MEMORIES

Good Afternoon - another day when my intention was to Blog in the morning and here it is almost evening and I am just getting to it.   I have achieved much today in small ways.    I spent a long time on the telephone to my daughters and a friend and that helped the morning along very nicely and quickly.

I have changed table cloths and now gone for ordinary every day ones and I am slowly sorting through my Christmas things and packing them away in a systematic way so that in about 10 months when I start to get ready for Christmas 2015 I will have them sorted in boxes in colour themes ready for using.    Yes - I have "TINSELITIS' and spend much of the year planning and organizing things to have them matching and colour coordinated.

Of course the very first thing to decide is the colour scheme and this year I have decided to have GOLD AND SILVER with a touch of either red or purple.
This will be easy because I already have both the red and purple tablecloths and quite a selection of gold and silver tree decorations.   I have ordered the table napkins in gold and silver and have ordered and received a roll each of gold and silver tulle which will be lovely for bows and for decoration.

I am making memories for my family and I hope in years to come they will talk about the "Christmas when Mum chose purple"  I am making memories for me too - these will warm me when I am old and will feed my soul.

We often put so much into making memories for our children only to find they have no recollection of the event - but when that happens I KNOW and I REMEMBER and there is a warmth in recalling their happiness at the time. "All that we love deeply becomes part of us."

We had a lovely Christmas with Grace 10 and Henry 7 and their delight spread to everyone and there was laughter and deep and meaningful conversations between adults and children.

Naomi and Grace

I am sure these two will long remember the conversations and laughter.   It is rather nice when the family gathers and the numbers are large, when there is laughter and conversation, to just sit back and observe and soak in the memories.

Are you making memories with those you love ?    Do you write letters to the little ones in your life who live some distance from you, or do you make time to Skype with them.  Do you cook with them or play with Play Doh, do you play games with them?    I am sure you cook the things they like to eat and buy things in their favourite colour.   Keep on making memories with the little ones but please don't forget to revisit memories with those who are older.
A cup of tea and a conversation with an older soul can bring such joy to them.

Write the letter, make the phone call, splash in puddles, walk in the rain - make every moment count - turn every moment into a memory.

Take some time every day to play and to be a little silly - everyone needs that someone to be silly with.

Keep on playing, keep on laughing and loving and keep on making those memories.

Thank you for visiting The Musings of My Heart - a happy heart today.

Be warm, be safe and be loved.

Love and hugs,

Linda 

IT'S FABULOUS FRIDAY AND THE WIND IS HOWLING.

Good Afternoon and welcome to a wet, windy and very wintry afternoon in my little corner of the world.   The entire State has been under a sever weather warning for damaging winds and hail for over 12 hours and remains thus.  Such a different day to yesterday when the sun shone and the sky was blue.

We are blessed with a pewter coloured sky today that is full of heavy clouds holding much rain.  It is certainly an inside day and a day that calls for comfort foods and my slow cooker is seeing active service again with another big pot of soup.

There are lots of puddles about and when I checked my letter box I just couldn't resist splashing in those in the drive way and I could hear my new neighbours laughing from their front porch.

Waiting for the storm to pass is going to take a while here from the forecast - we have rain forecast every day until next Thursday and whilst the weather is like winter - it is also spring like because of the way it is so changeable.

I have a raincoat, an umbrella and a car so it isn't going to affect me too much.

It's funny how the weather affects us in so many ways - the grey skies often make people feel miserable - but I am very much a winter person and like to snuggle up warm and cosy with a book.

It is a Fabulous Friday - each Friday is as I make my journey through life - "

"some days are diamonds and some days are stone."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQW87VU__Pc

Please enjoy John Denver singing Some Days are Diamonds. Just click on the link above.   

Following Fabulous Friday comes the weekend and I know how much those of you who go to business, school and factory long for these two special days for rest and recreation.  Two days of less routine, two days with those you care about, two days to go visiting friends and family or just to kick off your shoes and take some time for yourself.   I hope you can find some special time over this coming weekend to sit and talk, read, have coffee with friends, do some shopping.    To those who keep "the home fires burning" - I hope you enjoy having your loved ones around you and that it is indeed as special time.

Summer is drawing to a close in the northern hemisphere so those of you who live there - please make the best of these last few weeks and enjoy splashing in the pool, sitting in the shade with long cool drinks and feeling the warmth of the sun because soon enough the chilly winds will blow.  Cram as much as you can into your weekend now that your children are back at School after the summer break.

Thank you for visiting the Musings of My Heart - again a heart filled with wonder at the many special things that have happened to me.   I am not a victim I am a survivor and I will not be defined by the things that have happened to me.   I am me, alive and well and loving life.  I am determined to be present to each moment of my life and hope that I can encourage you to be present to each moment of yours.    Don't miss a thing - enjoy it all.

Love and hugs,