Sisters Dish
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Start Each Day With a Grateful Heart
When I started thinking about what I would write about Grateful, for our June Word of the Month Challenge, I first thought about my daily gratitude practice. But when I sat at the keyboard I just couldn’t think of what to say beyond the fact that it has been beneficial to me. I kept thinking maybe there is something bigger I should write about. After pondering this over my morning coffee, I realized that I was very grateful for our Sisterhood blog in so many different and some surprising ways. Every Boat Needs an Anchor When both your parents have passed away, the world changes. The best way I can…
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It’s Your Move
Recently we marked the milestone of having lived in this house for ten years. For most people this would likely not be of note, but having moved 13 times over the 34 years of my husband’s career, this is the longest we have lived in any community (or house for that matter). All this moving brought us many challenges, trials and tribulations but what I also realized recently was that moving also brought some important life lessons. Not wanting to waste all this hard earned knowledge and experience, I present my list of “things you never knew you needed to know about moving.” Marie Kondo Is Right One of the…
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Words to Live By
It seems to me that today's world is fuelled by a relentless search for inspirational quotes and words of wisdom. A quick scan of Instagram posts will confirm the proliferation of "arm chair quarterbacks" and self help gurus, telling us how we can become a better version of ourselves, to never give up and that they (whoever "they" are) believe in us. In short, we can be whoever we want to be if we just listen to/follow their well intentioned, advice. Amidst this deluge, it can be difficult to find meaning in any of it. It becomes a blur as you scroll through post after post in search of something…
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What Would Betty Do?
Our mom Betty’s superpower was her ability to connect with others. She genuinely liked people and they liked her. So, it was a “no brainer”, when we chose communication as our May Word of the Month Challenge, to channel Mom and practice our friendly/cheerful communication skills. That said, when we chose communication as our word for May I don’t think we really thought through the implications that COVID would have on our ability to do this. However, despite all the restrictions that COVID has brought, we Sisters are of hardy stock and so we soldiered on with our Challenge. As you will soon see, both Big and Little Sis dealt…
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The Not To Do List
I confess that I am an habitual "To Do Lister." I usually start my day, trying to organize my thoughts and the list gets me focused and ready to tackle the coming challenges. That and a cup of coffee has me energized and optimistic. Fast forward to the end of the day, however, and my mood is often much different. Checking that list at day's end frequently has me feeling ineffectual and annoyed with myself as I mark items to be transferred to tomorrow's list.
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Write On!
If you know that this sentence contains all the letters of the alphabet, you are probably Baby Boomer age or older and may have spent time in elementary school writing it to practice your handwriting skills. Fast forward to today when school aged kids can find their way around a computer keyboard at lightning speed and can type a text in record time using only their thumbs, but find handwriting a bit of a mystery. As someone who prefers good old pen and paper for getting thoughts across, this idea strikes horror in my heart and has moved me to start a crusade to Bring Back Handwriting! Putting Pen To…
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Who’s Speaking Please?
I have been in the work force for over 25 years, and I can feel retirement coming along any day now. (One can only hope.) Over those 25 years I have seen many technological changes, but perhaps the biggest change is in the workforce itself. I am now a "Boomer"surrounded by Millennials, and to say the least, they bring a unique vision to the work place.
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Is There Ever Enough Time?
Well we really set ourselves up this time (no pun intended)! I mean who in their right mind would think that a topic so broad and so fraught with a multitude of possible interpretations could be dealt with in one measly monthly challenge? Apparently we did, and let me tell you, we suffered for it....of course there was no physical pain involved but the mental anguish was almost unspeakable. Okay, I exaggerate slightly but this challenge was really hard. And so it came to pass that after much discussion, we decided to focus on how we use our time in the morning
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Never Ever Did I Think..
Although we are usually very active, Biscuit and I have lately become, well.... lazy. We don't really do much except eat popcorn, and watch reruns of Law and Order, Law and Order Special Victims Unit and any other crime show that we can find. Fortunately though, we recently had an epiphany, came to our senses and decided that we needed a project. So, following a time honored tradition, we chose to do some Spring cleaning. Biscuit thought it might be a good time to shake off some cob webs, and because we are still under the thumb of COVID there isn't much else to do anyway.
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Coding, Cooking and Colors
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Shoes decided their March Word of the Month would be "Why Not?" In keeping with the guidelines for the Word of the Month Challenge , each sister is free to interpret and incorporate the word(s) in whatever way they choose, which as you will see led to some interesting activities....
