Happy Super Wednesday! :) Special Deliveries! :) Great writing week :) Sharing updates :)
Happy Super Wednesday!!! :) We're enjoying a Super Mega Sweet Spirit Soaring Awesome Day!!! :) Very special deliveries! :) Sending lots and lots of love, and happy sunny caring friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts and home to yours :) We love super wednesday's, and the very special tradition of sending and recieving mail :) We're very happy, excited, and thrilled! :) Holly and i are loving our mega mailing week :) it brings us a lot of very special joy :) Today, we mailed a letter, and cards here from home :) We're having a great writing week, and looking forward to more writing as the week goes on :) We'll definitely have another mega mailing week soon, it's so much fun! :) i'm also looking forward to sharing new pictures of my March themed writing area, and our sweet treats tuesday table :) it's been a great stretch of days, with lots of great things going on :) We're enjoying blossoming into the month of March :) it's a spirit soaring month :) my new collectible coin arrived in the mail :) it's awesome, a Rhode Island innovations coin :) i'm very happy to add it to my collection :) i've been continuing to browse the coins, and collectibles on ebay :) i placed an order today on amazon, for a friend's upcoming birthday :) We've been hanging out, enjoying some iced coffees, nature, sports radio, and we're having a ghost hunters marathon :) There's so much more to look forward too as the new month of March continues to shine :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in and celebrating the season with us :) i have some heart-felt sharings to write about it in my journal today <3 Enjoying an awesome ,spirit soaring day, with family, friends, special deliveries, nature, and the wonderful spirit of the season :) Tonight, the ghost hunters party is on!! :) woot!! :)
Sunny Smiles and Cheers!!! on this beautiful March day! :) hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day! :) We're on day 3 of our mega mailing week, spreading lots of cheer, and sending lots of love across the miles :) We've got some awesome sunshine in our area, the nature is spirit soaring as we countdown to spring :) We mailed some cards, and a letter today, enjoying some sunny nature, and i've also got some heart-felt sharings to write about in my journal today too :) A very special thank you for our dear angel friends, always here for my family, Holly, and i <3 it means the world to us :) You all always give us strength, and hope :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in and celebrate the new month of March, all of the seasonal festivities, traditions, and celebrations that makes March one of the most exciting months of the year :) i look forward to celebrating my birthday with everyone later on this month, and all of the continued joys of the countdown to spring :) Cheers!!! to you, our dear angel friends :) This is gonna be a big journal, but a really good one, as it's one of my favorite joys, writing <3
This morning ,we had a beautiful new March day rising and shining :) Lots of great sunshine lately, especially in the early mornings :) We're having a really nice thaw of the ice and snow, which is so nice and bringing us closer to spring season :) it's in the low 40's here, sunny and we're seeing more signs of spring beginning to sprout :) We're very excited to discover our perennial flowers sprouting in our yard, and garden :) Holly and i have lots of great gardening dreams, that we look forward to seeing blossom in our garden in the spring, and eventually summer :) We look forward to sharing our gardening season journey with everyone :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) i love seeing the sunlight in our windows, here in our downstairs apartment, we have 2 nice windows with views of the side of our house area here, and we can tell when spring is coming, as there's more sunlight that beams upon our windows :) it's very nice :)i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) i heard lots of birds singing, and the sweet blue sky shining as the sun was rising up more :) it's a great joy, all of the nature, and how spring is on it's way :) i love putting lots of extra goodies outside for our nature friends :) They're gathering lots of goodies, and are spirit soaring flying all around :) We continue to hear the birds outside our windows here, at times during th day :) i heard a red cardinal this morning :) Holly and i are looking forward to a nice afternoon nature walk together :) Happy nature smiles :)
It was a nice sunny spirited early morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having some hot tea, water, and iced coffee :) Cheers!!! to the spirit of march :) March is a big month, with lots of spirited celebrations, festivities, and traditions : )We have lots of family, friends who have birthday's this morning :) We're going to be celebrating my niece Miranda's 7th birthday on saturday, and Jenn's and Carter's birthday next tuesday :) Holly and i are gonna be having our popcorn movies party on thursday this week, as we'll be going to Miranda's birthday party at my brother Bobby's house on saturday :) i've been enjoying continuing to browse online at some coins, stamps, football collectibles :) my new Rhode Island Innovations dollar coin arrived yesterday, it's a beautiful coin :) i'm very excited to add it to my collection, and album :) i look forward to continuing to add to my collections as the year goes on :) it's fun having hobbies like this :) it's one of my favorite joys :) Holly and i put some sports radio on around mid-morning, and we began a nice ghost hunters marathon this afternoon :)
