Sorry I have been absent for some time.....
Some of you know that I left Hawaii to travel to the mainland on March 7th to help my siblings settle our parents (early 90s) in an assisted living facility and clean out their house to get it ready for market.....I had originally planned to be home by March 29.
That deadline was extended to April 21st after we saw that the cleaning of the house was taking MUCH longer than anticipated....then I could not leave on the 21st and lost my return ticket as the airline would not extend it again if not used by May 6....
There was no way we would finish the NC and Florida Winter homes by that date....So I decided to go ahead and stay and then worry about my return later....That was a good thing because when we were almost finished with the FL home, we got a call our mom was in hospital in NC. I will spare the details, but we returned to NC right away and
even though she is back in the home, she is still not doing well.....she is better though. We call her the 'Energizer Bunny' since she keeps going and going....
At the moment my plans to return home are still suspended.....I do know that I will be driving down to Miami with my sister whenever we finish the house in FL and after a few days will leave from there.....whenever that is....
Meantime, please excuse my lack of participation, as my hands have been quite full....and oh, yeah....the house in NC is in the process of selling.....to my niece and godchild, Madeline!!! She is moving up here from Miami and we are all very happy that after 54 years of it being owned by our parents, a granddaughter will be living there!
She already started the process of renovation/remodeling and the first priority is making the kitchen larger....Last Saturday we helped take down the wall between the kitchen and den/office! This will make the new kitchen much larger and give her the space she needs for her cake baking/decorating business......She is a wonderful cake decorator and has won national recognition.
You can read the journal I have been sharing in Gather by clicking on "When roles are reversed...." - though I have not had a chance to update it in the last few weeks...
Many mahalos to those of you who have contacted me via e-mail to offer your support and well wishes!
Sonia
