11.29am- around the corner

I love the smell of eucalyptus in the wash and whites should ALWAYS go on the line, in the sunshine to dry- never in the drier.

Its Beltaine and life is moving a frenetic pace.

I am running to keep up

and have a pimple in the corner of my eye.

Much happening

will blog tonight with details

must go add lippy-tus oil to my towels

blessed be

thank you for caring if i vanish off the face off the earth

btw

HOM is doing ok

Surgeon on Monday

will know more then

I am a super achieving domestic goddess with a Beltaine planned for tonight like you have never seen !!

i hope i survive until then ..........

6.44pm- sorting through dross

Yes.
HOM has some tests lined up for tomorrow- blood and scans etc.
We see the surgeon next Monday and for this we are truly blessed.
Hospital will follow and hopefully it will all be over before we know it.
This is new territory for us
yes indeed.

Headache- kind of gone, kind of here
Beltane- under control

have today made Morris bells to adorn the cankles of those present and am starting to feel the Adrenalin rush that goes with a big festival like this.

and the fear too
lets not forget the fear.......

life is funny and unpredictabe
and I am large and not as cuddly as before

i am blessed to have had a phone call from Josh's maths teacher today to tell me that he did really well on his test ( 24/27) and that she is proud of him for trying, because she knows he doesnt like to try too hard. Also, could he bring his calculator to school more often becasue in maths it would come in handy.

i have come a full cycle since this time last year

and am thinking that to celbrate i might have an early milo
becasue i am a bore
and Ankles suck machine can drag it out of my feet at a later date

am happy for rove and sad for gretal

and looking forward to squeezing the red baby for 3 hours on thursday

i dont have much to say
except to say thank you
that things are moving at a decent rate with HOM.

btw
there is no
btw

me x

7.54am-no title comes to mind

I still have a headache
will not bore you further

10.23pm- freaking out in Nicoles pants

yes, i am.

freaking out
and
in Nicole's pants
beautiful
big
Indian type pants
that she had for sale
at yesterdays markets

I bought 4 pair for $8 schmackos
and now
i am as comfortable as
bugs in a rug

and bright too
because the ones i am wearing are PINK !!!!!

have spent my housebound day
working on thingies
for Beltane
which is on Wednesday night
am reworking the ritual as we speak
and have prepared the 'nine woods'
also the bale fire/s
and cast a cursory glance over the festivus pole that will be
the Cottage Maypole.

i think we will dance outside
and then around the bale fire
or over it
or through it
and then
come inside for ritual
open circle
gifty thingies
supper and dancing

i am anticipating fun of mass proportions
yes
yes, i am

hail to the summer!

all is as it needs to be for now

btw
Ankle can make you foot soup from tomorrow
as she is a foot soup machine maker owner

headache is frikkin unbelievable
and i am tired and
out of milk
so Milo is a dream i
can not fulfil this night

still,
i have pants
water
panadol

so i am more fortunate than most

blessed be dear friends

there is always someone worse off

get to gratitude

me xx

11.44am- headache

i have a headache that spans centuries
ouch
i hate headaches and i have had one since making toxic soup with my feet on Friday.
i dont think i was hydrated enough to start with and need to be very careful about that in the future. i think you should be made to drink water through the whole process.
Yes, i have a headache.

made worse now by SOM taking big dog for a big walk and leaving little dog behind becasue he is too little to keep up

last night while out for indian with broken HOM & DOM, i found at Q-books a wonderful little book called 'the dawning of the pagan moon'- only 3.95 but worth 100 times that..most excellent to be sure.

headache.
right eye
facial numbness
frigging noisy Rev
ouch x 456456456456

it has to be said though that the difference the foot soup process has made is clearly evident on my skin.
yes, that has to be acknowledged.

enjoy sunday

i had a dream last night that NOM Kristy hated me
so did the captain
they found me repulsive and wouldnt let red baby near me
i locked myself in a toilet in a blue floral dress and wouldnt come out
i was sad
very

sigh...........

4.17pm- the day that is being

do i sense dissension in the air ?

Could it be all of those would be scrabblers out there with no where to scrabble as the updates to scrabble are being downloaded ?

I feel disappointed for the girls who so carefully organise, plan and participate in our Market Days. Today was very quiet and I felt it was very unfair to these lovely people who arrive early, set up and wait for something to happen that just doesn't.

Many people don't realise just what goes into the preparation for a day like to day and that's why, when it falls a bit flat, i feel sad.

Still, there is always next month and with the election being held at the public school next door maybe there will be more people who will attend.

I wonder whether the Cottage is the right venue for such things......will wait and see.........

Got to go, washing and drying and out for Indian with husband who is herniated to be sure.

be free and give
but always keep something in store just for you

me x

9.12am- Husband is Broken

HOM has a hernia and needs to have surgery tout suite.

What is wrong with this picture ?

Well, for starters, HOM has never had surgery, very seldom gets sick, never needs time off work etc.....

Yes, this is a new and interesting if not exciting chapter of life in the nest.

'Keyhole' is the word here. Tiny little cut to repair damage and get HOM moving again with no pain.

Poor HOM...we are to see a specialist in the next week or so and then its just a case of getting him into a hospital and done.

It needs to be said that in the 25 years I have known and loved this man, he has NEVER ONCE vomited.

HOM is a machine.

A machine with a hernia it seems.

I am not scared because i know all is well, just wondering, as i do, what this is all about and whether HOM sickness insurance will cover the 6 weeks off work that he requires to recuperate from this.

Full moon last night.
Market day today.
Must chemist and bank.

Kitchen is a bloody snoffing mess but I AM NOT DOING IT.
Ruby fur everywhere.

Am having an Indian with broken HOM tonight.

Please send him your love and healing wishes.

BTW..............YOu simply MUST have a de-ionizing process with Black Crow.
50 minutes with your feet in salt water AND electricity and $30 smacko's and you get to make soup of the most horrific and vile kind.
What comes out of us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toxic are we..............

YOU have to try this !!

I made orange scummy soup with bubbles, yeast and dead parasites.
Yes, I am creative.........
I also have a few light metals
and some candida ( i think)

Yuck x 456987456985698532

why are you reading this ?

get your gorgeous goddess ass to Market Day and test our wares..............


snoffle
me x

8.04am- slept

the sleep bug has bitten down with a vengeance

last night, or more rightly, yesterday afternoon from about 3.00pm i just could not keep my eyes open.

I took myself over to my Avalon next door and did some beady stuff to push me into a respectable time to go to be and that worked for a few hours, but come 7pm, i was dead on my feet. I couldn't even read, I just got into bed and slept.

Did not hear the kids nor Marc get home and even worse- could not meet scrabble obligations...........

Exhaustion, yes.

Why is the second cup of coffee in the morning never tastes as good as the the first?

I am reminded and prompted to write about the value of sister hood again this morning.

How important it is that we, even in our roles as individual souls, form safe, honest and supportive bonds with others. At The Cottage there are quite a few of the girls going through hard times and turmoil.

I am sending love and healing your way.

What does 'koi' mean?

Could you have a game of scrabble based only on 'sex' words?

I am being de-ionized today with Black Crow and having the life sucked out of me- much like I am sure Renata did at The Box last night.

Exhausted, running on empty

but blessed and aware of it

Where you are in your life now, is the result of your thoughts ten years ago.

Where you will be in ten years , is the result of your thoughts NOW.

This is powerful to remember.

We are all Master and Commander of our own ship of life- we may not set the course completely but we certainly are expected to navigate it and to do this we are provided with tools and equipment. We cant control the weather, so there will be hard, unplanned, stormy days but overall, if we keep going straight ahead we will eventually find calm and warmth.

Need to drink water and hydrate

Need to extract SOM from bed as a decayed tooth from an unwilling to release socket.

Being alive is important.

Living is too.

set sail dear ones

set your thoughts right

me x

8.36am- when in snout

Trev has a massive snout.
this is karmic because for many years i have teased a friend about the size of her dogs snout ( yes, i am mature) and now i have my own dog with a snout like a wedge of Parmesan cheese, that can get into corners and can lick the bottom of a wine bottle from the inside.

yes, The Rev is snout boy supreme- why the long face ?

facing today a quandary as all parentals do- the 'am i doing the right thing quandary?' the 'what am i teaching my child about the world' quandary.

Josh.
Yes , SOM and
Subway
Huge, rolling franchise monster.
I am pulling him out
and so both HOM are concerned about what this teaches him.

its hard
you need your kids to know that life is not always the straight road, yet you cant stand by and watch them take shit from corporate America and egotistic 15 year old girls.

quandary
what to do
actually, i have made a choice but need today to work it through.

I am a mother and at times it sucks.
Still he is 14 and my child.

groan...........

the house is a mess x 75000456844
and i am tired and weary
however, i am also
breathing
and putting up with the clumsy attempts at affection thrown my way by the arrogant poodle pup with a snout being thrown my way.

he is cute
yes
totally.

need to go
Subway to be had
and class of witches to teach

exciting
I have been asked to teach YAAD by correspondence- how do i do this ?

pondering
and sending love to you

yes, you

Mother
me

xxxx

6.03pm- feeling illish

is illish a word?
it is now

feeling a bit yack
glump and not quite rightish

but will be ok
because i am too busy to be off my tucker
and feeling illish

an early night
after group
which will be fun
because
just because

SOM is sad
Subway is not nice
I have phone calls to make
because i am his mum
and he is my 14 year old
yack

dirty feet and sticky breakfast bar
those little grains of instant coffee that fall and stick to the surface
washing that smells and needs to be rewashed
unhappy children
and a poodle with attitude

oh, i am itchy too
and have egg shells in my plug hole
which is a mystery
i don't want to solve

have spoken with Ankle
and we are getting toxins sucked from us on Friday
with darlin

yes
i am ok
and winning a lot of scrabble
but not against ankle o mine
who has me sewn up
and has given me word placement issues
that require scrabble therapy

but i will not whinge, nor whine
because its almost Beltane

got to go, i can hear the broomsticks pulling up.........

me
with furry teeth and hairless legs..........

10.30am- thought about random things

• My affirmation ' i release the need to be fat' works! Even though some people have questioned this, i can tell you, without even benefit of scales, that it does indeed work. my sons question of 'was there ever a need to be fat?' provided me with the answer 'there must have been or i wouldn't be'- basically , my fat layer is just that- a physical layer of protection for my soul. For some reason my soul and my inner light felt under attack or at least threatened and the physical reaction to that was to cover up, insulate by way of getting fat. Now that i have released the need to be fat, by acknowledging that indeed there was a need, the weight seems to be falling off.
• My council now advises me that most of our spiritual challenges upon this earth plane come in the form of other people. I guess i always knew this but had never seen it as black and white as that. Situations and scenarios are really just a way of introducing another person into your life who is sent to provide you with the means and tools you need to move to your next level of awareness. I have thought about this alot in the last few days and realise that even the most toxic of relationships have propelled me forward, surged me up to the next level. Never have I thought it more true and real that the souls we interact with are strategically placed within our lives to challenge and enlighten us- usually at the same time. Think of anyone you have met int he last five years and you will find ( if you do this honestly) that the person in question has taught you more about yourself than they have about them. Their appearance in your life is not random. They are there to make you look at aspects of yourself that are working or not working to the highest extent. I see life as a 'crazy maze', like we used to have at the Show, a room full of mirrors every where you turn, some that flatter, others that make you look weird, but reflections of you still, even if distorted. this is life and how souls work together to highlight changes that are required to take you to further enlightenment.
• when you look at life this way, as a mirrored maze, you cannot fail to see everyone who ever entered your life as merely a signpost from the universe saying 'work on this' 'change this' 'you are on the path to this'.
• i thank my council for this insight.
• also, people will always ridicule those things they don't understand- but the lesson is not in their words and actions but in your words and reactions to it. In life it is seldom about anyone else, more, our reaction to someone else and what it trigger in us.

got to go

life

and interactions

await

smooch xx

6.53am- awake with a big spoon

super huge lab-adore was barking her brains out at nothing.

i am awake

and having the morning brew

and tired still

because i only went to bed at one

burning the candle at both ends?

maybe

many late nights lately

but that is too be expected

because

i am a busy girl

i love my tarot group

and of course the witches

of which Eva is not one

because she said so

and I say 'yet'

because i know a witch in denial when i see one

subway is a corporate nightmare

and i for one

will not allow my progeny

to be abused by 'the man'

no, not on

head ache

but happy

yaad 2008 filling out very nicely

will need to limit numbers to about 20

me thinks

to allow for drop out rate

but no need to advertise

which is cool banana's on a broomstick

new study library

was a huge hit

and Eva the non-witch

bought coffee

smiling i am

because i can go back to bed for an hour

concerned about Ankle o Mine

who has received stern warning from the Universe

a trip to office works

and a dog vaccination

Beltane craft

and apples

cottage brochures

and a basket of wet towels

kids

that ARE kids

regardless of age

I love Renata

i am strong

we are all OK

thinking of you Mary Me

me x

8.47am- far too busy to whinge

LOTS x 123654789 to do- I am a busy girl and then some

today and this week are big

• marcs stuff

  ring NMH and place an add about our Robert Young day
• work on beltaine ritual
• work on yaad lesson 6
• dress up cottage brochure
• xmas newsletter
• check up on cottage insurance ( what the hell is going on there ?)
• tarot class prep
• finish marking assignments
• market day
• full moon friday night
• healing with Black Crow
• Trev to the vet for jab

and thats just the tip of iceberg !