Very Special Sunny Deliveries!!! :) Holly and i are very happy and excited! :) We're having a very special, fun time writing :) We love to write cards and letters :) We're enjoying our mega mailing week :) We mailed cards on monday and tuesday, and today mailed a letter, and some more cards :) We're very heart happy, excited, and thrilled about everyone recieving their cards, and our friend Judy (LivingWater) recieving her letter :) it's very special to our hearts, getting to send and recieve mail :) It's a pure wonderful joy, gift, and treasure to our hearts, thinking of family and friends recieving mail :) i've been enjoying adding some nice green shamrocks into my writing area, getting into the spirit of the month of March :) i'm looking forward to sharing pictures of my March themed writing area with everyone :) my writing area is looking awesome ,and very festive with the spirit of the season, and times being shared with family and friends :) Holly and i are looking forward to some more writings as the week goes on, and mailing more cards and letters next week :) Sending lots and lots of love, and happy sunny caring friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :) Happy super wednesday special delivery smiles :)
HEALTH, LIFE, HAPPENINGS. Hi angel friends, i'm feeling very welcome, and inspired to share. :) i'm a shy person, but i try to be more out-going, and to be able to share some deep feelings from my heart, from time to time in my journals :) i always say, over the years, it's easy to spirit write, but can be a bit harder to heart-felt write, as it's deeper than those in the moments feelings. <3 i love my journal, and i love to share, and to put together a very special journal each day, with pictures :) DS is amazing, and has always been here for me, and i feel such a great deep gratitude, and feeling of appreciation for every single hug, message, comment, everything, every journal i've written, whether well, or ill, i love to give my all, it makes me feel proud, and gives me an enjoyment that i treasure :) i have had some friends ask at times lately, how i'm doing :) i want everyone to know, it means so much to me, when someone asks me that, as i often can be on the go a lot, rushing, and i sometimes don't put my own health and well being in first focus, i tend to be giving, giving, and giving, when it comes to my life, before i accept, which i know i need to balance more. i've had some friends reach out to me, and it's helped me feel comfortable more, about being able to share, and write :) i can be the most happiest person, sharing a spirit soaring journal with pictures, and knowing it made friend's days, but also it makes my days too <3 i get a great deal of enjoyment from my writings :) i would like to write, and share here, about Life, Health, and happenings, i feel it's good to share, even if it's from time to time :) i know when friends can feel curious, or concerned about i'm doing, and it's such a great comforting blessing, knowing friends are there, and that i can write :) i never want to burden anyone ,or stress anyone out, i have had lots going on, but sometimes found that my days have been better, writing about things that bring me joy, and not sharing about some things that have affected me emotionally lately. i've had some feelings of stress, depression, being rushed, and also pushing myself lately, more than ever, which has made me worried at times about my health.
i've had lots going on, here in home, with family. i've been talking with Holly a lot, with my mom too. i first want to talk about last september, when my family, Holly and i got covid/virus. everyone knows, it was very bad, and it nearly took our lives. it was very scary, being so close to being hospitalized, and feeling of having absolutely no control over our own body's, it was scary. in the moments, and after the moments. my mom, Holly and i would talk, about October, November, December,those moments, felt like we were still a month and a half behind, normal tims of life. it was a strange feeling ,but it was like, going through the motions of the days ,just to get through the day, even though we were still shocked, and recovering from symptoms. i got my sense of taste/smell back, almost fully in late december, but one of the concerning after effects of covid i had, was dizzyness/faint feeling. when i put my head up, or looked up, or even when i layed my head down on the pillow, it felt like my brain was spinning upside down, and i felt dizzy, and almost like the room was spinning, and felt like i was going to faint. for a long time ,i experienced that feeling, and it made me need to change my motions, of how i moved my head, and tried hard to never not look up suddenly, or even while sitting on the couch ,i tried to not lean back and look up at the ceiling ,i felt like i was instantly dizzy. i know i've been re-sharing pictures, of nature times before. i would go outside, and would be nervous of looking up into the trees, knowing that as soon as i looked back down ,i may have gotten dizzy, and fainted/ fell, and i didn't want to hit my head, as i was outside alone. i use too be very quick with the camera, but am slower. thankfully this lingering after effect eased, with time, and i have gotten better.
