Okay, my break from blogging is over!

WOW!  I really took a break.  The thing is once you take a break, you don't know where to begin again.  And it just gets difficult to admit that you have put something on the back burner and then left it to burn.  

Sometimes I thought about restarting and was overwhelmed by the idea of beginning and stopping repeatedly.  So I think I'm over that now.  After all, life happens and hobbies get shelved until it is convenient to resume.

So what have I been doing since my last post way back in March 2017?  Most happy and some sad events.

My husband retired in June 2017.

Our grandson, Moe was born in August 2017 way out in British Columbia.  

We started travelling...to BC of course often; to Italy, France, Vatican City,  Jamaica, Costa Rica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Australia, New Zealand, Las Vegas, Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico and the East Coast of Canada.  The pandemic interrupted our plans for 2020.

My mom required care when she became ill before she passed 2018.  One of the great blessings of being retired is that you are able to be there to care for a loved one when and if they need you.     

Sons moved home to live for a bit and then moved out again. Each of the kids bought a house..one sold and bought a

We welcomed a new daughter-in-law when our younger son was married in 2019.

And then there was the visiting and hobbies and adventures--knitting for the grandson,enjoying my time with my husband and then of course the pandemic. 

So yes, we have been busy and the blog has been ignored.  It has been calling to me and I have managed to ignore it for quite some time however, now the calling is stronger than my power to ignore.

Plus I'm excited about writing again. !!  I have a whole long list of topics to write about. 

I have many new recipes, a pile of great books that I have read, adventures and travel stories and all sorts of information to share.  See you soon!