Friday, August 27, 2010
Things that make you go hmmmm...
So they're working on the Federal Building behind the building I work in (the Bowker Building) and there's nothing happening there right now - not a worker in site, no movement, nada, nothing, zip! Then there were sirens. An ambulance and a fire truck, but on the other side so I can't see anything! I'm dying to find out...I need to know. What the heck?!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
It's me, Sarah!
Hmmmm...it's been so long I don't know if I remember how to blog! I know that's crazy but you know the saying, if you don't use it, you lose it!
"...sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it". I believe I wrote that a few blogs ago. Guess I should read that again and figure out when I'm going to apply that in my own life if I'm going to give it out as advice, eh?!
I think I'm gonna plan a little get away for September. Bruce and I have both been pretty busy lately, him moreso than me - when the clock hits 10:30 I'm either off to bed or already turning out the lights! Sometimes I think that we're both missing out on life cuz we're always playing catch up. I think we need to regroup, step back and let life show us what it needs to. Jasper is always a great place to hunker down, let yourself get back to who you are and not what people want or need you to be. Sleep in, go for a hike, grab a coffee and scone at the Bear Paw Bakery...good God, when is September???
On my way to work in the morning there's a speed sign on 97th Street just before 137th Avenue that shows how fast you're travelling. It always makes me wonder - how do I know which car's speed it's showing? There's a ton of us passing it at the same time but only one number is flashing at any point in time. Perhaps I need to drive by in the middle of the night when nobody else is around and figure out where on the street triggers the sign. Pretty insignificant thing in my life but it makes me wonder every morning.
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"...sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it". I believe I wrote that a few blogs ago. Guess I should read that again and figure out when I'm going to apply that in my own life if I'm going to give it out as advice, eh?!
I think I'm gonna plan a little get away for September. Bruce and I have both been pretty busy lately, him moreso than me - when the clock hits 10:30 I'm either off to bed or already turning out the lights! Sometimes I think that we're both missing out on life cuz we're always playing catch up. I think we need to regroup, step back and let life show us what it needs to. Jasper is always a great place to hunker down, let yourself get back to who you are and not what people want or need you to be. Sleep in, go for a hike, grab a coffee and scone at the Bear Paw Bakery...good God, when is September???
On my way to work in the morning there's a speed sign on 97th Street just before 137th Avenue that shows how fast you're travelling. It always makes me wonder - how do I know which car's speed it's showing? There's a ton of us passing it at the same time but only one number is flashing at any point in time. Perhaps I need to drive by in the middle of the night when nobody else is around and figure out where on the street triggers the sign. Pretty insignificant thing in my life but it makes me wonder every morning.
I thought you'd all enjoy a little happiness and you can't deny that my little Neko is smiling in this picture - seriously, look how happy he is!!! Doesn't that just make your day?! Now go out and try to top it!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Birthdays
I had a conversation with a friend this afternoon that made me think about how we feel about birthdays. You all have probably guessed by now that I love my birthday and birthdays in general! Maybe not, sometimes I can be a little understated. Anyway I told her that Bruce and I were headed over to my parents' place to celebrate my mom's birthday on Sunday. Her actual birthday isn't until Monday but that's a work night so it'd be kinda rushed. My friend said that she likes to keep her birthday quiet, she likes to celebrate it but not in a big way and if it's not on the exact day it's not such a big deal. She always takes her birthday off work and likes to have a "me" day. I don't have any issue with that because everybody deserves a "me" day but I want to celebrate my day and I want other people to celebrate my day with me! Don't get me wrong I would never force anyone into celebrating my day but it's a special day for me and I want to share it with everyone and that's how I feel about my friends and family's birthdays. I want to celebrate them. Birthdays are so special, without them, those closest to us would never have been and the world would have missed out on some absolutely fantabulous people! That's why I LOVE birthdays, not just mine, but all of yours. I need to take that one day, and let you know that I am so happy that you're here and let's eat some cake!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Shame on Me!
I have taken a one month hiatus from blogging, from reaching out to you, from centering myself at the end of the day. Sure, I've seen and done things that would have made great posts but something stopped me from sharing, from opening up and letting all of it spill onto this screen. But not tonight, no! I am here, I am focused and I want to reconnect with you. Four things are popping to mind about what to share, bunnies, friends, work and dreams! Probably the most interesting is my dream from last night so perhaps I'll save that till the end cuz it's ridiculous!
Bunnies. Yup, seen a lot of them lately. The most bizarre place I ran across one was on the first floor of the parkade at work. No, I didn't literally run across one - close but didn't. I was twirling my way down to exit at the bottom of the parkade when I had to slam on my brakes cuz there was a little bunny right in the middle of the road licking something off the ground! Seriously, had to slam on the brakes! I didn't want to honk at him cuz it'd be really loud and echo-y so I put my car in park, ran over to him (he didn't budge) and clapped my hands and yelled, "Shoo Shoo!". It worked and as I drove away I looked in my rear view mirror to see that he moved on but no, there he was, in the middle of the road licking something off the pavement. I hope he made it out of there and moved on to something better, something greener!
