Purolator

Okay, I realize this is a total "you had to be there" kind of stories, but it made me laugh so much that I HAVE to share it!

Okay, so I seem to frequent the Purolator store in Abbotsford Village fairly often. Usually there is this sweet lady there who is about 5 ft tall and about 85 pounds overweight. She has really long gray hair that is usually somewhat tied up in a bun. She is so super friendly and always very chatty. I always hope to get her since the other gal that works there is super b****y. (That is a whole other story unto itself)

So this afternoon I walk in and she says "it's the photographer girl!" I say hi and proceed to the computer to start entering in my info. She is standing next to me chatting away, asking about my business and the kids, when all of a sudden Shania Twain comes on over the speakers and she breaks into her own version of "Any Man of Mine!" It was so funny! She sang it straight from her heart and even had some fun little dance moves to go with it.

Anyway, I was still laughing to myself while getting into the car.

I hope you had something in your day that caused you to smile and even laugh out loud.

~L

Ran 10km in the beautiful misty rain tonight! Yay!

Weekend away

On Friday night I headed down to the States for a Women's Retreat. It was so great and it felt so needed. I spent my time connecting with women, learning about my spiritual gifts and how to use them, eating yummy food that I didn't have to cook or cleanup after, laughing, playing games, shopping and I even got in a 7 am run!

We did different "inventory" worksheets to help us discover our gifts. My highest ranked gift turns out to be Encouragement, with Administration close behind. We also did another inventory thing that told us what "colour" we were. These were the colours and what they represent... can you guess which one I am?

GOLD: Ruled by the clock: efficient, time conscious, detailed person, organized, structured, goal oriented

GREEN: Ruled by the mind: intellectual,thoughtful, reasoning, reflective

ORANGE: Ruled by the moment: spontaneous, energetic, active, perpetual motion, risk taker

BLUE: Ruled by the heart: personal, people oriented, warm, friendly, good eye contact

No person is one pure colour - we all have these traits to a varying degree and mixes. A person tends to be stronger in one or two colours than in the others. Most people express their strongest colour in positive, comfortable situations, but move to their second colour when under stressful or challenging conditions.

misty morning

After days of cold rainy weather, I decided to go back to my summer pictures. I found this one I took one misty morning on Pender.

"Lock you knee, lock your knee, lock you knee!" This is what is done in so many postures in my yoga class. It sounds a lot easier than it is. I actually am finally able to see my quadriceps and lock my knees now though.

My legs are a wee bit sore after my run today and yoga yesterday. I only hope I will be able to make it through my class tomorrow!

This is very random post, just my thoughts.

what to do...

Last night as I was watching the snow come down I was wondering to myself, how on earth am I going to do my run tomorrow morning? I then remembered my mom has a treadmill and I could actually do 10 kms on it! I was very excited at this concept, but when I awoke this morning to find beautiful sunshiny weather I began thinking that a run outside would be so pretty! I still am undecided, but I need to go soon!

Here are some quick pics of my knitting thus far... although these were taken a few days, so my scarf looks quite different now...not because it's longer, but because I've torn it apart 50 times and started over.

rain & wind

I went out last night. With Hannah. Just her and I. It was cold, windy, and rainy. As I was walking I was remembering the warm summer nights I would walk her. The sun would be setting, the coolness of dusk was refreshing after a hot day, it was nice, really nice. I was wishing I could go back, back to the warmth. But alas, we live in a part of the world where we experience four seasons. Thankfully we do, because I can now really appreciate the beauty of summer nights.

I continued walking in the dark and rain. There is something soothing about the rain and darkness. No one can really see me, and the although the rain is cool against my face, it's nice. It was even a bit foggy which always adds a bit of drama to the street lights reflecting in the puddles.

So tonight I will run in the dark and possibly the rain... without a wet dog.