Little bird has left the nest.

One of my baby birds spread his wings yesterday and flew off to the wide open prairies of Manitoba....'Going to Winnipeg' as we now say.

He is going on a camping adventure with his Grandparents for a few days which suits his personality to a 'T'.

That boy likes his camping. He has spent many a nights with the tent pitched in the back yard, I think he would live out there permanently if we let him.

He has been enrolled in grade 7 outdoor ed for the past year with his grades reflecting his love of the outdoors, next year they are building winter survival shelters...interesting.

But for now he is in Winnipeg, his very first solo airplane ride now under his belt, he will be visiting some family and most importantly his Great Grandma while there before they head out for 4 nights of camping fun.

According to the photo I just received on my cell phone with a text message telling me he is spending his first morning hanging over the roof top of a ten story building, I think he's in good hands and I have nothing to worry about.....!!

Left eared???

Is it possible to be left or right eared?
You know, like left handed or right handed?

My right hand, foot & whole right side really is defiantly my dominant side, right up to my eye sight. My left contact is way stronger for my weak left eye.

Funny I play hockey/ringette left handed but baseball right.

What gives?

When on the phone the receiver will always be on my left ear.
Today at work I am so busy (you can tell by my blogging right?) that I was uber multitasking and I had to place the phone on my right ear, well.....that was awkward....as if it was burning me as I held it I was desperate to get it over to my left ear ASAP. It just fits better, feels better.

What odd creatures we are.

Maybe I had it all wrong.

We have had allot of appointments in our family over the last few weeks and I have been happily making it to most of them.
Which is good with about half of them being for myself.

Appointments are during work hours for the most part so all of these appointments require time away from the desk.
I usually try to book these appointments as early or as late in the day as possible to avoid excess driving back and forth.
I was starting to feel a bit (only a tiny bit) bad missing so much time from work, an hour here two hours there, so Terry said he wouldn't mind taking Tayler to her latest orthodontics appt yesterday. Being the amazing, sweet guy that he is he also suggested I go try to get some gym time in after work, which is rare for me with the busy lives of children, and that he would take care of getting everyone to where they needed to be.

I hesitated but gratefully gave in.

I was worried a bit that he would be overwhelmed with the after school/work activities as well as the responsibility of making dinner and such.
Terry is very capable and organised, handling anything thrown at him with ease, but I still felt a pang of guilt run through me leaving him with all the duties of taking care of everyone else while I traipse off to the gym.

I went to the gym and had a great work out, it felt so good going and taking care of me.
On my way back home I prepared my self to get dinner going or to start on the dishes only to walk through the door and find Terry and Nathan eating a very yummy smelling chicken stir fry and looking all relax happy to see me, dishes caught up, the other two children at their job and sport.
All I had to do was fill a plate, pour myself a drink and sit down and relax.
I flipped through the local paper, talked with the boys on their day before heading out side to mow the lawn and take in some warm evening weather.

I had it all wrong, I don't need to leave my job to stay home in hopes of making our lives less stressful and feel more calm, smooth and efficient. I don't need to be at home to take care of everyone in hopes of making their lives run more smoothly.
Terry does.

I tell you, I had one of the best after work nights I have had in quite sometime last night.
Peace, love and happiness....

Game of Life

The boys went in together and purchased themselves the Game of Life (Sponge Bob version) from a garage sale across the street this weekend.

They played that game over and over Saturday after buying it.

It may be a fleeting thing, the novelty of it may soon wear off but to see them so engrossed playing so well together as the clock strikes midnight and the fire still roars on, it does a mother's heart good and I will call that $8.00 well spent.

Happy Father's Day

I'm blank....

.....Not that I don't have anything going on, hahahaha, that would be silly. I just don't have the words for anything right now.

I would like to post these words though,I read it on a blog I follow,
Inspired Work of Self Indulgence . She is right, it's some gooood advise.

It's a bit long but for those of you who can make it through I feel its worth the read.
Enjoy.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.Strive to be happy.

~ Max Ehrmann

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