Notice that scrabble is not on my to-do list, nor is blogging, but blog i will, because I must- if only to whinge a little and whine alot-scrabble is not a priority this week.

aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

think i better dance now !

8.32am- a whinger i am

yes, my cover is blown.
tis true and right
i am a whinger supreme with black olives and bbq sauce
i am a whinger of high destinction
and a whiner to boot
yes,
i come clean
snoff, whine, bitch, moan, scratch, fart, burb, snoff again.............

so, are the Days of my Life.............

me x
at least i whinge better than Mary Ankle

7.17pm- FFFFFFAAAAAAARRRRRRKKKKKKK!!!!

OMG
I am bushed and beat as well.
My feet are complaining bitterly about the fact that i have stood upon them all day while being a domestic goddess at the Cottage.
From 11am to 6.30pm.
But the Cottage is sparkly and we NOW HAVE A FULLY USABLE LIBRARY ROOM.

I am impressed with me, for sure and muchly
and with HOM who drove around yesterday collecting donated furniture for me and then today helping me assemble and disasemble furniture.

Our Cottage is growing- no longer can we exist with one room - we are now fully utilising all four rooms and outside too.

All that is left to do is the craft cupboard and the pantry.

Now if anyone messes it up, i swear i will be unhappy................
ouch sore feet
sore danny

time for permissable choc in form of milo

yes

yes..........

me x
the farking incredible cleaning lady at Hoes Cottage

9.58am- just quickly

tired
very late night with John Overholt
tired
expecting visitors
OMG
Myst has lichens too..............
I am amazed and overwhelmed, having never met another person with it besides Chowhissy.
Wow.....
and the amazing thing is, my mother wanted to call me Gina.
Yes, I have found another fragment of me or her of I or similar............we are bound by sore danny's..........
Myst and I are special x 6598745698532

tired, but i mentioned that
a full day looms
must get cottage in shape
must

tired

HOM has taken Revi over to visit his mother
I am home with a stick called josh and a fat blonde bimbo named Ruby.
and expecting visitors

time to clean teeth and put on a bra
yes
i am an oil painting this morning

damn late nights
damn scrabble

groan.......................

me x

3.57pm- Roy & HG

Quintessential Humour.

The Best.

Funny As.

Remember the Sydney Olympics........

a dynamic coupling !

in other news....................

HOW BLESSED ARE WE ????????

Today the cottage has scored and scored big !

From Jen- a wonderful, huge, box for storage ( and an extra table top )

A HUGE bookshelf that is exactly the right size and everything as the one i have been manifesting for our study/library room.

..............and exactly the right price too...............

From Kristy & Kade......

a round table setting with four chairs

From HOM

four new chairs

ALL OF THIS STUFF HAS BEEN DONATED.

The blessings in my life are many.

Tomorrow, I take on the 'black hole' so that by Monday, a black hole it will be no longer, but a fully functional library room.

I need new books!!!!!!!!!

I need them!!!!!!!!

i do...........

for now though,I need some shut eye before tonight.

HOM just made me a shandy and its gone right to my head.

I love Roy & HG...........hysterical !

Me x

Living my life as Goddess intended!

11.49am-Ernie & Bert

****blush****

that's what happens if you look at too many pictures of Ernie and Bert on Google.

Seems many people today see Ernie and Bert as a gay couple and a few of the more 'out there' pictures i found were, shall we say, a touch delicate.

However, I always liked the little orange guy but found the big yellow guy a bit of a pain in the ass.

Prue used to like Sesame Street but Josh was never interested, so my exposure to these guys was minimal to say the least.

Still, I was watching Family Guy the other day and they had a parody of Ernie & Bert, as gay guys, and it made me wonder just when the innocence of these two friends was lost.

I admit, I certainly never used to watch them and think 'gay'- it never even crossed my mind but then in this world of our, nothing surprises me anymore.

So, to today...............

HOM is off having acupuncture to try and alleviate the sinus problems he has.

SOM is at Subway being a working class dude in a reluctant mood. Very tired and emotional morning. I just want him home.

DOM has just waxed the red mono-brow and is trudging around the house sniffling.

The Rex is at work, the hounds at play and I have just arrived home from Medowie where I did a wonderful ( even if i say so myself) reading and have another booked for Monday.

Sad that Michelle and Darlin have decided to call the monthly drumming circle quits at this stage due to lack of participation, but hopefully it can be revived in the new year.

Darling Joanne at the Lunar Goddess has been able to order me at cost price, the beautiful sterling silver pendants i will need for my YAADS initiation next year.

They are stunning and i am so very happy.

life is good.

today, HOM and I are going out to pick up some furniture that has been donated to the Cottage.

A table and four new chairs, a bookshelf AND a box.

Jen's box.

I am taking ownership of Jen's box !!!

Have a smiley day.

Push through the mud.

And dont forget that tonight is John Overholt night at the Cottage..........

Me x

2.29pm- Donny & Marie

Gosh I loved Donny & Marie Osmond.

I grew up with them and in a world that often times felt chaotic and dirty, they were always in such perfect order and so very sparkly clean.

Even today, i still hold tremendous respect for this coupling.

An interview with Donny Osmond and Andrew Denton about 12 months ago, re affirmed the respect i have always had for this man. He was worldly, intelligent, wise and real - despite it all, he was real.

So to dear Marie, who like so many of us has gone through the rough patches of life- divorce, depression, step kids, the lot.

Yes, as Cottage regulars will affirm, i have always had a soft spot for the Mormon religion as well, and again, growing up as i did with mixed beliefs and fear of damnation, it was calming and reassuring, to see a family projected as being so steadfast in their beliefs and morals.

I thought about marrying Donny but was unsure about moving to Utah, so i made do with copies of 'tiger beat' and 'teen beat' from the USA.

They say that when something seems so good it is probably all illusion and i fear that the Osmond Family may have been a little bit too good to be true, however, for me, at the ages of 13-17, they were a rock in the storm and so i will always have a love for them and the illusion they projected.

It gave me hope.

So........to today...............

we have a birthday box for the birthday girl and it is so hot that my lab-adore wont budge.

