I like to shake it up a bit. Maybe even spell things wrong, ha ha! But I want to welcome our newest members! Have you looked at the numbers? We are at 98! Two beautiful souls away from 100, and I'm excited! Let's give our best warm welcome to @Jacqulynn Tamanini @Katinka van Kan @Keith Berg and @Taras Mokrytskyi ! As always, I thoroughly enjoy the multiculturalness of this community. We have people from all over Goma, and it's that unique culture that everyone brings that makes this community special. I invite all our new friends to introduce themselves in a new post, and I want to invite everybody to post or comment with your very favorite meal or recipe. (Bonus points if you share the recipe! ) Let's get 98 recipes posted... If anyone can do it, this amazing community can! Thank you to the new members for joining our crowd, thank you to the existing members for being here always! Someone once asked me if I had to describe what My community would be like if it was a place, like a physical place, what would it look like. I gave a wonderful long description, and I chose this picture. Feel free to join me by the pool, enjoy the warmth in the sun, and spend a little time getting to know each other in this community.

Hey everyone! I've been quiet lately. I had a busy weekend visiting my daughter in Toronto to celebrate her graduation. It was a little bit of diplomacy, fun, celebration, everything all in one. Spending the weekend with her and my son was great, spending it also with my ex-husband and his girlfriend added another layer to it. But since I have worked hard to cultivate a civil relationship with him, we all had a great time together and it was fun. Plus, I got to spend time with my brother and his wife, which was amazing because I see them so seldom. It was a great family weekend... but I missed having Billy. But then there was the cat. Those of you who know me know that I'm not a cat person, but I also have two cats. And I've come to like the two little buggers. They're quite special to me. Even though I would rather they would wag their tail and bark, ha ha. Herman, my rather large and super personable cat, with an incredible personality, became ill on Thursday, and we had to put him down on Friday. I was in Toronto, celebrating the graduation while Billy was home by himself dealing with this. He's the cat guy, so of course he was devastated, but I was heartbroken as well. He was only four years old. Sometimes I called him Turd. He was my buddy, and I'm so sad he's gone. So talk about a range of emotions, right? Is it any surprise that I wasn't popping in here to give you my latest chitty-chatty update? Probably not, but I just did miss being in my community and engaging with all of you guys! We have a couple new members today, which is exciting! I'll create a new post for them so that they're not forever tied to the cat post. I want to keep growing this community and making it a special place. If you have any friends who want to join in, tell them all about us! Pull up a chair, pour a glass of wine, and let's talk. Or milk, or apple juice, or water even... The sparkling kind with a dash of lemon and lime? Oh, so nice! Ha! So I'm back, and excited to see where we're going, because I know that we are going to amazing places!

Ok, so I’m no master in the kitchen but I had to share this super easy snack I made today - dark chocolate, crystallized ginger, hazelnuts and orange 🤩 Who is impressed 🤣