It's my daughter's 22nd birthday tomorrow. She started celebrating on Thursday with close friends treating her to dinner etc. Luckily the cold and the rain that descended upon us every day earlier in the week has cleared up, so today she went ahead and had a picnic in the botanical gardens rose garden just around… Continue reading Word for the Week: Hope
We had lunch on Easter Sunday at our place. It was our usual bring a dish and because the weather forecast was cold and rain we all prepared comfort food for lunch. I made my famous beef and vegetable soup, cooked a gammon that's been in my freezer for 3 months, one cousin made coq… Continue reading Word of the Week: Enthusiastic
My daughter and I have started weekly yoga sessions, and we need to eat about 2 hours before the session starts. And because the session starts at 6pm and I don't like eating after 7pm, today I decided that we will have an early dinner. Our go to pasta dish is usually a hearty spaghetti… Continue reading Mid-week Pasta Dinner
My word of the week for last week helped me to stay strong so that I could be fabulous at a colleagues wedding yesterday! And I did feel fabulous indeed. I tottered around on some really high heels and was able to wear a fitted black and gold dress that I had only worn once… Continue reading Word of the Week: Relax
To be honest, I was a little unsure about including mindfulness as a power tool in the program. And I was especially nervous about conducting a five minute mindfulness meditation in a conference room in the midst of the hustle and bustle of an office environment. But I did a little more research and I… Continue reading The Power Program: Mindfulness
