Every girl can change the world!

         Good Morning  to y'all--cloudy here--wet -- foggy outside-

-and, to-day is Monday, May 4th--  --MAY___"Hurrah, Hurrah the first of May, outdoor necking starts to-day"--Finally, I can chant that!

                    "May--We can dance around the "May Pole"

                        and your voice  really can change the world--so, speak                     up---shout it from the rafters, that you can do anything--Let yourself go and never sell yourself short. Live all you can--Its a mistake not to--

                            Words I wish I had thought of---

#1.Be Humble

#2. Wisdom takes years to acquire

#3. Quit blaming everything on your parents

#4. Don't live with the brakes on-- 

                                 Blasts from the past

                                                    Dock days

                            --the cutest kids in the World!

                                                Fun on the lake

                                        The ice hut-- for fishing

Son#2,  Matt, with Allison's son, Jacob, Son#1, Andrew, Allison and                                 Son#3, Phil, the Police guy

            Andie, Ava, Emma holding Charlee, and Ethan 

            So much always going on when Grandkids are around--

But--Time to get on with the day--a new day--a chance to get everything right--Learning to live is learning to let go--remember--If you work eight hours a day, and sleep eight hours a day, that gives you eight hours to do whatever you want----  You know--thinking is always free!-------so--get out there --and--change the world!

Get up and be amazing-

  
                 Good Morning--on this Sunday, to-day--May the 3rd--It feels a tad chilly both inside and for sure, outside--but, it is MAY---It is Spring- I used to always  say,-------

"-Spring has sprung, The grass has riz--I wonder where the boidies iz?--The Boid is on the wing,- but that's absoid -I thought the wing was on the Boid---"-

But--no humming birds that I can see--(sad)--but then--no humming bird feeders up--even sadder---- They must be "humming around" our other kitchen window  on the lake--and I must pick up a few feeders-- and figure out where to hang them--always lots to do isn't there--?

So Lopez , Sushi, and I, are up and -at-er here--I must get the wash machine on--as I will be meeting Dave for breakfast--  sooner than later--

Son#2 is "winging his way , back from Scotland--He enjoyed his time there-- It looks like he purchased a  new hat--pretty dapper---looking like he  is a true scotsman now--

            Looks like he purchased a book on his "Scottish clan"--the                                      - "Wallace" clan--his kinfolks--

                       

  below--- The words I wish I had written-

                #1.Never argue with a crazy person--

                 # 2.Do not let the sun go down on a quarrel

                #3.He that is full of himself is empty

                #4.Knock the chip off your neighbours shoulder by giving                           him a pat  on the back.

                        and, of course-  Blasts from the Past

son#3 ---          Fred--and  I--Looks like a conference going on--

son#2 with Charlee, the dancer, -Son#1's daughter

Below--Ava Son#3 daughter with Ethan-Son#4 son--with fish they caught

        Jacob  and Sophia-on a snowy lake--Allison's 2 children

Below--  Allison , her dog Tyson, Me with Lopez,  and Son#2's wife and dog-shortly after Fred passed---

I hope that to-day will be a wonderful day for you--Remember--Eat less-live longer--Put your best foot forward--and, for sure,  your very best is good enough--Life can be beautiful--and that life is what you make it.-so---

                                Get up and be amazing!

We are all unique-

 

Good morning on this day---Saturday,   May the 2nd--2026--Yes I have returned--with good news --I think it is good news--seems pretty fresh outside--- (--I just got up here- cold!!!!)---  and I took my blood pressure -which seems a tad too high----I see that Son#2 is en route to Scotland--- interesting---I do not think he has ever been to Scotland before--  his relatives are all there--as, my DAD was a  "Wallace"---We used to say, something like, "Scots we  had, we Wallace bled"---

above pics from Son#2 the Pilot

 Every single person in this world is a unique individualI --Did you ever think of that?--Amazing!!!-

-So---I hear the dryer- whirling around----Lopez and  I  are up---and I can now feel the heat--feels good-

