The Guardian for this meeting was Lucinda Lavender. The comments are by Lucinda Lavender. Attending were Stevenaia,Paradise, Santoshima and Wol. As we started the session I was unable to find the field for typing...the nearby chat. Pushing the speak button revealed to stevenaia the voice of my "nearby chat";)

stevenaia Michinaga: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: your mic is on
stevenaia Michinaga: I hear a cat
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nearby cat?
--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: which viewer?
stevenaia Michinaga: type
Lucinda Lavender: hi!
stevenaia Michinaga: nice to hear you
Lucinda Lavender: :))
Lucinda Lavender: thanks
stevenaia Michinaga: don't forget to explain that in the log
Lucinda Lavender: welcome
Lucinda Lavender: right!
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Lucinda Lavender: so funny nearby chat/cat
stevenaia Michinaga: what are your plans this weekend?
Lucinda Lavender: none!
stevenaia Michinaga: yeh!
Lucinda Lavender: just had to buy a tv because OUrs started smoking last night!
stevenaia Michinaga: Hannah jsut got a root canal and we are off to NYC tomorrow for the day
stevenaia Michinaga: smoking?
stevenaia Michinaga: that;s not good
Lucinda Lavender: smoke poured out!
stevenaia Michinaga: was it a flat screen>?
Lucinda Lavender: hope Hannah feels better soon!
Lucinda Lavender: and that the nyc trip is wonderful!
stevenaia Michinaga: she feels ok, I jsut got her a milkshake
Lucinda Lavender: no it was a cast off of the old style
stevenaia Michinaga: chocolate, of course
Lucinda Lavender: and I grabbed the wire and ripped it out of the wall...
stevenaia Michinaga: saved the day (and the house, good thing you were home
Lucinda Lavender: yes!
Lucinda Lavender: choclate!
stevenaia Michinaga: was it on?
Lucinda Lavender: good idea
Lucinda Lavender: milkshake too:)
Lucinda Lavender: setting up a new tv is quike fun...
stevenaia Michinaga: 3d w/ internet/
stevenaia Michinaga: ?
Lucinda Lavender: i do not yet know how to adjust the time or color but figure it will happen eventually
Lucinda Lavender: no internet:)
stevenaia Michinaga: and no children to set it up
Lucinda Lavender: we have an anntennae
Lucinda Lavender: so true...:)
Lucinda Lavender: haha
stevenaia Michinaga: wow, is it HD?
Lucinda Lavender: yes it is and that is quite something
Lucinda Lavender: we are always way behind the rest of the world with out tv styles
Lucinda Lavender: with our
stevenaia Michinaga: except today
Lucinda Lavender: i guess we have entered a new era
Lucinda Lavender: a new tv
Lucinda Lavender: have not had one in 20 years
stevenaia Michinaga: you can plug your computer into is and se SL lifesize
stevenaia Michinaga: *it
Lucinda Lavender: really?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Lucinda Lavender: in the usb?
Lucinda Lavender: cool!
Lucinda Lavender: I am easily impressed
stevenaia Michinaga: usually there is a VGA or HDMI, you can get a converter plug for your computer
stevenaia Michinaga: I ahve one for each
Lucinda Lavender: i see...
stevenaia Michinaga: use clients tvs to show drawings
stevenaia Michinaga: from my computer
Lucinda Lavender: nice for viewling detail?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: and movies
stevenaia Michinaga: you can stream a movie from your computer and play it on your big TV screen
stevenaia Michinaga: netfliks
Lucinda Lavender: we have yet to hook up our dvd player...
Lucinda Lavender: really?
stevenaia Michinaga: there's that too
Lucinda Lavender: our internet connection is not high speed tho...
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Lucinda Lavender: it is clearwire
stevenaia Michinaga: that;s fast isn;t it?
Lucinda Lavender: not according to best buy...
Lucinda Lavender: we shall see
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, they wnat you to upgrade
Lucinda Lavender: big smile...i suppose
Lucinda Lavender: there was an agent for exfinity at the register:)
Lucinda Lavender: many layers to the process
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe, sometimes it;s cheaper to upgrade with intoductery offers
Lucinda Lavender: good to know.
Lucinda Lavender: so...any new dreams?
stevenaia Michinaga: no, but I really need to wright them down, I almost forgot the one from last night
Lucinda Lavender: in mine there were two eves like the keebler kind peeking out of a green pocket...that is the extent of what I remembered
stevenaia Michinaga: *write
Lucinda Lavender: elves
Lucinda Lavender: yes ...writing helps one
stevenaia Michinaga: lways more when you write them down when you wake up
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Para
Lucinda Lavender: to take it seriously
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Paradise:)
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya stev luci :)
Lucinda Lavender: our little evening team...
