What would helen do?

October 27, 2014

Sunday 10/26/14 day 2 Creativity Retreat at The Abode of the Message

Sunday 10/26/14

TO see ALL the pictures from our amazing weekend
click this link:

https://helenspicturesoftheday.shutterfly.com/pictures/4932

The venue was interesting & very unique.
It worked for us. Ladybugs & all……

http://www.theabode.org/

Views were awesome but pictures NEVER
do them justice.

another FAVORITE workshop

Market or Die! Fun Idea$

~ Rich DiGirolamo

Every business is a marketing business. Again, every business is a marketing business.

And every person can be a great marketer once they find an approach that excites!

http://richdigirolamo.com/

THIS was happening at home while I was away.
princess Weasel great dog on her throne

THIS class was so FUN: Improv!

Get your laugh on!

~ Jenny Drescher & Ellen Ornato

Get out of your head and into the fun! This light-hearted, laughter-inducing session will introduce us to key principles and practices of Improv Comedy. We will learn and practice how to use them anytime, anywhere to have more fun, build relationships, break tension, and generate ideas and momentum.

Good-bye Pumpkins!!!

Mohonk Mountain House

On our way home we dropped off our new
friend Francois here.

Francois was attending a Writer’s Workshop
here this week.

The views were stunning AND
we saw a RAINBOW!

Can YOU see it??

This was an amazing venue.

Check out their Website:
http://www.mohonk.com/

Renee, Francois & Helcha!

Time to journey home.
Renee was a great travel partner.
We were able to exchange information
about the retreat & other things….LIFE!

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We do not remember days; we remember moments.

~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand

October 27, 2014

Saturday 10.24.14 Next Idea Creativity Retreat at the Abode in NY

Saturday 10.24.14

the next idea creativity retreat

http://www.nextidearetreat.com/

Me & Roomie Renee got Room F (for FUN!)

building our own nametags

HELCHA

one of our fearless leaders RICH

on a morning walk around the pond
Rich, Me & Francios (all the way from South Africa)

the pond

we made our way out of the woods, Rich brought these
sticky things. I brought the ticks.

first workshop I attended was
THE 5 LANGUAGES OF APPRECIATION

~Bruce Baum, Ed.D.
Are you aware of the Five Languages of Appreciation?

Are you looking for ways to express your appreciation of the effort,

work and accomplishments of others?

The Art of Seeing ~A Photographic Adventure

Mindy Joy Rose

Mindy will guide and inspire us to expand our ways of thinking

and seeing, exploring and discovering from different perspectives.

NEUROSPLOSION, one of my FAVORITES

Neurosplosion: Getting your Brain from Bust to Boom!

Francois Coetzee

Are you sometimes stuck when you need new ideas?

Have you ever wished you could come up with new and exciting thinking, on the spot, inside the box, outside the box, or inside/outside any geometric shape of choice?

Are you interested in learning to shake up your brain to look at new possibilities, or having a new look at old possibilities, or even just having a look?

Then I have the session for you!

Francois & Renee

Francios helped us change our brain & gave us
new ways to think about things.

Razan with her Balanced Rock

I’m CERTIFIED & President of the Bucks County Chapter!

Rock Balancing

by Andre and Judy de Zanger
Finding Balance within and without.

We will wander among rocks and find a few that call to us.

Learn and practice the meditative art of balancing rocks.

with my Balanced rock 🙂

and this was happening back home!
granddaughter Dani Rae making Halloween Cookies

Renee & I trekked to the top of the mountain

the views were stunning but pictures can’t do them justice

Francois BREAKING BOARDS

RICH broke his board

broke my board 🙂

last we decorated pumkins

Ours was supposed to look like Rich

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“Anyone honest will tell you that possibility is far more frightening than impossibility, that freedom is far more terrifying than any prison.”

~Julia Cameron

October 24, 2014

Friday October 24th 2014 NEXT IDEA CREATIVITY RETREAT

Friday October 24th 2014

Today, friend Renée & I are heading to New Lebanon, NY.
We are attending the NEXT IDEA CREATIVITY RETREAT

http://www.nextidearetreat.com/

What’s It About?

It’s about Creativity. Finding your inner creative.

Your creative genius.

It’s about new ideas, different points of view,

innovation, possible enlightenment, self discovery

and above all fun!

