Day 1: Self Portrait

 

A self portrait of me, which I am not a big fan of. I like being behind the camera.

Instagram Tuesday

Instagram Photos

  

Summer Fun with Rain, Sydney & Perry

 So far my highest score on Scramble Free.

 

Brittany and Me

 

A Farmer's Field

A Tree Along A Pathway

Lovely

                  Me and my wonderful mother.

Has It Really Been That Long

Well here it is Feb. 2010 and this is my first entry of the year.
I love to blog hop and see all the beautiful blogs out there, and in a sense go visiting around the world. There are so many different interesting blogs and so many wonderful bloggers who really care about God, their families, their environment, who are willing to share their stories, crafts, ideas. It really is it's own little world. So I get caught up in these blogs, by the time I get to mine, I am either blogged out, or have somewhere else to be or simply run out of time. Enough said, I am here now, so let the show blogging begin.
If you like taking pictures there are so many photo memes out there. Everyday of the week there is at least one.
Sunday : I am sure there is one, don't have one listed, I will get back to this.
Monday: Mellow Yellow Monday, the pictures all have some yellow in them.Tuesday : Ruby Tuesday, the pictures all have red in them


Wednesday: Window Views 2, the pictures have windows and door themes.
Thursday: Tablescape Tuesday, if you can believe it the pictures are table settings. I have seen some pretty nice dishes and the table settings are very impressive.
Friday: Sky Watch Friday, you guessed it pictures of the sky. This is one of the most popular memes, often times they have close to 400 entries from all around the world every week. The pictures are amazing, I have put in a couple pictures.
Saturday: Pink Saturday, all things pink.
These are just a few, there are ones for animals, the world, metamorphism's of things, all things to do with water, pictures that are in monochrome, the outdoors and even postcards (I love postcards). So whatever your interest there is either a blog about it or a meme or both. How about you do some blog hopping today.
I am hoping to mention other blogs that I enjoy going back to often, they are usually colourful and have something to offer, I like feel good blogs ones that make me feel good, of course I like blogs that offer photo tips or photo of the day, scrapbooking blogs, craft blogs, and eating healthy blogs.
So today I will start with a feel good blog.
The Farm Chicks.
She has lots of ideas for crafts, decorating, cooking and it just a nice looking blog. Check it out, I think you will like it.
Also my daughter Amberley has a new blog, all about eating healthy click here to see it.
Here are some pictures from this past Christmas. All my kids and their kids were together for 1 day, Boxing Day. My brother and his wife Penny had Christmas this year and we had a wonderful time.
These are my 4 grandchildren, Gavin, Rain, Sydney and Ethan. Poor Sydney she had enough of Christmas at this moment.
These are my beautiful kids. Brittany, Owen and Amberley.
The next 2 pictures are of same people and pose just 2 different years. These young men are all of my mom's grandson's.

This year in September my daughter Brittany is getting married, in London. So how exciting is that.
This is their official engagement picture, it was taken by me at Rock Glen Conservation Area. Here are some other pictures that I took that day that I like.
Also another feature I was thinking of adding was Flashback Pictures, pictures taken many years ago, it can be of anything but should be at least 10 years old. Here's one to show you.

1984
These young fellows are my brothers, Mike and Chris
One last picture, it is a fun one.
Almost everyone that was there at Christmas had a cell phone, so we took a picture of all the cell phones there.
Enjoy your day and all the best for 2010.
Terry

About Me

Here are some facts about me to get a good idea of what I am made of...

I have a strong belief in God with Him anything is possible.

I love my kids and I would die for them if it would save them.

I love my grandsons and would do the same for them.

I want to be a good, caring and loving mom and grandma.

I want to be a good person to all. And also want to have good thoughts about people no matter who they are but unfortunately this isn't always true.

I wish my mom lived closer to me.

Someday I want to move back to Chatham.

I am already praying for Owens mate as well as my grandson's mates.

I am enjoying being single and on my own for the first time. However I don't always like being one when surrounded by couples.

I am doing better at working 8 hour shifts than I thought I would be.

I watch too much TV.

I like cooking new recipes, but I don't always like to cook.

I am glad that my 2 daughters have found their soul mates. That is a wonderful blessing.

I am happy that my son lives with me.

My motto has always been "everything happens for a reason, there are no coincidences" ( I know its a cliche but I really believe this)

I want to take better pictures.

