All last night, as "Hurricane Sandy" winds howled through the woods behind our house, a line from one of my favourite books came to mind...
(Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman)
Nothing major happened here in regards to the hurricane....just alot of loud fierce wind during the night. There were a few minor things I noticed throughout the town... like just down the street from us, part of a wooden fence blew over. There is a huge dead tree lodged/stuck at the top of the dam in town. Oh...and a tiny pumpkin rolled off a porch onto the middle of the main street. Ha! That was about the extent of the storm damage.
Saw this on facebook and it made me chuckle:
"Hurricane Sandy washed a laptop into the ocean. Now a Dell is rolling in the deep."
Busy times around here. Just got through another weekend of lots of activities/plans. Now we're in the middle of a week with more of the same. It was and will all be lovely and good.
The weekend included Boys Club at the church (for Keith and Max), roses (Keith surprised me with a bouquet), a trip to the garage for my trailblazer which was having a leaking gas problem (not good!), haircut (Keith), hockey game in Acton (4-0 loss for our Huskies), church (Keith taught SS, we were greeters, baptism Sunday), Gerry, Magda & Guillermo over for lunch (and meeting for the first time) and a hockey game at WRC vs. Acton (5-0 loss for our Huskies).
This week includes all the regular things associated with school (homework, spelling tests, etc), lots of hockey activities and practices, piano lessons and playdates with friends. I'm hoping to cook up/freeze pumpkin and get lots of laundry and ironing done and a bunch of photo editing.
This morning I met up with Deanna at Cafe Meme's here in town. We used to see each other at least once a day at school drop off/pick up. Now that the boys are getting older that has changed. So we decided we're just going to have to make a point of meeting up for coffee to stay in touch. Apparently we were waaaaay overdue because we managed to drink enough coffee and talk our way through three hours worth of conversation. And I'm pretty sure we could have kept going.....if errands and other things wouldn't have been calling us.
I've been rather blessed in the past few days by various chances to chat and talk with old and new friends. On Friday morning I had a coffee/walk with Carol. There is something so comforting about talking with an old friend that you go waaaaaay back with. I always look forward to our walks and talks. :) On Saturday afternoon, Judy (a co-worker of Keith's) came out to watch Max's hockey game since she lives in the same town. I've met her at the company Christmas party once or twice but didn't really know her at all. She's so sweet and nice. She's a hockey mom who has great perspective on the whole thing...and she came prepared with loose change to treat Max to a pop after the game. I really really enjoyed chatting with her. :) On Sunday Gerry introduced us to his wife Magda and her son Guillermo for the first time. They have just emigrated here from Columbia and been here in Canada for one week. We've heard so much about Magda and Guillermo so it was wonderful to finally meet them and we had a wonderful visit together. Max and Guillermo got along great...playing mini-sticks and soccer in the basement. Magda speaks English very well. She is so sweet and gentle and funny! Really looking forward to getting to know her better. And then a nice three hour coffee date with Deanna today getting caught up with each other's lives. It's good to get her perspective on life with her nine year old boy. Very good! And to top it all off, I'm really enjoying the other mom's on Max's hockey team....very nice, down-to-earth women who are friendly and chatty and funny. We see alot of each other on the weekends so that is all very good. :)
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
There are still times when I struggle to figure out where I belong/fit in here in Ontario. Why things happened the way they did....when they did....where they did. Mostly alot of why questions. All kinds of thoughts float through my mind about the future. Lots of "what ifs". But really, I just need to remind myself of the verse above and live one day at a time. I suspect the future will take care of itself... whether I worry and fret about it. Or not. :)
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