i think, we all have some after effects emotionally, of what happened to us, it really changed our out look on life, and how very precious it is. from going from being at early september birthday party's, and days later, our health completely wiped out, it was scary, traumatizing, and knowing people who have passed away from covid, there's the guilt aspect, of knowing we survived, and got better, but some didn't, and it's not fair they didn't make it. we have those feelings, of wishing they had made it and survived too. the pandemic has been hard on us all, the past couple years, it's changed so many lives, and continues too. i've felt slower, many of us have. we're very thankful and blessed, fortunate each day, to have our health back, to be able to experience life, and getting back to the ways things were before.
i've been taking on some responsibilities lately, that's led me to feeling anxious, depressed,and upset. i've been leaned on a lot, by my family, financially. i love to help, everyone knows how much i love to help, but lately it's been burdening me, and has taken it's toll on me. i've talked a lot about this with Holly, as she has been giving me lots of support about this. in the past 10 days, i've loan to my family, over $3,000 cash. i don't work out there, but i work online, i earn a penny at a time, with my earnings, survey sites, swagbucks, and i am very dedicated to it. lately, i've been loaning over $1000. my sister Lisa borrowed $1,500 from me last week, to pay her car bill and insurance. i talk with Holly, and also my mom at times too, that i think it's too much, for me to be leaned on like that, for those types of things. i don't drive, i don't own a car, i am though, very responsible with my money, savings, i studied finances in high school, i'm a saver, and i think it's not fair, that family has been leaning on me too much. sometimes i get my money back, and then am asked again a day or two later, for more money. it's not right, and it's not my responsibility to have that burden. it's hard for me to say no. Lisa, Alyssa, Kayla, they have been borrrowing ,and i've helped my parents a lot lately too, which i have no issue with, i will always help my parents first. the electric, heating, cable, things like that, i've been so proud to be able to keep our home going, i just feel like, i wish everyone in my family was better with money. of course, me loaning money, i get some benefits, like Alyssa gets some foods for us at the store, grinders sandwiches, tv dinners, some amazon snacks. Lisa and my mom rush me on tuesdays when going out to get treats, they are ready to leave the house, around 7:05am, and i haven't even gone out to put treats outside yet, there's no need to rush, and Lisa has off tuesday's from work, so i still get rushed, and it upsets me. i wanted to go through dunkins drive-thru yesterday, Lisa completely skipped it and said she didn't hear me when i asked if i could use my free coupon code to get a free iced coffee. it upset me a lot.
i experience a lot of stress, and anxiety, when many of my family rely on me for money. Jenn, and family recieved my help, 3 times last year, for their home payments, which they needed, rent, i helped my parents get their car, which engine ended up breaking down, i've helped Alyssa numerous times, and her husband Aj, can't even say hi to me, or Holly, Alyssa doesn't tell him, that i help her with money, and i help keep their cars on the road, by giving Alyssa money to pay the bills. i think sometimes, people live above their means, when it comes to money. i feel like, i've been relied on too much financially, i love to earn ,but everyone borrowing from me, it's frustrating me, disheartens me, and makes me unmotivated, and depressed. i have even gone as far as saying, when i'm really depressed and upset, "i'm going to get an accountant, and putting all my savings into stocks/bonds". they push me to this point sometimes, and it's too much. i love helping my mom and dad, no doubt about it, and my dad is gonna be recieving his settlement soon from the december 2020 incident, i just hope they are really good with that money he recieves, as it can last a while. i'm a smart spender, i save a lot, and i don't overspend. there's tons of coins i would buy for a lot of money, but i get the ones that are lower priced, because i save. my family has spent more of my money on their bills, and themselves, than i have spent on myself. i will refrain from buying a $5 collectible, but they spend my money by the hundreds on bills, or getting things, and it makes me feel bad.
