~~~~~WOW, A WHOLE WEEK SINCE I LAST POSTED....JUST WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

As you guessed I have been in somewhat of whirlwind of activities lately hence no blogging. And the busy activities continue.

Tonight I am having a dinner party and the guests will include my park family now that all the 'Snow Birds' have returned home.
We always have so much fun and I love them dearly. I have so much to share with them pertaining all of the 'fix ups' around my wee cottage. I think some of them will be in awe.

Till next time....

~~~THANK YOU 'VERNA' ! She was the former resident and was responsible for these and all of the perennials on the property.

This cluster greets me at my back door.

Now for something profound....Spring is eternal!

Till next time....

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~~~~~NO EXCUSES JUST THE FACTS!!!!!
You have been wondering why no new posts.....well here you have it.

I have been REALLY, REALLY, BUSY.....

1. I built a shelf for my media centre.

2. Assembled a desk for the computer.

3. Over saw the assembly of window treatments.

4. Maintained my workout routine.

WHEW!

Enjoy the fruits of my labour!

Till next time....

A small wicker unit ...check out the paint job...nice eh?


Here is another view of the room and you can see the beautiful 'plantation shutters'....it is such a restful and tranquil spot!

Above is the new window treatment in the kitchen. It is so neat since it can be opened from the top or the bottom with just using the tab.


Here it is again...so awesome.



This is the lovely desk that I purchased at Ikea and assembled myself ...well I did have some guidance from my contractor Brent after he suggested I take it back to the store....No Way cuz I really like it don't you agree it is a beauty?

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~~~~~ A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF YOU .....

For all the very kind greetings on my Birthday yesterday.

I am another year older and truly very Blessed!

Who would have guessed that following ones BLISS could be so much fun?

Till next time.....

~~~HAPPY VERY SUNNY AND WARM EASTER SUNDAY TO Y'ALL!

I had the most excellent visit with Son and family.

Friday we attended two hockey games in which Grandson played. On the way to Brantford we drove passed non other than 'Car Kid' raking his lawn and a find job he was doing too. Son was driving and he honked the horn but I don't think Car Kid recognized us.
Then we saw both 'Lily Lady' and Car Kid sitting on the porch enjoying the fine weather. I wasn't able to have a visit with then....no time.

Following the first game Grandson was given the M V P. Let me explain how that happened. The team played was from Kitchener and they had never played each other before and I am sure they didn't even know any of the kids. Grandson won the award on his merits while playing that game.
He is an awesome player and now I am not the only one who thinks so ....
Two M V P in seven days....WOW!



Just have a look for yourself.....



Go on enjoy some of the pleasure that I have experienced.....


Here it comes.....


Just below.......


See, so let me know what you think and leave a comment it's not hard to do just try......

Till next time....

Here's the little banner that he won! Congrats dear Grandson....way to go!



Low and behold the recipient....just waking up.....he is so funny!

~~~ MORE FUN AND GAMES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE M .V. P.

Yup, this time we are off to the home town of the GREAT ONE # 99 Brantford Ont.

(Cousin Mike get the map out)

Grandson has two games on Fri. and one Sat. then maybe one on Sun. All that cheering I just hope dear Son and daughter in low will still be standing at the end of each day. As for me I will draw on my perpetual smile :).


Till next time....

~~~ M. V. P.

Following that wild week I had the privilege of attending Grandson's Championship Hockey game on Saturday.

His team won and the score was 1-o.

Yes, he won the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER award for his team. You can just imagine the surprise. Not only Grandson and his dad but I was thrilled.

Now take a minute.....


And enjoy the photo that I posted of that ever handsome Grandson....


Keep going your almost there....



See the wait was so worth it!


Till next time.....

~~~BUSY WEEK!

Last week was a whirlwind experience around this cottage. The painters were here to remove the paper and do wall repairs then on to the painting. It took them 4 full days. The finished effect is fantastic.

Thanks Dan and Cory you did such a great job!

~~~ WELL ANOTHER 'FIRST' FOR ME!



Let me explain....Last night Saturday the first day of Spring it was snowing off and on all day it melted before it hit the ground, oops, I digress....



I went to a concert in support of Haiti which was held in a small village called Lucknow. On the way I went through two small places called Nile and Belfast. You can almost hear me singing " Around the World in 20 Miles"!

Gee, I really must get focused and stop wandering from my topic.....



Back to the concert....

It was set up by a young music teacher sharing the accomplishments of his students with the community. Along with the kids was the Howling Dog Jazz Band from Kincardine. All of this was performed in the Presbyterian Church. The talent of the youngsters was fantastic in fact one of the students pulled off a great Leonard Cohen number and the music teacher did a remarkable rendition of a classic Sinatra piece.



I was in Heaven.....I sat at the end of the evening shaking my head thinking how wonderful life is that here I was in a Presbyterian Church on a Saturday night listening to music done by Cohen, Sinatra and the Jazz Band playing "When The Saints Go Marching In".......It just doesn't get any better than this!



Till next time.......

THIS WAS THE MOST FANTASTIC MOMENT....SO FAR!

