Friendship

A gift fro Paula at Christmas...........its so cute on my shelf to see every day.


Many friends are away and I have been so lucky over the years to meet good friends, they are like the family I never had being an only child makes them extra special to me.

Pat and Edna

I just confirmed my reservation to Miramichi for end of month, a trip before we head south to see good friends and Pat is planning a brunch to get everyone together.....sounds great and can enjoy their company that much longer.

Pat,Helen,Linda, Pat and Kim

Pat Kim and Mary

Friendship is being close in heart even if apart


Enjoy your day.

Pope visits Moncton

Pope John Paul 11

area where we sat..

Look at the security around altar alone..

arrival

Throw back Thursday and many from New Brunswick will remember Pope John Paul 11 visit to
our city.....

In our house all was normal, I did have a couple of people staying with us from Saint John who were
in the choir, people I did know from Saint John.

Then my cousin Larry arrives, in a truck, with banners of the Pope's visit wanting me to go with him
to Magnetic Hill where Mass was being held.

We  started at airport. then to Catheral and then out to Magnetic Hill where buses were waiting to take
people to the site.  Larry says No we can go right up there in the truck and I thought for sure we would be in jail by end of day. lol

Whatever Larry told the security I will never know but we drove right in site, sat in the area right down front  of altar and I swore to Larry that we had better not be the people getting communion, he just laughed but you had to know my cousin.

In all it was a perfect day...............and I did feel very blessed to meet such an incredible man.

Thank you Cousin for making my day so special..

bargain day...

$1.29

1.99

1.79

After a month I finally got a morning out with Anitha and we started with

a MacDonalds breakfast.. Love there coffee, find it better than tims.

We did a few errands around town , drove through Dieppe and cannot believe

how much it has grown, whow the apartment buildings and condo's is unbelieveable.

I got to Michaels, went with one thing in my mind BUT never have I got those

good specials they have, racks always empty when I go but today was the day,

whow what great buys, for 49 cents - 1.79 a pkg. I had a great time finding the

goodies I wanted, now many of you know my supplies already but this I could not pass. lol

A trip to Swiss Chalet to get my free goodies on  scratch tag at Christmas , nice soup and a salad,

a steak and cheese pinni from  my  friend with gift card  at Christmas from   Tims and Supper is ready... What a good day.

Snow day

Yes yesterday was a snow day and even though I would love to head out somewhere,

(have a place in mind) Micheals !! I will stay put and watch the pretty snow from window.

What do you like about Winter??

For many there is nothing they like but others do enjoy the chance to do winter sports like

skating skiing, sledding , and one of my past favorites curling.

What I like now is:

first snow which means I am out of here soon for the South, lol

Playing sequence with friends

Enjoying a few of the grandchildren's hockey games before we head out...

talking to friends on the internet through my ipad who are already down south. 

opening the door and peeking out from time to time to see how cold it is because you don't dare

go out if its to cold as you might slip, fall, have broken bones and not get south...

Do you think we are getting stir crazy or what .. lol

Anyway seen this cute sign on internet and had to snatch it up.

   

Have a good day everyone..

smashing good time

A visit with  Gail..

altar Easter Sunday 

Golf course for breakfast

2014 brought us to Myrtle beach with lots of good times and memories.  Each year I prepare a
scrapbook or smash book for Paula and Laurie of our time down south and this year I forgot to
take pictures of my work so Paula sent me a few pages to show you.

Laurie and Paula  are now down in Myrtle Beach along with Gary and Liz, hope they enjoy nice weather for a few golf games.  Our plans are to leave towards end of February , hope some good sales are still on then. I may not get to Myrtle beach for a bit but I have my friends on the lookout for bargains.......lol

Today its snowing but school is in session....Its so pretty to see the snow but open the door and you freeze. I'll stay put and head down to my craft room. 

Have a good day everyone..

Hi....whats New?

