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Personnally, I don’t feel that the past 8 weeks have been sufficient enough for me to feel like a real Leisure Educator. Yes, I think I’m slowly starting to educate others, mainly my family, but I have a long road ahead of me for to acquire enough confidence in myself to educate others outside my comfort zone. I feel that I am slowly becoming Leisure educated through self-actualization and through self-reflection. I am recognizing and learning how to overcome barriers. For me, my leisure is intrinsically motivated by spending quality time with my family, sharing laughs, good times, having a healthy outlook on life, and being proactive in having the ability to be able to pass on good attitudes and knowledge about leisure to my children, husband, sisters and all family members. By showing my them how to live a meaningful life through leisure and by imulating a "Quality of Life"style and modeling/coaching such a positive behavior of living a enjoyable and healthy life style, not just living and breathing to merely exist. I believe that leisure education is a life long continous process whether you are a leisure educator or a leisure participant.

Boston Bruins visit Kahnawake

The Boston Bruin alumni visited Kahnawake this past weekend. This event was enjoy by the young and old alike . My entire family and almost half my community have been Boston Bruin fans for decades. This was an event that the entire community Kahnawake came together and celebrated with family and friends and raise money for two worthy causes; the Karihwanoron Mohawk Immersion Program and the Turtle Island Theatre Company. This event not only brought out 2300 fans but raised an astonishing $110,660. The Hockey game was played in the afternoon against our community's elite hockey players followed by an evening of a great mohawk cusine dinner and smoozing with the Boston Bruin players like the legendary Mohawk from Six Nations, Ontario, Stan Johnathon. Also players like Brad Parks, Terry O'Reilly, Cam Neely, Middleton, and Ray Bourque just to name a few. Here are a few pic's of the great day and fantastic evening spent with my sisters and Mom & Dad (which does not happen very often). My father was speechless and in awe for hours. I think one day he will die a very happy man knowing he met his hero's and his hero's met him. I would like to thank Brian and Michelle Goodleaf for making this event a dream come true for so many fans young and old alike.

Japanese Game Show

If you want to have a good laugh. Follow this link. The Japanese have an amazing ability to finding and creating leisure activities that are halarious.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpg3xM-niVw

Happy Halloween

To Leisure or Not to Leisure.

I think some people have too much "free time" on their hands. It's not me.

Mama Nature gets Revenge

This video caught my attention. The main focus is not leisure but respect although some leisure activities are depicted. It very thought provoking. Don't mess with mother nature or she'll come back and bite you in the ass.

Leisurely Friday's

Friday's are my day to catch up day's for laundry, homework, cleaning, etc. or just chill and relax (Leiurely). But starting tomorrow morning and every Friday after that, for a while anyway, I will be spending it with my one and only Tiohahison, my 17 month old granddaughter. I was so excited today that I went to Sears after school and bought her all kinds of toys. I can't wait to sit on the floor and play with her. I hope tomorrow will be the beginning of many Friday's together.

Self-Determination and Self-Awareness

Self-Determination is a challenge in itself. "Acting as a primary causal agent in one's life and making choices". Last week I jumped in the car and went to New York. It wasn't the first time but it was one of the first times that I didn't feel guilty. I drove there and back alone. As for self-awareness, I have thought about it but never stopped on the side of the road to admire the Adirondacks mountains before. The beautiful changing of the leaves. I even saw a rainbow out of no where. I feek like I am slowly becoming Leisure educated. I would have never taken the time to "stop and smell the roses" before. Could it be working?

My Honey

My husband Todd is truly my best friend. You know when some is your best friend when you can tell them anything (good or bad) even things that your better off taken to your grave and they still will never pass judgement on you. We've been together for 22 years. He is my soul mate.

LOVE

I could stay up and hold her all night long. Grandchildren are an amazing experience. You will not hesitate to protect them with your life. If only I could put her in a bubble.I hope everyone gets to experience this at one point in your life. Only then will you know how I feel.

New York

Last week I made a trip to New York for two reasons. I wanted to go and support my friends that had been taking part in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which I have taken part in for three years in a row from 2004 -2006, but this year and last year I couldn't do to many major contstraints I was unable to participate. I have to give credit to my 4 friends Arlene, Nelva, Lanore and Rhonda, this is their 5th year in row, and they never let constraints get in there way. The second reason I went to go to NY was because I wanted to see a Broadway show, which I have been wanting to do for at least 10 years , and I had fully intended to do just that but agian I couldn't do to bloody constraints again. I figured that this would be my chance to do it, for myself and for my Leisure class activity. Unfortunately, time, huge lineups for tickets, and the price of tickets was outrageous. I will see my show before this class is over. In the meantime I had so much enjoyment cheering on the walkers of New York and my friends. Spending time with my honey, I mean husband, while leaving everyone else home. I went shopping on Canel street for knock-off Louis Vouton and Channel purses. What a thrill, an adventure in itself. Going into secret hiding rooms of china town, up secret staircases, going into hiding places/rooms as big as closets to buy your purse, coming out back entrances into side streets and hiding your newly acquired knock off purses from New Yorks finest. What an adventure. To bad I couldn't get pictures of those rooms.