Saturday ~

Life is a celebration. Consider everything that

 makes you happy as a gift and say, 'Thank you'...

Mornings with Sniff and afternoon walks with Arvid.

I am enjoying the amazing sunsets.  As you know I love sunsets

 and sunrises.  I wake up to capture them and as we go 

walking I can't help but stop and take pictures.

Yesterday the wind was worse than it was on Friday. 

 Friday was predicted to be the very "bad" day.  Go figure.

  The iguana that went up the tree is still hanging on 

there for dear life.  Love a camera with lots of ZOOM!

  Makes everything seem so close.  Like the iguana.

Soon it will be Christmas day.  It is also my mom's birthday.

Unfortunately this year we will not be seeing them for Christmas.  

Mom and dad will be spending the next month in California with my sister

 Rima and family.  Let's just say Rima can't wait for December 25th.

I'm fortunate for having seen them not so long ago.  

I am really happy because I have seen all my sisters

 and my parents within the last 2 months.  Another

 benefit of living in Florida.  Travel is easy.

Wishing everyone a day to remember.  

A day to make more memories.  Our life is good,

 but everyday I miss my Brutus and I think of 

little Shadow.  I'm grateful for Sniff.  Life.

Celebrate what you have accomplished, but raise 

the bar a little higher each time you succeed...

~Nadiya~

Wednesday...

Finding joy in simple pleasures paves the way 
for a peaceful, contented and easy life...

I finally found a place that knows how to do a manicure and pedicure.  I was really 

missing this.  Back home in Florida I had my favorite spot not far from us, and I was a 

regular.  I thought I would never find the right place here in Branson.  Ii tried a few and

 none was "good enough"  Yesterday though I ventured out of my comfort zone and that 

took me to the right place.  Even Sniff had to agree that is was a good choice.

It's been good to have a few days on my own, but now I'm missing Arvid.  As I was

 having my manicure he calls me from Florida to ask me instructions on how to do the

 laundry.  I guess I need to let him do more household chores in the future.

Good morning everyone.  Remember life brings simple pleasures to us everyday.
It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.  Now is a good time to start.

People who delight in simple pleasures and who manage to smile in spite 
of the difficulties they face have the clearest vision of life.  Don't wait for
the perfect moment.  Take the moment and make it perfect....

~Nadiya~

Routines...

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine it is lethal.

Brutus, I miss our routines.  I miss how happy we were with you..

Sunday morning.  Calls to Norway.  Yes, Sunday is family day for Arvid.

I don't have a specific day for family.  Everyday is family day for me, but I guess

 if my family also lived so far away I would have one special day.  It's a routine Arvid has 

had with his family like forever.  They like it and he likes it.  Arvid likes routines, and this

 one is a good routine.  His mom and Victoria know that he will call withing certain hour of 

the morning and they wait for that call.  Michelle we Skype with on Mondays.  Routines.

Arvid's mom just told him that in Horten, Norway they are planning to build floating condos.

This morning T told Arvid that Victoria will be having dinner with Michael's family 

today so he may want to call a little earlier just to make sure he got hold of her. 

Well I misunderstood, and the outing was yesterday.  Of course Arvid was not too 

happy to "break" his routine.  But he got over it fast.  Yes.  Arvid likes his routines

 very much.  I also do, but I also like to break the routines every so often.

Sunday is looking good here.  Beautiful day.  Outing with friends planned to

a very beautiful spot in Hollywood, Florida.  Pictures to follow tomorrow.

Everything is good right now.  There is just a place in my heart that misses my

 Brutus like crazy.  That cries over Shadow's short tragic life. There is never a single

 moment in the day when Brutus and Shadow do not cross my mind.  Never.  We wish we 

could hold our Brutus again.  Sniff like Shadow does not like getting picked up much.

Happy Sunday all.  Remember that sometimes the less routine, the more life.

My daily routine: get up, be amazing, go back to bed.

Sometimes the break from your routine is the very thing you need...

~Nadiya~