No, I’m not going on one. I wish! Nah, I just saw an ad on the Weather Network telling me to visit Orlando. Apparently the temperature there is a pleasant 21°C. That was actually in the ad. But what else might you expect from the Weather Network, I suppose.
The other ad on the site tonight was for Lotto 649. For non-Canadians, that’s our biggest national lottery. Winning that would definitely get me to a warmer climate in a hurry.
I used to buy lottery tickets every week. What a pipe dream that is. Although there was a stretch where I was winning enough to buy a ticket every week for a while. I think it lasted a couple of months. That was a really strange time.
It was back when I lived in Gatineau, on the Quebec side of the Ottawa provincial border. I wandered into an angel shop one day. They sold all kinds of products with angels on them, as well as stones, incense … you get the picture, I’m sure. I saw a sign on the door that said the owner gave angel readings. I asked her about them–she didn’t do them in English, so I was out of luck.
But she told me I have a beautiful aura, and that I have a man who follows me around. Not a real one–someone who was close to me who died. Then she told me to look in my car and spend the money I found there on a lottery ticket. Funny thing was, I’d already found a dollar in my car and spent it on a ticket just before I visited the shop.
And that was the dollar that won me enough to buy tickets for a couple of months.
I always thought that maybe it wasn’t as much that I was supposed to win the lottery as it was a sign that what the woman told me was right.
Well that took a turn, didn’t it?
Yeah, I still need that vacation.
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November 25, 2019 at 8:17 pm
Great story, Linda. So, do we know who’s following you?
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December 12, 2019 at 10:23 am
Thanks, Dan. I’d say it’s probably my dad, rest his soul.
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November 24, 2019 at 11:35 pm
awesome! I love those little shops that sell spiritual stuff! I love Orlando too! Been there twice in my life! The weather there is amazing! 😀
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December 12, 2019 at 10:22 am
I’d love a little Orlando right about now! brrrr … it’s freezing here!
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November 24, 2019 at 10:12 pm
I love this story! The angels want me to tell you to take a mini vacation. And that you still have a beautiful aura.
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December 12, 2019 at 10:21 am
Thank you so much, JoAnne. I’ve been looking for a sign. ❤
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December 12, 2019 at 8:41 pm
When you watch for signs, you see them more often!
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December 12, 2019 at 11:52 pm
It’s true! 😀
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November 24, 2019 at 6:09 pm
That’s a super cool story. Who is this man who follows you about?
I am always rooting for you to have a proper vacation. Of all the people I know, you need one the most. (Which is why you seldom get to take one… so ironic.)
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December 12, 2019 at 10:21 am
‘Tis a catch-22. Thank you, my dear. I suspect it’s dear ol’ Dad. *cue ghostly music*
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December 14, 2019 at 10:57 pm
Nice. Mine talks to me through the sky. I dunno. ❤
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December 18, 2019 at 8:56 am
Yep. That too. ❤
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November 24, 2019 at 12:39 pm
Makes me want to take a chance on a lottery ticket this week. I played for a little while when they first started the lottery here in Texas. It’s been years though. The novelty wore off. Well that and I never won anything.
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November 24, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Unfortunately, chances are you still won’t. It’s still fun to give it a go once in a while. I find it cures the urge to do it again. Haha!
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November 24, 2019 at 10:05 am
When I read ‘angel shop’ I thought that this must be something peculiar to Canada, not that it was a shop focused entirely on angels. Where I live in Brighton (UK), there are all kinds of interesting and unique shops, including one dedicated to the indigenous peoples of North America (oddly). No angels though.
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November 24, 2019 at 10:21 am
They’re still there, though not in the same location. I found their website! http://site.joaneflansberry.com/fr/
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November 24, 2019 at 10:49 am
How fascinating! The Garden of Angels would fit very well in Brighton – nobody would bat an eyelid!
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November 24, 2019 at 11:53 am
By the way, it’s great to see you again, Freya! ❤
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November 24, 2019 at 12:26 pm
Thank you – it’s good to be back!
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November 24, 2019 at 4:19 am
I like the story and do believe some people see more than others…or are just good at saying what people want to hear. I don’t do the lottery either …who needs the lottery when you have a unicorn and a Vampire Bear? I need a holiday too🥴💜💜💜💜
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November 24, 2019 at 3:31 pm
Unicorn and Vampire Bear for the win! 😀 A whole bunch of us need to meet in an exotic locale one day. Whoever wins the lottery pays the tab. Haha!
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November 24, 2019 at 3:36 pm
Oh! What an amazing idea . That would be so brilliant 💜💮☘️
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November 24, 2019 at 3:57 pm
Right? 😀 ❤
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November 24, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Lol 💜💜💜
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November 24, 2019 at 3:50 am
I’m always one to say “if only I win the lottery!”
But never buy a ticket!
And hmm… A holiday would be good!
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November 24, 2019 at 3:31 pm
Wouldn’t it though? ❤
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November 24, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Oh it would 😃
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November 24, 2019 at 1:52 am
What an interesting shop and story, Linda. I don’t buy lottery tickets.
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November 24, 2019 at 3:32 pm
It really is an interesting shop! I found the website this morning. 😀 http://site.joaneflansberry.com/fr/
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November 25, 2019 at 1:03 pm
Great, thanks for the link.
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November 24, 2019 at 12:21 am
It is sometimes nice to have a little dear like that. Someday a big win might come your way.
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November 24, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Or maybe I’ll stop procrastinating long enough to make millions off my own hard work. 😀
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November 24, 2019 at 5:23 pm
Well hard work always pays. 👍
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