Lets Catch up!

Well I hope everyone had a great summer, fall is in the air and I personally am a fall person. I love the fall, the change of the leaves, crispness in the air and the cooler temperatures! As I mentioned in a previous post, I am menopausal and heat is my enemy, so cooler days are my friend. It is also election time in the U.S. and there is so much going on especially with the 2 conventions and campaign thumping so maybe some one can tell me why the U.S has only 2 parties and independent candidates? why isn't there more to choose from? here in Canada we have several parties, not all of the great or that will ever succeed at winning an election but at least we have other choices. Then today I was reading that there is a lot of hubbub about some of these politicians using social media as a form of getting information out or should I say propaganda? So should there be a limit to what they can do through social media? or should it be used at all? I am not a very political person, but I do take the opportunity to vote, why you may ask....well I believe that if you don't vote, then don't bitch about what the people in power are doing with your tax dollars! so its simple DON'T VOTE, DON'T BITCH. Now for those that do vote, if your preferred candidate gets in and you don't like what they are doing...BITCH, if the candidate you voted for doesn't get in and you don't like what they are doing...BITCH, over all your exercising your right to say something. I think this is fair, don't you? Everyday I speak with people who complain for one reason or another about what the current government is doing, so my first question to them is "did you vote"? most say no and a small percentage say yes, if you say no, then I say I don't want to talk to you about. Some may say this is a foolish attitude, and maybe even a narrow view, but I don't think so because we were given this opportunity to decide who we want in power and it is our duty to help make that choice. Let not just sit back and let these choices go to waste, get out and vote people!

Short Holiday

Well the weekend was very eventful, we had a great time in the Kootneys! The campground was great, clean, showers, right on the lake and a beautiful beach!

As you can see beautiful white sand.

 The community of Nelson are very organic, lots of organic fruits and vegetables are grown here and it seemed to us that the people lived to live and not just to exist as we tend to do in the big cities. Everyone was friendly and welcoming and we happened to hit the weekend of Kootney Pride, they had a parade, a show and dance along with many other activites going on the the town. Now this parade is not as big and bold as the ones you find in the bigger cities such as Vancouver, but the spirit as just as big and just as fun as any other. Over all we had a great time, did some shopping at the many interesting and unusual stores bringing home little treasures we found.      

The town has kept its heritage.

The weather was great but chilly at night, that just gave us a better excuse to have a roaring fire to pop jiffy pop popcorn! mmmm so good.

I would love to go back and spend more time here, maybe even spend some time here in the fall when the colours are changing and the chill is in the air. Of course the drive was long, 8 hrs but the scenery was great we saw a bear running across the road, many horses and cows and of course lots of crow's and squirrels which are extremely noisy in this area? not sure why but they were.

Nelson has a beautiful park on the water in town, it was impeccably clean and the gardens were very lovely along with a nice beach. They even had a food concession stand that served ice cream, hot dogs and hamburgers, it was kept extremely clean and inviting.

                                                                                                                            The park Gardens



The beach at the town park

The entrance to the park

The View is beautiful from any direction

Nelson will always be one of my favourite places to visit and I have the scars to prove it lol. Fell out of the tent once and banged up my knee really well and then twisted my ankle and injured my other knee! Not the kind of keep sake I would have picked but the scars will do :-)

What is wrong with us

Well I'm really not sure why we are the way we are, but since when has what the queen wears while driving become more important then people getting killed, hurricanes or other horrible things going on in this world today? This has been a week of bad news all around for me, the death of friends, work associates loosing family to possible murder, other friends loosing their parents....I know its the natural process of life, people die and babies are born, but it doesn't mean I have to like it! I lost my own father 8 months ago, so I guess its still a little raw but I am moving on as we all do. I suppose its because our own mortality comes into question as we age or maybe it just because I'm menopausal lol, I really don't know.
I've started looking to the future more these days too, like where I want to be and what I want to be doing in 15 yrs time when I retire. Will I still be in the same house? the same job? what will it be like? So I've started to make plans, maybe look at places to be living, taking extra money out on the mortgage when we renew and redo the kitchen (only if we plan on being in the same house) you see, the kitchen we have is very small, and when we decided to down size I didn't realise just how much the small kitchen would bother me! But alas it does! or maybe we should just finish the up dates and sell? find another house with a bigger kitchen? what to do, what to do? Some days I think I can't squeeze any more thoughts into my brain, I'm starting to think I might want to invest in some ear plugs just to stop it from leaking out. Its funny, as I've gotten older I don't have many regrets, but some. I would even go as far as saying some that are minor, and one or two that are much bigger. I would like to think I can change some of those into none regrets, like regretting not learning to play an instrument, I was given plenty of opportunities to learn just never wanted to at the time. So maybe I will take some lessons, piano or guitar hmmm I don't know, I like both but would like to just pick one. Other regrets I'm managing to undo, like staying in touch with family that are far away, possibly going back to visit a little more often, that's an easy one. Big regrets, my first marriage but I can't change that I've got 3 great kids out it and that makes up for that any of that time wasted :-) Well death also brings regrets, wishing you had done more for your loved ones, spending more time with them, but I think they know and I'm sure they had there own regrets in life, but then again who isn't without regret. If some ever tells you they don't have any regrets, chances are they are they are probably lying! TTFN

Figuring it all out.

So, apparently I'm not very good at this lol I posted one blog last week and after posting another today it seems to have disappeared! go figure! I probably deleted myself not knowing what the heck I was doing. I will learn, though at my age its a slower process, but I'm not as bad as some.
So if your reading this be patient with me as I learn, I promise it will get better.

Monday-starting a new week

Well as you can see I'm not someone who sits down to blog everyday, I guess I don't want to start talking about things that may not be relevant to anyone but me. So its Monday and the start of the week, I had a very nice weekend though sleep seems to elude me these days. I'm not sure if its because I'm menopausal or if it because I'm getting older, they say as you age you tend to need less sleep but I don't feel like that when I wake in the morning feeling tired still. Oh well will have to leave that question up the powers that be, over all it was an interesting weekend. We went to my husband hockey team's start of the season BBQ, everyone one was super friendly and welcoming but as a person who is not always comfortable with people I don't know, I tend to look awkward and silly standing there smiling like the Cheshire cat hoping nobody will notice. As the evening wore on and everyone started drinking I didn't feel so uncomfortable, don't get me wrong! it wasn't the drink that made me feel this way, but the fact that others were drinking and I knew it wouldn't be long before nobody noticed how uncomfortable I might have been, as they were to busy getting their own buzz on :-). I limited myself to 1 glass of wine before dinner and 1 beer after dinner, only because the wine was horrible lol, nothing worse then cheap wine in a plastic bottle. I know for next time to bring my own wine! By the end of the evening nobody seemed to be feeling any pain, and of course there are always those that become very entertaining especially if they don't drink any other time.
Sunday I was babysitting 2 of my beautiful grandchildren and as any grandmother will tell you it is always a joy to have the little ones around. My husband is working a very early shift this week and we are counting down till we go away this weekend camping, I'm not sure if we have over stepped our boundaries on this trip as it will be an 8 hr drive there and back, I'm hoping it is worth all the effort. We are off to do a little exploring and to take a look around to see what the area has to offer. I'm looking forward to it and hope to come back with some great pictures. TTFN