My knees ache and i have had lunch out with my daughter, who i am trying to talk into starting her own business.

i am washing too and thinking about tea out tonight and wearing my new sandals and my big fat pants to allow for Turkish blow out.

Black Crow is very busy next door, which is nice for her and for us.

The pee-oodle is booftul barbits and I have just received a phone call asking me to work in the morning at the Lunar Goddess.

Tired, but ok

Flat too, but understanding that in some way, shape or form, the earth is going through some sort of detox process, and that many of us are feeling this way at the moment.

My council advise that now is not the time for rash decisions and huge change- now is about earth energy and Empress energy, bathing yourself and your soul in time, love and high vibration food and water. Yes, it feels like a mud bath we are trying to wade through that is up to our waists- that's why our knees are sore and we are having leg, foot and hip issues. Many of us are also 'draining' - so frequent urination, flowing noses, diarrhoea, are all very obvious right now as the earth purges itself of toxins and we, as cells of that earth, go through the process as well.

They tell us to sleep when required and to know that anything that is lost at this time, has served its higher purpose and will free you up to move on.

Light colours are good- empress energy- nurturing, nourish, self love and care.

It will be over soon.

or so they say...........

Me x

8.21am- Liz & Dick

ah, yes..........

the ultimate love/hate relationship!

a great love story OR

a tragic story of self and spousal abuse ?

You decide ..................

What ever they had chemistry wise, if you could bottle Liz & Dick you would make a fortune on Ebay...........

Him, in particular- intense, brooding...............

sounds good in therory or in short bursts but in reality, what a farking nightmare to live with !!

Just what we all need, someone who waxes lyrical over the dog food!

or her..........beautiful, but someone who sees the dog as a potential new husband.

Liz & Dick in one word - PASSION.

So.....................

real life..........

My flat mood was immediatly lifted this morning upon arrival at the Cottage. Walking in to a beautifully clean, bright and sage smelling Cottage was divine. The Cottage is sparkling thanks to the ministrations of a certain Hippy Witch ( diana) yesterday and the pantry is stocked to near overflowing thanks to a certain Cottage regular who shall remain nameless because she is Heidi, and her wonderful donation yesterday is so very appreciated.

cans of drink, bickies, coffee , tea and god knows what else- amazing.............

THANK YOU girls !

A bad dream this morning makes me think that betrayal on some level is soon to confront me again.

When ever I am heading into a rough patch, I dream about HOM leaving me for another women.

This dream was awful.

Her name was Julie and she had a baby. HOM was in love with her and everyone knew about it except me- even MY daughter and his mother and father knew about it, but I didnt , and so, you cna imagine, it was heartbreaking x 589653.

I awoke in tears at the thought of my loss and the deceit around it and, know form past experience that this a dream that may well hold a grain of truth in one form or another.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am sure HOM is not in love with a Julie, but its a warning dream that someone is about to betray a confidence.............

Coffee of a morning is good

Scrabble is less so.

Kristy is a very old girl today and to celebrate we are heading to a Turkish resturant tonight for PIDE and fun..................

Happy Birthday NOM.........

You are ALMOST 30 now !

Enjoy!

I remember you when you were 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

got to go and start the day proper like

if your name is Julie, stay away from my HOM- he is warm and lovely and I dont want to share

Me xxx

hairy legs

morning breathe

hair everywhere

'I am a women of the earth......................

and i stand between the sea and the sand

I guide the sun

at each days birth

I hold the moon in my right hand

and I walk the walk that the old ones walked

and i dance the dance that they taught us

and I sing the songs that the old ones sang

for the magick now is on us..............'

spiral dance 'women of the earth'

12.12pm- Victor and Niki

so begins my series of 'well known couplings in the title of my blog posts'



I used to watch 'young and the restless' over 20 years ago and found myself confronted with it at my chowhissy's yesterday on foxtel.



Victor is still alive and so is niki!


I am gobsmacked.





Life is ok- still flat- feeling the pressure of having so many people using the cottage and having to have it presentable at all times...........luckily, and I am so blessed, there are many who offer to help- as I type, Diana the wonderful is over doing a volunteary clean through of the cottage. She has offered to do this once a fortnight ofr NOTHING and i am so amazed i could cry.



The Cottage runs on volunteers, it really does. Our library is so organised and well looked after by fairy mary and we always have some one willing to wash up or donate coffee ( which we always need). We also have a volunteer to look after our website,Jenn-o-Fur and girls who arrive early to help set up and lend a hand.





Not to mention guest speakers or as i prefer to call them ' friends of the cottage' who give their time and expertise for nothing and ask nothing in return, and who in many cases leave a donation in the cauldron as well.





yes, we are blessed and blessed most highly.





I am implementing some 'leave the cottage as you found it' type rules for future faciliatators because in many cases, the Cottage in now in use twice in the one day or very early the next day, and I just dont have the time to clean up after others (or myself) anymore.





Our BIG project at the moment is the library/study room that really needs to be put in order and used at its highest potential.


A few of the girls have offered to lend me a hand with this, which is great- we are always in need of bookshelves as our library continues to expand. ( I can hear the fairy cringing)





So, life is good.





Lani last night was excellent and held the room entranced right up until 9pm- tonight is drumming circle with Larry AND MICHELLE and tomorrow is Kristys birthday.





The gift packs for the Tassie sisters are almost complete and should be in the post tomorrow- they have come up beautifully and we have all added a little something special for our girls on the apple isle. A magickal gift indeed.





I am itchy and my bum is huge but other than that i am ok, pretty alright.


Flat though


and tired.





must eat cereal





i love the YAAD girls- its their committment and enthusuam that provides me with the motivation I require to keep moving.





Next thing, i will be hearing that Katherine Chancellor is still alive...............





Blah x 1465





Kristy is very nearly old now





smooches





xxxx





ps.........the cottage always needs coffee- we have an amazing store of teabags but little coffee................

vic & nic..............go figure !

me x

6.13pm- nines

the number 9 is very big with me this week.
even here on blogger the last 5-6 posts have a nine in the total- the last two posts were exactly 12 hours apart.

Trevi has a new do.
Husband is horrified but SOM thinks he is funny.

Group tonight.
I am a bit flat.
A grey day.
Dont know why, when or how, it just is..........

tomorrow will be better............

YAAD in the morning, Drumming with Larry AND MICHELLE tomorrow night.

Lani is our 'friend of the cottage' in attendance tonight.

Lesson 5 is bound, ready to go, have a few more assignments to mark for tomorrow morning.

I hate Lichens Sclorisis- none of the reading i do on it seem to encapsulate just how awful it is. Mine is herediatry. Poor danny never stood a chance.

