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Warming Winter Fare and Weaving in Ends

Mama Kelly — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:45:26 +0000

We woke this morning to a world covered in white. Since both Miss Artistic’s art class and Princess Nature’s flute lesson were canceled due to the inclement weather it was a lovely lazy morning.

After my period of becoming one with my couch and the TV remote, the bulk of my day was spent cooking and crocheting. I made two large meatloaves (for later in the week) and a batch of chicken and dumplings. The later was my first attempt at this dish and it was well received by all, even Mr Grumpy who rarely has a compliment to offer. And, best of all (in my opinion) there is enough left of the chicken dish to be served another night (so long as I make another batch of dumplings and boil up more egg noodles).

Tomorrow will find me whipping up a batch of mashed potatoes (to go with the meatloaves of course) and a pot of vegetarian chili (with TVP in place of ground beef) and probably doing more crocheting in front of the fire.

There is so much that needs to be cleaned, tidied, or organized around the house. There is so much work I could be doing in terms of working here on the blog or even the book project that I’ve been playing with for the past couple of years. But, lately, both seem to be insurmountable tasks.

I can only hope that as my depression wanes and my health improves my energy and inspiration will return. In the meantime, I am off to do more crocheting (and the never ending task of weaving in those cursed ends).

Blessings

Mama Kelly

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Taking Time for My Health

Mama Kelly — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:20:53 +0000

Well, I finally made it in to the Dr today. I went without my check list of issues, but managed to remember most of them.

He is starting me on Prozac for my depression and is strongly recommending therapy. I don’t have a problem with the idea of a therapist, it’s more the finding room in the budget to pay for it on top of other ongoing medication bills and frequent Dr co-pays I am already juggling.

He is ordering a sleep study, not only because I am having multiple issues with getting any significant amount of restful sleep but because Gamer Dude says that I choke and stop breathing in my sleep.

He is ordering a bunch of blood work (including hormone levels to check on my ovarian remnant situation and tests for rheumatoid arthritis because of the crunchy joints) and has me scheduled for a follow-up visit with him in 6 weeks to go over all results.

Additionally he gave me a muscle relaxant script for my all-too-frequent headaches that don’t respond to anything over-the-counter, told me that I have to get a handle on the stress because its starting to affect my blood pressure, and was very firm in stating that I am in no way to sign up for Tae Kwon Do at this point and simply work on using our Wii Fit to gradually work on getting in shape.

When I go back just before Ostara I will address the other issues that I forgot to mention today.

So I may have failed to honor Imbolc in a circle or with a coven but I did honor part of my goal for myself this year which is to reclaim my true self – my health, my spirituality, my dreams.

Blessings

Mama Kelly

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Happy Candlemas One and All

Lady Rose — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:59:26 +0000

This year I will be celebrating Candlemas by attending an open circle ritual this weekend on the 7th in a town very close to where Mama Kelly lives. I’m looking forward to meeting fellow wiccans and pagans and enjoying an evening of ritual, drumming, and good company.

Later in the month I have a healing session appointment with a couple who teach qi gong. I have been visiting their website for a couple of years now and planning to take their qi healing intensive class, qi gong therapist intensive classes and other classes they offer. This year I am finally going to take the plunge. The first class, qi healing intensive, is being taught in July. In order to start learning now I have scheduled a healing session with them and afterwards I will be attending a basic class that they teach. It is an introductory class that is held weekly. I have also bought several books on qi gong. I am very excited to finally meet the instructors and looking forward to learning some basic qi gong that I can do daily to improve my health and energy in preparation for the more in depth studies I will be taking later and working on getting my certification.

Wishing everyone blessings, love, light and creativity, Lady Rose

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Lazy Weekends are Good for the Soul

Mama Kelly — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:45:02 +0000

Today Princess nature and I are having a mommy/daughter day. It is her favorite part of the weekend and honestly our weeks are generally so busy (and often filled with drama and chaos) that even though it means my house remains clutter filled and not as clean as I would like it is a gift I try to give her as often as possible.

Today started with some TV viewing, while I shared sips of my hot sweet creamy coffee. Now that she’s eaten lunch we are moving on to some microscope slide viewing of specimens from our kitchen (including green mold we grew specifically for this purpose), baking brownies from a box, a game of scrabble, and perhaps some time playing Wii. And then, she has requested to help make dinner (roast beef).

Miss Artistic is welcome to join any and all of these activities, but generally does not. But, later, we are going to be sitting down as a family to watch the animated movie 9 with some snacks to nibble on. This last activity she has already indicated she WILL be joining us for.

In other news, I have figured out a crochet motif that I think will work well for a shawl design I’m planning to sell on Etsy. Now, I just have to make a test version in the cheaper yarn I purchased at Walmart and approximate how many hours it takes to make one so I can figure out a sale price. Tonight will find me making at least one more motif, weaving in countless ends, and joining two together so that I can see if what works in my head works in real life.

In the meantime, it’s time for me to get back to the kitchen and our various experiments.

Blessings

Mama Kelly

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Registration is ready for Spirit of Womongathering

Lady Rose — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:30:36 +0000

Spirit of Womongathering

June 3rd – 6th, 2010

(Note: NEW dates for 2010, but location remains the same as previous years!)

Checked the website and was pleasantly surpised to see all the information for 2010 registering is ready.

