Well I am still recuperating from our Rotary club's Italian dinner and fund-raiser for 300 people. Wow, what an evening! Our very small Rotary club of 27 people managed to pull this off and raise over $44,000 in one evening. (read more)
Where to begin? Ill start with the pictures Ive
included this month and go from there. Hang on
itll be a long one!
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I am taking on the role of President of my Rotary club starting
July 1 and my training has already begun if you can believe it.
Those Rotarians are organized!
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Well, to say the least, it has been a busy few months! I met up
with a client from California, in Seattle for three days and we had
a wonderful time.
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I had a number of wonderful occasions this past
month. As you may have noticed there are several pictures in todays
newsletter. Charged up those batteries after last months failure
and have been busily taking pictures since.
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Theres been a lot happening since my last
newsletter. David and I celebrated our 15th anniversary on July 3rd.
We got all dolled up and went to a restaurant on the ocean for a
very fine dinner. It was a beautiful evening and there was much to
see on the ocean and surrounding beach. Amazing how quickly time
goes. Seems like yesterday we were married on that quite cool and
very soggy day in July. Overall I have to say it has been a pretty
good 15 years. Weve had a few hills to climb as do most
relationships and weve had many adventures that I dont think we
would have had, had we been on our own. We are looking forward to
the next 15.
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more)
Last month I told you of the fund-raising dinner David & I were
invited to participate in with a group of others. The dinner was wonderful
and we had the pleasure of having the bike designer & founder of this
program at the dinner. This man has a spirit as big as the world and a heart
even bigger.
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more)
I am going to start this section of the newsletter with a story of
the law of attraction and the power of intention. The story has to
do with two clients of mine. A client and his wife want to start a
project in the Comox Valley, which puts kids with special needs
together with bikes they can ride. They are asking 35 couples to
each donate $1000 towards the founding of this project. David and I
were one of the couples asked. We loved the idea. And $1000 is a lot
of money. At the end of that week I emailed my client that David and I
were in for the project. Now, to come up with the $1000.
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more)
As I mentioned in 'A Note from Linda', I have
had lasik eye surgery since writing our last newsletter. I love the
results. I love walking in the rain without glasses that get wet. I love
being able to fall asleep without having to take my contacts out. I love
that my eyes dont dry up or have a piece of dust in my eye when I wear my
contacts. I do have to put teardrops in my eyes although it is less and less
as time goes on.
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more)
We had an especially nice time between Christmas and New Years and
even managed through a few power outages to boot. We had a very good friend
of mine come and stay for a few days over the holidays.
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more)
It has been a busy time for me this past month. Had some silver
linings amongst a few clouds. Ive included several photos in this issue.
Winter arrived in full force as you can see with these two wintry pictures.
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more)
Well, what has been the big news for me since our last newsletter?
David and I and Misty took a road trip to Calgary, Alberta at the end of
September, beginning of October. The drive through the Rocky Mountains was
spectacular.
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more)
It has been a very busy summer although not really sure of where it has
gone. Oh yes, now I am remembering. There was lots of travel again,
particularly in July. I flew back to Ontario for a sisters re-union at our
sister Paulas and we had a great time. Lots of laughs, reminiscing,
fabulous food and lots of it and perfect summer weather...
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more)
May was filled with family,
travel, some new clients and a visitor from Holland. Where to start?
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more)
April was a big birthday month. Our grandson Cohen turned one year old on
April 6th. There was a big party in the backyard of Tanias parents home and
we had a gang of Brad, Tania & Cohens friends and their kids join us for
the celebration. It was a blast. I think there were a total of 15 kids who
ranged from four months old to one year, plus about six others who were a
bit older. The little ones and their parents played for two hours in the
yard with but a peep from any one of the kids. The grandparents looked after
the BBQ and food and the little ones when it was time for the moms & dads to
eat.(read
more)
March was a good month with much to celebrate. For
Davids birthday we went to Victoria to visit our
grandson Cohen and his mom and dad and celebrated with a yummy dinner
and an awesome Chocolate cake. Heres a picture of grandpa teaching
Cohen how to blow out a candle in preparation for his first birthday
April 6th.
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more)
I got a lot packed into the short month of February.
