NEWSFLASH : HOLYMOTHEROFGOD SEEKS NEW BLOG TEMPLATE!

I've been mulling this over since last summer. I really want a new image (again) for this blog. Like some other online stalkers I know, I also hunt other blogs and "check out what dey got goin' on 'en all dat" (sorry, little Newfie went in there, I don't know where that came from LOL. I should've added a "lord tunderin Jayzus bie" at the end). I have to say I really, REALLY dig that top tab template layout that offers other "pages" to your blog. It neatly separates everything into categories, like Well Heeled and Miss 604 have so capably done. Admittedly these blogs have (I think) more focused topics as opposed to my seemingly endless ramblings about anything from real estate, finances, astrology, diet or just general jibber jabber about what's going on in my life for what that's worth. Well Heeled is a generally a finance blog and Miss604 is more about Podcasts, technology and general Lower Mainland things going on.
I think most people blog for the sake of talking out their journeys; at least that's my purpose. Gemini rising, what can I do about it =P Gemini is the communicator of the zodiac, n'est pas? (Actually funny side note about having verbal diarrhea.. My sister and I were in Vancouver years ago getting her signed up for the Cdn Forces Reserves. We were talking a mile a minute and very engaged in our conversation. This guy near us was apparently watching us (who she later dated actually, LOL) and attempting to listen to our conversation. When we paused for air he asked if we were speaking English!! ROFLMAO!!! TOO FUNNY! True story, true story... and hilarious sketch in that link =)
Enjoy your day, all! Til the morrow!

Welcome new bloggers to the Blogosphere!!

Must be January. Everyone is either talking about how to tighten the belt or tighten the purse strings. I just read this link that talks about 6 different ways to save up to 200 bucks a week. Some suggestions might work (for me) and some I already do. Take my lunch to work? Yep. Reduce a long commute? Nope- 4km is hardly far away (although I guess I could walk in the summer!) Don't eat out and skip frivolous spending (DUH). Reduce interest on your cards or debt (double duh). Know your credit score (which I do, but is good advice for those that don't) If you own a business, go find more business... *sigh* Whoever writes this stuff should write a weight loss advice column and tell people to put the fork down, know what I mean?!?! Phhht. Just common sense!... Which people just don't like to EXERCISE (either financially or physically LOL!!)
Really trying to get organized in every facet of my life. I picked up some sticky cork boards to put on the wall and 2 wipeable boards to write lists on. Big list writer. Must list things, otherwise I completely forget! I have always had THE worst short term memory, since birth. My mom would literally ask me to go downstairs to get a jar of peaches from the pantry and I'd get downstairs and suddenly wonder where I was going and for what again?! I do it STILL all the time. Terrible!
Now I try to use my cell phone camera to take shots of things if I can't write it down and probably should invest in one of those PDA's or maybe just bite it and get an iPhone since they do everything except cook dinner. I'm just always paranoid about the COSTS of accessing the internet or browsing or whatever on them. I try to REALLY keep the cell costs down and use it sparingly. I don't even text on it! I know, I know, for shame. Not like I can't type or don't like to =P I just don't want to PAY to type is all. My BF is trying to get me excited about a mini-laptop that's small enough to fit in my purse. This might work for me, honestly. Can you imagine how much more I would blog? How annoying for everyone else LOL!! =)

note- picture courtesy of woot.com. Click picture to view woot's blog...

Lots of things going on in Da Skies this weekend, peeps. Looks like we have a FULL MOON tomorrow (in Cancer) and Mercury Retrograde on Sunday which lasts for about 3 weeks. This Mercury retrograde begins at 8 Aquarius (my Jupiter is apparently in Aquarius, like Obama, whatever that means! Something about us expanding our horizons this year). This retrograde retraces ground we experienced December 25 through January 10 (as per Aquarius papers) which makes me slap my forehead and say DOH!!! I was on vacation at the time so I can't say that it's anything work related but I can imagine, she said knowingly, what likely this means for ME!! In general they suggest that this will be a time symbolizing a "need for public presentation of life virtues and standards," and the "need to share our values in some external manner with others."

Here's something my sister has already shared with me, which is (a) related to sharing our values and preserving our life standards! and (b)something YOU may find interesting anytime regardless of any Mercury Retrogrades =). And it's FREE! Y'no Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth? Well, samples of books like his and other great reads are available FREE on the Philosopher's Notes webiste when you register there. You can download 25 top MP3 or PDF versions of various readings throughout 2009. Nice!

Speaking of Sis there, apparently her neck of the woods in BC has been flooded. Just before a full moon? Are the tides out of control?! Will water take over the world!? GASP! Just kidding =P The Moon does rule water though so kind of humorous in that respect. Sucks though- mudslides on the Coquihalla and everything there =(. That BC and the rain, hmmm. The longer I'm here the more I like it. With a few exceptions...

Course aside from the temperatures that drop below hell freezing over, the traffic enforcement sucks horribly here. I got 2 tickets (one in late Nov from a parked radar car and another Dec 23 for 6 hours of parking) *groan* The literal price you pay...

Back from BC where some things have changed and so many things have not =P

Mischa turned 4 years old on Sunday and we celebrated his birthday with a visit to an extremely PACKED Science World, checking out water vortexes and spinning things on the floor... Wow, what a place!

My flight yesterday-slash-today turned into a red eye, leaving at midnight and getting in at just after 430am. It was delayed by FIVE HOURS which although disappointing I made the best of. I met a lovely young lady from Prince George who shared dinner with me while HER flight was delayed and we shared a few laughs while waiting for our air buses to get in. I called Westjet when I first recognized the delay and although they tried their best they were unable to get me on an alternate flight. However, I did get a travel credit for the value of my flight which was very generous of them.

So glad to be home... Still really tired and omg so much to do still in the last precious few days of vacation. Today is Rest Day, though, and I'm staying in my PJs and relaxing and uploading photos. A hundred thanks to Helen and George for allowing me to stay in their gorgeous Chilliwack home. They are GREAT hosts, and it was so much fun sliding down the driveway with everyone (and in my car LOL!!!.. freakin all seasons...) Although I confess nothing is better though than being HOME SWEET HOME after days of travelling. It's always nice to sleep in your own bed. Thanks everyone!

Fun in the snow in BC!

Yup, weird to go from Winnipeg to BC and yet have the winter weather HERE of all places. But the territory lends itself to toboganning a wee bit better so we took full advantage and slid down the driveway, one at a time!

Staying a few days in the Upper Fraser Valley then heading home on Monday evening, which I look forward to. Nothing quite like being Home Sweet Home. My body is still a few hours behind and I find myself up ridiculously early and tired embarrassingly early also. Like now- I've had 2 cups of coffee but I could honestly crash within the next hour without any challenge. I refuse to adjust for less than a week's vacation; there's honestly no point...