Someday I would like to go on a safari.

I have great siblings whom I love.

I have some questions for God that I would like to ask Him face to face. (I know how bold)

I am an American living in Canada. But will soon be getting my Canadian citizenship.

I am blessed beyond belief.

I love my nieces and nephews, they are all great people I am proud of all of them.

I love my dog and cats but I don't like the shedding hair on everything.

My favourite number is 6 and my favourite colour is blue, though I am really liking orange right now.

I only wish the best for my ex-husband and pray for his happiness and peace.

I want to loose weight.

I miss my dad terribly. He was such a wonderful dad.

Well this is a good start. I am sure as time goes by some things will change and some things will be added. I do know that when I got married 28 years ago I had different goals and wants than I do now, but my core beliefs are the same but so much stronger.

Mother's Day and other stuff

This has been a busy month. I don't seem to have time for anything. A little bit of time here and there but nothing significant. Oh well.

Mother's Day was this month so I would like to take this opportunity to say how blessed I am to have the mom I have. She loves God, her family, her friends. She is so giving and thoughtful and caring. She has been a widow for almost 10 years and she has come so far I am so proud of her. Instead of feeling sorry for herself and hiding away, she drove on. My dad did everything for her, after he died she had to learn everything. She learned how to change a furnace filter, do all the banking, how to invest, drive to Hamilton (to my brother's), she is learning the computer now. The one thing she hasn't learned yet is how to say no, when she is asked for help or even when she is asked just to go out with her friends. She gets herself overtired. She is a wonderful person she is my friend, my mentor and very happily she is my mom. I love her so much.Also this month it is Logan's ninth birthday. After all he has gone through in the last month I hope he has the best day ever. Here is an update on Logan he has been home from the hospital for about a week now. Maybe he can go back to school by the end of the month. He only needs his dressing changed once a week and his pain killers have been cut. What a brave little guy he has been, through all of this.

This is the long weekend and I have to work on Sat. and Mon. but at least I get paid time and half on Mon.

Owen has been very busy with rugby. He has had 2 tournaments in London and 1 in Toronto. They have won every game they played this year except for 2. And those were to the same team.

Well all the season finales are on now. CSI's was last night, so long Warick. And what an ending to Survivor, Parvarti winning the million dollars I was sure Amanda would win. I wonder what is going to happen between Amanda and Ozzy. Monday is Dancing with The Stars and on Thursday is Lost.
Lost was so good last night. I am wondering what was the reason for telling that version of the crash, the number of survivors and how they got off the island. I am thinking it is part of the settlement with Oceanic but Owen thinks they are protecting the ones that stayed on the island. I can't wait to find out.


Here are some random pictures.

Easter

Today is Easter Sunday, Christ is risen. Praise God

When I was a child so long ago Easter also meant new clothes, shoes, hats and maybe a purse and a pair of gloves (the nice feminine kind, at one point this was very fashionable to wear gloves whenever you went out of the house). For us it meant packing up the car and leaving our house in Michigan and travelling to Chatham, Ontario usually by ferry. Grandma and Grandpa would be there waiting for us to arrive. Grandma always greeted us with her long smooches. I don't ever remember going there for only a day trip, whenever we went their we stayed a couple of days. Then on Easter Sunday my aunt (mom's sister) and her family would come to grandmas and we had a lovely day. Somehow the Easter bunny always knew where we were and delivered some pretty awesome baskets. These were good times, with lots a wonderful memories.

This my dear grandpa with my sister Cathy, me, my cousin Bill in 1961. This is of my brothers Mike and Chris, not sure the year maybe 1970.

Now a days we usually have Easter dinner at my mom's but this year my brother and his wife are having it in their new home. Which is pretty great considering they just arrived home on Monday from a missions trip to Guatemala. Now that all of moms grandchildren are older we never know who is going to be there. As I write this I am not sure if Owen and I can go I am just getting over my cough/cold and my head is pounding. I will have to decide by noon, because if we do go it is an hours drive and I need to pack, because we would be staying overnight. And then we would able to play Settlers. Speaking of Settlers I asked my niece, Tiffany to pick up the original Settlers of Catan for me. So if she did get it (there is a game store close to where she lives in St. Catherine's) she will bring it today and then I will have my very own Settlers. A dream come true.....

I hope you all have a nice day and that all you dreams come true today.

Here are some pictures of our annual Easter football game from 2007.