Friday! Time to fill in the blanks! You can do that too if you want to – just click the badge above, link up and share your words in the four sentences our co-hosts give us this week. It’s fun and a great way to get to know more interesting STUFF about each other.
Here are this week’s FOUR sentences – we get two sentences with blanks from each of our co-hosts. My Mom and I usually fill them in together – that’s how we did the filling in this week too – if Mom is using HER words in a blank the word is RED and if I’m the one filling the blank in my words are BLUE.
1. My focus word for 2022 is RELAX – don’t get anxious or worried – CHILL! (oops that’s more than one word!)_.
2. This year I want to learn more about independent living communities in this area that we might consider moving to!
3. I had to stay inside because of bad weather – snow, ice and COLD – eeek during the first week of 2022.
4. In this season of my life, I am calming down a lot – not so rambunctious – more settled – maybe content?!.
So that’s it for us this week…………..Mom did some and I did some…………we like to share! Thanks to our co-hosts for doing this Hop – it’s always fun even if our “filling in” words aren’t very exciting! HAHA
TWO Spoiled Cats 
you will maybe move? wow what an adventure :O)
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Not for several years but living in a three story house with a huge yard makes not a lot of sense for 80 year olds (they aren’t QUITE 80 yet but why wait??!!). HAHAHAHA
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Teddy, the master of relaxing! Interesting news, you are planning to move.
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Well we have no plans – Mom and Dad just know that one day they won’t be able to live comfortably in a three story house on an acre lot! Too much work….smaller house just makes more sense. There are some nice 55+ communities around so they’re just checking for “options” !!!! Won’t be for a few years though.
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Teddy, my mom and dad are in the same situation, they are thinking what would be the best solution, about in five years.
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I’d say about five years is when Mom and Dad would want to move……it’s tough – especially if you love the house you’re in!
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True, it is a problem. It would be best to live in our homes and houses till the end, but it is not always possible. It is tough, as you said.
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Sure is……….but it’s probably smart to explore the possibilities BEFORE they are needed! 🙂
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That makes good sense. We have a bungalow so the living arrangements on one level won’t be a problem. We also have 19 acres and I don’t know how that will work out in the future. At the moment the horses keep the grass eaten down, but it still needs maintaining.
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As long as you have horses or rent the land out to someone with horses they can keep the “lawn mowed” for you…..and a bungalow is a perfect size house. We just didn’t think about getting older here – and now that we are getting “there” we realize we should have thought about it when we built a house! LOL
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Your bloggie made me remember that I have wanted a larger home forever. Of curse having three kids made a large home a most wished-for thing. But even as things went on with me being here by myself….I wanted a “library” room for all my books, which are a good thousand. (Not paperbacks). I can only have so many out in this time place They are all friends, and there are some I have re-read as many as 25 times. Others too, but that much. “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury will be forever beloved and re-read even yet again, believe me. But I wanted a study, the book room, a place for my musical instrument and me, etc etc. Probably… probably about 10 rooms total. Only in the last year am I appreciative that I have a small home. And I pay for lawn maintenance. A home is work. Never ending…always gladly done, but it’s work. A feller does get older, and as with me this last week or so, ill. So, grateful for what I have and can maintain.
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We have absolutely loved this house but so many stairs – 3 floors – huge yard…..we have a yard service and we’ve talked about getting a maid service but WE have to live in the house……so downsizing to a cute one floor or one floor with loft or basement makes more sense. These communities take care of landscaping and have nice amenities. We’re just kind of exploring opportunities I guess you could say. One thing for sure is we want to stay HERE or CLOSE. We love Northern Virginia. Hope you are feeling better by the way! 🙂 🙂
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I am. Like I turned a corner this morning. That was downright scary. before the Dr. visit.
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Glad you turned that corner……you and I are of the same mind about “scary” like we are about a lot of things – we just don’t DO that!!!!! So glad you’re better!
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wish there was a way to correct my typos that slipped by the two times I checked before I hit send. Sigh.
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LOVE your relaxing picture, Teddy! Showing Mom how it’s done!
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Good to see you relaxing Teddy!
