<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887</id><updated>2024-10-08T20:45:31.084-05:00</updated><category term="health"/><category term="celebrate"/><category term="holiday"/><category term="winter"/><category term="balance"/><category term="music"/><category term="astrology"/><category term="inspiration"/><category term="solstice"/><category term="tea"/><category term="appreciation"/><category term="beatles"/><category term="business"/><category term="celtic"/><category term="christmas"/><category term="food"/><category term="happiness"/><category term="holidays"/><category 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wishes"/><category term="grandkids"/><category term="grandma"/><category term="greatest good"/><category term="halloween"/><category term="happy"/><category term="harvest"/><category term="healing"/><category term="heart"/><category term="history"/><category term="holly"/><category term="home"/><category term="how"/><category term="iced tea"/><category term="imagine"/><category term="intention"/><category term="iris"/><category term="irish blessing"/><category term="is government"/><category term="journal"/><category term="kids"/><category term="lawn care"/><category term="life"/><category term="loyal customers"/><category term="lungs"/><category term="mark yarnell"/><category term="marketing"/><category term="medicine wheel"/><category term="meditation"/><category term="meditative mind"/><category term="mens health"/><category term="mens health week"/><category term="mentor"/><category term="midsummer"/><category term="millionaire"/><category term="mindfulness"/><category term="moon phase"/><category term="mosaic"/><category term="mother&#39;s"/><category term="mothers day"/><category term="motivation"/><category term="movies"/><category term="mythic"/><category term="non-toxic"/><category term="nutrition"/><category term="orac"/><category term="ordinary miracle"/><category term="oregano"/><category term="organic"/><category term="painting"/><category term="parenting"/><category term="patrick mathieu"/><category term="peace"/><category term="performance art"/><category term="personal empowerment"/><category term="photography"/><category term="pisces"/><category term="poem"/><category term="post it note"/><category term="post it notes"/><category term="post its"/><category term="post-it notes"/><category term="prophecy"/><category term="public installation"/><category term="qigong"/><category term="quote"/><category term="quotes"/><category term="research"/><category term="richard kall"/><category term="sales"/><category term="salt"/><category term="samhain"/><category term="self empowerment"/><category term="senior health"/><category term="shakespeare"/><category term="sick cows"/><category term="sing"/><category term="singing"/><category term="stories"/><category term="stress"/><category term="success"/><category term="tai chi"/><category term="tartan"/><category term="tea kettle"/><category term="the travelers gift"/><category term="thymus"/><category term="thyroid"/><category term="time lapse"/><category term="valentine"/><category term="valentines day"/><category term="vegetarian"/><category term="vibration"/><category term="weather"/><category term="weeds"/><category term="wheel of the year"/><category term="women"/><category term="yellow tulips"/><category term="yin yang"/><category term="yoko"/><category term="yoko ono"/><category term="youtube"/><category term="yule"/><title type='text'>Harmony and Balance</title><subtitle type='html'>Family, Work, Fun  Learning to live a Balanced Life is a series of choices, moment by moment.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>61</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-1071504870854023709</id><published>2018-08-10T08:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2018-08-10T12:30:35.259-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new moon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Solar Eclipse"/><title type='text'>New Moon in Leo</title><summary type="text">On Saturday, August 11 the New Moon is in Leo &quot;the sign of all things Mane Tossing and Being Seen,&quot; according to Jacqueline Gates.

April Elliott Kent writes that the New Moon in Leo and a Solar Eclipse. &quot;with the Sun and Moon square Jupiter in Scorpio--the impulse to break with the past and hurdle toward a new adventure is at least as strong as Leo&#39;s desire to bloom where we&#39;re planted.&quot;

Gates </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/1071504870854023709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1071504870854023709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1071504870854023709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2018/08/new-moon-in-leo.html' title='New Moon in Leo'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-4115088843101102395</id><published>2015-03-20T18:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2015-03-20T18:04:26.488-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="balance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="eclipse"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="equinox"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new moon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring"/><title type='text'>A Day of Balance and New Beginning</title><summary type="text">

Solar Eclipse CCO Pixabay

Today is a day of Perfect Balance! The Equinox, the Light and the Dark, the Yin and the Yang in perfect balance within and without!

Today we have a ONCE IN A LIFETIME Rare Convergence of Cosmic Events!

