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| 1970 - with my two brothers and one of my dad's cars |
BEING THE DAUGHTER OF A COLLECTOR
Friday, 31 July 2015
WHEN YOU WHISPER INTO THE HEART OF A CHILD
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
USING MY TIME WELL
One of the best parts of reducing the hours I work is that I have more free time to do with as I please. For the last couple of months that free time has been spent on regaining a little bit of myself that I felt had gotten lost along the way. Now I feel ready to do a little more.
THERE ARE NO PERFECT PARENTS (OR CHILDREN)
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
A QUOTE FROM MY DAUGHTER
My daughter sent me this quote the other day:
There are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.
and my first response was - I should Pin that. My second response was......wait a minute - I should blog about that! Here's the quote and I hope it reminds you today that it's about the bigger picture - not those little moments where we feel we've failed.
I'VE NEVER MET A CHIP I DIDN'T LIKE
Saturday, 25 July 2015
WHAT'S YOUR WEAKNESS?
Everyone has an Archilles heel and mine is the love of chips. I LOOOOOVE chips! I could go to AA and confess to my inability to resist their salty, fatty goodness. But I wouldn't give them up.
my life as the AntiCraft - throwback post#2
Friday, 24 July 2015
MY LACK OF CRAFTINESS
As a good Christian woman it is an embarrassment for me to have to confess that I loathe any type of craft. I can admire the dexterity and "creativity" of those who immerse themselves in the latest crafting fad, but I just cannot get inspired by padded tissue box covers, or scrap booking, or quilting, or any of the myriad of craft activities that others thrive on.
TOTALLY ADDICTED TO PINTEREST - I'M A PINAHOLIC!
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU'RE ADDICTED
A scary thing happened to me a while ago......without being aware it was happening, I became addicted to Pinterest! What started out as somewhere to collect a few apt quotes and pretty pictures (rather than filling up my facebook feed) has now proceeded to take over part of my life.WHEN YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR A LONG TIME
Saturday, 18 July 2015
WHAT IS "LOVE"?
Sometimes I wonder quietly to myself - do we expect too much from love and marriage in the world we live in today? Have we put ourselves under a ton of pressure to be on top of our love game all the time for fear we may lose if we aren't always fervently full on?
STOP IT! LEARNING TO SAY "NO" MORE OFTEN
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
JUST STOP IT!
There are so many things that I do out of obligation or habit or because I'm a little OCD and because I think "no-one else is going to do it". A lot of those things are necessary and part of the obligations of getting by in this world. However, some of them are self inflicted and I really need to tell myself "Stop It!!" when I go down that path.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR A DRAMA FREE LIFE
Saturday, 11 July 2015
SWIMMING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S DRAMA
I have spent many years surrounded by people and their drama. It sucks you in and you find yourself swimming in this constant stream of chaos where you never know when the next crisis is going to arise.
LIVING AN UNCLUTTERED LIFE
Friday, 10 July 2015
MARIE KONDO
I've read so many posts lately on the "amazing" discovery of de-cluttering houses and lives. There is the best selling book by Marie Kondo called "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" that has taken the world by storm. You only have to do a search on "declutter" on Pinterest to find a million and one pins to do with getting rid of accumulated "stuff", purging and organizing what's left.BEING BLESSED WITH A NEW COMMUNITY
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
I'M NOT A LARGE GROUP PERSON
I have never been very good at women's groups and get-togethers. I always feel like the odd one out because I'm not really a girly girl. This might be the fall out from growing up with two brothers and a mother who wasn't very good at mother/daughter bonding.
CHANGES, CHANGES EVERYWHERE - AND THAT'S OKAY
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
LIFE CHANGES
So much has changed in the last few years, the last few months and even the last few days - time doesn't stand still. Life is about moving forward through the changes and becoming richer in character as I navigate towards who I am becoming.
IS BRUNETTE OR BRONDE THE NEW MIDLIFE HAIR COLOUR?
Friday, 3 July 2015
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| a new midlife choice - going from blonde to bronde |
MOVING ON FROM BLONDE
As you may have noticed in my pictures from Saturday's post, I have been various shades of blonde for my entire life, and it seemed best to stay that way into midlife because the blonde bits masked any random gray hairs that popped up out of the blue. Every six weeks or so I'd take myself off to the hairdresser for a top up and trim and off I'd go again into the big wide world. But things have taken a detour into a new direction....
BEGINNINGS ARE ALWAYS THE HARDEST
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
STARTING A NEW JOB
I'm a couple of weeks into my new job and being a perfectionist (and a wee bit OCD) I'm struggling with the fact that I still have a long way to go before I truly get my head around all there is to learn.
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