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The Pagan ParlourCome In And Sit a Spell......"May the light guide your way and the Shadows keep you safe"
March 25 Gotta Love Sundays!!!!!!!Sundays at our house is family day. It is also stay in bed cause I'm lazy day.....at least for me it is. I woke up first thing this morning but crawl right back into that warm bed and cuddled up close to that even warmer body!!!! Our daughter got up and ever so quietly closed our bedroom door so she could seal some time on the computer. My husband tossed and turned before he finally ogt up leaving me the WHOLE BED!!!!!!!!!!! I drifted back off into a slumber only to be woke up by the smell of fresh Tim Hortons!! See why i love this man??? As I type this I am still in bed with coffee and laptop by my side. A freshly showered and wonderful smellin' man just came in and gave me a bunch of loving and asked if I wanted another coffee. Ahhhhhh......life is good. Well i should get up and accomplish something today. I hear our truck running outside....someone just came to the door and I hear a bunch of laughter coming from the vicinity of the livingroom. Must go and investigate!!! Have a fanastic day!!! December 18 Great time but so happy to be home!!!!Merry Meet!!!!!!!!Well what a fantastic week and weekend. Late Wednesday night we packed everything up and went to my sisters for a few days. We had to take a load of wood and figured we might as well stay there because we had to be there for Saturday for a family gathering anyways. Being very family oriented this was a great idea. Last year we had alot of sadness in our family and so being together acts as a buffer for all concerned. My brother even came one night to visit for abit. Christmas or Yuletide as we call it has snuck up on me this year. I'm not sure where the year has gone. So Wednesday we visited with my sister and the fam and got into bed pretty late. I awoke to my sister beating me and when i came doewnstairs to yell at her found my Mother-in-law in her kitchen!!!!! Oh dear....rein in the cuss words!!! Good morning mom. she visited for a few hours over tea and laughter then was on her way to a big ol' craft store. Thursday night I even had a "surprise" visit from "E".....which i ruined. *laffin hard* I text her and said....I'M HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess I wasn't suppose to do that. Us girls all visited until the inevitable yawn took over. I've been very tired lately...not sure if my meds are out of wack or I'm just plain puffed out. Saturday we had our Bailey family Christmas at Aunt Heather and Uncle Kims house. I love their house....it has such a warm inviting feel and its surrounded by crafts which just ignites curiosity in me.....you know like that little kid wanting to push that forbidden button!!! she made me the most beautiful present. I had emailed her earlier on in the year and told her I needed ideas for x-mas that a totally idiot could do....*laffs* Well she found one!!!! So I'm hoping to get a few made to see how people like them. We had dinner and looked at wedding photos while Kayla tried to beat everyone at air hockey. Thinking next year.....air hockey would be a good present for her!!!! However as always our time is very limited because we have such a drive home. Besides I was pretty spent. As wonderful as it is to see everyone it so nice to just crawl back into your own bed. My neck is killing me and my back is ruined from sleeping in different beds.....that doesn't sound the way it should...LOL. So here it is Monday and back to the grind. Shawn was up and gone before the birds sang....Kayla argued that it was too early and tried to convince me that was Shawns alarm going off ..not ours!!! So here I am surrounded by loads of laundry and presents from the weekend. Notice i'm on the computer.....my ambition has gone completely out the window. As much as i love the holidays sometimes i find them too busy for my liking. you don't have time to just slow down and enjoy. Last year I SWORE we were going NOWHERE for x-mas yet here we are coming out of the third weekend of being on the road!!!!!!! *laffs* Maybe next year we won't go anywhere. Well I should scoot. I do need to get my house in order. Best of the season to all of you.
Brightest Blessings.........~kell December 13 And There She is.....Isn't she soooooo Beautiful???Well awhile back I mentioned that there was an important wedding coming up that...unfortunately....I was not attending. As much as I wanted to and even tho my heart and soul was there.....I was not. It was my once neice...my friend...my confidante...my little sister...and essentially myself at one time getting married that day. Ohhhhhh.....how beautiful she was and how she shone. When I received the pictures I had a wee cry....but they were happy tears. Jess......I don't know if you venture onto my blog site at all but if you do, know this......I am so proud of you. What haunted you for so many years.....what you longed to have but for some unknown reason didn't....you have gone out and made your own little family. Ok.....once you add up your whole other side of inlaws....not so small *laffin* Enjoy every minute of it and bathe yourself in all this happiness because if anyone deserves it...it is you. I wish you nothing but immense joy. please don't wear out that DVD before I get to see it!!!!! i love ya so much. Congrats Sweetie.