I started the month off with a Chamber Board retreat at the
Kingfisher
Resort and Spa, which included an overnight in a suite looking out
to the ocean. It was a wild and stormy night with winds howling,
waves crashing and power outages. I sat for a while on the deck
outside my room just watching and listening and remembering my
friend Annemarie who died 14 months ago. She would have loved a
night like this. It was truly perfect.
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more)
This past month was
full of work, some down time, a bad cold and some family time. A nice blend for
me. Well, I could have done without the cold although it did give me...(read
more)
You'll be receiving this the day before my 51st birthday and
a lot has changed this past year. My business has continued to move
forward thanks to my most wonderful clients, my coach Susan Austin, my
Virtual Managers Dale Noles (then) and Cindy Greenway (now) and my many
business associates locally and abroad...(read more)
I've hit a few milestones this past month. I finished an eight week Bootcamp that consisted of
exercising outdoors twice/week for eight weeks with Sarah our Bootcamp
instructor. We met at a different place each time and used what we could in
nature to exercise. (read more)
It has been a busy month once again when the time has flown and the feeling of overwhelm hits me
now and again.
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Well, the best part of the month has been that I have become a grandma for the first
time to a beautiful baby boy named Cohen Gregory Muir. He was born on
April 6 and weighed a whopping 9 lbs. 6 oz. David and I spent a weekend
with Brad, Tania and Cohen and it was truly a wonderful time. He
is so very beautiful and alert and curious. I've enclosed photos for all
of you to see. Cohen is 4 days old in these pics. He amazes me.
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The month of March started off with me being sick with a cold/flu/laryngitis for a week, feeling better, then sick again for another few days. I am good now. Think there was just too much going on in February with all the house stuff; buying, building and selling, plus my work.
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February seemed to zoom by. Spent a lovely weekend in the sunshine in Tofino, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. David, my mom, Misty and I went for a 3 day get-away that was a little bit of heaven.
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I am taking baby steps in the healing process from the death of my friend Annemarie. When I least expect it some little reminder jumps in front of me, which at times brings a smile, and at other times tears. I continue to miss her in a very profound way and I await the lessons she will teach me.
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The last half of December was the most difficult of my life to date. One of my dearest friends, Annemarie, died very tragically. I don't think I ever had so many questions about life, purpose, priorities or the work I do.
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Well my laptop has not been working (no wireless connection for some, of course, unknown reason) for two days now and I am using my old desktop computer. The person who usually pulls me out of these jams is away on holiday for the month. Mama mia!!
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You know how I talked about learning about patience last month? Well, I am still on the learning curve. Nothing to report in the way of real estate sales for this month.
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It has been difficult getting started on this today due to a truckload of mental clutter taking up a great deal of creative space in my head. You may ask what I have done to eliminate that clutter. Well, a few things:
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This past weekend was the W/E to End Breast Cancer walk in Vancouver. There were 2001 participants and we raised 7.2 million dollars for breast cancer research in British Columbia, Canada. How fabulous is that? It was a very moving and humbling experience for me.
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Today, August 4 is a milestone day for me. I turn 50; very exciting for me and a perfect time for reflection. I have been celebrating for a week now with lunches, dinners, cards and treats from very special people in my life.
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It has been a full month and sometimes I just don't know where all the time has gone. Familiar ring to it? I have had two separate weekends with groups of women friends that have been wonderful, fun and familiar.
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..updates on our house re-model. Our distressed fir floors are absolutely beautiful and I fall in love with them every day. The craftsmanship of the installer is out of this world. He is passionate about wood floors and it shows in his work. A lesson there do you think?
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I am writing today from one of my sister's houses about 2000 miles from my home. My sister Paula and her husband Andy have flown David and I to Ontario to stay with their three kids while they have gone to the Dominican Republic for six days.
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Now let me tell you about the clutter that is inside this room. My husband David and I decided to do some home-improvement things to spruce up our house; paint inside and out; enlarge the deck..
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There have been some very big technical mountains for me in actually getting this newsletter sent to people. I do not understand all of the intricacies on the technical side nor frankly do I care.
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I am reminded about a conversation my husband David and I had this past week-end about the clutter of finances and in particular, debt.
We'd been talking about our financial goals for the next year and how we wanted to spend and save our money.
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