Monday, May 14, 2012

Daily Reminder # 664


Another damp and chilly day here. I'm having fun with the Tapping for $50,000 video. I think something in me is actually shifting. Time will tell, of course. Hopefully time will tell with a big check from Publisher's Clearinghouse or some other source. A long-lost relative. A modern day John Berisford Tipton the Third... well may the 4th or 8th or something.  Anyway, I'm enjoying the experiment. Only takes 8 minutes to do, so it's easy.  Think I'll share a Neale Donald Walsch message from today because I like it. It makes me think of what they teach you about reiki. That the energy moves through you to get to the other person so when you do reiki for someone, you are also getting reiki. I always think as well that when you send hate or anger to someone, that moves through you too. Whatever we put out to others we give to ourselves as well.  So that's my thought for the day....  The chipmunk didn't show up but the woodchuck passed through. He or she seems to have developed a fondness for my flowering quince bush. Not sure how I feel about that. It DOES offer good photo ops, so it isn't all bad.





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

...that happiness and joy comes to you when it moves
through you. There is no other pathway--and that's
the miracle.

You will have a number of opportunities in the days
just ahead to be a vehicle of happiness and joy for
another. Step right into that. Be the source of that.

As you bring others to a smile, so, too, will you
bring yourself. The method is foolproof.
  
Love, Your Friend....
neale





Think I'm going to do another gratitude paragraph tonight. I like the long list, but I'm too lazy and it's kind of fun to put context around my gratitude too. I'm increasingly excited about the clothes dryer my friends are bringing. I'm hoping that it will fit in the kitchen, but while I was sitting at the back door, it occurred to me that I think there's a gas hook-up where the water heater is, so they could hook it out there and it would still be better than not having one. I could do washes and Margaret could go out to the dryer instead of to the laundromat. I could have clean sheets more often and other good things. If I remember correctly, it's a very posh dryer. An LG super ecologically friendly one that the guys bought quite recently. (I'm thinking a year ago but it was probably longer. Time zooms by at such astronomical speeds these days.) Anyway, The red list has granted me my long desired Bose speakers, and a bunch of other things I can't remember at the moment. This dryer is one of the things I've thought of as relatively impossible, so that makes it very cool indeed. I'm getting a newer TV from them too. I'm a little concerned that it may be too big for my small space. It's 36 or 42 inches or something like that. Projection something. All the distinctions are lost on me. I still remember when a TV was just a TV and you didn't have to pick a phone company. But I digress.




I really do have a lot to be grateful for. My nieces and my  nephew, my little house, my warm robe today to hold the dampness at bay. My current TV and computer which were gifts from the same friends giving me the dryer and the new TV.  I'm grateful for reiki and the ability to be of help to people or animals who are hurting, to experience things that are impossible but happen anyway. I'm grateful for the beauty around me, for my kitties and their hugs and even that they sometimes really piss me off. Makes life more interesting. I'm grateful for my grabber, for my chair that's also a walker and helps me get around and sit if my legs start to give out. I'm grateful for coffee and the abundance of really good water that New York State has to offer. Best tasting water in the country. I'm grateful for my new toothbrush, for the internet, for my Tibetan salt lamps. They are SO pretty. I love my rocks and they are like wonderful glowing rocks that glow with a kind of natural love. I know that sounds goofy, but it's how I feel about them. Two of them are on full-time. They are supposed to clean the air and they just make me happy. 




I'm grateful that I can look out my windows and doors and see birds and squirrels and woodchucks and flowering quinces, that my neighbors wave to me when they go past and stop by the window sometimes on a warm day.  I'm grateful for therapy and that Dr. Jim is such a wise kind man. I'm grateful that I can read and write and the I live in a century when there are movies and television and DVDs and digital cameras and a host of other wonders.  I'm grateful for Sam-e that helps hold depression off without being a drug. I'm grateful for my SSD that means I didn't die in the street or become a burden on my sister's kids. I'm grateful for all the wonderful people who have passed through my life. So many things.  I really could go on and on, but I imagne I'm getting boring at this point. I'm grateful I can just quit listing things I'm grateful for when I feel like it. I'm always grateful for laughter and for love and for life itself. 


