This morning I was lamenting how my weight has gone up a couple of pounds in the last month. I've been meaning to go back to the low carb lifestyle, but I've just been having a hard time dumping the breads and potatoes and even sugar while balancing working, taking care of the kids and finding time to exercise. A very wise woman (my baby sister!), said that "Having a handle over my eating habits is easy for me right now because
it's the only thing I can control." I thought about it, and Susan is so very right. We can't always control our environment or other people, but we can control our reactions/behaviours, internally and externally.
So tomorrow I will take back control over my food intake (not usually excessive, but perhaps not always the smartest choices). Of course I'm going to have to make sure I'm prepared so that I will have low carb choices to start with in the morning. Guess I better get cooking that bacon tonight and hide it from the kids so it doesn't disappear on me.
The weekend may be a little difficult. I will be away from home visiting with family, but I can always do the best I can for the rest of this week, and start anew on Monday.
-Laurie
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Generosity of Strangers
Earlier in the month, my husband and youngest entered a raffle during an Initiation (Pre-Novice) Level Tournament in Coaldale. It was for 3 tickets to a Calgary Flames game on March 18th. Keegan and his older brother, Tyler, were excited about the prospect of going to their first NHL game with daddy. Unfortunately, Keegan came down with a really bad cold, and on Sunday was just too sick to go anywhere, so Ron decided he would stay home with Keegan and Tyler and I would go and try to find someone else to use the third ticket. I asked a good friend if her son would like to go, so I took the two of them to the game...It was also his first NHL game.
We found our seats which were just on the rail of the second tier, section 214, and sat beside 4 men. I really don't know how it happened, but during the first period of the game, the man sitting closest to us had left and when he came back, he got my attention behind Tyler's back. He and his 3 friends had bought Tyler a Calgary Flames jersey!! I was amazed that 4 strangers had done this for my son. Tyler was beside himself with excitement (and the more I think of it...I think the reason they bought the jersey was because everyone else was wearing one, and Tyler had asked me for the umpteenth time to buy him a jersey and I likely said they were too expensive and they overheard it and maybe thought I was a single parent). During the course of the game, Tyler and I talked with the man. We found out that his name was Aaron and that he knew Theoren Fleury...We had also discussed that Ty's number was 14, and that my youngests was 7 because it was half of 14. He even showed Tyler the tattoo of Theo Fleury's signature on his right leg, along with the flaming "C". Tyler and his friend chatted with their new friend through the game, cheering and making noise along with everyone else.
After the game, as the boys and I were leaving, I thanked him again for his generosity, and told him it was very sweet of them, and he waved it off.
I doubt Aaron or his friends will ever see this post, but if they do...THANK YOU! You made a little boy's first NHL game experience even more memorable, and restored my faith in the goodness of people.
We found our seats which were just on the rail of the second tier, section 214, and sat beside 4 men. I really don't know how it happened, but during the first period of the game, the man sitting closest to us had left and when he came back, he got my attention behind Tyler's back. He and his 3 friends had bought Tyler a Calgary Flames jersey!! I was amazed that 4 strangers had done this for my son. Tyler was beside himself with excitement (and the more I think of it...I think the reason they bought the jersey was because everyone else was wearing one, and Tyler had asked me for the umpteenth time to buy him a jersey and I likely said they were too expensive and they overheard it and maybe thought I was a single parent). During the course of the game, Tyler and I talked with the man. We found out that his name was Aaron and that he knew Theoren Fleury...We had also discussed that Ty's number was 14, and that my youngests was 7 because it was half of 14. He even showed Tyler the tattoo of Theo Fleury's signature on his right leg, along with the flaming "C". Tyler and his friend chatted with their new friend through the game, cheering and making noise along with everyone else.
After the game, as the boys and I were leaving, I thanked him again for his generosity, and told him it was very sweet of them, and he waved it off.
I doubt Aaron or his friends will ever see this post, but if they do...THANK YOU! You made a little boy's first NHL game experience even more memorable, and restored my faith in the goodness of people.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Finish what you started...
I am notorious for starting things and not finishing them...Or maybe I'm only notorious in my own mind for this...I start writing stories...and then just leave them because I get stuck...I start some projects...and procrastinate...or leave them...I start cleaning an area...get discouraged...and move on to something else. I even started a blog in August...and you guessed it...I never finished it. So maybe I should make this blog post short and sweet so it does get finished...
A very wise woman named Marla Cilley AKA "Fly Lady" says it's our perfectionism that stops us from finishing things...as for the writing...my sister who is already writing novels (has written 3 and is waiting to hear back from a publisher) says that she read that writing is a very personal thing...and when we write something...we're putting ourselves out there...opening up our private lives...and that if you find yourself blocked...to just keep writing...no matter if it doesn't make any sense...or doesn't seem to be what you were going through...you can clean it up later.
This blog isn't perfect...but like everything else now...It's a work in progress.
Wishing you peace and joy in your life.
A very wise woman named Marla Cilley AKA "Fly Lady" says it's our perfectionism that stops us from finishing things...as for the writing...my sister who is already writing novels (has written 3 and is waiting to hear back from a publisher) says that she read that writing is a very personal thing...and when we write something...we're putting ourselves out there...opening up our private lives...and that if you find yourself blocked...to just keep writing...no matter if it doesn't make any sense...or doesn't seem to be what you were going through...you can clean it up later.
This blog isn't perfect...but like everything else now...It's a work in progress.
Wishing you peace and joy in your life.
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