daring beauty

I dare this Peony to bloom.

Oh to be an Iris!  They are not afraid of taking over and standing tall and

beautiful.  I remember I was given an Iris back in Swift Current.    I didn't get to planting that Iris for a while and it sat on our driveway for a week at least in a plastic bag.

 When I finally picked it up hoping I could still salvage it, the roots had grown.  It proudly thrived on our driveway .

We might learn something from this kind of strength!

We all must just continue to show up and continue on, take a rest, and get up
and show up just like these flowers do every year.  I love these strong beauties!

hello to slowing down

I am feeling lost in this space the last week

I am ridiculously working hard to slow down...

working hard to slow down?

why is that hard?

I must keep my body moving and eat healthy

always a walk, or gym session to participate 

activities and horse riding

the grocery store is a regular stomping ground

when eating fresh fruits and vegetables, especially

that darn green salad.

The garden will help with that

soon

but then I can't keep up to the lettuce and it goes awry

Living takes work

I have type 2 diabetes and it causes some problems

if not regularly tended to

I have lab work done every 3 months and a doctor

visit to check my stats!  

anticipating the passing blood work number 

This is not a poem

about living as a Gnome

so keeping this more interesting

is only participating

in the thinking brain

I would like more soft subtler intelligent

words to put here

I don't have that gift

 I write in my MPS (morning pages)

most mornings

A mystery or two to read

A new author to check out

searching for a great read always

It feels like I am in touch with the simpler pages

of my day

 fresh paint on our walls

only select few pictures are now hung back up

having space is important now

keep the clutter extinct

my left foot is painful

I went to the doctor

arthritis? stress fracture?

metatarsal inflammation?

I'm okay but it is difficult practicing keeping it

real

my life to stay authentic

watching nature

is a genuine feeling of

"real"

taking breaths out as if blowing candles out on

a cake

reminder

Brian's 65th birthday on Thursday!

I have foot up to rest it several times a day

taking Magnesium Glycinate at bedtime to

calm the system and support healthy muscle function

Now off to the hospital for blood work

Gym training session this afternoon

loving my body 

my spirit lives in

A room to breathe

not taking on other peoples negativity

A Robin

Fuel Station

Petunia!

 Irises are so fantastic when they bloom!

happy perennials

 Sept 15 and just taking pics

of my perennial favs.

All my plants in front yard came from 2 long time friends

so it is great to see them all doing well

they have been slow to take off but

now they are showing off!

 lady's mantle just started this year

young bachelor button started this year

 Phlox just blooming now

(I just love perennials!)

 filling in nicely

 delphiniums get so tall and I cut them down

and they grow back again

They also attract Hummingbirds and we had

twice as many hummingbirds this year (yay!)

morden centennial rose bush

only got a dozen roses or more but

I think I did not cut off all the dead stems

and pruning was not maybe correct last fall

so I am following this youtube video

this wheat grass is new this year

and it is a wonderful filler

it will get huge next year 

this peony is slow but it has only been

in the ground as a baby for one year

so next year hoping for a flower or two or more

this beautiful blue water can has served many purposes

it holds alot of water and easy to water plants with and

it is so decorative too!

know your truth weekend retreat for women

Salt Lake City

I Love My Life 2018

women's weekend retreat!

Here are some photos that show just a tiny bit of our weekend with women and fashion and dancing and healing our guilt and for me it was about talking about gray hair styling.

I could use a bit more product in my hair to edge my style!

see these 2 women - edgy hair styles

my sis is keeping her blonde for now - she is stylin' it as usual! 

shopping in the Dressing Your Truth store that was brought in just

for us

healthy food for lunches was provided

Carol Tuttle (I just love her jacket!)

A type 4 woman (on the left) and a type 2 woman (on the right)

Type 4's are bold and stunning as they can wear black and

the true primary colors

The woman on the right is a soft subtle type 2 energy

and her clothes are soft and muted colors and soft texture

I will tell my hairdresser about how to style and cut my hair
↡

can you tell I like my new hat as it is a very type 3 style which I am a type 3

I can wear the richer, deeper colors that tend towards a dirty grainier version

of the primary colors

↘↙

LOL!  my kind of accessories for Type 3

after our break-out sessions for type 3 energy profiling women 

(displaying all the colors we can really look awesome in and rock it!)

my sister is a upward and light very fun and cute type 1 energy profiled woman

It was so fun and easy to travel with her!

we enjoyed our stay at the The Hilton Hotel and used the pool and outside

decks and we also walked around the downtown area and got to see

all the Comic Convention costumes that were walking down the street all the time

we were there.  I should of taken a pic of the Mad Hatter family walking down the street - very awesome costumes.

There will not be one next year to attend so hopefully in a couple of years she (Carol Tuttle) will put on another weekend retreat.  

freeing

ready, set and short..!

I sat down with a young stylist today and

she said "so what's going on?  what are we doing?

got some ideas or pictures?

(well that was the right approach)

I want it short and textured and almost shaved

at the back of my head.

I am  letting the colour fade out and 

leave it grey/gray (sp). 

It is a very freeing cut, it is really who I am  too plus it keeps me

thinking youthful!

AHA'S of my retreat in SLC

hair tips -

negative talk that does not support my hair

cant get it like the stylist

cant get my hair funky enough - edgy enough

my spouse has opinions about my hair

I love My Hair

My Hair Is Great Today

(let go of negative talk by burning in a tin can all the negative comments about my hair

that I wrote and put in that tin can)

Our struggles  PRACTICE with our nature or energy profile (a..ha.. moments with Carol)

I am well on the path of practicing me; I no longer think of myself as recovering!  Take the word Struggle out of my vocabulary and replace it with Practice.

