What a gorgeous day today. The sun is shining and there is a breeze on the balcony. It is putting me in a fabulous mood. I am feeling a bit restless siting here and ready to go for a walk about town. I will do so after I finish posting this blog and dealing with the bucket of laundry I have on the go.

I was missing blogging for a while now but was unable to because of travel.

Recently Paul and I had to make a trip back to Canada for 10 days to pack up our shared house that was ending there. What a crazy time that was. 4 days to sell everything off the other 6 to put things to order and visit everyone we wanted to see. (I counted we saw over 50 people in 10 days)

Day 1 & 2 we stabilized at Erin's house, set a plan of attack and then went downtown to put up sale signs that I had Decorated in Belize and finished at Erin's. (glitter glue Guadalupe and peace signs on colorful paper)

Days 3, 4, 5 & 6 sell it all off, Halloween night and begin packing process.

While we were selling stuff off, we did an open house and a lot of people came top see us which was great, My cousin Erin also through a fab Halloween party and that took care of seeing more people we wanted to. We had a donation tin out at the party for Holy Cross School and managed to collect $100

Other than the first day we were there, I think Paul would agree there was not a time that neither of us were not dead tired from it all. luckily we did not get into fights over anything. You know how it can be when you are both faced with a high pressure situation and lack of sleep, it is easy to get snappy. That was a good test to our relationship.

It seems so surreal and far away now. Imagine 4 days to deal with 39 years of stuff and cold weather. I was not sure I could do it but we managed and had some good friends helping us through the process. Pretty much the only time I left the house was to go to get food from rice bowl or Sushi place. Not much time to stop and think about what should go where and what I could keep, so I was just prepared to let it all go. To help me do this I had to keep focused on the goal which was not being attached to my stuff and being able to turn it into a lap top and hopefully a new digital camera as well.

The last day of our sale, there was quite a lot of things left, and so I said just put it out on the street for people to take. Once we started doing thatthe vultures set in lol. People were quite happy to be getting such good deals, that helped make it easier. That night we were packing up,but had to stop as it was going in circles. We decided it would be best to have a fresh start in the morning. That meant delaying plans and not being able to go to my mom's house, but she understood and we promised we would make time to meet up with her and Norm.

Days 7 & 8 clearing out of the house, doctors visit, and off to the farm and back

Next day My cousin came with us to help us attack the packing situation. It looked like a bomb exploded in the packing room. Patrick also showed up to get a few things I was leaving for him. Lucky for that as we needed his help to get everything to Mississauga as our cherokee was too full. I was able to book in at the doc around the corner as well and we just kept checking with them as to when they were ready for me. I would have gone crazy if I had to sit in the waiting room.

While Paul was checking down the road about a change of address, he managed to find a lap top for me to look at. (we had some picked out from fliers my brother brought us but I was not really wanting to deal with too much choice) I went with Paul to sigh the change of address forms, and check out the lap top. I did not think it was the right one, but reminded him I wanted to get a cordless mouse across the road. We got to talking with the guy and he has a great deal on an acer with a built in web cam, it was perfect and so easy.

We managed to get cleared out of the house, and headed back to Erin's to unload before going to Paul's parents farm. It was nice to spend time there and get to see everyone. But the trip was short and we had to keep going. We drove back to Erin's the next night and saw Paul's brother and gf along the way. Was great to meet her and her son.

Day 9 Seeing everyone we could last minute, ohip office, and final packing

Last day in Canada we managed to meet up with my mom and Norm and Erin's mom and brother for lunch. Then pulled an all nighter with Erin re-packing us again to make it all fit. We had to leave for airport at 4 am.

Sadly I could not get my wooden folding laundry rack in (a very useful item here) but we managed ok overall.

Day 10 early flight back to the Island

 
Reading back over what I wrote it does not even really begin to describe the events thoughts and feelings of those 10 days. I am glad I was able to get something out though as I needed to release it. I wish he had a bit more time as I totally missed getting to walk around our neighborhood and china town. Will have to save that for another trip.

Healthy Choices

Lately I have been thinking more so in terms of making healthy choices. To me this means, not only what I am choosing to put in my body, how I exercise or how I care for
my outer shell. It also means what I am thinking, where I go, and who I am spending time with. The whole shebang.

I have been paying closer attention to my feelings and the types of connections I am making with the people I am meeting. Sunday Paul and I were on our way out for a bite to eat with Keli and ran into Lara on the street, which led us to people watching at BC’s on the beach. It was like a mini movie interacting with everyone and watching what was happening. We met some really great people and listened to Dennis Wolfe’s band.

As part of my healthy choices I have been listening to the how to improve your luck cd. www.efflearn.com daily and I am finding it very useful for focus on what I am attracting, and cultivating feeling lucky daily.

I know that exercise is a missing ingredient for me so yesterday I tried to track down Master Lee yesterday to inquire about doing tai chi classes with him, but he was on a trip to Costa Maya. I was doing some falun and I found it difficult to stay motivated without being in a class. If Master Lee does not pan out I will have to make a better defined schedule for doing falun and stick to it.

In taking care of my outer shell (and inside), I recently got some medicinal grade coconut oil for my skin and I just love it. This stuff is so good you can use it topically and internally for skin, deodorant, hair, intestines, and thyroid to name a few. I am using it to help clear my rosacea as well as taking a few spoonfuls a day. Peter said it will take 3 months of use daily 3 x a day. In addition to using the oil, I have been giving focus to what results I am looking for as well.

The coconut oil feeds and tends to the right body bacteria that are our
natural partners in maintaining body and skin health. Probiotics, for the skin re-establishing proper skin ecology becoming natural working with our many tiny symbiotic partners. The coconut oil also supplies vital nutrients for the skin cells such as Vitamin E. (from my medicine man who makes the oil)

Coconut oil is probably one of the main reasons people in tropical climates can spend so much time in the sun and not suffer from skin cancer. Coconut oil has wonderful antioxidant properties that protect the skin from free radical damage. Also, when coconut oil is consumed and used topically on our skin, it helps our bodies absorb other nutrients more effectively as well, such as Vitamin E, another powerful antioxidant nutrient that protects the skin. (from internet)

It should be noted that when reports like this are made in our discussion group, invariably some will try using Virgin Coconut Oil exclusively as a sunscreen and go out and get burned! Some have even reported that sometimes the coconut oil works wonderfully as a sunscreen, while at other times they seem to get burned. It seems that the oils you put into your body are just as important as what you onto your body in regards to sun protection. We have found that if one eats foods loaded with polyunsaturated oils, generally they will burn more in the sun. It is theorized that when one eats foods cooked in polyunsaturated vegetable oils, often with trans fatty acids, that one is putting oxidized lipids into their skin tissue that are causing free radical damage, and more susceptible to burning in the sun. So if you just got done eating some french fries from a fast food restaurant, you may be more susceptible to sun burn! (from internet)

Best of all what could be better than smelling like coconut cream pie ha ha.