Theme from Mahogany...

I'm taking the amazing 'Soul Restoration 2' class at the moment....in preparation for Brave Girls Camp next May.  It is wonderful and is all about setting goals for yourself and working on finding out what stops you from moving forward - and preventing that in the future.....creating mission statements and vision boards etc etc...The first couple of weeks have been about looking at what we REALLY want for ourselves...finding out what our passions are, what we love, what we are good at, what the world sees us as being good at....etc etc

Someone in the class posted the lyrics to Diana Ross's Song 'Do you know where you're going to?' and she is soooo right, they fit perfectly with what we are working through.....

Again, I would wholeheartedly recommend Soul Restoration 1 and 2 to anyone.  They are also preparing a class for teen/ preteen girls and thinking of creating one for men too.  They already have a Mother/ Daughter camp now too.  Soul restoration 1 starts again July 26th if you are considering taking it.  You won't regret it.  If you give it your all you will gain soooo much from it!

Theme from Mahogany Lyrics: Diana Ross
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO ?
written by Masser / Goffin

Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know…?
Do you get
What you’re hoping for
When you look behind you there’s no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know…?
Once we were standing still in time chasing the fantasies
That filled our minds
You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free
Laughin’ at the questions that you once asked of me
Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know…?
Now looking back at all we’ve planned
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long before we’ll see
How sad the answers to those questions can be
Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know…?
Do you get
What you’re hoping for
when you look behind you there’s no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know…?

Thursday tag

{one} what color best describes you + why?  orange.  Lively and outgoing....but can be close to pink (quiet) and close to red (angry/ irritable).


{two} how have you changed in the past year?  Oh wow - I have changed a LOT!!!  I used to be dependent, anxious, nervous, the little wife that didn't know anything.....I was obsessed with my husband and spent my whole day WAITING for him to come home....my nights and weekends were spent focused on my husband and my relationship with him....I was scared to drive in the dark or downtown or anywhere too far...I didn't know how to put gas in my car, pay bills or get my car serviced.  Now I drive anywhere.  I'm well used to dealing with lawyers and making appointments and I drive the kids to Canmore and go downtown all the time.  I survived my first winter and have had the car serviced AND had the tyres changed twice.

Now, I am confident, independent, much happier, LOVE being single, I am soooo much closer to my children and love spending time with them all together as well as apart.  I've even booked my first trip away on my own next Spring!!!  I have been through some intense therapy and I'm calmer, know myself better and know what I want and need from life.


{three} have you ever had any surgeries?  A few minimal things but nothing major.


{four} why did you start your blog?  I started it to keep a record of our lives after we moved from the town to our acreage (hence the original title of Escaping the City) and then it evolved into a general diary of our day to day lives.  I love being able to look back over the years and see how we have changed as a family - how the children have grown...how the house has changed....


{five} what are you looking forward to this summer?  Nigels visit and seeing the children reconnect with their Dad, heading to Canmore a couple of times.  Summer festivals.  Seeing the children head off to camp which I know they LOVE!!!!  :)  Generally making endless memories :)


{six} do you have any family traditions for the 1st of July?  We always dress in as much red and white as we have.  We put on temporary tattoos.  We wear red and silver beads :)  We decorate the house with flags :)  We go to the festival in town.  We come home and have a Canada Day tea with a cake and we sing the National Anthem...we often have a fire out at the fire pit in the evening and then go in to town late in the evening to watch the fire works before coming home to bed :)


{seven} what’s something new that you’ve tried in the past few months?  many new art techniques.  Mixed media art - which I LOVE.  I tried an Elephant Ear at the farmers market (yuck).  I tried seaweed gnocchi at Milestones (yum)


{eight} what is the perfect a/c temperature?  I keep it at about 19c

{nine} what was the last movie you saw in the theater?  Bridesmaids - sooooo hilarious!!!  Best movie EVER!!



{ten} what song do you think everyone should hear at least once?  Louis Armstrong.  What a Wonderful World.