DYT is bringing your inner soul experience out into your outside appearance.

The inner self comes out in dressing your truth/inner-self.  Your appearance shows your soul with

DYT and my.liveyourtruth.com energy profile.

SELF CARE

self care is dressing my truth even if I am not going anywhere.!

..dress to cook...dress to just spend the morning at home...dress to watch tv

ALWAYS DRESS MYSELF WITH MY TRUTH!

Highlight that holiday

Christmas 2017 

just writing down the highlights of last Christmas.  I know it was six weeks ago but it takes

awhile for me to absorb everthing we did and who we saw and the gifts received and the food

we made and ate...yada yada

Good moments Christmas 2017

• swim ladies gift exchange and luncheon

• our tree from superstore was healthy and easy to decorate 

• Hash brown casserole 

• Christmas Eve at Langenburg hall

• Toms stuffed peppers supper

• Snickerdoodle cookies

• Watching Wonder Woman New Year’s Eve with family

• Tommy's puppet lab youtube channel hit 80,000 subscribers Dec 31

• My gift to folks Dec 23 of angel and red pointsetta led ornaments

• Brian liked his presents no returns his Silk scarf and black and white shirt and wall folding saddle rack

•  my awesome Amercian West purse

• Tom got a set of pyjamas and slippers and a samsonite suitcase

I am achieving this hairstyle now and colouring my own hair!

don't I look great?

going in!

Hair update:

short short hair cut this week as

I miss short hair and so I did get it buzzed

at the back and sides and left the top

longer.  Loving it so far!

{i may cut it shorter next time)

I am so proud of me...because

I started swimming end of September

twice a week and I am still going twice a week

Below is this morning's photo and I am just

ready to jump in and flip the goggles down.

Ear plugs stick out kinda like Shrek ears but

they work really well for keeping the water out!

Going in... splash !!

packin' - stylin'

Hey All!

How is it going?

the days are cold and

especially today Dec 29th!

 I am working on a hair style

that is a tad edgier than my norm

and packing for our holiday in another

week. 

I remember when Christmas was the most exciting 

time for me because my Mom really made it magical.

As an adult I still enjoy the lights and look forward

to a present or two under the tree but it is a quieter season for me now

and I like it like that.  

A few Christmas events building up  to the day is

good but I now just want to snuggle in with a good read

and watch the tree lights twinkle and visit quietly

with a friend or two.

This last week....

the parents are both still functioning okay in

a senior residence and also driving us crazy sometimes

with the medical appointments but we are presenting

our thoughts on that to them as best as we can

and praying this next year is quieter for having

flus' and hoping for keeping their medications stable.

I am very fortunate to have my brother and sister

in the city where my folks live.

They assist ALOT when they can and it is
like this:
  "It seems that one mother  can look after
 many children but now it takes all 3 of us and more to look after
one mother! (our father included)!

How about you?  

Keeping fit over the holidays?

Maintaining-no gain with the weight?

here is a great quote from Carol Tuttle

from Dressing Your Truth and Living Your Truth

lifestyle program

"When You Look Good And Feel Good, You Are More
Confident To Do Good, In A World That Needs Your Gifts!"

my face-my nature

4 years ago I was sitting

in our Regina condo

and was on facebook and

a

free offer to discover your natural movement

and profile by living your truth by dressing your truth showed

up on my page.

I jumped in a took the free lesson

I had no problem figuring out what type I was.

It was so much fun and so

intriguing to understand and learn

about my "flaws" and all the good there

is about who I am.

I have not looked back

I am soon flying to Salt Lake City Utah and participating in a weekend

retreat with 400 women all over the world who are flying in just like me to

learn more about why I do the things the way I do and that it is a gift to the world and

how to have confidence to know that it is!

My husband has find out his type and it helps so much in our marriage because he is
a different profile than I.  It is so cool.

I am beyond excited to get their on Sept 21 and talk colors, fabrics, how

to match that with my energy and natural characteristics.  It is so much more

than clothes but yet it is about beauty and learning that we are who we are

and it is a gift.  Even the way I use money and my decision making process that
I now understand completely and it is all okay.  It's me!

LIVINGYOURTRUTH/DRESSINGYOURTRUTH

pot drama

end of August

sometimes means

potted plants need to

be dumped {unfortunately}

Some pots have

drama and character and personality

all in one.  I put these on my deck table and

really enjoying.....

selfie + new doo

new doo with a golden touch

I am doing the hair cut photos from July 6 to now

I have a new stylist

and I like her!

today

(I did not plan that my shirt would

match the tea kettle behind or the

Mocha plaque on the wall)

5 weeks ago

so these last two cuts are a bit more stylish

and I need to work on my hair a bit more every day

to keep it stylish!

blow-dry and go girl I am and sometimes it's just wash

and go!  

it's a good thing

it has been a poor season for flowers and

garden but there are some successes...

it is a good thing I planted pumpkins because

they are such big plants and lots of blooms

I am excited!

 tomatoes are finally showing up

all the hay is brought in, stacked and covered

a few orange lilies bloom once in awhile

next to the roses I think this yellow lily is my favourite

it has finally bloomed

so many good things

it really is such a superb time of year!

the yard early this morn

I got up so early this morning.

(like 5:30 a.m.)

Plunked my 1/2 awake body

on a lounger on the deck

and quickly grasped the

perfection of this moment; 

July 15, 2017 and its beautiful landscape

Snapped these pics around our house;

next year we will look at these

and hopefully see our trees much taller

than they are now.