There seems to be so much pain and release happening right now.
Death and re-birth.
I have realised I did not cope with all the moving as well as I thought I had... on the outside all seems fine - I'm tired and stiff but that is to be expected - yet on the inside I have realised I am a mess...
How did I discover that... when I saw myself last night eat a big dinner - I was full and a little uncomfortable - and then I went back and finished off the leftovers in the saucepan which would have been another full serve. I was so full I wanted to throw up - but i've tried that and it doesn't work for me.
I have gained 4 kilo's in the last 4 weeks - I's pretty clear I have been eating this way for a while and not been conscious of it. The Dr calls it an eating disorder...who knows.
Food is my way to hide the pain, to keep it away so I don't have to deal with it and face it.
Today is facing day. Today I will feel and then I will have my eating under control again.
Depression is not present for me - the dark clouds are not in sight - though right now I realise that if I do not deal with the pain they will race across the horizon toward me real quick.
That's empowering to realise
Wow, the perfume of gardenias just came through my open window at this very moment - how delightful. What a powerful reminder to breathe, be grateful and a precious confirmation that all is well.
Today I will care for me, a day of self nurturing and self spoiling because I deserve it and because it is okay for me to have a day for me, to feel, to cry, to laugh and to get messy.
And I am going to ask the Angels for a miracle and find us some accomodation in Nelson bay area for the easter weekend and kennels to board our dogs for 4 days so we can have a weekend away and some time for us.
Blessings to all and may peace rain softly on you today.
Karen
Thursday, April 5
Saturday, March 31
New Beginnings
I'mmm BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!
We are all settled into our new home - styill unpacking but here and feeling very comfy!
I have just this minute arrived back on line - I have the new wireless broadband Next G thingumy - we shall see how it goes.
i have a new computer for work and am still trying to master it - it is a very funky and cute little laptop called "Toshy" - I haven't decided whether it is male or female yet... LOL
I also have a new car - her name is 'Bessie' she is a 16 year old Camry and she is just bewdiful!
Our garage sale went well we had quite a bit left over and then our cleaner pulled out on us at the last munite and as it happens (I love the universe!) the cleaners we were able to find to do the job at the last minute have a second hand shop they run on the weekend and did a deal with us - they took all our leftover stuff and gave us a substantial discount off our cleaning!
BONUS!!!!!! We were so relieved to not have to get rid of it!
The woman who bought our beautiful wall unit was the one who sold us my new car... so many synchronisities!
Oooooh - the best part about the whole thing was when the big truck came and took away... 15 + cubic meters worth of rubbish! Yes, we had a skip which held 15 cubic metres (it was 6 metres long by 2.5 meters wide by 1 metre deep) and we had it piled about half a metre over the top!
It felt so good when the guy took it away and within half an hour the phone rang with work for me teaching my Kidspeak Seminars and then 10 minutes later the Newc. Spiritualist Church rang and asked if I would become a permanent Platform Speaker for them! yay - just needed to get rid of all the shit... we will be getting another skip very soon This throwing out and giving away feels so good we are keeping on going - oh and the fact that our new house is half the size of the old one and nOTHING fits!
Feels good to be back on line.
Get rid of some rubbish today - it feels so good!
Karen
We are all settled into our new home - styill unpacking but here and feeling very comfy!
I have just this minute arrived back on line - I have the new wireless broadband Next G thingumy - we shall see how it goes.
i have a new computer for work and am still trying to master it - it is a very funky and cute little laptop called "Toshy" - I haven't decided whether it is male or female yet... LOL
I also have a new car - her name is 'Bessie' she is a 16 year old Camry and she is just bewdiful!
Our garage sale went well we had quite a bit left over and then our cleaner pulled out on us at the last munite and as it happens (I love the universe!) the cleaners we were able to find to do the job at the last minute have a second hand shop they run on the weekend and did a deal with us - they took all our leftover stuff and gave us a substantial discount off our cleaning!
