Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Happy New Year! Well, 2016 is finally at an end. I already recapped that yesterday, so no need to go there again.  We spent yesterday at the beach mostly and then decided to have a nice quiet evening in since neither of us really care about ringing in the new year with a crowd. So after watching “Hacksaw Ridge” (nice & uplifting, eh? 😜), we forced ourselves to stay awake. We were also…

  • At last the year is coming to a close. It has been an interesting one to say the least. I have been enjoying some of the Facebook videos about how 2016 has really been a dark year for the world and many people. It is nice to know that it was not just us who struggled even though it started out seemingly positive. As I flip back over this blog for the past…

  • In general it is no secret that I am not a fan of cooking. When I was about 12 I determined that I would find a man who would cook for me.  Post college I found friends who cooked for me and managed to convince most that I could not cook at all.  When I was in Japan and decided for sanity-sake to quit working full-time (sound familiar?!) I figured I should probably…

  • One of the aspects of being self-employed and customer-oriented is that I spend more time in the car than before – or so it seems.  A while ago I decided to stop listening to the radio or much music in the car because it was agitating me even more than the usual driving stress that is inevitable on the roads here.  However, sometimes I do need to get out of my own head…

  • For the first time in a while I have started to feel a bit relaxed. Although our troubles have not faded away, we are focusing on enjoying and looking forward to the upcoming new year. Here’s a slideshow video I made on FB of our Christmas Day brunch: We had a lovely time with old and new friends along with their visitors. It was nice that a group of us staying in the desert…

  • On the  14th of this month I posted about our/my new traditions for beginning our Christmas celebrations due to M’s birthday being on the 12th.  So, I determined that it is basically 12 days to Christmas from his birthday to Christmas Eve, which means that we can have some fun putting the song into reality.  Here is our 12 days to Christmas.  On the first day of Christmas, my hubby and me, we…

  • We went to Christmas Carols service yesterday morning at the church where we got married and where we went to evening carol service last year (or was it the year before?).  Anyway, it was a nice service, though they sing some of the songs differently – apparently it is the British 🇬🇧 way….  It was also communion, which I had not done for a long time. In fact, it reminded me of my…

  • Every time I see or hear the phrase in this post’s title, I think of Star Wars “Return of the Jedi”. Yes, I am a Star Wars geek, I admit it!!! 🙋🏽🤓 Anyway, following up on my post yesterday, I thought I would write a bit more about how I am going to work on keeping myself structured for reals. 😏 I know I have written a number of posts on my need…

  • Getting myself out of the house and remembering where I live is my first step to getting myself away from the threat of the dark state that wants to settle back in to my psyche disturbing my way of life.  Yesterday morning or maybe during the day I read this article on Facebook about the 6 Secret Signs of Hidden Depression. As I read it I said to myself, this is me every…

  • The past two days have been full with Apple Training.  Yesterday was in Ras Al Khaimah. Actually, thanks to the training, we were able to celebrate our anniversary with a hotel stay and congratulatory cake. 😀 The training went well and despite the venue being in RAK, which is not as developed or well known as AD or Dubai, it was very smooth and organized. The participants were also good learners, which made…

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