Red Apple Junction: August 2015

Friday, August 14, 2015

Some crafty things….

I started off with….

these items for my crafty project…picked up a few things at Lowe’s and Nan had a few things I need to work with….I am going to post his on my craft b log so if you read both just know it will be a repeat…I have been very lax on my craft b log…and most peeps that are crafty don’t read this one….so laid out my stuff and got to work…

Nan working on her craft project using a drill on a plastic plant pot ..I will take a pic of it when she is finished if she is still around here…I have plans to make one also so you will see it one way or another…laid out on the picnic table is the start of my project…

And it is finished…a flag pole for my RV & camping…I see these all the time at camp grounds…in various sizes…some are really big to hold a full size flag…lot of Vets have them with like a Marine flag and American flag on them….very easy to make …...made with PVC pipe I used 1/2 in. pipe because I wanted a small one…I forgot one piece so could not put it together until I got home a bought what I needed…by then I forgot how the pieces went together..good thing I took a pic of Nan’s…right now I have one of those American flags on it that are on sticks I broke the stick and taped it on with white duct tape…but will replace it with a better one….and the other flag is the flamingo I found at Camping World a couple years ago and added the Women RV and Welcome on the other side…there is room to hang something else…I am thinking maybe a small light wt. lantern that I will most likely make myself …I bought a fall harvest flag to put on next month..the PVC pipe is set over a 4 ft. rebar that is pounded the ground…that way it can swivel with the wind…letting you know what way the wind is blowing….if you want to make one just Google PVC flag pole you tube …there are tons of videos on this…

Another project we ….

played around with was doing some etching on this glass wine glass…the glass Nan got at the dollar store…just in case we screwed it up…she had got an etching tool…at Walgreens one of those “ As Seen On TV” things…and we picked up a couple of stencils at Pat Catans…we got the paw prints ”I wanted them because I am going to make a memory mini album about Maggie” anyway this little tool worked great…as you can see…I stopped at a local Walgreens but they did not have the tool as a couple Wal-Mart stores did not either…I will keep looking I really want one of these….

A Maggie pic for this day…a happy day even tho she did not like to get her pic take…as you can see…giving the camera the harry eye…lol…this is all for now thanks for looking and come back soon …blessings to all G&M

My Maggie girl…

Duplicate post on my other b log….

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Saying good by to Maggie….

Maggie guarding her domain…she loved to sit on the porch!

I am having a really bad time with this last post….I am sitting at the dinette in the rig at my seat typing this…I get up to turn on the fan…and I look at Maggie’s seat expecting to see her…I still think she is here….and I can not explain what I feel when I realize once again she is not here with me…even tho I have had my loved ones pass away .…I was not living with them… not with them 24/7 like me & Maggie…maybe that is why I am at such a loss… feeling so alone this feeling is hardly bearable..and I talk to her all the time like she is right there…I go out the door from the rig to the house for a min…so she doesn't always go with me…I turn and say what I have always said at that time ….. I will only be out of site for a few min…I say…”you can wait I will be right back” and she knows it is ok to wait for me…I wont be long…it seams like I am carrying on our relationship just like it has been for last 9 years just like she is here….I have never been thru this…and wonder if this is normal…I have her ashes in a little box…people will think I am nuts if they see me talking to a little box…but that is what I do….

This is the Maggie I see when I open the door to enter the rig…when she has been waiting for me…

Well I think that’s all I will say about that for now…and move on to Maggie’s little funeral…and I say that because that is exactly what they made it where I took her to be cremated…I took her to a pet crematory (one vet office would do it but I was not at all comfortable how they did things) so I went with what my vet had already set up for me…

So on Friday morning daughter & S-I-L and I went to pick Maggie up…took her to the crematory….when I walked it told them my name and they said is this little Maggie the Papillon…that was so heart warming and made me feel so welcome…one of the girls Sara…said she would come out and carry her in…I said we could do it but she insisted….then we met Matt who would actually work on Maggie…he told me he would clean her up and I could come and visit with her…when he came back to get me…kids couldn’t go …so I said that was very ok…I really wanted to be alone…Matt took me back to a little room…and there was my Maggie…they had covered a little tray like thing that looked just like a little casket with out a lid …with red velvet (I think it was red anyway) she was covered with some white taffeta with her new little blankie I had made for her…with a little packet of some kind with flowers on it I think they were roses….she looked so sweet and beautiful ….then he said I will leave you alone take all the time you want….so spent my last time with my girl praying and taking to her in a beautiful setting with so much kindness and sympathy around us….it was very beautiful time and I was kind of on a high when I finally left…

Us Christmas day 2014 at the home park in Florida…our first selfie!

