Sunday, January 25, 2009

Nothing to say...

It was noted to me recently that it's been a very long time since I last blogged. Well, indeed it has been. I've been busy and I haven't had much to say and it gets worse at this time of year...I get the winter blues.
I am one of those who NEEDS sunshine. I NEED warmth. Winter comes and I just want to keep myself covered and cozied in an attempt to stay warm and forget time until spring comes calling again.
My fingers freeze up in November and thaw out sometime mid April, the same with my toes. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I NEED to be living beside the seashore with the warm wind caressing my skin.
I NEED to be WARM.
As I drove home from work yesterday I noticed it was still daylight. A month ago, at the same time of day, I drove home in the dark. That could only mean one thing...spring is on it's way. NO, don't tell me it's still 8 weeks away, let me live in my own dreamworld where I can feel the sun getting hotter, the days getting longer and visualize the grass turning green and pushing it's way through the snow. I want to believe every day is one day closer to fresh buds on the trees and fragrant blooms in the garden...snnnnnnnnnnnn, do you smell the lilacs? I do...and that will help get me through my winter blahs and I'll come out of my cocoon happily blinded by the sunshine and ready for a new season, a fresh start to a warmer, brighter day.
Well, maybe I did have something to say...

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Happy 11th. Little Girl


It would seem that 11 years would feel like a long time but not when it's the amount of years your "baby girl" has been alive...it's gone by too fast.
One day you were a tiny little baby,needing constant care and supervision and today you are so independent it sometimes scares me.
You were born during 'the ice storm' of '98 and in this, your 11th year, we are in a deep freeze with temperatures of -36C...no wonder you're so strong willed. You have a definite mind of your own. Someday that will serve you well.
"Happy Birthday!"