Keep your chin up and enjoy the day-

 To-day is Thursday, May 21st--I  missed blogging yesterday--almost to-day also--  but-- I AM HERE--LORDY BE EH?? --SO---  I must tell you all what is going-on---  Lord love a Duck eh?---

-Well, I'll tell you ----I AM TRYING  TO PLANT BUSHES ETC IN THE BACK YARD_-- GIL HAS BEEN BUILDING A HUGE PLANTER ACROSS THE BACK----nothing in it yet--eventually there will be--but--You see we had frost last night--so, anything planted would've been  hit with the frost and not survived-----  So, (FINALLY!) I can tell you why no early blog this AM--more reasons-- LOL 

Gil and I were at the local nursery--to get soil to fill up the planters----(No soil there, yet either)--- Guess I am just too early for this area--(sob sob!!!)--- a real challenge--

But--  I miss you all--so. here I sit blogging so I can see what is going on in your part of the world--????---

Did you know that Son#2  is back in Brazil--  eating away there and he sent pictures for you all--It does look good -----

                                        Below---"Words I wish I wrote!"

#1.--There is always a way----#2-Keep birthdays simple  #3.-Make much out of little  #4.Refuse to be negative  #5-Marriage is about communications   #6.Keep your ears open

Below--Son#4 Tim--- talking to Emma (Son #3's daughter)

                                    Below--Son #3 with Julie, his wife

                                        above----  Fred--  with one of our dogs

                                                    Above-Emma with Charlee

                        Above Son#4 with Heather, his wife --and their 2 children

I shall try VERY hard to get a blog written early to-morrow AM--I do miss you all--The yard can wait--right??-- Eventually  everything will get done---Mom used to always say, "Rome wasn't built in a day!"--Funny how that just popped into my head--must've been Mom ?? She must be listening--LOL---

So, if you are happy, clap your hands--Dance around the May Pole--(I think Mom said that also!)   Remember that most of the stuff you worry about, never happens--and that people who stay in the middle of the road, get run over-- When you do not know where you are going, any road will get you there--so, --Keep your chin up-- (Dad always told me that)--and get off of here and enjoy to-day--Hugs to you all--

"He who laughs, lasts."

 Good Morning on this Tuesday May the 19th and we have a rainy day--We probably need the rain--perhaps for the flowers--I looked out onto my tiny yard this AM., and there were the hummingbirds drinking from their new feeders . I wonder how on earth they found my feeders?--I am sure there has never been a hummingbird feeder  in my yard--or anywhere around here.- I was so so happy to see them--So------Good Morning, AGAIN___As it says below, 

                            "Get out there and be amazing" to-day!

Poor wee Lopez  had a "tick" pill yesterday and he just was not his usual spunky self----I felt so sorry for him-Hopefully he feels better  to-day--Poor wee fellow--

So, I hear the washer and dryer have stopped chugging away--and this AM the dish washer is also on--What would I ever do without these machines?--And--I feel that Hay Fever is beginning here also--SPRING!!!!

In "Words I Wish I Had Written"--I read a very good thought--It said, 

#1. Bloom where you are planted---(I like this!)

#2. Take time to turn yourself around

#3.Never say never--

#4.Be as useful as you can--

                                    and Blasts from the past

                                    Fred as a younger man

My Dad on the rt and his best friend, BEN, while in Huron Lodge 
    Below---  Fred and I with a friend (on the Rt of me)

Below--  Fred and I with Allisons 2 children--one winter

Below---  left to rt--Erin, Matt's wife--looks like Son#4, with  wife  and  Ethan , their son, and Allison's son--(I am guessing tho)

                                            Charlee and me--

                                    

                                   Sushi and--"Me"-below

                            Son#2, the pilot--His 2 girls

        Oh    Lordy--I must get Lopez out--fold the laundry also--I hope your day is special--It is raining here now-- Remember to exercise instead of worry--and famous people are not necessarily good people--Talk your plants and animals--Be patient with everyone--and if you think about it too much, you will never do it-

                            Remember, he who laughs, lasts--

Get your:"Sass" on----

Yes--Hop out of that bed--And get your "SASS" on-We have a new rainy wet day beginning--and we are a part of  it!!!

To-day is Monday, May 18th--We have a wet rainy day--We probably need the rain-----remember??--to grow the "May Flowers"?

I just put the laundry in the wash machine--kinda a bit slow here this AM----and, I must strip that huge  King bed upstairs---put fresh sheets on it--It seems cold in here--must get the heat going also--- lots to do when one just gets up--

So--- I shall return--

So --back again---with "Words I wish I had written"

#1.Great people do great thongs--

#2.There is no elevator to success--only stairs-

#3.Thinking too much about the future makes the present, unpleasant.

#4. Listen to your brain.

and-----Blasts from the Past!

                                                                            Above--Allison with Sophia

                                                        Alison with Jacob and Sophia

                                                        Fred--back row--3rd from the Rt

                                            Below--Prom night for Miss Sophia

This Year --at  the Regency, in Lake field--guests there in front of the Dining room---  my 3 friends

                            -and guess who??--  Sushi and I---

I hope you make to-day great!! Let go of the "What-ifs"--There is no elevator to success--only stairs--There are no free lunches--Say positive things to people you love everyday--and--look for the ridiculous in everything, and you will find it-Remember--You need the will to succeed, in order to succeed.

                        Now get out of here and face the day--

 

Have the courage to pursue your dreams-

Good Morning on this Sunday, May 17th-- We have sunshine--  and Hummingbirds--and guess what?------- We have Spring!!--Finally-

-We can now chant, --"Spring has Sprung, the grass has riz--I wonder where the boidies iz-?---The Boid iz on the wing--But thats absoid--I thought the wing waz on the Boid!"--

I am having breakfast with my friend , Dave , this morning, so I must keep moving  here--get the washing in--and get Lopez out and around the block, before I go-

To-day, I hope you do not take life (or death) too seriously--make decisions based on the whole picture--Be patient---Patience can wait for anything! --Trust your instincts--

                                Words I wish I had written

#1.Find joy in what you have

#2.Keep life simple

#3.Stick to your guns

#4. Reaching old age is a form of winning

                                    Blasts from the past--

Grandchildren many moons ago--Ethan, Ava Charlee, Andie and Emma 

Very old pic below-Allison, John (Matt's friend) and Matt, the Pilot

Above-Matt and his wife Erin with Hannah (far rt) and her friend on her left

                    Matt the pilot with Charlee, Son#1's daughter

                  Jacob and Ethan, cousins-- on the beach at Elliot Lake

    and-of course---  Son#1 with his Dad, the man I married--

So--another day---another dollar--I hope your day will be special-- Make it that way if you can--Remember-It's no good running if you are on the wrong road----When you talk to someone, figure out_whether she wants to listen or talk more--and, think to-day-and speak to-morrow---Remember--all our dreams can come true--if we can have the courage to pursue them- 

Big Hugs Going Your Way!

    Good Morning--late posting---  To-day is Saturday, May 16th--and here we are---another day--another dollar--I have been chatting to Son#2 the Pilot, who is en route to downtown Toronto, to my Fred's sister's Funeral Service --Chinese Funerals usually have huge meals as they celebrate whatever person's death--and of course , the celebration, will be in China Town---I wish I could go--but, Elliot Lake is quite far from Toronto--

So, How are you all??--Are you "happy and you know it"?--  and if you are, clap your hands--It feels quite cool here --sun sorta out--kinda looking like rain--

I want to tell you so much--Perhaps we should begin with "Words I wish I had thought of"----like-

-#1.Eat less, live longer

#2.Lift yourself up by your own bootstraps

#3.Look up, not down

#4.Think of retirement as being a teenager again

#5, Just think--"Every minute of everyday, the sun is shining somewhere".

