Monday, February 28, 2011

Daily Reminder # 273


Just gratitude and messed with photos of tree branches today. My inspiration meter is at zero. Maybe even minus 10. The up side, is that the inspiration meter is bound to go up. Spring is bound to show up eventually and lousy days can usually be followed by days that are better. So... tomorrow is another day... 


Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to encourage and inspire the Universe to help me manifest all sorts of large and small good things.)


Angel and Tara Grace
my sweet little house
my fuzzy robe
my sweater
my heavy cape
blankets
my furnace
the promise of Spring
gogi berry juice
water
Sam-e
L-lysine
enough food (more than enough, really)
Netflix
zero balance on my credit cards
paid off mortgage
winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
a million dollars a year for life from PCH
a clothes dryer
a sun room on the back of my house
freshly painted living and bedroom walls
winning lottery tickets
a Bose sound System
Nintendo
music
laughter
the ability to read and write
the ability to walk and talk
the 5 senses
reiki
angels
my nieces, my nephew and their families
my friends
better days to come
words/language
poetry
books
beauty
life


MAY YOU HAVE A SPLENDID DAY!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Daily Reminder # 272


Just gratitude and Tara Grace tonight. 

Some things I'm grateful for today:    (Items in red are pre-gratitude - an effort to inspire the Universe to action helping me to manifest hopes and dreams.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my camera
  • less snow than predicted
  • water
  • my microwave oven
  • cheese
  • cucumbers
  • peanut butter
  • Sam-e
  • gogi berries
  • L-lysine
  • Netflix
  • reiki
  • angels
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • a paid off mortgage
  • a clothes dryer
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a sun room at the back of my house
  • fresh paint on the living and bedroom walls
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • a million dollars a year for life
  • a Bose sound system
  • Nintendo
  • my TV
  • my cane
  • my red chair
  • that my legs still wobble me from room to room
  • Chocolate Soy Silk
  • electricity
  • my computer
  • the ability to read and write
  • cat toys
  • insulation and a good roof
  • my friends
  • longer daylight hours
  • ear phones
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • kind neighbors
  • laughter
  • music
  • beauty
  • taste 
  • touch 
  • smell
  • sight
  • hearing
  • life


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Daily Reminder # 271

(Please scroll down for the Weekly Wordzzle Challenge...)

Just gratitude and a funny video tonight. I think I had something else to share but I have forgotten what it was, so....


My niece. Cindy, shared this with me and I just had to share it. It made me laugh.... It's about a feline kleptomaniac.... fascinating and amusing both...



Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude - an effort to inspire the Universe to act on my behalf....)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • laughter
  • heat/HEAP
  • Netflix Instant viewing
  • Netflix by mail
  • sleep
  • my TV
  • laughter
  • my microwave
  • food
  • cheese
  • snow plows
  • peach/mango yogurt smoothies
  • fresh paint on my living and bedroom walls
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • paid off mortgage
  • Nintendo
  • a clothes dryer
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • a Bose sound system
  • rice chips
  • coffee and International Delight
  • blankets
  • my fuzzy robe
  • ear phones
  • music
  • Pandora radio
  • wordzzles
  • words
  • language
  • the ability to read and write
  • electricity
  • indoor plumbing
  • the 5 senses
  • my camera
  • my computer
  • my mattress
  • thermal windows
  • the view from my desk
  • the knowledge that winter WILL go away
  • friends
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • YouTube
  • beauty
  • laughter
  • life



HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Weekly Wordzzle Challenge # 144


Another week has flown by and it's time for wordzzles again.  Sorry about this week's words. They are genuinely AWFUL. I'm really going to have to have a chat with the Muse. She is really playing dirty lately. There's challenging and there's tediously difficult. I think this week's words fall into the latter category. My apologies for that.


Words for this week's 10-word challenge are: parapet, fluster, farm grown, astonishing, march, start from scratch, still crazy, ice cubes, fetid, goose   And for the mini: foster children, window washer, chipmunks, chip, pillage


My mega:

Chip (aka Chester)  Fluster March knew everyone thought he was still crazy - he had been briefly institutionalized after a scaffolding accident - and maybe they were right, but it didn't feel that way. Even before the accident, he had hated living in New York and being a window washer for high rise buildings. During his recovery he and his then girl friend Megan had talked about finding a better way to live and be and had agreed to marry and  move to the country to start from scratch as organic farmers of all things. After an brief time of wondering if he hadn't made a terrible mistake, he had thrown himself into life at Grey Goose Farm with astonishing energy. Their first project had been draining the fetid pond and restoring it. Then they had begun restoration of the old farm house, enlarging it and adding two round towers with parapets and a master bedroom with a "widow's watch." This had been in preparation for the other part of their plan - creating a vibrant, magic-filled home for the dozens of foster children they hoped to care for and maybe even adopt. They had proven to be natural born farmers and parents. They loved growing, eating and marketing their magnificent organic vegetables and rearing what they called "farm-grown" children. Not that it life was totally care free. But their worst problems - as far as they were concerned - were controlling the damage from a family of pillaging chipmunks (without killing them) and learning to live with Ice Cube's music, which was popular with a number of their children. They worked hard, but they were wrapped in each other's love and the love of dozens of children who had passed through  - and often stayed - in their lives over the years. They were blessed and they knew it. Life was good and they gave thanks for their blessings every day.

My mini:

Foster children  Frank and Mary
Did their best to be contrary
But window washer Aston Munks
Being a fan of the Chipmunks
Chipped away at their illusion
That their presence was intrusion
Sapped away their will to pillage
Introduced them to the village -
Who love and laughter would extend
Neighbors, family and friends
He let them know that if they opted
His hope was that they'd be adopted
And be his children always and ever
With a tie that none could sever
Very quickly they relented
And Aston happily parented
Two children whom he called his own
Through childhood and once they'd grown
When he grew old and needed care
Frank and Mary were always there
Wrapping him in tenderness
Protecting him from any stress
So grateful that they always had
Such a true and loving Dad.


My 10-word:


Sarah March slowly filled her glass with ice cubes and a shot of Gray Goose Vodka, reflecting as she did on the astonishing events of the afternoon. She was a strong, grounded,  farm grown woman, not easily flustered, but what she had experienced on that parapet at that strange house had turned her view of the possible upside down. She had never believed in the paranormal before, but now.... she had reviewed the day starting from scratch over and over in her head but it was all still crazy.  She could still smell the fetid odor of the surroundings and feel the creepy sensations on her skin. But it was the voice that she couldn't shake.... She downed her drink in one gulp and reached for another.....  Stewart grinned happily. His novel was off to a good start, he thought. Time to pour himself one of those stiff drinks to celebrate. Inspiration made him thirsty.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Word for next week's 10-word challenge: suicide, Cadillac, martial arts, signs of Spring, flounder, peanut butter, public library, the bachelor, fashion, wearing just a towel

And for the mini: it's a girl, spider web, coffee, slush, champing at the bit


Thanks you for playing.  Newcomers can check here for some guidelines to make the game more fun. There are no rules, just some general guidelines and tricks.


Daily Reminder # 270


I haven't quoted Emmanuel for a while so I thought maybe tonight would be a good time to let that voice speak again. Since it has been a while, I will share again that I had a private session many years ago with Emmanuel and the woman who channels him.  It changed my life in profound ways. I love the book from which I have taken these quotes and recommend it to anyone and everyone. In the old days when I worked and lived in the world, I could never keep hold of a copy because I would always meet someone who I thought would be moved by it. I gave away dozens of copies. But I ramble... This is the first entry in Emmanuel's Book. I've been rather achy of late, so this one was a good one for me to read right now. It's titled: An Overview of the Human Adventure and reads:
The purpose of life is exploration.
Adventure. Learning. Pleasure.
And another step towards home.
Physical bodies 
are rather like space suits.
Your physical bodies 
can be symbols to you of restriction,
of ultimate pain and death,
of surprising and alarming needs
and of unexpected triviality
that knows no bounds of denigration.
Or they can be seen as chosen vehicles
that souls are inhabiting
because, rather like space suits,
they are necessary where you are.


Two posts a bit further on make me anxious, though I believe they contain deep truths. I believe that on some level (many levels, really), I am the creator of my own life. I just kind of hate the idea that I have made such a mess of it - or that I chose my suffering. If I thought I had learned more from it, I might not mind it so much, but here I am wobbling from room to room in my sweet little prison house, lonely most of the time. In some ways I have learned and evolved a lot from where I started. But it doesn't always feel that way.  That muttered self-pityingly, here are the next to posts I chose from Emmanuel's Book. They are food for thought for certain. 




