A New and Exciting Venture!

I am so proud to say I have recently become the Area Coordinator for The Heart Link Network - all I can say is YES to connecting with other women in my community, YES to helping others to grow the business they love and YES to putting myself out there (way out of my comfort zone!) - and I might insert here that it has not been that bad at all, not nearly as scary as I thought it would be!!

I am holding monthly meetings in my home (complete with dinner, dessert and lots of fun female bonding time!). We get together to meet, share, learn and connect! FANTASTIC! I could not be happier to have found this amazing network that is purely based on what women do best - networking with heart!

After attending a networking event a while back that made me more nervous than the first day of highschool (and my goodness that was nerve racking!), I had to race through with 30 seconds on the clock to let everyone know what I was passionate about - are you kdding me? It was so difficult and felt so rushed. I thought there has got to be a better way to do this! Funny how when you put these things out into the universe amazing things happen... Enter a conference call that mentioned the HLN and so I investigated and thanks goodness I did as I found we have nothing quite like this here in Perth so I immediately signed up! And I am so glad I did! My first event was Nov 18th and with 10 (including me) in attendance, it was so wonderful! Amazing connections were made and will continue to blossom! I am so happy to be taking on the role of helping women connect and grow professionally and personally, myself included in the personally growing part :) YES to serving others!!

Another Long Pause Between Entries :)

It has been a while! I have told myself time and time again to make blogging more of a habit - something that must be done frequently in order to be come part of my routine :) I'm working on it...

My priority lies upon being Asha's mum, the most important job of all! She has just turned 1 earlier in the month (Nov 2nd) - WOW how the year has flown by! And not that it hasn't been uneventful, never a dull moment with my precious angel.

Some other things I am working on mastering are setting my goals, really determining my "why" and making every moment count. Some mornings I awake and do not want to wake (tired!) - however I quickly remind myself how blessed I am to be where I am and in the company I am in (Troy & Asha). Even after a long night nursing my daughter or comforting her with that new tooth coming in, I put that all behind me and move forward - another day, another opportunity to be happy and spread happy-ness :) After all, my daughter is one happy child and has no time in her busy little day for clouds...

I am not sure how much sense this blog post really makes, however, I am feeling very contemplative at the moment. Life is what I decide to make of it, so I decide to make it FANTASTIC!

Attached below are some pictures of Miss Asha at her birthday party down by the river, such a fun day with family and friends (not including Canadian family, there in spirit!)

Here is a picture of my attempt at a 1st Birthday cake - not so pretty, but actually quite nice on the palate :) I made a vegan cake with beetroot icing for Asha, yummy and moist!! And a very naughty chocolate cake with a choc-coffee icing, PURE SIN!!!

Anyways, life is GOOD, life is GREAT! I am ever thankful for all of the many blessings in my life and everyday as I send out happiness and positive vibes - I feel the wave of joy returning back! I am trying hard to not use the words "I", "mine", "me", etc. as I (oops!) am reading Eckhart Tolle's "New Earth" and working on defeating the ego that is inside - I know awareness is the first step and I am AWARE!!

How precious is that little face? I am sure all Mum's will say the exact thing! I am so proud to be Asha's mama :)