Sweet Shopping Saturday! :) Holly shopped with us :) We got drinks at Dunkins! :)

Happy Shopping Saturday! :) blueberry iced coffee and hazelnut coffee cheers!!! :) We're enjoying a super mega sweet awesome day!!! :) my mom, dad, Holly, and i went shopping at the dollar tree :) Holly's and my, 1st shopping adventure together :) We bought some awesome items :) Holly and i stocked up on some items, including items she needed, and we got some tortilla's, sweet pickles, cards, and she got a nice container organizer for her medicines :) my mom and dad got some items too :) We showed Holly the stores, shopping centers in our area, she was so excited to see, and she was amazed at how close we live to all of the stores :) my mom and dad treated Holly and i to some nice drinks at dunkins :) her 1st dunkins treat! :) awww! :) She got a  hot decaf hazelnut coffee and i got a blueberry iced coffee :) Cheers! :) we're celebrating our 1st shopping experience together :) We want to show Holly more of our city, and area :) we're continuing to organize our place, it's looking great :) my mom and dad were both feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, but are doing better today, thankfully :) we're all set, and ready for the winterstorm tonight and tomorrow, very cold weather coming. Twas the evening before Championship sunday!!! :) are you ready for some football!!! :) we're looking forward to watching the big games tomorrow :) we're going to have a football party :) things are going really well :) i bought some cards, and going to write some nice notes, cards, letters :) We're thinking of everyone, being affected by the storm, and in the path of the storm. wishing everyone safety and warmth :) Holly and i picked out a new movie to watch tonight :) Thank you angel friends, for all of your great support :) We love you all bunches! :) we want to drive Holly around our city and area some more soon, to give her a full tour :) enjoying an awesome day, with family, Holly, and friends :) tonight, the popcorn movie party is on!! :) woot!! :)

Hi angel friends! :) big warm caring happy friendship hugs, sent with our love :) my family Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, keeping warm, and enjoying a great day :) our thoughts, and prayers are with everyone, that is being affected by the winter storm, and in the path of the storm.wishing everyone warmth, and safety :) we have some snow/ice in our forecast. we're gearing up for the winterstorm. we'll be home tomorrow :) my dad and sister Lisa are keeping in touch with their boss at domino's pizza, about plans for the work day tomorrow. there's a chance domino's could close due to the winterstorm. we're all keeping warm, putting some extra salt, on our steps, and sidewalks, in preparations for the storm. we hope and pray, that everyone is ok, and safe thru the storm. Thank you angel friends, for your warm well wishes, and for all of your heart-felt comments :) You all are very nice, and sweet :)

We love the weekend's,and have been looking forward to the big championship sunday football games tomorrow :) Thank you everyone, so very much, for your awesome comments :) we're so happy, and thrilled that everyone enjoyed our baking friday adventure, and pictures :) we had lots of fun baking the cupcakes, and making popcorn :) we love sharing our adventures :) Holly is continuing to unpack, and settling in :) She'd love to join in on the baking friday fun sometime :) She's gotten to meet everyone in my family, except for Charlie and Barbara, but hopefully will get the opportunity soon :) She's been doing really well, and we're so excited to make some more calls on monday, for her to get her new drs, and appts, all set, and ready :) She and i had macaroni and cheese, and salad for dinner :) it was really nice :) we watched the wtnh news, and also watched a brand new episode of most haunted last night :) it was awesome! :) we even had a little extra time, and watched some ghost adventures last night :) it's been an awesome stretch of days, as she's settling in :) She says hi, and thanks everyone for being so supportive, and encouraging :) we appreciate everything :) You all are helping us a lot, and just knowing you all are there, its so wonderful and we feel very thankful, and blessed :) She and i have been organizing, decorating our apartment rooms here, it looks so nice :) We been talking just like we did on the phone, it's so cool! :) we've been very focused on health, and forward progress :) she made some really good calls yesterday, and is only 2 steps away now, from getting all of her new drs, and appts. set :) we're so proud of her :)

SHOPPING ADVENTURE!!! :) Holly and i had our 1st shopping adventure together today! :) awww!!! :) This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) Holly and i were up early, getting ready for the day :) my mom and dad are feeling better today. they were a bit under the weather yesterday. We're so glad, and thankful they're feeling better :) i enjoyed some nice time with my mom, dad, Lisa, Holly, this morning, and enjoyed some time here on DS, writing to friends :) i enjoyed an early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies outside, for our nature friends :) there's been lots of birds visiting our yard :) i love putting extra goodies outside for them :) my mom and dad went to the bank, and walmart :) Holly and i were getting ready to go shopping with my mom and dad :) we were so excited for our 1st shopping adventure together :) my mom and dad arrived home from walmart, and put items in our home, and we were then all set and ready to go shopping at the dollar tree :)

