The Best Of Christmas

The best part of Christmas are the quiet days that follow. I love the time that settles in to really have time to read the books and make tiny portions of your favourite foods and when you eat, that you are able to taste and enjoy them. The projects done and the year coming to an end , there is time to think about the what next in life.
Christmas was quiet and magical. Three generations, adopted friend family and pets that think that they are family too. It was lovely to light candles and share in our very toned down way. I felt so very blessed with all three of the children home . They make everyday for me and my husband pulled off an amazing feast for us all. Twenty-five years and I feel like a bride always.
Janet

A riddle

A friend taken too soon and a baby's bowl. Hope that helps.

Punch and Judy's

It is so very hard to believe that the year is almost out. So many things that I so intended to do went by the wayside and so many surprizes again, and blessings again came my way. One happy surprize was how well all my dolls and handwork have been recieved this year. My fingers are itching to start new projects even before the first are done. I know that more Punch and Judies have been asked for as well as baby slippers and some more children's classes.
The first thing is to get the paper work to the Doctor and relax into Christmas. The tree is up and the main floor decorated. Other than gingerbread and cardamon bread we never do baking. It is just not something we need a great deal of. We will have the dinner agoin here this year. It is becoming the Christams house. I am so happy that all the children are here and that we will all be together.
One big thing will be to connect to other doll makers with this forum. I would love to connect out there. Northern Ontario is wonderful but quiet on the doll front. Janet

Stupid System

So I went to the Doctor today. I needed refills on my pain medications. While I was there I got a news flash. He finally figures out that I have no income. The injury insurance that I recieved stopped 3 years ago ! What does he think that I have been living on.

Help!

I am still trying to figure out how to get here without going through someone else's spot..so I guess I should just favourite it. It is amazing how slow I am about these things.
I ran into an old friend today. It has been since the day he was married since I have seen him last. That was 25 years ago !
And if you don't know it yet - Time and life go really quickly. So there we stood in the airport , passing in our lives, 7 mins. to connect and we really did. It hit me that we were better. I mean that aging has done us well and damn we both look good. It was a real boost to know that his huge hug was real and that all that high school stuff was there to connect us but as grown ups we connect too.
He works as a musician and does concerts everywhere and has been here not so long ago. He will be back and we will see each other for a longer visit. Damn....a good damn but damn.
Mom left after one of the best visits we have ever had. It was as close to perfect as I have ever known with her. The only stuff that she does not get is the physical pain. This fibro really sucks and as soon as she was gone I was unconscious. Woke to find that there was heavy snow out front and that my daughter was waiting for her ride outside her work . Scary fishtailing all the way with frosted windshield. I had forgotten that dh had to work and so we had cereal for supper.
The mom lesson she left me with was to take care of myself so I take myself off to bed. Goal to list 2 things on etsy this week.- - Janet

What Now ?

For a long while I have been a lurker. I have been floating from people's post to their list of contacts wondering what all of this could be about. It seems somehow that if I can't write my best friend and get that letter posted what am I doing here at 1 am writing to outer space. However the more bloggers that I read I do seem to find kindred souls out there that just might have something that we can share.
The house is quiet now. All the beds are filled but mine and I should be there, but I am here. I am on a bit of an emotional wheel right now. This time of year always brings that , but my mother is visiting for the first time in 7 years to my home....it is usually the other way around as I go to the family summer place. Her age is starting to touch me. Even though she is not acting any differently, I have begun to realize that not many people have their moms at my age. She is now 75.
I am also starting to really know that there are somethings that will never be straightened out and that biting ones tonge can be a great public service and so I am. It has made the visit very pleasant, this new found maturity of mine (lol) but I am a bit bruised. I watch my kids watch us and hope that they will be kind to me one day.
So that is all tonight..... Janet