Hey y'all... I'm alive... just don't lurk around here much anymore. Not much has been going on other than work freaking everyone out by being... slow, very slow. We've had to do a few things to stay afloat, but here we are, floating (barely). Thankfully I have nothing to do with those decisions! Other than that... Two more holistic fairs under my belt, book nearly almost done, awesome trip to Taos, another new choir director shortly, awesome fun with friends (which is where many of the shots for the calendar came from)... yup, about sums it up.

So, I made a calendar... and the publisher I went through (lulu.com) decided to submit it at Amazon... yay!

Calendar this way!

Or if you go here you can preview it

Whee :D

Yay for Friday the 13th :D More yay since 28 years ago I was born on a Friday the 13th (today).... Shall be a good (though cold) day... despite the fact that my cats decided it'd be fun to wrap their water dish with one of my shawls... guess I won't be wearing that one today.

In other news..throat has been sore for days, due to a cold, is evil.

In case anyone's been wondering what I've been up to or anything...

whisperingwillowreiki.blogspot.com

...might answer that question.

Or it might just create more questions...that's ok. :D

Just because...

Today I took some members of my covenant group to a buddhist service as sort of a learning experience. Results were good...they want to go again to a more populated service to get the full effect. It answered some of the questions they had that I was unable to answer so that was great. I enjoyed the chanting part, and may do that again, but wasn't interested in hanging around for the rest of things at all. Sort of reaffirmed that part of me.

I snagged my minister today after service to talk with her about an email I had sent on ministry... lately I've been pondering where I see my life going down the road and 'healing minsitry' always pops up. This just made me have more questions as I have no idea where to go with that now that I've identified it. Hence the email to m'minister. She read it on her phone and so forgot to answer when she got home/to the office. So we're making plans to chat. Hopefully it's fruitful.

I've had a lot on my mind lately...and I'm not even sure where to begin sorting through all of it. I feel like I should check in with my guides about it, perhaps talk with a few close friends, etc.. but those methods are sort of not within reach at this moment. Which means I get to try and figure things out on m'own. Oh joy. Who knows, perhaps that's just how it needs to be done. Maybe the universe is saying that I rely too much on outside sources and need to go within and really figure out how I feel. Knowing my guides and the way the universe deals with me, that's probably the way things are. Maybe some soul searching is due this long weekend. It's not even like there's a ton of stuff, just a lot of clutter around a few specific things. Mostly changes I'm noticing within m'self and those around me. They're good ones...just... mildly confusing ones. It doesn't help that I'm congested and tired again from doing way too much lately. I've been little miss busy lately and am finally trying to take it easy. Taking it easy tonight means cooking an apple pie from scratch for dinner tomorrow. It was a lot easier the last time I made one. Last time I wasn't tired and didn't peel the apples...I think I like that method better. Was trying to appease my gramma this time though so peeled the apples.

Cold meds are calling tonight...and the alarm will not be on...there will be sleeping in tomorrow... it shall be good.

So...not doing thanksgiving at m'house :P Not a long story, just not an interesting one. Ah well.

Fair went well... wore me out but that's to be expected...being on your feet schmoozing all day and working the reiki tends to do that. Got some cards out, made some (hopefully) new clients, and had a generally good time. Each time I go (all two, ha!) I learn something new about working fairs and setting things up. I need to get a bin for things so I can stash it somewhere and have easier carting from car to site. I also need to find a larger table to set up my stuff on and maybe a thing for my sign. Can't wait for the next one.

Went to the dentist yesterday... ow. Those stupid xray things always tear up my mouth. They're too big. They need more than one size. Also went to yoga... man did I need that! Got a lot out of my system and rembered why I used to be a semi.. yoga junky. Hehe.

Ok.. off to bed so I can hopefully get up 'on time' tomorrow...ooo and gotta put the clothes in the dryer too! Ta!

Lesse... other news... E's back... that's been fun. I said he'd been MIA, he said that no, he'd been a POW (prisoner of woman)... equates to the same thing, he wasn't around :P

I'm having business issues due to a business partner who isn't speaking with me... luckily that hasn't slowed those wanting reiki from finding me at their usual pace. Have a session lined up for later this month actually, yay! I'm also working the Woodland Park Holistic Health Fair next weekend... looking forward to that. Gotta make up some cards though to hand out as well as gift certificates that people can buy for folks for the holidays... Here's the question... do I just put my name on everything or do I include my partner who hasn't spoken to me in almost a month and has shown no interest in working the fair with me in just as long? Gotta decide by early next week so I can get everything printed and ready to go. Also not sure if I'm helping out with the reiki II class this weekend... M told me she'd tell me today or tomorrow...short notice much? Hate last min planning sometimes! Especially when I've got other things on the table that I can do but can't decide on because I just don't know. Meh!

I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year at m'house... will be fun (I hope!) I've got nothing fancy to serve anything on/in but that's fine as it's going to be casual anyway as my table only seats 4 and there will at least be 5 if not 7 people here. No idea what the menu is and who is bringing what...I gotta start to get on that. Also gotta get my mom down here with her laptop to make sure she can connect as she's working that day because the Cowboys are playing...gotta love it.