BONUS!!!!!! We were so relieved to not have to get rid of it!
The woman who bought our beautiful wall unit was the one who sold us my new car... so many synchronisities!
Oooooh - the best part about the whole thing was when the big truck came and took away... 15 + cubic meters worth of rubbish! Yes, we had a skip which held 15 cubic metres (it was 6 metres long by 2.5 meters wide by 1 metre deep) and we had it piled about half a metre over the top!
It felt so good when the guy took it away and within half an hour the phone rang with work for me teaching my Kidspeak Seminars and then 10 minutes later the Newc. Spiritualist Church rang and asked if I would become a permanent Platform Speaker for them! yay - just needed to get rid of all the shit... we will be getting another skip very soon This throwing out and giving away feels so good we are keeping on going - oh and the fact that our new house is half the size of the old one and nOTHING fits!
Feels good to be back on line.
Get rid of some rubbish today - it feels so good!
Karen
Friday, March 16
Garage Sale Tomorrow
It's here!!!!!
Tomorrow is the day for the GIANT garage sale!
Sunrise to sunset at Budgeree St Tea Gardens...
I'm still breathing and still standing - just.
Karen
Tomorrow is the day for the GIANT garage sale!
Sunrise to sunset at Budgeree St Tea Gardens...
I'm still breathing and still standing - just.
Karen
Saturday, March 10
Overwhelm
This whole packing thing is really overwhelming me... I am breathing and focusing and really telling myself how much we are getting through each time we deliver another load but I am not coping well.
Beloved's knee is really bad - needed morphine last night - which means 12 hours of no sleep then 24 hours of zombie, cranky Beloved - but with no pain! Not her fault but difficult to deal with right now...
I am realising a few things about myself physically as well. I have a bad back - have had for years and years - I know how to manage it and still be able to do things like lift and bend and all the stuff that goes along with moving. I can keep my back to a minimum of pain and soreness while still getting things done... my lower back that is...
I also have trouble between my shoulder blades and especially in my neck. The beautiful curves that my spine is supposed to have, have left home. No beautiful curves here, just straight , straight spine from bottom rib to base of skull.
Part of the problem is my ample bosom and the bra's I have to wear to be able to function normally, as well as car accidents and childhood trauma.
I don't know how to manage my shoulder and neck pain.
It is making me really sad because I simply cannot do the things I used to be able to do. I couldn't even reach into the cupboard above my head to get the spices and herbs down today - pain, agony, hurt.
I could take pain relief but I am so sensitised to medication now that even panadol knocks me around and to take what I need to manage the pain would knock me out completely and then I could do nothing at all so I have to struggle through and realise I simply cannot do what I used to be able to any more.
We will get there, but being faced with my physical limitations - as well as caring for Chris with hers is a real struggle right now. I have always been able to take care of the things that Chris couldn't but I can't now and it really hurts - physically and emotionally - Please send Angels...
Am planning to be at the Mediumship meeting at the Cottage on Monday - a break from packing will do me good - will have to see how I go though...
Love to all, Karen
Beloved's knee is really bad - needed morphine last night - which means 12 hours of no sleep then 24 hours of zombie, cranky Beloved - but with no pain! Not her fault but difficult to deal with right now...
I am realising a few things about myself physically as well. I have a bad back - have had for years and years - I know how to manage it and still be able to do things like lift and bend and all the stuff that goes along with moving. I can keep my back to a minimum of pain and soreness while still getting things done... my lower back that is...
I also have trouble between my shoulder blades and especially in my neck. The beautiful curves that my spine is supposed to have, have left home. No beautiful curves here, just straight , straight spine from bottom rib to base of skull.
Part of the problem is my ample bosom and the bra's I have to wear to be able to function normally, as well as car accidents and childhood trauma.
I don't know how to manage my shoulder and neck pain.
It is making me really sad because I simply cannot do the things I used to be able to do. I couldn't even reach into the cupboard above my head to get the spices and herbs down today - pain, agony, hurt.