Inspiration, practical tools and laughter

are just around the corner.

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Those who keep learning, will keep rising in life.

~Charlie Munger

October 24, 2014

Thursday 10/23/14 gym, Trader Joe’s, Isacc Newton’s beer school field trip

Thursday 10/23/14

Gym times 2. (I was off work!)

Went in the morning like I usually do then
met friend Mary for the afternoon class.

it was a 300 pushup day!

dog yoga

Trader Joe loot.
frozen Pineapple “tidbits” & spinach for smoothies.
I didn’t have much time to shop otherwise
I am certain this pile would have been larger.
Love TJ’s!

Field Trip for Beer School tonight.
Isaac Newton’s had Stone Enjoy By on tap!

Donald Duck we left for Kathy the bartender

WOW! A cigarette machine.
I don’t the last time I saw one of these.
Isn’t $6.50 kind of cheap for a pack?
I thought cigarettes were more like $10.

Ran into Don, one of my customers.
He’s a chef at Yardley Country Club

Michael making friends with Dr. Scott

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“Practice puts brains in your muscles. ”

~Samuel Snead (1912-2002)
Professional Golfer

October 23, 2014

Wednesday 10/22/14 gym,Blue Bell Inn, Hotel Fiesole, EARL’s sue & ken

Wednesday 10/22/14

the girls were checking out a bug on the gym floor
before Boot Camp

BLUE BELL INN first stop today

we tasted two really good Cabernets

Vanity Plate

Pinot Noir / Cabernet Tasting at Hotel Fiesole.

You know what he bought??

The Cabs I showed BB Inn…..

Cider Tasting at KC Prime

EARL’s my last stop of the night

showed her HERON PINOT NOIR & they yummy Cab.

I think she’s going to buy both!

met up with friends Ken & Sue.
Made new friends too. Shocker, right?

The recording of the MGM Lion

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Always concentrate on how far you’ve come,
rather than how far you have left to go.

October 23, 2014

Tuesday 10/21/14 gym, melt, white orchids, brother raymond, jamison pourhouse

Tuesday 10/21/14

there’s a man in our class now.
That happens occasionally.

Visited my customer at MELT.
Actually I exchanged a bottle of Chardonnay for them.
A 2004 vintage for a 2012 new vintage.

Looking forward to trying the ’04

That’s TORRE my new account to be.
It is going to be a Tequila bar.

Stopped in here to see my other new account that
I recently inherited

Yianni’s Taverna.

Who wants to have dinner with me here sometime?
Their food is great. Greek.

http://www.yiannistaverna.com/

tasted a Merlot & Malbec.
Both are winners.
You can’t NOT LIKE these wines.

CIDER tasting at Apollo Grill –
be sure to order some if you go there!

http://www.apollogrill.com/

Stopped to visit Brother Raymond on my way home.
He has an animal collection thanks to me!

Me & Brother Raymond

Tonight we went to Jamison Pourhouse for their
$5 Cheesesteaks & beer flights.

I sent a message to friends Roman & Denise
showing them the $5 Cheesesteak they
were missing out on…..

This is the picture they sent in response!
Roman with the 3 grandkids!

They WIN!

Three Grandkids > $5 Cheesesteak

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One is remembered for what one does for others;
not for what one does for self.

~ M.K. Soni

October 20, 2014

Monday October 20th 2014 home work, Ciders!! Weasel, dogs, baconfest

Monday October 20th 2014

going into my 12th hour at my desk….
finishing up work, finally!!!

BUSY day tomorrow, need to prepare!!

Plus I put together a wine proposal for
HARVEST wine bar. They needed “GREEN” wines.

CIDERS on tomorrows line up!
The new trend in bars/restaurants.

http://www.evescidery.com/

Chinese Herbs that Weasel takes: Yunnan Baiyao
It helps control bleeding. It must be working.
She’ll be 14 yrs old next month.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_Baiyao

DOGS make life better

friend Stephanie’s dog & vineyard Cat hanging out

a dog playing “DEAD”

let me know if you don’t get it…..

Reminder about the BACONFEST in Easton!
Who wants to go??

http://pabaconfest.com/

Save the date Saturday November 8th

try a day thinking in my head….

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Achievement belongs to those who act.
Now is when you do it.

~Ralph Marston