I’m under the weather, taking time to rest and stay out of the cold. Thankfully, my dear friend and assistant, Maggie, can teach my classes while I recover and sip on echinacea tea with fresh squeezed lemon (vegetable soup is simmering). I’ll spend some time reminiscing of wonderful times we’ve shared.
For my dear and beautiful friend, Maggie!!
Maggie is elegant and I love her style. She has exquisite taste in everything from clothes to home decor! We both have a passion for fashion and enjoy shopping together. Whether it’s thrifting at local consignment shops and second-hand stores or shopping in Toronto, we always find something we like … and stop for a bite to eat at a sidewalk cafe, little coffee shops or vegetarian restaurants.
We also share the joy of dance together. Maggie is a beautiful dancer, with grace and poise, she encourages everyone to put in “feeling.” We never miss a chance to dance! Maggie has a dance studio in her house and we’ve spent many fun hours practicing dances for classes and workshops.
Gallery of some of our fun times together
Dancing at the Polish Legion
Ballroom lessons
Dance at the Victoria Park Pavilion
Christmas at a dance class
Dance performance at the Bay wearing our silver and gold dance shoes.
Balcony on the river
Maggie made a delicious lunch.
my balcony
Maggie in the mirror
carmen in the mirror
A fun day of shopping in Toronto and having lunch with Maggie’s mom at a Chinese restaurant.
Lunch at a quaint coffee shop
Lunch at a charming sidewalk cafe
lunch at a vegetarian restaurant
lunch at a vegetarian restaurant
Lunch at the City Cafe with Jean
Maggie was one of the 10 finalists for the Most Fabulous Women over 40 – but she had to go to Germany.
I treasure your friendship and appreciate all your help in dance classes: assisting, teaching and taking my classes in my absence!!
I look forward to warm weather when we can sit outside and enjoy good times together!


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Feel better soon! This has just been the most awful, strange winter and it sounds like the worst of it got to you. But what a sweet post for your friend – I love how you turned the negative of your illness into such a positive for your friendship. What joy and what a delight to look through the moments you shared. Hope you have a quick recovery after indulging in some “you” time!!
xo ~kim & chloe
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Hope you recover soon and this cold weather will change to spring in the near future. So cold here in Minnesota too. Lovely tribute to a friend. You two make a striking pair and I can imagine your dancing. It’s a wonderful to have a special person in one’s life that shares your passions!
blue hue wonderland
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I do hope you will recover soon, Carmen! Bad weather is so boring…
Dancing is a lovable way to stay fit and to have some fun! And to meet friends too!
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Thank you Dan! I appreciate your friendship too!
I am thankful that I don’t get sick often.
Looking forward to spring!
❤️carmen
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Oh, look at you, Miss Thing! You ladies look GORGEOUS! I love it. Feel better soon.
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I don’t look that gorgeous today my dear!! But better days are on the way!
Thanks for visiting and cheering me up!
♥ carmen
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Get well soon, Carmen! Sweet people always get over their colds faster than the rest of us … it’s true! Lucky Maggie … lucky you!
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Thank you my dear Jan! So sweet of you, that means you get over colds super fast! I’m feeling somewhat better, cheery notes and well wishes do help! Plus my husband serves me echinacea tea with lemon juice.
❤️carmen
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I’m thrilled with all the pictures and kind words of me you posted in your blog. I treasure your friendship so much too. I enjoy our girls days out as well, looking forward to do it again when the weather is nicer. Like the quote …never miss a chance to dance. Hope you are feeling better from your cold.
From Maggie with LOVE !
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My dear friend Maggie!
It was a pleasure to put this little album of memories together!! You are beautiful inside and out!! This is only a few of our photos and there are many more. A picture says a thousand words and each photo brings back such wonderful moments!
Thank you for showing me all the nice thrift and consignment shops. I still want to take you to a new one I found.
Come dance with me!!
♥ carmen
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I hope you are getting better. Love the photos, so full of life. Eat you greens it suits you too!
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Thank you a sweetie!! I love my greens … and yellows … and reds … and orange. A rainbow of tasty veggies and fruits! 😀
♥ carmen
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That is great, I knew you would. So you feel better soon with the right vitamins……. 😃
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I loved looking at all these pretty photos!! Get well soon Carmen! I wish I could drop by with some soup!
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Thank you so much Susan! I’m sure your soup would be delicious and nutritious!
Love your new Gravatar!! Beautiful!!!
♥ carmen
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Carmen, you look so happy and pleased with your friend and dance partner. It’s lovely to have a friend with whom to share the happy moments. The pictures are very beautiful and both are very stylish. The photos on your balcony, near the river, are always wonderful.
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Thank you my dear Josep-Maria! You noticed my balcony! Yes, we enjoyed lovely afternoons on the balcony and also in her beautiful garden. I have so many more photos of Maggie and me!
Thank you for visiting!!
♥ carmen
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Dear, I noticed on your balcony, because you’re in it …
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