Better late than never ...

Every year for as long as I can remember, my friend Judy-B and I  have exchanged Christmas/Yule gifts. The problem is that we do not get to see each other as often as we used to and so we usually end up giving our gifts to one another long after the holidays are over. Well, this year our gifts were five months late!

I gave her a friendship picture frame which I had bought for her while visiting Canada last year and she graciously gave me some wonderful bath and body products from "Yves Rocher" ...

Orange and Almond Fruits Noel shower gel, Tendre Jasmin perfume, Pur Desir de Lilac shower gel and body lotion

... and an adorable little ceramic kitten playing with a stocking ornament for my Yule tree this year. Thanks, Judy! I love everything!

Like I said, better late than never, eh?  LOL!!

Belated Mother's Day Dinner ...

Well, what can I say? It is getting increasingly harder to be able to get both my parents and my hubby's parents together for even a simple little ole Mother's Day Dinner, but we managed it none~the~less! LOL!

These are some pics we had taken from our "Belated" Mother's Day Dinner tonight at a recently-opened Seafood Shanty in our area...

(L-R) ~ Brett's dad Pete and his mom Dawn, my mom Elrita, my dad Bill and Brett outside of Seafood Shanty

As you all can see, we had a GREAT time getting the families together!!!

Farewell Donna Summer

Sadly, one of my all-time favorite singers whom I especially adored in my teens, passed away earlier this past week at the early age of 63 from lung cancer (although our local news reports originally said that it was breast cancer?) . She will always be a "one-of-a-kind" performer with her catchy hits and unmistakable voice which transcended far beyond the Disco years. Songs such as "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "On the Radio," "Love to Love You Baby," and "Last Dance" just to name a few were only a mere example of her extradinary talent! I know that she will be greatly missed by so many inlcuding me!

Fun Friday ~ Have some Heart

"Dog and Butterfly"

"Dreamboat Annie"

http://youtu.be/dOyNcTvZgDU

Still singing their timeless hits with their still amazing voices are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Love them!!! And if you enjoy the music of "Heart," I think their CD "The Road Home" is a wonderful attestment to their brilliant talent <3

"Alone" (live)

http://youtu.be/W52PP3lYlUs

HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND ALL!!!!

The Sea

The Sea

She moves through the night

With beauty and grace

Her movements take flight

'Tis a wondrous place

Her waves so blue

She suddenly stirs

And befriending you

Are the neroids and "mers"

She feeds the soul

And soothes the heart

Seas' ancient lull

Though tides apart

~ Lady Caer Morganna

(image credit: Brett Witycyak, my hubby took this pic from Hamilton, Bermuda)

Hindsight ...

Recently I have come to the realization that the older I am getting, the more I tend to look back on my past.  You know, thinking a lot about the things that I would change if I could ~ and also the things in which I wouldn't.

But you know what they say about hindsight being twenty-twenty, right? Please don't get me wrong, I am not dwelling on the things I can never change about my life, just reflecting a lot lately. I don't know what it is about growing older that seems to force us to look at oursleves differently ~ atleast it has for me.  Perhaps it is because we seem to become a bit more sensitive or "mellowed out" with age, or even more likely it is just part of our natural life cycle in our Crone stage (or the Sage stage for men) which makes us  grow much more older and wiser through our personal experiences?

In any case, thinking that I should have turned left instead of right or taken the long way about instead of the short cut doesn't make much sense to me. In fact, all it does is make us go backward in our life rather than forward. All we can do is be the absolute best person we can be and make the best decisions we possibly can knowing what we know NOW. The rest is history and learning from it is the most important thing we can hope for ourslves and for others.

Blessed be to all ~

Kim
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(image credit: Brett Witycyak from Ontario, Canada)

Breast Cancer Benefit & Happy Mother's Day!

Last night was a great success! My friend Jerry raised over $2,000 for Laurie's unpaid medical expenses. One-hundred of our friends showed up in support and my friend Judy-B and I had gotten to see so many of our old friends whom we have not seen in ages! GREAT JOB, Jerry! We are all so very proud of you!

 There was a buffet of hot and cold food, live music with two awesome bands, and free fun for all. Here are some pics from last night ...

"The Gang" ~Judy-B, me & Laurie

Judy 'n' our friend Jerry

with Kiki-girl

Friends Judy-B, Chris, and Ed

Hubby won a prize gift certificate for a free large pizza at Tony's Pizza

The AWESOME band "HY-Jynx"!!!

 

Also, I would like to say "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" to all the mommies out there, whether they be "mommy" mommies or "furr baby" mommies!!!! LOL!