Musing Monday

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about when do you read?

Do you have to carve out time in your day for reading (due to work and other obligations), or does your reading just happen naturally? Our hostess is MizB of Should be Reading.

I do have to carve out time for my reading. It just seems I'm the most disfunctional cleaning lady. So, last year when my mother was finally in a facility that didn't require me to worry, I said "that's it, Irene, if you don't make time to read now you'll soon lose your vision and that will be that there will be all those books you meant to read but didn't" so now I schedule the household chores and at the end of the day I make time for reading, and now I too always have a book with me when I wait for buses and trains. I can't tell you how much more time I seem to have to read. This is me patting myself on the back. Of coarse this has not improved my cleaning progress, but I think I don't care. My current read The Devils Punch Bowl even has me not sleeping and that a good thing, since I'll be able to sleep when I'm too old to read.

On my bucket list ...

At this time of the year my kids are always asking what I want as a gift. Yesterday, my son and I missed our bus by seconds, so we HAD to wait at Chapters. While looking around, I said to him "you can buy me anything in this aisle of books. Now that's really easy, I think. There was a Ikebana book that caught my eye. I had taken a number of classes at the Japanese Cultural Center before I was a mom and in order to complete my certificate I would have had to do a few months in Japan. Well then I had Daniel and I got slightly distracted, pleasantly so, but distracted nonetheless. With all this on my mind, I got to thinking about The Paper Place.Check out the fabulous contest on at present. What could we do with all that paper. I can imagine... Who needs to go to Japan, when we could just enjoy all that lovely paper without leaving the comfort of our studios. Enjoy the web site and don't bother entering the contest I plan on winning.

The joys of being Canadian

I did go to the CNE on Labour Day. In spite of my family not wanting to go, I ventured out alone. I had put a couple of things to do on my bucket list and The Musical Ride was one of them. I thoroughly enjoyed singing O Canada with these very talented equestrians. The other thing I had wanted to do was go to a Rodeo. I would have like to have seen it in Calgary, when my sisters and I visited but there was just no opportunity, so the Rodeo at the CNE would have to do. So there are a couple of things checked off my list. I think I should have made the list of things to do as a Canadian and filed these in that category. However, the list keeps getting longer. I will soon be emersed in yet another Canadian privledge, voting. Over the years I have gotten quite involved in the process, and enjoyed every minute of it. I've learned a great deal and hope to learn even more of the process this time around. I know my mother -in-law jokes about me being Prime Minister, but let's face it I would not be a bad choice. I'm not sure I would want to but... Enjoy your weekend, I plan to.

Photo of a brochure I own.

Cutting edge ...

I've been painting again. Well this last spring I convinced our painting ladies to paint a saw. This particular design is and ESA. I've needed to adapt it. Every time I look at it I feel like it should be the orient express (on my list to do). I've had some difficulty doing research on how it actually looks. So I'll be using my imagination. Watch out for your saws, I'm on a roll. Did you know I had great difficulty finding a saw like tho old fashioned ones you see here. It seems people use other kinds, or maybe they just don't cut anything.

The Bucket List

With my many interests I receive just as many e newsletters one of which is Quietfire Designs. Suzanne sends us blog prompts. Sort of an inspiration for our blogging. A few weeks ago she suggested " The Bucket List". The Bucket List was a movie starring Jack Nickelson, and Morgan Freeman. It's a list of things you would like to do before you kick the bucket. Well I must say, I have several buckets going. I have a bucket list for my painting interests, a bucket list for my art group, and of coarse one for writing. There is most definetley one for my family and the list goes on. So far I have checked off two items with my painting group. I had the privilege of painting with Maureen McNaughton at her studio this past May, and I painted with Shelley Prior earlier this year. Both experiences were well placed on my list. After talking to my cousin in Poland this week, I thought HMMMM.... should I have a bucket list for places to visit. There are always more things to do, I'll have to live for awhile I guess.