it's been too much lately, it's made me stressed, anxious, depressed. my parents own me, $1,150, Lisa owes me $1,500, Alyssa owns me $440, that's over $3,000. they'll pay me back, of course, but sometimes i get paid back, and then they need it again, it's a never ending circle, that hurts my feelings. i shouldn't feel dejected, or depressed, because i love to earn money, a penny at a time, and not have it borrowed. it's not fair, and i'm not very happy about this. i just wish i was helping my mom and dad. they pay me back abotu $300 or$400 each money, the 2nd wednesday of each month, but lately, when they pay me back, they need more money, like they'll give me $400, but then they need to borrow $600, so it adds to the total. Alyssa will borrow, pay me back and need it back another 2 days later.i've been stressed a lot lately, i talk with Holly often about it, and we both say, it's like that rap song, "Mo Money, Mo Problems". i just want to be able to earn ,and not be relied on too much. i would go to the bank to withdraw my earnings, and then later on that day ,or next day, someone needing to borrow ,would take that money, it had an emotional effect on me. i never want to let my family down.i came up with a good idea, i told Holly, this year, every penny i earn, and get from my bank from withdrawing my earnings, i'm putting that money in a special envelope in my safe, and no one can touch that :) Holly says it's a good idea :)
Holly is only person in our family, that hasn't borrowed from me. i've been super busy lately with things, and times. my parents are into the digital items now, phones, websites, and often will need my help with their passwords, and they forget thier passwords, thy lose their passwords, and i've had to help them change their passwords, sometimes numerous days, i'm going upand down the stairs, to help out. i'm very busy, more than everyone knows, i rarely get a day where i can just chill, and relax, maybe thursdays a bit. i hope things get better :) i've been pushed beyond a level of stress and anxiety by family lately, that's become very hard on me emotionally. Thank you angel friends, for listening, and for letting me share :) i never want to write this in my journal every day, it would be too much, as i don't want to burden everyone, i just want to keep writing mostly about things i enjoy, and look forward too, but every now and then, i have to write about this stuff, to get it out of my thoughts. :) i've been rushed at times in the mornings, rushing myself to write, so that i can then be there for my family and Holly when they need me as the day goes on. i alway try to get my writings in early, and when i can at times during the day. it's uncomfortable rushing myself. i've been taking my multi-vitamins more lately, and i'm trying to sleep well, and get back to my full energy health :) it's been hard to focus. everything is cool with my famiy and i, but i don't really feel they know how much stress and upsetness it's causing me, that they are financially leaning on me too much. i know i've been a bit slower since late september, many of us have here, but we're ok, and here, and will continue to get better, and sharing in good times with everyone :) DS, Party's with Holly, our shows, movies, sports radio, nature ,writing, collectibles, friends being here for me, it keep me motivated each day to keep strong <3
Thank you angel friends for letting me share :) with spring coming, gardening, and maybe a few more car ride adventures, it'll be good for us all <3 organizing, sorting my stamps, and coins is very relaxing for me :) i love my family and friends, and will always give my all, to being there :)
We're enjoying a super mega sweet spirit soaring awesome day!!! :) With very special deliveries, and celebrating the spirit of March :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) We're so happy and excited about the nice letter, and cards we mailed today, and enjoying our mega mailing week very much : )We look forward to having lots more big mailing weeks :) The countdown to spring season is on, and lots more march celebrations :) A very special super wednesday tradition Holly and i love very much, is our ghost hunters party's :) Today, we've been watching some classic episodes, and gonna watch some more episodes tonight :) The ghost hunters party is on!! :) woot yeah!! :) Tomorrow we're going to call a friend, and also going to be getting ready for another super fun baking friday adventure :) The month of March is blossoming nicely :) there's lots more great things to look forward too :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for your wonderful love, care, support, warm well wishes, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our very happy hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night, and wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a super mega sweet spirit soaring awesome day! :) We mailed a letter, and cards here from home :) We're loving our mega mailing week, and looking forward to lots more writings as the week continues on :) We're enjoying our show, and looking forward to calling a friend tomorrow :) We're also looking forward to all of the upcoming march celebrations :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We love the spirit soaring excitement of the month of March :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you and your family's often :) We're looking forward to sharing in and celebrating lots more great times with everyone as the month of March continues to shine :)
Hi angel friends, i'm so hopeful that the DS picture uploads will be working again very soon :) i look forward to sharing pictures :)
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Hi Chris, glad you expressed your feelings in your journal. It"s a great release to write it down. Then we can read it over & over.
