Learn to be your own best friend-

Good morning- To-day is Friday, July 17th--  I shall turn off the AC--It is only 12 degrees C. outside-this morning---going up to 24 C this afternoon--I see the sun shining way over  the horizon--a good sign----but--the best news -is--no smoke either--yet---Lopez , Sushi and I are up--was difficult tho to put the feet on the floor--always is- isn't it?  

I must get the washer started--A new day has begun-- 

                        Words I wish I had thought of--

#1.There is no formula for living a healthy life.

#2.Keep track of your life by writing in a journal.  

#3.You cannot love a pet too much .

#4.Family stories keep families alive.  

#5.Your happiness is the result of your own effort.  

                        and---  Blasts from the past--                                                           Below--  Fred at 93---with 5 Grandchildren                    

                       

                   Below--Fred with Son#2, #3 and #5

Son#2  with his best friend, Gerrard, his dog-

Cousins--  Lola and Lopez--

Sophia and Jacob--  and Andie and Ethan-Cousins

a lot of Grandkids  ---

So, something to think about when yu don't want to exercise--  ABOVE

Time to get off of here and face this day---Don't take yourself too seriously to-day--Find some good in everything --Move forward, not backward-----Remember--nobody can take your dreams way--Oh----  and BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL_-

 

SmiIe because you deserve to--

Good morning--To-day is Thursday, July 16th-- no sun---  not as much smokey air--which is good--  but--I can still smell the smoke and I see the air is whitish, outside.--I just had a call from Allison in Ohio, and she says that smokey air is now over them--She can smell it--  Her air quality , she says , is bad--I suggested she wear a mask if going out--She also asked me to put out the fires up here--I wish I could!--Well, I just walked Lopez--around the block--He did his business--It is still very hot outside--and a tad smokey-

                                    Words I wish I had written--

#1. If you know how to live well, a lifetime is enough-

#2.-Remember kind things that have been done for you.

#3. Love what you do.

#4.The fellow who blows his horn the loudest is likely in the biggest fog.

                                    Blasts from the Past

                a picture from Son#2, the "Air Canada" pilot

     It must've been Christmas-even my Dad  and Fred in photo

                            below---a bunch of bad kids--

below---Allison with her 2 children

above---  only the dogs on the dock

the gate  --our old home--

My favourite cartoon of all time--I LOVE IT!!!-I just had to send you this!!!

Below--Lopez and Lola-- cousins--(LOL)

Time to stop the shenanigans and get on with the day--Make it a good day--  You might as well. because we are a part of to-day, anyway--Your happiness is the result of your own effort--Remember that! The world you live in is created by your own mind--Successful people are successful because they believe they are----Oh--I nearly forgot-

  BIG HUGS to you all--

 

Talk to your children--

                                     Good Morning to you all-

To-day is Wednesday, July 15th-- still dark out--Lopez and I are up and at-er here--It was 79 in the bedroom last  night-- I had turned off the AC-- opened the windows up, up there-(-kinda crazy of me-)-I had a fan on, but I think it was just moving the hot air around--So, the AC is once again, chugging away and it is now around 77 up there--I will love it when this hot air , over us, moves on----

                            Words I wish I had written--

#1.Remember to say please.

#2.A day lost is never found.

#3.Develop and maintain a capacity to forgive.

#4.Even an old body can have a young mind.

#5. Happiness should be a part of love.

                            Blasts from the past--

                                Ava's Birthday--below--  

                        Below--5 Grandchildren paddling

One of my favourite  photos--My Dad--arm in arm with his Mother and Grandmother-and his sister with the cat--in Port Perry, ON. 

                My 4 boys-Son#4, Son#1, Son#3, and Son#2

                    Grandchildren--from the picture above

                            and there is the man I married-Dr. Fred

So, I hope to-day you will all be happy--Remember, everyday is a clean slate. Men and women may be different from each other, but their souls can still be combined to form one. Love always eases pain--

So, get off of here--get on with your day, and , tell someone you love them--Oh--I nearly forgot--BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL__Especially to your Children.

I hope your day is perfect-

Holy cow---It is hot, hot , hot--muggy---  and---to-day is--Tuesday. July 14th--Lopez and I have walked--He did his business--Sushi is still in bed--I must run her food up to her----Lopez is supposed to go to the groomer this AM--but--I have not been able go confirm that appointment yet--Are you happy this AM?----I hope so--

                            Words I wish I had written-

                #1.You can do anything if you have passion--

                  #2.People take advantage of your weaknesses

                    #3.Will this be important five years from now?

                    #4.Don't try to change what can't be changed.

                            

                                Blasts from the past

                    Charlotte, the dog--with all of us!-long long ago--

                                        Fred with Tim

                            Toys on the dock--below

                    Sophia, Ava, Jacob and Emma--all cousins--long ago

                    Below--long ago--must've been Xmas

                        Below----Could you fly this ???