2010 registration rates:
$330   Per Womon (age 15+) at the gate, if space available
$310   Per Womon (age 15+) (must be postmarked by May 22)
$290   Per Womon (age 15+) (must be postmarked by April 17)
$270   Per Womon (age 15+) (must be postmarked by March 20)
$40     Gyrls 3-6
$65     Gyrls 7-15

There is also bus and air transportation information.

I will be getting my form in as soon as possible.

If you are planning to attend, hopefully we be able to meet for hugs and smiles. Feel free to indicate on your registration if you wish to room in the same cabin that I am in (lady Rose). I included my pen name, Lady Rose, on my form in the space for festial/spirit name, so when possible the festival staff do try to put folks together.

Bright blessings, Lady Rose

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My Pretzels Spoke To Me

Mama Kelly — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:15:50 +0000

As a first step on what will be an eventual weight loss program I have started this week to rework my eating habits. I am not yet on a diet, but I am eliminating some bad habits, adding some nutritious choices, and logging what I am eating. In other words I am taking baby steps.

Today I brought some pretzels in with me to nibble on at work along with my canned pears, baby carrots, and Greek yogurt. I really don’t enjoy pretzels all that much (I’m more of a chip and dip girl) and so I tend to break them into little pieces before eating them a small nibble at a time.

Today I sat at work loathing my job, and feeling particularly low over where I am overall in my life and how far I am from where I would like to have been. Lately, it is not the depression that has been kicking my ass as much as it is the hopelessness that came along with it – the feeling that life will always suck so why bother trying. And while I can know logically that this is my off-balance brain chemistry talking it doesn’t really help me feel any better.

Anyway, as I was fiddling with my last pretzel – as I toyed with the last 3 pieces to nibble on I was struck by the fact that all three looked like letters.

So, I fiddled with them a bit more and realized that they spelled the word TRY.

I may not be able to feel my faith right now, my connection to the Gods may be frayed at best, but while I may have given up on life They apparently haven’t given up on me. It’s nice to know.

Blessings

Mama Kelly

PS Hubby is aware of the depths of the depression and I am going to the Dr on Thursday to get back on meds. No need to worry.

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Four Years Under Our Belt

Mama Kelly — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:22:28 +0000

I cannot believe that our blogoversary came and went and not only did I fail to acknowledge it here on the blog — I failed to even notice it at all.

Thank you for still reading us after all this time.

We hope to continue to grow and evolve in the months and years to come and hope you share that journey with us.

Blessings

Mama Kelly

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Busy But in a Good Way

Mama Kelly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:16:59 +0000

Today will be a busy day but in a good way. Miss Artistic was dropped off this morning at her second (of a series of art classes and I will be leaving in a few minutes to pick her up and take Princess Nature to her flute lesson.

Afterward, we will be picking up Gamer Dude and running a few errands before coming home (perhaps trying to get in my Wii Fit, which I haven’t done in almost 2 weeks) and getting ready to go out to dinner for a belated birthday celebration.

Tomorrow will find me cooking for the coming week, Miss Artistic both catching up on missing assignments and studying for midterms, and Princess Nature working on a crystal radio she got for Xmas/Yule.

Things are mostly stable, though Miss Artistic continues to have a hard time both situationally and with the usual school and teenage angst issues. My own depression/anxiety is high and other health issues are flaring up as well. Luckily, I have my Dr. appointment this week which will allow me to perhaps look into not only medication, but some long overlooked diagnostic testing in an effort to get my health back on track.

I wish you all love and light and many blessings

Anon

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January Is Flying By

Lady Rose — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:48 +0000

Life around my house has stayed a bit busy, mostly with meetings and things associated with Angelgirl’s middle school activities. Her girl scout meetings have started up again after a break for the holidays and it’s cookie selling time. She is rehearsing for the spring play (she is Violet in Willie Wonker and the Chocolate Factory). There were also a few rehearsals to squeeze in for the orchestra’s concert performance last week (she plays the viola). And of course we manage to fit in her karate classes too.

The big news this week is Angelgirl has her schedule for her high school freshman year that begins in September. She is excited and I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed – but also delighted that she is looking forward to it. She is taking Honors Sophomore Alegra (by the time she reaches 12th grade she will be taking statistics! **ooowww my brain hurts**), Honors English, a science class, a history class, gym and 2 electives – Tech 1 and a language – German (even though she has had Spanish in middle school she wanted to take something new for language and wanted to something that wasn’t that popular).

To keep focused on my main goal for the year – organizing – I’ve been little by little sorting through clothing. I have packed up several bags of 3x, 2x and 1x clothing and given them to my sister. My daughter has also been going through a few things and passsed a couple bags of small clothing to her cousin. There was a great sale going on (pants for $3 and $5, shirts $7 to $10) so I now have a nice small collection of clothing that fits me well now that I’ve lost over 100 lbs rather than the old, baggy stuff I had been wearing. I also got a small stack of clothing that is ready for the next sizing down phase – it fits now, but is just a bit snug.

One of my other goals is bringing more spirituality and health into my life on daily basis and one of the ways I want to do that is by learning more about chi gong and hopefully find a class I can take. I bought two books about it to get started. Some where have a dvd set that I bought about two years that I need to find – but in this house is could be just about any where so that will take awhile. I also bought a few wiccan pagan type books that I’m looking forward to browsing.

Life may be a bit fast paced, but it’s moving along very nicely and I’m doing my best to not take on too many projects and get overwhelmed.

Bright blessings, Lady Rose

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Mama Kelly — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:42:08 +0000

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