I had a feeling things were not quite right. I think you need to set some boundaries with your family regarding money. Pay yourself first.
Sounds like you"re already starting a plan to address these issues.
Just a thought. Have you & Holly ever thought about going out on your own?
I am with you 100% with your decisions. Keep writing & talking to those that are making you uncomfortable/upset. Sometimes we just have to say No.
I read about long lasting effects after having Covid. I pray you get past the dizzy spells.
Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Hi Chris Glad you're doing ok and had a chance to write out your feelings in this journal. I think it would be a good idea when you're ready to let your family know That they are putting too much pressure on you each day for everything and you should tell them exactly how it makes you feel.. Hope the new Spring season is much better for you and you and Holly can enjoy tending your garden together Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening, Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
When you write it all out, it sure helps to see how much you’ve given! It’s time to reign it in. Maybe your family doesn’t even know how much this is stressing you out. You keep giving and they think you don’t mind. Well, now you do! Please start to put savings away for yourself. Start the minute you feel you’re doing too much! Be kind but firm. I often find myself giving too much too. It’s hard to say no when that’s not how it used to be. I’m learning this year too! Remember when DS Vietnam friend wrote there are givers and takers in this world? The givers keep giving and the takers keep taking! I’m glad that you wrote this journal. Start taking time for you and Holly. Your mom and dad need you. I understand that. It’s time to say no to the other family members. That’s my take on it. Stay strong and be kind but firm.
So sorry about the Covid:(. Take good care!
It’s rein in, not reign in. I had to look it up:)
Hi Sweet Chris, I'm really sorry that u r still experiencing Covid symptoms where you feel dizzy when u move your head a certain way. It's good u r taking good care & doing what you can so you don't feel dizzy. I like all your pictures whether they r pictures from the past or a picture from the day. I hope you won't feel bad if you can't take pictures. I think all your pictures r very nice and I appreciate seeing all of them. I hope you will feel better from the Covid dizzy feeling. My prayers r with you. I'm very sorry that your family has had to borrow money from you. That can be very upsetting. I wonder if there is something they can do to be able to take care of their own bills on their own & not have to bother you with their bills. I know it must be very bothersome to have to deal with that. I think it is very good you got this off your chest and I hope talking about it helped you. Maybe you can talk to them and see if they can cut some things out so that they will have the money to pay their own bills. I'm thinking of you and wishing you well. Hugs & love FF P.S. that's great u got your Rhode Island coin & also that you put shamrocks in your writing area and you are very happy with your writing area & u r seeing signs of spring. Also that isn't nice that your mom & sister r rushing you to go on Sweet Treats Tuesday. I'm sorry they r treating you that way. It makes sense that they don't need to rush. I hope u can use your coupon for a free drink next time. Hugs & love FF
Hi Chris, i’m really sorry to hear that you’ve been feeling really anxious and stressed out lately about all these family problems. It always feels good to be able to help family members when they need it but not to the point where you’re stressing yourself out and making yourself sick with worry. Of course you want to help your parents as much as you can and that’s a good thing. I know you work very hard for your money and have to be careful how you spend it. It’s good that you wrote out all your feelings and I hope it helped you feel better and I’m sorry that at times you still feel some of the side effects of having Covid last year, I know it was a very scary time for all of you.
Sorry to that you always feel so rushed on Tuesday mornings, that is kind of early to be up and dressed and ready to leave just so you can get your treats, you really should try talking to them. Sending lots and lots of comforting hugs your way today and always
Hugs Jeannie
Hey Chris, I am so sorry your family is looking to you to bail them out financially, it's not fair. You have been wise to save your money, but you can't support them. They are grown adults, you're not responsible and it's not fair to have that weight on your shoulders.