Quote: “A small house will hold a hundred friends” – African Proverb –
Music: Jimmy Eats World, Natasha Bedingfield, Flo Rida, Feist, Katy Perry, Pink, Florence and the Machine, Bruno Mars
Mood: Hyper, Tired, Goofy, Droopy Eyed, Creative, Guilty
Grateful For: Sunny days with warm breezes
Act of Kindness: Compliments to coworkers today

Random: I have a strong aversion to pocket lint and lint in general so I don’t wear jeans. I shudder at the thought of sliding my hand into my pocket and touching pocket lint. I must have been killed in a tragic lint accident in a previous life.

Random: I have an aversion to pennies too but let’s not even go there and just be thankful they are no longer in circulation in this country.

Music: Pop remixes
Mood: Goofy, smiley, itchy, anxious
Grateful For: As much as I hate waiting 8 hours in the hospital emergency ward, to live in a country where I have access to healthcare.
Act of Kindness: Gave flowers to a coworker who is having a rough time.

Random: I wish I were stealthy. Not sneaky, bad stealthy. Just ninja like stealthy. That would be cool. Sometimes I wish I were an orange. Not sure why. I must have lived in Florida in a past life… hmmmm… maybe as an alligator or a palm tree.

Music: Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, The Fray
Mood: Nauseous, Moderately Peppy, Tired, Sad, Yearning
Grateful For: Spring flowers – they always make me happy when I see them
Act of Kindness: Left a $5.00 Tim Horton’s gift card at the library for someone to find. The card holder has a quote about kindness on it.

Random: I like sparkly/shiny things. I must have been a cat in a previous life.

Random: I prefer odd numbers of things. Like if I get flowers I would like 1 or 3 flowers but not 2 or 4. In fact with flowers I don’t like getting more than 3 at a time. I guess that’s good news for H when it comes to Valentine’s day…lol. I think if I got a dozen roses I would have a panic attack. Not sure why. I must have been a pair of gardening sheers in a past life.

Music: Pop/Dance Remixes
Mood: Optimistic, Itchy, Waiting, Moderately Energetic
Grateful For: My husband who is kind, caring, understanding and loves me no matter what I look like or how I feel.
Act of Kindness: Took my MIL’s car for an oil change and car wash and paid for it.

Music: Lady Gaga – Telephone, Kesha – Bulletproof
Mood: Tired/Sleepy, Anxious, Unproductive
Grateful For: My adorable son who I love so infinitely and who loves me just as much
Act of Kindness: Complimented a few people, helped co-worker clean up bottle of vinegar she spilled

It’s been a long time since my last post and lots has happened.

First of all I joined Toastmasters and as I always do, I didn’t just jump in, I cannonballed in by joining the Executive as VP Education after only being a member for 3 months. It has been an exhausting but wonderful learning experience.

Shorty after that I applied for and succeeded in becoming a Regional Representative with Random Acts (therandomact.org). This organization is dedicated to conquering the world one random act of kindness at a time which is a cause I have been passionate about for more than a decade when I was involved with a group on Onelist (a precursor to Yahoo Groups) which encouraged participating in acts of kindness and sharing stories with each other.

In the summer I started a small home business by becoming a design consultant with Elanne & Ivy which is a jewellery design business that focuses on selling glass lockets and charms. So far I have only been developing my business by word of mouth until I have more time to dedicate to it.

Also keeping me busy is Air Cadets which I have become more involved with by taking on more responsibilities and more of a leadership or mentorship role with the Level 4 cadets.

Meetup has been a source of new activities and groups too where I have joined some fascinating groups involved in bushcrafting, meditation, adventure travel, and socializing. I even started two groups, one focused on random acts of kindness in my area and the other on geocaching. I am planning the first meetings for these groups in the new year.

School has returned to my life and I have missed it. Now I am taking online learning courses to get my Records and Information Management certificate from a community college.

Yesterday I interviewed to become a Social Media Officer with Random Acts in addition to my current role. If I pass that stage then there is a second level interview and tasks to perform before I will find out if I get the position. It will take a couple of months all in all for that.

So that is what has been keeping me busy and I have more stuff in my head to unleash on the Internet so I will continue to keep myself occupied for a long time to come.

Have a peaceful Winter Solstice and a new year full of kindness and love!

You just know it is the middle of the night and I am going through a stretch where I haven’t been sleeping when I decide to share my views on God. I am warning you now though that unless you could see inside my brain you won’t fully understand what I am getting at. Here goes…

God is a dimension. God is a state of being. God is the space between spaces that connects us all. We are all God and God is all of us. God is the basic essence or building block of everything. God permeates.

My beliefs are based on what I understand of string theory before I even knew what string theory was.

Faith and religion are something else entirely. Neither have anything to do with God. They are man-made constructs designed to keep the world from falling into chaos. They are born from human instinct for survival as individuals and as a species.

If humans had no faith then we would self destruct because without faith there is no belief in consequence and if there is no belief in consequence then humans would do whatever the heck they felt like doing and as I said, self-destruct as a species.

That is just the beginning but I am too tired to write more tonight…

Zzzz…

You ever have one of those days where have such a buildup of restless energy that you feel like duct taping someone to a chair and firing Nerf balls at them relentlessly? Not someone specific or for any reason, just whoever happens to be nearby and just because…

CoWorker: I am off tomorrow afternoon so the doctor can do some tests to find out what’s wrong with me.

Crimson (smirking): Okay, where do we even begin that list?!

Random list of things I have a strong aversion towards…

1.) Chihuahuas
2.) Cockroaches
3.) Attics
4.) People sitting or walking closely on my left side
5.) Anyone other than S touching my face
6.) The colour orange
7.) Peanut butter and chocolate mixed together
8.) Touching raw meat
9.) Vomiting
10.) Perfume/cologne/scented lotions
11.) Flying
12.) Anything slimy
13.) Beer
14.) Pocket lint
15.) Dying
16.) Worms
17.) Malt vinegar
18.) Hillbillies
19.) People invading my personal space
20.) Tarantino movies
21.) Mushrooms
22.) Doing housework
23.) The number 23
24.) Stupid people