Waxing Philosophical....

You know I often title my blog posts with something that tickles my

fancy but may not be the proper use of the term.  Stay with me - don't

let my crazy blog titles scare you away.

  In my head I am clever and

witty.....

I was thinking today my Mom and my Nan - I miss them both and think

of them often.  Now they both lived a good long life so this isn't a sad post. 

What it is really is a little "mini" celebration and testament to how we

live on in our words and deeds.

My Mom and Nan were both famous in our family for being the "Queens

of Quotes".  They had a little adages about just about everything (I had to

look up adage  - see I only think I am clever!)

I find myself as I get older and particularly as a manager in my work

life repeating some of the sayings that drove me nuts as a teenager.  Those

sayings now bring me peace of mind and make me feel wise (thanks Mom!)

What's fascinating to me is how many of those sayings have been lost

(I can tell by the blank stares of my twenty-something staff at work).

I bet you have quotes or sayings that your parents, grandparents or

even you find yourself saying....

Over the coming Tuesday's I would like to share some of those

great reassuring sayings with you - and have you share yours as well.

And maybe create a craft or two using those quotes....

Maybe a new linky party in the making?

So for this week remember:

"It will all come out in the wash"

Thanks Mom,

Beachy-Keen

I made this bracelet some time ago.  It is still one of my favourites!  I

thought I would share it as it seems so "beachy" in feel and
is in keeping with our change in weather.

 It along with many other creations are for sale. 

I need to start listing on my FB page

again. 

Is it just me or does there always seem to be a million fun things

to do and never enough time to do 'em all?

Hope you are starting your week off well,

A Hairy Fail or a Fairy Tale?

It might be said that "a hair on the head is worth

two in the brush".....and I would agree.  I am glad to

have my hair and very aware that there are those who

long for hair (long or short!).

My stupidist "hair" moment by far was when I said to

my sister who was then going through chemo treatments

"I just can't do a darn thing with my hair - I hate it".  To which

she good-humouredly took off her baseball cap, rubbed her

scalp and said "yeah, I know just what you mean".  Good

thing she loved me the way she did - we laughed and laughed.

She passed away 14 years ago - and since that time I have always

really tried to be more self-aware - to reflect on what I am saying

and what I am complaining about and who it might impact. So this

is NOT a complaint (haha) just an observation about how things

don't always go the way we think they should.

I coloured my hair this morning and let me tell you - my hair

ALWAYS come out the same colour (medium brown).

Here's what I used:

I was relatively sure that things would go the way they always

go and I would get what I had always got...

 there have never been any surprises no matter what shade I pick -

......until......

My medium brown hair now looks like this:

I don't hate it - in fact I LOVE red hair -but suffice it to say 

it was not what I was going for!  I am sure, in a day

or two, it will grow on me (pun intended!).

Have you ever had a hair fail - a happy one or a gigantic

fail?  Tell us about it!

Happy Sunday!

p.s. clearly Miss Clairol didn't sponsor this post - if they

had - they probably would have been puzzled with my

outcome too!  I'd be happy to try other colours tho if they wanted

to send me some to try!

Isn't She Lovely?

I don't know about you but I simply could not live without my little

four-legged friends.  My little Marcie is such a doll.  Mr. Biff calls

her the "boneless" dog because she will simply flop on you if you

put her on your lap.  Such a bundle of goodness in one little critter!

She obviously didn't like the flash on this one.

Can you say "relaxed"?

Marcie loved our chickens when we had them in our old backyard.  I

think she thought they were hers....

Bee is also a charmer - she's what I lovingly refer to as my "pilot"

dog because she accompanies me every where I go. Here she is being

a fashionista!

Fluffy after a bath (she doesn't like baths!)

And little Bee sleeping...which is what she likes to do (and

she snores like a buzz-saw!)

Hope you've enjoyed this peek at "the girls".  They are truly

little lovelies (ok, except when they bark incessantly at the

neighbours, or trip you on the way to the bathroom during the

night, or insist on getting up at the crack of dawn for a walk!)

Love 'em!

If only!

Have a great day - hope it's warm & sunny where you are (but not

TOO hot!)

Linking Marcie's cute picture here: