Joyfully Retired

My presence in the blogging world has been spotty the last few days. It’s going to get even spottier through the next week but it’s all for a good cause: All the family is gathering together and I want to spend as much time as possible with them all.

When I say ‘all the family’ I mean our children, their spouses, and our two grandchildren. (Our son-in-law, Mark, had to stay in Portland and work.) We are all gathered in Windsor, California at Christopher and Genevieve’s house. It will be a very full table on Thursday with plenty of thankfulness in our hearts.

On Friday my two daughters and granddaughters (that’s Candice, Cerrin, Q and Lou) and I will head south to Simi Valley to my mother’s house. We’re going to stay for a few days. At 89 my mom is still in her own home – with help. But she is in the first stage of dementia and we feel the need to connect with her as often as possible. With all these family activities I need to unplug the computer.

Beth Fish Reads and Devourer of Books have created the perfect challenge for me: the Blogger Unplugged Challenge. (For more information, go here.) It’s a terrific idea in which they encourage  bloggers, like me, to stop for a while and do other things. It is definitely needed during the holidays. So, I have my posts pre-scheduled during the next week and I will be around occasionally. I just won’t be able to visit all the blogs on my Reader and make comments. But I’ll be back after the first week in December. See you then.