the moon and why some days are just NOT as good as others…

So I will let you all in on a little secret; if I am planning

to make a purchase that is major I will always check to see if it is a fortuitous day for such activities, or not.  I check with Georgia Nichols

Here’s her”moon alert” for today..

“We have the “all clear” today to shop (whether you spend $10 or $10 million) and make important decisions (except for one hour, from 1:15 PM until 2:15 PM EDT today). The Moon moves from Leo into Virgo at 2:13 PM EDT today; and the New Moon is at 11:04 p.m. EDT.”

Now I am sure this seems totally crackers, but think back;

Have you ever been out , making a purchase, even just shopping for groceries, and somehow your mind couldn’t concentrate? It was more than just having daily worries or distractions, it was more like you could not DECIDE about the simplest choice;

chicken or fish,

which type of coffee, what cereal, and on and on…

OR you were perhaps doing something major, like  renting a suite and having prospective tenants come to view the place. You had perhaps three or four people come to view one afternoon, and somehow could NOT decide which one seemed ideal.

THAT is all because of the moon’s phase that day. It was simply NOT an ideal day.

Sometimes, obviously  you have to struggle through, as it’s not practical to abandon ones’ grocery cart and slink back home to hide under the bed until a better day.

But for the BIG stuff, it might be better to reschedule…

The Moon(again)

What the moon is doing is very interesting to me.

I don’t mean  that it’s doing it’s rotation around the earth or other scientific and rather bland information.

No, I am always interested in it’s current state, because it really affects us and our doings. We all know that about the full moon; people may tsk but those who work in hospitals always agree; full moons can wreak havoc. But again, much has been written about THAT.

I am rather more interested in the “moon alerts” which indicate to mean whether it’s a good to make decisions, travel , shop OR not.

This site is very interesting

Affect of the Moon’s Eight phases on your personal reality

By the way, tomorrow(Sunday the 28) is a good day to shop or to make decisions…It’s a new moon.

More about all this tomorrow..

My birthday treats

So I had a superb day yesterday.

Harvey is a wonderful person to celebrate ones birthday with; he almost gets more fun out of it than the birthday person!  He sang “Happy Birthday” to me upon awakening, and at intervals during the day and kept saying, “it’s your birthday!,” in a tone which indicated what a VERY big deal it was!

After he made breakfast, we down to the shopping centre near us where he had to do a bit of banking and I waited for him in one of our chain drugstores which has perfumes and other enticing bath products. I ended up getting some gorgeous bath gel by Crabtree and Evelyn; it has the most enticing smell but I haven’t used it YET..

Then we went to another mall where I got some lovely perfume and also some chocolate

YUMMY

from our wonderful Purdy’s

Now that I had  been spoilt, we went to one of our favourite Chinese restaurants(this is it, was surprised to find a picture of it!) where we had an excellent repast of  sauteed spinach, beef, ginger with a big bowl of rice , of course.

Now it was time for our road trip.

Off we went up to a park/lagoon/ ocean/beach area called Witty’s lagoon.

(click on each photo for a larger view)

Witty's lagoon(fresh water) looking toward bridge

I took a few photos,

The one above shows the lagoon

and this one

looking toward open Ocean(salt water, of course) and Olympic mountains

shows the gorgeous ocean and beach. It was VERY very windy but exhilarating, and we enjoyed tramping around both sides…

Then home we went, refreshed and yet simultaneously exhausted. LOVELY!

remember earth shoes?

Earth shoes were a BIG deal back in the early 1970′s.

I am old enough to remember them well and even persuaded my mom to let me get a pair. They were a mid brown, sort of an oxford(NOTHING like any of the ones listed on the site now)

They took some getting used to, but were very comfortable(plus cool)

Well when I was in Hawaii, I picked up a shoe that is similar; a fitness walker; mine are by Dr Scholl.

Dr Scholl shoes have also been around for years and I also wore the famous sandles for many years.

I remembered how good they felt on my feet, especially as I have always had jobs requiring me to be on my feet all day.

The fitness walkers are like a simple runner/jogger shoes but there the similarity  ends. They are VERY comfortable and because of the design, the walker finds that walking is not only more easy but there is a greater benefit. Ones’ butt, hamstrings and legs get a good workout just from wearing these shoes.

Usually my back is a bit sore by the end of the day but after wearing these shoes I still felt good and still had energy.

Pretty good…

Shopping in the USA

We love going to Hawaii; have been so many times that it feels like our home away from home.

One of the minor reasons that I love going is for the shopping(!)

Oahu(the island upon which Honolulu, the capital city of Hawaii is located) has lots of good places to shop; Ala Moana being the biggest and finest.

But it is because Hawaii is part of the US which makes the shopping so great. There are so many stores and items in Hawaii (and the US for that matter) that respectively either don’t exist or else one simply cannot get in Canada.

I have NEVER understood marketing, and have a sneaking suspicion that it is is based on ill advised , stuffy “old men in suits” opinions.

As a consumer, I can say that IF the stuff is provided, people will buy it, simple as that.

It works the other way too; many things here in Canada are unavailable in the USA. I KNOW how frustrating THAT is for many of my US pals.

I remember being in a discussion group for Brtish Comedies and the topic of conversation turned to  British food items and how they WERE available here in Canada but not in the US. People were BEGGING the few Canadians (as it was a predominately US audience) to mail them certain covetted items.

I don’t know how well this worked for each party but it was rather sad to think that a person couldn’t just trot to their corner market and find what they wanted there.

Sure these days, many things in the world are available online BUT MANY sites will NOT ship to Canada. (and probably not to other countries either.)

Unfair?

You bet!