Lucinda Lavender: can you chat a moment while I feed the cat?
stevenaia Michinaga: so how do you make ice cream in 4 minutes with your machine, don;t you ahve to pput it in the freezor for hours after?
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: Para has some magic machine
Lucinda Lavender: that must be a question for Para as I do not do ice cream...
Paradise Tennant: nope just requires cream a source of sugar such as fruit and ice :) I often do strawberries, grand marnier, and cream
Lucinda Lavender: yummm1
Lucinda Lavender: !
stevenaia Michinaga: how does it freeze
Paradise Tennant: oooo i bought a special slicer this week can make zuchinni pasta
Lucinda Lavender: that sounds lovely!
Paradise Tennant: http://www.amazon.ca/World-Cuisine-T.../dp/B0007Y9WHQ
stevenaia Michinaga: never ade pasta
stevenaia Michinaga: *made
Lucinda Lavender: we have...rolled it and cut it and unwound the rolls...
stevenaia Michinaga: I love new toys
Paradise Tennant: tried it out .. cook up a little bit of regular pasta when the the noodles are almost done throw in the zuchinni noodles and then mix with pasata sauce
Paradise Tennant: sorry just woke up from a nap terrilbe typing tonight
Lucinda Lavender: I love new toys too
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
stevenaia Michinaga: hi San
Lucinda Lavender: Hi santoshima
Santoshima Resident: hi :)
Lucinda Lavender: grettings
Lucinda Lavender: can not spell tonight either
Paradise Tennant: http://www.insonnetskitchen.com/zucchini-spaghetti-with-easy-lentil-marinara/
Lucinda Lavender: hope all is well with you SAn
Santoshima Resident: ty, luci, all is well
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Lucinda Lavender: I am still chuckling because at the beginning of theis session I had to speak because I could not find the nearby chat field...interestingly my cat came and joined in as the "Nearby Chat":)
Santoshima Resident: aww
Lucinda Lavender: Sylvie the Nearby Chat
stevenaia Michinaga: I wish we could record voice as I will miss Storm;s talk next week
stevenaia Michinaga: sounds intresting
Lucinda Lavender: the talk sounds so interesting
Paradise Tennant: hiya san :)))
Santoshima Resident: hiya Para
stevenaia Michinaga: I am sleepie, off to bed I go, night all
Santoshima Resident: night stevie
stevenaia Michinaga: hi ho, hi ho
Paradise Tennant: nite nite stev :)) sweet dreams
Lucinda Lavender: rest well Stevenaia....
Lucinda Lavender: best to all
Santoshima Resident: i better go get some dinner
--BELL--

Santoshima Resident: bye
Lucinda Lavender: enjoy:)
Lucinda Lavender: like your outfit!
Paradise Tennant: nitenite san
Lucinda Lavender: So today was a high energy day around here...how about for you para?
Lucinda Lavender: nice to have a weekend coming
Lucinda Lavender: sorry to the bell...
Lucinda Lavender: I sometimes do not notice the bell when I am in an im
Paradise Tennant: yes easy to miss
Lucinda Lavender: i think it may be a good weekend to go to a county fair
Lucinda Lavender: perhaps
Paradise Tennant: smiles sounds like a great way to spend a saturday morning :)
Lucinda Lavender: yes and no major events planned
Lucinda Lavender: just restful
Lucinda Lavender: do you grow andy vegetables?
Lucinda Lavender: like in a pot or anything?
Lucinda Lavender: we have these cute potatoes in brown and purple
Paradise Tennant: lol no I used to do spices
Lucinda Lavender: wish I could share them with you
Paradise Tennant: hmm sound yummy
Lucinda Lavender: they are very cute
Lucinda Lavender: tiny
Paradise Tennant: always look appealing on the plate tiny spuds
Lucinda Lavender: yes
Lucinda Lavender: all winding down now after the wedding last weekend
Lucinda Lavender: a change of pace
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: nice too in its way ..
Lucinda Lavender: how is blue?
Paradise Tennant: after all that activity to have the space to do what you want
Lucinda Lavender: yes some quiet time
Paradise Tennant: smiles really like quiet time
Lucinda Lavender: had to buy a tv today since ours started smoking last night
Lucinda Lavender: been 20 years since we bought one
Lucinda Lavender: a whole new process
Paradise Tennant: find my job gives me lots of activity lots of talking lots of being in a group time .. love just loafing quietly with the pup
Paradise Tennant: oooo no
Paradise Tennant: funny when my brother was here - the swetich went on mine .. he had to watch th e tour de france on the computer
Paradise Tennant: have not yet replaced it don't watch it very much
Lucinda Lavender: the tour is very exciting isn't it?
Lucinda Lavender: I watch mystery type shows some and public tv
Paradise Tennant: yes .. much grunting and built up tension
Lucinda Lavender: :))
Lucinda Lavender: how do you watch it in the computer?
