some of the Beast's clothes that had been washed (underwear and socks, mostly) and our bath towels and wash cloths.
Now I am tired. Plus, because I sat outside as much as I did, I had to take another round of allergy meds. My sinuses started flowing like crazy and I was also sneezing. I can't wait until these trees stop throwing their pollen all over the place. I could manage much better without that.
Love you all. Be good. Stay healthy. Be happy. Life is shorter than we think. ***Hugs***
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