Daughter Kate is here for a week, and we are having a blast. She drove from New Jersey to our house in 14.5 hours. How she does it in one day, I’ll never know! The following day she drove us to church in Asheville, and we went out to eat at Fatz.
On David’s day off, we had a fast food picnic at the creek near the Rec Center. For a short while, they were engrossed in watching some people playing disc golf. This is the course that David has played several times with his Uncle John.
After shopping at Walmart, I took a photo of Kate and David in the parking lot. I never tire of seeing mountains in the background when doing mundane things.
On Day Three, Kate and I walked to the creek. We were impressed with the heavy fog or mist in the valley.
After taking the required shot of us at the creek, I showed Kate taking a video of the creek.
Kate spotted a little monster with a spider web that made us laugh.
Kate ended the day picking up limbs that had fallen from the old oak tree and beginning a catalog of our CD’s. She logged fifty disks, a mere drop in the bucket of all that are here. I think my job is to stay alive until she has finished that chore.
Mehrling Muse 
We literally have boxes and boxes of CDs. What does one do with them all?
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I haven’t played a CD in months. If we had a small player, I’d love to listen to my favorites. Getting a disk in and out of the computer is awkward, and I’d have to wear a headset.
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you raised a great daughter!
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We are having great fun
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So you happy to daughter Kate came . Very nice sharing it’s. Beautiful all photos. We have lot of CD boxes, what does do them. Beautiful taking creek video what little monster with a spider web shoot. I like .
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I don’t know what they will do with all the CDs when I’m gone. Kate and I enjoyed our walk to the creek.
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Thank you so much. Very well you doing walk. Tack care.!
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I never realized how much David looks like Kate until I saw them pictured together here. Your daughters got the organizational gene. It’s a gift!
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I’ll have to look at the photo again. I can see resemblances in other families, but rarely my own.
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Sometimes it’s the angle. I’ve seen other shots of the two of them together but this one struck me.
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I’m rooting for you to stay alive as long as it takes Kate to finish her project– and then some more years. Made me smile with this.
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Thanks for rooting for me. Lise made me promise to live 20 more years, but I had reservations. I want to be able to talk in complete sentences and feed myself.
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Nice day with your family, Anne. And last weekend, we were at Markus’ grandmother’s place and she showed us heaps of not only Cd’s but also casette tapes and vinyl!
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I’m glad Markus’ grandmother has lots of entertainment available. We also have cassettes, vinyl, and DVDs.
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Nice to find again you and your lovely family, Anne. I missed you
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I missed you, too, but I haven’t been looking for old friends recently. Have you been posting, and I didn’t see you on Reader? I hope I haven’t missed a lot.
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If you checked in the last 18 months nope! You haven’t missed anything ,but I’m back now and to stay fir a while as I missed all this soooo badly.
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Excellent news! I love your posts.
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How lovely that Kate can be with you especially on JC’s birthday. You are much in our thoughts and prayers. please send our love to Kate and David. i am so glad that they are with you God bless you all!
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Anne, you look so beautiful in the photographs. What a nice time you are having with Kate. I keep all my CD’s in a bureau drawer, so many that I had to alphabetize them to be able to find what I want. I have quite an eclectic collection. Everything from gospel to bluegrass to a bit of rock and roll…my collection is like my pursuits, all over the place.
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It’s hard to keep up with CDs!
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If you are going to stay alive until she finishes, I hope she never completes the task. Great seeing you all having so much fun together ❤
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We’d have tremendous fun with you if you were here.
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Lovely to see you enjoying time with your daughter and family. Beautiful photos of the mountains and creek. My daughters live 15 minutes and 1 hour away respectively. I’m often popping over to help the youngest daughter as she has a little baby. I love joining in with bathtime and bedtime. All the best. Karen
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My daughters used to live fairly close. It’s marvelous yours are nearby.
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What a wonderful family-all that love and goodness that you nurtured in them is showing up. Your dearest John can rest easy. God bless you all.
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What a lovely comment! Thank you. God bless you, too.
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How nice to have a week-long visit from Kate. I liked your picnic area with the view. It’s so peaceful. It is amazing to me that Kate could make that long of a journey at one time – you had written in the past that she did the trip non-stop. I’d be nodding off at the wheel for sure. Just sign me “Little Old Lady from Pasadena”.
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I don’t know how Kate does it. One hour of driving used to be my limit, and that was when I was half her age.
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Same here Anne. I could not drive all those miles, especially by myself now or year ago; I’d be a nervous wreck when we drove to my grandmother’s house and that with my mom beside me – the last 1/2 hour were three expressway lane changes after 200 miles of just the boring 401 Highway. I don’t even drive the expressway now – everyone goes too fast and we have freeway shooters galore (five a month) – it’s just crazy.
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I’ve driven on I-40, but not after my eye leaked. I no longer have good depth perception.
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My handyman had to retire this year for the same reason – his son-in-law has taken over. He could no longer climb on roofs and will drive, but only on side streets now and sparingly. He is younger than me, 60 I believe.
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What a shame we wear out so quickly!
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Yes it is.
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I honestly need a “Kate” here to help categorize my vinyl plus CDs, too! Sigh. I do have a daughter but I doubt she’d be into doing it, especially since she recently moved and had to go through all her own stuff. Glad for you, for the lovely visit – the fun *and* the help!
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The organizing of the house benefits me directly, but it also will save lots of time for my relatives when I die.
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Sad as it is to contemplate, I guess you’re right, Anne.
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I found it is suddenly easy to talk about my death! I won’t be nursing John through a final illness, because he skipped that bit. It’s up to me to stay as healthy as possible to spare the next generations from having to nurse me. The only thing left to do is enjoy the days I have left and help others whenever possible.
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I understand, Anne. I read a wonderful piece the other day about dying and grief; I can’t find it now, very frustrating. The part of it that struck me was a quote from the book, “Tuesdays With Morrie” – and basically it said that the person who has passed is still present in our heart and mind, in lovely memories that will always be with us. I wish I could recall it exactly, but you get what’s intended here, anyway. (It reminds me of the writer who published a memoir that spoke ill of some of her relatives. When chastized, she said, “If they wanted to be written about more positively, they should have behaved better.” In other words, we reap what we sow.
Staying healthy isn’t always a something we have total control over, but it’s a good goal!
I wish you good health and, as we Jewish folks say, you should “live ’til a hundred and twenty”! 😀
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I know staying healthy is not in our control, but living a healthy lifestyle is. I giggled at living until a hundred and twenty.
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I missed this as I was travelling. But I love the pictures of Kate’s visit. She has the same smile as you. I don’t think I could drive that far in one day!
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Not many people have the stamina for long drives. Kate takes after her dad. I find it hard to be a passenger for that long.
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