-Pam Farrel
"Small steps taken consistently add up in a big way over time."
-Danna Demetre
"I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction."
-Franz Grillparzer
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I think I have included this little "STEPPING OUT" quote book in a previous blog, but thought I would share it again as it goes with today's BLOG THEME. |
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I had to share this picture and saying on my little Mary Engelbreit calendar for today... it says... "LIVES... GET ONE." |
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Here are 2 new pairs of shoes I got at my daughter's SWANK SHOE LOUNGE store on Sunday. Kind of the same but different... both black loafer styles and super comfy! Minnetonkas and Toms. |
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Brian got 3 pairs of shoes at SWANK, too, on Sunday! His shoes are also kind of the same but different... all Diesel brand... 2 pairs of dessert boots and 1 pair of loafers. |
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These TOMS shoes were a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY gift for me from Jana, Nels and the kids. I was waiting for their new spring stock to come in to get them ... and I LOVE these ones that say "LET LOVE RULE" all over them. |
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A cute little gift I got from my friend, Jacquie, at breakfast on Sunday in the little HAPPY bag pictured behind the shoes above. I LOVE that people always think of me when they see things with POLKA DOTS... (so sweet of Jacquie to find this and just buy it for me!) |
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I loved this little EASTER TREE, so bought it from my friend, ELLA, who now sells AVON... I LOVE the polka dots it has as well! |
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Jana keeping a firm motherly grip on Beau Saturday night when their family joined Brian and me for supper at ATHENA. |
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Mariah getting ready to color the little kid's place mat color sheet at supper on Saturday. |
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When Beau wasn't throwing crayons across the table he was hiding them in my camera case! |
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A tiny bunny at the bottom of the place mat that Mariah colored Saturday at Athena! As I sit down to write my blog today I am sipping my yummy new flavor of Van Houtte Keurig coffee called "BUTTERSCOTCH CARMEL" out of my black polka dot mug that says... "KEEP IT SIMPLE" I get SOOOOOOOOO SIDE TRACKED lately... and I wonder if it is just where I am in my life, or is it that I truly lack focus?!!! Yesterday I was already to sit down and write a new blog and I was calling it "THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT" However as my day went, I just got SIDETRACKED from one thing to the next! It is not UNLIKE me to take a few SIDE STEPS along the way each day. So after picking out photos, etc. for the blog, I got SIDETRACKED editing photos from as far back on my computer as the year 2006. When my blog was not getting done, I took a little diversion and went to the gym for two back to back classes! It's all GOOD in the end... however.... I pulled up in front of the gym five minutes before the class realizing my runners were still sitting on my steps at home! My friend ELLA, was there, too, so we went for a TIM HORTON coffee after ward and she brought me my new AVON order, then as well. Ella and I discussed that we both feel so distracted and sidetracked daily, which made me think it might just be a stage of life... (although if that is the case, I have been in that stage for a long while... just saying!) I then came home thinking I'd make another stab at the blog... and once again got SIDETRACKED!!!! IMAGINE THAT?????? YEP, had been thinking about returning a purchase I got a while ago. So off I went to WINNERS to return my DOTTY/ MICKEY MOUSE coat. I got to thinking how I didn't really need it, but instead needed some more practical items in my wardrobe. That being said... not sure how "practical" it was that Brian and I made a casual little stop in at SWANK SHOE LOUNGE on Sunday and ended up coming out with 5 new pairs of shoes! The store is going out of men's shoes soon, so Brian decided to stock up before that happens. I am all about comfort, so I got two more updates for my shoe wardrobe. It's kind of nice we also get a "FAMILY" discount there! Jana told me to wait until spring when the new TOMS would be in and I could select a pair as a BELATED BIRTHDAY GIFT from her and their family. On Saturday night, Brian and I decided to go out for a little supper together. Just as we pulled up in front of the Athena restaurant, we got a call on the cel from Jana looking for a babysitter for Beau so they could go out for supper!!!!! He is really not the easiest one to sit still at the best of times, let alone in a restaurant! But Brian just invited them to join us, and they did. Beau was lively to put it mildly... but we did still have a good supper and visit, and were well entertained! Tonight we are all going to a BLADES HOCKEY GAME as a family. I haven't been to a hockey game since COLIN'S Hockey days years ago. Should be an adventure if nothing else, especially with BEAU in tow! Speaking of Colin.... we had a nice phone call from him last night. Brian and I are planning our next trip to MONTREAL to see COLIN in July, so we were just firming up plans and dates with him. He sounded in very up beat spirits... maybe due to the romance he is in with his sweet girlfriend, Caro! I am taking a small road trip with Jana this weekend. She has been asked to adjudicate the LANIGAN DANCE COMPETITION this year, so I am just tagging along. I will stay at my friend, Linda's house. I have adjudicated that competition five times since it began years ago. It is a fun one to judge, so I know Jana will enjoy her experience, and I will have fun watching from the SIDELINES and getting in a little girlfriend bond as well! I did get to the gym again today so I got in some STEPS FORWARDS as well as SIDEWAYS! Today I did remember my runners as well, which makes those STEPS much easier, too. I am so happy with "GOODLIFE GYM". The classes and instructors are all truly "GOOD" there. Well I managed to stay focussed long enough to actually complete this blog!!!! I came across a very good quote the other day and will share that here... "The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away." -David Viscott So on that thought, here is my poem of the day.... I'm the QUEEN Of SIDETRACK... with a hard time staying on task. Is it my age or my lack of focus???? ... I just have to ask! It's just how my life seems, I'm not afraid to hide, I start moving forward then get pulled to the side. Many a day I have lots to do along with a very long list, But I only start on some of it... and that is just the gist! I always stay fairly happy, so I guess that is a good thing. But 2 steps forward and several to the side, is what my life does bring! |
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