I apologize for not paying attention to the details, Nathan.

Ooooh, I would LOVE to attend, however I doubt that I can spread myself out that much this winter. I have sister who lives in TO that I haven't seen since Thanksgiving - thank goodness for the telephone. She has said when I do come down for a Tartan Tuesday, that I need to stay with her for lots of tea and talk the next day. Soon I hope...

I have way too many things happening and everything seems to come at once. My body has been telling me to slow down and I didn't listen...so it made me. I picked up a bug in the hospital at the beginning of December. I've had bronchitis/pneumonia for the first time in my life & Christmas/New Years was the quietest ever. I still haven't beat it. Now my husband has overextended himself and he is hospital with pneumonia, too. We both need to slow down and pay attention to our bodies. When the body says 'uncle', stop and rest; everything else can wait.

We need to take better care of ourselves so that we can do everything that we want. We think we can do everything that we did when we were in our twenties, and we can! - but just a little slower. My problem was that I tried to maintain the same pace when extra things landed on my plate, and my body said - enough. I didn't listen and so I got sick. Now I'm walking the talk, and looking after myself, so that I can do all the wonderful things that I want to do.

The one gift we now have is a new addition to the family. While my husband was being admitted through Emergency the other morning, our step-grandson's wife was in Labour and Delivery. We have a brand new 1st great-grand-daughter! 3 weeks early but 6 pounds of absolute perfection! We won't be seeing her in person until we are both completely healthy - but I can see her through the window and she is beautiful! No prejudice here, eh!

I will raise a glass to you and the rabble on the next Tartan Tuesday, Nathan. I have thought of you often on Tartan Tuesdays the last few months. I will let you know when I'm making the trek. Will probably be in the spring. I'm getting ready for a trip to Europe Mar/April so the earliest one I could attend would be May. It's on the calendar so I'm hoping it will work out...
Stay safe and good health to you all.