Shari Gillies:  

Just popped in to see who has been added and was pleasantly surprised to see several new additions. I live in Maple Ridge and work at the City of Burnaby. I did retire briefly but found with most of my friends and family still working I was bored!! So I bit the bullet and came back to work at the City. Now I can afford to do all the things I like to do but sometimes now don't have the time. lol I belong to a Masonic group called the Order of the Amaranth and have been travelling around the US with some of the members to the annual conventions in the various states. In the last year I've been to Florida, Alaska twice, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho and various cities in Washington. My next trip is to Arizona. I travelled to Britain in the summer of 2006 to meet up with my son, who was bumming around Europe. I spent 3 weeks with him travelling from London to Bratislava, Vienna, Prague and Amsterdam. I had a great time staying in hostels and spending time with a whole bunch of young people!! Then in the summer of 2007 a friend invited me to join her to visit her daughter in Korea. We spent 4 weeks in Seoul, Bejing, Bangkok, Chaing Mai. It was a wonderful trip. These two vacations and the little short ones around the US have given me an itch to see more of the world. I'm looking forward to taking a trip to Turkey next year. Its not planned yet, other than in my mind. I do love a good book and enjoy going to the movies. Recently I've been attending the occasional live play and am really enjoying that experience. Although I work for a city government I'm not at all political. I just go with the flow. I love to cook and entertain. My problem is it's difficult to get excited about preparing a meal for one. As a consequence I still prepare meals in company size proportions and have lots of leftovers. My children and grandchildren all live near me in 'Ridge. I have 4 little princesses to call me 'Nana'. My daughter, ...Expand for more