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  • Make the Bed

    Today at work, we were talking about some of our preferences to go to bed with a clean kitchen. Tidy kitchen, dishes cleaned and put away. This is my preference. I have my dishwasher going as I go to bed so it will be ready for the next day. And…

  • Friends

    Today I am thankful for the friends that I have. You know how you have different groupings of friends? You have the best friends, the work friends, the better work friends, the acquaintance friends, the acquaintance-but-could-be-friends, the family friends (as in family members that are friends, you can confide in,…

  • Chocolate Rose

    Today is my wedding anniversary. 13 years ago today, and we started dating 5 years before that. Jay is my best friend and I feel so fortunate that we found each other. A while ago my mom gave us a bottle of wine from our wedding – my parents bottled…

  • Normal

    Normal: an average or a standard. But this can be viewed differently person to person. What is normal anymore? Well it certainly isn’t the current global situation, is it? Like many over en past month, plus, I have had days or partial days feeling slump-ish, due to the lack of…

  • Busy

    Declining to be more busy than I am is something that I struggle with.  If you have been reading along, you know my family has been busy with a home reno.  We have been putting in a basement which ended up – as many home renos do, including lots of…