Life experiences are the outer symbol of what the soul wants to know.
Each soul enters into a physically symbolized reality
of that soul's conscious resistance to the inner Light.
So when you experience your human life,
view it as an outer manifestation of the longing
and also of the denial of that longing.
Every soul that incarnates carries with it negativity
or it would not take birth at all.
When you enter into a human life
you enter into a perceptual falsehood.
This is what the Eastern traditions call illusion.
If you treat the illusion as truth
you may become embittered, fearful and ill.
Instead, come into life assuming the perspective
of the creator of that  life
and  see it all as a wondrous
and valuable learning experience.
You can see within each circumstance
where you have been the potter of the clay
and in the outer reality of your creation
you can detect the mirror image
of your inner self.


and




Since your fundamental essence
is god energy
which is creation,
you create.
You are the creator.
You are the creation.
You create your distortions
and you create your truths
This is how you learn.
You chose the childhood environment
that was the most effective catalyst
to bring into focus those distortions
that you have selected to work on
in this lifetime.
It is a masterpiece of planning,
construction and tactic
that you have put into forming your body,
your mind and your emotions.
Trust the wisdom of your soul
that chose the infant circumstances
that formulated your concept of life.



Some things I'm grateful for today:  (items in red are pre-gratitude - an effort to inspire my inner creator and the Universe to manifest good stuff and to manifest it SOON.)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • reiki
  • angels
  • my camera
  • Schwans
  • Netflix
  • Dr. Jim
  • water
  • Emmanuel
  • Emmanuel's Book
  • rice chips
  • coffee and International Delight
  • my reiki bears
  • my house
  • heat/HEAP
  • San's post about young artists
  • music
  • Nintendo
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • a clothes dryer
  • fresh paint on my living and bedroom walls
  • a sun room on the back of my house
  • a paid off mortgage
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • a Bose sound system
  • my camera
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • Strawberry/Banana Yogurt smoothies
  • the awesome courage of those in Lybia and other countries risking their lives for freedom
  • the ability to read and write
  • rice chips with sesame and seaweed
  • sam-e
  • L-lysine
  • tiny signs of Spring
  • hope
  • my red chair
  • my cane
  • that my legs still move me from room to room
  • SSD
  • my friends
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • my beautiful rock collection
  • laughter
  • beauty
  • kindness
  • life




HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
CREATE JOY!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Daily Reminder # 269

Just gratitude and music this evening.





Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude - which will hopefully inspire the Universe to scratch it's head and say -"oh... did she get her million a year yet? We'd better get going on that...")
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • garbage out, litter box changed
  • music
  • reiki
  • angels
  • people who say thank you
  • my computer
  • matches
  • the smell of white sage
  • Schwan's
  • water
  • indoor plumbing
  • heat/HEAP
  • my red chair
  • my cane
  • legs that still get me from room to room
  • ibuprofen
  • Sam-e
  • YouTube
  • things I take for granted
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • paid off mortgage
  • a clothes dryer
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • Nintendo
  • a Bose sound system
  • winning lottery tickets
  • Netflix
  • remote controls
  • electricity
  • my SSD
  • my sweet little house
  • my camera (even though I didn't use it today)
  • music/Pandora
  • recycling
  • the ability to read and write
  • visitors
  • my friends
  • all the people I love
  • melting snow
  • blankets
  • my fuzzy robe
  • banana/strawberry yogurt smoothies
  • peach/mango yogurt smoothies
  • rice chips
  • peanut butter
  • paper towels
  • toilet paper
  • my teeth
  • my electric toothbrush/tooth paste
  • my fleece lined Crocs
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • breath
  • laughter
  • the 5 senses
  • my brain
  • the capacity for thought and imagination
  • freedom to be cranky sometimes
  • beauty
  • miracles (ordinary and extra-ordinary ones)
  • email
  • sunshine
  • hope
  • life


HAVE A MIRACULOUS DAY!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Daily Reminder # 268

No photos tonight and no imagination, so I'm going to let God and Neale Donald Walsh take charge accompanied by something from YouTube and some gratitude.

I've always loved this song. Makes me smile and reminds me
that I was young once.


On this day of your life, dear friend, 
I believe God wants you to know...
...that there is no 'right way' 
to do anything, there is only
the way you are doing it.