So yes, today, flat is the operative word.

SOM still pining for Lethal Weapon Legacy which is yet to arrive, I am looking forward to Sunday, becasue it is the only day i dont have something on this week.

Flat
Yes
But ok
always ok




well





except for danny



me x
come to group x

11.49am- at chowhissy's

busy.
.

11.49pm- snoozing time

quiet on the blogs tonight
even quiet at scrabble land
i have only one or two games that are actually moving
so i am going to call it a night
and bed myself
with my book

huge day tomorrow
book binding x 14
dog grooming x1 small black pee-oodle
other stuff too
but i am too tired to think of it
ahhhhhh
yes
assignment marking
and test marking for the YAADers who i do love a lot

people dont just beat me at scrabble
they flog me to death,
revive me
and flog me again

I dont understand
I have always been scrabble superchamp
ask my dad
or my sister
no one could beat me
and so
it is karmic i hear you say
for being a wonderful winner
i am now a pitiful loser

bed beckons
milo is gone
exhaustion hits

btw

its kristy's birthday on Friday - 19/10

me x

8.29am- forgetting the past

As most of you know, i have very, very limited memory of my past due to the brain wipe out that occurs when someone walks in/ walks out/ breaks down/breaks through.......etc..........

I would really like to add yesterday to that list.

Awful.

The heat conditions were certainly prickling the personalities of those i love the most and I found myself the unwilling receptacle for this 'tackiness' ( forgive the use of technical terms)

DOM & SOM and The Rex all had something horrible and smart ass ed to say and HOM was just in a pure bad mood bought about by heat, tax and roof repairs.

Add to this the fact that I was already feeling overwhelmed by the mess that is the nest and my inability to move freely around here due to various bodies and chosen ones being on holidays and therefore, underfoot.

DOM wasn't just underfoot but is also at that age where suddenly Mum is dumb and knows NOTHING and she in her duty as Daughter, needs to constantly critizies everything I say, do ,wear and think.

She is a critical cow my Daughter- trying to tell me how to cook in my own kitchen.

HOM i can and do forgive because he was just so pissed off at the dog poo, the nest mess, peoples inability to pick things up ( a foreign concept I know, but one that most people tend to grasp with practise) and not being able to get near the TV or the computer. Add to this monthly tax paperwork and you can understand why the poor guy was shitty with life x 56987456.

Today will be better.

Yesterday was also the first time that Black Crow had used our Cottage for her sister circle so I certainly wanted it clean and tidy for her, which meant putting in a bit of effort over there. This too seemed to piss everyone off and SOM was already in a foul mood due to returning to school and the UN arrival ( its a word now) of his' Lethal Weapon Legacy DVD set' that we purchased on Ebay two weeks ago.

Add to this the reappearance of my old arch Nemesis 'Lichen Sclerosis' which necessitated an impromptu visit to the Dr's for me and you will get a brief Idea of the awfulness of the day.

And the washing that just wouldn't end
and a very sore danny
and scratching dogs
and gritty floors

so
I played scrabble and determined that today would be better, which it will, which it is............

be good to you
and to me

I am not perfect
but then
never once
have i ever claimed to be

Lisa x

9.14am- back to bed

• teenstrange son is back at school- yes, there is a god and SHE is the mother of a school age child/man
• HOM is at work
• Dogs are wrestling outside- I am sure i heard Ruby call Trevi a 'nancy boy' which is not very nice
• DOM sleeps as DOM on holidays should do
• I am sorting washing
• and then going back to bed for a hour before supervising Fairy garden renovations and visiting orifice works
• its my turn to cook tea
• and I have won most of most last scrabble games but not against Michelle the Master Mary made by me
• she is a seriously GOOD player
• washing
• bed
• weekend is over
• it was good
• busy

ciao for now

how special are you ?

you are an amazing work of art

like me

'I release the need to be fat'

so

I am thin

me with stripy socks and milo on my top xx

2.29pm- master making

today i did a master make
and two masters did i certify
and i am chuffed with that
even though i hate the word
chuffed
I am pleased to be a master maker
and even pleased-er ( its a word now)
to have Fairy Mary AND Michelle as
masters made by me.
Master making is rewarding and deep.
I am blessed most high to have added to my Reiki family tree today
I did a Master make
I think I make masters well
Blessed be x

8.46am- sunday ( choc please)

hello

This not so little witch has survived another builders ball.

A nice night with pleasant company- we didn't stay for dessert because Danny was starting to complain when the panadol wore off.

However, black tie it was, even though HOM looking snoffing loverly in a black suit, black shirt and grey tie and I looked suitably appealing in a $15 top for the huge aisle at Big W ( stands for big women, big witch, big wiccan etc), a pair of black elastic waisted duds from MIL and new shoes that i needed HOM to do up for me because I no longer bend in the middle.

We arrived late-ish and so, avoided the usual checking out and being checked out for outfit appropriateness by people who have too much time on their hands- we also missed the champagne but managed to grab one of the last six from a waiter looking young enough to be SOM.

Then the awards and the totally RUDE snoffing MC who basically told people to sit down, shut up and listen- i am guessing he wont be there next year.

Night was saved by a lovely lady next to me who provided realistic company and by very good and funny entertainment.

Gave dessert a miss

and dancing

came home to a house that looks like a bombed village. Am trying to comprehend how a kitchen can look so bad when 3 semi adults had Chinese take away for tea and didn't even need to cook.

HOM and I are standing firm on this one and refusing to tidy said bombed village, hoping that assorted offspring and chosen partners will pick up the clues and run with it.

Ruby is shedding and the poodle is filling out.

Today I am Master making, so need to stop blogging and starting focusing.

