Category Archive: Laugh
Dec 04
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect 200 – A walk down Monopoly Lane
One of the best things about the Christmas season, in my opinion, is that there is a lot more board game and card playing. Some favorites in my family are Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Mexican Train Dominos, and Monopoly. We’re particularly serious about our gin rummy, holding full scale tournaments at family …
Nov 20
Heart Full ~ Grateful
For HOME! There is nothing like stepping off a plane and taking a big gulp of fresh B.C air. I was greeted with some gorgeous sunny days and took advantage of them, going on some epic hikes in West Van and Squamish. For fall weather, fireplaces, cozy sweaters, good books and CHAI LATTES! For FAMILY …
Apr 19
Rock Me Mama Like a Wagon Wheel
Stop what you’re doing. Play this song. Turn it up! And just DANCE. Do it. Dance like a fool in your living room! Your kitchen! Your bathroom! Shake it out. Jump around. Sing along. Grab a partner if you’ve got one! Swing em around! Tap your foot. SMILE. Life’s too short not to dance. And …
Feb 14
Love Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I choose to celebrate all the beautiful love in my life. I choose to celebrate MY heart – my gigantic, bold, bleeding, happy, sad, caring, courageous, adventurous, messy, passionate, ALIVE heart. I choose to let it fill me up and make me smile. I choose to make myself my favorite pancakes for …
Feb 09
Gratitude Soup
Do you ever have those days where you focus entirely too much on what’s missing in your life? I think we all do. I am 100% guilty as charged more than ever lately. Last night I was out running, most likely pondering something that’s missing, and then rapper T.I said these words into my earbuds: …
Dec 15
Mele Kalikimaka
I love Hawaii. And I love Christmas. But Christmas IN Hawaii is, well, weird. Ok, maybe not weird, but it’s definitely different when you grew up somewhere like, oh let’s say CANADA. I can never seem to get that feeling here. You know – that warm fuzzy holiday feeling that suddenly creeps up on you …
Oct 18
Wise Young Sage
Sage: [seyj] noun, adjective, sag·er,sag·est. Noun 1. a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom. This morning I was the first to arrive for yoga class, so I found a seat on a bench outside the studio. A few minutes later, a woman arrives, with a child under one arm, food in her other hand. “Morning,” she smiles at me, putting the child down. “Sage,” she …
Oct 13
Whack-a-Doodle-Doo
Sometimes life smacks you upside the head. Literally. I awoke this morning and pulled back the shade, breathing in the scent of another sweet Hawaiian day. I am trying to incorporate more yoga and meditation rituals into my daily life, so I ignored my laptop and phone and turned on a yoga DVD. The instructor’s …