When I was ready to leave…I had been told we could return for her later in the afternoon to get my girl…this is a very busy place it cremates every day… and they do private cremations and that is what I wanted…because they also do our people loved ones as well as pets…he told me that he would wrap her in the blankie as I requested…gave me a copy of the prayer that he says over them at the time…he will cut some of her fur …by her heart …her back and ear…that will be placed in a plastic bag with poem that goes along with it…and a little silicon square with her tiny paw print…I had already picked out a little box that would hold her pic in the front of it…they were so very kind and considerate treating you with love and respect for your little fur baby…they reminded my of how the undertaker treated us when my brother died … I did not know it would be this way with my little doggie Maggie girl….I have to tell you it was a beautiful experience

As a post script…the other day I was walking up the street towards milo & lexi’s house they were on the sidewalk mama let lose of their leashes and milo took of like a streak running toward me…what a sweetie…I had a little toy bunny of Maggie’s hanging out of my pocket and he was curious as to what it was…so I took it out and showed it to him…he got ahold of an ear and tried to pull it away from me…I could not give him that one but went home and got him a toy of Maggie’s he grabbed it ran of with it…not even letting Lexi take a look see at it…Mama Terri said he has been carrying it around ever since…

Our last morning together a visit with Lexi&Milo…little did I know that less than 12 hrs. she would no longer be with me….

I love you my Maggie Girl…

Posted by GEOCACHING WITH GRAMMY AND THE PAPILLON PRINCESS at 7:24 AM

7 comments:

SherryJuly 15, 2015 at 12:18 PM

What a wonderful group of people to see Maggie off in such a caring and supportive way. I can just feel how lonely you are. I love the selfie of you two and hope your grief will not overwhelm you. Remember what a fantastic life you gave each other. It's so hard to be the one left when a loved one goes.

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Momi YaYaJuly 15, 2015 at 12:58 PM

They say funerals are really for the living - giving assistance in letting go. You did a good thing for your Maggie and for yourself.

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Home again and it was over….

so once again we came home… but I made two appointments one on Friday morning and one Sat. morning….as my daughter and son-in – law were coming from VA…he would be with Maggie if I could not do it…but he had to make arrangements at work…my sister and I were both basket cases and could not do this with out more stable support… so they were coming ….later in the affternoon again Maggie started to breath worse again….found they would leave after work that day and be here about 10 pm… so I call vet and confirmed the Friday morning appointment ….early in the morning I had taken Maggie for a last walk in her buggy…I put her bed in it the bed she still used that she had as a baby puppy …she loved riding in her “buggy’ she would dance a jig when I mentioned it or got it out..…. see how flat and laid back her” Butterfly ” ears are…they went that way when she was totally happy….they would go back and pointy when she was upset ….we went to Lexi & Milo’s house to say good by …it was so so sad but was nice at the same time… we could tell the little Milo knew some thing was up…he acted very caring and concerned…I was sitting on the steps at one point and he come up to me put his paws on my shoulder and got right in my face and just stood there staring in to my eyes…I read somewhere that dogs gave hugs with their eyes…maybe they do…but I knew that he knew something was very sad and wrong…Lexi sort of wondered around the buggy …

We we left and walked around the neighborhood for awhile in the buggy ….it was about to rain so we had to stop….I was with her all the time never let her out of my sight….again early evening she started with the breathing problem…I tried to hold her several times but she seamed to want and was more comfortable in “her seat” in the rig…I sat on the sofa and talked and petted her…

Maggie with her Christmas stocking …she loved Christmas she got stocking and good people food…