HAVE A MAGNIFICENT DAY!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Daily Reminder # 663


Although he paid his usual call this afternoon - and still no birds have visited the porch - I thought it would be nice to take a break from all chipmunk all the time. The yard offered a few birds. The catbird came. I love catbirds. I don't know why but they are one of my very favorites. They seem "sweet" to me. Silly.  For the rest, it was an open windows day. Still doing lots of reiki. I'm having fun with the $50,000 tapping lady. I'm going to keep working with that and see where it takes me.  Other than that, I'm kind of uninspired again tonight.  Reiki doesn't exhaust me really, it just means my focus is kind of elsewhere and my time vanishes in a flash. 




I think I'll take the lazy road for my gratitude again tonight and instead of my long list, offer a short paragraph. I'm always so grateful for my two kitties Angel and Tara Grace, for their hugs and their sweetness, for their love. Grateful that they make me smile and sometimes make me growl. I'm grateful for my home and the views in both front and back yard. Grateful for birds and open windows and greedy chipmunks. Grateful for the gifts of modern living, electricity and refrigeration and microwave ovens. Grateful for beauty, for indoor plumbing, for the mobility that I still have. Grateful for possibilities that come in entertaining and enriching ways like the tapping video and the Healing with the Masters interviews. I'm grateful for my nieces and nephew and their families, glad that they are happy and healthy. 




Grateful for the ability to read and write and think, for the magic of the computer and google and games and communication. Grateful for friends and neighbors. Grateful for all the possible things - my winning lottery numbers and my PCH winnings and company and birthday parties and a all sorts of other blessings. I'm grateful for reiki and ability to participate in something so miraculous. I'm grateful for love and laughter and life and all the wonders of the Universe. And for the people who visit and read my words. Thank you.


I WISH YOU JOY!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Daily Reminder # 662


Lazy blogger tonight. Had a lovely day, though. It went from 34 degrees last night to 77 this afternoon, but a lovely mild 77 with a soft breeze.  Everyone's favorite chipmunk visited the back door and my friend Rosalie came by and made some lovely pasta and we enjoyed good conversation along with the food. I had sent her some information on something called Tapping (I posted about it a few weeks back) and she has been exploring it. Found this wonderful, fun video which I am going to play with. I think we all should and see who manifests $50,000 first.





Despite having a lot to be grateful for - nice weather, a lovely shower, a good night's rest, good food, good conversation, and all the usual things, I'm going to skip my list tonight. Oh - but I should mention that I may actually be about to manifest one of the things on my red list and something not on it. My friends who have virtually furnished my home have come into possession of a newer, larger TV than the last one they gave me... AND... this is the big one.... they had bought a very, very nice clothes dryer but they have moved (long story) and want to give it to me. There are a few glitches. It's a gas dryer and Delaware Opportunities set things up for an electric dryer. It might be too big for the space and I have to find someone to hook route gas. I'm hoping maybe Del. Opp could do it because I'd feel safer with someone they hired, but Dan said he has a friend who could probably do it. Anyway, the item most frequently at the top of my pre-gratitude list is trying to manifest. How cool is that!


Wishing You a Very 
Splendid and Spectacular Day

Friday, May 11, 2012

All Ache and No Pizazz





Taking another day off from reminders, I'm afraid.  High temp today was 60 something but now it is 34 degrees.  Whether it's the up and down temps or something else, I am all achy and I have no enthusiasm for typing or gratitude. Also have been doing lots of reiki. My therapist's wive came through her surgery fine but I am trying to keep sending her good energy and the antique puppy in Maine is waiting to cross over, so that one feels very sad to me. She's in no pain that I can sense, but I feel sad for her human.




