Daily Reminder # 656

Hard to believe that it is Friday again already. It has turned from Fall to Summer here. It was a nice day, though... except for the ant invasion at my desk. I burned a lot of sage and that slowed them down, though I suspect they will have returned full force in the morning. Ants are supposed to be teachers about patience in Native spiritual teachings. Sigh. I don't want to be patient. I really hope they go away. Still not a lot of birds at my back door, but the two chipmunks. I think the one above is the smaller, more genteel of the two. She eats more delicately, is a touch more jumpy and doesn't just shove the food in. She is inevitably chased away by the Scar-faced Vacuum cleaner.  We have had a very beautiful but unwelcome feline visitor the past couple of days. Gorgeous animal looking for something to kill. 

I listened to a new Healing with the Masters session... well, I sort of listened. I thought it got especially interesting about 40 minutes in. She had cancer and she talked about trying different things and what worked for her was giving it love. Something like that. I do think there is power in that... in loving your knees even when they ache. In loving - in my case - your fat cells. That's tough one for me. My mother started worrying about my weight when I was 3 months old and saw me as fat even before I fulfilled her vision of me. Life is strange. In any case, I'm going to try loving my flaws. We will see how that goes. Hmmm.

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an exercise in embracing abundance and desires and attempting to make friends with both my own inner creative manifestor and the Creative Forces of the Universe.)

• Angel and Tara Grace 
• my little house
• my coffee maker
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• watermelon
• granola bars
• paper towels
• white sage
• matches
• open windows
• my camera
• my back yard
• the view from my front window
• birds and chipmunks and other good things
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• computer games
• my grabber
• music
• Pandora radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• the boom box by my bed
• my mattress
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• beauty
• ice cream
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• lavender
• allspice
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• Healing with the Masters
• care2.com
• thehungersite.com
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• my reiki bear Raphael
• Jasmine Jaguar (reiki jaguar)
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• coconut oil
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• a clothes dryer
• winning lottery numbers
• a sun room on the back of the house
• Nintendo
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• $5,000/week for life from PCH - or a million a year
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• more paying reiki clients
• a new (Dutch) front door
• new curtains
• blinds for the front window
• company/companionship
• one or more whistling vessel gatherings
• more flowers/landscaping in the back yard
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTetrre
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• a birthday party for my 65th birthday with all the people I love
• a mattress for the guest bedroom
• a ceiling fan in the bedroom
• seeing the red list turn to black
• abundant water for bathing and drinking
• ants (well, not really, but I'm hoping that if I express gratitude for them they will go away...??)
• words
• literature
• poetry
• wordzzles (even though I haven't done them yet)
• the colors of the rainbow
• imagination
• inspiration
• breath
• my body
• my hair clip
• the telephone
• indoor plumbing
• Dr. Bronner soaps
• Dr. Ihhiru Probiotic soap
• my TV
• the remote control
• the mute button
• the Sci-Fi channel
• PBS
• Netflix
• my refrigerator
• my microwave
• the US mail
• Janet, the mail carrier
• my friends
• my neighbors
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• my shop vac
• Crocs
• my new toothbrush
• Listerine
• my teeth
• food
• tastebuds
• determination
• resilience
• hope
• possibilities
• all the things I'm forgetting
• love
• laughter
• life

MAY YOUR DAY BE RICH IN LOVE

WITH NO UNWELCOME VISITORS

Weekly Wordzzle Challenge # 202

We are up to installment 42 of Paragon of Virtue, Fred Johnson's adventure in the Kingdom of Sunday, the story that I can't seem to finish off, though I seem to be creeping slowly towards a conclusion. Running way behind schedule, so that's this week's excuse to post Mr. Linky and the new words and do my exercises tomorrow.

Alas, it is late Saturday afternoon and I have only written about one sentence and have little enthusiasm to do more. My bloody smoke/bug zappers have been having a busy day. They have gone off 5 times so far, once lasting long enough for the little disembodied voice to come on and say "You must evacuate the building." Sigh. Angel is deeply traumatized by the invisible monsters which go off, not just in one room but because they are linked, go off in three rooms. Oh, the joy.  Anyway, after I have dinner, maybe I'll get ambitious. Otherwise, tomorrow....


Sunday 1:20 pm - just starting to make another try.... hopefully I'll be done before 3:00 when I have to do some reiki. 


Sunday: 2:45 pm - Made it with 15 minutes to spare. Yikes, but this gets toughter ever week.