I read at Mystic Mamma a &quot;total Solar Eclipse coinciding with Northern Hemisphere&#39;s Spring  Equinox and Southern Hemisphere&#39;s Autumn or Fall Equinox hasn&#39;t happened  </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/4115088843101102395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4115088843101102395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4115088843101102395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-day-of-balance-and-new-beginning.html' title='A Day of Balance and New Beginning'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKJSqvG-Bt4K8Xpkgh-T2EXy0IeXQfqDMMPyrGcxYBaBhi37uf1SnHdSHujedJjrrOybd0pATy58FrIkFU-Hr4LyTgBCZCvGtYNN-GSQtJJCH1LQvq0LaiYy2CUw7ty-2SIJadA/s72-c/solar-eclipse-151211_640.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-3029383451297039751</id><published>2015-03-05T07:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2015-03-05T14:07:21.108-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="april elliott kent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astrology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="full moon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pisces"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="virgo"/><title type='text'>Virgo Full Moon 2015</title><summary type="text">

Full moon rising over snowfields.


Virgo Full Moon 
Moon opposes Sun at 10:07 am, Mar.5, 2015

As I&#39;ve said many times before, I understand very little about astrology. I do like to read what April Elliott Kent writes as she usually puts her knowledge of astrology into stories of insights about her own life experience and then extrapolates from that a wee bit of coaching from the lesson she </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/3029383451297039751' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3029383451297039751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3029383451297039751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2015/03/virgo-full-moon-2015.html' title='Virgo Full Moon 2015'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5sc7JyYlU_jSthEILB-AyOSg3WrhF0IyFuTDqywmIg_dhyphenhyphenuLiIkkmGbZMGn-vWjK7hr-q2bDkdi5IGp1LMZG7VFNEhH9rYvW_IFBKhV-u8WcjbjN3MPvrQy9-NFQOPJNJwjMag/s72-c/full+moon+rising+over+snow+fields+cc.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-8426860837484974284</id><published>2015-03-05T00:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:08:23.480-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biz"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mark yarnell"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mentor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MLM"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="network marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="richard kall"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="success"/><title type='text'>Mark Yarnell Mentor and Inspiration</title><summary type="text">
&quot;Do One Thing At A Time. Do It Right. 
Finish It&quot;&amp;nbsp; - Mark Yarnell 
Today we lost a Legend in our Network Marketing Industry. I am very saddened. My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Yarnell family.

Mark was a great mentor, an inspiration and one of network marketing&#39;s greatest success stories. He wrote that he felt a moral responsibility to mentor others like the network marketing </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/8426860837484974284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8426860837484974284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8426860837484974284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2015/03/mark-yarnell-mentor-and-inspiration.html' title='Mark Yarnell Mentor and Inspiration'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/L_U7w3ptijg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-6653937830040659730</id><published>2014-12-25T08:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:29:12.041-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Celtic music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christmas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="december"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holiday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Yuletide"/><title type='text'>In The Mood For Celtic Holiday Music</title><summary type="text">Celebrating a Celtic Christmas with Music



Dylan Thomas A Child&#39;s Christmas 


Begin with listening to a recording of The Thistle and Shamrock: Nollaig. Enjoy this holiday soundtrack from NPR. Enter the spirit of a traditional Scottish, Irish and Welsh Yuletide with special guest Cerys Matthews, Eileen Ivers and Anuna joining Fiona Richie. Hear Matthews read from her album A Child&#39;s Christmas. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/6653937830040659730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6653937830040659730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6653937830040659730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2014/12/in-mood-for-celtic-holiday-music.html' title='In The Mood For Celtic Holiday Music'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/DPHh3nMMu-I/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-1622387994170399013</id><published>2014-08-29T07:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-08-29T22:37:24.581-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astrology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="august"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moon phase"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new moon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="virgo"/><title type='text'>Is The Virgo New Moon A Lunar Re-Set?</title><summary type="text">

&quot;When you get right down to it, life is a grand mess – and in fact, it’s kind of beautiful that way. Maybe everything is already perfect, just as it is, and your only job is to figure out your place in it,&quot;&amp;nbsp; writes April Elliott Kent on her blog&amp;nbsp;
Big Sky Astrology