I'll upload a few more pictures of my trip when I get home, especially of my nephew's birthday party tomorrow and Science World (if we go. Apparently we're expecting a few inches of snow and who knows what that means for the roads here...) TTYS !

How was your New Year's celebration?!

Mine was 100% family. Sister, husband and kids; brother, girlfriend and kids; mom and dad and me. Whole Family Unit together which is a unique experience in and of itself. We brought in 2009 with a glass of champagne just after midnight and my sister and I gabbed until the late morning hours which was so great. Everyone dispersed today, so it's just me and The Old Folks this evening hence a hardcore evening of Law And Order (*yawns*) =)

I'm two thirds of the way into Ask And It Is Given by Abraham-Hicks which is a really terrific read for Law of Attraction readers. I find it's really helping me recognize some poor behavioural and emotional patterns I have engaged in over the years and am now working on changing. In fact I've already BEEN working on it these past few months and can see, in RL, changes happening in my mindset and manifesting in various areas. Working on the LOA has definitely helped shape my intentions for the New Year. LOA teaches you to DO, BE and HAVE anything you desire. It goes without saying that I need to really be committed to time management in order to be extremely organized to work on all these aspects of Me this year. I have daily, weekly, monthly, a quarterly and a long term schedule to help guide me. Breaking it down like this creates smaller, more manageable "one foot in front of the other" goals along the way. This year I intend to do the following:

1. Complete the purchase of the Duplex for March 1 possession and clean up/ establish some financial plans that go with this (that are already in the works). This is the First Step into real estate investing and will teach us so much about it. Just gotta DO IT and learn for ourselves... while of course using all the things that you've heard, read and learned from others. (This is the DO part) This goal certainly has long term implications hence the step by step planning process I've created.
2. Continue to work on the LOA, do The Work by Byron Katie and implement what I learn on a daily basis. (This is the BE part) This means learning to tune in to positive and turn off the negative mental switch. Gonna be challenging work but very rewarding... Truly it comes down to general self discipline and a committment to Self, affecting your mental and emotional state, financial state, yada yada.
3. Express myself creatively on a regular basis- paint, draw, doodle, sing, learn to play guitar, grow plants in the house... grow, grow, grow in every way! There's something about having things being CREATED around you, a form of personal EXPRESSION, and having green plants GROWING and FLOWERING around you that inspires your own growing and nurturing. (Another DO as well as BE)

Those are the Top Three areas that really encompass the smaller trivial goals. I always look forward to the Near Year and a fresh start. Love to hear what YOUR plans are and how YOUR celebrations went. Do comment and say your piece !

Happy New Year everyone!

I know in some areas of the world (like home, a few provinces over from where I am at right now) it is already 2009. Here it's still an hour away =)

So before the new year hits let me show you some shots of what we have celebrated here thus far from the Pender Island Lantern Festival. Sadly my HP camera was not performing at it's best this evening despite my best efforts to find the "right setting" for night-time viewing. But you'll get the gist. Performance art. Nuff said. But I had fun with it. When the crowd starting clapping to the music near the end I felt like being different, so I clapped purposely to the OFF beat. My dad started laughing and said, what are you, spastic?! Which made me do it louder and more prominently, staring at him while I did it and asking if I was off- am I off?!! Is it me or everyone else?! Well if he didn't piss himself laughing and try to walk away! But I followed him, just so everyone knew the idiot girl that doesn't have a sense of timing was with him =) I know- I'm good that way... ROFL!!!

Good trip out here, though. Quite humorous- I was reading the Law of Attraction on the plan and had to laugh at this... the stewardess comes down the aisle to serve beverages. I see a few people in other aisle seats with tomato juice and i think mmmm, tomato juice. Yes, please give me some! So she serves me and the whole time I'm totally savoring the yummy tomato goodness and REALLY enjoying it. I hear her ask the opposite seats what they want which is water and a coffee. She instead pours tomato juice to which they say hey, no, we didn't order that! I laughed to myself. I know it's partly because she just poured that for about 4 of us but I'd like to think that my "vibrations" that I put out about how fantastic tomato juice was helped out the situation =) At any rate I had a very lucky day travelling. The girl I sat next to on my initial flight from Wpg to Edmonton told me I could request a "sooner" Air Canada flight to connect me to Vancouver. My original ticket meant I had a 2 hour layover there so i eagerly approached an Edmonton Air Canada booth and asked, hey, can I get on the NEXT Vancouver flight instead? And yes, I could! In fact there was one seat left and we'll put you on standby for it. And yes, I got it!! Then I arrived in Vancouver earlier AND got an earlier ferry which means I got home earlier in the end. Still 12 hours of travelling but it would've been 14 so I'm VERY grateful for all the little things that went right yesterday getting here.

Have a fantastic New Year's wherever you are, whatever you're doing!

All the best, to EVERYONE!

Oy. Air Canada cancelled most Vancouver flights on Xmas Eve and Xmas Day. Good thing I didn't end up taking my original plan of travelling ON Xmas Day to get to Van, which I thought would be cheaper. That would've sucked. Nineteen departing and 20 arriving flights were cancelled at the Edmonton International Airport Christmas Eve, leaving loads of people disappointed as severe storms continued to hammer the west coast. Boy, would I LOVE LOVE LUUUUURVE to travel more though. I dig airports, checking in, boarding the plane, and the TAKE OFF... omg take off is my FAVE-OH-RIT everrrrr!!! I so DIG the feeling of the jet engaging!!! It's like it walks down the tarmack a bit, then says to itself... oh, screw it, let's full out run like if someone is after us! And it freakin' BOLTS with a slight jerk into that hell-bent-for-election I'm-leaving-this-earth G-force action!!! Woooo-WEEEEE! HA!!!! OMG that's my favorite!!! =) Suddenly you're sideways, the wing looks like it will touch the ground and you get that stomach-in-your-feet feeling like an elevator heading down, finally hitting the floor you wanted. Oy, that feeling! HA! LOVE IT!!!!!... 'Course the food sucks badly and the roominess? Not so much. No elbow room at all and the seats recline I think 2 degrees. It's like they TAUNT you with the seats. Makes you think, hmmm... even Greyhound allows you more reclining room than this for God's sake. Perhaps at the risk of being seated next to a murderous freak, though... (I still feel so badly for that poor guy, Tim McLean. Wrong place, wrong time or was his life's purpose to send a message through his death? And if all our lives have purpose, then do all our deaths also? I say yes. Because we all affect others in life and death. Something to think about...)

