last week rodney, jubal and i went to town. jubal and i to run errands and rodney to have the world's longest dental appointment at the LCC dental school. jubal and i went to the bank to cash our check from dad that was for more soaps to replace the ones chuck rhine bought off dad when he visited (!) and then to the art store to spend the money on some giant stamps i found there a few days previous. the giant stamps are exactly what i needed a couple of months ago and i spent a fair amount of time wishing they existed...well, they do. they're stamps (like rubber stamps) of letters, numbers and common writing symbols (they even have a parenthesis!) which are awesome cuz you can use them to "blockprint" t shirts...i always want to make a t shirt for everything i like, but it's a pain in the bum to make a screen just to make one t shirt...well, now i can easily just make one...one for neil gaiman, one for michael pollan (i just devoured in defense of food--read it!!!), and another hundred for everybody else. anyways...
we had a lot of time to spend, waiting for the end of rodney's appointment, and since our card at oregon art supply was filled up and we got a ten buck discount on the stamps, we had money for lunch out. normally i would go to burrito boy or something like that, but they don't have good stuff for jubal--eating pieces of my tortilla doesn't suffice anymore. and then a lightbulb went off for me--fish and chips! jubal loves fries, he sometimes enjoys fish, and it just sounded good. i'd heard good things about newman's fish market (on willamette street)...i've bought their wonderful fish, but never had the fish and chips, since i used to not like fish and chips...so we drove over to newman's and ordered the salmon with a side of slaw, which jubal normally loves, and proceeded to eat our super delicious lunch...it was great and we were having a good time. the lunch window is outside, as is the eating area, and jubal was watching the people and the little birds that hang around to clean up people's crumbs. we were sharing fries and slivers of salmon and talking to each other. fun. then, i look up and who do i see arriving? SAM ELLIOT!!! yes, the moustache ride king. my heart started racing a bit, my nerves all tingling. my mother loves sam elliot and it has been ingrained in me since the age of ten that sam elliot is a real live "ideal man". it's in my cells, you see. so i couldn't help but be excited. i mean, have you heard his voice?! he rocks (i'll have to make a sam elliot t shirt, eh?). it was really him! no one else seemed to notice, until he went to order and you could see the lady in the window turn to jello inside, though she maintained her cool, like me. heh. and he sauntered over to a table, eugene weekly tucked under his arm. his pony tail was white and his moustache was subdued and he's not as tall as you might think. but he's still HIM. so it was neat. other people started to notice, which i felt bad for, because they seemed to feel entitled to go up to him and say "YOU'RE SAM ELLIOT, RIGHT!!! BLAH BLAH BLAH", and i'm pretty sure one lady asked him for a kiss, which he declined to give her, but countered with a handshake. my thinking was that it was cool to see sam elliot, but for sam it probably wasn't that cool to see me, so i'd just leave him alone to read the weekly and eat his lunch. which he was eating like ten feet from me and jubal. ahhh. it was cool. the place cleared out and for a while it was just jubal, me and sam. i don't think he noticed we were having a lunch date, but i still enjoyed it. we all finished at about the same time and just as i finished getting jubal settled in his car seat, sam was walking to his car. i still didn't say anything. but part of me wanted to tell him how awesome he is and that my mother, myself, and my daughters all love him (he plays lee scoresby in the golden compass and i was just explaining the day before to the girls who sam elliot was, because rodney and i joke about sam and his moustache a lot). but it didn't seem right to bother him with my adoration. he was obviously having a town day, and those are tiring and it was hot out and a bunch of people had already accosted him. so i let him be. it was, hands down, the most exciting lunch i've ever had.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
damn lorin!
here's another rant:
damn, damn, damn, damn, damn lorin.