PS......take a quick stop at my pictures.....and you'll see how breathtaking she is!!! November 14 DaVinci Code ROCKS!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Watched the Davinci Code last night and I have to say it is AWESOME!!!! I can see why the Christian Religion is a wee bit upset tho. I figure people only get THAT angry when there is a grain of truth to it!!! *laffin in my best witch cackle* YEAH FOR THE PAGANS!!!! I hope it doesn't ruin the book for me tho as I wasn't finished reading it but could not help but run right out and rent the movie the minute i had the chance....I was THREE days late of the release date!!!! Two thumbs up to Dan Brown...Ron howard AND TOM HANKS!!! He did a superb job. Can't wait until Angels & Demons comes out. November 13 A Great WeekendWhat a great weekend!!!!! This weekend was my husbands birthday. We had to take a load to Fergus Ontario and so we decided to go to his family for the weekend. Well his sneaky mom decided to get the entire family together to celebrate with him. How wonderful it was because his family hasn't all been together for quite sometime. I got to meet all his sisters and their spouses and children....it was awesome. We were also joined by my sister, brother in law and my neice.....it turned out better then we could have ever anticipated. Saturday morning his mom and I went to a craft class to make a Christmas centerpiece which turned out FABULOUS if I do say so myself. Sunday we then went and spent time with Megan and then alittle shopping. It doesn't get much better then that. There is nothing like family. So happy to be surrounded by it...... October 31 Mystical, Magical SAMHAIN!!!!If You're celebrating Hallowe'en............Thank a Pagan!!!!!! Samhain, popularly known as Halloween, occurs in late October and early November. For most Pagans, this is our New Year, and a time for letting go of the old and looking ahead to the new. It marks the end of the harvest season. Since ancient times, Pagans have paid their respects to departed loved ones, ancestors, and guides in the Spirit World at Samhain. Sacred colors are Black and Orange. It is the festival of endings and transformation. I think Samhain is one of my favourite sabbats because its one of the few holidays that have remained PAGAN!!!!
October 25 I'm Such a Sap....I'm such a sap. I didn't have to go get our daughter after school today so I got some much needed chores done (while still in my jammies) I tinkered on my puter and looked at some pictures I received yesterday from my friend Barb. I added a few more to the site and while doing so poked in and around my blogs and the such. Suddenly I got all emotional and weepy. OH ya.......BIG TOUGH CREAM PUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure what came over me and why. I wasn't sad......actually I was very happy. I was sitting here reminiscing about our day and looking at our wedding pictures. I was smiling and chuckling at the wedding party and how goofy some of our friends are. I don't think the music in the background helped AT ALL!!!! Not that I didn't know his before but it really hit me how very special our wedding day was. It was the best day of my life. Normally I say "next to the birth of my daughter......but our daughter was at our wedding so that made it that much more special. It really was the best day ever. I perused the site and looked at how happy we are.....I am so lucky. Some people search their whole lives and don't find what we have. My speech rang in my head and then that made me weepy. HOLY CRAP.....I'm turning into a big puddle of GOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! *laffin* Earlier in the month I took a part of my speech and posted it because it is exactly how I feel about my parents. Well I'm going to do the same for my bridal party and my husband because they are essentially what keeps me going strong. I just love you all so much.......and i can feel the damn tears starting again so its time to CUT AND PASTE>>>>CUT AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!!! *snickering* To my girls......
You make everything so special just by being a part of it. This weekend will be bitter sweet for me because our time together as always comes to an end all too quickly. But for now…. here you are, with me once again to share yet another life changing event…..that doesn’t yet involve me being cut off at the bar!!!! Without a second thought these amazing women will load up everything necessary and some not so necessary things and come to be by my side. We have named these times a “four corner call” These women are always there no matter if I'm happy, sad, angry, hurt, jealous, embarassed, ranting, raving, crying and most of all celebrating. These women always know what to do, what to say, how to act and when I need my butt kicked. I don't know what I'd do without these women…..all I know is I could not start this next phase in my life without them right there in the front line standing there beside me………..for they are my foundation. And even tho you must leave and go back to your lives......know I am always with you……anytime….anywhere….For without you I am nothing but together these four corners make up my world. Now I need to take a moment to single out my Matron of honor. To my, Matron of honor and my dear sister. Well…….not only are you my sister but you are my best friend. You have taught me so many things in my life and continue to do so even into our *cough* adult years. From the sumac trees to motherhood you have been that constant in my life that keeps me grounded. From our first secret Frost book to Silver we have tread...lost and found our path...again...together. Thank you for always being there with that unconditional love and understanding, that only you have. Even during those times when I didn’t quite love or understand myself I could always count on you to pick me up and carry me thru those times. I know you’ve always possessed that motherly instinct when it came to “your little Kelly” but sis…..I think I finally found that one person that I can truly say without hesitation will look after me as good as you have all these years. And thanks for being here to make sure he didn’t back out!!!!!!!
To my husband Shawn....as corny as i always thought this sounded in the movies......YOU COMPLETE ME.