So---  This blog has not been easy to post--LOLOL----Finally I hope it goes thru---Lots to do so I must wish you all the best and get on with this day--Remember, your imagination can set you free--Enjoy to-day--It only comes once--No one can be happy 100 per cent of the time--but just try--A good marriage is made up of two good people--Oh--- I neartly forgot--  BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL--

 

You are amazing-

Good Morning--To-day is July 13th--and it is Monday--(Everyday is sorta the same  isn't it?)--The only difference to-day, is--I changed our mammoth King  sized bed--The sheets are now in the washer--It is hot upstairs, even with the AC on----  Lopez is not up yet--Sushi is--so--I must get him--I do see the sun coming up over the horizon--and this afternoon , I see by my phone, the temperature will be 28C--very hot!

 Yes, "YOU" are strong--special--awesome---loved--amazing--brave and courageous--but--- you--and "we"--have to try to be that way--It isn't easy , but "WE CAN"----if we try--

                            Words I wish I had written below--

#1.One cannot feel happiness all of the time.

#2.Keep your cool no matter how dire the situation.

#3.Accept life's limits  and inevitabilities  and work with them rather than fight them.

#4. Time works wonders-

                                        Blasts from the Past

Pretty neat photo--(LOL)--Son#2,  with a cat on his shoulder--Timmy, and Phil, with Mr "T" in the background--Funniest picture ever!!!

above--Son#2-with his 2 daughters asleep in the back seat--a good Dad 

                        OK--Son#4 is up to something--

        Above--Jacob (Allison's son)-Son#2, Son#1 and Son#3

            OK--Whose kitchen has more dogs than ours?

                        Could a dock  hold more kids ?

So-time to get on with this day--Are you happy??--  Will it be a good day?--It will if we try to make it the best day ever! Surround yourself with things that make you smile--Do not look forward to the day when you will stop suffering--because then you will be dead---Never sleep apart from your spouse unless you have to--So much to remember in this life, isn't there?--  Be strong--Be happy--Laugh and the world laughs with you--?--I hope so!!----  Time to get on with the day here--Oh--Hug your pet too-- and dole out the hugs--BIG HUGS!!

Never depend on anyone.-----

 There is my deck--in my wee yard--  Gil extended it across to the shed--So nice to have a place to sit outside--So--to-day is, Sunday, July 12th--The sun is peeking out , just above the horizon-- The A.C. is on-(-was off all night-)-  nice to feel the fresh breezes coming into the bedroom upstairs---Of course, the washer is chugging away-Sushi's food is ready to run upstairs--Lopez is on my sofa, --where I usually sit--(He always tries to sit where I usually sit--little rascal)---

So---How is your day going so far??--Are you happy --and you know it?--

                                

                                Words I wish I had written--

#1.Use the library

#2.You cannot tame life.

#3.It is a gift to lead a simple life.

#4.The time to be happy is now.

#5.Shake up your daily routine

                                    Blasts from the past 

                    below-Sophia, Andie, Jacob, and Ethan-"cousins:

                        A lot of bells and whistles in the cockpit

                Below---big "Beau" with his friend, Lopez

        Below----Fred, Me--and my younger brother, Wayne

Cousins--with Charlee, with "attitude"---(I am on the rt--in the back)

                Below--so many water toys--around the dock

Guess what-?-Time to get on with our day--Remember?--A woman's work is never done---I hope your day goes well--Actions--not words eh? Try to be your own best friend--Try to be happy to-day and not let the crazies get you down--It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and gentleness than by fear------

                oh--  I nearly forgot----BIG HUGS 

Let's be wild and sexy Grandmothers!

 

Yes, We are Grandmothers--to a whole new generation--

To-day is--Saturday, July 11th, 2026, and guess what?--

We ARE alive!

Good morning---Time to get up, and "at-er", as Mom used to say--

The washer is chugging away--Lopez is on my sofa--out of his chair here in the living room---I must sort out the 5026 pills which the Doctor ordered in the morning for me to take ---Sushi is up, but back on my bed, sound asleep upstairs---I must renew her food--(another trip upstairs)- the AC is once again running-had it off in the night with windows open-----So---It is looking like this day has begun--and--  Guess what??--We ARE a part of it!

 

Words I wish I had thought of-

        #1.Have confidence in your abilities-

                    #2.The meaning of life is to find meaning.

        #3.Everything must wait its turn.

#4.Time works wonders.

Blasts from the past 

Above--Allison with Jacob, her son, on the beach-here!

Below, Charlee, Son#1's daughter   

Allison's daughter Sophia with Andie, Son#4's daughter, Andie

Son#2's --2 daughters

above--Our busy kitchen  a few yrs ago--of course-with Beau, a German Shepherd, with Son#2--and Fred, my  husband-- with Son#1 and Charlee, his daughter

So--Time to get on with our day-- I hope to-day you are happy-- We are alive--Good times are for remembering--To-day, try to smile when everything goes wrong, time works wonders you know--Will this be important, five years from now?--Sometimes the world isn't ready for certain ideas--

So, off we go, with our best foot forward--

OH-----and BIG HUGS to you all--