Day 46...came and went....and was lovely

Day 46.......came and went.....and was lovely.

3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.

Okay, confession-time....the desire for a glass of wine won and after a couple of them  and a lovely evening with Ali and Andrew, I fell asleep on the sofa whilst trying to watch an episode of Bones....which I will now have to rewatch-lol. So it's back to commentating on the day before...again. Perhaps it will settle into a time-slot once my new routine begins tomorrow....or not.
Yesterday I had planned to wander down to our local United church. I pass it most days and it looks like a friendly old place and I felt like I wanted to sing some hymns. When I woke up at 8am, however, I forgot that I had a plan and I rolled over and went back to sleep till 9.30. Drinking my coffee on the back doorstep, in the sunshine I heard the churchbells peeling and I remembered. Ah well, maybe next week?
I sat outside, in the sunshine, for a long while, reading a book that I love and haven't read for years. 'The Celestine Prophecy' seemed incredibly simple, reading it now. When I first read it, I was just beginning my journey of spiritual discovery and I found that the book made me think outside of societys box and give thought to the possibility of there being a reason for the way I was feeling. Restless and searching for 'more' than the superficial role I was playing.
All these years later and feeling much more settled and focussed, I find that the simplicity of the book is a reminder to me of how much spiritual progress I have made and how possible it is for anyone to 'grow' into themselves.
If any of you are looking for a place to start, to investigate your restlessness, I recommend that you get yourself a copy of the 'Celestine Prophecy' and be open-minded to the possibility of there being a way to end all of the pain and suffering in our world.
Okay, I didn't mean for this to be in any way 'deep'. I am thinking that I perhaps should write funny/adventure here and keep the deeper stuff for Bach blog but sometimes I am into the more spiritual stuff before I realise it. I suppose that's what a blog is about though, isn't it. To put down in words the thoughts in your head.
Back to yesterday and I completed the housework, in the shape of cleaning the bathrooms and washing the shower curtain.....oh, the excitement of this adventure, eh?
Ali and I took a wander round to Bloor Street, to the bakers to get us some Turkey Pot pie for tonights dinner. Thanksgiving is like a trial run for Christmas (without the presents-yeah) and the shelves in the grocery store looked liked pre-chrismas Asda ones. How much food do people think they will eat whilst the store is shut for one day? I shouldn't mock because I'm a bit of a bulk-buyer but not for holidays.....for the discounts-tee hee.
So I went for the easy version of turkey and we're having potatoes and veg with the pie. It will be fun trying to peel without a peeler and mash without a masher but hey ho......I wil add them to my walmart list.
After picking up some milk at Shoppers-did I tell you that it comes in plastic bags that you put in a jug, snip the end off and pour? It's half the price to buy it in that form than by the carton. I may have to try freezing it, if I can't get through the 4 bags contained in each purchase, by myself before the sell by date. Ali doesn't drink milk and very rarely has cereal. My father-in-law freezes his milk and it tastes fine so it's worth a shot.
Andrew came for dinner last night and it was the first time I have had spaggetti since we arrived in Canada.......YUM. It never ceases to amaze me how truly lovely something so simple can taste. I'm talking tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic powder and spaggetti topped with some cheddar.....nothing fancy....YUM again. I hope that the Turkey pot-pie tastes half  as good as I anticipate.
We couldn't get Netflix to work last night despite trying for hours. Andrew went through all kinds of set-ups but to no avail. Midway through the evening, the very kind lady, who leant us the air-mattresses and sleeping bags, came to pick them up. I now have lots more space within my closet.
Because we couldn't get the Netflix to work, we ended up chatting about lots of things, together which was far better than watching a movie. I love the way my kids interact with each other and they were in particularly great form last night because it's been a long while since we have switched everything off and just chatted. Ali' was full of questions for both Andrew and I and we answered them for her with honesty and laughter and I think it would be fair to say that we felt even closer, when Andrew headed off around 11.30. If Jen and Bill had been here, a PERFECT night would have been had by all.
Which brings me back to the start of this blog.
Sending much love out, as always. Happy Thanksgiving from one very Thankful lady.
Lxxxx