~~~ RELIVING THAT OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE.....HOLY SMOKES WAS IT GREAT!

~~~BACK TO MY OLD SELF!

I was so glad I took last week off and rested up and conquered that cold just in time to have a fantastic visit with #2 Son and family.
I revisited the adventure I had in Vancouver and Whistler. There was much laughing going on as well as enjoying each others company.

Grand daughter really loved the warm and fuzzy jacket and daughter in law so loved her jacket too. They didn't want anything but I couldn't resist getting them from the Olympics.

So now I have a class this afternoon and another one tomorrow morning and Wed....an so on....life is back to normal!

Till next time....

~~~ OH MY !!!!

All this week I've been watching the Tim Horton's Curling Brier and my "eye candy" Glenn Howard and his team from Ontario are undefeated...Wooo Hooo

I sure love the game of Curling!


Till next time....

~~~YIKES....I'M FEELING GUILTY FOR NOT POSTING.....


I guess I'll just suck it up and get on with my life so here's an update.....

Since I have been dealing with a 'fuzzy' throat and runny eyes I have decided to stay home from the Y after all it's not fair to spread what ever I have with others.
I think someone on the flight home shared it with me!

I have been quite solitary except when I interviewed the painter who is going to decorate the front bed in a couple of weeks. Now that involves 'gutting' the room which means removing everything. I promised him that I would leave him an empty shell. So I have started moving stuff which is a real work out all by itself and of course all this is done following a cardio with in the neighbourhood because of the wonderful weather we have been experiencing here. Some days I walk the Square in town about 4 time....some of the merchants just shake their heads as I swish by.

I have procrastinated long enough about doing 'that room'. My dear friend ME asked me after Christmas if I planned on getting at the room and I once again told her that this is the year. When she visits in April I think she will be delighted. I know that rooms in a home are to be painted about every five years and this room is long past its time to be rid of that darn paper and get a snazzy new look.

I have chosen a shade of green which I just love and have used in the guest room and the front bathroom so I will be able to refer to that area as the 'green suite'....

Tomorrow I'll be back at moving more stuff out of the room and getting rid of a lot of it....clothing to charity and then a visit will be paid to the dumpster with the rest of it.

Till next time....

~~~ARE YOU GETTING BORED YET???

I had once again a few moments that brought me to tears. The flight over the ROCKIE MOUNTAINS. There was a pilot sitting next to me and he was returning home for the weekend. I commented on the beauty of the the sight of the mountains and he replied, "I am always amazed at the beauty of the Rockies"!
I however got all teary eyed and had to have a moment....bleep, bleep!
May be it was the fact that I was travelling business class....just a cut above. Cousin Mike..."I couldn't eat another pea!"

I have a little bit of 'jet lag' but I'll suck it up and enjoy the memories.
It took me a while to settle last night at the hotel but I did get a good sleep and a wonderful hot breakfast this morning.

As I was driving back to my piece of Heaven which I refer to as 'Over the rainbow' the sun was brilliant which gave Mother Nature a chance to do a little 'magic' on the landscape which you will see in the pix.

L'll Sis pointed out to me on the phone that I didn't describe the experience of zip line at all on that posting.....sorry, it is such a personal experience however if you pop over to youTube check out zip line Whistler and the video will do the trick for you.
The group leader asked who wanted to go first of our group of nine (6 younger and we three mature folks) I volunteered to be the first....did you pick up on that Pioneer Spirit emerging once again....WOOO HOOO...LOL!

All the moves on the youTube video is what I did...upside down, arms swinging, legs contorted and having the time of my life....I just loved it. Now I am so pumped for my sky diving experience in July!

Now I have to get back to my 'real life' the holiday is over so I will not be posting as often however do check back now and then to see what's happening!

Thanks to all of you for enriching my experience through your emails and phone calls.

Enjoy the pix that follow.

Till next time....

Welcome to my 'mystical' landscape or my piece of heaven... over the rainbow.

Mother nature was playing around this morning and doing 'her' magic!


Check out these trees....awesome.

Yet again....beautiful!