I could take pain relief but I am so sensitised to medication now that even panadol knocks me around and to take what I need to manage the pain would knock me out completely and then I could do nothing at all so I have to struggle through and realise I simply cannot do what I used to be able to any more.
We will get there, but being faced with my physical limitations - as well as caring for Chris with hers is a real struggle right now. I have always been able to take care of the things that Chris couldn't but I can't now and it really hurts - physically and emotionally - Please send Angels...
Am planning to be at the Mediumship meeting at the Cottage on Monday - a break from packing will do me good - will have to see how I go though...
Love to all, Karen
Friday, March 9
Today's Lesson
Big day yesterday. Big day today!
Todays Lesson from ACIM
Lesson 62 "Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."
Forgiveness in ACIM is making the choice to see the truth - the love and to recognise and release the illusion in every moment.
It is not about making anything okay, it is not about deciding to be the bigger person and let it go, it is done with the support of Jesus or the Holy Spirit (in whatever form she takes for you!)
Forgiveness is about seeing through the veil of illusion and then the veil simply disappears.
remember... "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."
"Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."
Have a wonder filled day!
Amorah
Todays Lesson from ACIM
Lesson 62 "Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."
Forgiveness in ACIM is making the choice to see the truth - the love and to recognise and release the illusion in every moment.
It is not about making anything okay, it is not about deciding to be the bigger person and let it go, it is done with the support of Jesus or the Holy Spirit (in whatever form she takes for you!)
Forgiveness is about seeing through the veil of illusion and then the veil simply disappears.
remember... "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."
"Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."
Have a wonder filled day!
Amorah
Thursday, March 8
I Hate Packing
I really really hate packing.
I know it is a wonderful opportunity to throw out years of accumulated crap.
I am really excited about moving to our new home and setting up my office and reading room and getting started on all the projects I have had on hold for months.
I trust that we will receive the support we need to pack and move. The removalist is booked but we need help packing and sorting. Beloved's crook knee is giving her hell so she can do very little to pack and my spine will not allow me to lift and pack as I have in the past.
We are asking for help from family and friends to give us an hour or more if they can spare it to help pack and organise for the giant garage sale we are having next Saturday - and I mean GIANT garage sale. More a house clearing sale. Furniture, shop stock which is all brand new and all sorts of wonderful kitchen gadgets, tools and other assorted crap -I mean good stuff.
We have organised for a skip to be here in the last week so we can throw out all out garbage - there is piles of it already - it feels really goood.
Have a wonder filled Day!
Amorah
I know it is a wonderful opportunity to throw out years of accumulated crap.
I am really excited about moving to our new home and setting up my office and reading room and getting started on all the projects I have had on hold for months.
I trust that we will receive the support we need to pack and move. The removalist is booked but we need help packing and sorting. Beloved's crook knee is giving her hell so she can do very little to pack and my spine will not allow me to lift and pack as I have in the past.
We are asking for help from family and friends to give us an hour or more if they can spare it to help pack and organise for the giant garage sale we are having next Saturday - and I mean GIANT garage sale. More a house clearing sale. Furniture, shop stock which is all brand new and all sorts of wonderful kitchen gadgets, tools and other assorted crap -I mean good stuff.
We have organised for a skip to be here in the last week so we can throw out all out garbage - there is piles of it already - it feels really goood.
Todays Lesson from A Course In Miracles
Lesson 61... "I am the light of the world."
"I am the light of the world. That is my only function.
That is why I am here."
Today I am meeting with my new business partner and we are planning and organise our core products and developing a marketing type strategy. (More details will be shared after we have moved!) I am very excited... and I don't have to do any more packing today... I have already done an hours worth this morning!
Have a wonder filled Day!
Amorah
Friday, March 2
We Have a Home!
Oh the sweet joy and relief... WE HAVE A NEW HOME!!!!!!!
We sign the lease today and have access from the 12th of March which gives us plenty of time to move.