At any rate I will have to keep checking about my flight status, especially tomorrow since I leave Tuesday, to ensure that everything is a go and is on-time. My flight is a JAZZ or TANGO or something, whatever that means. Probably means I get a 30g bag of cookies or something =P

So the Old Man wandered off today. And I mean Bob. I went to collect my laundry about 30 minutes ago and apparently my cat Bob snuck out behind me only to remain in the hallway until a neightbour knocked asking if this was my feline? Hmmm, yep. That's him- I own that one. He's old, a little senile (especially since the seizures over the past 5 yrs or so; I find his mental capacity diminishes every time he has one) and he likes to escape whenever he can. Unfortunately this time I didn't notice. *sigh*... bad feline parenting... =(

Last thing I will say is I used part of my Spa gift certificate yesterday and had my hair done and nails put back on. I feel a little bit more put together. My cats LOVE the nails; they get much better chin scratching with the gel enhancements LOL!!! Bob's eyes cross and he drools when he gets a good rubbing with those!

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HMOG's Motivational Posters =)

NEW MOON in CAPRICORN
With this new cycle taking hold in your life now, taking charge and being in control become more important issues for you. You want to get things organized, and you have the initiative to do it. This is a time of ambition and responsibility, a time to keep your cool and pace yourself. Working hard is smart, but working smart is better.

Good time to write out those new Year's Resolutions on this New Moon Day today. I started mine last night, and not the typical BS that never happens like "I will lose weight this year because the last time I wasn't really serious" or something =P LOL!!! No, these ones are daily, small, but with long lasting, long term implications. I still have some refining to do with them and will report them on New Year's Day (hopefully).

Xmas was great ! I am using part of my spa gift certificate in a few hours here for a haircut and touch up; maybe get my nails done. John got an electric guitar and lessons which is exciting. Being a music geek myself from way back (I had Grade 8 Royal Conservatory piano, years of clarinet and a few years of vocal lessons) I thoroughly encourage creative expression. Actually truth be told that's one on my list of resolutions, to express myself creatively more in the future. I have the ability and yet don't make the time or effort. In his own right John is very creative and crafty, and encourages me all the time to "do art". I think when you cut off part of yourself and your talent you stifle your Self which may be something I need to explore as opposed to being so viciously ambitious in real estate and materialistic pursuits. I actually watched "Relocation Relocation" last night (admittedly an HGTV junkie, except I don't watch Holmes on Holmes because I just don't dig that show. I dunno, I just find him ... excessive I guess. He doesn't just fix the problem he UBER RENOVATES in a way that normal people couldn't POSSIBLY do themselves. What's the point?! Are we supposed to be impressed with what CAN be done or something?! Snore. Yawn. Whatever, Mikey. Nice work, I guess...) Anyways, back to my story... there was an artist on there buying his first investment property. Initially he was hesitant to do so and anxious about the level of debt he was taking on but was motivated to TRY because he could see that DOING THIS would afford him his ultimate passion which was his art. Well, hello, as if I wasn't MEANT to watch THIS episode eh?! LOL.. Anyways in this episode they show his original investment purchase AND the footage from visiting him 4 years later. By this time has several properties, is selling 45 canvases a year, has a successful jewellery and marketing business and is self sufficient between his investment properties and his artistic endeavors. Amen to that pathway. I see you and I'd love to follow you there, brother!!!!
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So think long and hard about YOUR plans for the new year. Let those resultions be thoughts that serve you best, and encourage who you are.

Yes, it is Boxing Day. The Annual Day of Consumer Indulgence! (Or the Day Known As "I'm Broke And Appreciate Discounts")

For those of you braving the malls and searching for a little more bang for your buck here are the links that steer you to them:

RED FLAG DEALS
SMART CANUCKS
News about Best Buy and Future Shop
And so it begins

You Need Some Purple in Your Life

Purple will make you feel ambitious, independent, and creative.
And with a little purple, you will project an aura of individuality.
If you want more extravagance, you've got to get a little purple in your life!

For extra punch: Combine purple with green or orange

The downside of purple: It can evoke sad feelings

The consequences of more purple in your life:

You will feel an increase in your artistic abilities
You will find balance in the most chaotic parts of your life
You will feel calm and will be hard to disturb

What Color Do You Need?

Merry Ho Ho to everyone this Christmas morning!

I think Christmas morning has always traditionally been family time, right? It was the only day of the year that I recall my parents (dad especially) making a ginormous brunch, having caesars with breakfast and generally having an enjoyable morning together, eating good food and just relishing the togetherness..

That's what we did this morning; late breakfast, nice strong coffee, yada yada. John was nice enough to go out in the 30 below and go buy me cream for my coffee this morning which is extremely nice of him. To add injury to insult he slipped in the parking lot on the ice and fell hard on his back, poor guy =( What a hero he is, braving cold and injury to get me my goods!

Opened our presents last night and Santa was SO good to me; very thoughful. I got a generous spa gift certificate so I can go relax and unwind, regroup and polish myself up, which is soooo appreciated. I reciprocated with some clothes, stocking stuffers and a diabolical plan to attack the shopping malls tomorrow to take advantage of the sales. God knows I have NO idea what he needs for his computer so I'd rather we shop together and get it RIGHT! We'll see what we can find...

Most of all just enjoying a relaxing, low key, first-day-of-vacation-day-off and wishing everyone a fantastic Christmas and Holiday Season =) So surround yourself with your loved ones and enjoy; that is the Spirit of Today!!!

So good to be back in the condo. Just to have OUR things, in OUR place alone is great. But to also have a new kitchen, with new counters, new cabinets, new floor that I lucked out on and MATCHES the cabinets (LOA!)... it looks lovely. It's been freshly painted also, in colors that are more so for resale than personal taste (Benjamin Moore Buckhorn I think it is... earthy, sensible browns). Me- I LOVE color. I would have color EVERYWHERE if I were going to stay here forever. But at some point this will sell and it needs to have an updated color scheme to match the rest of the newness in here. Meanwhile I need to get some area rugs, a drill to put my new lights up with, a closet organizer (since I'm unpacking I may as well ORGANIZE), yada yada. I guess that brown color on the wall is going to have me being sensible in no time flat... =P

My dilemma at this moment is that I can't get my puter working =( And you know me. I LIVE on it. So I will have to get John to help me connect it later. When I plug it together it says "FAIL! You suck! Nice try!" and all sorts of other ignorant comments at me... Okay, it doesn't. It says something about Boot Disk Stick It In Somewhere Something. But I WISH my puter would say funny things at me; I'd be FAR more amused when it doesn't work =)

99% over my virus. Still very stuffy especially at night and in the morning. I can feel in my chest a shortness and I get light headed at times. But overall WAY WAY WAY better than this past week when I got back handed by it. I detest having no energy; it's frustrating.

