The End of the Month

The End of August. When the kids were still in school this time of year meant getting back into routines. Not only the routine of going to school, but the routine of getting to bed on time, AND getting out of bed in time too. They sure didn't want to miss that bus ride to school. It also meant eating meals at a more "normal" time. Today for me signifies the end of summer. The end of freedom per se. I've always enjoyed the freedom that summer brought.

As a stay-at-home during those summer years we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. and we did! We would spent countless hours playing outside. Spend days at the beach. Go on short mini-vacations - like to Marineland. We were not governed to the rhythm of a clock. gosh i miss those days!

This summer was a little different from the previous one. I found with the decline in my health I needed to slow my life down. So I dropped from a four day work week to a three day work week and spent much more time "just being" as opposed to "doing". I took more time to sit, whether I was reading, or just soaking up the sun.

It's hard to believe that last year this time we were busy packing, sorting & moving both our boys as they were heading off to post-secondary schools. How quickly a year goes by. Next week as Wayne returns to driving bus, Kyle begins another school year, Darcy starts full-time work, I find myself counting down the days until the next summer.

Blessings

Wash Day

Quite often on her day off, Krystle will ask if she can come out to the farm to use our washing machine and wash line. It is of course absolutely no problem as it gives me another opportunity to spend time with her. So today, I get home from the office to piles of dirty clothes strewn about my laundry room floor, a couple of loads washed and drying on the line and of course there sits Krystle at the piano, thoroughly absorbed in playing music.

oh how my heart rejoices!

Blessings

you know it's fall when

the leaves start to fall off the trees, the evenings are getting cooler and probably the most obvious is when the fall edition of the what's cooking magazine shows up in my mailbox. As soon as it arrives, I spend the next several minutes pouring over all the scrumptious recipes trying to decide which ones to try. Plus it reminds me to visit their website and look for new recipes.

To be honest I am a bit of a cookbook-aholic. I love, absolutely love looking at new recipes especially the ones with pictures. I also enjoy trying new recipes, so each time the new magazine comes, it gives me the incentive I need. To not only look for new recipes but to try some new foods too.

Blessings

Lady of leisure

This past week I was on holidays - well sort of - I was away from the office and my duties there. So for one week I was a lady of leisure.

According to dictionary.com the word leisure means N. ~ Freedom from time-consuming duties, responsibilities, or activities. Idiom: ~ at (one's) leisure ~ When one has free time; at one's convenience And that's exactly what I found myself doing. Doing exactly what I wanted, when I wanted, if I wanted.... it was GREAT! Now I wouldn't want any of you to think I was lazy, quite the contrary. I did get my house cleaned, the laundry all washed and put away, and even found time to read many books and enjoy the sunshine.

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Maybe

After running errands all through Exeter, Darcy asked if we could get a maybe. I am sure you're wondering what an ice cream has to do with maybe. Let me explain. My cousin's kid would ask his grandpa {my uncle}if they could go for an ice cream treat, grandpa would reply almost always with maybe. More often than not they went for ice cream. So he likely grew up thinking that ice creams were maybes.

Our family thought it was real sweet so we adopted calling ice creams as maybes. So when Darcy asked for one, how could I refuse?

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Surprise Visit

As we sat down to watch the movie Cast Away we were pleasantly surprised by a visit from these two. I just love it that Krystle & Gerard live close enough to just pop in from time to time. So we hot-tubbed, enjoyed a glass of wine, ate some wings and chatted. It was a much better way to spend the evening!

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Community

Our community has been in a bit an upheaval, these last few days. Last Friday our neighbours lost their dairy barn in a fire. And for us that brought back ALOT of memories as we too lost our dairy barn to a fire July of 1998. Even though it's been 13 years, I still get emotional talking and even thinking about it. Then on Sunday the town of Goderich was hit by a tornado. The pictures posted on facebook are quite devastating.

As friends, neighbours and perhaps complete strangers gather together to clean-up, lend moral support, bring food, in both of these tragedies, it shows that even in this ever busy society we are still willing take time to help those who are in need. I'm truly thankful to live in such a community.

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