Thanksgiving & Being Grateful

Today we were busy baking pies for Thanksgiving, which we’re celebrating this weekend.  There are at least 35 family members that travel up north to our aunt and uncle’s home to be together.  It’s something we’ve been doing since I was a child and everyone looks forward to it.
All year our children talk about it [...]

Sunday’s Song & Boundaries

Just a typical Sunday here catching up with laundry, homework and hunting stuff down with the kids.  In the Addicted to Stress book I was referring to earlier, it touched upon boundaries and  the importance of your time.
Friendships are enjoyable when they’re mutually beneficial. If you’re the one who’s giving more and time is becoming [...]

Saturday’s Song: Simple Love

It was a beautiful sunny day perfect for garage sale hunting. I found a few bargains and the kids are home from the cottage.
Here’s a pretty song by Alison Krauss called Simple Love. I wanted to share it with you before catching up with my family, the laundry and digging into a new novel. I [...]

Happy 4th of July & Grand Funk Railroad

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and Americans are enjoying the festivities. We had our Canadian celebration on July 1. We had a yummy picnic in the park and went for a hike in the woods. Later we saw fireworks going off everywhere including our parking lot.
I packed sandwiches, butter tart squares [...]