WALK ON!

"All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking."
-Friedrich Nietzsche


"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others, for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness: for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."
-Audrey Hepburn


"As a single footstep will not make a path on earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again.  To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
-Henry David Thoreau

Here I am with SHUFFLE and BRIAN last night at the start of the
"LIGHT THE NIGHT WALK"
for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada 

Here is the starting gate...
it was such a lovely night for a walk for a good cause. 

Friends, Ross, Trona and their 2 youngest kids, Mark and Rae. 

Midway on our walk we ran into this group...
who apparently come out to many charity events in the city!

Brian and Shuffle just before the walk! 

This is a photo I snapped around this time last year at STARBUCKS...
I am once again loving the PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES!!!
I will need to do lots of WALKING to work them off, now. 

A cute pic of MARIAH, BEAU and their daddy, NELS a week ago.
Today  NELS  hit the milestone age of 30...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NELS!!!

A very impromptu pic I snapped at the gym yesterday following a Body Vive class.
Here is Kim, a former dance student,... Theresa, the class instructor,... and Gail, Kim's mom!
We ended up going out for a coffee and visit following the class.

The last week has been a busy mix of building up calories at Starbucks, and trying to burn them off at the gym!!!
hehehe

I made it to a record breaking 6 classes at the gym last week... and am trying desperately to get back into some kind of shape again, however, I am really just loving the new fall pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks...
so one kind of defeats the other!

Last night, Brian's boss from work, Ross, sponsored a team to walk in the
"LIGHT the NIGHT WALK"
for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
We have never done this walk before, although I have walked in other charity walks. This one was so nice at night time with balloons filled with lights in them. We took Shuffle, too, so she felt special as well and we all enjoyed the lovely weather, and the exercise while we walked and talked through the beautiful route for a very good cause.
Brian lost his Grandma to Leukemia years ago, so that made it even more close to our hearts.

I enjoyed getting caught up with Trona, Ross's wife, and their daughter Rae, while the guys and Shuffle walked on ahead of us. The time few by with our conversation!

I also had another fun visit earlier yesterday, too. I had gone to the gym for an 8:30 AM
"Body Vive" class. After the class a former dance student, Kim, who now lives in Edmonton, was there. Her, and her mom, along with the class instructor, Theresa, all went to Tim Horton's for a coffee and a visit. It is always fun to catch up with gals like Kim...
she has always been so enthusiastic about everything she does in life!
I like to refer to girls like her as "SPIRITED!"

Brian has taken the weekend off, so we have done some other fun stuff, such as go to the Farmer's Market yesterday followed by a nice leisurely stroll and shop on Broadway yesterday afternoon. I loved the wonderful fall weather... perfect for that kind of a shop experience...
and ofcourse one more Starbucks!!!

Tonight we will have some of the yummy veggies we bought at the market yesterday. Brian has them now marinating in a great concoction to barbeque later...
I am so grateful he loves to cook so much!

According to my good FB friend Arlene...
it was on this date in 1997 that
OPRAH's ANGEL NETWORK was established.
In her first year 3.5 million was raised in the world's largest piggie bank toward many good charity causes!

I am all for any thing that is to raise funds and  awareness of any good causes and charities.

Today Mariah and Beau's daddy, NELS is celebrating his milestone 30th birthday...
and I am wishing him
a wonderful day of CELEBRATION,
as he WALKS into a new decade in his life!

On that little note... here is my rhyme of the day!

This past week has been
one with fun at the gym.
It's also had STARBUCKS
drinks filled to the brim!
Those Pumpkin Spice Lattes
are truly "delish"!
Would be better if calorie free...
oh... I wish!!!
Thank goodness for weather
that's nice out for WALKING,
And reasons to get out...
ROCKING and TALKING!
It is also in just what one sees, too,
I've found.
To make life so great,
and so good all around!