Sunday this and that . . .

 

(Lucy and Tom's ABC)

Its raining, its pouring  . . .  tipping it right down this morning in a fine and steady rain. The other day we were at the golden arches and it was raining so hard that the rain drops were bouncing back up about six inches into the air!  Only made us linger longer over our hot choccies until it let up.  A woman we know from church was sitting in the booth next to us with some of her grandchildren. It was so lovely to see. I can only wish . . . 

 

Thankfully we had a beautiful afternoon for the wedding of Eileen and Derek yesterday.  Very well attended also.  Its lovely to see a couple meet and fall in love at such a late stage in life. 

  

I believe Derek is 80 and Eileen is in her late 60's, early 70's.  They met online.  Its a beautiful story. Both had been widows for a long time.  Never give up on finding love. Sometimes you find it more than once in life.  I just know they will be very happy together.  He clearly adores her and she him.  I am so very happy for them! 

  

Last night I started to crochet that heart dishcloth that I posted the link to the other day. It just wasn't working out.  I think I was perhaps too tired, because now in the daylight I see the mistake I am making.  I have missed out a whole row.  It's a good thing that crochet is so easy to rip out and do over.  See Monique?  You are not the only one.  Even well seasoned crocheters need to rip back their work every now and then!  It's cute however.  I think I might remove all the blue though and use a darker blue?  I don't know.  I haven't made up my mind yet.  I think it's cute though.  

There's a lot of cute projects on that page.  The rag baskets are catching my eye big time! 

 

I discovered Tail.Com the other day.  They tailor make dog food for your individual dog according to their needs, etc.  I decided to try them out.  Mitzie is overweight and everything we have tried so far just has not worked.  You have to fill out a questionaire according to your dog and their habits, etc.  Mitzie is a 7 year old greedy overweight English Cocker, and needs to lose weight, and she doesn't get all the exercise that she should because she has an elderly owner and another owner with severe arthritis, so minimal exercise and she likes her treats.  They came up with a formula just for her, and a specific diet/measuring cup, etc.  

 

It comes right to your door.  We are weaning her into it.  They even gave specific instructions on how to do that.  We are on day two and so far so good.  She seems to be enjoying it and I love that they have taken all of the guesswork out of the experience.  I have high hopes for this and maybe at the end of it all she will have lost some weight!  

I wish I could do the same for me.  But have you checked those

programs where they send you all the main meals you

can eat?  EXPENSIVE!

And you still have to buy other foods to go with them.  

 

This is a quick photo I snapped with my phone of the Sisters after dinner the other night.  Sister Turnbull from OZ and then Sister Fawcett from British Columbia.  This is Sister Fawcetts first area on her mission.  She only arrived here last Tuesday.  She is going to be an amazing Missionary.  She comes from a farming family and I think she said there were 8 children in the family.  Sister Turnbull is a Convert herself, of about three years I think, and here she is serving a Mission.  I love it when that happens.  These young people are amazing. They inspire me.

 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed 

by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. 

Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

 Explore. Dream. Discover.

You know how on facebook they have memories.  This came up the other day as a memory of something which I had posted on Facebook last year.  I loved it then.  I love it now.  I love creating collages. 

 

Here is another one I had done around the same time.  Loved this one too. 

But then again, I adore beach huts. They remind me of little Wendy Houses and I have always loved Wendy Houses.  There is a cute Wendy House on Winston Churchill's Chartwell property. 

 

 

It's a Brick house with little furniture inside and everything. 

But my favourite Wendy House of all has to be the one on the grounds of Windsor Castle, at the Royal Lodge, which was built for the little Princesses and presented to the Queen from the people of Wales in 1932. 

  

 “Y Bwthyn Bach” (The Little Cottage)

Isn't it adorable?  Thatched roof and everything.  Wouldn't a child have a wonderful time playing in this Wendy house.  

 

 There is a short video where you can visit inside the Wendy House here on You Tube, as being explained by Princess Beatrice.  It's really interesting! 

 

Mary Poppins Returns is coming out this Christmas by Disney.  I can't wait.  And guess who is playing the new Mary Poppins. 

  

Emily Blunt.  Is that not perfect casting?  I think so!  I loved the story of Mary Poppins when I was a child. At the end of the school year in Grade 2 I had been given the book as an award.  This was a well worn book by the time I was an adult.  It had all the original drawings in it by Mary Shepherd.

I just loved that book.  I was devastated when my ex husband during our last year of marriage gifted all of my childhood books to an old friend of his for "her grandchildren".  It still pains me to think about it.  I can remember feeling very angry with him for having done that. They were not his to give away.  All water under the bridge now.  I forgive. I forgive. I forgive.

 

Oh how I loved President Hinckley.  I am really enjoying studying his life this year in Relief Society. He was an amazing man and his wife was an amazing woman!  Loved them both dearly!  They were a perfect match!

Funny how being at this wedding yesterday reminded me of when I married Todd. It brought a tear to my eye.  One of the speakers was talking about how much you love each other on the day you get married, but how that love that you have on that day is nothing compared to the love which grows and deepens as the years pass by.  It is so true.  I totally adore my husband with a love which transcends and overshines everything else.  I never thought it was possible to love someone as much as I love him. 

I am blessed beyond measure.

♥

A thought to carry with you . . . 

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 *.˛.° ˛°. If you want to get warm, you must stand near the fire.

If you want to be wet, you must get into the water.

If you want, joy, power, peace, eternal life,

You must get close to, or even into

the thing that has them. ~C S Lewis  .° * 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •

Spiritual Enlightenment  

Baking in The English Kitchen today  . . .  Sour Cherry and Vanilla Scones.  These are wowsa! 

Have a beautiful Sunday.  Whatever you get up to don't forget!

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And I do too!