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21/04/2014 12:14

Question Mark or Exclamation Mark

If you & I give ourselves a couple of quiet moments to just sit down, take a really deep breath & just be, what kind of things come immediately to mind afterwards?  Maybe it is the getting ourselves at times to calm our minds in the first place that is the bigger challenge.  Do we...

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14/04/2014 14:48

Stressing Over Spilt Milk, Splitting Hairs & Seeing Dots

Have you ever found yourself concentrating on things in such a micromanagement style that you have distracted yourself from the big picture?  It is a little like having our faces so close to a painting that we cannot see what the painting is all about.  To see the art piece, we have a...

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07/04/2014 10:06

When Your Wish List Includes a Time Machine, a Barista & a Cave

Have you ever toured a wine vineyard & then experienced the wine tasting afterwards?  Before my husband & I had children we had a getaway weekend to Niagara on the Lake.  One  activity available in the area  is to enjoy  the many wineries that you can just happen...

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31/03/2014 13:33

Seven Perfect Bites for the Process Engineer

Most of us have heard the saying, “have our cake & eat it too.”  Maybe we bake a homemade cake or perhaps instead we feast our eyes on a delicacy of a cake at the bakery.  Do you like cake?  Is it something else that speaks to your taste buds instead?  Try to picture the...

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24/03/2014 13:33

Wholly Cannoli

“Tag, you’re it!”  “Hey, I am just minding my own business & did not ask to play in these games & besides that, I have a plan” you & I may be saying.  Still, we are in “it” neck deep. For the past three or so years, I have really looked forward to six weeks that happen over...

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17/03/2014 12:02

Captain Stephen C. Steele Speaking Engagements in Ontario

Accu-Chek & Diabetes Express are providing an opportunity for an evening of inspiration & learning with guest speaker, Captain Stephen C. Steele in several cities & dates in Ontario during the months of March & April 2014. Captain Stephen C. Steele shares the following: "I am an...

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17/03/2014 11:28

Involuntary Studying for a Test, a Test, a Test

“A bee, a bee, a bee” was the first sentence that our oldest son uttered when he was a wee boy learning how to speak.  No one has found the off switch since that first sentence for our son, Matthew.  You know that my mind meanders in many different directions so you may wonder how we will...

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10/03/2014 18:45

New Sharing Next Week...

Hi Dear Hearts, This morning I had the most sore throat ever so went to the doctor & have strep throat...painful...plus the gastroperesis is acting up big time so will not be doing a blog sharing today...just concentrating on trying to keep my blood sugars in the "safe zone."  Next blog...

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03/03/2014 10:52

1% of a Small Number

When does a 1% matter to you?  A vivid example of a time that 1% mattered to me was in my final term of university.  Graduating literally was dependent finally on one of my option courses ironically.  It was Political Science & the course mark consisted of only 1 exam at the end...

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24/02/2014 12:13

The Bubble & the Beast

How big is my bubble we each may ask ourselves from time to time.  Does the size of the bubble change as we get older or if challenges come into our lives?  A mentor years ago use to ask the following question a great deal:  “what comes out of you when you are squeezed?”  There...

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