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Month: July 2015

  • Note for the future: My daughter is never allowed near a microphone when the subject might be “me”…

    I was just sharing with my 15 year old daughter that several of my friends had enjoyed the humour in “The Universe Has a Plan” blog post from earlier this month (thank you). “Really?”  she says.  “I should read it.”  So she plops down at my computer to read my witty repartee.  I watch her…she’s…

  • Nelson: “Big City” in a Scenic Small Town Atmosphere

    The room is swaying.  It’s a pleasant room, and I have to say, for a campground ladies’ shower area, it passes the test.  But it won’t stop moving…but that’s not its fault.  It’s the 17 year old motor home shocks that make us “float” around highway corners, rather than “grip” the asphalt.  And that shower,…

  • RVing to Okanagan Wineries

    So here’s my best solution to feeling stressed riding shotgun. She is oblivious to all potentialities and trusts her owner’s driving explicitly. Such is the peace of the zen existence of the family pet. I’m working on finding my groove. I’m getting there… Visiting some wineries helped. Road 13, as I mentioned, was our first…

  • Note to Gordon Lightfoot: “Carefree Highway” is not so care-free in a 33 foot Motor Home

    Our decision to rent an rv for this trip was not made a long time ago. Eager Europeans (for the most part) long ago reserved their “normal” sized motor homes for their rocky mountain Canadiana. When we started looking, the only one my husband could find was a 17 year old, 33 foot, “land barge”…

  • The Universe Has a Plan

    And I shouldn’t mess with it. As events of this morning unfolded, I realized my wickedness from the night before has caught up with me. 🙂 I can tell I’m about to go on holidays…I know this mental space. I micromanage things I shouldn’t, I race around trying to fix-at-the-last-minute all the things I should…