Hi!
Jeez, it's been ages since I've checked in here! Admittedly, I have been busy. Life is always quite full these days, with two toddlers on the go!
Nonetheless, I am here now, and have some stuff I wanna talk about.
Here are my bullet-format updates for end of May, 2019:
*The boys are now both toddlers. Both walking, getting into everything, exploring the world. It's a sweet phase, but also exhausting. I'm constantly chasing them down, pulling objects out of their hands/mouths, cleaning up messes etc;
Active/messy/sleepless, but fun!
They are starting to play really well together, and incidences of brother-biting are reducing each week.
Thomas and I are taking way more advantage of his parents' help, so that we can focus on spending more time together, as a couple. I'm also doing at least 1-2 alone activities each week to try and recharge. Weekly yoga, swimming and reading/painting/writing to nurture my creative side.
*We are going to Canada in one month!!! Cannot wait. I haven't been home since the Fall of 2017, and I'm really missing my peeps. Even though most of them came to me last summer, there's no place like home, right?
*Speaking of home, I am almost at the 3-year mark of living in Switzerland. I'm starting to really feel the effects of being far away from my mom, sister, best friends etc;. The last year has been challenging in that respect. Despite having a really wonderful and supportive group of friends and family here in Switzerland, it's not the same.
It took me time to realize that a big part of the struggle in adapting is cultural; the Swiss, as lovely as they are, simply are not the warmest bunch! I struggle with the concept that improperly filling out a lottery ticket form warrants a full blown lecture from the Kiosk ladies (happened to me TWICE this week, dammit!!!).
I just feel like it takes so little effort to be kind and reasonable; why do the Swiss insist on being so damn frigid? Anyways, this can be an entire sub-post, and I mean, I don't want to totally diss the Swiss. I have a Swiss husband, Swiss kiddos, and will myself become Swiss in 2 years. So, yeah. I love you Svizzera, but I have some conflicting emotions when it comes to your kindness/basic decency factor!
I don't want to lose my shine from being exposed to too many grump-a-lumps, to be honest. And, I also don't want to fall into a deep depression because I feel like it's such a struggle to get strangers to smile at me in the street. I have two freaking adorable babies with me all the time, and some people are still shooting death stares. Whyyyyyyy?
Anyways, we are starting to really work on our 5-year plan, and I can say with almost certainty that we will spend a few more years here, and then boot it back to Canada to buy a house and settle down for the kids to start school there. I need my momma. I also really want a house and a garden. And Tim Horton's. Poutine. Friends who have known me for 30 years. Random conversations with strangers in Pharmaprix. My old hairdresser. The parks I like in NDG. Shopping on Ste. Catherine street. Anyways, you get the picture!
*What else? Oh! I am going to be featured in Sovereign Magazine in June! They have done a feature about women entrepreneurs in Switzerland, and I'm thrilled to be part of the group.
I'm working hard at promoting Things That Shine; it is being sold in several bookstores already in the U.K., United States and Canada.
I'm lining up some more interviews, and will eventually start doing video interviews (gulp, do I have to???)
I'm overwhelmed at the amount of talented and exceptional people I've met or connected with via networking since publishing. One of my favorite Hay House authors, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, has become someone that I chat with regularly, and I'm more than a little in awe of her, and how cool it is to get to know her! I wrote an article on anxiety for her website, Best Ever You! last month, you can read that here:
http://www.besteveryou.com/post/taming-your-anxious-monkey-mind-one-battle-at-a-time
*My big focus these days has been on minimizing. Minimizing belongings, minimizing stress, minimizing how much I expect of myself, minimizing toxins in the house (obsessed with Young Living Essential Oils), minimizing sugar, minimizing meat consumption haha. Basically letting shit go! Giving it all away!
OK, that's it for now! Gotta get back to wiping tiny bums and mopping my food-incrusted tile floors haha
xo
Jeez, it's been ages since I've checked in here! Admittedly, I have been busy. Life is always quite full these days, with two toddlers on the go!