Never be afraid to "try your hand" because you don't
want to might make a mistake 
or not do something  "right." 
Success in life comes from being willing 
to move into Unchartered Territory.

Always remember: 
Life begins at the end of your
Comfort Zone.

You will not have to think but a second to know
exactly why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

neale


Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, a way of inspiring the universe to manifest my hopes and dreams.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • reiki
  • angels
  • peanut butter
  • rice chips
  • my computer
  • Neale Donald Walsh
  • my 5 senses
  • naps
  • water
  • strawberry banana yogurt smoothies
  • Sam-e
  • ibuprofen
  • indoor plumbing
  • food
  • YouTube
  • music
  • 3 Dog Night
  • memories
  • a clothes dryer
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • paid off mortgage
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • Nintendo
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a Bose sound system
  • freshly painted bedroom and living room walls
  • a good mattress for the guest room
  • my reiki bears
  • blue skies
  • the hope of Spring
  • ice cream
  • music
  • Netflix
  • computer games
  • beauty
  • laughter
  • life
Always loved this one too....


HAVE A JOYFUL DAY!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Daily Reminder # 267



Just Politics and Gratitude tonight.  Due to some unfathomable mystery of cyber logic, the gratitude list is centered tonight. No idea why. Probably something to do with MSNBC's coding. I decided to go with it instead of trying to fix it. It looks kind of neat, doesn't it?


I think Rachael Maddow is both enlightened and enlightening about what's going on in Wisconsin so I thought I'd share that as tonight's offering.




and




Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude - an attempt to encourage the Universe to hear and manifest my hopes and dreams)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • Rachael Maddow
  • reiki
  • angels
  • my red chair
  • my cane
  • that my legs still get me from room to room
  • ibuprofen
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • Punny Monday (didn't win this week but it was fun anyway)
  • the ability to read and write
  • movies/Netflix
  • water
  • grapefruit juice
  • rice chips with seaweed and sesame
  • peanut butter
  • electricity
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream HOuse
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • fresh paint on the bedroom and living room walls
  • a sun room at the back of my house
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • Nintendo
  • a Bose sound system
  • a clothes dryer
  • a paid off mortgage
  • Omega-3
  • Sam-e
  • my camera
  • my TV
  • email
  • my house
  • my kitchen
  • running water
  • indoor plumbing
  • my desk chair
  • my mattress
  • my friends
  • music
  • laughter
  • beauty
  • the 5 senses
  • imagination
  • the capacity to love
  • those who stand up for what's right
  • life



HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Daily Reminder # 266


I managed to avoid much of the Sunday news today, which is better for my temperament, though it leaves me a bit confused for the rest of the week about what day it is. Alas, they are forecasting 4-6 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. I don't know what God is thinking. Trying to send the human race a message, maybe. You would think the strange weather we have been having all over the world would wake up some of the climate change deniers, but they cling to ignorance and unfortunately a lot of them now have a lot of power. Ugh. 


I'm trying to remind myself that Spring is coming and that everything that happens - even the stuff that drives me crazy - fits into some sort of divine plan, that it's all part of my own and the Universe's learning process. I sure hope so. 



Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to encourage the Universe to hear and manifest my hopes and dreams.)


Angel and Tara Grace
my camera
strawberry/banana yogurt smoothies
rice chips with seaweed and sesame
peanut butter
TV
my microwave oven
my house
my furnace
Netflix
Pandora radio
BigFishgames.com
my fuzzy robe
my sweater
blankets
zero balance on my credit cards
a Bose sound system
Nintendo (in some form)
winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
a million dollars a year for life from PCH
paid off mortgage
a sun room on the back of the house
winning lottery tickets
freshly painted walls in my living and bedrooms
a clothes dryer
my Tibetan salt lamps
water
root beer
the smell of white sage
sleeping kitties
sam-e
L-lysine
my friends
my nieces, my nephew and their families
the ability to read and write
electricity
my computer
eyes/sight
ears/hearing
nose/smell
vocal chords/speech/song
touch
resilience
reiki
angels
poetry
words
love
beauty
the hope of Spring
laughter
life


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
MAY IT BE RICH IN PURRS 
AND LOVELY SIGHTS AND SOUNDS!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Daily Reminder # 265

Sorry about these photos. My windows are in
desperate need of cleaning.