I'm grateful today for life and love and laughter and Advil and all the things that I'm always grateful for. Grateful that tomorrow is another day. That my kitties love me and each other and that the world is a beautiful place. Grateful that my warm bed is waiting for me and that if I am lucky I will wake up in the morning with fewer aches and more enthusiasm.


 WISHING YOU A PURR-FECT DAY!

Weekly Wordzzle Challenge #203




And the story of the Paragon of Virtue goes on and on and on. We are up to installment 43! Yikes. Edging towards a finish. Every week I think maybe it will be today and every week the words drag me on in their own path.

As has become my habit (bad habit), I'm going to post Mr. Linky and next week's words awhile, but will probably do my own wordzzles tomorrow. 

Saturday 4:00 PM - Unexpected company coming today, plus some reiki commitments. Apologies. Will do my exercises tomorrow. I promise.


Sunday, :4:45 PM - Agggghhhhhh!  This was an awful collection of words. Who makes these stupid lists up anyway? Oops.. It's me.  Anyway, these are not very interesting, but they are finished. Lord knows how I'm going to get out of the mess I have just painted myself into. Sigh. Well, I don't have to think about it until next week. I'm off to see if there are any birds to watch.

Here are links to the previous episodes.  If you need/want to catch up, click here for the 1st installment, 2nd installment3rd installment4th installment5th installment6th installment7th installment.8th installment9th installment10th installment11th installment12th installment13th installment14th installment15th installment16th installment17th installment, 18th installment19th installment20th installment21st installment22nd installment23rd installment24th installment25th installment26th installment27th installment28th installment29th installment30th installment31st installment32nd installment33rd installment34th installment35th installment36th installment37th installment 38th installment39th installment40th installment41st installment, 42nd installment...


Words for this week's 10 word challenge were:  eclipse, question, essential, value, encourage, green eggs and ham, charge, wanted, cheat, wonderful    And for the mini: country, treatment, concession, united, typical


My mega: 

"Oh, my WHAT???"  the rest of the group exclaimed with one united voice. Their question hung in the charged air for what seemed like an eternity, before Agravard and Armadillo replied. "We sense two trolls and another veiled entity between them which we can't quite define."  "Thank you my friends. Your ability to communicate is a blessing indeed. I wish I could say that it is "typical" of Qullard Quake to do such and such, but all that is typical of him is to be as unpredictable as he is evil in his machinations. Therefore, it is essential that we know more before we proceed. I have had an idea that may allow us to cheat our inability to see behind the lady... I gather she is unable to turn and look and in any case, were she to do so, it might trigger something we do not wish to trigger. My thought is to transport a small mirror into her hands and encourage her to reflect to us as subtly as possible what stands behind her, so that we can prepare the best possible treatment for the condition/situation in which she finds herself. The value of such information is immeasurable." "Lady Purist believes this is a wonderful idea, though she asks for a few moments to prepare - a concession to the stiffness that decades of stillness has produced in her mind and body. She tells us that even if she wanted to, she would be hard pressed to confront her wardens. She has, she explains - in order to eclipse the pain and fear of her predicament - created what she is calling a "country of the mind."  The land of Green Eggs and Ham, she calls it. She borrowed it from an earth story her father read to her many years ago."  "Let her know that we await her command and commend her on her strength and resilience... and that we hope she will be rewarded with freedom very soon."






My mini:


Thus saying, the wizard turned to Paraphrase and asked. "When I transport the mirror, my friend, do you think you could create some subtle, natural event to distract the attention of whatever warders stand behind Lady Purist in hopes that they will not notice the arrival of our gift to their prisoner.  I'm thinking of some typical event like a small rock slide or perhaps a mild earth tremor.... "A tremor perhaps," the dragon replied, "and I am thinking that it is time to return the Paragon and Painter Perfidy to our midst. While we engage in our united intrusion and distraction, the painter could use his skill to provide us a concealed entrance to the Lady's prison and perhaps come up with some treatment that would protect the lady from harm when we finally breach the space.  "When this rescue is done, my dragon friends," the wizard said, bowing to each of the gathered dragons in turn, "I believe the Society of Wizards will be obliged to offer up an official Order of Concession, that Dragon-kind should be included as an Order of Wizards. You know I have long thought such a concession was due, but your actions here make impossible to deny you that right any longer. But politics later. Let us finish this task first and celebrate later. I raise the issue only as a way to express my gratitude for your presence and your collective skill and wisdom along this entire journey. 






