New Beginnings

I know, I know, I'm posting and haven't posted since July. I don't know why. I do know why....I feeel like my blogs are the same...i have been so preoccupied with other things that I haven't taken the time as I should to dedicate to my blog. I apologize..this was really something that I wanted to keep up with at this stage of my life to keep me on track with the day to day things that were happening. I forget sometimes that life has a way of taking over and one day rolls into one week, one month, and so on. My plate really isn't that full, but my thoughts about other things that aren't important are taking over from what is really important. I'm hoping that 2013 will see me reflecting more on the "what's important to me". So since July let's see if I can't recall what has been happening in my "busy" life. It seems the summer has come and gone with a flash. My dear friend lost her brother to cancer and it was a very hard time...

I know you have heard it before...is it really the beginning of July...where do I begin. I guess where I left off. My last blog was March - so needless to say I'm a little behind. Or I'm so far behind if I turned around I would be first. I like that. April updates - So here we are once again - Things are coming together as they should. I'm having the time of my life. Work is busy, home life is busy and how can it not be with a most spectacular grand daughter that anyone could ask for. Isabella started Daycare and she is absolutely loving it. She gets to play games, and sing songs. She has caught this terrible cough and can't seem to shake it. She has gone to the doctors and that is all it is is just a cold, lungs are fine, and ears are good so just keep giving her cough syrup. Work has been super busy, with all the changes happening or should I say about to happen we have been trying to prepare for what is going to happen next. I have had a rough couple of weeks with...

Is it really the end of March - WOW is all I can say and where has the time gone. I know I've said that I've been busy - but really I have. My leadership course is really impressing me. I have really felt that I've expanded my mind and have opened up about life, work and how I feel about things. It has been a lot of looking within yourself and really taking a hard look at what kind of leader you want to be, have had experience with and negative and positive impacts.It's been great. Work has been busy too - getting settled in my new office, working with my new team, and getting familiar with the integration of the work. Got my 20 year recognition gift, a new camera, I have been wanting to take a photography course so that I can become better at taking pictures so our next Scrapbooking weekend I'll be able to have nicer pictures to show up.Was glad to visit with my parents after their return from their winter holiday. It was nice to see them and I even got a swimming ...

Wow - if you think that I'm behind the 8 ball, you might be right. My original intention was to blog at the end of every month and low and behold I have noticed that I have missed a few months lately. My apologies and hopefully this new year I will get back on track. So let's see if we can play catch up. December 2011 - had an excellent Christmas, vacation and spending time with family and friends. January has come and gone and I don't think I really had a lot planned as my calendar looks pretty empty and I don't actually recall doing a whole lot worth writing about. February 2012 - can you believe that it's already the second month and it won't be long it'll be over. I am so happy to have another scrap booking weekend in Feb so am looking forward to returning to Ft. Sask with my sister, mom, aunts and cousins - it's always a great time getting together with everyone and get some more pics in an album. Love being organized. I am getting pretty g...

So here we are December 31st, 2011 and I am about to wrap up another year. I was fortunate to spend some great times with family at Camp Stumpy, friends in New Brunswick and great memories with my dearest Isabella celebrating her 2nd birthday. My work life is about to go through some changes that I'm not sure whether I'll be happy with or not, only time will tell. I just celebrated my 20th year with the govt and I'm happy to say my reward is a new camera. I am still struggling with the disconnect that I am having with my son Joe as another year has gone by and I have only spoken twice and have not seen him since Thanksgiving 2010. He did visit his sister and gave his niece a birthday present so that is nice to see. I look forward to continued blessings for my family and friends and hope 2012 brings great health, happiness and less heartache than 2011. I lost my grandma B in October, my daughter lost a dear friend Harold and her boss Crystal lost her Dad John this year and w...

Apparently, I forgot to do a blog last month or forgot to save it and it didn't post. So here we are the 1st and 2nd month of the new year and I begin anew. January is the beginning of the year and hopefully the 1st month of change, growth and whatever else comes to mind. January found me taking on an extended role at work - I began reporting to someone else and trying to determine what type of direction my world was going in. I don't know if I'm going to like the new world yet, but my former boss said I need to wait and see. I don't like to wait and see cause I have had 3 Managers in 5 years and just when I think I got things under control, something changes. I did get some exciting news that I'm looking forward to. I got accepted into The Leadership Program which provides me an opportunity to expand in my current role and maybe move into management - I've had both the Leadership and the Management Development on my learning plan for the last couple of years...