Lucinda Lavender: a sports website I suppose
Paradise Tennant: I should explore tv .. but get home late .. walk the dog .. mouse around and then usually listen to music on the computer
Paradise Tennant: hmm yes I think so
Paradise Tennant: mr blue is curled up and snoring :)) at my feet ..
Lucinda Lavender: awww...nice!curious what you remember about the first time you came to PaB...
Lucinda Lavender: must have been long ago...
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Wol!
Paradise Tennant: yes I remember my first night :))
Lucinda Lavender: greetings!
Paradise Tennant: hiya wol :)))
Lucinda Lavender: we are just winding down here from our weeks
Lucinda Lavender: and I was trying to remember my first experience of pab...
Wol Euler: okay :)
Paradise Tennant: arrived by accident I think looking for saris :)) stev and pila were sitting together very good conversation
--BELL--

Lucinda Lavender: the topic I saw was about a retreat I think
Paradise Tennant: hmm we have not had a retreat in a long time :))
Paradise Tennant: what was your frist pab expereince wol ?
Lucinda Lavender: I guess not...
Wol Euler: heh, long time ago
Wol Euler: Fael brought me here
Lucinda Lavender: for me it was Cal
Wol Euler: I loved it, I was intrigued by the topics and pleased by the style of discussion
Lucinda Lavender: may be the experience evolves...
Lucinda Lavender: I feel I speak much more of mundan things
Lucinda Lavender: mundane
Lucinda Lavender: in a sense
Wol Euler: Pema was more involved when I joined up
Wol Euler: he and Stim made the tone of the place, back then
Lucinda Lavender: I have heard of Stim...did not meet him tho I think
Paradise Tennant: smiles .. I remember those days well too
Lucinda Lavender: I am a bit out of touch with topics of recent interest
Lucinda Lavender: any that you wish to explore?
--BELL--

Paradise Tennant: layers of awareness :))
Paradise Tennant: I guess it always boils down to that .. opening up .. seeing clearly
Lucinda Lavender: I have been reading a book called Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Wol Euler listens.
Paradise Tennant: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” —Theodore Roosevelt
Lucinda Lavender: yes...she brings this topic into the book
Lucinda Lavender: the man in the arena
Paradise Tennant: http://www.amazon.ca/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592407331
Paradise Tennant: it looks like a truly wonderful book how are you enjoying it ?
Lucinda Lavender: well...quite well...it acvcompanies me
Lucinda Lavender: to waiting rooms and before bed
Lucinda Lavender: shame as the fear of disconnection...what I was reading about today
Paradise Tennant: smiles love the definition of courage :))
Paradise Tennant: In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.
Lucinda Lavender: layers of awareness are in here I think
Paradise Tennant: always thought trust was the basic unit of currency in any economy :) the more trust the more vibrant the economy
Wol Euler nods.
Lucinda Lavender: how are we molded by the need to not appear a certain way?
Lucinda Lavender: the mask worn to protect
Lucinda Lavender: she also wrote the gifts of imperfection
Paradise Tennant: http://www.brenebrown.com/books/2010/8/8/the-gifts-of-imperfection.html
Lucinda Lavender: The way that exploring what "enough" is... as the opposite of scarcity...believing that we are enough
Lucinda Lavender: as a way out of creating more protection
Paradise Tennant: smiles a big smile .. going to have to read these Luci .. thank you
Lucinda Lavender: you are so welcome
--BELL--
Lucinda Lavender: I think I have had chapter 6 recommended for me as a teacher
Lucinda Lavender: in Daring Greatly
Paradise Tennant: She writes, “Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done andhow much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”
Lucinda Lavender: yes...
Paradise Tennant: http://www.brenebrown.com/favorites/
Wol Euler: my dears, I have to move on, this is so incredibly laggy
Wol Euler: take care, be happy, enjoy the weeeknd
Paradise Tennant: she has a favourite things blog :)
Paradise Tennant: okies nite nite wol :))
Lucinda Lavender: thanks wol...same for you:)
Paradise Tennant: sweet dreams
Wol Euler: thank you :) you ttoo
Lucinda Lavender: clicking on favorites
Lucinda Lavender: very cool lists of books
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: love lists of favourite things ..
Paradise Tennant: they are like shortcuts to great stuff
Lucinda Lavender: interesting that she has created a list of favorites around photography
Lucinda Lavender: i think photography seems to look into and beyond vulnerability
Paradise Tennant: yes presents a way of seeing
Lucinda Lavender: layers of awareness
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Lucinda Lavender: I will have to go soon...
Paradise Tennant: okies
Paradise Tennant: enjoy the fair
Paradise Tennant: I hope there is pie :)
Lucinda Lavender: ok...I hope for it too.
Paradise Tennant: smiles at you
Paradise Tennant: sweet dreams
Lucinda Lavender: sweet dreams to you:)