Take advantage of the good days--

 Good Morning--  To-day is Thursday, January the 8th-- This A.M. I have a Dr's appointment-- plus a hair appointment this afternoon--and---Retirement Living will be entering the  apartment here to plug in a new, -"gas/CO2 / whatever-else-"---meter--which means Lopez will freak out if left here alone--so, I guess  he travels with me this morning-

                -It never rains but it pours--always the case isn't it?---And I hear to-day and the next few days, we are going to get rain--then snow--"Rain" is just not nice in the winter--and we have had a lot of that this winter--

Wise words--#1. Give people a second chance

                     #2..Face the truth

                     #3.-Good times are better when shared

I tried to watch the news last night--but ---I could not--It was very disturbing--It makes one wonder what on earth has happened to this world-It certainly isn't very peaceful anymore--Does it upset any of you?-or---Is it just me ? It never seemed like it used to be like this--It seems like there is no respect anymore for people just trying to live their lives, peacefully,  in their little part of the world--What do you think?-

So, I must get my wee little Lopez out in the yard-- get the clothes into the dryer-get some breakfast here--This day has begun---and we are a part of it--Remember to take care of your pets-- and try o remember the ones who have passed--to wait for you--All our Shepherds are probably over that bridge with Fred, my Husband who loved them to the moon and back--

Hopefully I can return  --after I get this day started--Meanwhile--

 

I Hope You Feel Beautiful Today-=

  To-day is Wednesday, January  the 7th--dark outside--and cold--and--I hear, more freezing rain heading in our direction-Yesterday I had to scrape  ice from the windows of the car before heading out--It seems like it has been a very "ice-y" winter--

This AM., I am meeting my friend "Dave" for breakfast--and--this afternoon, I have a dental cleaning planned--which I was supposed to go to yesterday. I cannot go to too many appointments in one day--and-when one returns from "far away", the medical appointments seem to pile up---

When yu live alone, do you cook for yourself--like--just for "you"?--Do you have a special recipe that is easy to make, and tasty?--Could you share it with us?--I find, living alone, I do not eat properly-- If it was an "easy to make recipe", I would cook something like that myself--and eat it--

                            OK--Wise words-- 

              #1.Encourage self sufficiency

          #2.Nothing of value is lost by taking your time

          #3. A wise person knows that she cannot know everything.

Remember this picture?-- Just look at how happy they both were! --                                            

out for dinner below--        

        Below--Son #3 with his Dad

So, I hope that you are happy to-day--I see that it is finally daylight - I can take Lopez out in the back yard--and he loves to run around loose there--keeps checking however that I am at the patio door--It is a new day--and we are a part of it!!----- So, get going--

 

Wishing you a fabulous, crazy and happy kinda day!

 To-day is Tuesday, January 6th--very dark outside--and seems quite cold--  but--the big news is--IT IS NOT SNOWING__YET!!__Holy Smoley!!!---  and there is my husband waving "Good Morning" to you all-- maybe even from Heaven!---

Is your  morning going well?--Are you happy?? I find that I must work at being that way--I mean "happy"----It is easier to think of all the reasons to to be "sad"---Now if I clap my hands , like the song says--"If you're happy and you know it, clap  yer hands"--

OK--Try clapping  yer hands--__  Go ahead--  OK - IT makes you smile  doesn't it??--

LORDY Be!!--it is "ME"!

Anyway--Wise words below--

#1.-There is a lot to do before you rest--

#2.-Being alone is great medicine-

#3.Remember the day you met a loved one.

and--blasts from the past--

and there I am--2nd last row--on the far rt

top row -on the far rt

my young sister on the left

My Gramma on the left-my Aunt Enid in the middle and my Mom on the rt--many moons ago--

Listen to your heart-IT KNOWS!

Good morning--  I am up--thanks to Lopez--who felt he needed a drink of water--so, we went out in the dark and he also did whatever he needed to do out there--AND--IT WAS COLD__and dark-SNOWING in fact-so, I took out the garbage recyclables also---and--there is snow all over the car AGAIN-- all over the driveway also--lotza snow too---Elliot Lake gets a great deal of "snow"--

So, do you write notes to yourself??--like--stuff to do--when ever you have time?--Oh dear-I hear Sushi  crying--I believe she is telling me that she needs her breakfast--I best run that up to her--Poor girl--Life is busy FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?--

So, are you happy and you know it?--  As Mom used to say,  if you are, "clap your hands-"-It is a new day and we are a part of it!

My poor husband is not -but who knows eh?--Hopefully he is with my Mom and Dad who admired him  --We know so little of "their world " now--People tell me that he is with me "in spirit"--I try to believe that-_What do you think?

