As I wake up on this chilly morning, I remind myself that my little life is ever changing. I say a prayer of thanks to my heavenly Father for waking me one more day. Believe me, this is an improvement from the previous years of uncertainty. As the song says, thank you Lord for waking me for one more day so I can say I love you! I get up, take the dog out to take care of business, then fix myself a cup of fabula coffee with chobani sweet creamer. Take the first sip of comfort to wake up my soul! Today is the day I officially start this new journey the Lord has me on. I am grateful for my new community. The friendly people have started offering to help me unpack which I will be grateful for. I feel my Father is showing me that I will be loved here and cared for. He has the plan and I am trying real hard to follow.... The neighbor here in Clinton is moving the Conex and the car today. With all things packed we head North for my new adventure.... Copyright © 2010-2026 M.E. Masterson All Ph...

Our first snow of the season arrived. And as you can imagine, I was thrilled! love seeing the snow coming down and leaving it's mark on the hills, trees and ground! However, it did put a qink in my moving plans! I am all packed up and ready to go for tomorrow. I will let the holiday pass by and wait it out for the snow plows to get back to work so it will be smooth sailing....going home to the new house that I signed for Friday! Wahoo!! Praise the Lord!! Last Wednesday in anticipation for the move I picked up a 12' U-Haul trailer and as soon as I got the cabin I started packing it. It was hot day outside! At least I thought it was, the sweat was pouring off of me! Then Thursday I continued to pack getting it almost full. A friend helped me get some shelves destructed and loaded in the back of the truck and he made room for the freezer that we will load this afternoon. Friday I had to travel the 3.5 hrs to Chouteau County Abstract Title in Ft. Benton to get everything finalized....

This really has become a living diary of my world. I took myself off of TikTok even after I had 31K followers I got tired of the Rederick on there! Same crap different day. So I came here to do my writing again. With that said, today well started out alright. I got up, made coffee as per usual. Thanked God for another day. And then, I prepared for my day after a long conversation with my insurance company about address change and some policies to update. Then I went into Missoula to pick up the trailer I had reserved at U-haul. Came back to the rental cabin and proceeded to start the packing. I got about half of it packed. About 4:30 I called it quits. I will finish that tomorrow.  Then I have been in a dilemma as to when I should take the load up as we are expecting snow this  weekend! Ya I know ...only I could have more surprises thrown my way... The closing on the house is Friday. So I will go up then but I wonder if I should leave tomorrow with the load then stay the night...

I just saw this post yesterday that got me stirring. This poor baby was six days old and violently killed by her father, so the story is showing!  I myself am so sad for this family. From what I can gather: - The mother-in-law was attacked - The wife was attacked - A couple others were attacked It sounded like they were on an outing and he just lost his ever-loving mind. Premeditated from what I can see, but it is just horrific the things that we're seeing . "ETA: Nathan Thomas, Aurora’s own father, committed this crime. He killed his own six-day old baby. May he rot.  This is baby Aurora, six days old. She was stabbed in the head yesterday in Great Falls, Montana. Her entire family suffered injuries in the attack. She died in the hospital. I am sharing this because her surviving family members need financial help. Please donate.   From a family acquaintance:  “I am asking our community to please come together for some of Eric and my best friends who...

The day brought a lot of changes! I signed papers to finish the closing on my Marquand house. This for me was a bit stressful because it meant I had to venture into the heart of Missoula. Ughh! I got it handled but because of that stress I had extra energy with no place for it to go. So off into Nature I went! 4 mile hike! It is beautiful little hike. Nature Conservancy @Rock Creek . It is not all that long, It is disabled accessible.  If you want you can walk down by the river. There is a fenced in area that you can pass through as well. It is to protect the little critters.  The log cabin was just restructed and it turned out just beautiful. I tried to get the pics of the story of the cabin and why it stands there. Copyright © 2010-2026 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2010-2026 M.E. Masterson

I feel like I have been on standstill since May. Things in storage, renting a cabin and just staying busy enough to not go nuts! I can finally see that light in the tunnel. Let me explain... I have a contract to buy a house in Central Montana about 4 hours from my present spot in Western Montana. And today (9/11) my property in Missouri is under contract to sell! Finally! In October everything should come together. Closing on Missouri house and purchase of new one, all in about a week's time. I am so thrilled!  The little house needs some TLC but should be fun to turn it into mine. This is the first time in my life that I have solely owned a house. I have been a partner to a few but this one is all mine. I am embracing this for more than one reason, but the main being, moving forward.  I look at it like this, I didn't choose to be unmarried/single but life chose it for me. Tom's passing only gave me one choice in my mind. Believe me I argued, I screa...