14 04 02

Morgan said that she loves the Friday before 2nd Sunday supper.

Morgan. .. When your name just becomes Grannie.  Embroidery.

14-03-12

Lindsey called. She said didn't want to send it on Facebook --- she wanted to call --- that she just loved her album. Leaving it out where she could enjoy it. Would put it in the room where she is keeping the things she has that have value, and the things "that money can't buy." She made me feel like I had really made her happy with the album.

March 12, 2014

So, apparently we do have some font choices! I don't know if I have them on my phone or not. 

Barry and I spent Monday evening in the pottery barn. First time I'd been out there in a long time. I did a little glazing. It was fun to use Frost Blue just because I wanted to. 

Angela, Morgan, and Brit were here yesterday, working. Love and laughter. 

Kennedy and John came late yesterday afternoon and had supper with us. More love and laughter. 

14 03 10

Daniel,  as soon as he saw Ryan.. "Let's play football!"

14 03 10

So, we had Second Sunday Supper last night. It wasn't a full house, but it was a house full, and there seemed to be lots of love and laughter.

After supper, Papa got up and went and sat at the square dining room table and visited with the grandbabies sitting there (the younger bunch had already fled their table). Morgan talked about that this morning --- how much fun it was, and that he told them about making his own clay, and mud riding in the power lines, and got out his album and showed them pictures.

Angela called to see if we needed any ice --- she and Ryan were on their way.

She seems so happy. I told her that, as she was giving me a hug good bye. She said, "I am."

She and Ken had a lot of fun this weekend. Kennedy brings a special game for she and Angela to play together, and Ange said she thinks that's very sweet.

Skyler, to Annette, as she was getting a brownie, "I thought you said there were going to be cookies."

Zak brought Shawn.

Rodney came with a truck load of snacks. After supper, we put the boxes out on the dining room table.

Gave the albums last night. Annette said it is her favorite present of the year. Angela and Morgan took their albums to the sofa, and Brittany, Zak and Shawn joined them ---- looking at the pictures, reminiscing, laughing together.

Annette giving me the picture sign ... Brit and Shawn and their casts.

Barry and I played in the bonsai garden on Saturday. I did my first very own repotting, and my first very own wiring. Sunday, I rearranged the plants on three of the shelves. This morning Barry said that he really liked it.

Angela and Morgan, wedding planning.

Annette saying that she wants to help.

Beverly called. "Yay!" she said, about coming home.

14 03 08

We had a good time. .. relaxed, visiting. ..

14 02 28

Angela invited me to go with them when they look for her wedding dress. 

Email from Lori Skinner: 

Hi Vickie,

I want to thank you for being such an inspiration to me. I've watched from afar -- I mean Facebook -- as you've worked hard to bring your dreams to fruition, and at times I've yearned to do something similar. Now, it seems that my time has come.

I lost my job in January, and oh! I was so pleased! I'd been miserable for the last two years, and I'd thought of quitting many, many times, but I just couldn't bring myself to make the break. So, when my boss's bosses made the decision for me (my position as regional safety manager for a huge bus line simply ceased to exist), it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I had to hold back a few tears when my boss's boss first gave me the news, but I was laughing by the time I was on my drive home. It was all such a relief.

So, there will be change. My husband, Wade, and I are going to sell our house, and move from northern BC to Wade's home province of Nova Scotia. All of his family is there, including his aging mother, and it just seems like the place to be. And here is where your inspiration comes into play ... there's a possibility of us becoming landlords and/or small business owners, and there have been a few properties we've looked at (online) that have cried out to me, "Artists' retreat"! And who knows what we'll buy, and what will happen, but Vickie, I want you to know that you have crossed my mind so many, many times as I think of creating good spaces in the world, and of creating beauty for others to share, while also following my heart.

I plan to start a blog when our journey east begins (actually, I've already created it, although I don't plan to start writing in it until the move begins: http://novascotiabound.wordpress.com/). The move itself should be a bit of an adventure. We have a 20-foot motor home that Wade will drive, while also pulling a covered trailer. And I'll drive my beloved Matrix. Wade will take our kitty with him in the motorhome, and I'll take our three birds in my car. We'll have CB radios to keep in touch with each other as we drive, and you can bet that I will always have my camera close at hand!

Once we get to Nova Scotia, we'll stay at Wade's sister's cottage, on the ocean, until we decide what we're going to buy, and where we're going to live.

And that's enough about me. As I said, Sweetie, I just want to let you know that you have made, and continue to make, a difference in this world. I am so very glad to know you.

Lori