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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Today is Tuesday, November 1st, 2016

Awesome.... that's how I feel about starting to blog again...

I am very grateful as the holiday season approaches.... I've always loved this time of year.  It was always our special time to give.  This year has been a year of adaptation of huge changes in my life.
The second year after losing my love has been one of reluctant acceptance of my new life.  In a lot of ways, it was much harder than the first... the blinders were off and I had come out of the fog... only to realize fully how drastically my life and future had changed....

I heard a song the other day that kept repeating "Is this the life that you choose?" ... couldn't have come at a more opportune time for me.  I was feeling pretty low at the time, but I had tasked myself with bringing a dish to a loved and hurting friend.  All of a sudden, I realized that I had a lot to be grateful for and perhaps, it was about time to reinvent myself....

Life doesn't have to be about pain and loss... it is NOT what I choose... I choose to look forward NOT back and I'll keep trying to remember that!

I traveled with Shar (my sis in law) and four other women to the UK recently...  I fell in love with Scotland!  Their way of life - slower, more deliberate... the brogue and their sense of history... the whisky (what we call Scotch and not a typo- without the e)...  I had watched the Outlander and fallen in love with Jamie - the lead - who reminds me of Tracy when I first met him.  So many great memories....

So, here's a smattering of photos from the trip....





Me, Shar, Lydia, Mary Ann, Bobbi, Pat

Pub Crawling with Jane, the Brew Sommelier



Off to Glasgow by train from London


My absolute favorite gin!!!

Shar has her purse under her shirt- no she's NOT pregnant...

Lots of cashmere here....



The bridge at St. Andrews Golf Course

Wishing we were leaving on the Brittania

Smooching the Edinburgh Laddie