There is much moving forward energy again now YAHOOOOOOOO!!!
House Clearing Sale on the 17th of March to get rid of all the 'stuff' we have accumulated, removalist coming on the 19th...
Now the serious packing begins blerk...
Have a wonderful day - I have a new home!
Karen
We sign the lease today and have access from the 12th of March which gives us plenty of time to move.
There is much moving forward energy again now YAHOOOOOOOO!!!
House Clearing Sale on the 17th of March to get rid of all the 'stuff' we have accumulated, removalist coming on the 19th...
Now the serious packing begins blerk...
Have a wonderful day - I have a new home!
Karen
Tuesday, February 27
Finding a Home
Today has been a tough day.
It is 24 days until our house is sold and we have to move out and we have not found a new home yet.
We looked at a place today that meets all our criteria but this evening as we are talking about how we would set it up we are arguing... we have never argued about a house before - never!
This one is definately not the right one.
One of my Course review lessons today is "I could see peace instead of this." I am struggling right now with that.
I am feeling like I am settling and surrendering all my visions and dreams.
I want to establish a centre where people come and learn and grow and feel loved.
We were looking for offices in Newcastle but I was talked out of that for now - I can see the sense in it... but...
So then we were looking for a little office space for me in Tea Gardens - bloody nothing here - a few empty shops which have cheap rent but are still a bit too expensive for our budget at this point in time. SO we have been looking for a home with a space for me to have my office there.
I need an office which is mine - my space to work and create and dream - a place to go to work every day and then come 'home' at the end of it and share it with my Beloved.
Tonight Beloved says "I need an office too - I'll share with you."
When I said I hadn't envisaged that, she asked why we couldn't share an office...
I don't really know why not - I can't come up with any solid practical arguement why we couldn't... except I don't want to.
I need a space for me - just mine - it has been so long since I have had that. I don't want to be apart from Beloved - I just need a little space for me.
I have just realised I am feeling really unheard. Like nothing I have said about my vision and dreams for where my business will go and how I plan to grow it and develop it have even been heard. I feel like I am disappearing.
Beloved is so defensive tonight that she probably feels the same way... we are both coming from a place of fear - fear of not getting what we want.
It is a difficult time with so much change and uncertainty - I don't do change all that well and especially don't do uncertainty about my home well - very sensitive home loving Cancerian that I am!
Ah well, we shall get through, tomorrow will be a brighter day and our home is coming to us - please Angels - bring it to us before the end of the week. I don't think I can take much more not knowing.
Here ends the grizzle, thanks for listening.
ACIM, Lesson 57 #5... "My mind is part of God's. I am very holy."
It is 24 days until our house is sold and we have to move out and we have not found a new home yet.
We looked at a place today that meets all our criteria but this evening as we are talking about how we would set it up we are arguing... we have never argued about a house before - never!
This one is definately not the right one.
One of my Course review lessons today is "I could see peace instead of this." I am struggling right now with that.
I am feeling like I am settling and surrendering all my visions and dreams.
I want to establish a centre where people come and learn and grow and feel loved.
We were looking for offices in Newcastle but I was talked out of that for now - I can see the sense in it... but...
So then we were looking for a little office space for me in Tea Gardens - bloody nothing here - a few empty shops which have cheap rent but are still a bit too expensive for our budget at this point in time. SO we have been looking for a home with a space for me to have my office there.
I need an office which is mine - my space to work and create and dream - a place to go to work every day and then come 'home' at the end of it and share it with my Beloved.
Tonight Beloved says "I need an office too - I'll share with you."
When I said I hadn't envisaged that, she asked why we couldn't share an office...
I don't really know why not - I can't come up with any solid practical arguement why we couldn't... except I don't want to.
I need a space for me - just mine - it has been so long since I have had that. I don't want to be apart from Beloved - I just need a little space for me.
I have just realised I am feeling really unheard. Like nothing I have said about my vision and dreams for where my business will go and how I plan to grow it and develop it have even been heard. I feel like I am disappearing.
