Patriotic
What you can do today
Today is Memorial Day here in the United States. A day to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and safety. What can you do today? By all means, please enjoy a BBQ, the sun on your face and a cold drink in your hand. Laugh and goof around with family and [...]
Brown paper packages tied up with string
Brown paper packages tied up with string ….these are a few of my favorite things… I rec’d these questions in an email and thought they would be fun to share here in the blogosphere. I’m posting the questions (and my answers) and hope you’ll consider “playing along.” Just for grins, I’ve answered in pictures because [...]
Beauty tips
Smile often. Smile hard. I’m smiling because I love this song and I think I love the video just as much. I loved it so much I’ve added it to my MP3 player for the drive to work today. But first I am going to stop and vote, and if that’s not something to smile [...]
One of us
If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to His face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory What would you ask if you had just one question? And yeah, yeah God is great Yeah, yeah God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah What if [...]
How about some candy instead?
This time … I knew to expect it. This time … I was ready. You see … last year on this date, I had no idea that Christmas music would be playing just one day after Halloween. This year .. I switched radio stations ahead of time. (It’s the little things that make us feel in [...]
Reflections
There will come a time when you will catch your reflection in the mirror and stop to really see yourself. You will see … you. You will see a person who’s made their way in life, who has caused hurt, been hurt, laughed, cried, stumbled, loved and been loved. You will see you as you [...]
Nothing to do .. and all day to do it
Summer vacation ….Oh how I love you. The past week of purposeful nothingness has been just what I hoped for and exactly what we needed: The pinch of summer sun on shoulders, ears and noses. Freshly grilled meals. Crunchy summer salads, orchard fruits, farmers market finds and ice cold beer. Wrinkling of toes, too long [...]
Happy Birthday, Amer-wica!!
That’s what our 4 year old shouted during a pause in the Fireworks that year. The crowd responded with a collective, “aww” after hearing his squeaky little voice express his heartfelt sincerity. There we were, the four of us, taking in the Ft. Bend County 4th of July festivities in Sugarland, Texas. Cotton candy, snow [...]
Welcome to Canada, eh?
Dear HRH William and Catherine: Welcome to Canada, eh! The young Royals… the handsome Prince and his beautiful bride, arrive in Canada today! ( for details on the Royal tour, click here ). I’m Canadian, born & raised and while I also have my American citizenship (yay!), there’s still part of me that remains intrinsically [...]
On Passion
Passion is defined as having a “powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, such as love or hate” about a given topic. We all know someone who’s passionate about their sports team, fitness, travel or even gardening. Most I know care deeply for loved ones, homes and pets. If asked, I’d have to say the following: [...]