 
 Referring to the Virgo new moon in August, Kent writes that Virgo encourages us to &quot;become better,&amp;nbsp; more useful. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/1622387994170399013' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1622387994170399013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1622387994170399013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2014/08/when-you-get-right-down-to-it-life-is.html' title='Is The Virgo New Moon A Lunar Re-Set?'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb5kplTWlnz7pBfT3fNO2B3jVJHDbpEai2hRGPi8qO2bsn79894l9PvOHqULVbuTy2VF94tfEA0FfPgw1Y9DtwAa70Hf_NECnq1PmAz8edDITQiiFsFSKZjqTAsGzsX1A31Kmog/s72-c/New_Moon_Timo+Newton-Syms.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-3543518902172936224</id><published>2014-07-24T08:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2015-09-20T00:22:34.236-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appreciation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cards"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="client"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="clients"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="customer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gratitude"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="loyal customers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="money"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sales"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thank you"/><title type='text'>How Valuable is a Loyal Customer?</title><summary type="text">&quot;Lifetime revenue from a pizza eater is $8,000!&quot; ~Harvard Business Review

&quot;Loyal Kleenex family will spend $994.00 on facial tissues over a lifetime!&quot;  ~Kimberrly Clark

Whether you&#39;re selling pizza, Kleenex or something else, if you can keep the customer coming back year after year, it all translates into the same thing: Money!

Today is the third Thursday of the beginning of the quarter (</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/3543518902172936224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3543518902172936224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3543518902172936224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-valuable-is-loyal-customer.html' title='How Valuable is a Loyal Customer?'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIxMRU7DfruUq0e3bkBgDELENK_Ok2hoVyQyhaEkQyeNUBBmoNI2ast3qIZQbTQt4zZW3EmHKc8d14A07b7TX-9RTLqc5VBvnsu60GiJ0LqMW2HCj59cEHLonEKp8adEPAYolRg/s72-c/Pepperoni_pizza.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-6905303779047627860</id><published>2014-04-07T08:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-07T14:40:36.272-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beatles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="john lennon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yoko ono"/><title type='text'>John and Yoko Inteviews</title><summary type="text">
As this year is the Beatles U.S. Invasion 50th Anniversary, I feel ok about one more post about John Lennon. If you are a John Lennon fan, you may already know about the Smith Tapes. Now is the time to order your set of these interviews.

Never before released on CD, an 8 disc set of the five iconic conversations between John Lennon and Yoko Ono and Oscar winning film director, broadcaster and </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/6905303779047627860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6905303779047627860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6905303779047627860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2014/04/john-and-yoko-inteviews.html' title='John and Yoko Inteviews'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-4738641960089799718</id><published>2014-04-05T09:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:36:59.683-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happiness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><title type='text'>Happy</title><summary type="text">You have probably heard this song already. It&#39;s everywhere these days. &quot;Happy&quot; comes from the film Despicable Me 2 soundtrack., for which Pharrell helped create the soundtrack.

Both the film and “Happy” were nominated for an Academy Award&amp;nbsp; for best animated film and best song.

Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)

&quot;Clap along if that&#39;s what you wanna do!&quot; &amp;nbsp; 






Updated </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/4738641960089799718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4738641960089799718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4738641960089799718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy.html' title='Happy'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/y6Sxv-sUYtM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-1829942346372427604</id><published>2013-12-08T19:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:40:11.436-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beatles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="imagine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="john lennon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="peace"/><title type='text'>Today We Remember John Lennon</title><summary type="text">Today we remember John Lennon on the anniversary of his death. John Lennon&#39;s music was part of the background music of my life when I was young. The Beatles&#39; lives and careers paralleled what was happening to baby boomers like me across the country and John was the smart articulate one.

&quot;The Beatles were  simply the biggest thing in the world, short of nuclear fear. They  represented a sea </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/1829942346372427604' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1829942346372427604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1829942346372427604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/12/today-we-remember-john-lennon.html' title='Today We Remember John Lennon'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/3wsYM1GgQLU/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-1264492112445728373</id><published>2013-11-05T01:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2015-03-05T14:53:05.389-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="coaching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal empowerment"/><title type='text'> Do You Need Help To Figure Yourself Out?</title><summary type="text">

Figure Yourself Out

Have you ever felt like you weren&#39;t getting where you want to go? Have you ever wondered what&#39;s holding you back? What if you had a guide to help you diagnose the symptoms of where and how you&#39;re stuck? Now there is a step-by-step handbook of techniques and practices that can help you create an action plan for change.