So, you must  be wondering why I was not here yesterday--It was because I am going to travel back to "LakeField", close to where Fred and I used to live, and try out  what life would be like, living in "The Regency"--a home for Seniors with all the amenities--meals in a dining room with other Seniors-- a suite of your own,  exercise programs, various trips shopping etc--As you have guessed,--expensive--but, I would not be as lonely as I feel here.-I am heading there to try it out for a few days---sorta soon---Son#2 will come for Lopez and I, and poor Sushi will be left here for Son#4 to feed--I will let you know when all this is about to happen. Will I like it better than here?--I do not know till I try it-I do love my little town house here---- Maybe it will be like that "Hokey Pokey " clinic--and then I really CAN turn my life around--

Who knows till we try something eh??

"Words of Wisdom" (They always help eh?)

            

            #1. Don't count your chickens before they hatch!

#2.Bait the hook well; the fish will bite!

#3. Lies are the hardest things to forgive.

    #4. It's an art to thoroughly enjoy solitude.

    #5. If you cannot be kind, at least be vague.

Below--Emma (in University)-Ava, in University, Son#3 the Policeman, and Fred-- The guy I married.--

and, below, Son#3 that Policeman-with  Ava, his daughter

Below--  Ethan, (son of Son#4) inside his ice shack 

Above---
Andie, Ava, Ethan and Emma--all acting silly--

-I snuck a couple of parents in the photo below---Can you find them?

The rest are all there----Can you name them??

Let me see--left to rt--????, Helena, Andie--behind her Hannah--ava, parent, Emma, Jacob, and Ethan

I must get moving--Remember --"be your own best friend,"---and then yu will never be lonely--"Do not be ashamed to fail "-- Being totally alone at times can be very healthy---and happy is the person with a hobby---and, ---if you live fearing death, then you do not really live!

So, get out there and face this day---and enjoy what you have to do--(sez me)--LOLOL

Get out and be proud--

I have returned--

 

                        Good Day----- on this  Thursday, April 30th--last day  of this month--April showers bring  May flowers---and, maybe Hummingbirds-AMD---I AM BACK___  Sorry that some days-I just vanish---  and I feel bad about that--but,  (always a "but" eh?)--  it is usually because something great has happened in my life--and, this time, (yesterday) it was because of a Dr's appointment at 8am, at the clinic--WITH A NEW DOCTOR--(A DR who helped me a lot with the man that I married--Fred)-----and it worked out well--I climbed the 47 steps up to the clinic, and was so happy to meet this Doctor--

It is coolish outside--- (Canadian for "cold")---no snow falling, sunny, but "coolish"-- I hear the washer is done--   The dryer is next--  and--I below is--is Son#2, probably at     MacDonalds, with Allison, and her Dad, that guy that I married!

                                    Blasts from the past

            Below---  another celebration --at Son#1's restaurant

Below. my Dad on the right--with bis friend Ben-They met in Huron Lodge and were good friends after both their wives had passed-

Below--  Sophia and  Jacob,  Allison's 2 children, many moons go, visiting us one snowy day, from Ohio

Below--Fred and I with  son#4's daughter  Andie

--So many great times in our lives 

So many  wise words  to think about also--Words I wish I had written-

Words like--

#1. Keep a stiff upper lip

#2. Imagine great things

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

#4. Wish upon a star

#5. The truth is relative

            #6. It is never foolish to forgive

Lordy Be--  I must get busy --get the clothes into the dryer--get Lopez out--"A Woman's work is never done!"--Remember your Mom saying that???--  and remember also, all you need to have fun, is one good friend----Mom used to tell me that also--So, I hope your day is happy--

Make it that way!!!-Only you can do that!

Mirrors remind me of my Grandma.

 To-day is Tuesday April 28th--Raining like a Banshee here this AM--The cleaning lady will be here soon,  plus I must be at the bank for  11am  ---Lots going on , on a very rainy day----So, guess what?----  I shall return--but not till almost noon-ish--In the meantime, I hope yu get up and -- "at-er"--Get the "Bull by the horns"--as Dad used to say

                                so---  Blasts from the past--below--

It looks like Emma and Ava--back row--Sophia  with Jacob, and Ethan             in middle--and Andie--one winter long ago

Below----the guy I married

                                    and there he is again--

                                and our dock --memories

            and--There they are again, with Hannah in the back

                    Son#2, Jacob, Son#1 Allison and Son #3

                                            Memories--- 

                    Wise Words--wish I had written them!

