August 2nd: Holland's younger brother called last night to say he was thinking about coming to the beach, and if he did - he would be stopping by to see our home, Independence; Holland was looking forward to the visit, but since there was no definite given, he wasn't sure Mark would actually be coming.
We woke up.
We drank coffees ☕️ and waited.
The Day got longer 🤔; Holland went upstairs for a mid-morning nap 🛌
About an hour into the nap, his cell rang … Mark was at the Ocean Park Beach Access: Holland got up and went to meet him.
While Holland was gone, I went into turbo woman's work mode, and tidied the house for visitor inspection 😉
The guys pulled up outside just as I finished sweeping the floor, set a chair in place for an extra seating ✅, and was finishing up an interesting article 🧐 about the russian earthquake that had put the western part of American on alert a couple days ago:
Russia’s Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Caused An Eerie Disturbance 4,000 Miles Away In Death Valley National Park: (https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/russia-s-magnitude-8-8-earthquake-caused-an-eerie-disturbance-4-000-miles-away-in-death-valley-national-park/ar-AA1JNieA?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2707a8d939e5408ad53cd6984b8f7d05&ei=11)
Oregon & Washington Under Tsunami Advisory After 8.8 Quake Strikes Off Coast Of Russia * Tue, July 29th 2025:
(https://katu.com/news/local/80-quake-strikes-near-peninsula-in-russia-tsunami-danger-being-evaluated-for-west-coast)
I like Mark; he's a quiet person like Holland, and speaks with a gentle sexy voice, like Holland - they are manly men who came of age in the past century with confident mannerisms. After the inside visiting came to an end, they went outside for about another half hour of schmoozing:
Holland and his younger brother, Mark; Ocean Park-WA
When Mark had left, we ate supper and relaxed in our own ways … Holland went online to veg out with humorous reels; and I got busy with more woman's work, which actually relaxes me. Some women get annoyed with domestic tasks, but I like doing them.
I like being a wife.
I like taking care of my man 👩❤️💋👨
I sorely missed doing these mundane tasks during my widow years, and I am thankful Elohim has blessed my life with these simple chores, again.
I like having this man in my personal space.
I like hearing his laughter.
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Whatever he's listening to, or watching, has seriously tickled his funny bone 😘
Sorting the laundry, I hadn't realized that the hamper had gotten so full. When I said that to Holland, he said, "Don't worry about it Baby; your hands were sore, and I didn't want to burden you with laundry. You're not my slave." My guy is so thoughtful … and he is capable of doing a load of laundry if his clothing cache had been severely depleted. And he wouldn't mind doing it, either (until we married, he has done his own laundry since he was 14 years old). So, I laughed, and said, "Well, I'll never be anyone's slave - but what piddly amount of woman's work I do … is wife work; not slave work. It's one of my few job descriptions under the heading of Wife - and I'm thankful to be doing it again."
Hanging Laundry.
Because I hadn't had time for it earlier, I did my exercises later in the evening … and feel blessed in that area of my life, also 😊
