Neighbourhood Excitement

Well, I have been a bad blogger over the past month and I apologize to those of you who regularly check in with my blog. I am still not over my moving challenges and the boxes are still sealed and waiting my attention. It has been chaotic in all areas this month. But we are slowly settling in. I believe a huge garage sale will be in the making, possibly in March if we have some decent weather. So to those of my faithful followers, thank you for sticking it out during these crazy times for me.
I still haven't got my craft area ready yet, but I did commit to a swap that is due in May, so I am using that as my guide to get moving on the situation.
Meanwhile, we had some excitement right outside our front door this week. We are used to hearing sirens in the areas we live, so you subconsciously take note of them, but let them go on their way. Only it seemed that they were stopping their whining very close to the house, so that caught our attention. And then a final whoop, whoop of
a patrol car sounded like it was in our driveway. Well, on closer inspection and lifting the blinds, as it was nightfall, it was like the 4th of July out there. Red, white and blue flashing lights. There were so many fire trucks, police cars, hydro trucks, tanker trucks outside, we began to wonder if we were in the middle of a movie set. So we sat and watched all the goings on, and watched neighbours trudging down the road to have a look. At that time our daughter came home from work, as she does catering at events, and we watched her park her van and head across the road. She returned minutes later with the report that they thought they had a
gas leak at the high school across the road, so every city service was out there.
Within the hour, they completed their inspections and duties, and it was all over with the exception of the blinking sign out the front of the school. The picture above is my husband sitting on a bed peering out the window at the action. Those two
white spotlights were the flashing headlights of one of the patrol cars. Almost blinded us, so I am pleased that I managed to get a photo of anything with those going off in our faces. I'm glad it turned out successful and no damage was done, as we all returned to our quiet lives of our neighbourhood and closed the blinds.

Waiting to come out of the closet.....

Do you wonder why I have not been creating this month. Well, as you can see by the picture I am still in the unpacking mode and trying to find spaces for everything. I think it is an impossible task, but hidden behind those doors will be my new creating space, with shelves and a countertop desk and space underneath for my drawer space. One of these days it will be so nice to be able to come in and open up those doors to my creative world. But for a few more weeks I still see it looking much like this picture. For those of you still following me, I really appreciate you sticking by me during this upheaval. I hope I never have to move again. And I discovered while packing that I have much too much stuff, so a lot of it will be donated to schools, or sold in a carport sale. I have stamps I never use.
And then I have stamps from sets that I use all the time, so split them up and get rid of those redundant ones I say. Hope the weird winter weather hasn't affected too many of you out there. Our snow is almost all gone off the gardens now. We had quite a dump a few weeks ago. And then we had some snow showers today, but it didn't last long. Keep warm everyone.

Do you like to read?

My sister has just had her first novel published, which is available on various sites and also as an e-book. It is about a woman who visits a friend in the north of British Columbia and after seeing a robbery in progress, is kidnapped by the thieves.
She escapes into the wilderness, when she realises she is in danger of losing her life at the hands of these men. Alone, and pregnant she must learn to survive the harsh conditions in front of her, as well as her own sanity.
As I can't seem to get the link for this Iwill give you her name and the novel's title to enable you to find it online. Author is June Bourgo and the book is called Winter's Captive . It is published by Asteroid Publishing and is available through
Chapters, Barnes and Noble, as well as British and German sources as well. If you are into e-books, you can purchase the download as well. Happy reading everyone.

Oh, here are some of the sites you can purchase June's book: Smashwords (all formats), Barnes and Noble Nook, and Amazon Kindle. Her web link is: www.junebourgoauthor.com.

I'm back

For those who follow me, I'm back. We moved a week ago and are still living in a sea of boxes. No we aren't homeless, thank goodness. Just in a state of upheaval.
I can't post anything in photos, as I can't find the connection wire for my camera.
And as far as creating something, that will be out of the question for a little while. But I will try some updates over the next little while to let you know how we are doing. So be patient, and I will be back in a better position in a few weeks.
My monitor and keyboard are sitting on a file cabinet, my mouse is on a box beside me, and the computer is sitting on the floor beside me in a sea of cables. Not really condusive to creating or sitting for any long time trying to type. Take care everyone. I'll be back soon.

It's over-now the cleanup

Toys strewn all over the floor, Christmas wrap in the garbage, tummies full of Christmas din, complete with a cup of tea. Now that was a day. A quiet one with my family and mother. The day began with the other mother coming for breakfast and joining in on gift opening. It is a tradition that she arrives either for breakfast or Christmas dinner, shared with her other son and his family. The dog loved her new toys and wore herself out tossing them around the floor. And in the afternoon we drove over to the seniors residence and picked up my mother. She has slowed down so much over the past six months. But despite having had a few days in bed this week, because of her bad back, she managed to come out with us and thoroughly enjoyed her dinner and visit. Her friend was waiting for her when she got back, so she topped off the evening with a visit with her. All in all a lovely day, and the sun even came out just before supper, so it made the perfect end to our day. But today, it is back to reality and packing once again. Only days to go to the move.
Happy New Year to everyone who visits my little blog. There won't be any creating for a while until we settle in and unpack. Thank you for following my blog.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE

CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE - JACK FROST NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE - ITS BEEN SAID
MANY TIMES, MANY WAYS - MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.

The evening is quiet. Hubby and I have just come in from outside, and we are waiting for the kettle to boil. We planned to order in Chinese food, but have
decided that appy's suit us best. After being out in the fresh air, I don't think
we will try to stay up and catch Santa on his rounds. We are too sleepy. Tomorrow
we will have breakfast upstairs with our family while the kids open their gifts. After lunch we will drive over and get my mum from her residence and bring her home
for Christmas dinner. It will be quiet. Just the seven of us. But that is good.
Less than two weeks until our big move, so I will enjoy the day, not doing anything.

I hope that Peace fills your homes this year, and happiness with family sits high on
your priority list. Have a wonderful day. Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel.H

Reflections

It's quiet in the house. Everyone's sleeping in their beds. Time for reflection on days gone by. Today is my day, once a day for celebration but now I just wish they would slow down a little. For today is my birthday. Oh, there will be snacks and a cake and some gifts too but do I really want to remind myself that the years are adding up. Scarey. But on the bright side, I will have my family around me. My precious grand-daughters hugging me and wishing me a good day. The dog giving me her paw and then clammering up on the coach to give me a doggy kiss on the cheek. Is that not what a birthday is for? Having everyone you love around you. Including my aging mother, whom we will bring home from the seniors residence. She is getting so frail now and looks all of her aging years. So this time is special for her as well. I have a few more minutes to myself, before the house awakes. Ahhh, peace.