                and--"Blasts from the past"----below--

-Look at them laughing--It makes me smile! What on earth are they looking at??--Julie is sharing something--

                        Cousins--Jacob and Ethan--below

Below is Andrew with Charlee

            our home which was on the Lake--with tons of snow

That guy who I loved---on the left--  with Allison's 2 children--out at a                         Lodge , north of where we lived--"Laurentian Lodge"

                Charlee, Emma, Andie, and Sophia-Happy Children

                                                Guess who?---

Time to get on with this day--Remember, if you don't toot your own horn, no-one else will do it for you!--Right?--

--and, let your children go, if you want to keep them--Be friends with your family--and get out of the house everyday-

-So much to learn in life isn't there?(you know, your eyes are the windows of your soul!-)---Remember to be happy and to not  look back-

-                    See y'all to-morrow--  Now--Get off of here!-                                                    -Big hugs going your way!

 

I'm happy you exist!

--and a good morning to you all--on this Friday, May 15th-

I see the sun trying to shine here--  kinda cool  outside tho--

Of course, the wash machine was chugging away this morning, and now the dryer is spinning--Lopez and I are down here and it seems fairly cool outside--and sorta in here also--

I heard a  funny quote this  morning-so--

 Words we wish we had thought of--

#1.Always put off till to-morrow what you shouldn't do at all--

     #2.It does not make sense to worry about things that can and cannot be changed.

#3.Question authority

Below---  such a nice picture --Son#3 and his wife and one daughter

Below--a lovely fall picture--

and below---Fred and I with Andie, Son#4's daughter

Below a great picture of our old dock, in Dunlop Lake

Gramma (me) -with Grandchildren-(Charlee) on my lap-Ethan beside me and Emma and Ava close by

So, it is time to get off this computer, and face the day

Remember to thank someone everyday---and that miracles do happen--and when a storm surrounds you, remain calm---and----remember--you've won the game if your children still like you when they get older.

Time to get off of here--and face this day--

 

Friends remind me how blessed I am___

 Good Morning--To-day is Thursday,  May 14th--The poor old sun is not up yet--and it is cold in this house--I have the little Fire heater running , so, hopefully it will warm up soon--The wash machine is chugging away  in the kitchen here--It is so so nice to be back home here--I certainly missed you all--a lot!

So, where was I?-- --I was in LakeField, where I took Fred to save his life--  at least I thought then, that I could do that--There is a place there, for Seniors to live--called "The Regency"---I had a private room--on trial, on the first floor--meals in a dining room, with other guests--2 seatings--The staff were wonderful--kind---and there were sightseeing trips round the area--as well as shopping trips -I liked it, but I think I will return there in a few more years as I age--Son #3 and #4 drove me there and picked me up to return to my tiny house here. And as we drove back here, up highway #17 to Elliot Lake, there were lakes, so many trees along the highway--and huge rock cuts--  so magnificent---- This area in Ontario is so special-, and I knew I could never leave here. Oh it was pretty in Southern Ontario--The farmers fields are all ploughed , ready to plant--but not nearly as magnificent as here--But, it was so nice to sit at a table with 4 -to 5 others at our table--and to chat with everyone--and "no fries"--  They never served anything greasy or fried--

SO------How are you all? I missed you all--Just be yourself---Drive your dreams--Be thankful that God doesn't answer all your prayers--and never lose your child heart--Try everyday to find happiness---and never ever give up! --So much to think about isn't there?

                                Below--Blasts from the past

                        Above--Me with my brothers and sisters

                                above--My Mom and Dad

                                       Allisons 2 children 

                            Our oldest and youngest Grands
So--- It is wonderful to be home--I guess I had to go away to learn that I belong here at home----to-day remember to balance life's serious side with life's fun side--Thank someone each day--and remember-find fun where you can----I sure missed you all---I really am blessed to have you in my  life!