TED Ideas worth spreading

I just spent a productive couple of hours watching ted.com (www.ted.com) . It's an excellent site that I know I'm going to look at again and again (which is pretty good since I have a pretty short attention span). My two fav's so far were Arthur Benjamin does Mathemagic and Ze Frank who was pretty funny. I also watched Karen Armstrong speak on religion, and Susan Blackmore speak on memes. Interesting stuff.

Ummm I guess I'd better get back to my work, like working on my website... ahem www.moonstonepath.com , filling out those pesky business tax forms, answering those purchasing requests, oh wait, I haven't had one purchasing request on my website yet, What Am I Doing Wrong? ahhhh what the heck, I'm going back to TED, it's time well spent...or is it?

Maid Service

I've always thought it would be really great if I had a cleaning lady come in once a week to clean my house, but I never thought it would really happen, after all I am not made of money...yet...come on Law of Attraction!! Anyway, I have recently acquired a cleaning lady. My daughter Julie. She comes in once a week, I give her a list of things to do, and she does a great job, and I pay her. Times are tight for Julie these days, her hours got cut back at the store, and her summer classes (she teaches dance and is very good at it) have been reduced, so for the next month or so, she can use the extra money. It's a win win situation. I hate dusting, so Julie does it. I hate cleaning the blinds, so Julie does them (she hates it too but oh well....am I enjoying this a little too much maybe?) There will come a time soon when her store hours and dance studio hours increase and I will be happy for her despite the fact that I will lose my cleaning woman. Not to mention, my home will probably become a little more dusty.

EFT for Procrastinators

I've been reading up on EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). It involves tapping at certain points on your face and fingers like around your eyes, under your nose, your chin etc. This, along with set-up phrases such as: "Even though I procrastinate getting my work done, I deeply and completely accept myself." For more information on this technique go to www.emofree.com

You do some rounds of tapping until your need to procrastinate goes away (apparently sometimes forever), and of course once cured, you never procrastinate again, getting all kinds of work and projects done.

My problem is, I keep putting off doing this. I keep putting off using EFT to end procrastination. Ah well, I'll get to it someday.....

Ordering coffee at an English Tea-house - is that wrong?

Had a great Canada Day. First Mephostopheles and I went to the St. Jacob's Market near Kitchener and bought all sorts of goodies - fudge, apple fritters, perogies ahhhhh. Then we walked by the river in Stratford, ON and got to see baby ducklings. We finished up the day by a walk on the beach at Port Stanley, ON and I found a small piece of beach glass. Could the day have been any better!!!

Anyway, before our walk by the river, we stopped at a small English tea-house in Shakespeare, ON. They are famous for their scones and devon cream, and, my British hubby wanted me to experience them. I'd never been there so this was to be a real treat. Everything was going well until I ordered coffee. When I eat desert type treats, I prefer coffee to tea. Actually I prefer coffee to tea all the time. I'll drink tea (mint) occasionally, but otherwise coffee it is. Poor Meph. he was mortified. Coffee in an English tea-house! Unthinkable. Now you know that when we actually go to England and we go to a tea-house there, guess what I'll order to drink. I can hardly wait.

Another Embarassing Moment

Went to the Dentist today to have a mould taken of my teeth. Apparently I grind my teeth at night and need a mouth guard.
It wasn't a good experience, but it certainly was memorable. I found out that I gag easily. When they put a form filled with sticky pink stuff on my upper teeth, I gagged and then threw up all over myself. What fun!

Hostas and other surprises

I'm not an experienced gardener, so I get to have many surprises as I freely plant what I get on sale at various garden centres. Take hostas, for example. Really, take some. I didn't know that the tiny potted hosta I brought home 3 years ago would turn into something from the Jurassic Park! It's almost taller than my Juniper shrub! It's so big, it's almost intimidating. Oh, how I laugh now at my sillyness when I planted 3 cute little hostas (don't ask me their names because I didn't keep the little cards that came with them) in a tiny patch of dirt by my front door. They have overtaken my Rose of Sharon, which means that I will have to split them up and find more space for them (or give them to family who, I'm sure, will be grateful when their gardens are taken over by these gorgeous plants). The thing about hostas is...I love 'em. I wish I had a big space so I could have more of them. I have a friend who has at least a hundred hostas in her huge backyard. She just bought 25 more (they were on sale).
By the way - I didn't know that forget-me-not's were such an aggressive spreader. They're pretty though, but come on... my neighbours are having them sprout in their lawns. I got some 'splainin to do.

Artistry is not always genetic

My husband's Dad, Tom, submitted one of his oil paintings at a charity event and it sold for $150.00. A lot of people were interested in it, some even took pictures of it. Now Tom is not a professional artist, oil painting, like his amazing electric train set, is a hobby. He taught himself, and has painted a few rather nice country scenes. I'm rather proud of the in-law.
The following morning, darling hubby, Mephistopheles, who cuts me up a kiwi fruit in the morning for breakfast presented said kiwi and said "well? What do you think of it?" I looked at the kiwi then at his expression of creative accomplishment and said "ummm, looks like a good kiwi."
"No no" he said "what do you think of my picture?"
I replied "It's very nice, abstract is it? 'Kiwi pieces randomly placed', very chic."
"No no" the love of my life said, "it's a happy face".
Hmmm, just wasn't seeing it. Mephistopheles, bless his darling soul, has not inherited his father's artistic abilities.