The Ability to Think; To Reason; To Believe

These words came to my mind today, and I am simply pondering on them. Perhaps it is because I have been receiving Reiki treatments for the last few weeks. They are great sessions, Cheryl, is working on becoming a Reiki Master, and she has gifted me with helping her to master the skill. For those of you who don't know, Reiki is energy work, that is used for healing. Cheryl prepares herself to clear her mind and ask for the powers that be, (God, the Universe, Source) to work through her to the client. She gently places her hands on various locations from my head to my toes, and remains there focusing on a symbol that attracts the healing energies. Usually during our sessions I will see a vision. One time I saw a Nun, so I told her, and she said that is funny because I was told I have a Nun as a spirit guide. She said her name is Buehla and when she said that i got such a rush of energy and affirmation! WOW, we both felt it. Yesterday, while in treatment, I felt as though my eyes were wide open, even though I knew they were shut. Cheryl spoke up and said I feel I need to tell you that your third eye is almost completly open! We are definitely connecting during these sessions. In a couple of weeks, my husband and I will visit Sharon Quirt in Stoney Creek, she want to do some healing work with my husband, and I am going for a reading. She visited my daughter's clinic for a massage a few weeks ago, and told her many wonderful things are in store for her. She eliminated my daughter's fears one  after another! She knew so much! Amazing, I can't wait to see her. Also my other friend and spiritual advisor Doreen South will be back at our place in August. Let me know if your are interested in a reading! I have yet another friend with the gift of mediumship, that is Cajetan Ferro. He is a wonderful man, and remains connected to us with prayers and blessings. I wish them all great blessings upon them too! For the wonderful work they do! 

Menogramma, that's me! My lovely granddaughter Mackenzie was here for awhile on Saturday and again today, what fun we have together. Today we baked cookies, played on the swings outside, fed the ponies next door, run, run, and run some more! Who needs a weight loss program with a kid like that?

You can soon forget how tiring it is to run after a 2 yr old. Wow! Then she likes to play that I am the baby and she puts me to bed. WEll. that works great cause I get to lay down, but then she insists on covering me up. That doesnt work so well when I Hot Flash! Yikes, get those blankets off me! She scolds me and says put those blankets on! What we won't do for our grand kids!

Life is getting really busy now. I was feeling punky last Thursday, and stayed home from work with an upset tummy. You never know these days what it is, a virus, something you ate, stress...who me the lady who does motivational talks about being stressed out and how to  handle it! Yes I will admit it folks, I do get stressed out. Lots happening around me. My heritage project to build an industrial heritage centre here in my home Town of Brantford, ON is looking closer to a reality...waiting for funding, and approvals etc.. Have a big presentation to do in a week and a half. Love Light and Laughter how to get what your after! We are swamped at work with resume clients. This summer is already booking up with events, including a wedding, a pig roast and of course having Doreen South my spiritual/medium friend for a visit in August! Helping my daughter with the little one while she works so hard at her clinic The Grand Wellness Centre, and well,trying to fit in visits with mom, and a special potluck for the cousins on Wednesday night coming...ARRRRGGHH,... there isn't enough hours in a day!

But then again, would I have it any other way? Not likely. I enjoy being busy. I used to think when I was home a young mom, and feeling trapped..I just want to be one of those women who always has somewhere to go! Be Careful what you wish for!

So how's your summer looking?

Hey we are back on track! Whew! Thought I lost it all.

Welcome back to my Blog! I have just been home a week from a two week stint in Florida! And i want to go back now! We had great weather in the high 80's F. We swam, ate, drank, walked the beach, drank a little  bit more, and took a side trip down the Keys! Gorgeous. We visited the Dolphin Research Centre in Marathon or Grassy Key. AMAZING!! I did not swim with or touch one, but I got real close. I think they were looking at us as much as we were looking at them. I will add a link to my site later. You must check it out!

Good news - son in law will not need emergency heart surgery after all. Goes to show you the power of prayer and positive thinking!

