Well apparently I lost a month somewhere, LOL. So apologies for this late posting! Basically, I've been on the run, so no finishing being done at the house (though I have made poor Adriane (our oldest DD) paint one wall in the library 3X so far, as we search for the right shade of yellow), and nothing but work-work-work ... which I can't talk about here (wink).

So what can I tell you about? I did slip away for a weekend women's retreat with my sister... our mom was going with her, but dad had a bad spell and she didn't want to leave him (even though he swore he was fine, and I offered to look after him).

Long story short (too late, LOL), she told me to go, so we had a sister's weekend away, which we haven't done in ages. It took about 1.5 hours to get there, so we had a nice catch-up chat on the way up Friday night.

It was a church-sponsored event, so the singing was heavenly, LOL, but the family camp where it was held was just gorgeous. Chris (my sister) and I took a canoe out on the water Saturday afternoon, went for a horse-drawn wagon ride, and had a lovely 'tea'. We also did some shopping at the very nice gift store they have there, and I bought our hostess a gift, and my mom a scarf.

I did leave late Saturday (rather than staying to Sunday a.m.) as Bill was coming home, and the next day was our own church's anniversary service. We had a wonderful tenor who took the service, I always love to hear Paul MacKay sing, so didn't want to miss that!

I'm not sure I've ever mentioned how much I love music. Although I don't play an instrument, I have sung all my life in church choirs, and school choirs, in duets and trios, often with my sister. When we were growing up we would harmonize while we did the dishes after supper, and she's still the easiest person for me to sing with.

Whenever I have the radio on you can be sure it will be tuned to a station I can sing along with - and most often the wonderful Christian music stations they have now. Our local one (out of Belleville) is UCB (102.3), and I just love their music - both entertaining and inspiring!

Anyway, I'll have lots to tell you about in my newsletter (where I'm allowed to talk business LOL), so I'll talk to you next month (or in a few minutes, for those of you who know I didn't post May until June, ROFLOL)... happy stitching!