                                                    
                                                    St Basils, Moscow, Russia

I came across this photo of the cathedral while reading through some interesting blogs, really caught my eye.  It is over 400 years old.

The Cathedral is now a museum. During restoration work in the seventies a wooden spiral staircase was discovered within one of the walls. Visitors now take this route into the central church, with its extraordinary, soaring tented roof and a fine 16^th Century iconostasis. You can also walk along the narrow, winding gallery, covered in beautiful patterned paintwork.

One service a year is held in the Cathedral, on the Day of Intercession in October.

at night...


And now to China for Ice Sculptures

downton abbey started 5th season past Sunday.....

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MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey

Think I would have to say the Downton Abbey has been my favorite show on TV in 2014. 

If you have Netflix you can see first 3 seasons for sure and I know you would enjoy it.

When we were in Saint John at Christmas time Uncle Don showed us the album his niece gave
him mostly of his birthday party but Malcolm and I were so surprised when we seen this picture of
Nana MacKenney and their dog MacTavish.. Nana MacKenney brought up Malcolm and his brother
George and we were so happy to take a copy of this picture.

  
Everyone loved MacTavish, he was one of a kind for sure, When he died Nana MacKenney lost her
best friend for sure......

Then we looked at a book Donnie had that I had heard about but never seen and were we surprised
when we found a picture in the book Of The grandfather's grocery store....... I heard about it everytime we drive by in Saint John so was nice to see a picture.

MacKenney's store

Lower picture is Uncle Calvin and Malcolm and George's father - Big George as I always called him. lol

burr...cold temperatures

 

 

I had a cold and it was so  so cold last night and this morning so in the house we will stay.

Did go to clinic on weekend to get meds and nose spray to clear up this second bout of

cold, I had been bragging how I had not been sick for a few years, spoke to soon.. It is going

around everywhere.

 

Kate took Gilbert for a walk on the trail behind their house, he loves to get in the woods

for a good run and Susan snapped a picture of them.  This was a rather nice day before

it got cold.

 

I was so anxious to have a steak and cheese pinnini from Tim Hortons so Malcolm

went up and got me one, well I mainly tasted all burnt, so disappointed as they are

really so good.  Oh well  I  ate anyway.....

 

New Years wishes from Pumpkin in Virginia.....

We had a great laugh when we went on ipad and here was pumpkin with her crown

on for New Years eve, so cute... Laurie is checking into hotel and its all decorated

to make guests feel comfortable.  You see the hats on the desk for guests take.

One of my favorite photos taken at a wedding the kids attended in Ottawa, always reminds

me of New Years too..... 

Our first supper of 2015.................

Kate loves owl's, found this one on pinterest  and figured I could

enlarge for her room..

Happy Birthday Anitha

Happy birthday Anitha

Well Anitha starts the year off with a birthday and we are all wishing her the best for 2015 .

Hard to believe its a year since we celebrated with her last year and now its time to think about Myrtle Beach again , a great start to the new year.

Have a wonderful day Anitha....

Happy New Years

Happy New Year to everyone..............Out with the old and in with the new...

Last year on Christmas my daughter gave me a book, she bought it in Chapters and even though she did not believe I would ever write anything in the book she did like the cover.

Well I surprised her and wrote something every single day of 2014...never missed a day and I am so proud of myself.  So I have a new book from Susan to write in this year and another beautiful book from Mac to make notes in or whatever I would like so i'll be busy.

my written pages

book from Malcolm

I hope you make some good memories in 2015 to remember one day or for someone

to read about in the future.

Pat pays a visit

Pat was making a trip down to Moncton on her day off to do some returns so I figured it was a
good day to do mine as well.  Stores were really busy for a Tuesday but then again New YEARS eve is tonight so many people took the holidays through Christmas and New years making for a nice long vacation.

Trent was busy with a hockey tournament in Sussex and they were going back and forth all week, good thing Rob had this week off.

No plans for tonight.....just relax, watch a movie and bring in 2015