last week we heard about all these upcoming field trips...beach, swimming, lake day, on and on! with two kids the cost quickly adds up. when the girls asked if they could go, i had to say i wasn't sure. the swimming and the beach together is almost twenty bucks--plus they need spending money for snacks! i reminded them that rodney is out of work because of his shoulder and apologized, but said it was possible that we couldn't afford the trips right now, but that i would try. i also recommended asking lorin, sometimes he can fill in for little things like this (since he DOESN'T PAY MORE THAN FIFTY--if i'm lucky!--BUCKS IN CHILD SUPPORT EVERY MONTH!!!!!!!)...so vesta called to ask and he agreed. but he refused to mail the money and said he would drop it off the next day. then the next day he said he'd drop it off the next day. then he asked if he could give it to elise (a staff member) since she lives in lorane...today he calls and says he can give it to elise but not til wednesday (beach trip is on tuesday!) but that elise said they can still go. so i say what about pocket money? they need it for the beach trip. i was willing to pick it up, but then he says he's only giving them ten bucks. well, hazel needs nine bucks just to cover her field trips...let alone pocket money (vesta managed to get some money from a business venture at school to cover her costs for the trip, but not snack money). so i'm gonna waste a four dollar gallon of gas to pick up what amounts to one measly freaking dollar between the two of them to cover two field trips?! he says he did all he could. which sends me into a rage, because actually he DIDN'T do all he could. he COULD have mailed it. OR he COULD have dropped it off like he said he would. or he COULD not be the worst father in the whole freaking world! he COULD even pay his effing child support so that when this stuff comes up i would have it to draw from. i just said "you could have mailed it when she asked you to" to which he made up some idiot excuse and when i challenged it, hung up on me.
lorin sucks!
damn, damn, damn, damn, damn lorin.
last week we heard about all these upcoming field trips...beach, swimming, lake day, on and on! with two kids the cost quickly adds up. when the girls asked if they could go, i had to say i wasn't sure. the swimming and the beach together is almost twenty bucks--plus they need spending money for snacks! i reminded them that rodney is out of work because of his shoulder and apologized, but said it was possible that we couldn't afford the trips right now, but that i would try. i also recommended asking lorin, sometimes he can fill in for little things like this (since he DOESN'T PAY MORE THAN FIFTY--if i'm lucky!--BUCKS IN CHILD SUPPORT EVERY MONTH!!!!!!!)...so vesta called to ask and he agreed. but he refused to mail the money and said he would drop it off the next day. then the next day he said he'd drop it off the next day. then he asked if he could give it to elise (a staff member) since she lives in lorane...today he calls and says he can give it to elise but not til wednesday (beach trip is on tuesday!) but that elise said they can still go. so i say what about pocket money? they need it for the beach trip. i was willing to pick it up, but then he says he's only giving them ten bucks. well, hazel needs nine bucks just to cover her field trips...let alone pocket money (vesta managed to get some money from a business venture at school to cover her costs for the trip, but not snack money). so i'm gonna waste a four dollar gallon of gas to pick up what amounts to one measly freaking dollar between the two of them to cover two field trips?! he says he did all he could. which sends me into a rage, because actually he DIDN'T do all he could. he COULD have mailed it. OR he COULD have dropped it off like he said he would. or he COULD not be the worst father in the whole freaking world! he COULD even pay his effing child support so that when this stuff comes up i would have it to draw from. i just said "you could have mailed it when she asked you to" to which he made up some idiot excuse and when i challenged it, hung up on me.
lorin sucks!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
pockets of prayers
we've been busy. yesterday we did a bunch of projects around the house--rearranging the furniture type stuff. now we have a dresser in the front room atop which sits our new family altar. rodney and i have been wanting to set up an altar for a long time. somewhere to lay down your problems and express your gratitude for the world. i am thinking of sewing a backdrop of pockets for it, to hang on the wall behind the altar. everyone would have their own pocket and there would be a pocket of paper to use. there would be a pocket for active prayers, worries, family concerns...if you had a personal issue or concern, wish or gratitude you could write it down and slip it into your pocket, no one would see it or judge it. i like the interactive idea, because it models for the kids that prayer is active...i think it will encourage use, thereby insuring that they notice results. whether that is that their prayer is answered or that the act of expressing and laying down your problems can shift your feelings about them. i want to sew a book, as well, for everyone to write down their gratitudes. i think it's important to pay attention to that which is beautiful in your life, even when things are hard or sad, your heart still pumps, dinner was still tasty, you still made a satisfying painting at school. etc. i want a pocket for ongoing prayers, too. my friend with cancer would always be in there, and by physically displaying my intention to send healthy juju his way, i will be encouraged to actively pray every day for his health and well being. it feels good.
we moved some shelves around, too, and my sewing desk is already twenty times more organized by having a shelf there right behind it to store my tools and works-in-progress on. i've been working on these pocket notebook covers for journals, drawing pads, writing/painting/coloring utensils. they're cool and easy to do. i've been covering them with this nifty oil cloth i found at the feed store, that is orange with a black grid background and flowers, birds, and a skeleton riding a bike. it's really weird. i'm looking forward to getting some more oilcloth soon--she has a few different styles there with big flowers and fruits and such.
oh! and the big news is i made my first gocco master screen! sooooo easy. the design didn't work out exactly how i wanted, as i scanned it into the computer, printed that up and photocopied it...it turned out a bit pixilated...so i learned not to do it that way again. but i did it! the instructions are all in japanese, as is the instructional video...but i was able to figure it out. hai! you get your design in carbon--either by drawing it with this cool carbon pen that comes with the gocco, or by photocopying it on a tonor based copy machine, then you load the little flashbulbs into the lamp-house, place your design right-side-up on the gocco pad (it's sticky so holds your paper in place), slip the master screen into its holder (it's like a screen-printing screen, blue with some sort of chemical that is activated by the light), then you put the lamp-house in place and press down. flash! go the bulbs, burning the image onto the screen (just like standard screen-printing, but you don't have to apply the chemicals yourself). the screens have this flap of clear plastic (like transparencies) that you lift up to plop the ink onto, then you slip the screen back in place, put your cards (or whatever you are printing) onto the sticky pad and press. voila! and you do it again and again. you can get A LOT of prints out of one application of ink. it's totally amazing. top ten non-vital inventions. so that was awesome and exciting. the only downside being that there isn't anywhere local that carries the screens, so you have to mail order them--and the bulbs and ink, etc. the gocco can be used for printing on fabrics, as well.
also the garden is amazing--really booming. i'm very proud since i grew most everything from seed myself for the first time (with a few exceptions). everything is big and vital and tasty-looking.
today i am grateful for:
1) ART!
2) the elements
3) sand
4) elephants
5) hope
we moved some shelves around, too, and my sewing desk is already twenty times more organized by having a shelf there right behind it to store my tools and works-in-progress on. i've been working on these pocket notebook covers for journals, drawing pads, writing/painting/coloring utensils. they're cool and easy to do. i've been covering them with this nifty oil cloth i found at the feed store, that is orange with a black grid background and flowers, birds, and a skeleton riding a bike. it's really weird. i'm looking forward to getting some more oilcloth soon--she has a few different styles there with big flowers and fruits and such.
oh! and the big news is i made my first gocco master screen! sooooo easy. the design didn't work out exactly how i wanted, as i scanned it into the computer, printed that up and photocopied it...it turned out a bit pixilated...so i learned not to do it that way again. but i did it! the instructions are all in japanese, as is the instructional video...but i was able to figure it out. hai! you get your design in carbon--either by drawing it with this cool carbon pen that comes with the gocco, or by photocopying it on a tonor based copy machine, then you load the little flashbulbs into the lamp-house, place your design right-side-up on the gocco pad (it's sticky so holds your paper in place), slip the master screen into its holder (it's like a screen-printing screen, blue with some sort of chemical that is activated by the light), then you put the lamp-house in place and press down. flash! go the bulbs, burning the image onto the screen (just like standard screen-printing, but you don't have to apply the chemicals yourself). the screens have this flap of clear plastic (like transparencies) that you lift up to plop the ink onto, then you slip the screen back in place, put your cards (or whatever you are printing) onto the sticky pad and press. voila! and you do it again and again. you can get A LOT of prints out of one application of ink. it's totally amazing. top ten non-vital inventions. so that was awesome and exciting. the only downside being that there isn't anywhere local that carries the screens, so you have to mail order them--and the bulbs and ink, etc. the gocco can be used for printing on fabrics, as well.
also the garden is amazing--really booming. i'm very proud since i grew most everything from seed myself for the first time (with a few exceptions). everything is big and vital and tasty-looking.
today i am grateful for:
1) ART!
2) the elements
3) sand
4) elephants
5) hope
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
gimme the green
well...it's been a while since i had a ranting about money post, so here it is:
i need money! i need time to make things to sell for money! i need to pay the bills and eat and buy cool things! pour money down on top of me like rain in february! i need a paypal account so i can receive money on etsy! i need a soap order for at least 180 soaps! i need a whole day to dedicate to organizing my office so it will be handier to make things to sell for money! i need my wallet to be brimming with money and my phone to ring off the hook with orders!
money money money!!!
this is spurned on by this gorgeous quilt i saw on http://www.etsy.com/ . "urban warmth" if anyone wants to check it out. it's beautiful. it costs $585. it's worth that for all the work the artist put in. i am going to be in the position some day soon to see a quilt that costs $585 and just buy it. click, shopping cart, pay, voila!