Life is OK

is good

today is a blessing

and shit, i forgot about Jens box................

groan...........

me x

5.46am- wishes for my friends

For my friends i wish the following:

• 
  
  renata- I wish it were Feburary


• 
  
  ankle- i wish you had some time to yourself to do nothing but be with me


• 
  
  deb- i wish you could see a spirit and be a size 10


• 
  
  diana- i wish you would blog more and eat mcdonalds occasionally


• 
  
  kristy- i wish you could sleep in and not work and play with me more


• 
  
  jen- i wish you would know that it is all going to be ok and that if it isnt, you will deal with it because we are here


• 
  
  helen-i wish you could see how well you are doing and how gorgeous you are


• 
  
  leanne- i wish you could adjust the volume a bit and dance more


• 
  
  shann- i wish you will find your direction and a place to combine the real world with who and what you are without needing to compromise too much


• 
  
  Jacqui-I wish you could see what we see and that life is more 'the fool' than 'death'


• 
  
  Kathleen- I wish you motherhood and a settled, non-chewing Lily


• 
  
  Maureen- I wish you could see how you have grown, blossomed and become so much of a Goddess that it leaves me speechless


• 
  
  Eva-I wish that you NEVER lose you special edge in reading, and that is, being intouch with reality. It sets you apart.
• Cyndy- i wish for you a renovation free life and more time with us at the cottage

also, a Calender Club survival kit for the Elf

• 
  
  pain relief


• 
  
  heartburn relief


• 
  
  hand wash


• 
  
  vitamins


• 
  
  vodka


• 
  
  socks


• 
  
  homipeds


• 
  
  maid/cleaner


• 
  
  ankle, helen and diana


• 
  
  a gun


• 
  
  another 4 sets of eyes


• 
  
  choc popcorn


• 
  
  the Cottage


• 
  
  a skivvy


• 
  
  an eye mask/sunglasses


• 
  
  a reduced need for sleep


• 
  
  a lotto win


• 
  
  blogging
• lindt chocolate

A calender club survival kit for me

• Feburary


• Bill Paxton
• committee

11.18pm- late night ravings of a scrabble losing hag

Scrabble.......

Love it

Hate it

it doesnt matter.........

its addictive and I so enjoy the challenge of playing that i dont even mind the headache and loss that comes with it

and oh yes, I am a LOSER supreme.........

everyone beats me and beats me good

i have just lost a game to a young guy who has English as his second language

and worse still,

i am blogging about it.......

sigh.................

luckily, milo makes everything better in its role as permissable chocolate as does blogger at which i know i excel.

Today ws lovely- lots done and undone- a high energy, high vibration type of day.

Ofcourse the white wiggle hoe elf mcpherson turned old today and so coffee and presents were a must, as all us sisters , sat upon beaumont st, singing and eating to the delight of all those passing by. it was funny and the wiggle handled being the centre of attention well, which is good considering that from Sunday, all our energies will be focussed on Renata's box, formally known as Charlie Square.

Tonight we had tea at our local- the four of us, or the 'old family' as we call it. Not often these days are we all together but we were tonight and it was lovely and funny too.

Tomorrow night is the annual builders ball and and a black tie formal event to boot. I have anew top to go with an old skirt and am planning to make myself some suitable jewellery during 'stitch and bitch' tomorrow. I have a new pair of shoes too but HOM will be required to help me do them up as I can no longer bend in the middle.

Many thanks to the Tassie sisters who have supplied posting addresses- you can expect a care package from us girls some time in the next couple of weeks.

i am tired and milo is finished. the wind is blowing and it sounds so nice.

jenn-o-fur has a tattoo that is gorgeous and ankle is most certainly one of us, not a random extra as she thought this morning...........

how blessed i am with my friends and sisters

I can honestly say that the relationships i have with the amazing women in my life are the most honest, open and accepting friendships i have ever had in my life. Within the bounds of these friendships I feel, probably for the first time in my life, that i can be 100% myself without a need to be louder, quieter, funnier, more serious etc. i can just be me, warts and all and I am loved as is.

Its an amazing feeling to be one of these girls- especially when you consider how much harder it is for women over 40 to make new friends.

I love my mature honest friendships.

On all levels, i am blessed most highly.

well

except for scrabble

but i will persist, becasue that is what i do best

me x

8.04am- youth in the morning

The enthusiasm of the young..............

Prue's friend Karly has just showed up at the front door.
From my perch upstairs in front of the computer, with bed head and hair, morning breath, no bra and real coffee, i yell out ' for Gods sake Karly, its eight o'clock in the morning, what are you thinking?'
To which she replies' Im thinking, we better get this day started- have you been outside? its beautiful'....................................

sigh x10............

So Karly & Prue have left the building- a full day of living ahead of them.
Josh sleeps, because he is sensible and knows how to spend the last day of school hols.
Husband works and i sit here, unsuitably attired and try to plan my day in my head before stepping out into 'the beautiful day'

So, today.......................

1. officeworks
2. new pair of shoes
3. maybe even a new frock
4. coffee with white wiggle hoe elf
5. mousework
6. final prep of Reiki Masters notes

So.............i am releasing the need to be fat............and so i am thin.

I am also very incontrol or at least, participateing freely in the illusion of being in control.

I hope today is as simple for you.

euro

10am

Me x

its a beautiful day

12.25pm- huge sigh

tired and a bit overwhelmed but ok
lots happening
much to do
am busy
and the house is a tip

I am asking Myst 72, Rider Waite , Severina and any other Tassie friends to send me an email with your postal details as I want to send you all a Cottage gift pack.

Got to run, heaps to do

did i mention tired ?

but beautiful
unique
and a reflection of She who is ALL

BTW
I am doing a Reiki Masters on Sunday.
Contact me for detail if you are interested.
Ankle, this would be good for you to do................

snoff

euro for coffee tomorrow at 10am
a room full of creation goddesses
and a certain white wiggle hoe elf's happy birthday .........

a 12

like me

xxxxxxxxxxxx

8.28am- a Mary Challenge

SLAP, SLAP,SLAP

No, that is not the sound of my thighs as I walk from the bedroom to the loo ( actually it is, but thats another story!)

Moreover, it is the sound of me, slapping YOU with the white glove of challenge and offering YOU ALL to take part in this DUAL.

As you all know , a certain nameless white wiggle hoe elf is soon to be departing the Cottage life for the murderous grind of pre SPF Charlie Square, from this day forward known as Renata's Box.

Here forth comes the challenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To all Marys..............to find the perfect departing song for our brave calender wiggle hoe elf as she departs on this unfathonable mission into the world of weird ass calender buyers.

My offering Is below..............I think it is supreme and the best so far................

You too must come up with an offering for the Elf.............

its a challenge,

AND
YOU have 36 hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO to it Mary's...........................

Smash, Smash, smash- the gauntlet has been thrown........................

do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ODE to a White Wiggle Calendar Hoe

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Cheerio, here I go, on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Not a tear, but a cheer, make it gay

*

Give me a smile I can keep all the while

In my heart while I'm away

Till we meet once again, you and I

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

*

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Cheerio, here I go on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Not a tear, but a cheer, make it gay

*

Give me a smile I can keep all the while

In my heart while I'm away

Till we meet once again, you and I

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye...

*

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Cheerio, here I go, on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Not a tear, but a cheer, make it gay

*

Give me a smile I can keep all the while

In my heart while I'm away

Till we meet once again, you and I

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

*

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Cheerio, here I go, on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Not a tear, but a cheer, make it gay

Give me a smile I can keep all the while

In my heart while I'm away

Till we meet once again you and I

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye...

