tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22039056892033256272024-03-14T13:48:15.018-04:00marcel & meJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-24297783786446333112015-07-26T18:50:00.000-04:002015-07-26T18:50:17.834-04:00Marcel has crossed the rainbow bridgeThree months ago today, on April 26, 2015, Marcel crossed the rainbow bridge.<br />
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This last year has just been lots of slowing down, until finally he went to sleep on the couch next to me and didn't wake up.<br />
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I buried him with some of his favourite flowers ...<br />
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under a giant lilac bush.<br />
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The flowers keep blooming ...<br />
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and blooming ...<br />
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and now the snails are hanging around.<br />
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And I miss him. 20 years was a long time.<br />
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I will love him forever.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-84531620924512900132015-01-28T16:27:00.000-05:002015-01-28T20:42:51.764-05:00New House Tour<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's an update!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have moved into what used to be the <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.ca/2011/10/spare-room-update.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Spare Room</a>. I was really needing to <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.ca/2010/04/for-love-of-pattern.html" target="_blank">pare down</a> how much clothing and how many of pairs shoes I have, so I figured moving into the smaller room would force me to do that! It has, but I still have a ways to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clearly, the biggest changes are in here. I did finally replace the old Ikea dresser with a new <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50221419/" target="_blank">Ikea dresser</a>, as well as brought in my old childhood dresser with some <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/8020507/Lulu-Knob-contemporary-cabinet-and-drawer-knobs" target="_blank">new knobs</a> added from Anthropologie. I got some new lamps from Target and I love the little rug and colourful swirly pillow both from <a href="http://www.cb2.com/pillows/pillows-throws/1#~CMPR~sort.axis__default~~display.shape__rectangular!~CMPR~" target="_blank">CB2</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added in some <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S99903646/#/70179848" target="_blank">Ikea shelves</a> to the wall for shoe storage, and finally got around to properly covering that vintage chair. New bedding is from Winners. And I actually bit the bullet and made new curtains from an Ikea duvet cover. The "closet" situation is also much improved by maxing out the ceiling height and hanging two of these <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30179435/" target="_blank">bars from Ikea</a>.</span></div>
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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-81211254490031535912012-08-22T12:45:00.000-04:002012-08-22T12:45:52.246-04:00I'm a life coach now!And I'm telling my stories about that and more over at my new website!<br />
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xo - JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-75115497188864675372012-08-17T15:04:00.004-04:002012-10-04T17:46:03.495-04:00oh hai - have you missed me?<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Because I've missed you! I've missed capturing the happy and beautiful moments in my life - and there have been lots! There has also been lots of change and it's time for things around here to reflect that. So here's an update on what's been going on and what's coming.</div>
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First and foremost, Marcel is fine. He's 17 now and really starting to show his age. He's lost some weight and his balance is really getting wonky, but for some reason he's been spending lots more time outside. In his youth, he'd spend days outside before coming home for some r-n-r. He's certainly not doing that, but sometimes he stays out all night! Not sure what he's doing out there but if he's happy, I'm happy.</div>
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The Fine Fellow and I broke up shortly after Halloween. After almost 2 years during which I'd pursued a whole lotta personal growth, I realized I was wanting more than the relationship had to offer. I still think he's wonderful and we're still friends and I am grateful for all the fun and joy that he brought into my life - truly. </div>
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I'm also incredibly grateful for all the things the Fine Fellow introduced me to - namely BOATS! And I have even more to be grateful for because after we broke up I realized I was gonna need my own boat. And now I have one! <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.ca/2011/05/we-swabbed-deck.html" target="_blank">Remember Perry's little boat from last year</a>? Well now it's mine!!!! </div>
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<a href="http://perrygladstone.com/" target="_blank">Perry</a> bought a bigger boat so that he can live on it in the summer and live at the place he bought in <a href="http://perrygladstone.com/news/summers-here-not-there-sorry" target="_blank">Costa Rica</a> for the winter. I can't wait to go for a visit this year! Anyway, his boat is massive and has a beautiful upper deck which I have annexed as my outdoor dining room. So far we've managed to have dinner for 12!</div>
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The biggest change that's happened in the last year is that I made a decision that I wanted to <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.ca/2011/05/what-am-i-going-to-do-with-my-life.html" target="_blank">become a life coach</a> and I took <a href="http://marthabeck.com/become-a-coach/" target="_blank">Martha Beck's course</a> to hone my skills and make that goal a reality. And this journey has brought me so much love and joy and inspiration and new friends and new insights and ya - lots of wonderful things! I even got to meet Martha!<br />