Beloved is so defensive tonight that she probably feels the same way... we are both coming from a place of fear - fear of not getting what we want.
It is a difficult time with so much change and uncertainty - I don't do change all that well and especially don't do uncertainty about my home well - very sensitive home loving Cancerian that I am!
Ah well, we shall get through, tomorrow will be a brighter day and our home is coming to us - please Angels - bring it to us before the end of the week. I don't think I can take much more not knowing.
Here ends the grizzle, thanks for listening.
ACIM, Lesson 57 #5... "My mind is part of God's. I am very holy."
Monday, February 26
A New World
Wow... simply wow...
I knew I was disconnected from my feelings for most of my life, and I knew I was sensitive and wow...
I feel..... constantly..... i feel.
I can no longer watch the news or television programs that I once loved because the violence and anger in them doesn't just upset me it devastates me.
My MIL was telling me yesterday about how they are dealing with the rabbit problem in the retirement village where they live (I love bunny rabbits!) and I almost threw up.
I am being reminded every time I go out of the house to Angelic Light myself because I am picking up on so much stuff.
I always have picked it up - I was just so disconnected I didn't feel it - I could feel the effects of it - just not the feeling itself.
It is exquisite and at the same time somewhat overwhelming. The Angels have me well in hand though and are supporting me to ease gently into my new way of being. Jesus is walking beside me every step of the way and as I feel the anger, sadness, dissapointment, fear etc I simply ask Him to help me see it another way. It is truly amazing. A Course In Miracles has helped me to learn that.
I have been a student of A Course In Miracles for the last 13 years and at last I think I am beginning to get it. I am being told that I have just passed through the second stage of the learning process... perhaps it is time I started doing my lessons again...
For those who are not familiar with it A Course In Miracles is a text that was received by a woman using inner dictation. The author of the work is Jesus. Some dispute that and it does not matter to me - I know it is true. It is a powerful and profound spiritual text which completely changes they way you think about and experience the world. It consists of three parts; the text; a workbook for students; and a manual for teachers. It is a self study course!
In 13 years I have picked it up and put it down I cannot telll you how many times but it has never been far away from me! I have completed lessons 1 through 55 about 8 times because I start and then stop and when I come back to it I figure I better start at the beginning again... LOL... today I am beginning on lesson 56!
A great book which gives you insight into the principles of A Course In Miracles is called
"The Disappearance Of The Universe" by Garry Renard. It is funny, easy to read and really gives you a good understanding of what the text is about.
The text of ACIM is a bit hard to read at times yet it is so beautiful. I remember like it was yesterday (and it was 13 years ago) the first time I read the following peice of text... I cried for hours it was such a radical way for me to think and yet I knew it was true.
T 4:7 "Your worth is not established by teaching or learning. Your worth is established by God. As long as you dispute this everything you do will be fearful, especially any situation which lends itself to the belief in superiority and inferiority ... Again,- nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth."
While there are 365 lessons it is not essential they be completed in a year, which is just as well for me! LOL
I used to attend a study group when I first discovered the Course. I would love to begin one here... will look into it once we are moved and settled. Would anyone be interested?
I leave you today with the introduction from A Course In Miracles
INTRODUCTION
1. This is a course in miracles. 2It is a required course. 3Only the time you take it is voluntary. 4Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. 5It means only that you can elect what you want to take at a given time. 6The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. 7It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. 8The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
2. This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
2Nothing real can be threatened.
3Nothing unreal exists.
4Herein lies the peace of God.
I knew I was disconnected from my feelings for most of my life, and I knew I was sensitive and wow...
I feel..... constantly..... i feel.
I can no longer watch the news or television programs that I once loved because the violence and anger in them doesn't just upset me it devastates me.
My MIL was telling me yesterday about how they are dealing with the rabbit problem in the retirement village where they live (I love bunny rabbits!) and I almost threw up.
