You are not alone!

 

Holy  Cow! -another new day--and here we are--a part of it--just daylight here---on this  new day--To-day is Monday, September 28th--It seems very cool outside--  The washer  is finished --and I hear the dryer tossing the clothes around--Both Lopez and Sushi are up also--so hard to put your feet onto the floor on a cool morning--

                            Words I wish I had written---

#1. A person cannot be totally happy or totally sad.

#2.When you're angry, count to ten.

#3.Learning is healthy.

#4.Read more books.

#5.Apprecoate yourself.

                        and--  Blasts from the past--

                    Allison, holding her new Puppy, "Cody"

                                        --and there I am!!

                  Below--Allison--  It must be a Birthday--

                            

and below--the rest of her family

Below--Dorothy and I, working  in the Tuck Shop of the Hospital--

            Below---a few of our Grandchildren many yrs ago

            Below-----and there they are again, acting silly--

So, time to get going here--  a new day--just beginning--It is up to us , to decide how to enjoy it! Remember, people who would not think of talking with their mouths full, often speak with their heads empty--Ignore  what they might say and be strong in your convictions -Remember  to appreciate your children--AND--your pets--Talk quietly--Hug your children AND your pets--and decide  in your own mind, to make to-day the best day ever!--Oh--and----------------

                                            BIG BIG HUGS---

Make to-day the best day ever!

            Good Morning--To-day is Sunday, September 27th--(It is "NOT" garbage day--yet-)---very dark however out there--Lopez had to go out just now and do what he had to do--The heat is on--Sushi is still asleep on the big bed-- I must run her breakfast up to her--Looking out into the back yard, it is "dark as the Ace of spades"-(-Mom's expression--"-)Look at the bright  of things-- ( I can hear her telling me that--always-)--

-So, How are you all?--You survived the night?--You ready to face this day??-- Just "get up and at-er"----"There is no rest for the weary"--Mom's expression AGAIN!

                            So, words I wish I had thought of--

#1.Fill your days with ambitious goals--

#2.Look at the bright side of things.

#3.When all else fails, read the instructions.

#4.Don't accept unacceptable behaviour.

                           and---- Blasts from the past--

                            above-- Rub a Dub-dub, 4 kids in a tub!

                                Below--Sophia with her Dad

                                        above--Miss Andie

Holy cow!--It's me!

                        Above, Fred with Lola--both in Heaven

        Emma holding Andie and Ava and Ethan , building something

Time to get the dryer  going--get Sushi fed--Get Lopez out AGAIN---                    and it's a day to meet Dave for breakfast--AGAIN!

Make your day interesting--talk to people--make their day special--- Love your children to the MOON and BACK--Tell your pets that they are beautiful and very smart as you  pat them-- (maybe they are having a bad day-)-Don't be critical of your spouses friends---Tell him how much you love him--(to the moon and back)--and best of all, see if you can be happy ALL day--oh--and big hugs to each of you-- Now get off of here and make to-day--"your day"--a great day!--oh-almost                                                 forgot--BIG HUGS!

                                          

 

Trying to keep going!

                Good Day!    Well I have to agree with the above--
 To-day is Saturday, September the 26th--It is very dark outside--still-Lopez and I are up--Sushi is still on my bed upstairs--We were up earlier---Sushi and I--The washer is done--Now the dryer is clanging away--twirling round-

-I guess not all days can be good days--Yesterday was one of those days--kinda lonely--with a great many suggestions from  people on what  to do  and how to do it--I think it comes with  living alone--and I know  the suggestions are all handed my way with all their very best intentions---Living alone is not easy! One  just smiles I guess and carries on--

                        So--Words I wish I had written--

#1.Family stories keep families alive.

#2.Sometimes you need to create a new life.

#3.Everytime you go to complain, stop yourself.

#5. Life is what your thoughts make it!

                        and--Blasts from the past

Allison, with dog,  on the far left-Son#2's wife, with dog, and me with                                                             Lopez

                    The 4 boys, and Allison with Fred and I

                                        swimming off the dock

                            Allison with Sophia and Jacob

            Son#2's wife-- Erin--- somewhere , admiring the sign

                                                another busy dock

                                    mustve been my Birthday

Time to empty and fold the clothes in the dryer---Look forward to better days ahead--Hug your children--  and your pets--They  need you to love them!  Retirement should be the frosting  on the  cake of life--Try to make it that way----OH_------- and--------

                                BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL!

Good Morning Sunshine!