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So now it's time for a change on this here blog - because what I want to say now is different from the little posts about pretty things I've come across in my life. I want to share things more deeply and more personally and connect to the world in a way that I can share what I've learned, and continue to learn, on my journey. </div>
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<br />Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-18788228695720465582011-12-20T18:37:00.000-05:002011-12-20T18:37:03.389-05:00Happy Chanukah!!!<br />
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So far this year the holidays have been all about singing. Singing Oy Chanukah, Handel's Messiah & Wham's Last Christmas. Going to a sing-along Sound of Music. And tonight going to sing Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper and David Bowie with Choir!Choir!Choir!<br />
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I have always been a huge <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/adventures-in-feministory-carmen-miranda">Carmen Miranda</a>
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But the hat proved to be a major challenge. So after attempting to make one myself, I ended up buying a <a href="http://www.halloweencostumes4u.com/prods/rub49066.html">pre-made one</a>
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Due to a wonderful but slightly nutty summer that involved the <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-step-forward-and-two-steps-back.html">bathroom ceiling collapsing</a>, and visits from my fabulous siblings and <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/08/beachy-visit.html">friends from the Big Apple</a>, those <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-ideas.html">new ideas</a> I had for the spare room have been <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-ideas-in-progress.html">slow in coming</a> to fruition.</div>
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm gonna go with that. Here are a few new things that are making me love my kitchen even more than before.</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-44531915711353596542011-08-13T11:27:00.000-04:002011-08-13T11:27:23.319-04:00Mercury is retrograde<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From Rob Brezsney's <a href="http://www.freewillastrology.com/">Free Will Astrology</a>: </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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I hosted a gaggle of girly friends over on the island. There were so many of us we went over to my friend David's spot since he has a lovely lawn and space for everyone to spread out.<br />
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Everyone brought incredibly yummy dishes and Diana even made her own sausage - which I have to admit I have daydreams about how good they were!<br />
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And someone else made ribs! It was so nice that my friends and the fine fellow's friends and even Perry all got along.<br />
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In fact several of them got along better than even I could have imagined! The island really is a magical place!<br />
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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-71143886333720514172011-07-26T06:02:00.000-04:002011-07-26T06:02:00.473-04:00one step forward and two steps backProgress is being made in the spare bedroom - yay! But then this happened in the bathroom.<br />
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Yes, that's right, the ceiling is falling down.<br />
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And thar she blows!<br />
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Unfortunately, now the spare bedroom is full of everything that was in the bathroom! And guests are coming on Saturday!! Hopefully the ceiling will be fixed by then.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-50089167641271704642011-07-20T06:07:00.006-04:002015-01-28T19:31:22.914-05:00new ideas in progress<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Here's a small peek at <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-ideas.html" target="_blank">what's happening</a> in the <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-spare-room.html" target="_blank">spare room</a> - <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/Apartment/Furnish+Decorate/-Flora-and-Fauna-and-Fabulous-Curtain" target="_blank">the curtains</a> have arrived and I actually lined the one for the door!</div>
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There are still shelves to be hung, wood to be painted and mirrors to be re-situated, but I think it's already so much better!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really haven't done anything in here since I quickly set it up for my first roommate about two years ago. So yes, that ugly rice paper blind is still there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But not for long! Thanks to <a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/winning-modcloth-giveaway-enter-now-folks.html">Emily from Secrets of a Stylist</a>, I'm getting <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/Apartment/Furnish+Decorate/-Flora-and-Fauna-and-Fabulous-Curtain">curtains</a> for this room! No, I didn't win them, but when I saw them I thought they would be just the thing I didn't know I was looking for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was thinking about how lovely these beauties will make things, it occurred to me that there might be a better way to organize the space. Now that I've rearranged the furniture, I know I'm right! I'm pretty sure I can get an extra mattress in there now, which will be crucial for the kids to have their own beds, particularly since Tomio has grown taller than me! Once the curtains arrive, and I've primped and spruced, I'll show it all off.</span>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-70902777344431711042011-07-04T11:14:00.000-04:002015-04-25T12:31:32.361-04:00Happy 4th of July!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope all my friends and family in the USofA are enjoying their day off today! Marcel thought you might enjoy this:</span><br />
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I'm continuing my challenge to make a different green salad & quinoa salad every weekend and using up a <a href="http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/the_wednesday_chef/2009/01/amy-scattergoods-quinoa-salad.html">fennel by making this</a>:<br />