And the 10-word: 


"I second and encourage that suggestion," the Paragon of Virtue chimed in, re-entering the cave with the painter in tow. "Afraid we have been eavesdropping on all of you. The is no question that the value of dragon help and dragon wisdom certainly eclipses the pitiful efforts of this Paragon. You are the most wonderful, kind and noble beings I have ever encountered and should not be cheated of recognition because of the vanity of human hubris. You have been essential to the success of every aspect of this journey.  On another subject, I wanted to to offer up an idea that popped into my brain when Lady Purist mentioned Green Eggs and Ham. It occurred to me that perhaps Mr. Perfidy could paint her into the book temporarily - with her permission, of course - to protect her from harm while we charge whatever monsters await us in there. It is a work very familiar to me and I have shared my memory of the work in great detail with Mr. Perfidy and he believes he could create a world quite pleasant and enchanting for the Lady. It would protect her from harm while we do battle and in case we fail in our efforts, it would be an improvement for her from her present situation and would keep her safe until those who would come after us could accomplish her rescue.  I don't know if it is a good idea, but if we can pull it off, it would take away the enemy's greatest power - their ability to harm she whom we are here to rescue. What do you think?"



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Words for next week's 10-word challenge:  split, verdict, light and shadow, wrestle, soft breeze, challenge, argument, teen-agers, stripes, eggs

And for the mini: combine, slice of cake, "pray, do tell," silence, layers


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.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Daily Reminder # 661


It turned cold again today.  It's mid May and the temperatures were in the 40s and it was raining. Yuck.  On the up side, everybody's favorite chipmunk agreed to share his striped adorability with his fans yet again.  He really is exceedingly cute.  I thought I'd let Neale Donald Walsch and God do the rest.  Tonight's message is short but right on target for the person for whom I created these Daily Reminders. 






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

...that nothing has to happen immediately, 
this minuteor "right now."

It's okay to pause for just a moment. \
Just take a breath.
Then go quietly inside. 
Ask Life Itself to lead you to
your best outcome.

There's nothing you have to do, 
really, except get out
of your own way.

... know what I mean? 

Love, Your Friend....
neale



Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an attempt to embrace, entice, invoke, invite and be comfortable with abundance, to make friends with the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will want to give me lots of money and other desirable things.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my warm robe
  • Coffee and Int'l Delight
  • granola bars
  • watermelon
  • water
  • Margaret
  • my furnace (sigh)
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • email
  • Google
  • SKYPE
  • YouTube
  • music
  • Pandora Radio
  • my awesome Bose speakers
  • the joy of listening
  • the joy of singing
  • the boom box by my bed
  • sight
  • taste
  • touch
  • smell
  • hearing
  • electricity
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • my rock collection
  • my TV
  • the remote control
  • the mute button
  • Comedy Central
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Jon Stewart
  • PBS
  • the Sci-Fi channel
  • my chair/walker
  • my cane
  • that my legs still wobble me around with help
  • paper towels
  • my camera
  • the view from my front window
  • that my front window got cleaned today
  • my back yard
  • chipmunks, birds and other wonders of the world
  • my grabber
  • computer games
  • the ability to read and write
  • the ability to type
  • the capacity to think
  • President Obama
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH or $1,000,000/year
  • winning lottery numbers
  • a truckload of money (big bills)
  • more paying reiki clients
  • new curtains
  • blinds for the front window
  • more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • a new (Dutch) front door
  • a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
  • lower interest rates
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • a paid off mortgage
  • company/companionship
  • a clothes dryer
  • Nintendo
  • a mattress for the guest bedroom
  • a party with those I love on my 65th birthday in July
  • one or more whistling vessel gatherings
  • a ceiling fan in the bedroom
  • seeing the red list turn to black
  • reiki
  • angels
  • miracles
  • Dennis Puffett
  • Healing with the Masters
  • a paying reiki client
  • words
  • ideas
  • literature
  • poetry
  • breath
  • my body
  • my hands
  • my eyes
  • my teeth
  • my new toothbrush
  • Listerine
  • my kitchen
  • my microwave
  • Netflix
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • that they are happy, healthy and successful
  • my friends
  • my neighbors
  • the colors of the rainbow
  • paper towels
  • indoor plumbing
  • my mattress
  • coconut oil
  • lavender
  • allspice
  • white sage
  • things I'm forgetting
  • possibilities
  • resilience
  • determination
  • imagination
  • inspiration
  • laughter
  • love
  • life

