Final Destination?

In reading our Stoic reading for the day it emphasised the need to keep the final goal in mind. Hmmmm what was my "final goal"? Guess I got some soul searching to do again, sigh....

The wonder of family

We spent the weekend visiting family. My mother was performing in her musical/variety group and we went to see the show and spend the weekend visiting with my sisters and their families.

What a wonderful blessing family is! We managed to come away with many videos of family members, having had two new babies added to the ranks recently.

Today is my day to get back on track with housework, epublishing, etc. and touch base again with my daughters. There is a definite chill in the air this morning and the promise of sunshine for later in the day and tomorrow. We are then into rain again so hopefully I will be able to finish the winterization process today and tomorrow and get the outside ready for the winter that is about to descend upon us soon!

Thankfulness

The Canadian Thanksgiving weekend is upon us. We are currently painting our bedroom for our youngest daughter to move into. We have moved into a smaller room, downsizing our "stuff" and creating a Family room in the daughter's old bedroom. Yay, the goggle box will once again be out of the main living room!

We will probably move the piano into the living room and have a dedicated office for our e-publishing business and the household paperwork.

Michel, the hubby, made a wonderful soup for lunch (Parsnip, Pear and Leek soup). Definitely a "do again" recipe! We have chicken and black bean chili in the slow cooker for supper. I am heading out now to Leading Note to pick up some music books for our youngest daughter, Emilie. Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely fall weather and spending time being thankful for all of our blessings!

Middle of the Week

Wow hard to believe that it is Wednesday already. I had a productive day today...

Got all of my laundry done and out to dry on the lines. :) I am making a Mexicana Casserole for supper with a salad. It should be yummy!

Tonight we will hunker down and chat in the gazebo until dark and talk about our DPs and work on Oak Leaves. We have committed to getting a sketch edition posted at the end of the day tomorrow.

Sunday

We set up our home shrine and posted it to our livejournals yesterday. One more tick box on the road to completing our DPs done. :)

Today is a get things in order day. We are headed out for dinner and a concert with my Mom-in-law this afternoon. It will be nice not to be on the hook to make supper tonight. The "kids" can fend for themselves.

Back from Camping to the "real world"

Well it is a rainy day here in Ottawa. Had an amazing four days at Wellspring in Sherman, NY. Definitely a do again for next year!

Just spending the day getting the house back in order as it is definitely an inside only day.

Will write again tomorrow.

Ciao for now and blessings to all!

Change is a good thing

Woke up to an email from my friend who is spending 10 weeks in a remote location, gardening, exercising, yoga and eating right. She mentions that she has little technology access and will be sending sporadic notes now and then. She is looking forward to the change that will take place in her life over the coming weeks. It will be interesting to see her again at the end of July! :)

This made me think of what I want to accomplish this summer. I too am looking for change and have made slow steps to get there... we have implemented a new vegetarian diet using SparkPeople to track our progress. I also have the promise of yoga lessons from my Mother's Day gift and hope to soon attempt that. I also have to remember to try to walk on a daily basis. The puppy loves this! We still have to set up our home gym once the weather behaves in the evenings LOL!

Oh well, steady and surely wins the race. I must be patient and implement change slowly in my own life as there are other people involved and I am not in a strange place for 10 weeks in a type of body boot camp, like my friend. Any change is good.