When I first sat down to write my speech I sat there staring at the blank screen of my computer. I know…..me at a loss for words….this is a very rare occurance. I’m not sure how to take everything I feel for you and everything I love about you and make a summary of it so that the world could fathom how I feel. Nothing I could say could even scratch the surface because it isn’t one thing but many things that make me love you. I wish for a moment you could look thru my eyes and see yourself how I see you. Maybe then you could understand it isn’t the big things but the little things that make the difference. I love that you never leave without kissing me even when in a sleeping slumber. That goodbye is always followed up with I love you and that I still get butterflies when I hear you arrive home. I love that even after a long day of work you will walk hand in hand with our daughter to get ice cream just because and that even when surrounded by a bunch of men all day, you’ll still stop to pick me fresh daisies. I love that my family loves you and even more so that you love them because they are essentially what matter most in my life. But even above this…..I love the way you love me. I have waited for you my whole life. And the first time I heard your voice and saw your face I knew. Thank Gawd the ellis’s didn’t know tho because I’m sure they would have questioned why my work phone was turned off. Since that first day we have been faced with many hardships. I think it was thru these hardships that we found our strength….together. I know there will be bad times….I’m sure we will be tested but as long as I have you by my side I know we will succeed in all the endevours we may endure. Come grow old with me….we can pick daisies along the way.
Those we bits and pieces of my wedding speech.....I still choke up when reading it. sometimes my heart just get so full and that overwhelming feeling of how blessed we are that I think the only way to purge it, is to cry. How silly does that sound???!! I think old age is making me soft!!! Well.....there's a wedding coming up here shortly. I won't be attending however I will be sending all my good energy her way. I'm sure she will be stunning. I wish her everything that our wedding was because ours was perfect. I would love to be a fly on the wall just to see her shining so bright. I hope she knows how much I love her and wish her all the best in her new future. Its all she's ever wanted.....and no one deserves it more. Ok....I must get the heck outta her because Hallmark is calling......HAHAHAHAHAHA. Much love to everyone.
Brightest Blessings............~me
October 20 Why Do I Feel So Bad...Why do I feel like such a SHMUCK??? I'm sure if you're a parent you know exactly what I'm saying. Every morning it is the same fight to get my daughter up and going and off to school. It's making me crazy. Then the unmentionable happens...............I open my mouth and out comes......MOM!!!!! As I slap my hand over my mouth in complete disbelief. How is it we turn into our parents???? This morning is a perfect example. My Darling Daughter likes to Dawdle. She still hadn't finshed her journal from last night and agreed to get up early to do it this morning. So up we get. Actually she got up quicker then I did. I go pack her lunch....check email....throw a load of laundry on and figure she'd be down any minute to get ready. I yell upstairs and couldn't believe she was still trying to figure out what to wear. OMG.......SHE'S 7!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, already in mom mode I go to her closet and pick something out for her and she doesn't want it....doesn't like it......or some other excuse. By this time I'm ready to pull whats left of the hair my thyroid hasn't already taken. So we overcome that and I still have some composure left. She pulls out the journal and starts finishing it up. Her pencil breaks. Now we're in search of a new one or a sharpener. That is a chore and a half. So we manage to get that done. I load up her bag and expect her there immediatly. Does this happen????? OF COURSE NOT!!!!! She's trying to find a pencil to take to school. I said where is the pencil you just had.....I put it back I wanted a new one. At this point i'm sure steam is emanating from my ears!!!!!!!! In my best psychotic voice I yell JUST GET THE ONE YOU HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We finally get her dressed and heading for the door the whole time I'm lecturing her on dawdling. And laying down the law of how we're laying clothes out the night before and journal is done before TV and Blah...blah...blah. I'm sure thats all she heard. So we get to the school and the kids are already inside and she's mortified. I kiss her bye and tell her i love her and the look on her face will forever be embedded in my heart. She looked at me like I'm sure i looked at my mother a million times as a kid. Like......why can't I ever do anything to make you happy. I could actually hear those words in my head......and now i sit here feeling like a rotten Mother. Before she left I called her by name and said....mommy really does love you.....and I could see her swallowing the tears and she said in her best chipper voice....I know, i said i love you too Mom. UGH!!!!! I feel like crap. I hate when my voice sounds like that. I hate yelling....I hate the thought of her going all day thinking I'm angry with her. Anyways.....just needed to vent. Now I'm going to go wallow in my self pity and soak in a tub.
~waving on the way out~ October 19 STRESS..............The Best Email EVER!!!!!Well here i sit at my beloved puter checking my emails. I just received the best email ever......THANKS ERINN!!!!! So I thought I'd put it on my site to share with everyone. As different as we all are we all have a few things in common. We all have stress and crappy days. We have bad days at work and we bring it home to our families and in turn stress them out. We all have money problems or bill collectors which might have us at our spouses throat....and for what??? We all have to deal with one form of stress or another...like bosses, EX'S....families....vehicles breaking down...or rotten pushy customers.....you name it. So here it is.........
STRESS
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked,
"how heavy is this glass of water? "
The lecturer replied,
"The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
"If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour,
I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day,
you'll have to call an ambulance. He continued,
"And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time,
sooner or later,
as the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
we won't be able to carry on. "
"As with the glass of water,
you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. "
"So, before you return home tonight,
put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it home.
You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
let them down for a moment if you can. "
"Relax; pick them up later after you've rested.
Life is short.
Enjoy it!
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve * Never buy a car you can't push.
* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once
* We could learn a lot from " A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
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