2014

Then things turned into a night mare…. she was… I knew she was going to go….I called my sister..she was baby sitting her Gkids in another town could not come but she stayed on the phone with me…I am not going to go into detail about this …but I was scared and a mess…. I guess it did not take long maybe 30 min my sister thought that was a time frame….. me I do not know…but to me it was what can I say seamed like forever… it seamed like years… by far the worst 30 min. of my life…I do not want to remember this..even tho I will never forget…. I am not going to talk about this part…I will just say Maggie did not have and easy time at least to me it seamed that way to me… (just before all this happened like I mean like 10 min…Lexi, Milo and their mama came by…they came in the rig ..Maggie was laying in her seat….she got down and went over and greeted them…now after I know what was to happen in only minuets …I still cant believe she did that…that is how well dogs hide what is really going on with them and their little bodies) …and then it was over.She passed to the Rainbow Bridge in her seat with me holding her….

I was hysterical and did not know what to do…went out on the sidewalk and finally got neighbors …. these two angel mama’s of Maggie’s friends were the ones I have been talking about…they came… being here for us… anyway it was around 7pm my vet was closed…they have a different vet that had a tech on until around 9pm so they called them…after it was all said and done we took Maggie in her bed (not the puppy bed)the newer bed she rides in while we travel and her new blankie I made that very morning to them and they kept her cool until morning ….my first night without My Maggie Girl….is to sad to share…

Maggie with her new Christmas toy….

She loved toys!

I will have the end next post…. the flavor of my post at this time are not the best… but I am doing this for me…hopefully I will have more up beat posts sometime soon…just pass over these if you don’t want to read about sadness…I would not blame you one bit..not sure I could read if it wasn’t me & Maggie…and our story..

blessings to all G&M

Posted by GEOCACHING WITH GRAMMY AND THE PAPILLON PRINCESS at 6:01 AM

7 comments:

Rick and Kathy RousseauJuly 14, 2015 at 7:08 AM

Watching our furkids pass is no different that watching loved ones pass. you will go through the same grieving process and shed the same tears. Just remember that she is at rest with no pain and will continue to travel with you.
Be Safe!
It's about time.

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Colleen PhippsJuly 14, 2015 at 11:10 AM

I know how very much you are hurting right now. Maggie went in her own time and in her own way. She was not sick for long and she was with the person she loved the most. One cannot ask for much more than that. Maggie had a wonderful life filled with adventures and travel and she was very happy with that. In time, you will be able to focus on all the positive aspects of Maggie's time with you. That is what she would want you to do and you will always have her with you. Hugs and more peaceful days ahead.

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DearMissMermaidJuly 14, 2015 at 12:08 PM

I am just oh so sorry for your pain. I know this is a horrific shock for you. Maggie was a wonderful doggy princess and oh so beautiful. Reading your blog is a real tear jerker, because I can feel your pain. I wish I were there to hug you and Harley wants to send you loads of sloppy doggy kisses.
We shall miss Maggie and again, I am just oh so sorry this happened.

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SherryJuly 14, 2015 at 1:08 PM

What an ordeal for you both but so wonderful that you could see her through to the very end. She knew you loved her and would do anything for her. That's what counts, what a wonderful life she had. I know how awful it is to lose a life long animal friend. It's so painful that after the last one I felt I just couldn't do it again.

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LizJuly 14, 2015 at 7:04 PM

What a difficult time this has been for you. But in the end Maggie was where she would want to be, at home in her favorite seat and in your arms. Everyone who has met Maggie knows what a sweet and loyal dog she was, and we will all miss seeing her. Time will lessen the pain, and the sweet mempries will remain.

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GEOCACHING WITH GRAMMY AND THE PAPILLON PRINCESSJuly 15, 2015 at 6:34 AM

Thank all of you for your heartfelt words of kindness....I so much appreciate them...donna

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Momi YaYaJuly 15, 2015 at 8:11 AM

So sorry to hear this news. My heart hurts and tears run down my face as I read this post. {{{hugs}}}

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GEOCACHING WITH GRAMMY AND THE PAPILLON PRINCESS: I am a retired mom of 2, grandma of 4 and lived in western Pa all my life. Now spending most of my time in Florida with my dad. Love to flea market and yard sale. Geocaching, and crafting on my list also. Had a country store for last 15 yrs and worked 25 yrs in a hospital before that. Now I want to start traveling/camping some

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