i am grateful that:
1 money is energy, so i can get some
2 the universe is an abundant place and i am open to receiving that abundance
3 if i get rich fast enough the awesome quilt will still be there for me to buy
4 that even without money my heart keeps pumping
5 that my garden is saving me money
here's the quilt, check it out:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8387008
i need money! i need time to make things to sell for money! i need to pay the bills and eat and buy cool things! pour money down on top of me like rain in february! i need a paypal account so i can receive money on etsy! i need a soap order for at least 180 soaps! i need a whole day to dedicate to organizing my office so it will be handier to make things to sell for money! i need my wallet to be brimming with money and my phone to ring off the hook with orders!
money money money!!!
this is spurned on by this gorgeous quilt i saw on http://www.etsy.com/ . "urban warmth" if anyone wants to check it out. it's beautiful. it costs $585. it's worth that for all the work the artist put in. i am going to be in the position some day soon to see a quilt that costs $585 and just buy it. click, shopping cart, pay, voila!
i am grateful that:
1 money is energy, so i can get some
2 the universe is an abundant place and i am open to receiving that abundance
3 if i get rich fast enough the awesome quilt will still be there for me to buy
4 that even without money my heart keeps pumping
5 that my garden is saving me money
here's the quilt, check it out:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8387008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
on the road to renewal
today is clean-up day at the school. getting ready for the district site visit. step one on our trip to potential renewal. we're gathering today at blue mountain to clean and repair and clean and plant flowers and clean...and then tomorrow is the site visit. just pray for us. pray that everything we do flows and is successful. pray that it's smooth as butter and easy as pie. pray that we are all able to hold our intentions in our minds and hearts, and that our actions reflect that. pray to open the hearts and minds and spirits of the district officials, so that they can see the value in our differences, so they can see the work and effort and time and energy we have put in to reach the demands they have set forth for us--and that it means something to them.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
spring fever
blast this heat wave! i suppose it will be for the good in the long run--causing the last seeds to germinate and whatnot. but damn it's hot. hot hot hot. we filled up the "yard tub"--a big galvanized stock tank shaped like a giant pill. the dexatrim of pools. it's so nice. after i do some yard work i go and sit in it for a few minutes. the water is nice and cool. cold, even, the first couple of days after you fill it up. i'm working on figuring out how to attach a hose to it so i can water the garden when it comes time to clean and refill it. i also sit in it after dinner. beer and smoke time. all alone with the water, staring up at the canopy of the oaks above me, against the blueblue sky. if i put my head under the water i can't hear anything (like the hideous screaming of the neighbor kids abusing each other for a scrap of attention from their mom). it's instantly refreshing and temperature reducing. i have a fantasy of surrounding it with whiskey barrels of things that grow tall and flower...passionflower, honeysuckle, bamboo...so i'm free from prying eyes and can feel all jungly and luxurious. the tub is big enough to hold two adults facing each other, and if it's just one adult you can glide a few feet in the water, back and forth back and forth. so nice.
stay hydrated. enjoy the sun and the heat. bust out your sunscreen if you use it. crack open a beer after a long, hot day and feel satisfied with yourself and whatever it is you accomplished. grill a meal and love eating it outside. take care of yourself, your plants and pets, and everyone around you. feel the love and show it to everyone.
oh yes--and drop off your ballots!
today i am grateful for:
love
wholeness
generosity
miracles
faith
stay hydrated. enjoy the sun and the heat. bust out your sunscreen if you use it. crack open a beer after a long, hot day and feel satisfied with yourself and whatever it is you accomplished. grill a meal and love eating it outside. take care of yourself, your plants and pets, and everyone around you. feel the love and show it to everyone.
oh yes--and drop off your ballots!
today i am grateful for:
love
wholeness
generosity
miracles
faith
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
far flung soaps and clost knit stitches
just a quick post--it's past my bedtime...but i'm excited to report that i have a new soap order from an old online buddy from aussie! i'm super glad to be sending soap around the globe and bringing good clean fun to the land of the kangaroo.
i'm also pleased to report that i began my sock knitting class this evening and it's amazing! so many needles (4) to make a tube! i never thought i would manage it, but actually caught on pretty quick...not so pleased to report jubal snagged a needle from my knitting bag and messed up all my work and i have to re-do it...but, as they say, *stuff* happens. good practice anyways.
i hope everyone out there reading this is happy and enjoying the sunshine--drink lots of water and stay cool this weekend.