Sure looking forward to this vacation and the holidays in general. Just to have the year come to a close, be able to plan out a New Year, reflect on what 2008 was and what 2009 will be. All good! Happy Almost Holidays, everyone =)

Too bad there is no anti virus for people. I could certainly use one. Since Sunday-Monday I started to get a terrible, constant headache, dizziness, nausea and terrible, painful sinus pain. By Monday afternoon I tapped out and headed home to bed. Tuesday I went to the walk in clinic and confirmed my suspicions with the doctor. Three to four days bed rest and fluids; you can try over the counter meds but rest and fluids are the RX. I'd already been overdosing on Advil with no effect but have continued my efforts regardless in the hopes that it somehow helps. Moderately better today, finally, with less dizziness but I still feel low energy, sweaty and have absolutely no appetite. Holy, I have never loved apple juice so much though!

Weird dreams also... This morning's was extremely vivid and even more so FREAKY. Ever have those dreams sometime when you're between awake and asleep, and you feel like you can HEAR what's going on around you but you're powerless to wake up and react to whatever that is? I felt that lack of control IN my dream this morning. The only part I remember is the end. I was in a room with a patterned carpet, much like a hotel. I remember noticing a doorway in the room that the doors were open on, and it opened to another room. As soon as I recognized that the doors were open and another room existed a very weird thing happened. The walls very smoothly moved apart, expanding the width of the room. As this happened, the doorway that I was looking at likewise expanded to another door, and another door, and another door, until there was a very, very long hallway ahead of me. It was a crystal clear picture to me at that moment, like I was PHYSICALLY THERE. But I felt like I was not alone, and someone else was in control of this creation and I panicked. Everything slowed down like I was in The Shining in the hotel hallway. I opened my mouth to yell "PROTECTION!" but my mouth couldn't make the words and I emitted only an odd, slow motion sounding moan. As soon as my eyes fluttered open I said out loud, "Protection!" Thankfully I was alone and there was no awkward explanation required of my outburst =)

Speaking of crazy dreams, weird thoughts in the kitchen from voices in my head when I carve cheese, check out this blog. I'm so glad that I'm not alone in my apparent ...er, giftedness...er.. spiritualness... um... okay, JOURNEY, let's go with that word LOL!! Luckily I'm surrounded by other like minded people, like Aleesha who taught me tarot and reiki, Kelly, and Kate to name a few. I know so many fantastic people! *gush*

Vacation starts for me in one week. I have from Dec 25-Jan 8 off which is groovy. I head back to Balmy BC to see the family and take a reprieve from this brutality they call winter here on the prairies. (I know, suck it up, I hear all you seasoned thick skinned Winterpeggers say. You guys can have your 4 months of good weather; I'll take a year of moderate temperatures and rain over this shit any day!!!) My vacation time also gives me time to get back into my condo, put Life Back in Order and prepare for the New Year which can only get better =)

Time to get some more rest and break out into something crazy, like switching from apple to OJ. I know, call me Dangerous =D

Good night all!

-42 with windchill.

I cannot explain to you how frustrating, how overwhelming this can be for people who are new here. In the elevator this evening I spoke with a man who had an obvious accent. I said, isn't his horrible weather? He chuckled and agreed. He said you try all year to prepare for this but sometimes you never are prepared. I asked him how long had had been here; he said 30 years. I looked at him, puzzled, and said before that? He said oh somewhere much warmer. I read his embroidery on his touque; Chile, it said. I smiled and said I thought so; your toque told me. We had a little laugh and the elevator got to my floor.

I think I'd been home for about fifteen minutes. I was talking about my day and how all day the topic of conversation had been this terrible weather and this bone chilling cold. All day I saw emotional people and small crying children, coming in from the cold to go shopping. In truth I must have expressed several times to my coworkers how insane people must have to be to venture out in this literally to go purchase some bread and oranges. Personally I would go without as opposed to dealing with this. Oddly some consumers react the opposite, as though this will last forever and they must stock their shelves for the Coming Blizzard And Pending Doom... At least I assume this what they think. I sat down to relax and started watching some tv and unwind from my day. After a few minutes, over the noise of the program I was watching and through the huge double paned windows, I suddenly hear a woman's high pitched scream, then a man's low bellowing. You never, EVER hear noises from the street 5 stories below, but I thought where else could this be from? I peer down to the street below. It's so dark out, and the snow is still coming. The road is lit by orange street lights with cars parked tight together along the curb. At the street corner, below me to the right, I see a taxi stopped with its emergency lights on. The rear driver's door is open and a man is partially out, yelling loudly and passionately at a thin young woman wearing a small pullover and jeans. I can see she is at a slight distance away, over by the curb and the parked cars. I can't tell if she ran there from the taxi? She is very emotionally engaged in this argument. Her hands are on her head and her knees buckle as she screams a bone chilling scream and slumps to the ground. The taxi speeds away and she screams further as though she is being abandoned. It's -41 and she does not look like she will manage well in this weather in those clothes, I think to myself. I get my jacket and grab the elevator down. Maybe she needs a ride... She looks to be in her late teens, perhaps early early 20s. I get down to the front doors and see her hurredly walking along the opposite sidewalk in the opposite direction that the taxi left. I yell HEY! Do you need a ride? As loud as I can. She turns back, and all I can hear is the sound of her wailing and sobbing echoing from the surrounding buildings. She is definitely young. She keeps walking, quickly, turns her head to me a few times but rounds the corner out of site. I stood there for a moment; I wished I could help her. She needs some positive energy from somewhere and I hope it finds her tonight. Apparently I was here only to observe her problems for a moment and witness her grief.

It's -41. In mere minutes outside you freeze, and so does everything you wear, everything you hold, everything you see.

Things can be a lot worse.

This time of year is hard for people.

Go gently.

Be giving.

I haven't seen in on TV this year yet, but one of my most favorite Christmas specials has GOT to be Miracle on 34th street... And It's A Wonderful Life. But I love Virginia and her begrudging little grumbly chant of "I believe, I believe, it's silly but I believe"... Trust me, Virginia, you and me both... Sometimes it's hard to believe! But Life is gooood and oddly, here I am reading all this week's astrological forecasts for Aries (my sun sign) and Gemini (my rising sign) and there's all sorts of boo-hiss about this coming full moon out there. However I actually have a chart specifically for me that I ordered online and who knew! I have all fireworks and stars in my horoscope this week! Weeeee!
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Evidently this Friday to Saturday I have something about Venus conjunct Jupiter and Aquarius-Aquarius 9th-9th something?! (insert googly eyes here) No idea what that means. I'll have to learn more about Astrology to figure these things out. Apparently it means the diet is OFF those days LOL and being generous and enjoying social situations, yada yada ... See? All good...!

