Ya Gotta Laugh About It

As this beautiful Sunday winds down I have to admit it’s been a weekend of quiet reflection for me. (Hard to believe that this same weeken...

I read this online this morning and thought I would share. Ah my 30's. It was a great decade. Oh how I miss them! They say "life be...

I’m a 'hugger', there I said it. I love hugging.  I wish I was an octopus so I could hug eight people all at once! I hug every...

It’s overcast this Sunday morning and on a scale of 1-10, my single cup of coffee rated a  whopping 4 (mediocre at best). Let me start by s...

Mr. Sandman is calling me to bed early tonight and my exhaustion has his song (and of course those amazing harmonies) playing over and over...

I had a great time at the Cottage Life Show last weekend. My guess is the attendance soared over fifty thousand in total, and I swear I spo...

So it seems I have a birthday coming up. I’d like to be able to report that it will be my 25 th  but that would be a lie. Not only would it...

So my “four alarm fire” week finally ended. It ended with me playing hooky from work yesterday afternoon for some much needed ME time. Yup,...

Why is it lately I feel like I take one step forward and two steps back?  My day started productively. My desk cleared itself nicely, h...

In all the years we have owned Orillia Lake ; never has the ice been out this early, the snow disappeared so quickly, nor our red steel roo...

I woke up this morning, jumped in the shower, and I have to admit I have a skip in my step.  For me, there is nothing better than a spr...

When I was standing at the YYZ luggage carrousel (at 4am) yesterday morning I heard myself saying to a couple close by that “I regret agree...

For those of you that don’t know me very well, I am a list person. My desk at work is filled with colourful Post-it notes of tasks I nee...

It seems the countdown is on to my much needed and seriously overdue vacation. I ha ve been so busy with work (and other things...

I'm not gonna lie. I had a total crap day. My husband picked me up at work, took one look and me, and he knew it wasn't good.  ...

Certain things in my day to day life are really important to me. How I spend my time has to be number one (heck it’s one to five) because...

Andy Rooney says: As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty w...

I was thinking about posting to my blog tonight. Just as I was cracking my knuckles (and finishing my stretching exercises) my BLOG mentor p...

I’ve always considered myself a pretty good communicator. That said, I know I tend to jump when it comes to subject matter.  In my defe...

Everyone hears what you say.  Friends listen to what you say.  True friends listen to what you don’t say ~ Unknown ...

Both personally and professionally December is always hectic. Christmas has always signified that everything is about to roll over and we st...

                                                                          David John Grant  1940-2011.  Every single morning my r...

Seriously, I may not be crazy per say but I am “by definition” an extrovert. Though "friendly & outgoing" are ...

I have a heavy heart tonight as I bid adieu to my friend & mentor David Grant.  Dave passed this morning and his wife Louise  ass...

Just about everything has an expiry date right? Do acquaintances? Not friendships but acquaintances? Without some sort of trage...

For those of you that know me, you know I love to sing. Because my blog is read by millions, for all of those that don’t know me, I am goin...

About a year ago, I cut the cord; deleting my Facebook farm, frontier and city. Envision me at an addiction outreach meeting, standing ...

Not gonna lie, it’s been a rough couple of weeks. Don’t know why, but the fall time change has always kicked the crap out of me. Is it beca...

1 . Sing in the shower.   2. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.  3. Watch a sunrise at least once a year.  4. Leave the...