WISHING YOU A SPLENDID DAY!

Daily Reminder # 660





My apologies.  Doing a lot of reiki and kind of forgot to do the blog last night. Still doing reiki this morning, so I will just ask for your prayers for the following

Johanna M. - who had a mastectomy this morning. (Just got word that she came through the surgery well and is on to phase two... reconstruction.)

A 16-year-old puppy named Akya whose heart is failing and her person Kate

A kitty of unknown age named Red.

 WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL DAY!

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Daily Reminder # 659



It was cold  - well raining and damp and back to the 50s - again today. I kept the windows open until I couldn't take it any more and then finally closed them again. Sigh.  I guess I'll post this Neale Donald Walsch message from God this evening. It's a nice one and speaks for itself. I am, of course, fighting the impulse to discount what it says. We are featuring pictures of our greedly little chipmunk since he is kind of an only visitor and has also developed quite a fan club. 





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

...that beauty comes in many forms--
and there is no form more beautiful than you.

Just exactly as you are, this minute, right now, without
changing a thing...you are beautiful. Beautiful enough to
take God's breath away.

You do believe this, don't you? Oh, you must. You must.
How can I believe in my beauty if you don't believe in
yours? It's for me you must believe, not for you...


Love, Your Friend....
neale







Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to embrace, invoke and invite abundance and to develop a healthy, warm relationship with the Creative Forces of the Universe. I wish to die in 20 years or so having lived my last years rich, with company, painted walls, flowers in my garden and other good things.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my little house
  • my warm robe
  • rain (even though it makes it damp and cold)
  • coffee and Int'l Delight
  • my little coffee maker
  • watermelon
  • reiki
  • angels
  • miracles
  • a paying reiki client
  • Dennis Puffett
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • email
  • computer games
  • BigFishgames.com
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • that they are happy, healthy and successful
  • my friends
  • my neighbors
  • indoor plumbing
  • electricity
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • my rock collection
  • beauty
  • the colors of the rainbow
  • music
  • Pandora radio
  • the joy of listening
  • the joy of singing
  • the human voice
  • my awesome Bose speakers
  • sight
  • taste
  • touch
  • hearing
  • smell
  • lavender
  • allspice
  • white sage
  • the ability to read and write
  • the ability to type
  • the capacity for thought
  • words
  • poetry
  • literature
  • imagination
  • ideas
  • inspiration
  • determination
  • resilience
  • the view from my front window
  • my back yard
  • my camera
  • bird seed (chipmunk seed?)
  • greedy chipmunks
  • birds
  • paper towels
  • a truckload of money (big bills)
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH
  • winning lottery numbers
  • more paying reiki clients
  • a clothes dryer
  • a new (Dutch) front door
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • company/companionship
  • a party with the people I love form my 65th birthday in July
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • new curtains
  • more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
  • blinds for the front window
  • a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
  • Nintendo
  • one or more whistling vessel gatherings
  • a mattress for the guest bedroom
  • a ceiling fan in the bedroom
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • lower interest rates
  • a paid off mortgage
  • seeing the red list turn to black
  • my cane
  • my chair/walker
  • that my legs still wobble me around with help
  • my new toothbrush
  • Listerine
  • my teeth
  • my body
  • breath
  • my TV
  • the remote control
  • the mute button
  • Jon Stewart
  • Stephen Colbert
  • that I'm expecting company tomorrow
  • the telephone
  • care2.com
  • thehungersite.com
  • SKYPE
  • YouTube
  • Google
  • Netflix
  • my mattress
  • blankets
  • Sam-e
  • Omega-3
  • IP-6
  • Vitamin D-3
  • coconut oil
  • water
  • cheese
  • my microwave
  • ice cream
  • Dr. Bronner soaps
  • Dr. Ihhiru probiotic soaps
  • green grass 
  • hope
  • possibilities
  • the stuff I'm forgetting
  • kitty hugs
  • the sound of purring
  • love
  • laughter
  • life


