Monday, December 31, 2007

Ohhhhhseven


Seven has always been one of my favorite numbers
I am always inclined when Seven is around
it's just a neat sexy little number, dontchya think?
Well I have to say, '07, you certainly rocked my world
my knees are still quivering
if I was a smoker, I'd be hacking on that long sweet nicotine hard time!
a just reward of a job well done.. well done indeed!
Yes, yes, for a year, you did me right..
you came in smooth... let me have some time
to settle in, get cozy, put on a fire and a soft pair of pj's

And then Wooosh... like some drill sargent in the middle of the night
the blankets were gone from the bed and all bets were off
in one week:
There was no Ithaca, Sue was moving to Colorado
and I was in love

From there I stepped strongly onto the path that is
my new life
years in creation, praying, manifesting
and here it is

I am forever blessed by all of the abundance and
gifts of beauty and love that surround me daily

From the deer in the yard
to the dear in my heart and home
who is so damn good to me
good love baby good love
thank you, thank you, thank you

For the strong sense of who I am
and who I am becoming
and loving myself with humor and forgiveness
to the quiet sense of knowing this is allll right
its all right its perfect its the best day eva!

And the gifts continue to unfold
to the practice that is my relationship with the Divine
to the practice of how I have been blessed to share and give to others
for the ability to look inside and ask for help and then bring it out to the world and share and know that I am doing what I can
in this world to shine on and hopefully show others the good in them as well

What a gift, what a life
and I so look forward to what is next on the horizon
with my life with my love with the universe
See my secret: I think more good is going on than they tell us
And if we can take that and blow it up it can only expand and expand
till all of us are really choosing and creating and living and sharing
the life that we dream it to be
we have a lot more choice in this than we believe
and when we join with the great forces of the universe
and put on our superhero capes and make the decision
just to love, how can we go wrong?

sending my love to you all
may all of our '08's
be just as abundant

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Happy Holidaze


Pic by Apple Moshberry, love her

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Snohhhhhhh....

This is the Buddha outside my window, with a winter hat and coat
The view from my sun room... snow room...
Our table and chairs , can you see the accumulation? Two feet, right?


You know you've had a lot of snow:

A. When even the snow plow guy gets stuck in your driveway, can't get out, and knocks out the cable line which is attached to your phone as well, can't call out (Think "The Shining")- then he calls in the reinforcements

B. When you (read:boyfriend) have to scrape ice off the roof so it won't leak into the roof on a rickety ladder from the 1800's while the house is shaking from "Gale force winds" with four foot wind drifts

C. When it's up to your knees and you are driving home in a storm that you feel will almost take your life if you look down to change the radio station or take the snow out of your boots and you hang on to the wheel tight and pray while you are sliding into a truck

D. All of the above

That would be "D" people

I know some of you are thinking, "its Upstate New York, what are you thinking ?"
This California girl has had her initiation, for sure
It's over, it's pretty, we have service again, we are safe and grateful... what a week!

Friday, December 07, 2007

Tis the Season

The Tree

The Mantle
The foyer into the dining room
The living room looking into the sun room, currently the "snow room"

So Christmas threw up all over my house
Scott and I got very caffeinated last weekend
and had two huge boxes of Xmas decorations from my Moms, it was so fun
It does look really sweet actually
We decided instead of killing a Pine
We would decorate our beautiful Ficus tree
and you know what? It looks awesome
May become a family tradition
While I love Pine trees, I love them in the ground..

I have to say I am having a holly jolly Christmas
I've never been so into it
The decorations, the twinkly lights
The Rudolph and Frosty specials on ABC
even the silly songs, I will not pass over them on the radio
I think sharing this with Scott is bringing Xmas to a whole new level
having our own place, decorations on the tree from my childhood
stockings on the fireplace
Also things are changing a bit this year, we are not exchanging presents
My family has decided (which I love) not to buy into the consumer craziness of this warped
buy buy buy holiday, and taking it back to just the "spirit of the season" and spending quality time together. We all took a big breath around that, opting to save our cash and use it towards things we need right now, as opposed to things we will return. Instead I think we will take each other out, cook together, spend lazy time in front of the fireplace, all that good stuff.

It is snowing right now
and we just saw an Owl, it was very exciting
really having fun with the birds lately
No tv here, all bird feeder all the time
I think I will become one of those weird Audubon society people
binoculars, hat and all
I can see it now...

Happy Holidaze Loves