I'll just quickly follow this up with a dream I had 2 days ago. It was in the morning, right before I woke up and from a deep, deep sleep. I often have very visual, clear and colorful dreams. This one was of me doing a tarot reading for myself, and I was shuffling the cards. I started to flip out card after card after card of this one tarot card repeatedly. It looked like the Robin Wood Page of Wands but he had a robin's egg blue solid background and instead of holding a wand or staff, he held out a huge, gigantic sack FULL of pentacles. There were probably 5 or 6 cards exactly the same and then a robin's egg blue card showing a crowd of outlined heads, which ended the reading. Hmmm, 5 sacks of pentacles and a crowd of invisible people with blank faces? I'll have to research Crowd Pychology and see what I am telling myself.

Had some fun today playing the part of Apartment Building Janitor. I know, not the most glamorous of parts that I've played. But the garbage chute in this 23 floor building is apparently prone to some things getting stuck in it. We're on the 5th floor. I went to toss a few bags in the chute today and oddly, instead of hearing it tumble down the circular chute a few floors, instead I hear a THUMP! Like it landed a few feet away. I looked down and yes! There it was! Oddly suspended in there on top of a pile of more rubbage. Being the dutiful little idiot that I am, I trudged down a floor and opened that garbage chute. 100% blocked- there would be NO getting garbage in there. So I trucked down another floor. OMG! It's blocked too! How many floors of crap is stuck in there?!?! Anyways I head up to our apartment, unscrew the broom handle and roll up my sleeves. Why not? Let's go poke some garbage!! Woo HOO! LOL So anyhoo I head down to the 2nd floor thinking this MUST be the floor with the problem. I open the garbage chute and what the hell? It's TOTALLY clear! I poke my long broom handle stick in there and wave it upwards, figuring I would feel the bottom of this 3 story tall garbage pile. NOT A THING. Hmph. What the eff. I truck up to the 3rd floor again and inspect the stuffed crevace of garbage... Well wudev, let's poke it and see what happens. This might be exciting. I poke my stick in to the bottom of the pile and jab it. And again. And ag... HOLYMOTHEROFGOD! Three stories of garbage motor past my eyeballs down the chute! Weeeeee! LOL oh the fun I have, hey? Who else writes shit like this? Would I lie about this kind of fun? Hell no!!! =) Anyways Good Deed Done For The Day. I take my stick and head back to our place, Triumphant Champion Warrior Of The Garbage Chute... or something. =D i'm such a nerd...

Alright. I have some consistent Brain Pain today despite a considerable consumption of Advil and caffeine. Through my fog I will write to you and hope it doesn't sound as stoned as a likely am =P

Could be the coming full moon this Friday but is everyone a crankypants or what?! I know I am. I sort of go in and out of this funk, like I'm bipolar or something. One day the sky is the limit and the next day I'm tying a noose around my neck! Maybe like this here cow I should try something different to allieviate it LOL...

So. It begins with The Duplex. Long term I would love to wiggle myself into much larger commercial real estate endeavors and I think it can be done with the right execution. Winnipeg, so they say, is THE place to seriously consider investing. Looking at the commercial investment opportunities (first with triplexes or four plexes and secondly at smaller apartment buildings) you can see affordable is the key word. Which is odd for someone who comes from Langley where residential houses sell for what, 500-600 thousand? Granted you require 25% down for commercial investments. But the ROI is fantastic. One step at a time, but I want to keep my eye on the prize.

2009 is only 23 days away, any thoughts about what next year holds? I know I have plenty on my plate for the New Year. The usual (health) and the unusual (where will this real estate path lead?) I think I will spend the next few weeks contemplating the ins and outs of such ideas. Perhaps everything will become crystal clear once I dive in, we shall see! And your plans for New Years??

Last thing I will blog about are The Voices (LOL!) Ever get those voices in your head? (And no this is NOT the medication speaking... I don't think...) But yno how when you're about to leave for the day a little voice says hey do you have everything? It's a voice like that. Well, lately I seem to have one speak at me when I'm in the kitchen. Rather hilarious. Actually the other day I was making eggs and was shaving some parmesano over it. And apparently I was being vicious about it because I literally heard my voice in my head YELL to shave it evenly and to take care with my food preparation LOL! It was SO LOUD that I actually was kind of startled LOL!!! I was like, what is this, I've conjured Emeril into my kitchen?! What the heck =P Apparently I have mental issues regarding shaved cheeses ROFL!

Your Moment of ZEN ....do you have Someday Syndrome?

Wow long time no write...

I *think* we own a duplex! We successfully bid on this one in a great area of Winnipeg a few days ago and are awaiting financing approval. The condo is NEARLY finished and should be ready to go to market next month, all spit polished with new floors, new cabinets, new countertops, new paint, new lighting, new everything. Ideally this should be a great step up from where we were and resell for good coin.

The duplex has excellent revenue and is in really great shape. One side (the left in this photo) has rented for 1300 plus utilities and the other half 1000. Our choice is to live in the 1000 side ourselves and complete the last of the work it requires while we rent out the side that has already had all the work done and virtually covers the mortgage payments. GREAT GREAT area of town. We will also have the option at any time of selling either half, should something horrifying happen financially (*knocks on wood). Move in date is Feb 1st which gives us time to sell the condo OR again worse case, sublet it out.

What else... new position at work- Administration Manager as of last month. Very different work; very challenging. I started a new business on the side also... I will be getting licenced in the next few months in insurance, learning about mutual funds and become qualified to broker mortgages. These are all things I look forward to learning and in the coming months I can see this blooming into a great home based side business. Excellent write offs and financial rewards in the long term. I've always read books about investing and now I look forward to applying what I have learned and will learn in practical terms. The cool thing about this is (a) I learn a lot that will benefit me and (b) it puts me in a situation where I can teach other people how to help themselves. So up my alley. Love that. Gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day =)

Remembrance Day weekend hence the photo, Lest We Forget...