  May We All Know Our Goodness
and See How Beautiful We Are

Monday, May 07, 2012

Daily Reminder # 658

It was damp and rainy and warm enough to keep the windows open without being really warm. I'm grateful for my warm robe with the hood.  Think I'll just share some videos tonight and gratitude. Someone sent me the first of these two and then I thought I'd add the second long (22 minutes) one tool  Hope you enjoy them. How can anybody not enjoy gorillas?






Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an attempt to cajole the Creative Forces of the Universe into giving me stuff... lots and lots and lots of stuff, including a cash.)
  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my little house
  • open windows and my warm robe because it's a little chilly but not too chilly
  • the view from my front window
  • my back yard
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • email
  • computer games
  • my TV
  • the remote control
  • the mute button
  • Netflix
  • electricity
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • my rock collection
  • paper towels
  • coffee and Int'l delight
  • popcorn
  • my camera
  • my kitchen
  • duct tape
  • Sam-e
  • Omega-3
  • IP-6
  • Vitamin D-3
  • coconut oil
  • water
  • my grabber
  • my chair/walker
  • my cane
  • that my legs still wobble me around with help
  • Healing with the Masters
  • comedy
  • humor
  • Pandora radio
  • music
  • the joy of listening
  • the joy of singing
  • the sound of the human voice
  • my Bose speakers
  • the boom box by my bed
  • my new toothbrush 
  • my teeth
  • toothpaste
  • Listerine
  • indoor plumbing
  • Dr. Bronner soaps
  • Dr. Ihhiru's probiotic soap
  • my microwave
  • cheese
  • grapefruit
  • a clothes dryer
  • a new (Dutch) front door
  • more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
  • company/companionship
  • more paying reiki clients
  • a ceiling fan in the bedroom
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million/year
  • winning lottery numbers
  • a truckload of money (big bills)
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • a mattress for the guest bedroom
  • new curtains
  • blinds for the front window
  • a party for my 65th birthday in July
  • one or more whistling vessel gatherings
  • Nintendo
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • lower interest rates
  • a paid off mortgage
  • seeing the red list turn to black
  • reiki
  • angels
  • miracles
  • Dennis Puffett
  • care2.com
  • thehungersite.com
  • my reiki teddy bears
  • gorillas
  • taste
  • touch
  • smell
  • hearing
  • sight
  • friends
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • that they are happy, healthy and successful
  • my neighbors
  • the colors of the rainbow
  • the ability to read and write
  • the ability to type
  • poetry
  • words
  • literature
  • ideas
  • imagination
  • inspiration
  • dandylions
  • rain
  • You Tube
  • Google
  • SKYPE
  • my mattress
  • lavender
  • allspice
  • white sage
  • the things I'm grateful for but am forgetting to list
  • the things I'm privately grateful for
  • love
  • laughter
  • life
I WISH YOU WISHES COME TRUE

