Blogging for balance

Just home from a crazy walk at the tyee spit.  My 1 year old in her stroller covered in a plastic rain bubble screaming.  The few other crazy people out in this storm looking at me like I was so cruel to have a baby out in this weather crying.  Little did they know she was actually having a meltdown because she wanted to go the "b" which is what she calls the beach.  This is the first time since the weather changed that we have been near a beach and she could not understand why i wouldn't let her out of the stroller to play. Actually I guess its the second time, a few weeks ago we were at a campground and walked to the beach and she wanted to play in the water but it was cloudy and starting to rain, but she began to cry so I thought..hmm OK I will let her scout to the waters edge and feel the water, she will see its cold and we can leave, but she crawled right in and after a few seconds started to cry.  As fellow campers stared in horror it began to pour with rain and I scooped her up whipped her wet cloths off and wrapped her in a blanket I luckily had!  I guess thats not exactly how I thought it would turn out.
The above pictures are from a huge storm we had in the fall of 2007, people were surfing off the willow point reef.  I had fun taking pictures that day.  Even though we will have to wait many months before we can play on the beach again I am kind of looking forward to the stormy season and cozy days inside. 
With just over a year under my belt of being a new mom, I see now more than ever how important balance is on our lives.  Spending much of my days playing, feeding and cleaning up after this cute little human being the days can go by with very little adult interaction and an awful lot of babyness ( not sure if that is a word, but I like it)  We all need to remember to take the time to re fuel, re charge our batteries by doing something for ourselves, whether its a full day at a spa or simpy just 30 minutes curled up with a good book and no interuptions.  Re charged we have so much more to offer to those in our lifes be it our kids, our clients our family or friends.  I think that this blog is one of those little things that is going to help give me a little more of that balance by giving me an outlet to be creative and also somewhere to release some of the many things I want to share.

So I am only a few days in and already I cannot help myself but here I go about to stray from real estate related topics!
I get email updates from Dr.Pincott, our local naturopathic Doctor in Campbell River.  Here is a link to the most recent one, its about kids and keeping them healthy but it applies to everyone so here it is
http://www.drpincott.com/publications/publishedarticles/Articles/article281.htm

Also stopped at Healthyway natural foods market today ( on elm street beside Home Hardware)
If you have not been there lately you should check it out, its expanded and has a wide range of local goodies and fresh veggies.  I love the idea of shopping locally and supporting stores like this and local growers. 

Late this summer I also discovered Coastal Roots Vegetables at Hudsons farm http://www.coastalroots.ca/  Organic, fresh local vegetables sooo nice! they have a cute store or sign up for weekly deliveries.

Tonight is a big night..game one for the Vancouver Canucks after a long summer break from hockey.  Enjoy the game and happy thanksgiving everyone.