Here comes the Sun

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,

and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun

and I say it's all right 

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces 
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here 
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun 
and I say it's all right 

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... 
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... 
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... 
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... 
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... 

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting 
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear 
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, 
and I say it's all right 
It's all right 

Sung by the Beatles...

nuff' said...

There is Beauty in the World

Listen to the sound and lose it
Its sweet music and dance with me
There is beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world
Always beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world
Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world
Pick your diamond pick your pearl there is beauty in the world
All together now
Sung by Macy Gray


It's Saturday morning ~ it's 8am and I've been up since 5am.  I know ~ you think I'm crazy, I get up at 6:30 everyday for work and a lot of mornings these days, I have a hard time getting out of bed,  and I only get 2 days to sleep in ~ but I love coming downstairs to quiet!


I think it comes with age, but I like quiet these days ~ I never appreciated it before ~ I always needed some kind of noise to feel comfortable.  




Today I lit some candles for ambiance....

...and took advantage of the peace and quiet ~ There is nothing like sitting with a coffee by yourself and relaxing.  I check email and spend time at favorite websites ~ reading, learning, copying recipes I think I'd like to try!  No noise except the click of the my fingers on the keyboard!  

Even the dogs were taking advantage of this moment!

Soon it will be all over, and the noise of the day will begin ~ but I will bathe in the peace and quiet for now :)  Have a great Saturday.

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here


Sung by Nat King Cole


I'm waiting for winter to be long gone, and the nice weather to get here!! It hasn't even been that long or bad of a winter, but I'm so looking forward to hooking up the trailer and get away for the weekend. We don't usually go far, just across the border (thank the Lord for Nexus passes ;) to Birch Bay most weekends ~ sometimes I'm feeling spoiled and want wi-fi and TV so we go a bit further to Burlington, but we both love Birch Bay.

        We always try and go down the beach and catch the gorgeous sunsets

If we don't make the beach, I catch it through the trees

 
                        Lookit that, a site with our name on it :)

We take the dogs with us, they are so well behaved :)

Beautiful scenery

Chillin' out at Birch Bay

I'll be sitting inside waiting patiently for the weather to improve so we can hook up and take off for the weekend or our vacation :)

It's Monday Jan 10th today ~  I had a weekend but not much of one ~ I was sick with the flu when I woke up Saturday morning and stayed in bed until this morning at 6:30.  It sucks to be sick on your days off!!!
We were going to friends who were making dinner for us Saturday night ~ we haven't seen them in awhile and I so wanted to go....and Ray kept saying to me, are you ok ~ are you able to make it??  I'd better call Mary if you are too sick ~ and I'd say ~ I'm ok...I'll just have a nap and then I'll be better :/  Well after sleeping for an hour and a half (which I NEVER do during the day) I woke up feeling worse ~ chills every time I moved, couldn't get warm ~ a headache that was soooo bad ~ the worst stomach ache I've ever had in my life.....dinner was at 6:30 and we'd have to leave about 4pm as they live an hour away....however at 3:45 I said to Ray, I can't make it, I'm too sick....so he called and cancelled and apologized and told them I was sick....I felt horrid, not only wasn't I going, but I now didn't cancel until the last minute and she'd worked hard to make us a nice dinner.
Ray was so good, he brought me hot tea and soup and made me eat/drink it as I didn't feel like eating anything....he tucked me in and made sure I was warm.  Then I heard him on the main floor talking and laughing....I was hoping he was on his phone and not going crazy keeping himself company! LOL....then he came upstairs to show me the following photos sent to him in a text message from our friends...

the prime rib roast Mary cooked for dinner

The homemade apple pie she made especially for Ray!!

He was just sitting down to his dinner when the message came so he sent her the following..

Ray's boiled egg and toast.....

I woke up the next morning, feeling a bit better, the chills and achy feeling gone and stomach ache toned down a lot but still very weak with a massive headache, and thinking Mary would never speak to me again, I opened my email to find a very sweet email from her ~ we missed you, don't feel bad and hope you're better soon.  Lets have dinner in 2 weeks, and she'll cook again!!