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A wonderful weekend of celebrations to all!!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-62695260108677775312011-06-23T05:32:00.004-04:002012-10-03T19:49:14.202-04:00the summer of lobster?I think this could be the one.<br />
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These were so big and sooooo goooooood!<br />
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And yes, there was turf with that surf. But I'm trying to eat less meat on the island so my goal is to make a different quinoa salad and green salad every weekend. The green salad was a version of a niscoise: romaine lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, snow peas, cooked potatos & chopped hard-boiled eggs in a vinaigrette. <br />
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The quinoa salad had: pineapple, red pepper, green onions, garlic, cilantro & pumpkin seeds. The dressing really made this even better the next day: pineapple juice, lime juice, white wine vinegar, avocado oil and grated ginger - so fresh & yum!!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-1324148127158874542011-06-16T06:04:00.003-04:002011-06-16T09:36:43.473-04:00goin to the island for more than 30 years<div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just found these pics of the little sibs and our friend Jenny waiting for the ferry to the island.</div><br />
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After my fabulous nap the fine fellow returned from the city with lobster tails for an incredible birthday bbq dinner.</div>
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I made an amazing spinach salad with pears, blackberries, peas and walnuts with a maple dressing, and a tomato, cucumber and basil salad. The fine fellow cooked up some asparagus with portobello mushrooms in garlic in his <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2011/04/le-creuset.html">sexy red pan</a> and we had an amazing looking meal on the table.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Stuffed and happy - turning 40 has been pretty great! Thank you so much to everyone who has sent me kind wishes!!</span><br />
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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-75259951389360981662011-06-09T05:41:00.008-04:002011-06-09T08:52:23.725-04:00the day I turned 40<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Was a totally gorgeous day! This is what I found when I finally rolled out of bed on the boat at almost noon. Bella had come and decorated!</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then after a little brunch I went for a lovely bike ride and discovered the biggest lilac bush I have ever seen!</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I just had to come over and be surrounded by their amazing smell and look out onto the lake and feel grateful for all the beauty around me.</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then I went back to the boat and set up my tanning bed on the roof where a very insistent red-winged black bird kept calling to me to feed him.</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He keeps getting closer but is not as tame as the one the fine fellow <a href="http://marcelnme.blogspot.com/2010/07/were-having-heat-wave.html">fed by hand</a> last year.</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And then, since it had been such a strenuous day, I took a nap.</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-88801775025956712392011-06-07T10:15:00.004-04:002012-10-03T19:51:54.090-04:00Happy Birthday to ME!!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My darling sister Ceciley made me this sweet video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thank you all for the birthday wishes - you all rock!</span>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203905689203325627.post-62576064138245711732011-06-02T11:14:00.000-04:002011-06-02T11:14:57.067-04:00Marcel in action!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My sister wanted to do a video about Marcel so she could have all his cuteness with her when she's in LA. Here it is!</div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So far I've had a month off to do quite a bit of thinking about what to do with my life. I've been having a hard time coming up with a clear idea of what that is.</span><br />
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I think that has something to do with the fact that I very rarely ask myself what I really want (other than shoes). I've spent most of my life trying to do what other people have wanted or needed me to do, or doing what I thought I had to do.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've spend 40 years doing that. I think it's time to spend the next 40 figuring out - and doing - what I want to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I want to live on a boat.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I really want to live on a boat in California or maybe Hawaii - it's gotta be somewhere hot all year round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But what do I want to do? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As a result of repeatedly asking myself this question, some interesting things have arrived in my life to help me find the answers.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Friday, <a href="http://jasonmraz.com/">Jason Mraz</a> put up a post on his blog,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://freshnessfactorfivethousand.blogspot.com/">Freshness Factor Five Thousand</a>, about a blog called <a href="http://www.thedailylove.com/">The Daily Love</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are so many wonderful ideas on this website about the power of positive thinking, how to love yourself and others better, and how to get what you want out of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A post that particularly caught my eye was one called <a href="http://thedailylove.com/how-to-be-a-magnet-for-what-you-want/">"How to be a magnet for what you want" by Gabrielle Bernstein</a>. Now obviously you have to know what you want to become a magnet for that thing but I liked Gabby's style.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I want to help people by doing what I'm good at - which is helping people see the forces at work in their lives and how to change them or just change how they think about them and be happier.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I want to help people get happy! Now who wants some help?</span>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447341211004562616noreply@blogger.com1