Healthyliving

2005-08-09T16:34:00.000-07:00

unwinding

Well I'm really starting to get into summer mode again after a grewling three weeks of summer session. The local Garden Tour was on this weekend, and enjoyed visiting and chatting with local gardeners and sharing knowledge. Also took in Midsummer's Night Dream play at local A&C Centre. Getting geared up for a little holiday on the East Coast next week. Still enjoying my walks.The peace and tranquility of nature is reassuring. Ahh summer!

2005-08-03T15:15:00.000-07:00

We Made It!!!!!

Our group is feeling great! We have successfully completed our research presentation and I'll be on my way out the door momentarily to celebrate this monumentous achievement with some of Stephenville's finest research consumers. Tous chez.

2005-08-01T19:11:00.000-07:00

Venting Time

Today I was so excited. We were consolidating our research paper for publishing and as a group we enjoyed our days work. We read through the paper in what we thought was a thorough manner. We made comments to eachother and changed a few bits. We all went home confident of the parts we were going to present. Going with the positive yen, I decided to follow my regular Pilates video and really go to relax land. After supper I enjoyed a 90 minute hike up Pine Tree (radar hill) . I even jogged the last two km. to my car.
I had no idea what awaited me shortly after I arrived home. Michele, Jill, Colin and myself were attempting to have a conference call. I was also trying to print off what was now confirmed as a correlational study. My printer was not operating from my main home computer, and my attempts to copy a disk were killed because I did not have MS word installed on my laptop. Luckily my hubby changed the printer setting and then printed off my document. In the 11th hour, Michele finally confirmed what some of our group was thinking; that our research question in fact did not match that of the conclusion or purpose or the outcomes very well. Now we have to spend tomorrow fixing up our report and we haven't got the presentation planned. Okay, I am very stressed right now, and it's undone all that exercising effort. Never assume the chickens are safe because your coop might have a hole for the sly fox to squeeze through. And that's just what's happened. We'll be the flappin'chickens tomorrow trying to be saved from the big bad researchers who almost had us in the stewing pot.
Thanks to Colin and Michele who verified our confusion, and have been a tremendous help hashing through the research report we had chosen. Remember fellow students, the Question must jel with purpose and outcomes of the research or it's probably not sound research!
Well I feel better now that I got this out. Now it's time to focus on tomorrow,cause tomorrow's another day.

2005-07-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

Benefits of Fresh Air

I was working with my group of 6 people today at Marble Mountain. It was a mentally exhausting day. Getting outdoors during break times really assisted in refreshing my brain function. I was looking forward to a long walk in the sunshine later today. The sun hasn't really shown itself for over a week here in Kippens. So when I arrived home my garden looked sorrowfully neglected. I had a walk in my garden instead. Pulling weeds, staking drooping delphiniums, deadheading the petunias and brushing the debris off the path was much needed. Just that brief gardening ritual started to rejuvenate me. Never underestimate the power of fresh air. It grounds you to a means of healthy living.

2005-07-27T15:29:00.000-07:00

I walked yesterday and the day before after another long day of sitting at Marble Mountain Chalet, for what is now the eighth day of my summer session at MSVU. My legs were gettin' jiggy. The only cure was exercise. Yesterday I enjoyed a lovely walk, which started at the end of Spruce Drive, Kippens. Walking along the beach cliff top, with about a thirty foot drop for most of the way, as well as some woodsy spots.. mom is weird:) okay that was my daughter's imput when I wasn't looking so I decided to leave it there. Smiles make you healthy!...As I walked my mind was reflecting on my seminar as I relished in the dewey lapping of waves down below. It was foggy but warm and refreshing to the skin.