Here are links to the previous episodes.  If you need/want to catch up, click here for the 1st installment, 2nd installment, 3rd installment, 4th installment, 5th installment, 6th installment, 7th installment., 8th installment, 9th installment, 10th installment, 11th installment, 12th installment, 13th installment, 14th installment, 15th installment, 16th installment, 17th installment, 18th installment, 19th installment. 20th installment, 21st installment, 22nd installment, 23rd installment, 24th installment, 25th installment, 26th installment, 27th installment, 28th installment, 29th installment, 30th installment, 31st installment, 32nd installment, 33rd installment, 34th installment, 35th installment, 36th installment, 37th installment , 38th installment, 39th installment, 40th installment, 41st installment...

Words for this week's 10 word challenge were:  cactus, treading water, bear, sluggish, advantage, fairness, diversion, rocking chair, threat, fix   And for the mini: lost, chartreuse, robust, sustained, believe

My mega: 

With a robust laugh, the old wizard, declared, "Armadillo, Agrivold, this is wonderful news indeed. In this dangerous endeavor, any advantage is a blessing indeed. Do your best. Is there any way in which the rest of us can facilitate your communication?"  Agrivold replied quietly, "A bit of Chartreuse cactus juice has always helped me fix my attention in a more sustained way. I believe there is something in it's chemical composition that facilitates focus and clears any mental sluggishness." "Charteuse cactus!" the wizard exclaimed, "one of the lost legends of magical lore. I remember my grandfather in his later days, settled into his rocking chair rambling on about the wonders of chartreuse cactus. I am ashamed to admit that - ignorant youngster that I was - I thought him to be a doddering old fool. In fairness, his mind had begun to fail and I was told not to trust his words. Still, it is delightful to learn something new even at my age." So saying, he produced from thin air, two large casks marked in bright green and gold with the worlds CHARTREUSE CACTUS beneath which was a logo that looked like a bear treading water. "Now, my dragon friends, let us see if you can reach Lady Purist and discover what threats and diversions await us behind that wall.

My mini: 

The two dragons each lifted one the casks and took a sustained swallow of the Chartreuse cactus juice. "I believe that is the finest, most robust vintage I have ever tasted." Armadillo declared happily. "Let us hope we have not lost our gift for connection. Are you ready brother?" "I am," the smaller, younger dragon replied. "I am thinking perhaps you should try to converse with the Lady while I try to look around through her eyes." "Agreed. Let's get to it, then."




And the 10-word: 

"Thank you again for the cactus juice," he said nodding to the wizard. "I feel my sluggish brain finding it's focus. I sense the lady's presence. Her mind seems like it is treading water and struggling to hold a fix on reality." Agrivold then continued, "I feel her seated on a rocking chair surrounded by blank stone walls. The lack of diversion has been the greatest threat to her sanity over all these years. Her emotional pain is almost impossible to bear. She fears our arrival means she is losing her struggle with madness." Armadillo spoke again. "I am sharing images of recent events, trying to persuade her to trust us and let her know that we are here to rescue her and restore fairness and justice to the kingdom of Sunday... I have told her we are right outside her prison and that we need her to look around her cave so that my brother can see through her eyes and give us as much advantage as possible against any traps or tricks that may await us." Again Agrivold spoke. "I feel hope seeping into her parched spirit. She is allowing me to look through her eyes and re-awakening her senses. I see nothing yet... but... I sense something behind her.... Oh, my! he exclaimed. to the transfixed group that stood hanging on the brothers' every word."

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Words for next week's 10-word challenge:  eclipse, question, essential, value, encourage, green eggs and ham, charge, wanted, cheat, wonderful

And for the mini: country, treatment, concession, united, typical

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 # 655

An up and down day, today. The temperature went up 30 degrees from yesterday and 20 degrees from morning until late afternoon. Was nice to have my windows open, though. The back door didn't offer what I dream of, but it was at least kind of busy in its own way. The robins were around.  My little chipmunk has a cute friend.... well sort of a friend. They burn off anything they get out of eating the bird seed by chasing each other around.  Other than that there was a very pretty stray cat (no photo), a starling and a crow on my list of visitors. The woodchuck appears to have dug a hole, so maybe in a few weeks there will be little woodchucks too. Margaret, who comes to help me with shopping and cleaning, has a woodchuck at her new place which has been chewing on her trailer and her phone wires. I hope my woodchuck remains benign, but I now have a worry planted in my brain. My brain just LOVES worrying. Well half of my brain loves it. The other half believes it's a self destructive waste of time. Anyway, think I'm just going to share photos and gratitude. 