Work. In the last few months it's been a trial going to work. I have been in a manager's position for the past year in my branch doing the work of two people without a whole lot of support from above. Anyway, the last few months have really tested me, pulled me to a place where I didn't quite like myself or believed in myself. My position was recently posted as I was only temporarily reclassified to it to help out during the hiring freeze. Anyway, I made the decision not to apply for it and return to my previous position and I already feel more like me and I'm starting to feel happy again. Sometimes the higher, more 'prestigious' positions don't pay off and cost you more in the long run. I'd much rather smile and feel good about myself.
Friends. I have the best friends that anyone could ever ask for in life! I don't think I would be where I am in life or half the person I've turned out to be without them. I'm not an overly mushy person, I have my moments yes, but not overly mushy. But I feel that I need to share how special my 'peeps' are to me! Like I said earlier, the past few months have been tough but I was able to keep my head up and rise above cuz I have such beautiful people on my side!
Ok, now for the entertainment piece that you've all been waiting for! I think the green curry we had for dinner last night contributed to my fantabulous dream! Warning, this is strange so if you aren't a fan of the weird and wonderful you may want to end on the friends paragraph! It started off with me and three friends being shot out of orbit on a space shuttle and we landed on the moon, or so I thought. We exited the shuttle and the terrain was dry, arid, brown and hilly. Then I started to notice little black pygmy men with hairy backs blowing dart guns...not quite pygmies, a little bigger than pygmies and they were wearing loin cloths! They greeted us by offering coconuts to drink from. So there's life on the moon...and a convenience store! That's right a convenience store that sold ham sandwiches that weren't any thicker than my pointer finger...but there was a clue in this convenience store - the sandwiches were labeled, 'Jambon'. Not only is there life on the moon but they speak French on the moon! As I walked around I noticed a pen full of little Yorkshire Terriers. They raise Yorkies on the moon?! Yeah no, those dogs belonged to all the tourists because they're small enough for people to bring along on their vacations but they pen them up cuz they don't want them around all the time! Makes sense. And then I ran into Bruce. You got it he wasn't on the space shuttle with me, which leads me to question why was he on the moon?! I start talking about how cool it is that we're on the moon and he looked at me like I was nuts and said, "The moon?! Are you crazy, we're in Africa!" Who knew you could get to Africa by space shuttle?! Ha ha ha! I've never remembered a dream in so much detail - it was wild! I can't wait to go to sleep to see where I end up tonight!
Bunnies. Yup, seen a lot of them lately. The most bizarre place I ran across one was on the first floor of the parkade at work. No, I didn't literally run across one - close but didn't. I was twirling my way down to exit at the bottom of the parkade when I had to slam on my brakes cuz there was a little bunny right in the middle of the road licking something off the ground! Seriously, had to slam on the brakes! I didn't want to honk at him cuz it'd be really loud and echo-y so I put my car in park, ran over to him (he didn't budge) and clapped my hands and yelled, "Shoo Shoo!". It worked and as I drove away I looked in my rear view mirror to see that he moved on but no, there he was, in the middle of the road licking something off the pavement. I hope he made it out of there and moved on to something better, something greener!
Work. In the last few months it's been a trial going to work. I have been in a manager's position for the past year in my branch doing the work of two people without a whole lot of support from above. Anyway, the last few months have really tested me, pulled me to a place where I didn't quite like myself or believed in myself. My position was recently posted as I was only temporarily reclassified to it to help out during the hiring freeze. Anyway, I made the decision not to apply for it and return to my previous position and I already feel more like me and I'm starting to feel happy again. Sometimes the higher, more 'prestigious' positions don't pay off and cost you more in the long run. I'd much rather smile and feel good about myself.
Friends. I have the best friends that anyone could ever ask for in life! I don't think I would be where I am in life or half the person I've turned out to be without them. I'm not an overly mushy person, I have my moments yes, but not overly mushy. But I feel that I need to share how special my 'peeps' are to me! Like I said earlier, the past few months have been tough but I was able to keep my head up and rise above cuz I have such beautiful people on my side!