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Daily Reminder # 657



I forgot all about the Daily Reminder yesterday. Must have been the smoke detector going off at 15 minute intervals for about an hour and a half.  I assumed it had found some bugs to zap but I'm wondering if maybe (I hope) the battery was dying.  I asked them (the Delaware Opporunities people) not to put them up - or at least not to put the two in the bedrooms on the ceiling, but they allegedly HAD to do so because they were required by the State. The one in the living room isn't on the ceiling, so I don't know why it wasn't possible to put the bedroom one lower, but... Anyway... I hate the darned things. I want them to go away. At this point, if the house caught fire I'd probably sleep through it on the assumption that it was a false alarm. And it scares Angel half to death. She's not scared by much but disembodied monsters with loud shrill voices are where she draws the line. Anyway. crazed smoke alarms are my excuse for forgetting yesterday.  Don't have much to say today. Think I'll just post odd photos. I have no end of photos of the chipmunk and now the Milbert's Toirtoiseshell butterfly. There are loads of them around this year. Something new in my experience. The hummingbird has been around, which is nice, but most of the other birds are hanging out next door or way in the back of the yard. So it goes.





My windows are now so dirty that the camera has
trouble focusing. Sigh. This was some ultra special
full moon, I think. Was beautiful in any case.
Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an attempt to cajole the Creative Forces of the Universe into giving me stuff.)

  • Angel and Tara Grace
  • my little house
  • warmer temperatures
  • open windows
  • sunshine
  • the view from my front window
  • my back yard
  • my computer
  • the internet
  • email
  • computer games
  • my TV
  • the remote control
  • the mute button
  • Netflix
  • electricity
  • my Tibetan salt lamps
  • my rock collection
  • paper towels
  • coffee and Int'l delight
  • popcorn
  • my camera
  • butterflies
  • woodchucks and chipmunks
  • hummingbirds
  • my kitchen
  • Sam-e
  • Omega-3
  • IP-6
  • Vitamin D-3
  • coconut oil
  • water
  • my grabber
  • my chair/walker
  • my cane
  • that my legs still wobble me around with help
  • Healing with the Masters
  • Frasier
  • comedy
  • humor
  • Pandora radio
  • music
  • the joy of listening
  • the joy of singing
  • the sound of the human voice
  • my Bose speakers
  • the boom box by my bed
  • my new toothbrush - still loving it's newness
  • toothpaste
  • Listerine
  • indoor plumbing
  • Dr. Bronner soaps
  • Dr. Ihhiru's probiotic soap
  • my microwave
  • cheese
  • granola bars
  • a clothes dryer
  • company/companionship
  • more paying reiki clients
  • freshly painted living and bedroom walls
  • a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
  • $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million/year
  • winning lottery numbers
  • a truckload of money (big bills)
  • a sun room on the back of the house
  • a new (Dutch) front door
  • more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
  • a mattress for the guest bedroom
  • new curtains
  • blinds for the front window
  • a party for my 65th birthday in July
  • one or more whistling vessel gatherings
  • a ceiling fan in the bedroom
  • Nintendo
  • zero balance on my credit cards
  • lower interest rates
  • a paid off mortgage
  • seeing the red list turn to black
  • reiki
  • angels
  • miracles
  • Dennis Puffett
  • care2.com
  • thehungersite.com
  • my reiki teddy bears
  • tingshas
  • taste
  • touch
  • smell
  • hearing
  • sight
  • friends
  • my nieces, my nephew and their families
  • that they are happy, healthy and successful
  • my neighbors
  • the colors of the rainbow
  • that the smoke alarms did not go off today
  • the ability to read and write
  • the ability to type
  • poetry
  • words
  • that my wordzzles finally got finished
  • literature
  • ideas
  • imagination
  • inspiration
  • bird songs
  • Advil
  • You Tube
  • Google
  • SKYPE
  • my mattress
  • lavender
  • allspice
  • white sage
  • the things I'm grateful for but am forgetting to list
  • the things I'm privately grateful for
  • love
  • laughter
  • life

WISHING YOU A LOVELY DAY