The Practical Guide to Figuring Yourself Out -&amp;nbsp;
</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/1264492112445728373' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1264492112445728373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/1264492112445728373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/11/do-you-need-help-to-figure-yourself-out.html' title=' Do You Need Help To Figure Yourself Out?'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DlxN8KDHsABuDDSV7shmqguHgHWC9-TUdrWgDEYNCilJ8ER7YVwurTp-1ljAys0_wKiBfjTwvSHSK4c4NG95CLJUNTIH_cIboNg3S4lvIoZxIwutf3okpK_u-q8j87QQQKN5SQ/s72-c/Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Mo%C3%A7a_com_Livro.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-4940638251055799022</id><published>2013-10-31T09:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:43:00.058-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bear"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bears"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celtic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="halloween"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="harvest"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="medicine wheel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="samhain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wheel of the year"/><title type='text'>Turning Inward</title><summary type="text">

Crop Circle 2004

Celebrate the turning of the Wheel of the Year and the Spirits of Nature 

My friend Trish has inspired me to write today&#39;s post. She wrote: &quot;I&#39;m suffering from a deep lack of motivation (aka the blahs)... maybe it&#39;s the weather, maybe I need more veggies, maybe I need more sleep. For now I&#39;m doing a little yoga, having a cup of tea, popping out my markers and notebook, and...</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/4940638251055799022' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4940638251055799022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4940638251055799022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/10/turning-inward.html' title='Turning Inward'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgIx8yNdNokyBaGknPUmEHdLLHWGzCrhH3Z5_i8_8IyBa6cQxX7U4L6JSrEElQLBtCmBMaLPj6GSt770Lwg9HAiN0COG5mwy_OacDJ1iy7qD0HhPpkmtm1-LeO0YSCTDYiuSsRw/s72-c/circle+beacon+hill+2004.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-3566160046363912724</id><published>2013-10-18T09:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2015-09-29T12:58:17.870-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appreciation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cards"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="client"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="customer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gratitude"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thank you"/><title type='text'>Get To Know Your Customer Day</title><summary type="text">

The third Thursday of the beginning of each quarter (January, April, July and October) is Get To Know Your Customer Day.&amp;nbsp; This is a day that happens once a quarter to remind us to put emphasis on getting to know our customers or clients.

Of all the businesses that you patronize, I wonder how many will tell you in some way how much they appreciate your business? I can&#39;t remember the last </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/3566160046363912724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3566160046363912724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3566160046363912724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/10/get-to-know-your-customer-day.html' title='Get To Know Your Customer Day'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CXnIEVl3SsdkSWixI_gmaPB2okPNMjgDkgshhNpTxo7i-83s_x0tEGp6BW1-AZli58jWyILGmA4PME1s-Jv90hnUR8yhzf2U80-debDs7v5xqgzgkMuYWG5nVZyQPHXtgbTvMg/s72-c/thank+who.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-3568288513345666414</id><published>2013-05-29T16:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2017-04-29T23:46:25.149-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chant"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chanting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chinese medicine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fitness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="healing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="health"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="senior health"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="singing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thymus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thyroid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vibration"/><title type='text'>Sing For Your Health</title><summary type="text">

Café Singer
Edgar Degas
GNU Free Documentation License


A friend of mine posted on her FaceBook page a poster extolling the health benefits of singing which inspired me to write todays article. Here&#39;s a tip! Try singing and chanting for your health!

Singing, laughing and chanting make the sternum (the breast bone) vibrate which stimulates the immune system as the oscillations boost the thymus</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/3568288513345666414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3568288513345666414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/3568288513345666414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/05/sing-for-your-health.html' title='Sing For Your Health'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgBK7eHCfuLPAY9ReaR92OjKRl22JZOILZj2nCQ8fHqwk-zpx5CaC3YKDYucYqB9RYul07DjJJMGt44hYUiJzz-RXytdz9kcAWLutw33f7hQGBzsC0hbzwT86D6D7jlXs96Skbw/s72-c/Edgar_Degas_cafe+_singer.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-6731449245973102928</id><published>2013-05-06T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2017-05-09T13:28:49.341-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holiday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mosaic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mother&#39;s day"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mothers day"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="performance art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="post it note"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="post it notes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="post its"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="post-it notes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="public installation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time lapse"/><title type='text'>A Video For Mom</title><summary type="text">An art project with a Mother&#39;s Day message using PostIt notes!
Here&#39;s a cool video for Mother&#39;s Day!