Well, must go for now, but will be back later with more! Please leave your comments!

Cheers!

February/March

Well, I am sorry, I have been terribly preoccupied and busy this last month. Lots on the go right now. I had 4 speaking engagements in February! Three on Personality Dimensions a temperament assessment tool I use to faciliate communications training And one for fun called The Heart of the Matter, a humourous motivational presentation to promote healthy lifestyle choices. Yup, Imagine me, doing healthy lifestyle stuff! WEll, you teach what you need to learn the most.

Good News! Started doing Tai Chi with my sister and my friend twice a week. We have a DVD with these Australians describing the moves to a Chinese art! Fabulous! Anyway we have nailed down the warm up exercises and will soon venture into Form. We do this for about a half hour then we eat supper together. A healthy meal generally. And the social aspect is as much fun and benefit to us as the exercise.

More Good News! I have been invited to speak at another special event. Perhaps I will one day make it as a sought after motivational speaker. That would be awesome! Oh well, that is my next dream!

Not so Good News My son in law at 29 will have to undergo open heart surgery soon! This worries me but I have faith in God, and in my son-in-law who has a real zest for life. He is a hunter, fisherman, gourmet cook, and loving husband and daddy. We are all praying for his recovery. Please add him to your prayers.

So, word for this month is...FAITH. Believe it and Achieve it! Take care of you! God Bless this mess and my Meno Madness! Still Sweating but passed a year so I should be out of peri-menopause and into the real deal now! Look out world! Menomamma is on her way!

Happy New Year!  2009 and feeling FINE!

It's been awhile since I have had a chance to catch up on my Website and Blog. The holidays seemed to fly by, and yet we were not overly busy with parties and such. Just a nice quiet holiday time with friends and family. This year we promised not to spend much on each other, my husband and I, and so we gave ourselves a limit and said lets see  how much useful stuff we can give eachother in a stocking! That was really fun - I got everything but the kitchen sink, for example a big package of sponges, some magnetic clips for the fridge, a cell phone cover, oven mitts, money rollers, a telephone line connector (3 way), and a corn cob cutter to dekernal the corn! He did pretty good, eh? But just like I figured, he had to go a little overboard, (well, a lot overboard) and He handed me one more gift, and envelope with a Grand Experience Spa Day! certificate in it. OH BABY!!! I used it on the Friday after New Year's to get myself ready for heading back to the work routine. A gift of indulgence. My daughter joined me for most of the treatments and what a lovely day it was! I of course stuck closer to the budget, and gave him some hand tools from Home Hardware, a toque, a chocolate letter D, and a double shower head. We spent the day at our daughter's home with family, my sister and brother-in-law were there too and so was my husband's brother and sister-in-law and one of our nieces and her family. It was a nice day. My 22 month old granddaughter was very excited and fun to watch. Mom was there too, and enjoyed it very much.

New Years Eve we stayed home, my sister and her husband joined us for dinner, pot luck! It was good, we watched George Carlin DVD and laughed our butts off. Watched Dick Clark bring in the New Year, wow what a courageous man! And had immediate family over for dinner on Thursday.

Work is back on, and the home renos continue. I am so lucky to have such a smart and talented husband. If we had to pay for these renovations and decorating services, Yikes, well, we just wouldn't be able to do it.

The house is getting more beautiful all the time, and really feeling like it is ours. Gee after only what, 8 years?

So, I have started a new healthy eating plan. Yeah I know I do it every January, but this time is really different. I feel like I am back in control of my life again. I was being swallowed up by a sense of why bother, who cares, and it takes too much work to do it. Fatigue, lazy, unmotivated and aching all over. After a heated discussion, about my obvious lack of energy, that turned out to be a wake up call for me...I was able to get up and get moving. Here is  my plan. It is very simple. Eat less and Move More.  That's it. I am eating less carbs, bad fats, and junk food, and conciously trying to move around more, climb the stairs more than once, keep moving when I get home from work. My sister and I and a friend are looking into Tai Chi, classes. They are expensive, so we might buy a DVD and do it at my sister's place. her husband works evenings so we would be alone in her condo with no one looking! Sounds good huh? So, keep your fingers crossed, because I just hit my top weight again that I had lost 5 years ago. Now i must start all over. Wish me luck! And tell me what are  your New Year's Resolutions?

