Energy Messes With My Electronics

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A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting in Roast working. Yes, actually working. It sure is nice to be able to grab your laptop, an iced Americano and a spot in the sunlight to inspire some creativity. On this day though, my brand new laptop kept shutting on and off. It did this for about a minute and a half before I finally realized what was going on.

I was giving a whole lot of Reike to a friend that was close to the building. I called her to see if she was okay and asked her to allow it to go where it needed to and to allow it to help.  A couple minutes later, I got a text message from her asking if it was better now. It was.

This is a normal occurrence for me. Well, that’s not the whole truth. I did shut down all of the energy coming to me and from me as a defence mechanism for quite some time, but that’s behind me now. If you don’t know what Reike is, it’s based on the premise that energy can not be created nor destroyed. I have the ability to tap into the energy around me to use it to heal or help others. Sometimes, I call on it and sometimes, like the instance above, it just starts flowing out of my head and hands. I can’t control it. It’s not painful or uncomfortable for me at all, I’m just a channel. I do wish it wouldn’t mess with my electronics though. Pretty much anything I touch can shut down or act really strange without warning. I’ve never totally wrecked anything though. I just cause surges.

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Am I Intimidating or an Acquired Taste?

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When I was 20, I went out on a date with a guy named Billy. This date was odd because IT WAS A REAL DATE. He wanted to take me out for supper and everything.

We went to Earl’s and we had some fairy light and somewhat awkward conversation. After we ate, he took me back to his basement suite in his parent’s house where we listened to music and talked about books. He dropped me off at my house and we didn’t even try to kiss me. At the time, I thought he was such a gentleman. Turns out, I was wrong. He never called me again. Continue reading →

Fighting Writers Block

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It’s been over a month since I last wrote on this site. There’s been so much to say, but I needed my brain to catch up to my heart before I could get my thoughts down.

I’ve always said that I welcome change in my life, and I do. For the most part, change is great. It gets your blood flowing and your brain moving. The changes that have happened in the past month were hard though, really hard.

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A love letter to my baby

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My Dearest Azalee:
A year ago today, you came into this world. 9 months before that, you were just a tiny little bean in my body.

When I found out I was pregnant with you, I was cautiously excited. I went to bed every night, rubbed my tummy and told you how much I already loved you and asked you to find a way to be extra sticky.

The doctors sent us to an early ultrasound and the tech went right to your tiny beating heart. I must have asked the lady 20 times if she was sure everything was okay. Each time she told us you looked perfect, more tears formed. Happy tears.

You forced me to eat watermelon, Kraft Dinner, bubble tea and Pizza Pops. The cravings were insane. You were stubborn even before you were born.

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Half Marathon Training: Week 21

I’m in absolute shock that I’ve been training for 21 weeks. Don’t even get me started on my feelings about Azalee turning one this weekend. I’ll start sobbing.

Back to my training.

A little less than 2 weeks ago, I let the world know that I’m participating in a 90 day challenge to kick my training up a notch. I managed to have 3 one-on-one sessions with a personal trainer and run 3 times last week. Two of those runs were even outside!

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Two Sides to Every Story

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I’ve been really lucky lately. My blog post on getting US Netflix in Canada is ranking on the first page of Google and It’s really picking up steam. Because of this, I’ve been spending more time in Google Analytics, playing with stats. What I found on Thursday morning kicked the wind right out of me.

I found a website referring traffic to my website. One I’ve never seen before. I clicked on the link and saw this: I’m sorry (I stole your boyfriend) and other things I can only write in a letter

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Officially Moving From a Little Crazy to Completely Insane

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Ann I started my half marathon training in October, I honestly thought I could do this alone. Thankfully, I didn’t have to. Jessica stepped up to help by giving me monthly training sessions and goals. It’s now March and I have to admit to myself that I’m not making a lot of progress on my distance running. I’ve been slacking. Slacking a lot.

I need a push. I need to focus on my core and strength training. I want to crush my half marathon, not just cross a finish line. Thankfully, I’ve found the push that I need.

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How to Kid Proof Your Smartphone or Tablet

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Tenesea and I were on Breakfast TV Edmonton on Monday talking about kid proofing technology. It was a lot of fun, but 4 minutes go really, really quickly on live TV. I figured it would make sense to put all of my tips into a post, so here you go.

Let’s face it, handing your child a smartphone or tablet is a sure fire way to grab a couple of minutes of silence. Especially, when the thing that you want most in the world is to go to the bathroom alone. If you are going to hand your kid your smartphone or tablet, take some precautions.

Ways to kid-proof your smartphone or tablet: 

Apple Products: 

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How to get US Netflix in Canada

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It all began with the need to watch the third season of Sons of Anarchy. I would say it was a want, but no, I needed to see what was going on with Jax, Opie and Gemma right now.

I reached out to Twitter for ways to get US Netflix in Canada and tried a couple of suggestions:
- Change my DNS to OpenDNS. The instructions are here. In essence, you change you DNS to one that Is open and voila! you can view US Netflix. I tried this and kept getting Netflix errors and buffering issues. I guess the key is to keep trying new DNS’ until you get the right one. When it comes to Sons of Anarchy (and most things in my life), I just don’t have the patience.

- Free Streaming TV: You just click on this link and it takes you to free streaming episodes online. This worked for about 20 minutes and then I got kicked off ever 30 seconds or so. Might work better on days/ times with less demand. I was asking a lot from a free service on a Friday night.

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An Open Letter to Women

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Dear women,
I didn’t think it would come to this. At some point, I figured we would come to our senses and this would just disappear, but it seems to be increasing instead of decreasing.

I completely understand the need to join a side. In fact, I was one of you for a long time. I know it feels good to be supported and surrounded by like minded people, but this is getting ridiculous.

34.5 thousand people have shared this on Facebook:

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