light up my life..

There is something so magical when my husband is putting up lights, especially when I came back from my walk and lo and behold, there he is!.  I had mentioned that I wanted to put lights around the tops of my high kitchen cupboards once again this year and he said "only if they are LED lights"..so here he is, almost finished latching them all on.  So wonderful.  After the Michelle Wright Xmas Tour concert at the Living Sky Casino on Saturday nite our xmas mood was lifted.

have a listen and get in the spirit......

Michelle Wright Joy To The World

Spreading our Love to George

This is our new sponsored child.  We are excited to take part in providing a much better life for this 10 year old boy.  We looked at all the pictures of the children in need on the Word Vision table.  So many boys and only 1 little girl were left.  We asked how come they were all mainly boys?.  The lady told us that the little girls are always taken first.  Well, for us we knew it would be a boy that we wanted to pick even before we got there. I scanned and scanned the pictures but there was only one that kept popping back to me.  Here he is.  He has such sad eyes.  He lives in Romania.  His parents are unemployed.  He has chores which are cleaning and his favourite subject is Music.  He is in grade 4. His health is satisfactory. I pray our sponsorship can bring some light and spirit into his eyes...(such terribly sad eyes).  It looks as if his spirit is broken!  We will be writing a letter soon to George. 

Merry Christmas George!

Love Brian and Donna Kirk

ups and downs

With all the driving in and out of town that we do each day, (which for us is exactly 64 kms round trip)....  my appreciation of where I live and how far it is to drive in the winter time can wear on me, as Brian is reminded of at times; but I honestly can say I do enjoy the acreage life.

there are several of these deep coulees on the road to and from home.  We as a family used to call them roller coaster rides to make it more fun and interesting.



















I was enjoying this view today..and.sometimes I think this ride is a little bit like driving through the Fort Qu'Appelle Valley.  I appreciate that this road is paved and maintained as a paved road.  (thank you to Brad Wall and the Windmill Project as those two developments  have increased the maintenance of this highway).
In the winter time I start to feel a little pressure with driving in snow, ice, blizzards, as this road is narrow.  But it is just like life...it has its ups and downs!!

yes sirreee... country girl I am!

this is our home just before you turn into the lane off this highway. The large tall evergreen is an excellent marker for telling people how to know they have the right yard.

Art + Beauty = Appreciation

These are just some beautiful things that were their for me to look back at and take in recently.  Actually one of these items is in my home right now.

sis bliss

can you tell if we are related?

my weekend with my sister included of course the amazing combo of this place...with a delicious eggnog latte...

and this place. 

We also took in 3 sittings which included  a 1/2 hour infrared sauna, a pedicure (with a dreamy massage chair) and then a french tipped manicure. All this for a grand total of only $75.00 at the Spa Cantik ...!!! .

LuLu and Sugar were sweet interludes in the evening.  LuLu (3 months old) and Sugar were cozy companions as we watched the new Star Trek movie (Captain James Kirk, Spoc, Scotty and the rest of the gag in their younger years).  The best line of this movie was Bones (the doctor saying to Spoc..."Are you out of your Vulcan mind?!!!")  Anyway maybe you have to see the movie to get that humour.

these yearlings greeted me on the highfield damn road when I came home tonite.

It was a great sister connection weekend.

the wheels are turning

I have spent quite a bit of time on the road these past 7 days and my travels continue this weekend!  I took some banktime this afternoon to rest up for another weekend trip to visit my sister and niece in Regina. The weather has been splendid for driving and I even enjoyed my medical appointment visit in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.;as I was in the waiting room for one hour; I clicked this picture from their office located on "The Ridge".

Antelope forever run and play around our highway, especially this month, almost as much as the white tail deer and mule deer. 









I love this part of my drive in to the city.  I feel like the trees are parting just enough in the middle  for me to get through.











Have a safe weekend!

sharing the Honest Scrap Award

 
Katscradle has awarded me and a few other blogs the "Honesty" award.    We have shared such compassion and similarities from blogging and working together.  So here are my 10 honest things about myself.


1. I am afraid of the dark..I don't know why but I don't like putting our dog in the barn at night or run downstairs in the basement and shut off the lights..it must be something from my past.

2. I love being around water, in the water and top of the water.  I have always been a swimming snob because a friend invited me to Aquasize at the Aquatic Centre and I said "no but I will come and swim laps" while you do your exercise".  Jumping up and down in the water cannot be near as much fun as smoothly gliding along with a breast stroke or back crawl.

3. I do so enjoy going to Chapters and sitting down around all those books and sipping on some coffee or tea or a special dainty.  I especially like sitting and talking around books.  Books are the best!

4. I have no clue about direction.  I try to learn a new city map and get myself to a certain place;  But always need extra guidance.  I have a medical appointment in Medicine Hat this Wednesday and I had Brian direct me their on our way to lethbridge and we drove right up to the office just to make sure!  I look at a map and direction and all the other lines and arrows and roads are confusing.  What can I say?  It frustrates me and that is why I love GPS!  Tom has the GPS in college right now so I am left with little old me and google maps. 

5. I love it when a hairdresser washes and massages your hair.  It is the best thing about going their.

6. I love riding a horse I trust bareback in the arena.  It is so exciting and so unbelievably warm and comforting that I can trust an animal like that.  Gives me great surges of confidence!

7. I love the the athleticism and perfection of ballet and would so enjoy seeing the "The Nutcracker".  The same goes for dance and singing. I sometimes pretend I am a famous singer; also when I was younger I would imagine myself figure skating in front of my high school boy crushes to show off how special I was.  (this is a big secret I am sharing here..oh beating heart)

8. I honestly use my humour to get through anything and that sometimes bites me in the back because people believe I handle things well.  Honestly, humour works well for me and I am so thankful I have a childish nature and goofy reaction to some things. 

9. I honestly do love bathing suits and I buy about 2 pair a year.

10. I honestly feel and know I have "spirit" in me and I am honestly at peace when I can give someone a Healing Touch treatment.

That is my 10 and it is harder than it looks to write this down.  Honestly, I honestly enjoyed sharing my honest scraps about myself.  Honestly, I am honestly telling the truth!!