this morning as I was driving to work I ran into a patch of ice… 

had to work hard at leaving my foot on the brake… used to old school pumping…

reminded me of what an excellent driver George was… 

he always drove defensively… which also made me think of him as I was sliding on that ice patch…

this is the most recent picture of Shadow that I have… didn’t remember to take a photo of her this morning in her new parking spot at the office… it is a great one with a car on one side but not the other…

the other day, when I was backing out of the garage, my daughter commented on how well I maneuvered the tricky bend in the driveway…

made me think back to when my beloved left me and I had to get in and out of the garage… at first it was very stressful, but as time has gone on I’ve become comfortable with the process… I still would rather be the one to put her into the garage which makes getting her out simpler, lol…

this was a picture I took of the house, from the car, when I made it out of the driveway after one of the big storms recently… you can sort of see the jog by the garage…

I am getting more comfortable in those big girl pants…