Thought Of The Day

It is Sunday morning, bright sunny, but my Dear, wind storm is on it's way  with gusts 120 km, will be with rain and snow too. there is wind warning  and we are asked  to keep our candles ready. Let us see. It already started but peak time will be in the evening. I have to avail the time slot to get out. My Son planning to go to Gym after 12, that will be  perfect for me. I will go with him. For now I am enjoying my TV time, watching "Colombo". I am done  with  my breakfast and already gone through my Facebook messages. I am also done with my two loads of laundry, my clothes and  my bed sheets. It is 11 am, I will watch half of the "Colombo", I will finish the rest any time next week. I am not a TV person, wont enjoy watching the whole two hours  show. It is 12.30, I am leaving for Pickering town Centre.  Next week my Daughter in law leaving for Houston to her parents. I will  buy some gift for her Mom. It won't take me long

It is Tuesday, bright beautiful sunny morning. It is 13 C below zero, not bad. I am done with my breakfast and with my Facebook messages.  It is 10 am, I am in my TV lounge, enjoying the view of my backyard through the big glass panels, in front. I am also watching TV. "Funny Farm" is a two hour movie, watched half  of that yesterday, I will finish the rest today. Kids are at school, my Eldest  is  sleeping. He is here for a week, from his Uni.  It is Tuesday, I am not working today. I have to make some calls. I will call my sister in law, she lives in Aurora. She is not feeling well nowadays. I will also call my childhood friend, she lives in London, England. My Son is home, he has taken one week off. He is planning to go to  Costco,  I will go with him. It is always good to get out. It is 12.45, I am now at Costco,  sitting in the Food Court, writing my Blog. I was walking around for a while. Couple of food stalls are here at Costco,  givi

It is Sunday morning, weather not so bad. It is 15 C below zero. We are done with the snow storm of the decades, last week. It was too much even  for we Canadians. Nearly 25 cm of snow, we handled anyway. I am done with my breakfast, my oatmeal porridge, stir fried egg and half  a cup  of tea. I was on my computer to browse my Facebook messages.  I usually start  my day with that. It is 10 am, I am in my TV lounge, watching "Colombo"  also enjoying the beauty of my backyard. There is a thick slab of ice on the glass top of my patio table. Black squirrel  busy with his workouts, on the wooden fence of my back garden. Pear tree giving a look of skeleton with snow all around.  While watching TV, I am also doing my Cross Words and Sudoku  books,  to brush up my mental grades. It is never too late for anything. My  youngest,  Slurpee Boy is  awake. I will make lunch for him.  Beef Patty  burger  will make him happy. I have to go to Walmart to get ne

It is Monday, cold morning with 13 C below zero, snow everywhere. It is 9.15, I am sitting in the Billiard room, writing my Blog. Library  will open at 9.30. I will go there to browse magazines of my choice. I am working part time today, playing Darts only, no Carpet Bowling on Mondays, go home after 12.15. Last night, I was awake, happens some times, like an  old age syndrome.  It was 3.45 am, nearly morning. Sun was  just  couple of hours away to  brighten my place. Sometimes you go back to sleep right away, but it could be  anything, always  unpredictable. Old age is full of surprises. At this stage, we  are done with  all the experiments in our lives, t asted  all the fruits, bitter and sweet. Now time to recollect our memories,  to enjoy and relax. W e are now retired,  and done with bringing up  our kids, so t ime  in our hands and no pressure.  It is time to enjoy our Golden Era. Niklas My Friend, please don't cheat. My Grandson had his assi

It is Friday morning, very tricky weather, windy with gusts 90 km. Yesterday it was 6 C below zero, today everywhere like an Ice Rink. Not safe for anyone  to walk , specially for we seniors. It is 9.30 I am in my office cubicle, writing my Blog, At 10 am, will go to the  next room to play Darts. I am working full time, today Carpet Bowling too so go back home after 3 pm. My Eldest Grandson is doing his IV program at Western, in London  Ontario.  He called and told me that he wants some points for his business  assignment.  My answer was, "OK I give it to your Dad", in my mind, he  needed  his help.  He clarified that he will do the assignment, based on my interview and  my  story of life. It was a lengthy interview, I am writing here some of the  points  briefly. 1 : How you chose your career and your suggestions about that ??   My quick answer was, where your heart and passion takes you.  Mine was to be a Doctor, but in my days in 1960,

It is Sunday 11.30 in the morning, I am sitting in Tim Horton. Enjoying my half and half coffee with two cream, one sugar and one carrot walnut muffin. I believe, we have to give color to our moments in hand. Take it like time  to do some celebrations. We have to give a warmhearted welcome, to our  own self too, I believe. Life is the same for everyone, with all ups and downs. It is all up to us, how we take it. I try to cherish every moment. It will never  back to you again. Every moment, we spend, is like an episode of our own story of life.  When it is slipping away out of our life, we have to have a feel for that. Not a feel of regret, neither a feel of sorrow or sadness. Please don't do that way. Even the moments were hard, give credit to yourselves. Make sure to remind that you faced those moments with all the courage, grace and dignity. Don't forget to thank God. He made it possible for you to handle everything.  If moments are gre

It is Saturday morning with 17 C below zero, yes below zero. This is month  of February and this is Canada my Dear. What else you expect. It is 11.45, I am done with my breakfast and also doing with my two loads of laundry. I watched "Colombo" too, while doing my clothes. It is 12 Noon, I am now in the office of "Service Ontario" as my Son has to  do  his driving licence. I love to get out and get busy so I am here. My Son is  busy  with his paper work, I am busy writing my Blog.  From this office, He will go to gym,  will drop me at Pickering Town  Centre,  it is just across.  It is 1.15, I am in the Shopping mall, walking  around, to  enjoy my own time. He will  pick me up after about an hour or so. He knows I can enjoy my own time with my own company. I have enough time so I decided to look for my pants. It is not an easy job. I am old so keep on shrinking day by day. It is tough to find my size, while I have some other specificati

It is Wednesday very cold morning with 31 C below zero. It is 9.15, I am  sitting in the Billiard room in the library, writing my Blog also having the  view through the big glass window. Parking lot is very icy, just like my  driveway. This like called black ice, very tricky to walk.  I had my hip surgery years back so three nails are stuck on my left side. We at our age, have to be extra careful while walking around in such a  situation.  On Monday evening, it was worse. There was 26 cm of snow,  our city had one  day in decade. Tuesday morning, all cars looked embedded under heaps of snow. It was  windy too, gusts 54 km. Trees displaying mixed scenario. I mean some  of the  skeleton trees with white silvery decorations, looked ready for Christmas  Festivities,  while others were stand still like in wait  and see situation. Some very small bushes looking like ice sculptures. It was Tuesday, our garbage collection day so lots of activity going around in o