Monday ~

Every morning starts a new page in

 your story. Make it a great one today...

As the new week begins, so begins the countdown

 until we see our grand-daughters and the rest of the 

Norwegian gang.  Two more sleeps as they say.

Busy days are coming, but they will be wonderful 

busy times with everyone.  Nothing like enjoying 

times with family.  We are ready and so looking

 forward to everyone being here at the same time.

Clearing up our calendar for the next two weeks.

We are going to make sure we can spend as much

time as possible with everyone especially the 

grand kids, for we only see them usually 

3 weeks in the summer in Norway.

We had my family here for a while, and now 

it's time to have the other set of family.  I still miss my 

mom and dad.  My mom more because everyday we

 did something.  Everyday we made memories.

Hello new week.  When you arise in 

the morning, think of what a precious

 privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, 

to think, to enjoy, to love.

Today's a new day. It's your day. You shape it. 

 Don't let it be shaped by someone else's ignorance or fear...

~Nadiya~

A Look At Hurricane Sandy...

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature...

Nature has a power all of it's own and all we can do is watch as it works it's way.  Sometimes we get spared and other times the devastation it leaves behind is so terrible that it may take years to recover.  Hurricane Sandy was a terrible storm.  Causing more damage than Irene.  Today millions of people are without power and homes....

Scenes from NYC.  Unlike Florida, NY is not prepared for this.  Wall Street was shut down for 2 days.  The Airport closed, the city is in a standstill.  This is not normal for New York, the city that never sleeps.

NY Bruised, Battered, but Not Broken

For some reason everyone loves NY.  

"One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years"

Meanwhile, here in Fort Lauderdale we have erosion of our beaches.  As Arvid and I cruised along A1A (the beach road) we saw quite a lot of damage.  Here are a few pictures I took.

This is terrible, but I know from previous disasters that people are stronger than we know.  We humans are very resilient. and it takes more than a storm to bring us to our knees.  It is during times like these that people pull from strenghts they never knew they had.

It's time again for a nation to come together and help each other overcome this tragedy, and we will....

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot

~Nadiya~