&quot;Such a cool project. apparently they were not quite finished and somebody asked if the Post Its were for writing on. From then on people kept streamin up to write messages of love for their Mums. As yet another testament to why I love Kiwis, this was up all weekend and nobody vandalized it at </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/6731449245973102928' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6731449245973102928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6731449245973102928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-video-for-mom.html' title='A Video For Mom'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Fi_sGI55Jc/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-8089733014902157767</id><published>2012-12-21T06:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2014-12-21T14:41:30.162-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2012"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astrology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holiday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holidays"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="myth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prophecy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="solstice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yule"/><title type='text'>Celebrating Winter Solstice In The Year 2012</title><summary type="text">



On December 21 share with me the rebirth from darkness into light as our annual cycle of life begins again in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Winter Solstice has always been one of my favorite days of the year. One reason is all the holiday celebrating, decorations and focus on giving. The other reason is I know that from this day, the light begins to return, the days begin to get longer instead </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/8089733014902157767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8089733014902157767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8089733014902157767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/12/celebrating-winter-solstice-in-year-2012.html' title='Celebrating Winter Solstice In The Year 2012'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-6806815453675229461</id><published>2012-12-21T06:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-01-04T23:46:40.379-06:00</updated><title type='text'>winter solstice</title><summary type="text">

winter solstice with it a reckoningin falling snow~William Sorlienpoemshape.wordpress.com

</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/6806815453675229461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6806815453675229461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/6806815453675229461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/12/winter-solstice.html' title='winter solstice'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-2356013836399416998</id><published>2012-12-18T01:53:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2015-12-23T03:00:09.368-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="advent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celtic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christmas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christmas tree"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="december"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holiday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holidays"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holly"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="solstice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter"/><title type='text'>Celebrating A Celtic Christmas</title><summary type="text">

c pts images

An Irish Christmas Blessing

The light of the Christmas star to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and good will of friends to you
The hope of a childlike heart to you
The joy of a thousand angels to you
The love of the Son and God&#39;s peace to you.
Many people don&#39;t realize that a lot of the customs we use to celebrate Christmas are deeply rooted in Celtic Culture, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/2356013836399416998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/2356013836399416998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/2356013836399416998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/12/celebrating-celtic-christmas.html' title='Celebrating A Celtic Christmas'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy54iEzjorLiJbR0mI8x9kWee-lbWJKeq2FwJ7vQ5owE19U9VEAN9Ga4NzKlfq_XhCfUlwjDk7vAEGDLO8fxzTzuw3CXevKgD_dKf1AJAUof1rezxJwiRmxKRG_A1lJXuS4We3A/s72-c/my+christmas+tree.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-7030831248586421500</id><published>2012-10-04T14:29:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-04T14:49:58.213-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="video"/><title type='text'>Our Story In 2 Minutes Video</title><summary type="text">
&amp;nbsp;

Our Story In 2 Minutes by drivinman687

Song: Mind Heist (from Inception) by: Zack Hemsey&amp;nbsp;



According to YouTuber drivinman687,&amp;nbsp; he created this 2-minute history of the world in pictures video as a final project for his high school video production class. Good job, drivinman687! 



</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/7030831248586421500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/7030831248586421500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/7030831248586421500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/10/our-story-in-2-minutes-video.html' title='Our Story In 2 Minutes Video'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-5642041190377049798</id><published>2012-09-25T17:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2015-09-19T03:06:13.092-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biz"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business classes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="classes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="e-course"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="goddess"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="goddess circle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="how"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonie"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="money"/><title type='text'>Are you ready to become a Business Goddess?</title><summary type="text">UPDATE 7/2014 The Goddess Circle name has changed! It is now The Amazing Biz &amp;amp; Life Academy!&amp;nbsp;

&amp;nbsp;Training and Mastermind Resource for&amp;nbsp;

Creating Your Own Amazing Life and Busineess.Transform Your Business, Life &amp;amp; Soul