gratitudes:
1) the opportunities for connection the internet provides
2) wool
3) bamboo
4) teachers
5) crafts
i'm also pleased to report that i began my sock knitting class this evening and it's amazing! so many needles (4) to make a tube! i never thought i would manage it, but actually caught on pretty quick...not so pleased to report jubal snagged a needle from my knitting bag and messed up all my work and i have to re-do it...but, as they say, *stuff* happens. good practice anyways.
i hope everyone out there reading this is happy and enjoying the sunshine--drink lots of water and stay cool this weekend.
gratitudes:
1) the opportunities for connection the internet provides
2) wool
3) bamboo
4) teachers
5) crafts
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
home again, home again, jiggity jig
we had a good time in sun river. the days leading up to it were a bit rushed and stuffed, a little stressful...but not too bad. and everything went fine. wyatt wayne was amazing. i'm sure carly (dad's dog) disagrees, as he wanted to play with her all the time, and she wasn't having any of that...but he's a puppy and it's in his nature to want to play with other dogs. he had to spend more time than i would have liked shut away in our bedroom, but only because he was so excited about carly and the new people about. he only had two accidents in the house and when we took him outside he sniffed and played about, but didn't run off or misbehave. he came when called and pottied when asked. he didn't chew and destroy everything in sight, held in the contents of his bladder and intestines through the night and was sweet and fun.
we biked and hiked and saw falls. we attempted to visit the newberry caldera, but the roads were still closed due to snow. it was a good time, relaxing with our family, playing mancala with the kids, finishing reading (and then watching the movie of) The Golden Compass. it was nice to cuddle in bed and on the couch with rodney and lounge around in bed watching trash tv and feeling lovey.
it was excellent to get back home! first thing i did was to travel around the yard looking at all the plants. i planted out as many tomatoes as i could fit the morning we left and they were all hanging in there--looking fuller and greener than they did in the pots. my beet, chard, and collard seeds all hung in there and grew bigger. the carrots doubled in size. the beans jubal and i planted last week that were just barely breaking the surface when we left were up and had big, gorgeous green leaves. the radishes monumental. the onions deep green, tall and strong. the roses have buds. the spinach positively lush and shiny and with round, folic-looking leaves. the lettuces karen gave us all light green and filling out. amazing. the fruit trees that were in bloom lost all their blossoms and the maple out front got all its deep red leaves. so much can happen in just a few days.
back to regular life now...a trip into town today to get supplies for my sock knitting class and a cup for jubal that doesn't leach carcinogens into his water. lunch together and maybe a bit of walking around eugene. i have another soap order to make and multiple sewing projects on the horizon--i'm into these little notebook wallets now, fun and quick, and handy.
i'm feeling happy and enjoying the world and my place in it.
gratitudes:
the orders that keep sliding in
playing mancala with hazel, who taught me how
that ODE decided in our favor, even if it doesn't go where we want it to. some kind of justice prevails!
kisses from rodney, which are perfect and sweet, and blot out the rest of the world for their moments
jubal's strong body and perfect heart
we biked and hiked and saw falls. we attempted to visit the newberry caldera, but the roads were still closed due to snow. it was a good time, relaxing with our family, playing mancala with the kids, finishing reading (and then watching the movie of) The Golden Compass. it was nice to cuddle in bed and on the couch with rodney and lounge around in bed watching trash tv and feeling lovey.
it was excellent to get back home! first thing i did was to travel around the yard looking at all the plants. i planted out as many tomatoes as i could fit the morning we left and they were all hanging in there--looking fuller and greener than they did in the pots. my beet, chard, and collard seeds all hung in there and grew bigger. the carrots doubled in size. the beans jubal and i planted last week that were just barely breaking the surface when we left were up and had big, gorgeous green leaves. the radishes monumental. the onions deep green, tall and strong. the roses have buds. the spinach positively lush and shiny and with round, folic-looking leaves. the lettuces karen gave us all light green and filling out. amazing. the fruit trees that were in bloom lost all their blossoms and the maple out front got all its deep red leaves. so much can happen in just a few days.
back to regular life now...a trip into town today to get supplies for my sock knitting class and a cup for jubal that doesn't leach carcinogens into his water. lunch together and maybe a bit of walking around eugene. i have another soap order to make and multiple sewing projects on the horizon--i'm into these little notebook wallets now, fun and quick, and handy.
i'm feeling happy and enjoying the world and my place in it.