I am being reminded every time I go out of the house to Angelic Light myself because I am picking up on so much stuff.
I always have picked it up - I was just so disconnected I didn't feel it - I could feel the effects of it - just not the feeling itself.
It is exquisite and at the same time somewhat overwhelming. The Angels have me well in hand though and are supporting me to ease gently into my new way of being. Jesus is walking beside me every step of the way and as I feel the anger, sadness, dissapointment, fear etc I simply ask Him to help me see it another way. It is truly amazing. A Course In Miracles has helped me to learn that.
I have been a student of A Course In Miracles for the last 13 years and at last I think I am beginning to get it. I am being told that I have just passed through the second stage of the learning process... perhaps it is time I started doing my lessons again...
For those who are not familiar with it A Course In Miracles is a text that was received by a woman using inner dictation. The author of the work is Jesus. Some dispute that and it does not matter to me - I know it is true. It is a powerful and profound spiritual text which completely changes they way you think about and experience the world. It consists of three parts; the text; a workbook for students; and a manual for teachers. It is a self study course!
In 13 years I have picked it up and put it down I cannot telll you how many times but it has never been far away from me! I have completed lessons 1 through 55 about 8 times because I start and then stop and when I come back to it I figure I better start at the beginning again... LOL... today I am beginning on lesson 56!
A great book which gives you insight into the principles of A Course In Miracles is called
"The Disappearance Of The Universe" by Garry Renard. It is funny, easy to read and really gives you a good understanding of what the text is about.
The text of ACIM is a bit hard to read at times yet it is so beautiful. I remember like it was yesterday (and it was 13 years ago) the first time I read the following peice of text... I cried for hours it was such a radical way for me to think and yet I knew it was true.
T 4:7 "Your worth is not established by teaching or learning. Your worth is established by God. As long as you dispute this everything you do will be fearful, especially any situation which lends itself to the belief in superiority and inferiority ... Again,- nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth."
While there are 365 lessons it is not essential they be completed in a year, which is just as well for me! LOL
I used to attend a study group when I first discovered the Course. I would love to begin one here... will look into it once we are moved and settled. Would anyone be interested?
I leave you today with the introduction from A Course In Miracles
INTRODUCTION
1. This is a course in miracles. 2It is a required course. 3Only the time you take it is voluntary. 4Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. 5It means only that you can elect what you want to take at a given time. 6The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. 7It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. 8The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
2. This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
2Nothing real can be threatened.
3Nothing unreal exists.
4Herein lies the peace of God.
Friday, February 23
The Healing Within
A deep and profound healing is occuring within.
It feels strange.
It feels peaceful.
It is exhausting because I am letting go of so much.
It is fulfilling because I am accepting parts of myself I never have before.
It is a cellular change, deep and profound and blessed.
Last night, during a meeting of like minded souls who come together to meet with a common vision, and have done for 12 months, I was attacked energetically and verbally and was very distraught.
I am a very sensitive soul and safety is so important to me - last night our safe group became unsafe - for a short while...
It happened at the beginning of the meeting and I was so shocked I soldiered on for the next 2 hours through the rest. Once it was over however a wonderful Angel came to chat and I found myself in tears and so upset at what had happened.
This beautiful Angel heard me and saw my pain, she drew our meeting leader into the discussion (which I resisted to begin with) and so began one of the most powerful and profound healing processes I have ever been a part of or witnessed.
Over a period of 20 minutes or so I was seen and heard and validated in ways I have never been before. I experienced the sheer peace of being accepted for EXACTLY who I am, these three beautiful women (a maiden, a mother & a crone!) who held me and loved me SAW ME - the real me that I have always thought no one would notice.
The sensitive me who hurts when other people hurt, who is vulnerable and raw and who genuinely does not know how to defend herself from such viscious attacks. The me who does not understand how people can be so hurtful to each other - how they can be so irresponsible and uncaring. The me who is soft and loving and sees only the good in everyone and everything about her.
