For several years now I’ve maintained my own personal Happy List, first to acknowledge and affirm and then to remind myself of life’s beauty, richness, and blessings. I hope that by sharing some of the items on my list I will inspire you to slow down for a few minutes and think about [continue reading…]
Well, I did it… I finished all six weeks of The Beck Diet Solution, and have learned so very much along the way! While I know it will take time to cement the habits and strategies the book has taught me, I feel far better equipped to handle food and eating challenges than I did before I began working [continue reading…]
If you were to sneak a peek into our kitchen cupboards you would find – amongst the utilitarian nesting stainless mixing bowls, the variously-sized modern black stoneware stove-to-table bowls, and the ornate glass serving bowls – a well-used, scratched and worn, slightly-yellowed [continue reading…]
Welcome back to the Gratitude Linkup, Holiday Edition! This linkup has been open for one week and will continue to be available over the next two weeks for you to share your gratitude posts (and yes, you may certainly add more than one if you are so inclined!). [continue reading…]
Today? Was spent shopping, running errands, shopping, having tea at the home of a friend, shopping some more, getting rained on… get the idea?! With the exception of the tea interlude, which was lovely, it has NOT been the most relaxing day I can remember. I’m rather weary, and [continue reading…]
Everything on my To Do List (both the scheduled jobs PLUS a handful of unplanned last-minute tasks) has been checked off… I’ve shut down my work computer… and I am now officially ON VACATION for the next 17 days!
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It took a mere $25 on my part… plus $25 (or more) on the part of several other individuals… to add up to the $50,000 required to fund Mark Jonathan of Solar Solutions PNG Ltd. in Papua New Guinea in his aim to “bring a range of high-quality and affordable Barefoot Power solar lighting [continue reading…]
As I was sipping a cup of Silk Road’s “Spicy Mandarin” tea, I realized that my memories of Christmas past and dreams of Christmases present and future are inextricably linked to the scents and flavours of the holiday season.
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Though my schedule has been steadily ramping up in preparation for the holidays, I did manage to work through all of the readings and tasks this week for The Beck Diet Solution. It’s hard to believe that there’s only one more chapter remaining – I must say, I am very proud of myself for making it this far! [continue reading…]
Much as I am enjoying researching recipes and learning to make vegetarian meals as part of my Meatless Monday experiment, December has so far been crazy, schedule-wise (can you relate?!) – and the insanity shows no sign of letting up anytime soon.
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Welcome to the holiday edition of the Gratitude Linkup, which will be open for three full weeks of gratitude sharing goodness! Though the festive season is a busy time for many of us, we have so much for which to be thankful… so I encourage you to find a few quiet moments during [continue reading…]
Remember last month when I said that while I WAS going to do the December 2013 Photo A Day Challenge, I didn’t dare commit to doing December’s NaBloPoMo as well? Because, Christmas? Right. Well, apparently the overachieving, addicted to blogging bit of my brain [continue reading…]
The fact that Peter and I are now sharing our house with three cats… with bonus points given to the fact that two of those cats are barely a year old and still very kittenish… PLUS the fact that we’ll actually be spending Christmas Day elsewhere… led us fairly quickly and easily to the choice [continue reading…]
You may remember a post I wrote last spring where I shared that I’d purchased a copy of The Artist’s Way (by Julia Cameron) and was planning to work through the 12-week program over the summer. I explained a bit about the program, and also mentioned in that post that I’d set up [continue reading…]
I have written about it before, several times… my own less traveled path.
My life changed dramatically back in October of 2011 when we left Victoria and moved across the country to Windsor, yet we settled in to our [continue reading…]
Another great week on The Beck Diet Solution! Each time I complete a new chapter in this book I am more and more impressed with the wonderful strategies and helpful thinking being taught, and am so glad I decided to take on the task of learning how to retrain my brain, particularly [continue reading…]
