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Hey everyone! I am very excited to announce the arrival of my “Warm Buddy” hot pack supplies, just in time for some early Christmas shopping! Take the stress out of your Christmas season by stocking up now on your pressies, and pick up a soothing eye pillow for yourself too! Then, while everyone else is frantically wading through the lines in December, you can sit back with some herbal tea and your cool eye pillow and take in some R&R over the holidays! Sounds pretty grand to me!

In stock in the office are body wraps, eye pillows, slippers, neck wraps, puppy and kitten hot packs. You can check out the warm buddy product line on my website at https://www.denisemackinnon.com

What a weekend!  Saturday was a blast - We went to our local farmers market for a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, where my boy picked out a pumpkin for himself.  They had a pumpkin contest also, and the winner was over 1000 pounds (I didn’t add an extra zero there, 1000!)  That beauty would make a lot of pumpkin pies!

Then we went to a park with lots of maple trees, and played in the leaves - I cannot tell you how much fun it was!  Who would have thought you could have so much fun just playing with a pile of dead leaves!  Got in some quality time on the swings, and then home for the last barbeque of the season.

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It was an absolutely beautiful fall day here on the west coast, so we decided to drop all of our chores and just spend the day playing, and it was awesome!  It did make for a busy Sunday, however, as we still had to get those weekend chores done, but it was so worth it to have the entire day just playing in the sun.

So the next time you find yourself in the middle of a pickle because you have a schedule to keep, but something truly wonderful comes up, be flexible with yourself!  If you can change things around then do so, and enjoy the moment!

Here in Canada, we just had Thanksgiving, and what a wonderful long weekend it was!  My hubby and I also celebrated our anniversary, so we had extra celebrating to do!  Our boy had a sleepover at his grandparents, and we had some quiet time to ourselves!

I sure do miss my little guy when he is away, but at the same time, I think the break is good for all of us.  I am sure he gets tired of listening to his mom and dad too!

It can be difficult to maintain a happy healthy relationship with your partner when their is a busy 2 year old around (not to mention full time jobs, a dog, and the rest of life’s little “have to do’s”.  Sometimes a little mini holiday is just what is needed to rekindle things.

We just couldn’t justify spending a few hundred dollars to stay at a hotel for a couple of nights, so we decided to “go away at home” for the weekend, and it was great!

The phone was turned off, the television remote tucked away, and we pretended to be somewhere else.  We slept in, and relaxed with coffee in bed, chit chatting together.  We went for walks together, did some window shopping, and ate out.  We basically did everything you do when staying at an hotel, except we didn’t have to pay the bill, and got to sleep in our own bed! 

It was a fantastic time, and our relationship is as strong as ever, thanks to our little “getaway”.

My friend Mark Romero has put together a program for healthy relationships.  You can check it out at http://tinyurl.com/29nopj

I was in a fantastic workshop this weekend, learning advanced trigger point therapy techniques.  The techniques included massage therapy, ischemic compression, heat and range of motion/stretching.  It was a great course, and I learned so much!  It was also the perfect weekend to be in class, as it was a stormy one!  Gusting winds and driving rain - I was sooo happy to be inside!

The class focussed on releasing trigger points in the upper body, including the arms and hands.  I can’t believe how many muscles in the head and neck can give problems with headaches, vertigo, ringing in the ears, and even nausea! 

I also realized how important it is to release trigger points in tendons and scar tissue!

Pain and dysfunciton associated with trigger points is also know as myofascial pain syndrome (it goes by many other names as well), and it affects millions of people every day.  

I just sent an article out to my email list on the topic, and if you would like to know a little bit more about trigger points, I have posted it on my other blog at http://www.simplehealthideas.blogspot.com. 

I had better run - need to get to work and try out the new techniques!