7 Apples on a Saturday Night | I’ll Have a Side of Cheese With That

Cheese and apples go good together, right? Of course they do! These 7 Apples are all about cheese. If you’ve ever read the book, “Who Moved My Cheese,” you’ll get right away what I’m writing about. If you haven’t read it, do. It’s short, can be read in a little over an hour and it could […]

7 Apples on A Saturday Night | That’s My Mom

My mom is here this weekend, meaning I get to celebrate Mother’ s Day with her, a very rare occasion! As we talk and reminisce about our family and our antics, I think it’s only fitting to share some of those stories with you so you can get to know her a little bit. 7 […]

7 Apples on a Saturday Night | 7 Days Grateful

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust Sunday | We usually go to my friend Shelley’s for lunch on Sundays. We all pitch in, lots of us go, and it’s one of those ‘habits’ that creates some pretty great […]

7 Apples on a Saturday Night | Dreams are So Overrated

Have you ever had your dreams squashed, told they were pie in the sky or that they could never possibly happen? I’m guessing it crushed a wee bit of your soul, left you deflated and maybe even left you wondering whether it was a pipe dream or not. Do you know what “Follow Your Dreams” […]

7 Apples on a Saturday Night | R-E-S-P-E-C-T

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word respect? Quite probably it’s Aretha Franklin’s song with that title, yes? Although the words in the song are a little light, the meaning of the word itself speaks volumes. RESPECT – [ri-spekt] Esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence […]

7 Apples | I Don’t Buy It – Regret is Regret

Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. ~Victoria Holt I don’t buy it. I have regrets. I’ve made choices I would like to reverse, don’t you? Can we really slough it off as ‘experience’? Sure, and hopefully we  do learn from it so as not to repeat the same mistake […]

Time Sweet Time

Have you had enough of it all – the focus we give to ‘time’? Does it seem like everywhere you turn, someone is addressing our use of it? Is it being wasted or is it being maximized? Feeling pressured to do more – or to do less – seems to be an ever-present challenge. Time […]

7 Apples on a Saturday Night | The Car & Me

Road Trip So many life lessons and not all come from Kindergarten! 1. If you travel in Alberta in April, dont’ expect the weather to cooperate. Blizzards occur. Drive according to conditions. When blizzards hit your life, adjust the conditions to suit the situation, don’t expect to perform at full tilt normal. 2. Silence is […]

Bug Soup to Butterfly, Transformation Extraordinaire

My diamond and sapphire butterfly ring was one of my prized possessions. Walking in on the cat burglar who stole it along with several other pieces of my fine jewelry rattled me, yes, but it was kind of fun to see the looks on the investigators’ faces when they responded to my 911 call, truth […]

7 Apples on a Saturday Night | Hope Springs New

As many of us celebrate this Easter weekend, there is so much symbolism embodied in it. Whether or not you take part in remembering the death and resurrection of Christ, this weekend is synonymous with renewed hope . Everywhere around us we see life begin again. You can’t fight it, stop it or deny it. […]