What a surprise it was to see the woodchuck's
head emerge from the ground. Wow!

Some things I'm grateful for today:  (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to embrace the spirit and reality of abundance, to teach myself skills I have never had - allowing myself to have big wishes, contemplating the possibility that it would not be a crime for me to be happy or successful and inspiring generosity (more generosity) in the Creative Forces of the Universe.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• open windows
• my little coffee maker
• Coffee and Int'l Delight
• groceries
• Margaret
• EISEP
• my SSD
• checks written and mailed
• my grabber
• the garbage man
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• computer games
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• robins and starlings and crows
• chipmunks
• woodchucks
• my camera
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me from room to room
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D3
• coconut oil
• macaroni and cheese
• water
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• Netflix
• Jon Stewart
• Stephen Colbert
• wit
• humor
• paper towels
• my kitchen
• my refrigerator
• my microwave
• indoor plumbing
• Healing with the Masters
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• my reiki teddy bears
• a clothes dryer
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• more flowers/landscaping for my back yard
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a mattress for the guest bedroom
• a ceiling fan in the bedroom
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• a new (Dutch) front door
• more paying reiki clients
• company/companionship
• winning lottery numbers
• a gathering for my 65th birthday in July
• a whistle blow (or 2 or 3)
• new curtains
• blinds for the front window
• $5,000/week for life from PCH (or a million a year or...)
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• Nintendo
• seeing the red list turn to black
• beauty
• the colors of the rainbow
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora radio
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• the human voice
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the boom box by my bed
• tingshas
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• words
• literature
• poetry
• inspiration
• ideas
• imagination
• my body
• breath
• my brain
• resilience
• determination
• possibilities
• my grabber
• hope
• things I know I'm forgetting to list
• things I'm thankful for privately
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU A FABULOUS FRIDAY!

Daily Reminder # 654

Think it's a good day for a message from God and Neale Donald Walsch. I though this one was really good and something I need to hear. I'm guessing I'm not alone in that.  The old ideas about ourselves are so hard to shake, though.  For some of us - well for all of us - we are programmed from birth to view ourselves in certain ways. And I think there is also a genealogical component to it, something passed down from generations past. Whatever, it's hard work to change your mind about yourself. I've been trying to catch myself with my "I am" statements. Wayne Dyer has a new program and talks about God's name being "I AM THAT I AM." and how every time we say the words "I am," we are speaking God's name, so that we should be very thoughtful about what we say after those two words. I also believe that our minds and bodies listen to what we tell them. Another reason it's important to be aware of what you say following the words "I am...."  Anyway... 

On this day of your life, dear friend, 

I believe God wants you to know...

...that you can remain in your present 

idea about yourself, or you can choose again. 

I like the idea of choosing again.

Glorify who you are today, 

do not condemn who you were yesterday, 

and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

You will not have to think for more than a second to 

know exactly why you just read this... 

Love, Your Friend....

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude an effort to open my heart and life to the Creative Forces of the Universe and to learn to be comfortable with the idea of abundance.... and hopefully having done so to actually manifest some....)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my home
• my little coffee maker
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• water
• clean litter box and garbage out
• sparrows
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• my camera
• EISEP
• my computer
• email
• the internet
• computer games
• my anti-virus protection (been catching things)
• my kitchen
• my microwave
• refrigeration
• my warm robes
• my grabber
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• Advil
• my TV
• Comedy Central
• Stephen Colbert
• Jon Stewart
• PBS
• The Sci-Fi Channel
• the remote control
• the mute button
• Netflix
• Pandora radio
• music
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• the human voice
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the boom box by my bed
• my great mattress
• blankets
• popcorn
• cheese
• paper towels
• indoor plumbing
• a clothes dryer
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a ceiling fan in the bedroom
• new curtains
• blinds for the front window
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• a mattress for the guest bedroom
• company/companionship
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• one or more whistling vessel gatherings
• winning lottery numbers
• $5,000/week for life from PCH (or a million/year)
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• a new (Dutch) front door
• more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
• more paying reiki clients
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• a paid off mortgage
• Nintendo
• a birthday gathering for my 65th birthday in July
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• Healing with the Masters
• the colors of the rainbow
• my nieces, my  nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• my friends
• my neighbors
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• beauty
• flowering trees and bushes
• birds in flight
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• my new toothbrush (my teeth feel SOOOO clean)
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• words
• poetry
• literature
• ideas
• imagination
• inspiration
• the sound of purring
• kitty hugs
• coconut oil
• lavender
• allspice
• the hood on my robe (makes such a big difference)
• possibilities
• resilience
• determination
• Neale Donald Walsch
• Google
• YouTube
• SKYPE
• rain (but not so much the thunder and lightning)
• all the things I'm forgetting
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU AND AWESOME  DAY

