Thursday, March 31, 2011

Daily Reminder # 304

I don't have any new photos tonight - none that I feel like posting, anyway. The friend for whom I do these daily posts is at a crucial moment on her journey of change, so I thought -I'd post some music to sing her on her path. Though I no longer attend church and my faith is, some might say, somewhat unorthodox, these old hymns touch something deep in my heart. Perhaps the passionate mystical faith of my childhood, perhaps just an innocence that is no longer mine. Perhaps there is just something in the chords and the words that touches a poetic/spiritual place that is beyond theology or "belief." Anyway, I ask you to pray for my friend (she won't let me share her name or even her initial) but I trust that the Universe knows where to guide love when it is issued. We are all one in any case, so a prayer for one is a prayer for all - or that's what I believe. Love and kindness are the most powerful forces on earth. They find their way.  So my friends, here are some good old hymns that I hope will touch your hearts.  I couldn't find the ones I want, but I do like these....



and

I never heard this one before, but I thought it was nice.



and




Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude - an attempt to inspire the Universe to lavish good things on me.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • music
  • ear phones
  • YouTube
  • water
  • my home
  • a lovely warm shower
  • heat
  • slightly warmer weather
  • memory
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • my friends
  • the ability to read and write
  • a clothes dryer
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • Nintendo
  • winning lottery numbers
  • freshly painted walls in my bed and living rooms
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • paid off mortgage
  • a Bose sound system
  • my computer
  • the ability to read and write
  • my senses
  • litter box changed, garbage out
  • strawberry/banana yogurt smoothies
  • spanakoptas
  • Netflix
  • reiki
  • angels
  • magic
  • poetry
  • cat toys
  • my red chair
  • my cane
  • that my legs still get me from room to room
  • ibuprofen
  • hope
  • inspiration
  • laughter
  • beauty
  • life



HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Daily Reminder # 303


I'm in a just gratitude phase right now, I guess. My brain is fairly empty. I'm having pre-anxiety about the next phase of Delaware Opportunities which starts on Thursday with a "walk-through" of the people who will upgrade my electric, widen my bathroom door and replace my back door with a more thermal one. Lots of activity and change, while good, wreaks a bit of havoc on the spirit of someone who lives pretty  much as a hermit. Beyond that - as I have mentioned every night, I'm truly longing for Spring to make itself felt. I know it will. Today most of the icicles melted. That's a good sign. So that's it from me today except for gratitude.








Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude, shared in hopes of drawing to me that which I aspire to...)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • blue skies
  • water
  • my brain
  • ideas
  • sam-e
  • cheese
  • Netflix
  • Nintendo
  • clothes dryer
  • a Bose sound system
  • paid of mortgage
  • winning lottery numbers
  • fresh paint in bedroom and living room
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • $5,000 a week for life from PCH
  • my microwave
  • my home
  • my furnace (especially all clean and fixed)
  • insulation
  • my mattress
  • blankets
  • viralys (Tara's eating it now)
  • reiki
  • angels
  • resilience
  • eyes
  • ears
  • nose
  • fingers
  • my tongue/taste buds
  • strawberry banana yogurt smoothies
  • my remote control
  • my TV
  • my camera
  • music
  • Pandora Radio
  • soap
  • slightly less snot coming out of Tara's nose
  • Angel being remarkably well behaved
  • clouds
  • turkey vultures in flight
  • the colors of the rainbow
  • the smell of white sage
  • matches
  • my fuzzy robe
  • laughter
  • life


HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Daily Reminder # 302


Just gratitude again today.  It's still very cold here, though temperatures did make it into the 30s this afternoon. It's in the 20s now and predicted to go into the teens during the night. The ground still has snow. So it goes.


Not much other news here. I don' t know if it's the weather or the season or just a phase but I'm restless.






Well, I went back to my mail and clicked on a saved What God Wants You to Know and based on the whiny words in the paragraph just above this one, I thought maybe I should share it.  



On this day of your life, dear friend
...that you can be happy right here, 
not tomorrow, not in ten minutes, but now. 
You can be happy right now.

Byron Katie said that, and she is right. 
Happiness is allowing yourself to 
be okay with what is, rather than
wishing for, and bemoaning, what is not.


Obviously, what is is what is supposed to be
or it would not be. The rest is just you, arguing 
with life. Somewhere along the way you 
will have to learn to just Trust Life. 
(Read that, "Trust God.") Why not start today?