Ok, now for the entertainment piece that you've all been waiting for! I think the green curry we had for dinner last night contributed to my fantabulous dream! Warning, this is strange so if you aren't a fan of the weird and wonderful you may want to end on the friends paragraph! It started off with me and three friends being shot out of orbit on a space shuttle and we landed on the moon, or so I thought. We exited the shuttle and the terrain was dry, arid, brown and hilly. Then I started to notice little black pygmy men with hairy backs blowing dart guns...not quite pygmies, a little bigger than pygmies and they were wearing loin cloths! They greeted us by offering coconuts to drink from. So there's life on the moon...and a convenience store! That's right a convenience store that sold ham sandwiches that weren't any thicker than my pointer finger...but there was a clue in this convenience store - the sandwiches were labeled, 'Jambon'. Not only is there life on the moon but they speak French on the moon! As I walked around I noticed a pen full of little Yorkshire Terriers. They raise Yorkies on the moon?! Yeah no, those dogs belonged to all the tourists because they're small enough for people to bring along on their vacations but they pen them up cuz they don't want them around all the time! Makes sense. And then I ran into Bruce. You got it he wasn't on the space shuttle with me, which leads me to question why was he on the moon?! I start talking about how cool it is that we're on the moon and he looked at me like I was nuts and said, "The moon?! Are you crazy, we're in Africa!" Who knew you could get to Africa by space shuttle?! Ha ha ha! I've never remembered a dream in so much detail - it was wild! I can't wait to go to sleep to see where I end up tonight!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Indulgence
On my way back from a meeting this morning I decided to skip the LRT ride and enjoy a gingerly walk on a brisk morning. The wind was blowing, people were bustling and I spotted a Second Cup! What the hell, a little indulgence is a good way of celebrating your life and it eats up time that you'd waste at work! Win-win situation.
In the last couple of days, I've had some revelations. I recognize that just because someone has pissed me off doesn't mean that anyone else deserves to experience the mood that person put me in, they deserve my best smile and a friendly attitude. Save the 'pissy-ness' for that first person.
I also discovered it feels good to smile, even when stuff is weighing on my mind, if I smile somehow my mood magically lightens even just a little bit.
It makes me smile when I sing in my car...doesn't matter if I can't sing cuz Kevin can't either! Ha ha ha! But seriously, I sing for me...if I thought I could sing I would've auditioned for Canadian Idol by now...thank you God for letting me recognize the fact that I could probably break glass and will never end up on one of those singing shows thinking I'm awesome when I completely suck!
But what makes me happiest is knowing that I treat people with respect. Funny how someone treating you with the utmost disrespect makes you even more respectful of others...you think they'd steal that from you. That would just be sad...they really are sad.
In the last couple of days, I've had some revelations. I recognize that just because someone has pissed me off doesn't mean that anyone else deserves to experience the mood that person put me in, they deserve my best smile and a friendly attitude. Save the 'pissy-ness' for that first person.
I also discovered it feels good to smile, even when stuff is weighing on my mind, if I smile somehow my mood magically lightens even just a little bit.
It makes me smile when I sing in my car...doesn't matter if I can't sing cuz Kevin can't either! Ha ha ha! But seriously, I sing for me...if I thought I could sing I would've auditioned for Canadian Idol by now...thank you God for letting me recognize the fact that I could probably break glass and will never end up on one of those singing shows thinking I'm awesome when I completely suck!
But what makes me happiest is knowing that I treat people with respect. Funny how someone treating you with the utmost disrespect makes you even more respectful of others...you think they'd steal that from you. That would just be sad...they really are sad.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Caught Myself!
Tonight I opened up my calendar to see what I have on the go this week. Looks like I have a lot of meetings, a course on Wednesday, an employee retreat that I have to finish planning for and well a ton more projects to finish. I felt a little overwhelmed and a little disappointed in myself that I hadn't done a little prep work this weekend to lessen the load. I was about to log on to my Citrix account...and then I caught myself. It was just the other night that I wrote, "don't let all those stressful situations eat you up - sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it". I didn't think it would be an effort to not work on the weekend - but it's a challenge for me knowing the stressful deadlines I'll be facing this week. But I don't get paid to work my weekends.
This is my time, time to recharge, time to live life. I really have to start listening to my own advice - I think it's pretty good!
This is my time, time to recharge, time to live life. I really have to start listening to my own advice - I think it's pretty good!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Where'd May Go?
Ok, so I missed an entire month...good God, I missed an ENTIRE month! I wish it was because I was off in some wonderful foreign land, oh wait...I was! At least for half of it. As you know from my previous post, Bruce and I were in Italy for three weeks. The scary thing is we've been back for three weeks already! Holy cow! Italy was absolutely fantastic! We got home late on a Sunday, and no word of a lie I was online Monday morning looking for real estate in Italy. Such a magical place... something new and wonderful around every corner. Even the language woos you! My dreams are still filled with our trip and I pray that it lasts forever!
I seriously question why we choose to live in Edmonton. One day...but until then here's another photo:
There's always stress in our lives and there always will be but I bet I would deal with it better if I lived in Italy! Ha! At the very least, this trip reminded me that you need to take care of yourself, don't let all those stressful situations eat you up - sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it. Italy came just at the right time. Ciao!
I seriously question why we choose to live in Edmonton. One day...but until then here's another photo:
There's always stress in our lives and there always will be but I bet I would deal with it better if I lived in Italy! Ha! At the very least, this trip reminded me that you need to take care of yourself, don't let all those stressful situations eat you up - sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it. Italy came just at the right time. Ciao!
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