{this moment} - and the weekly {Smile-Up}

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"There are no ordinary moments." ~Way of the Peaceful Warrior

{this moment} - a Friday ritual. A photo (or few) capturing moments from the week. Simple, special, extraordinary moments. Moments I want to pause, savor and remember.

Served up with the weekly {Smile-Up} - gratitude practices to love and appreciate your life. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' and 'smile up' in the comments for all to find and see.

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{this moment}

 [out at Cory's grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary]

{Smile Up}:

☺ Beach day with my hubby! 

☺ Having our own beach -- having the most amazing landlords who Want us to use their beach! ^_^ 

☺ Sunshine! 

☺ Fun new hikes!

☺ Catan game night on our patio with friends!  

☺ Tea dates with awesome people!

☺ First MarketFest-getting to see so many amazing people and enjoying the Kootenay festival season! 

☺ The Dominion--still my favourite coffee shop in Nelson!   

☺ Dancing around while baking cookies.  

☺ Drawing, writing, creating. 

☺ How much love and companionship my kitties give me--they are absolutely my babies.

☺ Getting to eat fresh veggies out of our garden every single day! 

☺ Harvesting our frist zucchini! 

☺ First swim of the year in our beautiful lake! 

☺ Being a dork. haha.

☺ Being so fortunate to live where I live; in the mountains, having our own home, getting to watch nature all around us!

☺ Watching the two bald eagles, and the two ospreys, that live in our area.

☺ Family get togethers. 

☺ Family visiting me at the markets. 

☺ Friends helping me at the market and then meeting for tea with more after ^_^

Loving: Festival season • Sunshine • Nelson and the Kootenays • Adventures • Kitty love •  Summer nights • Clear blue skies! • Our Garden • Beaches • Spending 90% of my time barefoot in the grass • Exercise • Friends I have in my life • Gratitude  • HBO shows • Hikes up the mountain •

Interests for the week:

✯ Reading "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman  

✯  Watching Anime shows! Woot! Currently still watching D.Gray Man. 

✯  New True Blood and Dexter episodes back!  

♫ Music Playlist: Pretty much my usual mix, I need new music!!!  ♫

✯ Food Faves: Spinach in my smoothies every morning ♥ Zucchinis from our garden! ♥ Raw truffles ♥ Chai Tea ♥ Quinoa cookies ♥ Homemade Kale Chips ♥ Fresh strawberries and raspberries ♥ Barbecued veggies and tofu cutlets ♥

Lessons of the week: 

The people that are meant to be in your life will always be there and those that aren't will be removed by the Universe. ☀ Talk, talk, talk through your problems, communicate or you'll never learn and grow and have realizations! ☀ Everyone is going through something so be understanding and forgiving. ☀ You are what you eat; so don't eat crappy foods! ☀ When you stop worrying about things then you finally receive what you want and everything is much easier, so try to be as happy as possible; that is where your attention needs to be to receive good things in your life! ☀ 

Hope you're all having a beautiful wonderful blissful week! Tell me about your lovely weeks! Tell me about your 'Smile Up' and 'this moment!' Pretty please? :)

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{this moment} - and the weekly {Smile-Up}

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"There are no ordinary moments." ~Way of the Peaceful Warrior

{this moment} - a Friday ritual. A photo (or few) capturing moments from the week. Simple, special, extraordinary moments. Moments I want to pause, savor and remember.

Served up with the weekly {Smile-Up} - gratitude practices to love and appreciate your life. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' and 'smile up' in the comments for all to find and see.

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my moments are entirely from my Portland trip with my wifey! :)

{Smile Up}:

☺ First Downtown Summer Market!

☺ Portland road trip with my bestie! 

☺ Amazing Vegan restaurants and food! 

☺ Vegan chocolate candy bars! 

☺ Getting to watch the Pride Parade in Portland!  

☺ New tattoos! (first one in over 2 years--been much too long! And getting it done at a Vegan Tattoo Shop!!)

☺ Singing badly in the car! 

☺ Girly road trips!  

☺ Laughing and smiling and being silly with friends.  

☺ Finding new music to listen to. 

☺ Coming home to my loveable kitties and loving husband.

☺ Internet that works (after terrible internet in our hotel that took ten minutes just to load a page I am very grateful!). 

☺ The sound of rain and the coziness of our home. 

☺ Writing and Drawing more of my book!

Loving: Summer Markets • Creating • Portland • Tattooed people everywhere • Kitty cuddles •  Good Laughs • Rain • Our Garden • Living in Nelson • Dancing in the rain • Balance • Tattoos •  • Writing and Drawing again •

Interests for the week:

✯ Reading "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman  

✯ Watched the new Star Trek movie--on our movie theatre we finally have back! 

✯  Watching Anime shows! Woot! Currently still watching D.Gray Man. 

✯  Finished Game of Thrones! New True Blood episodes back!  

♫ Music Playlist: Brand New, Breaking Benjamin, Red, Paradise Lost. And 90s grunge hits on our road trip!  ♫

✯ Food Faves: Kale and Spinach in my smoothies every morning ♥ Go Max Go Foods chocolate bars ♥ Portland's restaurants ♥ Sjaak's Hazelnut chocolate bites ♥ Vegan Pizza! ♥  

Lessons of the week: 

Don't judge and don't take it personally when people judge you--it says more about them than you. ☀ Balance, balance, balance! ☀ I'm a woman, I have tattoos and piercings, I've had dreadlocks, but the thing I'm discriminated most for is being Vegan. It doesn't matter, again, it's a reflection of the discriminators and not you. ☀ Remember the spiral: bad mood=bad events; good mood=good events! ☀ When you get stressed you resist the current, but when you go with the flow, things turn out much quicker and perfectly. ☀ Smiling turns your mood around! ☀  Take time every day for the hobbies you love. ☀ Everything is going to be alright! ☀ 

Hope you're all having a beautiful wonderful blissful week! Tell me about your lovely weeks! Tell me about your 'Smile Up' and 'this moment!' Pretty please? :)

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♥ {this moment} ♥

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{this moment} - Joining Soule Mama, a Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

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If you found this article to be helpful, please consider a small donation or visit the shop. Thank you for your love and support.