Love, Your Friend....
neale







Some things I'm grateful for today:  (items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to instill a desire in the Universe to put millions of dollars in my pocket or in some other fashion enrich my life in large and small ways.)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • blue skies
  • Neale Donald Walsh
  • my camera
  • the ability to change my mind
  • laughter
  • Tara eating
  • Angel hugs
  • music
  • friends
  • beauty
  • my microwave
  • my remote control
  • Netflix
  • water
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • Nintendo
  • winning lottery numbers
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • freshly painted living room and bedroom
  • a clothes dryer
  • a Bose sound system
  • paid off mortgage
  • Delaware Opportunities
  • insulation
  • possibilities
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • the ability to read and write
  • reiki
  • angels
  • the courage of people striving for freedom
  • cheese
  • coffee and International Delight
  • legs that get me from room to room
  • my cane
  • my red chair
  • the 5 senses
  • good writing
  • mail
  • my niece's new job
  • Paint Shop Pro
  • my computer
  • DVDs
  • cat toys
  • imagination
  • resilience
  • hope
  • laughter
  • reminders
  • magic
  • beauty
  • life



May You Find Peace and Happiness 
in this Very Moment No Matter What 
Your Circumstances or Frustrations

Monday, March 28, 2011

Daily Reminder # 301



Just gratitude again today.  At least we had sunshine again today but it was cold.... temperatures in the 20s again.  Where oh where is Spring?


Some things I'm grateful for today:  (items in red  are pre-gratitude - an attempt to inspire the Universe to manifest cool stuff on my behalf)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my house
  • turkey vultures in flight
  • kitties eating
  • reiki
  • angels
  • Dennis Puffett
  • my computer
  • a clothes dryer
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • Nintendo
  • a Bose sound system
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • winning lottery numbers
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • the ability to read and write
  • the ability to type
  • wordzzles
  • words
  • Pnnny Monday
  • books
  • poetry
  • music
  • ears to hear
  • eyes to see
  • vocal chords to speak/sing
  • fingers/hands to touch
  • a nose for smelling
  • a tongue for tasting
  • food
  • aromas
  • beauty
  • my television
  • my microwave
  • my refrigerator
  • my kitchen
  • cheese
  • peanut butter
  • strawberry/banana yogurt smoothies
  • water
  • my bathroom
  • indoor plumbing
  • Delaware Opportunities/insulation
  • my reiki bears
  • my mattress
  • sleep
  • my crocs
  • my friends
  • my neighbors
  • my nieces, my nephew & their families
  • my great nephew Trevor's 7th birthday
  • You Tube
  • humor
  • laughter
  • ideas
  • inspiration
  • resilience
  • hope
  • love
  • life



Wishing You an Awesome Day!
May The Universe Hold Your Hand
And Sing to Your Heart!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Daily Reminder # 300


Just gratitude this evening. Tired. 


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

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my computer
  • wordzzles
  • Tara eating again
  • Angel being Angel
  • my house
  • heat
  • email
  • Netflix
  • my camera
  • Schwans
  • smell of white sage
  • matches
  • indoor plumbing
  • my television
  • my mattress
  • a clothes dryer
  • Nintendo
  • a Bose sound system
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • paid off mortgage
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • winning lottery numbers
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • reiki
  • angels
  • the ability to read and write
  • melting snow - again
  • blue skies and clouds
  • Delaware Opportunities
  • water
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • coffee and International Delight
  • my microwave oven
  • my friends
  • my neices, my nephew and their families
  • words
  • music
  • laughter
  • hope
  • new possibilities
  • life

HAVE A LOVELY DAY!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Daily Reminder # 299

(Please scroll down for the Weekly Wordzzle Challenge)


Well, it the 4th day of Spring remains bitterly cold - in the 20s all day - and as I type this it has gone down to 19 degrees. I'm really irritated by this, but it does help me appreciate all the nice insulation that has been added to my home. I don't know if it's real or my imagination, but it feels like some aspect of the chill has been curbed... and I know my furnace is not working as hard as it used to.  Other good news. Tara Grace is eating crunchies again. I guess she decided I had been punished enough. Phew.






I don't usually like to use Neale Donald Walsh twice in a row, but I think this is one that will have special importance for the person I created these reminders for, so I'm going to share it. 


On this day of your life, dear friend
...that any frustration you have 
is simply the result of
wrong thinking.

If you were thinking rightly 
you could not possibly
imagine that anything was going 'wrong.' 
You would know that nothing in the 
Universe is working against you. 
By definition, given Who You Are, 
this is impossible.

Move, then, to gratitude 
when you encounter your frustrations. 
And see every event as an Opportunity.

You 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 - an effort to inspire both myself and the Universe to manifest good things.)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • sunshine
  • insulation
  • heat
  • a purring furnace
  • baked potatoes
  • cheese
  • egg rolls
  • my house
  • reiki
  • angels
  • Netflix
  • mail
  • clean good drinking water
  • ear phones
  • my camera
  • my TV
  • my remote control
  • the smell of white sage
  • matches
  • email
  • blogger
  • wordzzles
  • my friends near and far
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • a clothes dryer
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • paid off mortgage
  • Nintendo
  • A Bose sound system
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • my computer
  • the ability to read and write
  • hearing
  • sight
  • taste
  • sense of touch
  • the ability to speak
  • the sense of smell
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • ideas
  • laughter
  • music
  • Pandora Radio
  • the girls eating again
  • Tara eating crunchies
  • Angel's face
  • Tara's face
  • love
  • life



HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
MAY YOU FEEL THE UNIVERSE 
CHEERING YOU ON!

Friday, March 25, 2011

Weekly Wordzzle Challenge # 148


Week #148 of the Weekly (formerly Saturday) Wordzzle Challenge. As seems to be my pattern in recent weeks, I'm running late.  I did get my 10-word done, but I think I'll post Mr. Linky in case anyone else is ready and waiting for him.

Late night addition.  Had a hard time with these words. I apologize for the poem. It's awful, but I was desperate.


Words for this week's 10-word challenge were:  sharp as a tack, paper towels, sage, boiling water, mystery, salivate, news worthy, try it on for size, pardon, ambulance  And for the mini: misery, saga, flat as a pancake, pearls, octagon


My 10-word:

Awakening in the ambulance, Margaret tried to remember the events leading up to her presence there. She was usually what people called "sharp as a tack," but at the moment she felt confused and disoriented. There was a phrase buzzing in her head - "pardon me, but why don't you try it on for size," but she could not for the life of her remember what it was that she was supposed to try on for size or even if there was such a thing. The voice seemed familiar but unknown if that made any sense. It was like a bad movie mystery. It wasn't amnesia. She was pretty sure she knew who she was.  Over the next few hours things began to come back to her in flashes of visual and sensory memory. First there was a pot of boiling water and then the aroma of mushroom soup - a memory so intense that she actually began to salivate at the mere memory of it. Then there was a flying blur, a roll of paper towels in mid air and a crashing sound. In time the flying blur solidified into the image of her very foolish and naughty cat - how could she have given this incorrigible animal the name Sage, she wondered - landing on the stove, burning his paw, flying off again sending the pot of boiling soup in her direction, along with the roll of paper towels. In her effort (successful) to dodge both cat and soup, she had fallen and bumped her head. Her terrified son had found her unconscious on the kitchen floor, called an ambulance and the rest was history.  Apparently it had been such a slow day the the event had been deemed news worthy by the local TV station and she and the foolish Sage (who was fine, by the way) were now celebrities of a sort. It was all too much for the reclusive Margaret. Next time, she though to herself, I'm getting a gold fish.


My mini:

Jane Williamson was a portrait in misery. Her beautiful hair that she had worked so hard to curl and comb and tease into elegant style was now as flat as a pancake. Her magnificent new dress with the octagon pattern was stained and tattered and her treasured string of pearls - her grandmother's pearls - lay in pieces on the floor. Seeing her tear stained face, her young husband swept her into his arms, kissing her tenderly. "It's ok. Love. He was a wise enough young man to just hold her and let her cry. The saga of what had befallen her could wait until she was ready to tell it.  She, for her part, was grateful for this, more, perhaps than she would ever be able to tell him. Somehow the realization of what a lucky woman she was to have this man for a husband, put the tragedy of a ruined dress in perspective and allowing herself the secluded comfort of his arms, she whispered. "I Love You, Dan."


And the mega:

Misery thy name is me
I'm a truly dreadful cook, you see
Sharp as a tack in many ways
I fail consistently at souffles
Flat as a pancake they emerge
I tried one time to roast some fowls
But they tasted more like paper towels
I dropped some clams in boiling water
And nearly poisoned my friend's daughter
Taste my cooking and there's a chance
You'll get to ride in an ambulance
I've tried so often to create
A dish to make one salivate
In an effort not to play the fool
I enrolled myself in cooking school
There was an ad that caught my eyes


"Our apron: Try it on for size...
If cooking for you is a mystery
We'll teach you first gastronomy
Sage master chefs will teach you how
To offer meals and now just 'chow'
News worthy meals you'll soon prepare
Your skills will be beyond compare
Never again you'll burn the roast
Guests your skills will happily toast
We're Octagon Culinary Center
Your life will change the day you enter."

I figured I couldn't get much worse
And maybe they could break the curse.
Thus my life began anew
A saga strange as it is true
I hope you'll pardon my conceit
But now my cooking can't be beat
My restaurant's called Chef Pearl's Delight
Critics say the food's "just right"
And "makes the heart and taste buds glad"
"Best damned meal I ever had."
For me I'm happy as I can be
I hope you'll have a meal with me
My tale is strange but it is true
And now I'm off to make some stew.

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



Word for next week's 10-word challenge: happy endings, charitable, shapeless, magical, mushroom soup, spectator, enclosure, one hand tied behind my/your back, pregnant, pretending

And for the mini: origami, book review, spinster, vultures, cheese


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 # 298


Well, we had another exciting day here in Hancock. No more snow, mercifully, though there wasn't as much melting as I would have wished for. Another crisis was averted... or more accurately, resolved. Yesterday, I realized that my hot water was no longer hot. The shower I had planned to take was not take-able. Still, given the fact that I often struggle with accepting that  things I know are real are actually real and not my imagination, I hesitated to call Delaware Opportunities to see if they could help. After all, they had done so much for me. Wasn't it ungrateful to think they might have screwed up my hot water? Maybe it was coincidence. Maybe it was just my imagination. (Really. That's how badly my mother screwed with my head. I don't trust the reality of my experience. When I injured my legs years back and I was in so much pain that I was seeing stars... I questioned whether I wasn't just being a cry baby.) So anyway, this morning, I screwed up my courage and called Del. Opp and the woman who schedules things told me that the furnace people were scheduled (nobody told me) to come and work on my furnace later so she would tell them to check the hot water heater too. They came. They saw. They repaired. All is well in my little house again. I think I can really feel the difference all the new insulation makes. Tara's nose is still running and running but she is eating meals again, though still not her beloved crunchies. I can't tell you how guilty I feel about Tara and the crunchies. It's like I ran over a kid's dog or something. The guilt is terrible. I've asked  friend who is an animal communicator to see if she can talk us through it. Sorry. I'm just rambling and whining. 


Morning update: Tara Grace returned to crunchies last night. Both girls seem to be eating again. I am relieved. We are almost back to our version of normal. Whew. Thanks for everyone who has asked and sent good vibes Tara's way.


Since I'm mostly complaining, I thought I'd share a message from Neale Donald Walsh and God, just to raise the tone a little.... Since I'm a professional procrastinator, I'm not too fond of this message, but I thought it was good to share it anyway for those more redeemable than I am.


On this day of your life, dear friend
...that it is better to do now what 
you will have to do eventually.

You know, right now, 
what you will have to do eventually. 
Your stomach is telling you right now.
You just don't want to have to listen to it; 
don't want to believe it.

Believe it. The tummy knows. 
How many times in your life 
must you prove this to yourself?

