A New Day

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

the day is done

my world has past.

a post not won

with left to last.

for shame

to blame

its only me

to bed tonight

yonder's words we'll see

I tip my hat.

I say adieu.

let's go my cat

may dreams be few

Monday, July 5, 2010

I have returned to the land of the living, I suppose. With birthday hugs gathered this morning by my girlies,I face the day. Not a glamorous one, with groceries and laundry ticked off already. Being gone for an extended weekend, means playing catch-up though. My treat to me will be going out for dinner this evening. I just do not want to cook on my birthday, so I won't. I am going to finish the book I started this weekend and relax on my hammock. It's my birthday and I'll do what I want.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Away at Mom's for weekend Fun!

Away at Mom's for weekend fun.

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We have flown the coop to far-away lands for the holidays. Gone on a three-hour tour, not to return until the thrum of traffic lulls to my liking. Well, something like that. We are approximately that far from home to celebrate Canada Day with my Mom and Dad. The kitties will be irked with us being gone, but friends will come to tend to them and the house (I will find distasteful presents placed oh so delicately on my pillow if not) while we frolic in Lake Couchiching and surrounding areas. I hope not to bring too much campfire stench home with me to make you sniff, but excuse me if I do. Hopefully I have remembered to pack my Muskoka dinner jacket with me. Happy Saturday and have a good weekend!

P.S. If that is me, I have had WAY too much to drink this weekend and won't be back tomorrow. OY, VEI!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

I spy with my little eye, something that is blue...

There I was, minding my own business, tending to my delightful two children. We were waiting for our raved-over gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. The market was busy around us with people coming and going. We had been handed chocolates by one vendor, given lollipops by an acquaintance that I recognized, but struggled to place, and asked to help ourselves from a candy bowl at another vendor. The kids were getting pretty hopped up on sugar levels, but I vainly hoped that some semi-nutritious food would be ingested by them. What can I say? I am an optimist. A little slow sometimes, but I like to dream.

Struggling to control a sugary situation that was rapidly threatening to degenerate I looked around desperate for perhaps a topic for an eye-spy game. That is when I saw this; something BLUE.

I had noticed several people come in a side door while we were waiting. Most people wandered straight to the nearby deli counter and pondered over pepperettes or pastrami. A young woman walked in and headed in the same direction pushing a carriage. Not a big deal to one familiar with pushing along similar four-wheeled contraptions. This one caught my eye though. For one it was fabulously bright (no second-hand purchases for this spoiled baby here!), and definitely Blue. A movement in the carriage made me stare, forgetting that my own darling princesses were licking the table clean of its sugary drips. The occupant of the stroller was hairy. Really hairy! So hairy that I brought my purse to my lap and quickly dug for my camera in the bowels of its contents.

"Quick, quick," my mind screamed, as the stroller was pushed further away. I tried to casually point the object of my obsession out to my own perfect little angels.

"Look at the stroller," I said.

The girls strained to turn in their seats.

"Do you see what is in it?" I asked.

They shook their head at first, then clapped their sticky little hands in delight. You probably cannot tell what is in the stroller from my last ditch effort at snapping a clandestine photo, but I will give you a hint;

FOR PETS ONLY!

A blue ride for man's best friend or in this case, Mama's little baby!

Oh, and by the by, I hooked this little tale up to Theme Thursday to try something different. Not sure if it works, but worth a whirl. Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends!