20 years ago today the Berlin Wall came down and in a short few days the lives of millions were changed forever. When they announced on the radio yesterday that we would be hearing lots in the news about this huge event today... well my first reaction was, "Gee, is it really 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down?" I remember that day very well and although it didn't affect me directly, I knew that somehow the world had changed. I was happy for the people of the Eastern Bloc who were beginning to experience all the things and freedoms that the western world took for granted.
Later this week, Hubby and Daughter #1 will take part in the aanual Remembrance Day services held at the Cenotaph in our community. Daughter #2 and I will stand in the crowd and we will hang our heads in remembrance of the fallen victims of war. The JCRs (Junior Canadian Rangers) are a big part of our lives,and will be there too. As Chair person (me) and one of the leaders (Hubby) we try our best to get the JCRs (including Daughter #1) involved in what that day is all about. It is about fallen soldiers, it is about the freedom that we have to read, write, practice our chosen religion without fear of persecution, to think and feel and simply be without political reprisals.
I was born in 1965, the decade of the flower child, and while I still remember when blacks were persecuted because of the colour of their skin, and females were looked upon as evil when they had children without a husband, I really have not experienced atrocities against me because of who I am. I was born without a thumb... I was born with a curved spine... I was born with crooked elbows and had I lived in Germany in the 1940s I would have been put to death, along with Jews and Gypsies and homosexuals because I fit the description of a disabled person. I'm a relatively educated person, I'm also a relatively creative person and I would have died as an unwanted because I look different. The strange thing is that you can hardly notice any of my physical problems... you have to look hard to see them. I might have been born in a decade of freedom, but I never forget that I am less than perfect.... and therefore not good enough for Hitler's world of the Arian race.
I have two beautiful children and a husband who loves me and friends who think of me as someone worthy of their friendship. I live in a beautiful part of the world where I can go to church on Sunday, and get an education without hiding my face, I can work if I want to and read and watch whatever I want. Health care is offered to me so that if I get sick I can see a doctor without having to starve for the rest of my life while my paycheck is eaten by debts to insurance companies and hospitals. And all of this, my friends, is something to be thankful for.
So while the dominoes in Berlin come tumbling down tomorrow, in a symbolic reenactment of the Berlin Wall falling, I will think about all the things in my life that make me who I am... that give me peace of mind and soul. And on Remembrance Day I will think about all the good men that did not get the chance to experience the world that I live in and sometimes take for granted. It is because of them that I have what I have. And while I Remember all those who died in WWI and WWII, I will think about the people in this world, at this time, who will never know the joy of waking to a fear free sunrise.... who walk a country lane knowing that rape is a real possibility, who carry a gun long before they can think the thoughts of men, who get their education in hiding, who cannot show the symbols of their faith, who cannot make ends meat, who are persecuted because of their ethnicity, who hide their appearance from those who would see them as something they are not. And then I will think about all the men and women of the Armed Forces, of aid agencies, and those who are teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, etc., who are trying to make a better world for those people who deserve so much more and have so much less.
And I will remember that privilege should not be taken for granted.
"For upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." Alexander the Great
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sunday.... Ahhh The Most Relaxing Day Of The Week
What a day.... poor Hubby has worked hard again today, but I, on the other hand, have had a lovely day.
A day to sleep in is always appreciated but they don't come often in our house. In the last week, I have given myself permission to rest more as this cough settles in for a hard fight. Hubby on the other hand has had to work double hard because I'm not feeling well. This weekend was meant as an opportunity to do some more work on the renovation, which has come to a grinding halt. Next weekend Hubby's brother and sister-in-law will come for a visit and so, while the house is livable for a family of four who don't care about seeing each other strut around in their skivies, it is not really appropriate for company.
Problem #1: Hubby had to haul hay for the animals which took the better part of a day. Yesterday to be exact. Between feeding the animals and doing chores and hauling hay... well Hubby was in no mood for house renovations.
Problem #2: The cistern was almost empty and so today Hubby had to haul water because I need to do some laundry to de-H1N1 the house. Daughter #2 plopped a load of reds in the washer and turned the washer on without consulting parents and so the cistern went dry and the pump had to be primed. This did not please Hubby. It did not please me either because Hubby had to spend an hour priming the pump instead of getting the renovations done.
Meanwhile, I spent a great deal of time enjoying the morning listening to the radio with CBC programing. (Hubby did do that too with me) then made a nice, no stress, no fuss lunch for everyone and went to lie down for a nap. That's the kind of Sunday I enjoy. The only thing that could have made it better is if Hubby could have enjoyed the day too. We are now listening to a program on CBC with an interview with Terry Eagleton, who is outspoken about atheism... interesting! Hubby will take a few moments to relax, and listen to the program too... but then the next two panels will be put up in our bedroom in an effort to give us privacy before our company arrives next weekend....
Sunday with no demands.... they're great! They're just too few....
Here's my picture for the day.... this picture has a feeling to it.... it's the kind of feeling I get on a lazy Sunday....
A day to sleep in is always appreciated but they don't come often in our house. In the last week, I have given myself permission to rest more as this cough settles in for a hard fight. Hubby on the other hand has had to work double hard because I'm not feeling well. This weekend was meant as an opportunity to do some more work on the renovation, which has come to a grinding halt. Next weekend Hubby's brother and sister-in-law will come for a visit and so, while the house is livable for a family of four who don't care about seeing each other strut around in their skivies, it is not really appropriate for company.
Problem #1: Hubby had to haul hay for the animals which took the better part of a day. Yesterday to be exact. Between feeding the animals and doing chores and hauling hay... well Hubby was in no mood for house renovations.
Problem #2: The cistern was almost empty and so today Hubby had to haul water because I need to do some laundry to de-H1N1 the house. Daughter #2 plopped a load of reds in the washer and turned the washer on without consulting parents and so the cistern went dry and the pump had to be primed. This did not please Hubby. It did not please me either because Hubby had to spend an hour priming the pump instead of getting the renovations done.
Meanwhile, I spent a great deal of time enjoying the morning listening to the radio with CBC programing. (Hubby did do that too with me) then made a nice, no stress, no fuss lunch for everyone and went to lie down for a nap. That's the kind of Sunday I enjoy. The only thing that could have made it better is if Hubby could have enjoyed the day too. We are now listening to a program on CBC with an interview with Terry Eagleton, who is outspoken about atheism... interesting! Hubby will take a few moments to relax, and listen to the program too... but then the next two panels will be put up in our bedroom in an effort to give us privacy before our company arrives next weekend....
Sunday with no demands.... they're great! They're just too few....
Here's my picture for the day.... this picture has a feeling to it.... it's the kind of feeling I get on a lazy Sunday....
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Hope You're Enjoying The Weekend
Sleeping in late on the weekend is always a joy. I slept in which considering that my chest still feels like it's on fire when I cough.... well let's just say that sleeping is good.
Hubby was up and at em this morning and hauled in three new bales of hay for the sheep and Daughter #1's horse... Daughter #1 is no longer having a high temperature but like me is coughing lots.I'm hoping Hubby and Daughter #2 will not catch it.
I thought I would post a few more of my favorite pictures... just for you to look at...
I hope I haven't duplicated any.... I lost track of where I was in my line up of pics... I'm sorry if I have but just think of it as an opportunity to look at them again...
Hubby was up and at em this morning and hauled in three new bales of hay for the sheep and Daughter #1's horse... Daughter #1 is no longer having a high temperature but like me is coughing lots.I'm hoping Hubby and Daughter #2 will not catch it.
I thought I would post a few more of my favorite pictures... just for you to look at...
I hope I haven't duplicated any.... I lost track of where I was in my line up of pics... I'm sorry if I have but just think of it as an opportunity to look at them again...
Friday, November 6, 2009
Mid Autumn Witlessness
It would appear that my wit has departed.... I complain about all the bloggers that I follow not keeping up their blogs, and then I find out that most of them are trying their best to fight off H1N1 in one way or another. If that is not witlessness I don't know what is.
Update: My H1N1 is still a tight chest with sporadic coughing though I do feel more energetic. (I swept today!!) Daughter #1 is showering and rinsing the slime of H1N1 off her carcass which has built up over the last two days, is coughing sporadically and dealing with an elevated temperature. Hubby, not home yet, doesn't seem to be ill affected nor is Daughter #2. H1N1 is certainly nothing to snuff at. Any communicable disease that has the power to kill is a serious thing indeed. I just wish it would dry up and blow away... (this Chinook wind could do that) but it seems to have ideas of its own and so it rampages around the world and I find more people fight this nasty thing in their homes quietly with only slight references to it in their blogs. I can only pray that those who are touched by its furor are able to fight it off.
My wit flu (pun intended) out the window weeks ago. For a while, (a very short while) I felt that my writing was of interest. But today I've come to the conclusion that perhaps in autumn my mind goes on standby for a few months. (this occurred after reading a series of very good blogs and feeling somewhat intimidated and slightly jealous), I'm not sure this is due to the longer nights and the shorter days or whether this is due to the exhausting flu I've been fighting for a while. Either way there it is... or isn't as case may be.... I'm witless! Please excuse any witlessness on my part over the next few days.
Here's an observation: I have a spider (several actually... but we won't think about that as it might lead you to believe that I am a bad housekeeper!) It is a tiny little spider that has made himself comfortable on the wall by the back of the computer on my desk. I have been watching the spider for two days as spiders interest me. This wee spider is about the size of a pencil dot. Yeah, like the period at the end of the last sentence. His web is tiny too. Now if you know anything about my computer you know that it is a dinosaur. There is a fabulously large fan at the back of it and that fan goes pretty much constantly (because I'm on the computer way too much). The fan has been blowing on spidey for days now and that wee spider is bouncing on his web up and down about a million times a day. I should call spidey Timex because he just takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. That spider never stops bouncing... I'm sure he must be taking seasick pills or something. End of observation!
Witlessness is not something I am proud of and so I try very hard to hide my witlessness as it is shameful to me. You know, I was one of those girls who never had a come back for sarcasm until two days later and then I would think it was so good that I couldn't just toss it away and so I would scheme to use it in some other context but it never ever came off. Sad I know!
So there you have it... witless autumn days are upon me... I think I'll go watch spidey bounce.
Update: My H1N1 is still a tight chest with sporadic coughing though I do feel more energetic. (I swept today!!) Daughter #1 is showering and rinsing the slime of H1N1 off her carcass which has built up over the last two days, is coughing sporadically and dealing with an elevated temperature. Hubby, not home yet, doesn't seem to be ill affected nor is Daughter #2. H1N1 is certainly nothing to snuff at. Any communicable disease that has the power to kill is a serious thing indeed. I just wish it would dry up and blow away... (this Chinook wind could do that) but it seems to have ideas of its own and so it rampages around the world and I find more people fight this nasty thing in their homes quietly with only slight references to it in their blogs. I can only pray that those who are touched by its furor are able to fight it off.
My wit flu (pun intended) out the window weeks ago. For a while, (a very short while) I felt that my writing was of interest. But today I've come to the conclusion that perhaps in autumn my mind goes on standby for a few months. (this occurred after reading a series of very good blogs and feeling somewhat intimidated and slightly jealous), I'm not sure this is due to the longer nights and the shorter days or whether this is due to the exhausting flu I've been fighting for a while. Either way there it is... or isn't as case may be.... I'm witless! Please excuse any witlessness on my part over the next few days.
Here's an observation: I have a spider (several actually... but we won't think about that as it might lead you to believe that I am a bad housekeeper!) It is a tiny little spider that has made himself comfortable on the wall by the back of the computer on my desk. I have been watching the spider for two days as spiders interest me. This wee spider is about the size of a pencil dot. Yeah, like the period at the end of the last sentence. His web is tiny too. Now if you know anything about my computer you know that it is a dinosaur. There is a fabulously large fan at the back of it and that fan goes pretty much constantly (because I'm on the computer way too much). The fan has been blowing on spidey for days now and that wee spider is bouncing on his web up and down about a million times a day. I should call spidey Timex because he just takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. That spider never stops bouncing... I'm sure he must be taking seasick pills or something. End of observation!
Witlessness is not something I am proud of and so I try very hard to hide my witlessness as it is shameful to me. You know, I was one of those girls who never had a come back for sarcasm until two days later and then I would think it was so good that I couldn't just toss it away and so I would scheme to use it in some other context but it never ever came off. Sad I know!
So there you have it... witless autumn days are upon me... I think I'll go watch spidey bounce.
Pics And Chinooks
We had a MASSIVE Chinook blow in last night. About 2 a.m. the ice started falling off our tin roof with resounding thumps.... So that was the end of all sound sleep in my world. I was up in the middle of the night medicating Daughter #1 as I'm pretty sure she's got H1N1 too. Then I sat down and had a look at Blogs Of Note and found a couple of real gems. The first one is called Milkmoon about an ordinary Irish lady who loves her kids and has a sweet blog.... really anyone who uses words like nutter and jaunty have got to be o.k..... anyway she made me cry with the adorable pics of kids and anyone who can see beauty in clothes hanging on a clothes line..... well check her out I'm sure you'll enjoy her blog.
The next blog of note that I enjoyed is called Style Rookie by a young little 13 year old gal who has got to be the cutest and most precocious kid you could come across. But it's really wonderful for an old jaded gal like myself to read about the younger set and really feel the enthusiasm of young whipper snappers like her. It is good to know that some kids out there feel things passionately and try to do something with their passion.... she has the hutspa to make her meaning clear on fashion get enthusiastic enough to not care what her peers think and write about it too. More young people should be like her... or maybe they are but are just too beaten down to talk about the things they like. I really debated about whether I would include this blog in my favorites because my jaded self bore it's ugly head.... I hope this gal continues to feel passionately and I'd hate to follow her blog and note that as she gets older she loses her joi de vive... ( I think I spelled that right?).... anyway... even if you are not into fashion it is good to read her blog just for her cute and humorous attitude.
Anyway... while I write and upload pics the Chinook is blowing steady outside my window. There is no doubt that the animals are enjoying the reprieve from the cooler temps. Water is flowing everywhere and it feels almost like spring. I just really hate the wind because I .... just do. Wind always makes me feel spooked out... I guess. Like a deer in the woods who can't hear because of the wind. I always feel like the wind is something scary.. no matter how much I try to talk myself out of it. Maybe I see all the trees that have turned red from the pine beetle devastation and I think we are going to lose a tree in this wind maybe it is something from way back in my childhood.... well I'm not Freud you know! Anyway... it's windy and I'm not sure I'm liking it.
I made it to Knit Night last night and we had a really good turn out. It sure was nice to see everyone again after missing three (get that 3) whole weeks. Lots of socks were on the go.... a dish cloth and a scarf and a crocheted dress which was lovely and little old me who doesn't have DPNs was not knitting at all but working on the Navajo spindle once again. I have enough spun now for my third sample and will ply today so that I can get on with the next question.
One of the ladies at knit night was admiring the pics I posted a while ago so I thought I would post a few more.... so have a look and see y'all tomorrow.
The next blog of note that I enjoyed is called Style Rookie by a young little 13 year old gal who has got to be the cutest and most precocious kid you could come across. But it's really wonderful for an old jaded gal like myself to read about the younger set and really feel the enthusiasm of young whipper snappers like her. It is good to know that some kids out there feel things passionately and try to do something with their passion.... she has the hutspa to make her meaning clear on fashion get enthusiastic enough to not care what her peers think and write about it too. More young people should be like her... or maybe they are but are just too beaten down to talk about the things they like. I really debated about whether I would include this blog in my favorites because my jaded self bore it's ugly head.... I hope this gal continues to feel passionately and I'd hate to follow her blog and note that as she gets older she loses her joi de vive... ( I think I spelled that right?).... anyway... even if you are not into fashion it is good to read her blog just for her cute and humorous attitude.
Anyway... while I write and upload pics the Chinook is blowing steady outside my window. There is no doubt that the animals are enjoying the reprieve from the cooler temps. Water is flowing everywhere and it feels almost like spring. I just really hate the wind because I .... just do. Wind always makes me feel spooked out... I guess. Like a deer in the woods who can't hear because of the wind. I always feel like the wind is something scary.. no matter how much I try to talk myself out of it. Maybe I see all the trees that have turned red from the pine beetle devastation and I think we are going to lose a tree in this wind maybe it is something from way back in my childhood.... well I'm not Freud you know! Anyway... it's windy and I'm not sure I'm liking it.
I made it to Knit Night last night and we had a really good turn out. It sure was nice to see everyone again after missing three (get that 3) whole weeks. Lots of socks were on the go.... a dish cloth and a scarf and a crocheted dress which was lovely and little old me who doesn't have DPNs was not knitting at all but working on the Navajo spindle once again. I have enough spun now for my third sample and will ply today so that I can get on with the next question.
One of the ladies at knit night was admiring the pics I posted a while ago so I thought I would post a few more.... so have a look and see y'all tomorrow.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
In Limbo
I'm feeling a bit in limbo this evening. Do I or don't I go to knit night? What if I do have H1N1? Do I want to pass this on? I'm feeling pretty good today and so I'm thinking I will go. Besides I was probably contagious last week...
I'm also feeling in limbo because I just checked all of the blogs that I follow and no one is keeping up their blog..... I've nothing to read..... that means I have to go on an interesting blog hunt again. Let me tell you that it is no small task to find good blogs to follow... I read dozens sometimes before I find one that is worth going back to read again and again. Some of the blogs I land on haven't been updated in two years or more so they don't even get a little read. I enjoy having a look into people's lives. It is more entertaining to read what they want to write about themselves... it's my form of entertainment.What really is cool is when you find a blog about an ordinary person who has some skill in writing about the things that they enjoy.... I hardly ever get sucked into blogs that are written by professionals.... they are stunningly boring.More often than not if it is a recommended blog it sucks. I checked out one blog list for the top 100 read blogs in the world not one was interesting. What in the world are people interested in... it is usually politics this or financial world that.... if I want to read about that stuff I'll look up a news website. No I like peaking in the windows of ordinary people like myself.... people who are just moms and dads... people who talk about their garden or their jobs, or the new hair cut they got or the new car they want.... those are the fun blogs... they tell you a little about other people the world over and it is a little reassuring to know there are other people out there who are living interesting and equally grueling lives. Common and that's just right for me. So take it from me if you make it into my blog list.... wow!
I'm also feeling in limbo because I'm not sure what I want to do next.... well actually that is a lie... I really want to knit my gloves.... but since I don't have enough DPNs then I want to knit my headband.... and since I don't want have enough wool..... I want to knit my Karaoke project..... but I can't find that.... sooo I don't know what I want to do.
There are plenty of things for me to do.... all I have to do is look at the Christmas list to the right and I can see what I should do but are these things thatI want to do..... well you get the drift.
By the way things are happening in the barnyard. Yesterday Hubby separated out Izzy and put her in with the lambs.... she has been sold to the highest bidder for a lot of bushels of oats.... the lambs will be fattened up for butchering probably in January or February.... Meanwhile Ipwitch, the new ram lamb.... the white one.... is in the paddock with the ewes.... yes... its sex season again!! They are far enough away this year and my desk is facing the other direction so I'm not seeing sex this years but as I had enough o that last year this time I'm quite content to turn my head and live in blissful ignorance.... I just hope that Ipwitch does not shoot blanks! He does appear to have more interest in the grain we feed than the girls... hmmm!
Sorry that last paragraph really doesn't have anything to do with being in limbo does it? Well if we really wanted to stretch we could say that I'm in limbo about Ipwitch being the stud I hope he is.... hmmm.
Perhaps I should get out my $500.00 dollar charka and have a go at that..... yeah maybe that's what I should do.... hmmm.... I wonder are there any blogs about charkas???
I'm also feeling in limbo because I just checked all of the blogs that I follow and no one is keeping up their blog..... I've nothing to read..... that means I have to go on an interesting blog hunt again. Let me tell you that it is no small task to find good blogs to follow... I read dozens sometimes before I find one that is worth going back to read again and again. Some of the blogs I land on haven't been updated in two years or more so they don't even get a little read. I enjoy having a look into people's lives. It is more entertaining to read what they want to write about themselves... it's my form of entertainment.What really is cool is when you find a blog about an ordinary person who has some skill in writing about the things that they enjoy.... I hardly ever get sucked into blogs that are written by professionals.... they are stunningly boring.More often than not if it is a recommended blog it sucks. I checked out one blog list for the top 100 read blogs in the world not one was interesting. What in the world are people interested in... it is usually politics this or financial world that.... if I want to read about that stuff I'll look up a news website. No I like peaking in the windows of ordinary people like myself.... people who are just moms and dads... people who talk about their garden or their jobs, or the new hair cut they got or the new car they want.... those are the fun blogs... they tell you a little about other people the world over and it is a little reassuring to know there are other people out there who are living interesting and equally grueling lives. Common and that's just right for me. So take it from me if you make it into my blog list.... wow!
I'm also feeling in limbo because I'm not sure what I want to do next.... well actually that is a lie... I really want to knit my gloves.... but since I don't have enough DPNs then I want to knit my headband.... and since I don't want have enough wool..... I want to knit my Karaoke project..... but I can't find that.... sooo I don't know what I want to do.
There are plenty of things for me to do.... all I have to do is look at the Christmas list to the right and I can see what I should do but are these things thatI want to do..... well you get the drift.
By the way things are happening in the barnyard. Yesterday Hubby separated out Izzy and put her in with the lambs.... she has been sold to the highest bidder for a lot of bushels of oats.... the lambs will be fattened up for butchering probably in January or February.... Meanwhile Ipwitch, the new ram lamb.... the white one.... is in the paddock with the ewes.... yes... its sex season again!! They are far enough away this year and my desk is facing the other direction so I'm not seeing sex this years but as I had enough o that last year this time I'm quite content to turn my head and live in blissful ignorance.... I just hope that Ipwitch does not shoot blanks! He does appear to have more interest in the grain we feed than the girls... hmmm!
Sorry that last paragraph really doesn't have anything to do with being in limbo does it? Well if we really wanted to stretch we could say that I'm in limbo about Ipwitch being the stud I hope he is.... hmmm.
Perhaps I should get out my $500.00 dollar charka and have a go at that..... yeah maybe that's what I should do.... hmmm.... I wonder are there any blogs about charkas???
A Whole Bunch Of Stuff
Right... just off the spinning wheel and I managed to finish some lovely Karaoke fibre. I bought some of this two years ago in Olds and thought it was lovely. When I had finished spinning it I started knitting a project that I knew I did not have enough fibre for. The idea was to just use what I had and buy more as I needed. I wanted to keep it going. So this year when I went to Olds I discovered that it wasn't going to be so easy since I couldn't find a single person selling the blasted stuff. In came my good friend who is a dealer for Louet. (I really want to name her and give her a little boost to her business but I never name names on my blog....) She had just brought in this new great product and was I interested.... well considering that the new product was Karaoke I was all for it.... For the last few months this fibre has sat in my studio on top of my storage units taunting me and making me really want o spin it.... But I have had other things that I had to do or needed to do.... yesterday I needed a fun spinning day.... so out came my Karaoke. I just finished it and I love the stuff. It has this beautiful creamy colour and spins like silk.... such a divine sheen when it is finished. I spun it in my usual easy Baby Weight (a little lighter than sport weight) 2 ply yarn at about 14 wpi (wraps per inch) and an even 4 tpi (twists per inch). It is very nice even if I do say so myself. I can't wait to knit some more on my project.... I just have to find it first!!! I think it is buried under stuff in the shed.... scary!
I just also finished watching "Band Of Brothers" all I can say is WOW! Pretty awesome and moving TV. I watched with Remembrance Day in my mind.... how could anyone watch this program and not be moved. We had a friend lends us the DVD series and I just couldn't help being totally enthralled. We got rid of TV years ago and only watch now what we want to watch...in the form of movies and DVDs that are TV shows. It has made for a much better life style for us and we feel very strongly on that. Our children are not exposed to adds constantly and so they are less inclined to jump on every band wagon for new and improved products. Christmas is not nearly as commercial and we just find that loosing TV has enriched our relationships as well. We get enough advertising through the computer media. I get more done too. Last year we spent several days in a hotel in Edmonton and spent the four days there remembering how horrible it is to sit in front of the TV with a remote control clicking through channel after channel in the search for something that would be of interest and nothing was good. We ended up watching news and reruns! Well at least while we were in the hotel room... which wasn't too often. But it reinforced our decision to not have TV in our house. Anyway I digress.... I told you this was about a whole bunch of stuff.... If you get the chance to watch this great program I definitely recommend it..... it is not for the faint of heart though as there are some very gruesome depictions of battle situations... including body parts and lots of blood.
I am attempting to sit today to do a little spinning for the level 3 again. I am still working on a better sample for the support spindle. Third try lucky. We'll see.
I have one last item that has been on my mind of late..... for all you bloggers that I follow.... keep blogging.... I miss it when you guys don't write. It is such a disappointment to open your pages and there's nothing new.... (pout!)
I just also finished watching "Band Of Brothers" all I can say is WOW! Pretty awesome and moving TV. I watched with Remembrance Day in my mind.... how could anyone watch this program and not be moved. We had a friend lends us the DVD series and I just couldn't help being totally enthralled. We got rid of TV years ago and only watch now what we want to watch...in the form of movies and DVDs that are TV shows. It has made for a much better life style for us and we feel very strongly on that. Our children are not exposed to adds constantly and so they are less inclined to jump on every band wagon for new and improved products. Christmas is not nearly as commercial and we just find that loosing TV has enriched our relationships as well. We get enough advertising through the computer media. I get more done too. Last year we spent several days in a hotel in Edmonton and spent the four days there remembering how horrible it is to sit in front of the TV with a remote control clicking through channel after channel in the search for something that would be of interest and nothing was good. We ended up watching news and reruns! Well at least while we were in the hotel room... which wasn't too often. But it reinforced our decision to not have TV in our house. Anyway I digress.... I told you this was about a whole bunch of stuff.... If you get the chance to watch this great program I definitely recommend it..... it is not for the faint of heart though as there are some very gruesome depictions of battle situations... including body parts and lots of blood.
I am attempting to sit today to do a little spinning for the level 3 again. I am still working on a better sample for the support spindle. Third try lucky. We'll see.
I have one last item that has been on my mind of late..... for all you bloggers that I follow.... keep blogging.... I miss it when you guys don't write. It is such a disappointment to open your pages and there's nothing new.... (pout!)
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