Words of wisdom help me ---because we can believe whatever we want--

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

            #2. Set both short and long term goals

            #3.Stare truth in the face

and----------------------- "Blasts from the Past"-son #1- #2-and our daughter---

                                    below----                 Son#1's daughter--to-day

BELOW__my young sister Sandra-

It is a new day--Are you feeling happy??--Mom used to say, "if you are, clap your hands"--It will be daylight soon--I must take the garbage out to the road--"the recycled" garbage --which I can do now--

Isn't it amazing what we learn to do in our "older age"--??? Lord love a duck eh?--We might be "old" but--we are "mighty"--because we choose to be--

 

 

 

 

Love them to the Moon and back!

     It is Sunday, January the 4th--my Dad's Birthday  was to-day--I always thought that Dad's Birthday "day", was such a special day--I guess , because he was a special person to me--kind--never ever cross-I loved him very much.-

            So, hang in here-- Everything is going to be OK--Sometimes, it might take longer than we want, but--in the end, everything will be Okay-

The best things in our lives were "who we were with"----like--  I was with my Mom and Dad--who , in my eyes were the very best Mom and Dad in the whole wide world!-Mom could do no wrong--nor could Dad--  and they worshipped each other--and I absolutely loved them both----- 

 --Did you feel that way about your parents?-

-So, when I married my husband, I was looking for a replica of my Dad I think!--I was from a family of 5 children--and I had 5 children--

The wash is in--Lopez is fed--I must feed Sushi--I took all 500,00 pills-(-Well, it seems like that!)---I believe "older person's diet" is 98 percent pills----You all must know that!---

So---time for a few "blasts from the past-Below---a picture taken from Port Stanley, Ontario, along Lake Erie--My Mom on our rt--with Laddie, our dog at that time-- at her feet,  my Dad's sister in the middle, Aunt Olive, and my young sister, Sandra on our left-

Below--Emma and Ava, with swim meet medals 

and below-Fred and I shortly before he got sick

and--  wise words

#1. Regret nothing

               #2.Let go of the "What-ifs"

              #3. It's always something-

So, get out of here--  BE STRONG__

Remember that Laughter really is the best medicine--

and-LOVE YOUR FAMILY-They have to bury you, you know--

Help them to be strong-

AND---

LOVE THEM TO THE MOON AND BACK!

Enjoy To-day!

To-day is Saturday, January the 3rd--It is cold outside_-I am trying to get the heat turned up here in the house--trying to get the washer going--also--Lopez and I are up and  at-er --and yes I am ignoring my age,--my aches and pains,  and concentrating on what's still working-- 

It is a new day and here we are--a part of it!--Right?--

-the sky this AM--

It has been such a busy day--but-- I must add to this blog--because I miss chatting to you all----  Before I do, just look at the colours in the sky this AM--It does make one believe that there is a "GOD" in heaven  doesn't it??

I have a new snow shovel--and I am able to use it--AND it fits in my wee storage room-when I am not using it--so I do like it--but--I tried to buy an extra battery for it---which I have done--had to order the new battery online, which has been a "total pain"----dunno if I will ever see this new spare battery--

So, it has been a very busy morning--and because of all the snow shovel stuff I am SO SO late blogging and I am so sorry--

a blast from long long ago--Son #2 on the right-- when he was just thinking he might like to be able to pilot--Just look at how thin he was!

above--myDad in Florida with Son#1 and Son#2

and Allison, our daughter--
Above--Blasts from the past-- good memories---

Below--Words of Wisdom

#1---Be the first to forgive---#2-Practice Empathy

I hope that your day is going better than mine is--lol-

I am thinking of you all and hoping that you  are enjoying to-day!

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Afraid of Getting stuck in the tub?

To-day is Friday, January 2nd-- and it seems freezing cold in here-- I have the fire going, on the main floor--Lopez and I made the bed upstairs--very dark outside--Sushi is wandering around up there--We are supposed to get snow this afternoon--plus I must get my hair done to-day--I was supposed to have that done yesterday--but--I forgot to go--which seems to happen more and more-- (In my "older" age--stuff just drifts in--then out ---of my brain--What the heck eh?)-

-I did tell "that negative committee" that meets inside my head to get lost"--Sometimes one has to do that for sure!

So, last night, the whole family made it to Son#1's restaurant--for dinner--Now , how nice was that??--It was Son#1's wife's Birthday--It seemed like good old times once again-- "Himself"--must've been there--in spirit--I am sure he would not have missed the Birthday celebration!

                        A couple of "blasts from the past" below--

We were so fortunate to have "my Himself" with us for so long-- I realize that now--96 yrs--You can see Emma (now in her 2nd yr University)-in her Mother's arms--and little Miss Hannah on her Dad's lap-- now finished her university - 

-and "wise words"

#1. Act as if you were already happy and that will make you happy!

#2.Life divides people into two categories: those waiting for                      something to happen and those making something happen.

#3.Do not slouch!

OK---enough  ideas here--The day has begun--but--before I go, Have you ever had this problem?-----  It must be an "older age thing----or an "older tub thing"

So get offa here and enjoy your day--This day only comes once--