Ok, time to get ready for work.

Lookie... two've grown up and the others are sort of getting there :P

Supposed to be having a reiki share at my place tomorrow which means today was to be 'clean downstairs' day....was going well, moving along, and bam dizzy hit. So I've been prone for about an hour, hopefully dizzy will be gone soon and I can finish the cleanup in time as I won't have time prior to arrivals tomorrow. Wanted to bake something up for tomorrow as well. We shall see.

In other news... clicky!

I've been a quiet little monkey lately... lots has been going on... Got m'Reiki lvl 3 certification... means I'm a master practitioner... I'm also in the year long thingy to be a reiki teacher... whee? :P I had great intentions of posting and making this a nice long entry full of thoughts and whatnot and my brain has just decided to go silent on me. Isn't that spiffy? LOL

I should be cleaning since I have people coming over on Monday, but it won't be too bad getting this place sorted out in time I don't think. Mostly I've got junk mail sitting all over the place needing to be sorted and tossed... that and the gunk from a couple undone projects that I need to do... like changing out the sprayer in the kitchen sink and putting up a wallpaper border... neither of those will happen before then so I should put them in the 'project box' and find a new home for said box. The current home isn't bad, it makes me look at it and go 'argh, gotta do that stuff' but it's not great either as it's in plain sight. Also have random things like punch bowls and an ice cream maker ... they need to find a home... perhaps in the cabinet next to the fridge, yes that will work nicely...

I've been crazy dream lady lately... like super crazy. Weirder than normal. That's all the info you're gettin ;)

Ta! Hehe.

CT scan and bloodwork came out fine... sinus infection also decided to come play. whee...bleh.

Suppose I should put this here too....

Tomorrow I get to have a CT scan of my wee little brain... won't that be fun kids? Ugh. It's thanks to headaches with other symptoms that of course seem calmer now that I'm trying to figure them out... but whatever... being tired and in pain since the 25th of May, I don't care, I'm going through with it anyway.

I'll update once I know anything.

So I just randomly amused m'self by thinking of eye drops...

On the box containing the drops at home it says 'Discontinue if drops change color or become cloudy' ... if they're drops in a plastic container, how would one see if they had changed color or become cloudy...until they were in your eye and it was too late you'd not know... also, what is going to happen to clear drops to make them change color?

That's the random for the day...tralala.

Tonight is grocery shopping and then after dinner probably going to log onto ebay to get a massage table...though I wish they had different colors in the table I want...rather not wait for the next step up tables to come down in price in a week.

Back from FL...will post a picture or two when I get a chance...hoping crimsonlines got a few spiffy ones as well to send on to me...I'm not in many on my camera...might not be in any on his... we shall see. Was much fun and relaxing...but now back to the real world :P Hopefully this week will remain calm and they'll throw stuff at me next week (ha!)

Forgot how dry it is here...woke up with a sore throat from it being so dry, need to put water in the humidifier before I go to work today.

*does the happy FL dance*

Heading down tomorrow evening, shall be a fun week and a needed get away from a few things. Dealt with some not so spiffy relationship things recently, as wel as work stress, and just doing/thinking too much! So, off I shall go where I shall sit on the beach, go walking/biking with crimsonlines and merriment shall be had :D

Gotta finish packing up some stuff now :) Can't decide if I'm taking the laptop or not...might be nice to work on my history while I'm down there...then again, that requires thinking...maybe I'll leave it here and take some paper and pencils and a book instead...

Ye gods, 1am is not a spiffy time to wake up and not fall back asleep....wait, I did fall back asleep but not until like quarter of 6... half an hour before the alarm went off... did I mention I didn't fall asleep the first time till after 11? Whimper.

So Frontier screwed my plans up and has me getting into Tampa after 10pm... which means we won't get to crimsonlines's place till near 11...I was going to call this AM to see about getting on another airline or something but now I don't have the energy to deal with customer support for the airline and with only 4 days to go before flight day it's not likely they've a ton of options available. Had they done this a few weeks ago sure, I could see it... but they did it yesterday.

So I live down by Ft Carson... where there's a lovely fire right now... luckily it's not moving north as I'm only like 2 mins from the base. Was driving home last night, pop on I-25 to get here faster as it was late and I was sleepy and see a 'Hwy 115 Closed - Wildfire' sign... great...they didn't mention where it was closed.. that would have been helpful.. like 'Closed after Academy' or something. Anyway... some smoke, not too bad, wind isn't blowing this way... hopefully it stays that way.. I'm going to keep an eye on the news updates incase it suddenly shifts and the kitties need gathering...I don't think that'll happen but just in case.

In other news... needing a massage table.. found a couple good deals on ebay but want to wait till after I get back from FL...got a mess of bills going out prior to the trip and won't be able to use it till then anyway. But once I get it, doing Reiki on others will be soooooooooo much easier! Horrible to have to bend over to do a treatment as they typically last for at least an hour if you're paying attention.

I gotta go eat something and get ready for another busy day at work.. said I'd come in early today since I have accupuncture at 5 tonight so have to be outta there by 4:30 at the latest. Lots to do before the vacation!

Oh! Down 6 pounds this month according to the doc! Yay!