These beautiful women pledged to care for me, to honour me and take care of me because they saw my need. Not because I was a victim, but because it is who I am.
They shared with me that for them I represent Love Incarnate. The Blessed Crone shared that the first time we met, she was watching me from behind and felt and saw the presence of God as I interacted with others.
They shared that I am such a powerful guiding light for them as to how to treat others and themselves, how to embody and express love in all situations.
I stood, I cried and I breathed it in and I began to heal.
When I was 21 I declared that my life purpose was "To be the clearest expression of Love that I can be in every moment."
Now I am 37 and I know that I am Love Incarnate and I shall eternally be the clearest expression of Love that I can be in every moment.
Blessed Be.
It feels strange.
It feels peaceful.
It is exhausting because I am letting go of so much.
It is fulfilling because I am accepting parts of myself I never have before.
It is a cellular change, deep and profound and blessed.
Last night, during a meeting of like minded souls who come together to meet with a common vision, and have done for 12 months, I was attacked energetically and verbally and was very distraught.
I am a very sensitive soul and safety is so important to me - last night our safe group became unsafe - for a short while...
It happened at the beginning of the meeting and I was so shocked I soldiered on for the next 2 hours through the rest. Once it was over however a wonderful Angel came to chat and I found myself in tears and so upset at what had happened.
This beautiful Angel heard me and saw my pain, she drew our meeting leader into the discussion (which I resisted to begin with) and so began one of the most powerful and profound healing processes I have ever been a part of or witnessed.
Over a period of 20 minutes or so I was seen and heard and validated in ways I have never been before. I experienced the sheer peace of being accepted for EXACTLY who I am, these three beautiful women (a maiden, a mother & a crone!) who held me and loved me SAW ME - the real me that I have always thought no one would notice.
The sensitive me who hurts when other people hurt, who is vulnerable and raw and who genuinely does not know how to defend herself from such viscious attacks. The me who does not understand how people can be so hurtful to each other - how they can be so irresponsible and uncaring. The me who is soft and loving and sees only the good in everyone and everything about her.
These beautiful women pledged to care for me, to honour me and take care of me because they saw my need. Not because I was a victim, but because it is who I am.
They shared with me that for them I represent Love Incarnate. The Blessed Crone shared that the first time we met, she was watching me from behind and felt and saw the presence of God as I interacted with others.
They shared that I am such a powerful guiding light for them as to how to treat others and themselves, how to embody and express love in all situations.
I stood, I cried and I breathed it in and I began to heal.
When I was 21 I declared that my life purpose was "To be the clearest expression of Love that I can be in every moment."
Now I am 37 and I know that I am Love Incarnate and I shall eternally be the clearest expression of Love that I can be in every moment.
Blessed Be.
Friday, February 9
Saying Goodbye
My Mother and I had a rather tempestuous relationship and we did not speak for the last 12 months of her life.
I knew she was dying - pancreatic cancer - and yet I could not bring myself to step back into the lie and pretend everything was fine just so she could feel better. I just couldn't, so we didn't have any contact, and then she died, 5 years ago this March.
It was really hard for a girl who had always idolised her Mum (me!) to have to say goodbye and to make that choice to keep myself safe. I do not regret it. I did what I needed to do and I lived that part of my life the best I could.
My Mother did not cross over when she passed. She has been earthbound - by her own choice - for the last 5 years (almost). She has been with me for so much of that time and I have had real difficulty in dealing with her. I know she wanted to discuss what had happened and I knew she was looking for my forgiveness but I was not in a place to be able to give her what she needed.
It has been a long journey these last 5 years - many tears and much healing has taken place - and yet I still could not give her what she wanted - I knew I could not give it to her but it wasn't clear what needed to happen.
Her energy has been a huge weight for me to carry for the last 5 years - in truth I have carried my Mother my whole life. She made her presence known in many many ways since her death and several times I had to banish her because I simply could not cope.