 

    Good morning--  Just after 7am here--a beautiful sunrise this am--

I just took this photo--looks like a little bit of Heaven, shining thru--

To-day is Friday, September the 25th----still a bit dark outside-- The dryer is  on--chugging away  behind me--Lopez asleep on"my" sofa, and Sushi fed, upstairs--even her water changed--almost daylight  outside---so--

                               

                                     Words I wish I had  thought of----

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

#2.Love who loves you.

#3.Understand that life is not fair.

#4.Flowers feed the soul.

#5.When something in your life breaks down, put it back together again.

                           and--Blasts from the past

            ----Just look at Sweet Charlee--with her cousins--

                    and below--the 4 boys with Ethan on the rt

                            cousins--below---- Jacob, with Ethan

                                    above--cousins--

above-- BMX biking--Son#2  on rt--with his friend--John---Both Pilots                                     now with Air Canada

                                    Allison's 2 children--

So, time to get on with this day--I will meet Dave for breakfast  at  

9-30, so I must keep my head to the grindstone here-(Dad's expression)---keep moving--I mean-

Remember, when a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place--Decide what is impoftant in life and disregard the rest-Hug your children and tell them everyday just how special they are--Love your pets and do talk to them--and , do not forget-----if          you do not feel old, then you are not--oh-----and----------

                                                BIG HUGS

outside--So, 

How strong you stand is what makes you.

            Good Morning--To-day is Thursday, September  24th. It is very dark outside--sorta cold also--and kinda cold  even in my tiny house. I have the wee furnace on, which is shooting out  heat,  as I type.--Lopez and I are up--  also Sushi--who is still upstairs, snuggled in the big bed..I must run her food up to her---- The washer is done, and I hear the dryer  doing its job--another morning has begun!---

                            Words I wish I had written--

#1.If you live in the river, make friends with the crocodile.

#2.Be cheerful even if you don't feel like it.

#3.Be good and you'll be happy.

#4.Stay faithful to yourself

                            and-----Blasts from the past--

Below-- a bunch of mermaids--and mer-men!

                            Below-- a  quiet dock ---with dogs 

Below--My older sister, my younger brother, Me, a neighbour and his sister, and my younger sister, Sandra, in  front--at Port Stanley, on the beach----I love this picture-and have posted it before--a few times--

Below---  Timmy with his Dad, Fred

Fred with Jacob, above

Allison, with her 2 children,  and her brother, Timmy's, 2 children

Below, Ava with her cousins, Andie and Ethan

a very busy dock, above

Cousins , acting silly, below

Fred  with Tim snd Phil,  and Ethan and Andie

Well, enough pictures--time to get on with the day--'I hope that

your day is good-- An hour wasted can never be regained--

Remember, one cannot feel happiness all of the time--Thank your children's teachers--and love those children to the moon and back--Pets need to be talked to-- given big hugs, and need all your patience--Be original, even eccentric--Oh-------and-----------

BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL!

Now---Get off of here, snd get on with this fay-"YOU CAN"- do wonders to-day--just--Think Positive!

 

Smile every day!

                            It is  Wednesday, September the 23td--no sign of daylight  yet--cold in here, although I do have the heat turned up--the wash is chugging away---(poor thing eh?)--Lopez has claimed my sofa--again--thinks it might be his bed-- I must run Sushi's food up to her  --the bed is made-- (with clean freshly washed sheets)-----so, on this new day, we can begin again-- and, try , TRY to  "be "-everything it says above--HAPPY--POSITIVE--Confident--like--we CAN---WE REA:LLY CAN!

                                Words I wish I had written-

#1.Positive empathy-

#2.. It isn't the whistle that pulls the train.

#3,.Decide what is important in life and disregard the rest.

#4. If you do not feel old, then you are not.

                              and-----Blasts from the past--

Below-- a T-shirt given to me  from Sophia, Allison's daughter, now                         attending Kent State, in Ohio--first year---
 

                                above--my grocery store flowers--

above, Son #3-with Jacob, his nephew

                    above--eating out at the Chinese Restaurant

            "Cousins"----eating at Grammas many moons ago

Eating on Grammas Deck--Cousins love to eat again, at Grammas--

So--ever onward with the day--  "No rest for the wicked" as Mom used to say----I hope that to-day will be a good day , --"You" must make it a good day--Remember, one cannot feel happiness all of the time--  and----                                  Always forgive yourself---

--If you look at life as a bonus, then everyday is filled with joy--Try to love your children to the moon and back--and take good care of your pets--

            OH-----AND---------BIG HUGE HUGS!!!