I  just recently joined the Goddess Circle and the next round of Leonie Dawson&#39;s uber popular + powerful Business Goddess e-course will be my first </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/5642041190377049798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/5642041190377049798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/5642041190377049798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/09/are-you-ready-to-become-business-goddess.html' title='Are you ready to become a Business Goddess?'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-8642244984110603878</id><published>2012-02-11T15:19:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-03-05T18:33:24.933-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Take as much as you need</title><summary type="text">

Take as much as you need, originally uploaded by vonderauvisuals.
It&#39;s February and Valentine&#39;s Day is just a few days away, so our thoughts turn to LOVE!</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/8642244984110603878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8642244984110603878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8642244984110603878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2012/02/take-as-much-as-you-need.html' title='Take as much as you need'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-114834594348083632</id><published>2011-12-24T00:35:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T02:57:27.900-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="angel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="angels"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blessing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christmas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="faimly"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Irish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="irish blessing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tea"/><title type='text'>An Irish Blessing For Christmas</title><summary type="text">
 

May you have:
A world of wishes at your command.
God and his angels close to hand.
Friends and family their love impart,
and Irish blessings in your heart!

May you always walk in sunshine.
May you never want for more.
May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door.

May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, 
those you </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/114834594348083632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/114834594348083632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/114834594348083632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2011/12/irish-blessing-for-christmas.html' title='An Irish Blessing For Christmas'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_R3Pf8NoFIkSWtKsBwIlu_ZKBifhR0uW9SDjdzkinbD7K46j6klcPKAp6mKxzEfXcIC-kEkB9hnio0HiIv_rEI6sMUtzA0_yirHo7Qyuky_4h0OELOTVqdZDds-uFSXrLZvUsQ/s72-c/240px-St_Malachys_Church%252C_Belfast%252C_Ardfern.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-4453173588266422350</id><published>2011-12-19T16:50:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2017-05-02T03:15:42.635-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astrology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="calendar"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="solstice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Stonehenge"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yin yang"/><title type='text'>Winter Solstice</title><summary type="text">

Winter Solstice&amp;nbsp;

This  photo  was taken the morning of the 2000 Winter Solstice near Ames,  Iowa. The  halo is made by sunlight shining through millions of ice   crystals. 

The Winter Solstice  begins Wednesday, December 21 as the Sun begins its annual trek through  Capricorn. We experience the shortest day of the year in the Northern  Hemisphere and the longest night.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

In </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/4453173588266422350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4453173588266422350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/4453173588266422350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-solstice.html' title='Winter Solstice'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQxRPoWAjuhC7jQ_bDQd79S_MVzCfclE6H3BKOToVcEQvJzPxCskQWRBARKBXmcPL9rwll20znF2PNUkzsy4N9DMOo6Ae0LqM_F7MtHK6f1AFO3G-qV9nphfw6Z639XDCFI3nTQ/s72-c/solstice.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-7317098727296993157</id><published>2011-08-07T07:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2018-08-12T19:43:33.624-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="artists"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blessings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="painters keys"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="robert genn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sand art"/><title type='text'>Friendship</title><summary type="text">





&quot;We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world,&amp;nbsp;

and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.&quot;&amp;nbsp;

-- Robert Lewis Stevenson&amp;nbsp;


Because it is International Friendship Day, the subject of &quot;friends&quot; has been on my mind. As I reread the following post, I wanted to share it. I hope it will speak to you. I would love to hear your thoughts.

I&#39;m posting this </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/7317098727296993157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/7317098727296993157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/7317098727296993157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2011/08/friendship.html' title='Friendship'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135887.post-8860296310433123358</id><published>2011-06-20T06:00:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2016-05-22T18:37:53.062-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="haiku"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="midsummer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shakespeare"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="solstice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer"/><title type='text'>Midsummer</title><summary type="text">Midsummer night&#39;s dream
encounter with the fairies
Puck enchants our souls
~~ sydsjaanu

Be sure to read up on the Summer Solstice and enjoy your midsummer day and night!</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30135887/8860296310433123358' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8860296310433123358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30135887/posts/default/8860296310433123358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://work-life-balance.blogspot.com/2011/06/midsummer.html' title='Midsummer'/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13199901588074398258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYTmGVbHfNnOYccjTddhOSr_2wYYsqviaA2GW11fDL1qBzj3avRnKfr7cOSIyvYB-1j9hz-e-hoU4wiboXWaav-Hl9BF7e2-jy8daPJkxzHarLBr1aOI9pHil8X4Ilsk/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>