Now, that's a good friend....and why I love her and her beau Maurice :)  

Ummmm...Mary, can I at least bring dessert??? :)

Time

Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don’t go so fast
I’m missing the moments as they pass....
Chantal Kreviazuk

(I wanted to name this post ~ Time Well Wasted, but I can't find a song :/)


Hello, my name is Tracey and I'm addicted to the computer/internet!


Remember when you were a kid and when you saw a computer on TV it was the size of the room that held it??  Ok you're probably not that old ~ but when I was a kid this was the case ~ if you had of told me I'd hold a computer on my lap and be able to talk to the world, I would have taken you immediately to get a lobotomy!!

Computers have taken over the world!!  I bet you don't go through a day without being on it least once ~ I'm on mine when I have breakfast in the morning, checking email and facebook and favorite sites I like to keep up with.  I sit in front of one all day at work ~ on it 85% of my day, although I must say, I'm not doing anything fun or personal.  I grab it (I use a laptop) as soon as I walk through the door at night and I'm on it a lot through the evening, unless there is something on TV I'd rather watch, most nights I do both!!  I've even taken my laptop to bed with me ~ but most nights I take my iPad cause it's smaller ;) and *occasionally* I've been known to take BOTH with me!!!

Is this wrong?? My husband who snapped the photo thinks so!! LOL

Top 5 things I do on the computer/internet:

1. check email
2. check facebook
3. surf the internet
4. listen to music
5. watch tv shows I've missed or can't get on my cable
6. surf iTunes for new music, movies, apps 
7. upload photos from my camera, iPod, iPhone
8. make videos with music out of photos mentioned above
9. I've started putting my recipes on my laptop (a very time consuming job) so I don't have to search through books and books for a recipe I'm looking for ~ I can find the recipe put my laptop on my island and bake/cook away ~ I LOVE IT!!

Top 5 sites I frequent

1. facebook ~ check in with friends to see what's happening and let them know what I'm doing :)
2. pioneer woman ~ great blog, recipes, camera/photography tips
3. rosie radio ~ read about her show each day ~ it's always on when I'm working
4. my bank ~ make sure  it hasn't been hacked into :) but mostly to pay bills :/
5. about 50 blogs I try to keep up with
6. crafting ideas
7. dictionary.com to see how to spell a word
8. look up how to do almost anything I need done and can't figure it out 
9. chat with far away friends
10. play games ~ bejeweled blitz2 (I'm addicted ~ and compete with a friend to beat her butt!! Hi Joy :)

I'm not sure why I put top 5 ~ I could keep going!! 

The computer/internet is the best ~ and I know I lived before I had it, I'm just not sure how!!!

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 

And never brought to mind? 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 

And auld lang syne! 

For auld lang syne, my dear, 

For auld lang syne. 

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, 

For auld lang syne. 

Ok, the weekend away didn't go quite as planned, but we still had a great time together :)
Before my son (sick as a dog) called at 3:30am Saturday morning and we rushed home to take care of him, we ~
did a bit of shopping ~ Ray found a jacket and a couple of great sweaters on sale....
We checked into our hotel, and just relaxed and watched some TV, ok we napped some too ~ LOL
We had 8:30 reservations at the restaurant downstairs, and got dressed up for that.
It was a New Years Eve special menu a 4 course dinner that was scrumptious.
While eating, we decided to list good things that happened in 2010?

1. we got his family back
2. we got a new trailer
3. Josh has really come around, warming up to Ray more, respecting him as a step-dad
4. we had a great summer in the US for 3 weeks just chilling out with no worries
5. this was the first time in many, many years both of us looked forward to and got excited about Christmas
6. Josh got to go to Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama
7. We spent 4 days in Whistler with good friends and had a great time with them

Then we talked about the bad things 

1. losing Mary was of course #1 ~ what a huge loss for both of us

and really the only one we could think of ~ we both had a pretty good year with lots of good memories.