A typical day of mine

8:30: Get up
8:30 – 10:00: Wash myself, prepare and eat breakfast
10:00 - 14:00: Work (either renovation or leaning)
14:00 - 15:00: Have lunch
15:00 – 16:30: Walk outdoors, usually the river front park
16:30 – 18:30: Skip rope, stretch exercise and shower
18:30 – 20:30: Prepare and eat super
20:30 – 23:00: Play pool, read or watch a movie or browse internet
23:00 – 23:30: Wash
23:30: go to bed

Breakfast: slice of Tofu, slice of cheese, one apple, 7 halves of walnuts, one egg, a cup of tea
Lunch: miso soup, one slice of Pumpernickel bread, half of avocado
Super: coconut milk rice dish with pacific wild salmon, broccoli and onion, a radish salad, one glass of wine, a bowl of frozen grapes and a cup of coffee.

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS!

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS (4)

We had planned a day of driving through the countryside of Vermont just to soak in the beautiful fall weather with the leaves changing. Unfortunately, it rained and will probably rain the whole day.

Instead, Husband plastered the ceiling where there was water damage and I repaired and altered an old jersey shirt. I have been repairing old cotton clothes recently as they are so much more comfortable just before they get worn out.

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS!!!

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS (3)

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS (3)

This happened on August 25.

Walking with a bag full of tools to repair a window and install a new heater, I saw two young men just about going away with an old beat-up truck with welding tools in the back. So I said hi and asked them if they do welding. After getting an affirmative answer, I asked them to take a look at my staircase, of which the top steel bar was bended, came off and temporarily bonded together with wires. Sure enough, they welded back and almost straightened the steel bar. It only took them 20 minutes and they wanted $40.00. I was so happy that this got fixed out of the blue; I gladly paid them $50.00. AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS!!!

Written by Richard

AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS (2)

Severe thunderstorm (66 millimeters of rain fell in less than an hour) hit us yesterday (news here).

First phone line got jammed up, and then water pouring down alongside the drain pipe into the basement. R had to climb up a ladder onto the roof to fish out a Red Bull can that got stuck in the drain. As if that's still not enough, one computer went dead.

Locking up the door and all our worries, we walked right out into the rain.

Walking along the St-Lawrence River in the rain, feeling totally alive and seeing naked men coming out of the river after a swim, AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS!!!

AH, I S THIS NOT HAPPINESS (1)

Pansy

Richard came home around 11:00 p.m. After a hot summer day, we sat in the garden by the creek, listening to the sound of water running, sipping cold Pu-Er tea and having a good conversation. We felt a little bit hungry. So I cut a few cubes of Brie cheese, took out some frozen grapes, ate them under the stars. We went to bed around 2:00 a.m. As soon as we lay down, I realized that I forgot to put the tea in the fridge to make a cold pot for tomorrow. So I said to Richard “Can you go? I am too dizzy”. He actually got up and walked to the kitchen, which was not possible a month ago. AH, IS THIS NOT HAPPINESS!!!



c-cassia