The Problem Solver

Early yesterday morning, when we were all thinking about getting up, Lexi decided she wanted to wear Jalen's sunglasses. 

In a great problem solving move Jalen went to the fridge for their drinks.  He opened hers first - offered it in exchange for his glasses which she quickly gave up. 

Jalen put his glasses in a safe place - on his head - and as you can see Lexi was absolutely thrilled.

Problem solved....and it wasn't quite 7 am!

Speaking of Brando....

Hmmm, I wonder what Marlon Brando was working on?? 

Lovely wasn't he?

H.M.S. Bounty

My sister Lois and I saw the majestic Bounty this past summer.  The Bounty was in Halifax as part of the Tall Ships event. 

Built in the Maritimes in the 1960s for the movie Mutiny on the Bounty staring Marlon Brando many of us from the Maritimes have always kept a special spot in our heart for the Bounty.

We are thinking of the captain and crew at this tough time.  My heart goes out to the Captain's family.

Life is so unpredictable isn't it?  Little did we know this past summer that Halifax would never see the Bounty again.  We might have taken another look if we had known....

The A Team

Hey there if you were a member of the "A" team at Bell you will recognize my friends Linda, Maria, Helen and Dorothy.

Hats off to you ladies - we did lots of great volunteer work together "back in the day" and I think it is great that we remain in contact and friends to this day.

Ah, the good old days.

From the heart

Carol Ann

Love where you Live

 

I realize that when you blog on a regular basis about your life, work, family and friends there is bound to be a time when someone takes exception to what you have said.   That has happened to me for the first time.

When I blogged a few days about the rain and wind storm we had in the GTA and how that felt from the 21st floor I received this picture and a less than pleasant note from a man I do not know suggesting I should move to the country rather than complain about where I live.  What he actually said was that I should "shut up" about the city and move away from the GTA.

Interesting but not who I am. I will be mindful about my complains - at least here.

Priorities

Lexi's priority last evening was not giving out candy (in fact she was not at all happy to give out any candy - she wanted to keep it and eat it all.)  She had a lovely "Strawberry" costume but would have no part of that either.  Her priority was to line her characters up in front of the fireplace and pose for a picture...and we almost succeeded albeit she was too busy checking everyone out to look at the camera.

A new month

So the only sport Jalen does not play at the moment is baseball.  He was a baseball player last night though and brought home lots of candy!