Downsizing

Today's goal is to only keep things I love.  So if my clothing is ick, throw it out or give it away to someone that loves it. If my pots and pans don't do it for me, out they go.  I'm tired of compromising and keeping everything, even things I don't like, just because I hate getting rid of something that is still useful. Even if every pan is useful, I don't need 10 of each kind, right?

Sum Math to Do

Today's goal is to remember that I am more than the sum of my parts. When I add up all of my physical parts, that doesn't begin to describe the spiritual side. I'm reading a little book called Miracle Psychic Healing that explores higher self issues. I have to remember that somewhere out there is my new home, a place we can afford, with space around it and room to do all the things that we love.  I have to believe that in just a few weeks when we have to move from this apartment there is something better out there for me. I have to surrender up the anxiety I'm feeling and accept a new thing is heading my way, that what I am seeking is seeking me.

The Ten Minute Day

I'm declaring today my ten minute day. It's a Monday which is bad enough. I have a ton of chores, none of which I want to do. Blah. So I'm going to do a 'ten minutes of work, ten minutes of play' kind of thing and repeat. So 30 minutes of each hour will be cleaning.  Ready, set, go.

I wish my house was as easy to organize as my house on Minecraft.

Just Let Go

This was such a good idea for a blog. I don't know how I lost track of it. So I gave it a make over with a new banner and a new look. I hope you like it. Today's theme is to 'Just Let Go'. I'm letting go of a lot of my clothes and costume pieces and taking them to the Goodwill.  Watching my self-portraits go by I realized I'd been wearing many of the same things for 10 years.  Some things just refuse to wear out.  So I'm biting the bullet and getting rid of everything in my dresser that doesn't fit anymore or that has been in so many photo shoots I'm sick to death of it. It's hard to let go of things I sewed myself.  But on the other hand, it motivates me to make new things that fit my current body, not some dream body I hope to get back to some day. So goodbye old friends. I hope you make someone else as happy as you made me.

Sort Old Projects

Out of site, out of mind. Or so it is with my sewing projects. So today I took a laundry bag full of knitting and crochet projects out to the patio to sort them. That was hours ago and I'm still not done, because I keep getting distracted. I did get some knitting done on the newest project, which is using geometric shapes from an afghan pattern to design something new like a hat or a vest or a scarf. That's going pretty well.

But I'm getting worn out and my head is starting to hurt and I don't want to leave those things out in the dark.
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A Saving Habit

Save $50 a month. I decided to start on July 1, 2010. Saved money will hopefully help me feel safer and have peace of mind. The trick is to put it in savings and leave it there.

A Bottle Tree

Decorating outdoors with colored bottles has always appealed to me. Then tonight they had a blurb on a show about bottle trees. Imagine a dead tree with all it's branches cut short, and then a colorful bottle is inverted over each branch. Viola, bottle tree! And there is a metaphysical meaning to them. It was said that the bottles attracted evil spirits over night, and then in the light of day the spirits would be destroyed.

I don't have much of a yard but I'd sure like to make space for a bottle tree. You can use old artifical Christmas trees as a base too. Or even a fence post with pegs in it would work.

The bottle trees with blue glass are particularly striking to me. If I ever get one built I'll let you know.

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The week sure went by quick. I had a lot more planned but didn't have the energy to do it. My hands are still sore from woodcarving, and so I've had to lay off the knitting and crocheting. I'm looking forward to the weekend. My daughter may visit. We'll see.

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Humor, pass it on.

I remodeled this blog. I put one of my kooky photo montages at the top to put a smile on my face. My life is so goofy, I just have to learn to let it all go and laugh at myself.

Buffets

It's a new year so I guess I get to try again. I've joined some other 'once a day' blogs and I have to admit I just don't have enough of me to go around. Today was difficult because some of my dreams are in direct conflict with each other. No one said this was going to be easy. Like I like going to all you can eat buffets, but I don't like being fat. Those two things are just not compatible. But I'm not willing to give up what little social life I have just for some pipe dream of losing weight. You see the problem. I see plenty of thin people in those buffets too. How do they do it? Maybe they dance it all off or work as figure skaters.

Nanowrimo

I'm thinking of participating in Nanowrimo again in Nov. I have done it the last 2 years and haven't written the required 50,000 words yet. Maybe third time is the charm.

The Blue Man Group

The Blue Man group was just on PBS inspiring us all to 'follow our bliss', but as I am so fond of saying, "I am following my bliss; I just wish it would slow down so I could catch it."

Keen

Today I decided to be more businesslike and go back to taking calls on Keen where I know I'll get paid what I'm worth.

Runes and Palmistry

I did two things today. One was to write all the names of the mounds on my hand for Palmistry so I could review them.
The other was to review the meanings of all the runes so I can use them for readings next Sat.
So today has been about metaphysical studies.

Walking

Today I went for a long neighborhood walk. This serves many useful purposes. It gets me out of the house. It helps me memorize the names of all the local streets in case of an emergency. It hopefully will get rid of my extra weight and my high blood pressure issues. It gives me a chance to come up with new ideas for my novels. I'm participating in the nanowrimo event, which is the National Novel Writing Month contest. And walking is life affirming. I get to escape from laziness, telephones, computers, the TV and the radio.
The only down side is I get sore. Someday I'll find a pair of shoes that don't hurt my feet.