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At the end of every year I like to take stock. Some years, more than others, I’m happy to have made it as emotionally I’m just barely hanging on.  As weird as this year was, I’m happy to report that I don’t feel that way this year. This year was definitely full of collective lessons. Ones that we’ll never have to repeat again as long as we got it the first time…or third. What we are witnessing is…

10 Lessons I Learned as a Walking Commuter

It started back in October when Jennie my GMC had to go in for (surprise) maintenance and I had to walk to work for a day.  Next thing I know walking to work for one day, turned into walking three days a week, sometimes four. Now three months later with many miles under my walking shoes, this is what has happened to me;     I began to notice my neighborhood. I know when to call the City because a…

Lightworker Quarterly: A guide for the next 90 days (Part II)

  Welcome back to the Lightworker Quarterly report for December through February/March. By now you’ve been able to pick and chose from Part I what is right for you to integrate into your life at this point in your ascension.  If you wish to refresh your memory, I encourage you to click here. I would like to reiterate that these topics are not written about in depth, they are a jumping off point…

Lightworker Quarterly: a guide for the next 90 days (Part I)

  When I opened up my blog this week, I had no idea that I would be writing a blog post like this.  There were actually a few times where I began to second guess myself and almost abandoned the post all together.  I’m guessing that many of you know what that feels like.  Ultimately, I know that if I don’t write what I’m being guided to write, I’ll feel uncomfortable and become quite cranky. No…

Creating a “Bounty Table” using what you already have…

It was a rainy/chilly Saturday morning, and I woke up feeling like I wanted to go shopping.   It was like my urge to create a Pinterest worthy dining room table was far outweighing my very responsible budget mentality. The alter-ego on my shoulder was like “So what. It’s just $50 or so.  We’ll even use a coupon.”  This is a tad weird for me because I’m pretty minimalist by nature. I’m sensitive…

The over complication of simplification

  If the past two weeks have taught us nothing else, it’s that we must simplify our lives.     This means we need to simplify our thoughts, our actions, how we consume, and how we live. Simplification looks different to everyone. One person’s simple is yet another person’s “chaos”.  What is most important to understand is that simplification is a continual process, and that it’s best that it…

For some odd reason, I remain a work in progress on controlling my time and directing my energy…   October flew by. I know that most people I talk to feel the same way. It seems as though the days were long, but the month was short. It’s a phenomenon that I have no explanation for. In my last post I was talking about slowing down in my daily tasks and paying attention to my daily tasks.  While I…

Lessons I’ve learned from my ’04 GMC

It may seem weird that it’s my old GMC that is the catalyst for my new awakening into all things both glorious, and sucky; but it is.     For the past 4 months I’ve concentrated on getting out of the very small debt that Michael and I have. Instead of concentrating on savings only, and then moving on to the debt like every financial guru will tell you to do, I tried to do both at the same time.…

The Power of “Smelly” Books

This morning I taught my son that the smell that arises when you open an old book is what magic smells like. I was rapidly getting ready to get out the door to work, when Dylan asked “what’s this mommy?” I turned to see that he was pointing to my small package from thriftbooks.com.  “Oh those are mommy’s treasures!” I replied. “Treasures?” he asked.  I went to the package and slowly slid the…

How “self-care” can make you a better human

It’s inevitable that at some point in your journey to building a strong family and crafting a life that you’re going to feel stagnant and out of sorts. This is despite that you are always blessed beyond personal measure. Having achieved your goals does not exempt you from one day waking up and feeling an inner gnaw that begs you to pay attention to the fact that something is missing from your…

Why I teach my toddler to rise at 5:30 am

Up until my mid 30’s I had a difficult time getting up in the morning.  I just loved the nightlife way too much.  However, being a highly productive person, there was a morning person nagging at me to get out.  While staying up late to finish all that I needed and wanted to do, I would daydream about what it would be like to be up, exercised, showered and enjoying cup of coffee by the time the…

Last weekend, the most freeing thing that I did with my time off was clean my barn while not wearing a bra.  It’s the little things. The manic that comes with looking for pockets of time in order to perpetuate seeing your inspiration all the way through was part of my daily struggle.  Family time, career time, me time, we time, the compartmentalization of time seems to be all the rage today when…

April Showers bring May Flowers...

When I was feeding horses in the dark on cold February mornings, I swore this georgous weather would never come.  (Although I am better, God and I still have conversations about my patience) But come it has and thank you Lord for the beauty!

In early April, Dylan and I took our monthly walk to the library to stock up on some homeschooling material for the first half of April.  Here is what we…

Learning about St. Patrick’s Day

Lately, I have been doing more research on homeschooling. More accurately, hackschooling. Dylan is only 2.5 but there are so many fantastic resources for toddler early learning that it’s just too simple not to take advantage of. Besides Pinterest being loaded with ideas and fun activities, there are many printable, and downloadable curriculums. At this stage in Dylan’s learning, we identify…

  I am to spirituality what Carrie Bradshaw was to sex and dating. I’m figuring it out one post at a time, and my life is my content.

When I was both a high school and a college student, the way that I would fully learn any amount of material is by note taking, and then re-copying my notes beautifully in a separate notebook. I amassed a meticulous collection of spiral bounds over the years, one…

Today I am sad.  It’s not unusual, as I am a very deep thinker…to a fault.  The problem lies not with my sadness, but my struggle to allow the sadness.  I don’t want to appear manic, or ungrateful for what I have in my life, but I know that there is more…