Tis the Season to be "Jolly"

Well Christmas is just 12 Days  away, and am I ready? Nope. There was a time when I had it all together by November 15 but not anymore. I do have my little 4 foot tree up and a few decorations around, but I notice my exuberance is well...not so exuberant anymore.

Could it be I am finally growing up, and it just doesn't get  me cranke d up anymore, or am I losing the child-like spirt? I think when my granddaughter gets here today, and sees my tree, that it my spirit will be reignited!

We are truly blessed, so many times over, so this year my husband and I are going to fill a stocking for one another instead of buying a bunch of gifts. Then we have a little something to open on Christmas morning, then it is off to pick up my or our mom's at the home, then over to my daughter's for Dinner.  I am looking forward to Christmas Day, because my sister and I will be sharing Christmas Dinner again, for the first time in about 20 years!

So to you and yours enjoy! On the first day of Christmas....

Menomania! How is it that the older you get the busier you become? Everyone of my friends is talking about this. What have we done to ourselves? Are we really all that busy or just flustered by multiple priorities? Or is our energy just sinking so low it feels like we are always trying to catch up with ourselves? so many questions so little time!

I know that every November, I feel like I am extending my energy. Or stretching the limits, and then there's the absent minded thing again. You know when dimentia runs in the family, it makes you wonder when you do stupid things like put a coffee cup away with the coffee still in it. Perhaps I shouldn't have shared that one out loud! I read a neat article in MORE magazine today, about being 52 and able to conquer the world if only I had a mind! It talks about lots of new gadgets to help us remember things or find things like our keys that we lose, or cell phones etc.

That made me think, I have often wondered what will we do about all these passwords we have to have when the dimentia starts to set in. We won't be able to access our bank accounts, websites, or do any online business...We really should set up a back up file in the old fashioned way with all our passwords on it but my luck and my housekeeping habits, means I would never find the darn file!

I got a new cell phone recently, and it has a tiny Querty Board on it. I thought cripes I can't hardly see it now - shouldn't someone be coming out with a big button phone not making them smaller!

Went to dinner with dear old friends on Friday night, what fun that was! I have been cutting back on alcohol consumption as I seem to have some sort of allergic reaction to it lately, so they both made up for what I didn't drink and it was too funny! My girlfriend got the hiccups, and kept yawning when she invited us all back to her house after dinner. We were tired too, so headed home around 11:30. I can remember the days when I would party with those girls until the cows came  home! Oh how times have changed or we have changed. The took photos so hope to get some soon and post them here! Cheers! PS It is snowing today! Yikes. Florida here I come! Darn April is so far away!

Yesterday, I stood in the kitchen of my ancestral home in Grand Valley, ON. It was kind of neat, driving up the laneway and imagining my grandmother (Nanny), as a child running up that laneway after school. The folks who live there now, Karen and Tom, were delightful hosts. As I gazed upon the kitchen ceiling that was hand carved by William Stuckey, I was in awe. I felt the spirit of my ancestors joining us. I could see and feel the smile of my Nanny, so pleased we had made the visit to her home. I thought of the hours of work that went into carving that ceiling and I was proud. I learned that they had hives of bees for making honey, that blew my mind, as I  was born with a real fear of bees. It made me wonder if I lived another life back then, and was attacked by a swarm. It was a warm welcome, both spiritually and physically. My sister, Sharon, my cousin Judy and her Dad were accompanied by our cousin Ralph who grew up in that house. It had been over 50 years since Ralph stood in that kitchen, He  was thrilled. His wife Vi, was pleased for him and it showed. Thank you Karen, and Tom, so much for that peek into our past. It brought us home to our roots and it was truly a gift.