Yucky Sink and Yesterday's Reflections

Once again, we had yucky, stinky, soapy, dirty water come up our drain in the kitchen. I wish I would have taken a picture of it. Oh well. Shane called Transglobe, our property management. He was pretty forceful about it today with comments about the health board and so on. LOL He usually is fairly quiet about these things but enough is enough. Yuck!

Someone came over fairly quickly which was great. Except I was in the middle of my housework so things were a little disorganized. Funny how that doesn't bother me as much as it use to...

Anyhow, throughout the day yesterday - I was reflecting on my life, the lives of my children, extended family and other families and of course - all the events that have transpired this last year. I thought of why we do the things we do...or don't do.
From my prayers, study and reasoning, I have more or less settled in to the fact that we are who we are. Some of us have natural tendencies to be this way or that regardless or the environment they are nourished in. And yet, we cannot disregard the strong influences that our experiences impact us. Because no one can accurately measure how much nature vs nurture defines us, I subscribe that it is only the Lord that is the ultimate judge of our character. I must therefore seek not to judge others harshly (including myself) and treat all equally. Slow to anger - quick to forgive. This does not mean I need to subject myself or innocents (I am using this as a noun) to harm. But it can help me to view others as the Lord does.

Yesterday was a beautiful summer day again. The morning we were in the south end of London. Shane had a meeting at CNIB which was very brief. Close by was MacDonald's so we took Sage to the play place there for awhile. By the time we got home, it was almost lunch. Sage had a great nap. For supper I made a fresh broccoli casserole. I chopped up a bunch of broccoli, a little onion and tossed it in a can of mushroom soup. I topped it with a crumbled piece of whole wheat bread and a little grated mozzarella. It was very nice. I did very well with my food until the evening when I caved in to one of Shane's BBQ ribs. We had got these large beef ribs on sale next to nothing. It was amazing. I had only one. Sage's day finished with another trip to the park which he loves. Weather was fabulous. Took the dogs and they loved it too.

Shane and I watched a little Project Free TV and then had some lovely chats before sleep.

Last words - Though life has been tumultuous for 2009 - there are still some pretty happy and tender parts of it.