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, an effort to hold a vision for myself and encourage the Universe to help me manifest my desires.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • hot water
  • Delaware Opportunities
  • turkey vultures in flight
  • Margaret
  • my camera
  • rechargeable batteries
  • blue skies
  • clouds
  • UPS
  • indoor plumbing
  • my TV
  • my remote control
  • Netflix
  • paper towels
  • my vacuum
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • Nintendo
  • $5,000/ week for life from PCH
  • a sun room on the back of my house
  • fresh paint on the living and bedroom walls
  • a clothes dryer
  • a Bose sound system
  • a paid off mortgage
  • winning lottery tickets
  • my friends
  • kind neighbors
  • my SSD
  • food stamps
  • resilience
  • eyes
  • ears
  • nose
  • touch
  • vocal chords
  • music
  • Pandora Radio
  • reiki
  • angels
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • NATO
  • the UN
  • my red chair
  • my cane
  • that my legs wobble me from room to room
  • Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
  • humor
  • laughter
  • hope
  • love
  • life
Additional gratitude note.... getting ready to go to bed and decided to check the weather site. It's 15 degrees outside. I had turned the thermostat down about an hour ago to 50. He house feels quite cozy, which I think means it's holding the heat instead of dissipating it down into the basement and the former garage where the water heater lives. I am very grateful for this, though not for the 15 degree temperature. It's March 25th. It should NOT be 15 degrees out.


Have a Great Day
Hoping You Have a SPRING in Your Step

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Daily Reminder # 297

It snowed again today - 4 inches and more is coming. The skies were gray. Everything is white again. I'm cranky. I didn't take any new photos so I may paste one or two from earlier in the week, but thought I'd go with a few videos instead of photos.  I'll let them speak for themselves. The second one is a bit long, but worth listening to.  And the last is a song just because I like it.



and




Some things I'm graterful for today:

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • water
  • my house
  • the belief that Spring will come despite the snow
  • heat
  • my oven
  • spanakopitas (spinach pastry)
  • egg rolls
  • Chocolate soy silk
  • peanut butter
  • indoor plumbing
  • YouTube
  • Netflix
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • paid off mortgage
  • $5,000 a week for life from PCH
  • a sun room on the back of my house
  • freshly painted bedroom and living room walls
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a clothes dryer
  • a Bose sound system
  • Nintendo
  • reiki
  • angels
  • solutionairies
  • compassion
  • ideas
  • inspiration
  • litter box changed and garbage out
  • Tara Grace ate a bit
  • kitty lectures from Tara (I really have to get her on tape)
  • kitty hugs from Angel
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • paper towels
  • toilet paper
  • matches
  • the smell of white sage
  • eyes to see
  • ears to hear
  • a nose to smell
  • fingers to touch
  • taste buds to taste
  • the ability to read and write
  • music
  • poetry
  • words
  • my brain
  • teeth
  • toothpaste
  • Listerine
  • Jon Stewart
  • humor
  • laughter
  • beauty
  • life



May Your Day be Wrapped in Love

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Daily Reminder # 296


Think I'll stick with mostly gratitude this evening. I don't know if it's my imagination, but I think I can really feel a difference in the house since the weatherizing folks did their work. The furnace has seemed quieter and hasn't had to kick in as often. And even with the thermostat at 50, I felt pretty comfortable most of the day. I'm hoping that next winter will be much cheaper - and warmer too. Next Thursday the other part of Delaware Opportunities will come for a walk through of contractors to bid on widening the bathroom door and upgrading my electric. I didn't expect them so soon. Everything seems to be moving very fast. Got another incomprehensible letter from Social Services yesterday. I think they are going to take away some of my food stamps. It's never clear what their letters mean. They are written in Spanish and English with all sorts and they genuinely are (in my opinion) designed to confuse and obscure the information they are supposed to be sharing. The government could save a fortune in wasted paper, trees and postage if they streamlined these letters. In the age of computers they ought to be able to sort Spanish from English speakers and send only one copy to each family. They ought to be able to condense 6 pages of nonsense into one or two that are understandable to any reader. The money they save could feed people. Or go back into the government coffers. I think that is one of kinds of waste President Obama has talked about. I don't know that he factored in working with a Congress that would rather punish the poor than help them survive or fix broken things in the system. Easier to wail about entitlements and the lazy poor than to correct waste that serves no one except many paper manufacturers.  Oops. Ranting. Sorry. Despite all the waste and all my grumbling, I'm very blessed to receive the help I get. I am aware of that and grateful for it.


Yesterday's snow (mercifully) is mostly melted, but we are expecting another 4-8 inches tomorrow. That's just wrong. It is Spring now. 4-8 inches of snow and Spring are incompatible. Spring should be robins and flowers and budding tree branches, not snow.And now I'm whining. My apologies again. Think maybe I'd better move on to gratitude before I think of something else to complain about.


Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to connect my own creative energy with that of the Universe to help manifest my needs and dreams)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my furnace
  • my house
  • food stamps
  • heat
  • my fuzzy robe
  • my heavy cape
  • my Crocs
  • Sam-e
  • bananas
  • cheese
  • peanut butter
  • coffee and International Delight
  • weatherization/insulation
  • clean drinking water
  • indoor plumbing
  • winning lottery tickets
  • Nintendo
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • a sun room on the back of my house
  • paid off mortgage
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • a Bose sound system
  • a clothes dryer
  • paper towels
  • cat toys
  • UPS
  • the internet
  • reiki
  • angels
  • my friends
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • kind neighbors
  • Delaware Opportunities
  • Pandora radio
  • music
  • my voice
  • my ears
  • my eyes
  • my nose
  • the sense of touch
  • PBS
  • my TV
  • my camera
  • Netflix
  • my cane
  • my red chair
  • that my legs still sort of work
  • my thermal mug
  • refrig with a bottom freezer
  • my microwave
  • credit cards
  • Jon Stewart
  • humor
  • laughter
  • beauty
  • melted snow
  • turkey vultures in flight
  • crows
  • trees
  • Spring even when it snows
  • magic
  • inspiration
  • hope
  • resilience
  • kindness
  • life



HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Daily Reminder # 295



As you can see from the photo above, Spring has arrived in Hancock. Not. Really, what is Mother Nature thinking? All this lovely lacy whiteness would have looked prettier to me if this was December or January. But it isn't. It's the first day of Spring. It's pretty and all, but... I really, really want it to go away.  Yesterday there was a robin. Yes the picture below was taken yesterday. It brought hope to my winter weary heart and eyes. It hopped happily (I'm assuming) around puffing it's chest and posing for some unseen future Mrs. Robin. Spring was in the air. 


But that was yesterday. This morning I awoke (very early, I might add to await the nice weatherizers) to a return of winter.


Frankly, I don't think this crow was that happy about the snow either. He looks like he's shivering to me. Poor little guy.


The men from Delaware Opportunities couldn't get up the hill they usually take and had to go back and take an alternate route, so they were about an hour and a half late, not much happier about the return of winter than I was. They worked hard all day, though, doing more weather stripping and putting bubble wrap and foam and insulation into my crawl space where the furnace lives. They wrapped the pipes too. They said that's where a whole lot of my heat has been going. I have to say that my house feels more comfortable tonight and the furnace hasn't had to kick in very much. Later in the year (date unknown), professional furnace people will be sent work on and repair any problems with my furnace, although the men who were here last week and today already cleaned the flues and stuff like that. After they were done, they did this weird test where they put up a big plastic thing and pull the air out of the house.


They scored even better than what they were assigned to accomplish. Something about the speed with which air moves through the house or something. They had it down to 14 somethings instead of 20 something. They were pleased. Me too. And grateful. Grateful to have it behind me too for a while, too. On another happy note, I'm pretty sure Tara Grace ate some of her food this morning and this evening. I hope so. She's too skinny to be skipping meals. Much to be grateful for today, but even though this is very pretty...  


I want the perky little robin and the return of color into the landscape. They are predicting more snow later in the week. Still my little robin here proves that Spring is fighting to reclaim the landscape. It will come.


Some things I'm grateful for today: (items in red are pre-gratitude... an effort to align myself with possibilities and encourage the Universe to help me manifest them.)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • Delaware Opportunities
  • the weatherizing crew
  • insulation
  • my furnace
  • weather stripping
  • electricity
  • light
  • heat
  • robins
  • Tara eating again
  • coffee and Int'l Delight
  • Dr. Jim
  • Netflix
  • a clothes dryer
  • Nintendo
  • a Bose sound system
  • freshly painted living and bedroom
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • paid off mortgage
  • winning lottery tickets
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • Peach mango yogurt smoothies
  • Punny Monday, even though I didn't get the right answer
  • cheese
  • water
  • indoor plumbing
  • reiki
  • angels
  • Dennis Puffett
  • Sam-e
  • email
  • mail
  • my camera
  • my TV
  • the ability to read and write
  • the sense of smell
  • flavor and taste
  • sight and beauty
  • hearing
  • touch
  • intuition
  • sleep
  • my mattress
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • music
  • Pandora radio
  • hope
  • kindness
  • possibilities
  • SKYPE
  • laughter
  • life




WISHING YOU A MAGICAL DAY!