These are truly strange times we are living in. As men and women in much of the Arab world are putting their lives (literally) on the line in pursuit of freedom, half of the US seems to be trying to push us into the Dark ages - redefining the meaning of rape, de-funding things like Public Broadcasting and Planned Parenthood, trying to destroy unions under the guise of "budget balancing." It's exciting and depressing at the same time.  I'm glad teachers in Wisconsin are out there defending collective bargaining. Of course most of the news ignores reports it as though they are protesting budget cuts, not the other part of the proposed plan.  I'm thrilled and frightened for those in the Middle East standing up to dictators. We seem to be in a world-wide push-pull between light and darkness.  I keep thinking of the wonderful song from Les Mis - DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING. I want everyone to sing it for the whole world.








On another note, I watched a movie this evening called Freakonomics. Really wonderful.  Very interesting ideas on a wide range of subjects. One that struck me given the GOP's onslaught on women - was the idea that when they studied the statistics for why crime when down in the late 1980s, it turns out that there is a profound correlation between that and Roe v. Wade - lots of unwanted children NOT born, not reared up to be unloved, unwanted criminals. Interesting idea and it makes sense to me. But they explain it better than I do. Great movie with very interesting discussions about the impact of names, bribing kids to learn and a variety of other subjects. I highly recommend it.


Guess that's it for tonight.


Some things I'm grateful for today:  (items in red are pre-gratitude - an effort to inspire Universe-al wish fulfillment for my hopes and dreams.)



  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my furnace
  • coffee and International Delight
  • rice chips with sesame and seaweed
  • peanut butter
  • water
  • wordzzles
  • words
  • the ability to read and write
  • Freakonomics/Netflix
  • creative imagination
  • those who think outside of boxes
  • email
  • a paid off mortgage
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • a clothes dryer
  • winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
  • a million dollars a year for life from PCH
  • fresh paint on my living and bedroom walls
  • a sun room off the back of the house
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a Bose sound system
  • music
  • Pandora radio
  • my computer
  • salad
  • breath
  • human courage
  • the fall of tyrants
  • blue cheese dressing
  • gogi berry juice
  • remote controls
  • my camera
  • clouds
  • HEAP
  • blankets
  • sam-e
  • my teeth
  • ibuprofen
  • the internet
  • reiki
  • angels
  • laughter
  • life



HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Daily Reminder # 264


Well, more kitty photos today and a Neale Donald Walsh. I'm in the grips of the blahs. Didn't sleep well last night. Forgot to turn the thermostat down before I went to bed and even though it was only set at 60, it felt very warm. One of the things I hate about being me is that everything is such a big ordeal in some ways. I can't just leap out of bed and run back to the other room and turn the thermostat down, I have to laboriously (really) get up, worrying about whether I might fall and then hobble out to the thermostat. I'd already had a couple of missteps and had had to get up twice. A third time just wasn't going to happen and I was pissed off at myself. 



On this day of your life, dear friend, 
I believe God wants you to know...


...that you are valued more than
 you know, by more 
people than you think.


It might be good to get in touch today with your true
worth. It is much higher than you often give it credit
for being -- and now is a perfect time to know, and
to gently assert, that fact.

This is not about arrogance and it is not about over
confidence. It is about a simple, dignified Knowing.

Love, Your Friend....

neale




Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude - an effort to encourage the Universe to hear and manifest my hopes and dreams.)


Angel and Tara Grace
my camera
my house
clouds in a blue sky
gogi berry juice
the smell of white sage
matches
Neale Donald Walsh
email
my Tibetan salt lamps
Breath
sam-e
L-lysine
paper towels
my nieces and my nephew and their families
music
Pandora
YouTube
winning the HGTV Vermont Dream House
a Bose sound system
a clothes dryer
winning lottery tickets
freshly painted living and bedroom walls
a sun room at the back of the house
zero balance on my credit cards
a million dollars a year for life from PCH
a paid off mortgage
reiki
angels
Netflix
earphones
strawberry/banana yogurt smoothies
remote controls
my TV
water
root beer
coffee with International Delight
my teeth
toothpaste
Listerine
electricity
my kitchen
my mattress
clean sheets
fleece-lined Crocs
peanut butter
YouTube
wordzzles (even though I didn't do mine yet)
my fuzzy robe
blankets
my cane
my red chair
that my legs still drag me from room to room
laughter
beauty
the 5 senses
life


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY
KNOW YOU ARE APPRECIATED