*

Goodbye everybody, I'll do my best for ye

11.12am - Tommorrow Night

Just to let you know, we have a great guest speaker for tomorrow night's 'around the cauldron'

Short notice I know, but this lady literally knocked on MY front door- not the Cottage.

Maree Haynes is an Holistic Life Educator/Coach.
She in relatively new to Newcastle and is the facilitator of the "Holistic Life Care Course' of which level one is available BY CORRESPONDENCE.

Doors open at seven
Cost is $10
be there, or be square ( like the rest of us)

There we go, back to boxes again !!

BTW- Kristy beat Ankle at scrabble

A pod war.

Tee Hee

9.24am- he chewed my box too

Rev is a trouble maker with a chewing problem.
Not only did he chew the corners of my beautiful card, but Mother Theresa now has four tiny teeth puncture marks on her card and he even managed to have a maul of my beautiful box.

Needless to say, the 20something on holidays and the lankky teenstranger are still hiding out in the bedrooms.

Today is a free day which is nice, althout a trip to oriffice works is a must.

Will write more soon, am still in morning has broken mode.

Must scrabble

me x

11.51pm- its hard being a horn bag at midnight with thrush

I have achieved most highly this day
especially this night
finsihed YAAD lesson 5
and the exam for lesson 3 & 4
emailed white wiggle hoe elf with all nessecary info
am breathing easier now it is done
YAAD lessons weigh heavily on my mind
keeping up the standard
and so on

i am tired now
too tired even for scrabble
have a free day tomorrow
and tarot class tomorrow night

am in mourning for white wiggle hoe elf
but feeling brave
even though this is the time of year last year when all went to mush
it wont happen this year
for sure and certain it wont

i release the need to be fat

I can give spiritual readings now without cards or props
just by listening to the council
i just know
not ego, fact
its just there
but i dont know until you ask

sleep now
shower first

its almost stolen pagan festival time
groan x a trillion

yes, i am a hornbag
herachio hornbag

me x

ps ( which stands for pissed orf supreme)
Young Revi decided that my soulcollage cards looked good enough to eat, well, at least chew- which he did. The Rev is in trouble, but not so much as the 20something and the lanky teenstranger who were sitting on the lounge watching a dvd while he was on the floor eating my creativity.
Luckily, i needed to rush downstairs for a wee break and caught the little snit in action. They have all been banished to bed now..............
but, the card in question only really got the corner chewed- i will tidy it up and leave it as is- a momento of Rev's baby days..................
motherhood !!

12.11pm- thrush is not just a bird

• 
  
  damn dash antibiotics


• 
  
  blessed though we are to have them, they do reek havoc with the ol' female yeast creating process..........sniff, snoft, scratch x a million


• 
  
  thanking the Goddess for canestan cream, which, by the way, is also good for ringworm and tinia and many other 'fungal' infections


• 
  
  i am a fungi carrier


• 
  
  damn dash antibiotics

however

• 
  
  DOM is home on holidays and as a keep occupied task is downstairs , at this moment, CLEANING THE HOUSE !!


• 
  
  honestly, i feel like i have won the lotto- she is scrubbing and vaccuming and bossing little bro around.............


• 
  
  banished from the house are Rube & the Rev- she even drove to Coles to BUY A NEW MOP


• 
  
  this more than balances the Thrush fungus discomfort


• 
  
  also, i have had coffee with Ankle


• 
  
  who is about to undergo massive change


• 
  
  and am starting my pre calender club mourning period because i didnt realise that it started NEXT SNOFFING WEEK


• 
  
  oh god


• 
  
  now its not just Renata, white wiggle hoe elf but Ankle the pod -sister and Helen and Diana as well...........


• 
  
  HOES Cottage is alive and well, but missing a few vital hoe-mmies


• 
  
  Hoes Cottage has become a recruiting agency for calender Hoes


• 
  
  even Kmart is celebrating with it annual HO ,HO, HO sign up in lights already


• 
  
  groan, snoff, scratch X a trillion

so.............

• 
  
  today i am a Red baby sitting Mardi but only for a couple


• 
  
  and i am still releasing the need to be fat and opening myself to slimness divine


• 
  
  Uncle Festers Cauldron Club is EXCEPTIONAL VALUE form money


• 
  
  and i have lots of nice little goodies of my own for sale at the Hoes Bush


• 
  
  thinness is becoming the new me, as today i actually saw for the first time in a long time, pubic hair. It was a mixed emotion- joy and surprise that it is still there, horror most supreme at the very abundance i have created


• 
  
  i am a creation Goddess


• 
  
  with visable pubic hair due to shrinking Goddess belly


• 
  
  who understands that days like today only come once


• 
  
  and that tomorrow i will need to mop for myself


• 
  
  and set about a major deforestation program

speaking of which

• 
  
  Fairy of the Mary's will be pleased to know i have been out today and purchased TWO NEW BOXES for my burgoning Soul collage collection- one for the originals, and the other for the smaller version i make


• 
  
  PLUS the new Time magazine because the picture on the cover will make a beautiful Goddess Gaia card

oh, and just so i remember

• 
  
  a meditation on discovering chakra related animal guides provided me with the follwing information


• 
  
  Base- Bear ( yes, i certainly wouldnt rule that out- there could be two or three for all i know)


• 
  
  Sacral- Horse


• 
  
  Solar Plexsus - my guide for this chakra is my own little William True


• 
  
  Heart- a large white owl


• 
  
  Throat- a snake with a blue belly


• 
  
  Third Eye- a black cat, female, with gold wings


• 
  
  Crown- a white/blue/gold dove

have a good day

be good to you

i have more hair on my legs than on my head

but

the Cottage vibe is high

in the last 3 weeks i have had FOUR new people contact me regarding leasing our crystal healing room................how excitment

me- just part of the pod xxx

7.03pm- friggin good day

Will- loss of my familiar

Amaterusa (goddess card)

Fear

Prayer

been busy
which is good


knowing me as you do
or should
you would know that i



LOVE


to be
inspired
motivated
activated
etc


and today
i was
on many levels

a movie i watched with SOM and HOM
called BOBBY
is truly recommended
a brilliant film
inspiring
motivating
sad too
but real
great

a movie I watched last night
with Bruce Willis was good too
because it had Bruce Willis
who is not Bill Paxton
but really ,
has no need to be

I am thin today too
which is motivating me to get thinner tomorrow
after coffee with Ankle of course
of course

so
Fairy Mary has inspired me and I have
started, created
and finished
8 new soul collage cards

they are here for you to see
a bit confusing most of them
but that is just the way with soul collage

The Rev has taken to weeing in SOM Subway work pants
awfully cute
but wrong of course
so we don't laugh
alot
and it looks as though i have
another pee-oodle on my hands

went with HOM & SOM yesterday to see
Rush Hour 3
and I do recommend you
see "Bobby"

Ruby Red tomorrow
and DOM is on holidays
so plans to participate in ruby-red sitting

SOM is writing a script ( !)
for a movie slash play
about two brothers conscripted
to war
and one dies
and the other searches for the meaning of life

Yes, he is only 14.

