Happy Sunday friends and family – multiple “thought tracks” chasing around and a reflective and conscious decision was made to set aside a sad news experience (for now) and see if a step into a bit of lightness might become the main thrust for this week.

One of my daily readings today talked about The Pollyanna Show. Suzanne Giesemann’s new Awakened Way app often presents much “food for thought” and todays was no exception. The reminder at the end about “what I put out is what is likely to come back to me” suggests that leaning toward participating as a Pollyanna might be a worthwhile practice (at least on occasion).

Some laughable moments….

The Dancing Queen

The first dance class was so much fun and the connection with other happy dancers resulted in such a boost of energy and laughs. A little post was made at the Crone Chronicles FB Group and there were many cute gifs and clips in support of this Wise Woman (in training).

New shoes were obviously a must for this somewhat “A-type personality”(more A-type personality?) ….Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple are not going to outdo while these cover the dancing feet….

Pickleball for a past ping pong champion

Pickleball hasn’t quite come to fruition although the application, acceptance of the application and moneys paid and received have all taken place. It was the 8am on Sunday morning orientation option that put a slight hold on everything. I mean, really….8am and Sunday! Ah well…the thoughtful president of the Chilliwack Club acknowledged that there are others who also aren’t available for that time slot so I’m sure something will unfold in due time.

Timeline challenge x 2

The use of an online service to send birthday and anniversary greetings fits quite nicely here (more “A-type personality” stuff?). It allows for finding the cards that “feel just about right” while also scheduling their delivery in advance. All of that works well IF a mindful and being present approach is employed. My brother Teddi, who will be 83 on February 17^th received his card on Friday! What’s to be said! It ended up being “perfectly on time” because it meant we got to have a phone call, chat and laugh together about this business of “Grey Matter”. I suggested that because we’re both in the fourth quarter why not begin celebrating two weeks in advance and just continue with the party indefinitely. Sounded reasonable to me…he seemed to like the idea as well.

Income Tax Time isn’t all that far away right? Does anyone else avoid this event for as long as possible and then find themselves scrambling to pull it all together 24 hours before deadline? That level of avoidance was my modus operandi for a LONG time. Every year I’d say the same thing….”I’m going to do up my own bookkeeping records EVERY MONTH next year….this last minute stuff is just too painful”. Of course, the next year April 15^th or so would arrive and there I’d be scrambling to pull it together…one more time!

Don used to just shake his head while making smarty pants comments like….

• “I thought you said you were going to do this every month?” and….
• “Aww honey, I’m sorry you’re having a bad time…maybe next year you can do it every month”…and
• “Is there anything at all I can do to help (while laughing out loud).

This year I am so very proud to say I will have it all finished this coming week and that’s a big accomplishment for this human-suited soul. I’m impressed even if you’re not…LOL

Siri, Alexa & Spell-check

The laughable changes made by Siri, Alexa and auto-spellcheck in our world of “everything needs to be instant”. Even this Wise Woman (in training) has taken to “speaking” into that cell phone to relay a text message and/or respond to an email. Good grief!

That exact scenario was about to unfold the other day and then a thought popped up….when was the last time you picked up the phone to talk and listen to this person ? The new options to connect through technology are NOT to be discounted but sometimes I DO wonder.

I listened in on a webinar yesterday with Mark Nepo and he talked about two words. Listening and Holding….that perhaps we could be just a little more mindful in extending those actions. Particularly if we find someone crossing our path who could really benefit from some listening and/or holding (either physically or just holding space).

Well….that just took a slight left turn didn’t it! Back to Siri, Alexa and auto-spellcheck! Here are a few recent laughs:

• Letting a friend know I had sent her a poster but Siri changed it to “oyster”….now she wants to know if there’s a pearl included
• Just wrapping up a couple of “glass” (supposed to be “last”) pieces at work
• Me: I think I’ll hang on for the ride
  • Answer: LOAD AND CLEAR….just cracked me up – perhaps it IS about loading!
• Me: I think I’m still vibrating [reference to having actually made the ferry]
  • Answer: He just tried calling and it went to BM…oops that was supposed to be VM

Of course there are many more….just thought it would be a bit of silliness to put a few in writing.

“Blonde”? Bombshells

Last night a good friend and I decided to do a short notice dinner and visit at Milestones. Food was great – young waiter was even greater! Of course the two of DO tend to get carried away with Shareables and Desserts while chatting through a multitude of stories and experiences (convert that to time-consuming). Our reservation was for 4:30pm and it truly felt like “a blink” when that very cute waiter came and kicked us out (truth be told he was apologetic). A bit of past truth time here….we’ve been asked to leave places (possibly because of unacceptable behaviour and probably within our 1^st and 2^nd quarters of earth school). To be noted that the ask wouldn’t have been a request as much as a demand AND it would have been much, much later in an evening. That’s why this current scenario felt quite laughable….it was only 6:30 pm! Proposed new persona from Star the accomplice …. “blond?” bombshells

The Sassy Cat felt like a cute windup AND … enjoy whatever you get up to in the coming days/week AND trust that it’s all “Perfectly on Time“.