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Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I can’t imagine you leaving your beautiful home, but it does have a lot of stairs. Sorry you had to stay inside Teddy. Have a nice weekend. XO
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Mom and Dad won’t move for a long time but they want to look around NOW while they can. Obviously they can’t stay here forever – too much house and yard to take care of. But I don’t care where we are as long as we’re TOGETHER!!!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Great fill-in answers. Mom thinks about moving but there really is nowhere to go since she wants to stay here in SB and one-floor living.
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One floor living is so sensible….I think my Mom and Dad thought they’d be young forever when they built this house. It’s not practical for them at this point!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Amen…to relax !!!Great fill ins
Hugs Cecilia
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Thanks Miss “C”! !! 🙂
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Grate fill-innss an Teddy that iss one chill-axed man cat foto!!!
Wee mite as well chill-ax as it iss so-o cold outside rite?
***purrss*** BellaDharma an ❤ BellaSita Mum
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It really is super cold….even too cold for ME!
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It’s very smart to start looking into places well before you need them. So many i know leave it until they are in dire need of help then end up on waitlists!
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That’s exactly why we thought we’d do a little exploration now.
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Those were good answers and you do look quite relaxed Teddy!
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Relax, chill – sounds good to me! Teddy, I hope you get to go outside again soon!
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Me too! I tried earlier and it was too cold….even for me….you’d think my layer of fat would protect me but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Your mom needs to learn to relax like you, Ted.
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I wish she would…….. 🙂
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We’ve had some very strange weather too, Teddy. But it hasn’t kept me indoors! The sun sometimes keeps me indoors, but not cool or wet weather.
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Clowie I bet you don’t mind getting wet feet – I can handle WET but not SNOWY WET. Although yesterday I finally got brave and Mom was shocked to see me walking through the snow – I was just tired of sticking to the sidewalk or driveway!
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Hey Teddy can teach Jake about calming down? He is up all night and into everything. He is 6. Find paw prints every morning on stove top. LOL.
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Teddy spends a lot of time awake at night I think….he does sleep some but will meow downstairs until I get up and go see what he wants….usually he just wants a “top up” of his treats! Some nights I really do wish he was one of those kitties who SLEEPS all night right on the bed and doesn’t want a thing but to snuggle!!!
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Relaxing and chilling are good goals for the year. We pups and kitties are experts at that skill…
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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We sure are experts…..we practice a lot and they say practice makes PURRRRFECT!
Hugs, Teddy
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We love your fill-ins! Mom’s Dad and Step Mom moved into a wonderful extended living facility, it is almost like a hotel. They have their own apartment which has a kitchen but they also have a dining room with a wonderful chef. And the best part, pets are OK! They have been there for 5 years and wish they had moved in sooner. Mom’s Dad says the best thing is enjoying the garden without having to do the hard work. And he does not miss the stairs in the house at all. And Teddy, we agree with your 3 and 4!
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There are some beautiful 55+ places around here – many are single family homes or condos. They do all the landscaping which is nice. We are maybe five years or so away from wanting to make a move but we thought we should explore now! The place your Mom’s Dad and StepMom are living sounds wonderful!
Hugs, Pam
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We live in a 55 plus place now and I really hope to move out of here sometime next year. We really don’t involve ourselves with any of the activities so I guess it is just not right for us.
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We aren’t big on “activities” either – it’s mostly the downsizing, security, and not having to take care of the property that we think we’ll enjoy. You guys are too young for a 55+ place!!
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I’m 58 and my wife is a little older. I guess we do things a little backwards, like buying a big house for retirement and wanting to move out of a 55 plus place before we get old. 🙂
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We built a big house 26 years ago not thinking about how it would be to take care of it and the property at our age NOW……….Thinking ahead is tougher than remembering the past……….
Hugs, Pam
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I understand. You want things to be easier when you get older. My grandparents lived in the same house on three acres of land since before my mother was born. I’m not like that. I long for the next adventure.
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We are adventuresome too really. It will be fun house hunting again.
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I think it will be fun.
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Reading this on my phone, all the words are black so I guess I will just guess who said what. 🙂
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love your focus word. That would be a challenge for me for sure! I’m still working on my focus word. It keeps changing.
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Sounds like you’ve got mom’s focus word down pat. Bravo, Teddy.
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LOL
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