Good Morning ALL! Welcome to Monday June 13, 2022. Happy Birthday to my dear friend Pauline, grandmother to grandpup “Georgie.” We wish you a wonderful day. Yesterday we were all dozing on the sofa (me, Alvin and Georgie) when there was a knock at the front door. We all jumped up. The dogs were barking as we all ran to the door to find Pauline there with two trays of pansies in her hands. I had scooped up Georgie before answering the door so that he did not get free and perhaps run away. That would not have been good. George wriggled to get free and get to Pauline. He clearly miss his Grandma. Finally Pauline was able to get into the house. Here they being her daughter (George’s Mum) and Pauline decided to get me some flowers to plant in my garden as an extra thank you for keeping care of George. I was paid as well. Not that I asked, they insisted and I gratefully accepted. So sweet. Anyway we had a visit for a few minutes and I heard of some “Jasper stories” before she and George were on their way back home. I of course, helped carry his food, his bed and dishes to the truck as it would have been too much for one person to carry. Last night it was very quiet without George. He followed me wherever I went. Mr. Alvin must have been tuckered out as he slept without moving for a good two hours after my supper. He did not move when I ran upstairs to put clean sheets on the guest bed as Amanda is coming over the night, today. So great to have company.
Just after I planted the pansies, well not afterward it started to rain. Perfect timing. I ended up putting them in with some existing plants as I had not overfilled any of my pots. The pots look great. Very grateful for the additional flowers.
I also broke down some of the boxes in the garage last night. Just a few left. Some of them are hard to do so will wait until this evening and ask my daughter to help.
The sky is overcast this morning although there have been moments of sunshine and there was a pretty sunrise earlier in between the dark rain clouds. I think the forecast is for rain for most of the week.
Well time to fly. I hope that you have a great Monday.
Continuing to live this life with kindness, respect, compassion, patience, love, laughter, understanding, gratitude, focus and possibilities (and coffee, I want to add).
Always, Carol & Alvin
P.S. 57 days to my 65th Birthday. I even had an opportunity to help a neighbor and friend after I saw Pauline and George off, I saw a neighbor out moving a load of rocks from her lawn to the space beneath her living room window at the front of the house. So I happily went over and helped her.
Thought for the day…..
30 Jan 2015 1 Comment
by mynewlifeat51 in Thought for the day Tags: Alvin, bloggers, boxes, cleaning, coffee, comments, decor, designers, EGO, facial tissues, head, jewellery, Kleenex, list, low-spirited, mouth, pedicure, people, person, personal, planet, regret, Saturday, situation
Good Morning and Welcome to Friday the 29th day of January, 2015.
How are you this morning?
Another weekend about to arrive.
What are your plans?
Mine are pretty much the same from week to week.
I have a list of things to do on Saturday my day off for the week.
The list can range from laundry which is always on the top to running out to take Alvin to the Vet to have his pedicure to coffee with my girl friends to making jewellery to cleaning.
It is a varied list for the most part from week to week.
NICE.
I am very blessed and even though sometimes my “EGO” gets in the way ( I do not like when it rears it’s ugly head as I always go over and over the situation and give myself heck ).
I guess most people have a moment or three.
I try very hard every day to be polite, helpful and kind and not to let my feelings which are my EGO take over a situation.
Because it usually means I let a comment or situation be personal and most times they are not.
Last night I let some comments get my EGO and I regret a couple of things that I said and not that they were particularly mean or low-spirited but I felt regretful for letting the words leave my mouth.
You know what I mean.
I believe that most people let it happen from time to time.
Sometimes it is just that we take things personally when they are not meant to be .
Anyway …. that is my “thought” for this Friday.
Try to … I will be a better, more thoughtful, kind and generous person today.
Thank you for reading and I love your comments.
Special Hello to: all my fellow bloggers ….. great job.
Always, Carol and Alvin
P.S: this thought has always ran through my mind ….. who are the people who get to design the “facial tissues boxes” ….. the KLEENEX boxes and such. They always do such an awesome job. Now I want my kleenex boxes to match my decor. I would love to design these boxes. I think this would be one of the best jobs on the planet and you never hear about it.