My Life. My Blog.

I recently won a 50-50 draw … I was at a hockey game, bought a ticket - won. I won a few times last season as well … nothing life changing, but still not chump change. It sparked a discussion about my needing to buy a lotto ticket and me being the one that buys the lotto tickets for our group - sorry group! A throw away comment Mother made years ago came to mind this morning - about money motivating us to go to work. The comment wasn’t directed at me specifically but it appa

I’ve been spending a lot of my evenings either doom scrolling or playing mindless games on my mobile. I look up and suddenly I’ve lost an entire evening … I’m not loving that. Don’t misunderstand, I enjoy a good doom scroll … What I don’t need is hours of it, several evenings in a row. My day job - in truth, my life - requires me to actively troubleshoot, problem solve, manage a variety of personalities … I’m the one that needs to find solutions, make decisions - to act. Whic

This week I brought home the footstool I had taken out to be reupholstered. Seeing it back in its space - an extension of the rocker brought me so much joy! So much so that I started thinking of all the things that make me smile … I went back into the archives and re-read one of my blog posts on the very subject … Doing that - made me smile! That girl - the one who wrote that - I didn’t give her enough credit … She trusted her instincts far more than I ever understood at the