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Today

I wake up every morning hoping that my day will be 'great.' Who doesn't? But days have their own ideas and sometimes they are 'great' and sometimes they are 'not so' great. Yesterday...not so...until I went out with the girls. We had a great time as always. Today must have had reserves from that. So our life in a day of (home) learning was getting up around 9:30 and watching a Sundance movie that made us all laugh. Actually a great way to start the day. Then we got onto the business of 'structured time' for learning which went fairly smooth. I was awed by my daughter and what she is understanding and learning with the curriculum we are using for her this year. (Although...my heart yearns for un-schooling...my mind isn't in complete compliance) I am so pleased with Oak Meadow. We had great conversation today about government and intentions. Then...the 'great' pleasure of the day for me...once again attempting to make lentil soup that tastes like my favorite restaurant to buy it at (that is no longer in business). And....voila....it is so close...possibly it! It looks a little different, but it tasted fantastic! The family ate it up like it might vanish if they didn't gobble it right away. Oh the simple pleasures! So today...I laughed, cried, laughed some more, got mad, smiled, ahhed, and called a friend to share in my excitement, enjoyed simple pleasure with great taste and relaxed. I'd call it pretty 'great!'

Summer End

Ok....summer is nearing it's end and autumn is in the air. The kids and I are trying to adjust to some 'structured' time for learning once again. A lot seems to have taken place this summer for us. We are always 'walking in the air.' Only now I seem to be thankful for that and wanting to embrace it instead of letting it go....again....winds of change.

Blogging

Been a while. I'm not sure I am much of a blogger as I am a blog reader. My list grows everyday! Anyway...I really don't have much to write...I am taking a break from the computer for some family time and mental re-grouping. My only excitement is that my fabric from Sheree arrived today!!! Wooo Hooo!! I will post pictures later along with something made from them...they are beautiful!
Shalom.

Summer Blues

Is it possible to have summer blues? I'm thinking so. With my life being carried on the wind right now and the distance of friends...life seems a little blue. Mostly it is the being carried on the wind part. I have been enjoying my solitude, which will end soon when we head north for the annual family camp out. It is always a nice laid back time...so I do look forward to it...but again...I could just stay bundled up in our new place and be happy...if the wind would quit blowing! I truly feel like Vianne in Chocolat....it's unsettling. I didn't know this was my life until just recently. Now my inner child is upset like Anouk (I may even come up with an imaginary friend to distract me) and wants to just be. To settle. And I actually think that my Roux feels the same! I said this morning, "I love it here," to which he quickly replied "so do I." I almost fell over! He's never said that...about anywhere we have lived. I caught him...I don't think he meant to say it out-loud. I think this is exactly what we both need...to be home. So maybe I can offer the blues up to the wind in place of myself and may they blow blissfully far far away.

I'm a Winner!

My first big exciting news is that I WON a fabric bundle from Sheree's Alchemy!! I am soooo excited! She makes the most beautiful garments...check her out! I am waiting for it to arrive before I decide what will be made, but I can't wait! There are just some amazing women out there...how they do it all...I don't know, but they inspire!
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Tonight I went to an actual yoga class! I couldn't believe we have someone in our area offering yoga classes. It was great...he was a good instructor and had a very sweet story. What I was most amazed at was his age! First let me say that I don't think you can consider yourself "old" until you're 90...that's just my rule. But when you can look 20 years younger than you actually are...that's impressive. So how old is he? 51. He looks mid to late 30's. Yoga has been good to him. Anyway...it was different being in an actual class. I'm used to being in my own small personal class with friends and Yoga Today instructors, which I love. I think I may attend these classes a couple times a month for pure support...because I love that someone is teaching this here and someday I hope to join in the ranks of instructor.
Namaste

Magazines

I was going through my sewing supplies and I have been collecting Threads Magazine since 1996...but I don't have any from 1997. It makes me wonder...can I think back that far? What was going on in my life that I didn't purchase a single Threads issue? That's the year that my oldest would have gone into kindergarten...and I did sew a lot of her clothes that year...maybe I was just to busy sewing to look through a magazine about sewing. I'm anxious to be that again. I have to admit that I am a magazine junkie though. Books, magazines....love them! Here's the stash from the library...Advanced Organic Chemistry, Ornamentation and Textile Design, Shibori, Art Deco, and Textile Print Design. And then I just purchased two new books today...Vegan Recipes and the Kundalini Yoga Cookbook...which I love! From the Introduction: "Consciousness is ecstasy; truth is our identity. We are vibrating our existence." Yogi Bhajan.

"Love and respect your body,

Love and respect others,

Love and respect the Planet."



Yoga, Sewing, Reading....A tall glass of iced tea...all I'm short on is time!

Sat Nam