gratitudes:
the orders that keep sliding in
playing mancala with hazel, who taught me how
that ODE decided in our favor, even if it doesn't go where we want it to. some kind of justice prevails!
kisses from rodney, which are perfect and sweet, and blot out the rest of the world for their moments
jubal's strong body and perfect heart
Sunday, May 4, 2008
spark the candles, i'm here
nahnahnahnahnahna--they say it's your birthday! nahnahnahnahnahnah--it's my birthday, too!
we had a great dinner with dad and beckie at ring of fire. an appetizer of calamari, a bottle of red wine that beckie picked (it was quite delicious), yellow thai curry, yummy phad something or other noodles with veggies, and this tasty special involving a wok and new york steak pieces that were the tenderest thing i've ever eaten. followed by my standard dessert of coconut custard with homemade coconut ice cream. super delicious. nana and papa watched the kids and a great time was had by all, even jubal--who didn't cry once.
i realize 29 is young, but it's still another year to me, and i don't FEEL 29, whatever that feels like. 27 i felt, but this one just feels like another digit. a year away from 30, whatever that means. i still woke up to a mountain of laundry and dishes (though rodney IS washing the dishes, bless his soul). still diapers and dog training and dealing with my mostly good but recently disappointing car...that involves compiling all of my soap profits and all of my birthday money to pay for parts and labor. plus i have to go to lorane today to pick up the car. i have this thing where people are supposed to do whatever they want (within reason) on their birthday, but it doesn't always extend to my own birthday--part of the parenting thing, i guess. i kind of wish i had a fairy god mother who would wave her wand and totally organize my house and garden, because what i really wanted for my birthday was relief from the weight of the burden of all the stuff i always have to do. i suppose it's not quite realistic, even for the BEST holiday of the year!
aside from the stuff i have to do, i don't know yet what i'll choose to do today, but i'll make it good. a nice set up for the year to come...which i hope is loaded with fun, adventure, calm, joy, love, comfort, laughs, peace, pleasure, growth, abundance, faith, family, confidence, health, art, honing of skills, and stretching further into the world. i hope for an even better relationship with my husband, and a blossoming relationship with my sister. i hope i always feel grateful for what i have and for what is. and i hope i never stop growing up and out into the wide world, and down and deep into my own spirit.
today i am grateful for: my life. my parents. my body. my dreams. my mind.
also a special thank you to everyone who wished me well this birthday and sent goodies and cards and love. thanks so much! i love you.
we had a great dinner with dad and beckie at ring of fire. an appetizer of calamari, a bottle of red wine that beckie picked (it was quite delicious), yellow thai curry, yummy phad something or other noodles with veggies, and this tasty special involving a wok and new york steak pieces that were the tenderest thing i've ever eaten. followed by my standard dessert of coconut custard with homemade coconut ice cream. super delicious. nana and papa watched the kids and a great time was had by all, even jubal--who didn't cry once.
i realize 29 is young, but it's still another year to me, and i don't FEEL 29, whatever that feels like. 27 i felt, but this one just feels like another digit. a year away from 30, whatever that means. i still woke up to a mountain of laundry and dishes (though rodney IS washing the dishes, bless his soul). still diapers and dog training and dealing with my mostly good but recently disappointing car...that involves compiling all of my soap profits and all of my birthday money to pay for parts and labor. plus i have to go to lorane today to pick up the car. i have this thing where people are supposed to do whatever they want (within reason) on their birthday, but it doesn't always extend to my own birthday--part of the parenting thing, i guess. i kind of wish i had a fairy god mother who would wave her wand and totally organize my house and garden, because what i really wanted for my birthday was relief from the weight of the burden of all the stuff i always have to do. i suppose it's not quite realistic, even for the BEST holiday of the year!
aside from the stuff i have to do, i don't know yet what i'll choose to do today, but i'll make it good. a nice set up for the year to come...which i hope is loaded with fun, adventure, calm, joy, love, comfort, laughs, peace, pleasure, growth, abundance, faith, family, confidence, health, art, honing of skills, and stretching further into the world. i hope for an even better relationship with my husband, and a blossoming relationship with my sister. i hope i always feel grateful for what i have and for what is. and i hope i never stop growing up and out into the wide world, and down and deep into my own spirit.
today i am grateful for: my life. my parents. my body. my dreams. my mind.
also a special thank you to everyone who wished me well this birthday and sent goodies and cards and love. thanks so much! i love you.
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