The monday melee

The Monday Melee

1. The Magnificent: Name someone you absolutely adore, and tell us why.
today I am in adoration of my friendship and connection with "Lilith" of Lilith's Ramblings. She and I have been friends for many years and I share any and everything with her about my life, the ups and the downs. In all of this we maintain our friendship living hours away from each other and despite all of that it seems she knows how to perk me up and I adore her for that.
  
2. The Muddy: Tell us something about life you just don’t “get”.
I currently do not "get" why I allow myself to get so worked up at times with the negativity and/or hangups of others. It's hard to ignore people at times but I think that being able to block it and choose my battles for teachable moments is very important. I mustn't let someone's baggage affect the quality of my day. ... working in peace and love.
 

3. The Magnetic: Name something or someone good (or bad) you’re drawn to and you just can’t help it. Tell us if you want to change this or not. 
I am drawn to fantasy lately. To amazing stories about unlikely beings doing great things and teaching important lessons. I do not wish to change that!
 

4. The Mainstay: Who or what is something you just can’t live without? Why?
I haven't any plans to live without celebrating the Yule/Christmas holidays as early as possible. I talked to my mommy today and she told me her tree is up and she will be decorating it later today! :-) I love her! I have a few decorations out kinda slowly bringing them in...I love the feel of sparkly decorations and twinkling lights in the house and want them to be up as long as possible.
 

5. The Masquerade: Tell us something about yourself we wouldn’t already know.
Some days I fight to keep myself open and honest. The fear of having people cut their ties/bonds to me because I do not think/believe as they do can be pretty scary. I am however very blessed with amazing people who believe in loving the person like I do :-)
 

6. The Mettle: Tell us about a time you showed courage in yourself, or tell us what you wish you had the courage to do.
Daily I work and live in courage. Courage to speak in truth, courage to not speak at all, courage to continue when things are difficult or unsure...I believe in summoning up my courage and living life as I feel I am meant to ... reminding myself to always be thankful for the experiences, because without them I would not continue to grow.

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Greetings and happy Monday!

The week has started and I am working hard to build up energy and strength to make it through. I have been worn down these past 10 days or so mostly at work...hoping to convince myself to rest when I need to and pay attention to my body's clues.

otherwise counting down to feast day!

what are you all up to this week?

peace and love
me 

working on work

Sunday Greetings :-)

My 1 day off a week and I am soooo glad it is here! But I'm so tired and worn out and have so much catching up to do all over the place I sorta dread today because I will end it tired and worn out.

Work in my new/old P.O. is going pretty ok. Getting a LOT of hours as we are short right now. My paychecks are like.. CHA-CHING! :-) can't argue with that..but I pay the price physically. Yesterday I hurt my shoulder in a way that I have yet to understand because I really wasn't doing anything too strenuous I guess I moved something the wrong way. It's a bit better now and will probably be sore all week I will keep an eye on it. It sucks but I know this is just one of the list of injuries to come. My job is very physical and strenuous at times. The window time is easier but of course you're on your feet all the time. .... not complaining in a "I hate my job and want a new one way" but just stating the truth about how hard it is. I do love it.

The main problem is my co-workers. Quite a few have what I consider a poor work ethic. So others (including me) work extra hard and longer hours to clean things up and make sure it's all done right. It sucks. Yes, I could go to my supervisory staff but it seems they may be affected by the same poor work ethic and seem to join in. So it's a bit of a shock coming from a P.O. that is run professionally like a well-oiled machine with strong leadership to this place. Most days go well and others....I leave grumbling under my breath and heading home to some quiet/meditation time to clear my head. Another problem is that I seem to work with people who are clearly homophobic (most of them that is) and have no problem bashing women. I think they talk about what they can get away with based on who's in the building that day. Sucks but whatever...I have made it known to people directly what I find offensive or how I feel on subjects. They seem to try their best to respect me, but some things they are just ignorant to and don't see harm in "jokes".

