gaps

tonight my yoga instructor told us to spend time in gaps between our thoughts. i need to learn whats going on in the gaps.

I'm happier than i look in my picture

choices i like to not make

I'm a snowline on a hillside forest. Both options are good, go up, go down. Sea or Sky, Sky or Sea. My life is filled with options and they're all good. I wanna not make a choice and try to do it all. Somehow I need to make sure I don't get lost.


I took these pics on my drive back to AB from WA. I used to see this scene a lot around Bellingham. I miss it.

been making earrings

who knows what i'll do next......

Plum cake, just like my grandma used to make, possibly better than chocolate



Guess which way I went?

mascara

today i fixed my mascara problem
somehow i bought waterproof mascara
meaning it doesn't come off in the shower
it involves the complicated process of using eye make up remover
another step in a routine that i'm not sure i need
today i fixed my problem
i bought non-waterproof mascara
i'm not that kinda girl

i love days when i don't wear make up
maybe you can only enjoy something if you don't do it all the time

lots to say

i usually think of a couple things a day to put here....but

the town i live in has small theatre, currently it's showing 2 movies, "Saw V" and "High School Musical 3"
it speaks so loudly to me about what people value, how can this be what you might want to spend your free time doing?
knitting, cooking, reading, thinking, make wool circles, go for a walk, look at my beach glass......that's what i'd do

the third and fifith of anything aren't usually great however, i can hardly wait to watch "Transporter 3"

cleanliness is....a perspective

i'm sitting here thinking about having a shower, i need to have one.....i think?

now that i'm back in classroom life i need a daily shower

of course i can work ouside in mexico building houses and not shower for 4 days....

hmm.....why do we do what we do?

the mall

wandering around malls gives me quiet time without the silence of an empty house

in (sept 8-10)

i've been inside my head the last 3 days, lots to think about, philosophy's to develop

Flower Pounding

My first attempt at flower pounding, lots of fun, i made three of the ones below, "someone else" made the other one for me.

Sept 4-7

made, decorated and ate chocolate mousse cake
made yummy salad dressing (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pepper, brown sugar and fresh asiago)
got all my stuff from scott's
pounded flowers and chives
brunch at the wooden shoe
shook a lot of hands

today...

decorated cupcakes



organized some of my earrings

things i see that make me smile

really.....these are on the same car??


handful of happiness from island view beach


this is me

Aug 29 to Sept 3

got stiches out
grazed in auntie Hilde's garden, ohh....yummy raspberries
drove to sask with auntie Hilde and Jindalee
played personal preference in the car

got my arm re-stiched back together, went from 3 to 5 stitches
sat in emergency reading a good book
ok, again, why me? do these things happen to other people?
i woke up saturday morning and the whole thing was wide open, like a canyon

ate sour leaf soup
ate ice cream in provost
went to dollarama
played the dollarama game ( buy something for everyone in the car )

registered for a running class again, maybe it will stick this time
held class elections
still wondering if democracy really works, i'm not sure it's the best plan

wrapper shopping

I think i'll like the nice milk chocolate with the dark cocoa bits! I love crunchy bits. Haven't had it before.


Creamy, orange mousse. It's gonna be good. This one is new to me.


Ritter Sport, I love them, makes me think of Grandma. She'd buy Ritter Sports for me and got me hooked.


Chocolate coverd Cherries is my favourite blizzard, Black Forest Cake is to die for, this has to be good!



Maybe I'll keep the wrappers.

hmmm......what did i do today?

started sci 30 with Treston, Damian, Zach, Nathan and Dan, it's gonna be fun

baked chocolate chip cookies

had cottage cheese on my salad at lunch, it was yummy

started reading "Mere Christianity" again

put a sprite bottle from mexico in my window sil

made a weeks worth of lesson plans

got a load of stuff from scott's

enjoyed the rain

Erin, Mary and Anne


The breakwater in Victoria.


The drive back to Alberta.


My beachglass earrings.

aug 24

acccidentally broke 2 hourglasses at chapters, glass and sand everywhere

carried one box of stuff into maple hall

aug 23

saw an airplane in a ditch

spilled grape pop in the car

had supper with cherri, shelly and shawn

ate a great "basil and blackberry" salad

aug 22

picked up my beach glass earrings. i had a lady make them for me with some of my collection. ( i will put up pics of them )

tried to get cash from a bank machine but, it ran out of money. it did of course subtract to $$ from my account. it was complicated. (do things like this happen to other people??)

got my dark bad mole removed. just went to the dr. to have him check it and he said, " let's get rid of it now". at least i didn't have to think about it.

aug 21

Went on "cruise" for lunch on Sylvan Lake with the PAA staff and about 25 ladies from the "Red Hat Society".
Went to Auntie Hilde's and Uncle Albert's to pick up my new red purse from Mom & Dad & Singapore .
Burnt pizza in the oven, i don't actually burn things very often, huh.
Printed & photocopied course outlines and bulletin board stuff....not sure which i hate to do more??

Aug 18,19 & 20

20.
Staff meeting.....ummm back to "real" life, quite weird

19:
Drove from Abbotsford to Lacombe, mostly in the rain.
Ate some Beautiful BC cherries on the way.

18:
Hiked up, down and in the Coquilhala River with Lizzie and Jim. ( yeah, i loved it )
Saw "Mamma Mia" again, with Dorian, definitly worth a second time around
Visited with Tobias and Heidi

1. went to a lacross game
2. walked on the breakwater in downtown victoria

ti....today i

1. ate a lavendar brownie
2. had thai food for lunch at Sabhai in Sidney
3. made pancakes and taco soup, it was fun to cook
4. went to glass beach
5. played scrabble again
6. had henna tatoo disaster with anne

things i did today

1. Ate a moist and iced chocolate cupcake from Alexanders.
2. Bought 2 rings and 1 pair of earrings.
3. Picked up 10 pieces of beach glass at Island View Beach.
4. Played Scrabble with Keith, Anne and Ben.
5. Dyed my hair.

It's been a great "heidi" day!

I want to make this!!!

Yep.... i googled this and i want to make it.... no credits to me....just passing on an idea!



Pineapple Poppy Seed Ice Cream

1 box firm silken tofu (I use Mori Nu brand)
1 cup pureed pineapple
½ cup vanilla soymilk
1/3 cup brown rice syrup
¼ cup Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch salt
1 tbsp poppy seeds

Combine all ingredients except for the poppy seeds in a food processor or blender until completely smooth. Stir in poppy seeds. Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to your manufacturer’s directions.

I recommend letting the finished ice cream sit in the freezer for about an hour or two before serving. This helps it so set up a bit more firmly, Otherwise, the ice cream has the consistency of extreme soft serve (which isn’t a bad thing, per se – it’s still delicious!)

i use chocolate bar wrappers for bookmarks

Quote

"Relationships are like Mexico. Easy to get in to, a lot harder to get out of."
- John T. ( a guy on my team a couple of weeks ago )

My 2 favourites part of building are wiring and framing. Just give me a framing hammer and wire strippers and i'm a happy girl.

Life is good here! It has finally cooled down, clouds have rolled in and there is some moisture in the air.

nothing

i haven't left the house today (if you don't count locking myself out of the house when i took the garbage outside....that's another story)

its been one of those days where all you do is sit on couch and slowly watch tv. i was contemplating the fact that we all tend to accomplish more when we have a busy day but, when we are free to do nothing we tend to waste it. but,....is it a waste? i think we need those nothing days to help us on out upcoming busy ones. lose the guilt. do nothing.

here are some pics of what i do each week