A Good friggin day all round
went to Hamilton this morning to visit the pharmacy for happy pills
and found at the second hand book shop
TWO stinking brilliant books on the Arthurian legends
and Camelot
cost a bag of beans and then some
but WOW
what a find

look at my piccies
see you at the Cottage
this week

me x

Stag King

Prophecy

all knowing

the naked walk home

9.42am- new Karen Bishop energy alert

read this

11.20pm

the raihn brain is in overdrive
tired, but unable to sleep
that sort of nervous exhaustion
that doesnt lend itself to restful sleep
*
so, rather than fight with it
i am up doing stuff
that includes playing scrabble
and yawning
and about to make a milo too
because Milo is allowable chocolate
good for you even
the more the better
or so i believe
*
at last, the rain
thank you to the Goddess
i love the rain
and the name has served me well
*
gratitude also for bringing the chicks safetly back
to the nest tonight
DOM from a party out bush
SOM from a Subway near you
home safe and in bed asleep
a mothers dream
*
it occurs to me today
that i dont write like before
i cant
i dont seem to have the fundamentals of creative writing any more
my soul is without poetry
and without recall as to how it was to have a
soul vibrant with words and verse
*
i am in truth,
searching still for the me
who is me now
and for her role
her place
her position in this life now
that she is here
*
waffling
that i am
time for teeth to be cleaned
and bed to be hit
book to read as well
*
tired
but ok
ok
but tired
*

blessings dear friends
get to gratitude, everything else falls in place

me x

5.25pm-noice

its going to storm


yippee

9.15am- weird dreams

wow............

First, my dentist Steve was a murderer, BUT he murdered with good reason, so was allowed to keep on being a dentist ( !)

Secondly, i was in a strange place with strange people trying on clothes and garments.

Third, I was a contestant on 'so you think you can dance?' ( which by the way, i dont) - ANYWAY for some unknown reason, my participation in this contest caused an uproar here in my home town within the Spiritual Community.

People were dropping me ( and swatting) me like flies.

It was awful- rumour, gossip and inuendo- 'SBS 'I call it- 'Spiritual bullshit.'

Finally, upon waking, i was given another line to to my fat-less affirmation;

'i release the need to be fat;

it is safe for me to become thin'

yep.

So, the dream.

Weird-o

but the SBS bit is something I can understand well.

Over the last year I have felt a real need to 'distance' myself and my Cottage from the goings on in local area's 'spiritual' community.

Over the last few months this has become even more obvious and I am happy now to see the Cottage and its community able to stand on its own two feet.

My experiences within the local spiritual community has frankly, left a nasty taste in my mouth and i prefer to do my own thing, in my own space, and leave others to do as they see fit.

Hypocrisy is rife.

So many who talk the talk but dont walk the walk.

I am not saying I am perfect in this regard- far, far from it, but i do know right from wrong and I like to think my EGO is in check. ( and when it gets 'out of check' i have many around me to tell me to 'pull my head in')

Spiritual personalities are often fighting an obvious battle with the demon 'ego' and for some reason, i just can no longer 'pretend' to see what the person wants me to see rather than what it really is.

During the time I have opened the Cottage, so many cruel and nasty commments have come to light in the name of spirituality.

I have met and welcomed into my life many people who for one reason or the other have been 'shunned' or 'ostricised' from the Spiritual community at large. People who have been deemed

'negetive energy' because they dare to be different, to be the true expression of themselves.

Too many people, myself included, have been pushed away, booted out because they challenge rather than 'fit in'- because they question a system rather than accept the direction of a self appointed 'spiritual leader'.

This is what I have distanced myself and my Cottage from.

I feel very, very protective of the souls who make up the Cottage community, because I too ,know the pain of being told 'you are not good enough' by people who should know better or who quote spiritual guides and angels as a mask for their own insecurities and fear.

I know very well that in some aspects of the local community, i am not well liked.

This is part of the territory im afraid.

This comes home to hit me in the form of rumour, gossip, everyso often.

Does it worry me?

Not so much.

Certainly not as it did 3 years ago.

What concerns me is that people hear negetive stuff about the Cottage & I( us) and tend to believe it rather than experience us for themselves, yet, i know there is very little i can do about this.

The Goddess, in Her wisdom, told me very early on in the days of Rose Cottage, that She would always send to me and us, the ones who needed us the most. She instructed me to create a 'safe' house for those seeking the light.

I like to think we have achieved this and more importantly, we have achieved it on our own. We are now in a position where our reputation for fairness speaks for itself.

So does our 'no spiritual bullshit' policy.

The Cottage energy is high.

Our Cottage community is diverse and spontanious.

We have our challenges for sure- money is always, always a factor in everything- it has to be, with mortgage, insurance , utilities , general maintainece and upkeep- however, it is not the most important thing and we make sure that is known and recognised.

What we do?

unconditional love with boundaries set firmly in place

safe space to be who you are

quality/ affordable learning

contact with others

companionship & guidance

an opportunity and safe place to learn to love yourself as you are, for what you are and to bring your gifts to fruition

we accept as learning opportunities the challenges the Goddess sets before us

What we dont do?

we dont tolerate abuse of self or of others in any form, on any level

we dont worry about what others in the local spiritual community say, do, or think

we dont form 'sub' groups within the RC community

we dont steal from each other or from any other

we dont set ourselves apart as leader, teacher, all knowing leader or big giant head

we dont discriminate on basis of sexual persuasion nor religious belief

and these few things are just the tip of the ice berg..............

So, anyway, today calls...............Soul Collage group promises to be an afternoon to enjoy- and in the next few weeks we have some wonderful guest speakers and exciting get togethers occuring, October of course being the Festival Of Beltaine, which is one of our favourites.

Be good to you, and if you have the time, come make my bed and do the dishes.

The nest is a shambles.

3 adults

1 semi adult

old dog

new dog

Chicken

Life

Weekend.

Blessed be

'i realease the need to be fat; it is safe for me to be thin'

Lisa x