Nonetheless, I am here now, and have some stuff I wanna talk about.
Here are my bullet-format updates for end of May, 2019:
*The boys are now both toddlers. Both walking, getting into everything, exploring the world. It's a sweet phase, but also exhausting. I'm constantly chasing them down, pulling objects out of their hands/mouths, cleaning up messes etc;
Active/messy/sleepless, but fun!
They are starting to play really well together, and incidences of brother-biting are reducing each week.
Thomas and I are taking way more advantage of his parents' help, so that we can focus on spending more time together, as a couple. I'm also doing at least 1-2 alone activities each week to try and recharge. Weekly yoga, swimming and reading/painting/writing to nurture my creative side.
*We are going to Canada in one month!!! Cannot wait. I haven't been home since the Fall of 2017, and I'm really missing my peeps. Even though most of them came to me last summer, there's no place like home, right?
*Speaking of home, I am almost at the 3-year mark of living in Switzerland. I'm starting to really feel the effects of being far away from my mom, sister, best friends etc;. The last year has been challenging in that respect. Despite having a really wonderful and supportive group of friends and family here in Switzerland, it's not the same.
It took me time to realize that a big part of the struggle in adapting is cultural; the Swiss, as lovely as they are, simply are not the warmest bunch! I struggle with the concept that improperly filling out a lottery ticket form warrants a full blown lecture from the Kiosk ladies (happened to me TWICE this week, dammit!!!).
I just feel like it takes so little effort to be kind and reasonable; why do the Swiss insist on being so damn frigid? Anyways, this can be an entire sub-post, and I mean, I don't want to totally diss the Swiss. I have a Swiss husband, Swiss kiddos, and will myself become Swiss in 2 years. So, yeah. I love you Svizzera, but I have some conflicting emotions when it comes to your kindness/basic decency factor!
I don't want to lose my shine from being exposed to too many grump-a-lumps, to be honest. And, I also don't want to fall into a deep depression because I feel like it's such a struggle to get strangers to smile at me in the street. I have two freaking adorable babies with me all the time, and some people are still shooting death stares. Whyyyyyyy?
Anyways, we are starting to really work on our 5-year plan, and I can say with almost certainty that we will spend a few more years here, and then boot it back to Canada to buy a house and settle down for the kids to start school there. I need my momma. I also really want a house and a garden. And Tim Horton's. Poutine. Friends who have known me for 30 years. Random conversations with strangers in Pharmaprix. My old hairdresser. The parks I like in NDG. Shopping on Ste. Catherine street. Anyways, you get the picture!
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| Hi! It's us. We were on a daytime date yesterday, which was glorious. Walking around town, going to lunch...even going to the bank to talk about our investments was fun! |
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| That small window where they are both still sort-of babies. They are both growing so quickly. <3 |
*What else? Oh! I am going to be featured in Sovereign Magazine in June! They have done a feature about women entrepreneurs in Switzerland, and I'm thrilled to be part of the group.
I'm working hard at promoting Things That Shine; it is being sold in several bookstores already in the U.K., United States and Canada.
I'm lining up some more interviews, and will eventually start doing video interviews (gulp, do I have to???)
I'm overwhelmed at the amount of talented and exceptional people I've met or connected with via networking since publishing. One of my favorite Hay House authors, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, has become someone that I chat with regularly, and I'm more than a little in awe of her, and how cool it is to get to know her! I wrote an article on anxiety for her website, Best Ever You! last month, you can read that here:
http://www.besteveryou.com/post/taming-your-anxious-monkey-mind-one-battle-at-a-time
*My big focus these days has been on minimizing. Minimizing belongings, minimizing stress, minimizing how much I expect of myself, minimizing toxins in the house (obsessed with Young Living Essential Oils), minimizing sugar, minimizing meat consumption haha. Basically letting shit go! Giving it all away!
OK, that's it for now! Gotta get back to wiping tiny bums and mopping my food-incrusted tile floors haha
xo
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