so we'll see how it goes. I believe in coming to work, working very hard and doing my job well. I earn my keep and am thankful to have such an awesome job. I wish others could feel the same way there is too much negativity and hatred of the postal service...but I can only speak for and help myself and hope that my positive nature can spread nay infect a little sunshine into their lives...they're good people, just caught up in the bah-humbug of life, I think.

how are all of you doing? I hope you didn't mind my little rant but it had to be said...another rant of sorts is brewing in me but I must choose my words carefully...so for now I'm off to shower and go to a movie with a dear friend!

peace and love
me :-)

Team Jacob :-) .. yep

Last Night was the midnight premiere movie of the 2nd Twilight saga book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. My best friend Amy, my 2 daughters and I gathered up our popcorn buckets, snacks and rustled up our hidden tickets for the night we bought MONTHS ago and headed to the theatre...I wore my Team Jacob shirt (yep) and Amy wore her Team Edward, my daughters were a little too cool for that, LOL!! We arrived at 7:30pm to get good seats because lucky us they showed the 1st movie Twilight at 9:01pm!! Woot!!

I admit to being a fan. I started by first going to see the Twilight movie with my friend Amy who had seen it once and said I MUST go. I didn't like it. Thought it was too simple and more like a made for tv teen movie or something. Then EVERYONE told me to read the books. So when I had my hysterectomy surgery in January this year and was stuck on the couch recovering for 6 weeks, I read all of them then watched the Twilight movie again and simply fell in deep love! Mostly with Jacob ;-)

Thank goodness they had signs up for the 3rd movie Eclipse up in the theater coming out next year June 30th...I wonder if I can buy tickets yet? ... lol

enjoy your weekend
peace and light

Carnelian and Bread

On top of the small business card-sized insert reads:

CARNELIAN

This stone grounds and anchors you in the present
reality. A stabilizing stone with high energy, it's
excellent for restoring vitality, motivation, and
stimulating creativity. It imparts an acceptance of the
cycle of life and removes fear of death. It gives
courage, promotes positive life choices, dispels apa-
thy, and motivates for sucess in business and other
matters.

I bought these I believe some time this year possibly late last year. I honestly don't recall. I also have no recollection as to why I bought them and why I bought 3 all in the same small clear plastic zip-seal baggy and all with their own separate card. What I do know is that while frantically hunting for all of the pertinent paperwork needed for my youngest daughter to go and get her level 1 license (she passed her test!) I found them hidden away.

Last night while cooking dinner and listening to my two beautiful daughters laugh hysterically while chasing each other around the house (I'm not sure why), I realized how much I truly LOVE LOVE LOVE their laughter and seem to cherish it more now that they are older (16 and 20 years of age). These women are truly my everything.

When we settled down to eat dinner and chit chat while watching a special on Mtv about New Moon (drool) I decided to read the card to them and give each of them a stone and now the 3 of us carry them with us. The list of above rang true in all of our lives ... motivation, stimulating creativity, accepting life cycles all very important and needed in our current journeys.

It's funny how we happen upon things and though we can't recall the original purpose of obtaining certain things they seem to pop back into our lives at just the right time. :-)

What hidden treasures have you found recently?

*******My first loaf bread in machine from scratch!

OK I LOVE my bread machine and use it often especially during the cold/dark months. I always use a bread machine mix. This summer I scored a bread machine recipe book at paperbackswap.com and FINALLY started it last night from recipe #1 basic white bread.

The book is called The Bread Machine Book: Over 100 recipes for easy-to-make, spectacular breads by Marjie Lambert.

I was so nervous constantly checking in the little window, LOL...the loaf came out perfect, moist, perfect crust...delicious! :-) Very proud :-) Tomorrow's loaf is Honey Wheat Bread!

peace and light
me

Tribe

No.

I don't want the world to think and react exactly like me.

That would be boring.

I

just need to find a tribe.

A tribe with less addiction to drama and negativity.

I would love to have conversations that are about the mundane

simple beauty that is the world around us.

Enjoying tastes, sounds, sights, smells and sensations.

I hibernate and move around you.

To find my own solitude.

I like it there.

Right now I yearn to dance

in circles

chanting

loving

being.

:-)

enjoy your day/night