What amazingly mixed weather lately. Literally 10 days ago we were basking in plus 18 degrees wearing tshirts and shorts. Last week (Wednesday night I think) we got hit rather suddenly with winter-freezing rain, bitterly cold winds and skating rink roads as a result. Winnipeg is like that, though. There are no Spring and Fall seasons really, just extremes! (Probably why it suits me so well) Like they say, in one day you can go from using the air conditioner during the day to the heater at night! But the shock of going from plus 18 to minus 10 with wet snow and raining sleet is a bit much for us Rookie Winnipeggers! Beautiful day today; just minus 6 degrees but relatively clear with little or no wind. And WIND is the Big One. If there is WIND here (and often there is. Chicago may be the windy city of the States but I swear Winnipeg is the Windy City of the Prairies...) it absolutely rips through your bones and freezes your organs! Oy! And yet get this- we are the third fastest growing economy in Canada's major cities (2007). Must be quite a few of us unsuspecting outsiders moving here thinking it can't be that bad LOL!!!! (***/slaps forehead***)

Work's getting done on the Home Front- drywallers this week, painters the next, floor guys after that installing new laminate throughout, new kitchen cabinets and countertops installed probably the first week of December. Likely have everything back together by mid December I guesstimate... Kind of a little muddled on whether to move back in, like what would be the point? I'm going to list it for sale in January anyways. We should just sit tight, keep our things on storage and have the space staged for sale right?? Find a duplex to move into instead. Hmph. Have to see how this pans out. Very grateful to see this complete and move into a new direction. Everything is working out as it should. Desiderata. Absolutely!

Happy Halloween Everybody!

Should be fun to see all the kids dressed up tonight, eh? Last Halloween I lived on the other side of the city so it should be interesting to see what happens here. I dunno if there are more or less kids here (?) or if where I lived previously had more... I work until 9pm but I figure that the streets will still be filled with trick or treaters!

This Halloween morning there is SO much to do, none of which is related to the festivities. In less than a week we have to relocate to a hotel in which we will stay for one month while renovations go on. We have to pack up our clothes, computers, cats and whatever other items we care to take. After this is complete we'll have to come back here and organize the things left in our place to have all contents removed and stored while the work's completed. Two walls need the wallpaper stripped with some TSP, the toilet needs to be removed and some floor trim needs to be removed. I guess it doesn't sound like much when you write it down, so that's good! It's just the time frame that's scary especially when you're working every day... I'm getting on it this morning before work and will pick at it a day at a time until we leave. And hey, it'll look fantastic when it's done (repeat) it'll look fantastic when it's done!

What a great time I had tarot reading last night at a friend's social gathering! I believe there were probably 300 plus guests and I had a steady line up of interested people from 8pm until 1130pm without fail. All readings were by donation to the wedding couple (that the social was being held for) by suggested donation of $10. The time went by SO fast that when someone came to relieve me around 11pm I thought only an hour (if that!) had passed! Suddenly someone told me it was 1145pm and I was completely shocked! By quarter after one in the morning after what I decided was my last reading, I finally pulled down my displays of various curtains and sheets that constituted by Gypsy Caravan Tent. Right while I was pulling it down I had ANOTHER person approach me for a reading which I declined due to the time. Besides at 1am the people coming for readings at a social are not necessarily in the best (or most sober) mind frame to read for!! Can't complain about one person I interacted with, though. Every single one was listening carefully, receptive to what the cards had to say and then referring other people to me afterwards!! Who knew!!

Tomorrow is Day One in my new position. Friday afternoon I was relocated to another department where I HOPE I will do well (insert nervous laughter here). I really do appreciate what shuffling around management does for the company. I think where we have all "landed" with regards to our new positions works well for all of us and definitely gives us the opportunity to learn something completely different; something outside of our box. I'm finding as I go along I'm liking big changes more and more. Last year when I first heard the words Front End Manager I literally froze. Omg, run the largest department in the warehouse and the front lines of the operation with virtually 80% new hires during OPENING DAY with the CEO of the company watching?! Dude, I saw my life flash before my eyes. Then last Friday I get the opportunity to change over to Administration which comes with huge responsibilities for the financial well being of the warehouse and I'm thinking okay, let's do it. Why not!

In the menial world of chores and daily routine today is organization day at home. Grocery shopping, laundry, dishes, cleaning, snore and yawn. Hence taking a moment to post to give myself some brief reprieve from all this excitement. While I wait 40 minutes for the laundry to dry let's play a game I found from Isn't This Kind of Personal?! Let's call it 35 Things About Me.

I am: pretty outgoing
I think: constantly!!
I know: every day is a Gift and tomorrow is another day, Scarlett!
I want: you to try this too!
I dislike: when people hand you coin back sitting on top of bills. Super big pet peeve, I know it's minor but omg why do people do that?
I fear: heights if I'm on the edge of something like a building or a cliff or there's a sheer drop. If the threat of me falling to a really tragic end is REAL then it happens to SCARE ME!!!
I feel: pretty relaxed. Life is good.
I hear: the train going by.
I smell: laundry detergent on my fingers LOL!
I crave: sourdough toast. I love it.
I cry: at stupid, girlie movies and even cartoons LOL!!!
I usually: make lists.
I search: for my purse or key or shoes which I CONSTANTLY hide on myself which REALLY aggravates me! I piss me off a lot...
I wonder: where the next 5 years will take me.
I regret: things I say and do all the time. In fact my brain has this unfortunate need to remind me of things that I said and did even YEARS ago that have no importance or relevance in my life today. WHY it does this I don't know. It really isn't useful reflection!!
I love: to dream, to contemplate, to problem solve, and help other people do the same things. I love fresh clean sheets, hot towels, a nice dinner either in or out, a comfortable inviting place to call home. I love BC, I love trees and mountains, the smell of the ocean. I love the rain, I love a hot summer day, I love the first snowfall, I love checking out the fall leaves on the ground this time of year. I love good humor, laughter and sharing personal stories. I love animals and little kids who tell you how life is from their perspective. I love so many things I could blog all day about it!
I care: a lot... whoaaa whoa whooooaaaaaa
I always: go hot or cold. I'm 100% or zero, not much in between !!!
I am not: good at hiding how I feel. Pretty well you can see it in my face. I suck at the poker face!
I remember: when I was in my 20s I just wanted to be older and more established. Now I want to be in my 20s and know what I know now..!
I believe: anything is possible.
I dance: like an idiot but I have fun =)
I sing: alright; way outta practice. I'd LOVE singing lessons ...
I don't always: listen very well. And I have a TERRIBLE memory. I always say never tell me things. Email me or write them down but for the love of gawd don't trust me to remember anything you say. You may as well be Charlie Brown's teacher. I don't respond to sound, just sight!!!!!
I argue: Argue?! I don't argue. I INSIST. There's a difference. Arguing insinuates that the other person gets the opportunity to speak their side. I merely insist. :P
I write: daily. Whether blogging, making lists, journalling... I write daily.
I win: word games. How nerdy is that :P
I lose: omg any suduko games. I totally don't get those. They're as confusing as Magic Eye which I have NEVER been able to get.
I wish: I could turn off the negative switch inside my head that imagines horrific things, or reflect on anything that was hurtful or bad from the past. At least I'm not the only one that does this though. Good thing that I found that out!!
I listen: to my little voices (muhawhawhawhaw!!)
I don't understand: why more people don't donate blood (?) Not to sound self righteous but are that many people afraid of needles or something?? Or why people don't donate more in general- or realize that giving back when you get a lot is necessary for Karma?! I fully believe in giving.
I'm scared: of horror movies. Won't watch them. Don't get people who derive pleasure from them. They freak me out,; I feel like I'm witnessing something that I shouldn't. What pleasure do people get from watching people freak out and die in horrible ways? On the flip of this I really LOVED Six Feet Under so what does that say about me?!
I need: to write things out to "get them"... again with the visual personality. And because I need to read and re-read things to absorb them. You don't get that opportunity with speech unless you go around recording people.
I forget: things all the time. ALL THE TIME! Since birth!
I am happy: with where things are and where they're going.

