Living Creatively, Living the Dream
My parents hosted a breakfast for my eldest daughter and her friends this morning. Ten amazing young men and women facing their futures… heading off to explore the world. To make a difference. Giggling, loud, wide eyed teens. Full of knowledge that soon Continue reading The table is set…
Buff was doing a little work outside… packing up golf clubs and hockey sticks for the trip back to the desert… when he tossed some garbage into the compost bin. That’s when he heard the hiss. Seems “Ricky the Raccoon” went to the Continue reading Rascally rodent…
Surprise of all surprises… seems Tiger and Elin are done. Well… who’da seen that coming! Reminds me… I have to take up golf… if anything to have a club in the car in case this Cougar ever has an issue Continue reading Tigers, cougars and cheetahs…
Before I close the curtains for the evening… it’s time for a “Queen’s Update”. Since the last one… I’ve had another three thousand hits! I still feel like the writing is helping me move in the right direction… and appreciate all Continue reading Queen’s fifth update…
There’s some sort of buzzing noise in my house… quite possibly in my head. I think it’s from a light fixture?… the fridge?… a cricket?… not really sure. I laid in bed for the longest time this morning acutely listening to the noises Continue reading Buzz off…
If I’m not cranky lately it seems I’m sleeping. And even then… I’m cranky. I’ve been looking the last few days for my favorite ring… have searched the entire house and then I remembered… During a dream in Hubbards a few weeks Continue reading Give me a ring…
My Aunt was visiting from Newfoundland this week and we had a traditional “jiggs dinner”… roast beef, turnip, carrots, potatoes, salt beef, cabbage and peas pudding. I’m not a big fan… so my plate had a few odds and ends on Continue reading The jiggs up…
Have you ever walked into a store and felt like you were… mmmm… home? Little-One and I went browsing today… chatting to shop keepers as we went… discovering new places. Midway through the afternoon we visited MHome. Three floors of everything I don’t need… yet Continue reading MHome…
There are a hundreds of photos of my children as babies. Stuffed lovingly in albums until the digital camera came around… then stored in folders and backed up so I never lost a single one. Filling scrapbooks… telling their story. When Continue reading Daydreaming…
Ahhhhh…. Chester. Indescribable. A small bit of heaven wrapped up in huge amount of crazy. A night at the Chester Yacht Club, barbecue with friends and a lovely walk home… only to be picked up by a couple of locals patrolling the streets… who Continue reading Chester…
I’m not in the mood for much right now. My dog is sick. My kids are away. I’ve pressure washed my entire house as far as I can reach. Stained the front deck. Washed the one in back. Cleaned the Continue reading I hate you butt…
Ever have one of those mornings that start off wrong and get far worse? I set my clock radio for seven thirty. I’d heard from the vet last night with an “I don’t want to alarm you but…” phone call, informing me that Continue reading Don’t mean to alarm you…
Since when do stores start catering to kids going to university? Has it always been this way? Have I just never noticed? Single bedspreads and ridiculous dorm room notions are suddenly popping up everywhere and I’m in the midst of Continue reading Dorm decorum…
My dog needs an extra bit of lovin’ this past few days. She’d been involved in one of those late night downtown parties that end in a scrap. On arrival home last Friday night after a great night out with a few old friends, I opened the Continue reading Nature abhors her…
I have to apologize for not writing yesterday… but the thing is… I met this girl with a dragon tattoo and I’m a little distracted at the moment. Therefore, blogging is put on hold until I get the last few Continue reading Dragon my feet…
As all vacations go…I was happy to finally get home. We eventually found the Confederations Bridge (which would have been funnier it they’d called it “Span of Green Cables”) but not before we’d enjoyed a few days on the island. We visited Ripley’s Believe Continue reading Don’t make me come back there…
Cows are everywhere in PEI! Which, I guess is the reason why the ice cream is so wonderful. They’ve tapped into a cream market that simply can’t be beat! Me and the kids took a bit of a tour through the Continue reading Cream of the crop…
To be quite honest… I should have seen the signs. Time and time again they were right in front of me but I looked the other way… buried my head in the sand. It’s Mr. Beelers fault. He was my Continue reading Signs I’m going crazy…
For the next few days I’m turning into a tourist. Five days and four nights with my three darlings in a motel in PEI! I can’t wait! The two younger ones haven’t been to the island since they were in strollers. Continue reading Kindred spirits…
I’m awaiting Prada’s arrival so we can entertain ourselves in this morning’s episode of “The View”. It’s happened several mornings now… Prada arrives with coffee cup in hand and joins Little-One and I as we sit around the counter discussing the previous evening’s Continue reading Cougar in the woods…