my mom, dad, Holly, and i enjoyed a nice car ride over to the shopping center :) Holly was excited to see the local college, and sights :) She was amazed, at how close the shopping center is to our home :) We arrived at the shopping center, and parked our minivan :) we walked over the dollar tree, and got some shopping baskets, and cart :) Holly made a list of items she needed :) we saw lots of valentine's, st. patrick's day, and spring items:) we saw some spring garden decorations we want to buy for our garden in the spring time :) my mom and dad were browsing, and Holly and i walked over to the greetings cards :) we bought some birthday cards for family, and friends :) Holly needed some items for crafts, and writings :) She was doing great, getting the items on her list, including some laundry detergent, and other items too :) we all were finding some great items :) Holly bought a medicines organizer, for her meds, and she also bought some snacks :) we got tortilla's for football sunday, we also got some pineapple chunks, and we also got some sweet bread and butter pickles :) my mom and dad were getting some great items too :) we were rocking it!!! :)

We got a new nature calendar, to put on our wall :) Holly and i love nature :) we all finished up shopping, and then went to the checkout :) my mom and dad checked out together, and Holly and i checked out together :) i  did have some moments, of shyness, anxiety, as there were other costomers all around us, and i felt like a couple were staring at me, which can make a shy person feel anxious, but Holly and i stuck strong together, and did fairly alright :) my mom and dad waited for us a the checkout area :) once we were all set, we walked outside :) i mentioned to Holly, i felt a bit anxious at the checkout, and she rubbed my shoulder and arm :) awww!!! it's very sweet of her :) we put our items into our minivan :) i feel so proud of Holly, and how well she did in the dollar tree, for the 1st time :) i'm very proud of us both :)

We then cruised over to dunkin donuts :) Holly's 1st time going to dunkins here in Norwich :) woot yeah!!! :) she was so excited to see other places in our area, and amazed at how close everything is together :) at dunkins, my mom, dad, Holly, and i got some drinks :) my mom and dad treated us to some nice drinks, Holly got a hot decaf hazelnut coffee, and a blueberry iced coffee for me :) Holly and i said to eachother, "cheers!!" :)aww!!! :) we then made our journey home :) i helped bring our items indoors, and Holly sorted everything :) we also gave eachother a hug, and a hi-5!: ) we're so happy with how well we did in the store :) we'll definitely be going shopping again soon :) we've been sorting our items :) we also picked out a new movie :) Holly got this awesome organizer, for her meds, where she puts the morning, noon, nite meds in the places in the organizer, so that it's all good and organized together :) it was really sweet, going shopping for the 1st time together :) we can't wait to go shopping again :)

We're enjoying a great day! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) it was so nice, shopping today :) we got some great items :) We're all stocked up, and ready for the big winterstorm. we're hoping, and praying that everyone will be ok, and safe. keep warm everyone :) we're gonna be home tomorrow, and getting ready for the championship sunday football games :) Patriots vs Chiefs, and Rams vs Saints :) it's on! :) We're going to have foods, snacks, and drinks :) We look forward to celebrating the big games with everyone :) Holly's continuing to do really well, unpacking, organizing, and on monday we're going to make some more calls, scheduling her appts :) she's making some great progress :) We're looking forward to so many more nice times, coming up to look forward too :) i'm gonna be setting up a desk and writing some cards, notes, and letters :) things are progressing well, with things :) We're so glad, and thankful my dad's feeling better, and my mom is on the mend :) Holly and i are gonna have a super fun, saturday night, popcorn movie night party :) we've been looking forward to our movie night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) we deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy friendship hug:) There's many more great things to look forward too, with family, friends, nature, and the continued blossoming new year :)

-never lose hope :)

 

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a great day :) we enjoyed going shopping, bought some cards, snacks, and looking forward to the big football games tomorrow :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good day" :) awww! :) we love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day , and keeping warm, and safe, from the wintery weather. we're all set, and ready to ride out the storm here at home. we're gonna watch the big championship sunday football games tomorrow :) Thank you angel friends, for being here for us :) 

 

Cheers!!! :) it was so nice, having Holly join us for a shopping adventure for the 1st time today :) She did really well:) we got some great items at the dollar tree :) We're so proud :) my mom and dad treated us to some nice drinks at dunkin donuts: ) We're celebrating progress forward, dedication to health, and our 1st shopping adventure together :) 

Hi angel friends! :) i'm using my laptop currently, to post here on DS, until i get my desktop set up :) i forgot to add the picture of me and the kids in the kitchen. here on DS, in the edit the journal area, we're unable to upload pics after posting a journal. i do have the picture here to share :) some friends mentioned about missing the picture, and wondering if Holly was gonna be joining us in the kitchen for bakinng friday :) Holly's been working hard unpacking, and was resting yesterday afternoon. :) it was a bit busy in the kitchen, and Holly's continuing to settle in, and handling things really well :) We're so proud of her :) Holly's private about getting her picture taken, but has expressed very much interest, that with time she'd love to join us in the kitchen for some baking friday adventures :)