Sometimes you just need a box of Resolve to deal with life, doncha! Good time to resolve things during a Waning Moon cycle; last quarter moon is tomorrow. I am full of resolve to resolve what requires a resolution!

This week all sorts of things are presenting that I expect to see finalized (if not at least planned out for future execution)... Some financial contracts are nearing completion, I'm making plans to meet someone regarding starting up a financial business as I get my own in order. I'm making plans to have things done in the condo (drywall, flooring, kicthen). All good things are en route. They just take RESOLVE!

I've had a few days to digest my seminar experience. I feel the need to share what I got out of it!

Firstly, let me assess the structure of it. The MC and comedian was, again, fantastic. Throughout a very long day of varied speakers he kept things light. I was naive in that I did not expect to be marketed for other events and or books that the speakers were hocking. How I overlooked this obvious and implanted marketing genius, I don't know. I should have expected this. One stock market seminar we were invited to (that was a week away I should add) for the low, low price of $495 and another 3 day seminar on real estate (much more reasonably priced) at $99 for 3 days. No rush, it's only a week away, and the opportunity to sign up is now. People are standing by in the back of the room to sign you up for the next 20 minutes. Go, go, go!!! I stayed, stayed, stayed. Sorry, but I don't have $495. In fact, I paid $100 for my $220 ticket on Kijiji.ca because I'm broke, broke, broke. So sorry, sorry, sorry but I'm ain't coming, coming, coming!!!! LOL... But I will gladly read any of your books whenever I can retrieve them from our local library =)

Secondly, I personally would prefer a shorter 3 hour format. Giving up a full 8 hour day off is on the border of too much for me. A three day seminar, even if it is for $99, is still 3 days of my life. I would prefer to read a book or invest in a one on one meeting with someone about a particular subject as opposed to committing to a 3 day seminar with who knows how many others. Oy. I prefer smaller, more intimate groups where I can learn about the other people I am sharing the experience with. Like the meditation groups that I miss terribly at Aleesha's. That kind of setting works for me. I dig it. A sea of five thousand is somewhat excessive and very impersonal for me. I like personal; I really do! (Does it show at all? LOL...)

Lastly, I don't know what I expected from Tony Robbins but it was more depth and less cheerleading. I got more from some of the other speakers, sadly, than I did from the keynote personality who is widely noted for his wisdom and insight. His speech was limited to physiology and its relation to mental state. Okay, already, thanks for that tidbit. I recognize that. I was looking for more than this.... Then again, much of the information recited throughout the day was common sense, get-connected-with-your-Self psychology splattered with various opinions on "financial opportunities" that exist. Truthfully I have gotten more from what I have read lately, more from what I am DOING lately, more from my dreams and discussions with those in my inner circle than from this seminar. If anything I feel affirmation that I am doing right by myself with the plans I have in motion. Funny sidenote- I was just saying at work yesterday how things that I literally hear do little for me. I need to READ things to absorb them. Too bad I don't listen even to myself ROFL!!!!! That's hilarious....

No experience is ever a loss... I simply suggest that anyone can learn; it's a matter of finding the right format for those messages that you can hear best. I think I hear best from other sources. Having said this I had a lovely lunch with someone I met at the seminar that I would not otherwise have met. We found some common ground and had a lovely discussion about our spiritual beliefs that I think resonated for us both. My hundred dollars from Kijiji was well spent learning about her, learning about these seminars and their formats and learning about HOW I LEARN (which is by READING and WRITING apparently!!!!) !!!!

Dreams have been very creative lately. I have only snapshots in my mind now of the last one 2 nights ago. Something about me standing on an overpass with no traffic whatsoever (Lickman, if you must know) in the dark, and a girl (probably in her 20s) rollerblading up the overpass, sliding to a stop on her kneepads in front of me. Something about her training for a competition (? note to ambitious self that always needs to compete). Flash forward to me being in a clothing shop suddenly. Some dude who worked there (and I have to mention that he had his pant legs pulled up at different lengths with his socks likewise!!) was showing me around. I recall picking through some various clothes and somehow being made to feel or feeling like nothing fit (note to fragile fat ego). Flash forward again to an indian reservation on the oceanside during the daytime. I had collected various prizes and donations for a charity they had. I felt pleased and proud to offer them what I had collected and met with a young indian man to give them to him. We were on a wooden wharf and he drove down on a dirtbike that somehow morphed into a car and I remember feeling uneasy about the weight of the vehicle on the wooden wharf. But it held, although I could see the wood bending under the tires, and when he parked I gave him the prizes. We had a discussion about what I had for him, and I remember telling him how much I felt fulfilled by being able to do this. I really love getting donations for charity. Interesting that his vehicle grew. I wonder if I am saying that I can grow this vehicle to myself?? This is something I can make bigger(??) in my life...

When I woke up I remember thinking how cool it was to have this verbalized in my dream, that I like to fundraise and be philanthropic and charitable. How neat that I dreamed I had a discussion about something that I do enjoy, do derive fulfillment from. Something I need to think more about and incorporate more into my life as I go on. Far out, man. Far out indeed!

Ah, and in case you are thinking, what's up with the mint plant... This whole post, in one way or another, is about prosperity. It's about the giving and receiving process in it's many forms (okay except for the ambitious rollerblader and the clothing store part of the dream!). I would like to invite YOU to play the prosperity game. Click here; it is completely free. You have nothing to lose and all sorts of virtual money to gain! Try it and every day you will receive!

