http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/581417Is there one certain thing that signals the advent of the holidays for you? I’m guessing it might be difficult to hone in on one specific item but for me it happened this morning when I peeled a clementine to have with my cup of tea. As I stood looking out the kitchen window at the many trees...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/580931I’m not a patient person when it comes to tasks; I want to see the results of my labour quickly. I’m not fond of cooking but I do like to bake. Cooking seems fussy to me. There are lots of ingredients and a multitude of components to making a complete meal. Different temperatures have to be set,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/579338The other night we had a very nice painter come to our house to give us an estimate on taking down all the wallpaper, of which there is plenty! He figured it would take 80 hours of work and presented us with his estimate of $3400.! If that's not a motivator to do the work ourselves I don't know...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/578579I had to google that one. I knew it was Shakespearean but didn't know that it was from 'As You Like It'. ‘Books in the running brooks…’, is etched in stone across a fireplace in a library at the resort here. I love to say it; it rolls off the tongue. I was unpacking books today and arranging them...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/578050While we were in Scotland last year the shows that were telecast most on our hotel TV were the home renovation and decorating kind. While I 'm not a daytime TV watcher, on cold, wet and windy days, of which there were many when we lived in Scotland, I'd tune in fairly regularly, almost to the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/577843Well maybe not YOU but YOU for sure! Which YOU are YOU? It's okay..you don't have to tell me.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/577181I like earth tones and the colours found in nature. In decorating, I like when the colour of one room flows to the next; when one painted room complements another. That is so not the case in our new house. About twenty-plus years ago I loved the country-look decor and freely used wallpaper and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/576768Yesterday we had freezing temperatures, high winds, pounding hail and some fluffly snowflakes as our movers hauled our loot from our condo and onto their truck. While they worked all the doors had to be kept open and boy oh boy was it cold! Hopi, our puppy stayed curled up in a blanket in his...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/576325The song “Smile” is one of my all time favourite and uplifting, though poignant songs. While I knew that Charlie Chaplin had written the music for it, I just googled the lyrics and found out that it was written in 1954, the year of my birth. That makes me smile! Here are the lyrics: Smile, though...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ginnieb/576200Standing behind me while I lay prostrate on the massage table, the twenty-something girl ran her fingers lightly over my face. (My daughter had set me up with a facial today as a gift for my birthday.) “Your skin is very soft,” the facial-girl said. “I don't see any real signs of aging other than...