Daily Reminder # 653

I'm fighting the blahs again. Was a decent day today but I'm just struggling to make myself do anything important.  So, just some photos and a bunch of pictures from yesterday and this afternoon. I'm going to have to stop calling my seeds bird feed because so far this year, only chipmunks and squirrels have really partaken of it.  My little chipmunk friend, though,  just sits there and shovels the seeds in like a tiny vacuum cleaner.  He has no fear of me.  He is cute, though. There's a picture of a bee from yesterday. Don't know if it was injured or what, but it spent quite a while walking around on the porch. I think it was one of the gang of carpenter bees that's dedicated to eating my little house.  

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, a song, a plea, a prayer, an invitation to the Creative Forces of the Universe to work with me to create a better life.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• my little coffee maker
• coffee and Int'l delight
• water
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• Google
• You-Tube
• SKYPE
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my new toothbrush (it's awesome)
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• my warm robes (still chilly-ish here)
• crocs
• indoor plumbing
• a lovely shower
• Nexxus shampoo
• Dr. Bronner soaps
• cheese
• my camera
• my back yard
• the view from my front window
• my TV
• the remote control
• the mute button
• PBS
• Comedy Centra
• Jon Stewart
• Stephen Colbert
• Netflix
• my cane
• my chair/walker
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• Dr. Jim
• my grabber
• computer games
• my anti-virus protection
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• my friends
• my neighbors
• chipmunks
• chubby cheeks
• crows
• birds of all kinds
• bumble bees
• paper towels
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• a clothes dryer
• Nintendo
• more flowers/landscaping for my back yard
• a sun room on the back of the house
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• a paid off mortgage
• winning lottery numbers
• $5,000/week for life from PCH - or a million a year or...
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• a mattress for the guest bedroom
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• more paying reiki clients
• company/companionship
• a party/gathering for my 65th birthday in July
• a whistle blow gathering - or two or three
• a ceiling fan in the bedroom
• new curtains
• blinds for the front window
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• a new (Dutch) front door
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• my reiki teddy bears
• Dennis Puffett
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora radio
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• the sound of the human voice
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the smell of white sage
• lavender
• allspice
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• words
• poetry
• good writing
• Barack Obama
• resilience
• hope
• possibilities
• care2.com
• thehungersite.com
• Healing with the Masters
• the hope of Spring
• the LOOK of Spring
• the boom box by my bed
• my wonderful mattress
• blankets
• clean clothes
• clean sheets
• good movies
• all the things I'm forgetting to mention
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU PEACE

POSSIBILITIES AND

WISHES GRANTED

Daily Reminder # 652

Still a touch under the weather. Tummy wonky, arms and shoulders aching. So I'm using that as an excuse to skip typing my gratitude or saying anything worthwhile, which is too bad because I listened to something pretty interesting on Healing with the Masters earlier and I had planned to write about it.  It was a session about finding inner peace.  

Dull day at the back door.  Lots of crow activity. I think maybe they have babies in the nest.  I know there is a nest high in one of the pine trees in the back yard. Not where I can see it, but I see them flying in and out.  Crows mate for life and their off-spring from the previous year help care for the nestlings. Isn't that nice to know?  Anyway.... This is a fairly long-winded way of not doing something, isn't it?  

I WISH YOU A SPLENDID DAY!

I hope you have things to crow about

(Used that one before haven't I?  Sorry.)

Daily Reminder # 651

I forgot all about the reminder yesterday. Did Wordzzles and sort of forgot that there was supposed to be a part two to the day. My apologies.

I had a reasonably nice day. It's still too chilly here, but the back door offered some bunnies and a chipmunk and even some birds. Nobody much wanted to pose, though, so while it was fun seeing them, my photos are kind of disappointing. My evening wound down with me eating a supper that is not digesting happily and has left me feeling tired and bloated and cranky. Therefore, I'm going to just share some photos and skip gratitude. Not that I'm not grateful, I just feel too yucky to type it all up. Just saying it out loud and in my head this evening. Was nice to see bunnies again. Usually they just sit and eat grass but they were leaping around - like rabbits - all afternoon. Was fun to watch. Less fun to photograph. Anyway, hope all of you have had a lovely day.

I WISH YOU JOY

I WISH YOU PEACE

(I wish you a happy tummy.)