Ya Gotta Laugh About It

For about the last year I have been asking myself how   do I start explaining solid "life lessons?”  In this particular instance, it c...

About a month ago I had a meeting with a really nice couple. They have been married for almost 40 years; he has been CEO of several succe...

When you truly know someone. You've been blessed. GO Thelma & Louise... I mean Rhondi & Jo! Taken: July 23rd, 2013 For my...

In mid February 2012 Tony and I ventured to an amazing resort in Negril Jamaica.  It was a well planned trip (that we both really looked f...

You probably assessed from my post Friday night that I did NOT have a banner day. Pretty sure it wasn't the heat wave that did it, but ...

Puddin' & Me Cruising in Bessie Canada Day Weekend Taken: July 1st, 2013 Seriously, how could something so cute be so bad? ...

Tony on the 14th Tee.   Taken: June 2013 My husband is one of the most natural athletes I have ever met in my entire life. Me? N...

Bessie Bowrider arriving at her new home... Taken: June 21,2013 I am kinda proud that I’ve never been a "stuff" person. I h...

From the time I was a kid, Canada Day has always been something I've looked forward to and truly embrace celebrating.  Topping my perso...

She most definitely loved me. I miss my Daisy Marie every single day... Taken: June 23rd, 2013 I am sure it's purely a coincidenc...

GOOB & Me at Actinolite Taken: June 23th, 2012. It was exactly a year ago yesterday that I sat outside the King Eddie Hotel in dow...

EVERYONE SAY HELLO TO BRIAN ♥ Taken: 2007 For a girl that's lucky to get one surprise a year, this past week officially delivered ...

My Auntie Cai is at the tippy top of the heap in my books. You know the type? She defines "the kind of person I want to be when I gr...

Make me laugh and we're golden. Yesterday my very favourite client called to pick my brain; “I know it’ll only take me 45 seconds”...

Morning coffee on the very last birthday he was alive to celebrate. Taken: June 2005 Today is June the 9th and it's the day my fat...

My morning went off the rails quicker than Charlie Sheen in a crack house. I'm not joking. At every single turn, I found unwanted stres...

I can’t believe it was 21 years ago tonight that I was lying in a hospital bed and my son Jamie was tugging at my arm saying “... come ...

I’m not sure if it’s the crappy weather, or that I'm just over tired; but I was genuinely off my stride today. I suppose it could be so...

My photo does not do this perfect moment justice. Taken: May 31, 2013 As I do every Friday, I had planned to golf last night. That s...

Though she was in a hurry, I did manage to chat with Staci before she left for a typical seasonal Monday night in Muskoka. Yup, Frick '...

Boy, this past weekend blew by. I worked on Saturday morning; then my husband and I did our house chores that afternoon. I spent all ...

So it happened again. “ WOW, you don’t look 48 ” a business colleague said. Jerk! Do men not realize that age may be a sensitive ...

I generally may sound all “ get up in your grill ” and crap, but I am realistically pretty fragile. Though I would never classify myself as...

I wandered up the cottage stairs at dawn this morn in a great mood. Turns out I had experienced one of the best weekends at the cottage eve...

 (c) Ellyse Murphy All copyrights reserved Today I wept.  I wept for a stranger. I wept for a family. I wept for a nation. I wept...

Last night was my Class of 1983 High School reunion. It’s not like it was some well thought out highfalutin Gala, it was planned via Faceboo...

What can I say? I have been blessed with a wicked sense of humour. Today, I would like to officially go on record with the fact that  so h...

What a week. I am buried in paperwork and dreaming of the sunshine. I have a million things on my mind, and two million things to accompli...

I have always embraced the zest element in my life. What can I say, my favourite colour is red and I truly am a passionate person. I am fir...