Went and saw Tony Robbins today. It was CRAZY. Long freakin 8 hour day that started at 6am for me. I left the house before 630, got to the Convention Center at 6:45 and headed inside. I was already 6th in line. By 715 there were a few hundred people waiting and by 730 a few THOUSAND. The doors opened at 735am and I got a GREAT seat in the front row of the General Seating section, almost smack on center stage with plenty of leg room. Everything started at 830am with a total of 5 thousand in attendance by start time. Wow. That is a LOT of people- some from PLP and outlying areas. The MC was amazing (James Cunningham, comedian) Had me in stitches ALL DAY. And the various speakers and do check out their links here if you have time (Mitch Joel, Phil Town, Michael Lipkin, James Smith, Richard Dolan) were all fantastic speakers in their own rights and offered so much valuable information and insights. Mitch Joel I guess has attended a Costco Corporate event previously; at least that's what they mentioned. Got a little crazy when Robbins finally came on for the last 2 hours. Doing things like jumping up and down screaming like IDIOTS for 2 hours. And yelling at each other, we had to leap into the arms of people we didn't know like they were our long lost lovers. Omg. Somewhat odd although I know he was (a) trying to get some blood flowing to 5 thousand exhausted people and (b) trying to ENGAGE us. Can't imagine everyone feeling comfortable with this kind of event though. There are people who have a bubble of personal space that is as good as sacred to them. Then there are Marketers who are shameless self promoters who are fearless handshakers and networkers... ROFL!! You should see THEM in action, baby!! Lordy! I thought I was one of the worst, well hell no, some people there TAKE THE CAKE!!! =) Good that I went though, some good stuff to be learned. Lots to blog about but my spine is absolutely on fire from sitting in a folding chair for 8 hours while I scribbled eagerly on my lap what I learned from each speaker. Must lie horizontally with Rub A535 hot pads on me and rest. Will speak more when I am vertical.

I have to share this with you...

This morning was a tough morning. Here I am, fresh off reading these great books about the Law of Attraction and the Power of Intention and in a great new mindset. I get up with the intention of having a fantastic day, an open mind and being receptive to meeting with the condo people who came here at 10am. We meet, talk about all the options and opportunities available to me; meanwhile my 2 cats erupt in a vicious scrap on the floor. Was I giving off a hostile vibe?!! Apparently my cats picked up on it and displayed it for everyone LOL...
Second incident: John comes home in a complete funk. Today is the day he has to renew his driver's licence. He is told, however, that he cannot as we mailed in his payment for his speeding ticket too late/ it hasn't been received/ hasn't been processed. Since he drives for work (from appointment to appointment) he is insistent that his career is in jeopardy and life as we know it is over. I suggest a phonecall to clarify this to the Motor Vehicle Branch. Oh, we can just pay it and clear this up? Fantastic. Case closed. Still in a crap mood, he leaves to pay it. I lie on the bed trying not to absorb this. Oy. So many bills this week... so... many... But wait. Remember the books! Let's meditate and try to chill out here and keep things in perspective, Drama Queen. So I light a candle, sit on the floor, talk out loud to myself about all the great things that are happening right now. The cats are relaxed around me, also chilling out while this is going on. Pepper gets up and slides towards me, arching her back along my little impromtu table that has my candle on it. Hmmm, her tail is really close to that can... OMG PEPPER YOU'RE ON FIRE !!! I grab her and catch her tail which is briefly on fire and put it out. I start to scold her but erupt in laughter instead... Omg did I not JUST blog about lighting myself on fire and running around?! ROFLMAO that my cat has to display this for me!!!!
=D
Poor Pepper. Hard to shoot the flaming messenger sometimes.... !!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I am thankful for ...

... my family and all my friends
... my boyfriend who loves me
... my 2 little furry feline friends, Pepper and Bob
... my health
... my career and all the great coworkers I've loved working with and still work with
... my blog and the people I meet through it, met through it and will continue to meet!!
... a warm, dry, safe place to live that will look fantastic in a few short months!
... the opportunities and challenges that Life presents
... being in the process of change
... the beautiful fall colors around me
... my talents, my capabilities and my shortcomings
... you reading this!!

Have a fantastic Turkey Day everyone!

After reading Spiritual Business I find myself completely drawn to the principles written about in it. I've been digesting the book since finishing it, contemplating what I need to do and more recently putting it into practice. Kate did a fantastic job of explaining how we all possess the ability to succeed in Life and business. She suggests that we combine our Spirit Selves with our Business Selves, take a whole-istic approach to Life so we can learn the tools to manifest what we want and need. Her book delves into the power of intention, assessing our beliefs and values, creating our spaces that we work and live in, understanding and respecting lunar cycles and astrology, having personal and business integrity and so much more. I was truly inspired, can ya tell!!!

So I visited the Winnipeg Library for the first time since I got here. I signed up for a library card and took out the Law of Attraction by Michael Losiers (who's from BC, yay!) and the Power of Intention by Wayne Dyers (author of Your Sacred Self). Finished the Law of Attraction today and am just started on the latter. What spoke to me most in the Law of Attraction was the whole part about "the universe is unaware of the words DON'T, NOT and NO." Well crap, I do that a lot. Actually when I get in a funk I have this NEED to SHARE my trauma with OTHERS. Shit! Note to self- keep the whine in a bottle LOL!!! Dang! =)
Most of the time I am a pretty energetic, entertaining Being that enjoys bantering and being uplifting. But on the flip when it comes to my Self and how I treat ME, I can take that valuable energy, use it in ways that certainly do NOT benefit me, light myself on fire and run around screaming at people that omg I'm on fire!!... Nvm who did it, can't you see I'm on fire?!?! (ROFL because it's true and a HILARIOUS analogy!!!) Anyhoo, (a) I cannot be trusted with matches and (b) to quote the Law of Attraction, I am in the process of engaging in constructive behaviour. I've decided that I need to change in order for things to change and so much can happen in the next days, weeks and months!
I got a ticket to Tony Robbins. Yay me! And I paid half price. Someone was selling one online locally, I met her and bought the ticket. Wednesday I go. Here he is with his wife Bonnie Humphreys (of DW Poppy highschool by the way, so good for Bonnie. ...She came a long way from Mister Tenor's Grade 10 Social Studies class where I knew her!!) I believe Bonnie is now known as Sage Robbins, which is (pun intended) a very WISE name choice (nyuk nyuk!!) I'm only kidding, it's a lovely new name for her new life. Very much looking forward to the course. It's the first of it's kind I've ever taken and am looking forward to what I can learn from it. I'll let you know soon!!

UPDATE:
Never seen the movie Batteries Not Included. John saw it listed on tv tonight and insisted we watch it. It was one of his mother's favorite movies. What a great flick! And what is it about? Do you remember? It's about a group of people who live in an old brick apartment block that's slated for demolition and are being evicted. Each of them have a story. They all need help... well, a miracle actually, and each are in desperate need of some Higher Power to help them out of their current situation. Collectively putting out into the universe that they require assistance. Law of Attraction anyone?!?
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