                #1.Everyone is an amateur at death

                #2. Chew everything 32 times

                #3.He who laughs, lasts-

So, back to the bank for my appointment--I hope that your day is going well--If it isn't so far, it probably will as you wake up--Remember, it is loving and giving, that make life worth living.--Sometimes, things that hurt, teach.  Live each day as if it were your last---and as it says above---he who laughs, lasts--

Hanging out with eagles---or- hanging out with chickens

          Good Morning Y'all! To-day is  Monday, April the 27th-- 

                             almost into May-- -----

We used to sing, as kids, "Hurahh, Hurahh, The First Of May, Outdoor necking starts to--day"--            and then we would roll onto the floor, laughing and laughing--I have no idea why that would send us into fits of laughter , but it always did--Crazy what you do as children!!---

             I guess Fred and I,   hung out with  the chickens-

                        Son#2, I think,  hung out with the eagles--

-Did you enjoy your children as they grew?--Because we had so many children, it seemed some of them were in pre-school--then public school, then high school-and then on to various universities, all over Ontario-always some in some school-They all graduated- There were times I never thought they would , but , they persevered--and so did Fred and I-

Son#2 , right now, is heading back home, to Canada--from Britain--on  the "push back" as he says--

                                Pictures of his dinner last night--

The wash is ready to get into the dryer--and Lopez and I must  walk around the block--so he can do his business----always busy in the morning ----So many words I wish I had thought of--

                        #1. Rise early

                        #2.Put your best foot forward

                        #3.Life begins every morning when you wake up

                        #4. Save for a rainy day

                        #5, Never give up on what you really want to do

                                And-- Blasts from he past-----

Everyone in the above picture is a member of our family -except one person--Can you find that person----a hint--She is in the top row, on the rt.

                     a Birthday for Charlee with both Grandparents there

                Below--Allisons 2 children  with Fred and I

            Below--Ethan, Son#4's son---  acting like Trump

I must get the laundry out of the dryer-Lopez and I have "walked around the block"--It will be a busy week ahead--a Dr's appointment this week-always-lots going on here--I must learn to paddle my own canoe--Remember, yesterday will never come again--and remember to enjoy to-day--and appreciate  the many things that make  life so valuable..--So much to keep in mind isn't there?-

So, are you happy??

It is Saturday, April 25th--Lopez and I just walked around the block-----and Lopez did his business--It is mild outside--nice--no rain--OR SNOW--falling--no sun either-----The wash has been in the washer--  and dryer and is folded ready to go upstairs--

I think I forgot to tell you that yesterday, I had a "covid Booster shot-"---at Shoppers Drug store----and had no reaction--no pain--no nothing---so, hope it works as I hear COVID is all thru Seniors  homes--I guess where Seniors live together in a large place--We must be so full of Covid stuff that now we have no reaction--I hope!

Below, is Emma, Son#2's daughter, holding Watson, Son#1's cat and Charlee, Son#1's daughter--

and below-- Charlee, with her Barbies-lots of Barbies!

Above--the guy that I married--with Tim, son#4

and below--"dock life-"

--  lots of bare feet--with Gramma-==-ME

Below---  lotza action at thne dock--

"Words I wish I had Written"-

#1.Love many, hate few!

        #2. Mind your own business

#3. In difficult moments, visualize a favourite place

#4.Stick to your guns

I hope that your day , is a great day--Make it that way---  Love yourself first and most--Let positive energy flow through you---Praise others for a job well done-Make your house a home---

Remember, the good that people do, lives after them--Maybe cut in half the number of things to do to-day--- treat people as if they were what they should be--and---remember--

The only way to have a friend is to be one!

I hope that to-day is special for you-

Like your life-