A few months ago I called Archangel Michael and asked him to escort her to the light. I did not hang around to watch it happen - I just wanted her gone - and while I told myself she had, I knew deep down she was still around - I had not let her go.
One of the things I did regret after she had died was not knowing who my Mum was before all us kids came along - I really did not know who she was and that made me sad. I wanted to understand and know my Mother as a person - not just as my Mum - yet there was that unforgiveness still present. I wanted to understand what had happened in her life to make her choose what she did...
This morning, as I was getting ready to go to Newcastle and see a friend, I felt I needed to put on Mum's engagement ring and to ask Karen to do a reading of it for me.
I almost chickened out but I was strongly guided to ask her and she kindly agreed.
She is one incredibly gifted, talented and compassionate medium!!!!!
When she held Mum's ring and called her name Mum came storming into the room and Karen told me her energy felt really dense - I said I knew she had not crossed over and Karen confirmed that with the way her energy felt.
Mum did not particularly like being called by Karen and yet she came anyway! I could feel her so strongly in the room. Karen called in AA Michael to support Mum as she was so angry and she instantly melted and cried - she could not fight his energy. We talked for a while and she showed Karen what had happened in her childhood that drove her to make the life choices she did. It made a lot of sense and bought me a sense of peace to know it.
She then asked for my forgiveness, she pleaded with me to tell her what she needed to do for me to forgive her...
I sat, and I breathed, and I knew in that instant there was no need for me to forgive her, she had to forgive herself - it was only that which would set us both free. I told her I wanted her to cross over - I wanted her to heal and I wanted her to be at peace. Karen asked AA Michael to take her to the light and she went willingly cradled in his arms. I felt her go and I cried tears of relief, sadness and joy all mixed in together.
I know she has a difficult journey of healing ahead of her. She has a lot to answer for. I know it is not for me to punish or judge her - I just want her to be free and at peace. There is no more anger, bitterness or hatred in me - only compassion.
Her crossing over has now freed me to move forward with my life and heal.
I love you Mum. Your choices hurt many of us but no-one more than yourself. Allow the wings of Angels to support you and the love of God to heal you. Be at Peace Mum, be at Peace. I love you.
Goodbye,
Your Baby Girl, Karen
I knew she was dying - pancreatic cancer - and yet I could not bring myself to step back into the lie and pretend everything was fine just so she could feel better. I just couldn't, so we didn't have any contact, and then she died, 5 years ago this March.
It was really hard for a girl who had always idolised her Mum (me!) to have to say goodbye and to make that choice to keep myself safe. I do not regret it. I did what I needed to do and I lived that part of my life the best I could.
My Mother did not cross over when she passed. She has been earthbound - by her own choice - for the last 5 years (almost). She has been with me for so much of that time and I have had real difficulty in dealing with her. I know she wanted to discuss what had happened and I knew she was looking for my forgiveness but I was not in a place to be able to give her what she needed.
It has been a long journey these last 5 years - many tears and much healing has taken place - and yet I still could not give her what she wanted - I knew I could not give it to her but it wasn't clear what needed to happen.
Her energy has been a huge weight for me to carry for the last 5 years - in truth I have carried my Mother my whole life. She made her presence known in many many ways since her death and several times I had to banish her because I simply could not cope.
A few months ago I called Archangel Michael and asked him to escort her to the light. I did not hang around to watch it happen - I just wanted her gone - and while I told myself she had, I knew deep down she was still around - I had not let her go.
One of the things I did regret after she had died was not knowing who my Mum was before all us kids came along - I really did not know who she was and that made me sad. I wanted to understand and know my Mother as a person - not just as my Mum - yet there was that unforgiveness still present. I wanted to understand what had happened in her life to make her choose what she did...
This morning, as I was getting ready to go to Newcastle and see a friend, I felt I needed to put on Mum's engagement ring and to ask Karen to do a reading of it for me.
I almost chickened out but I was strongly guided to ask her and she kindly agreed.
She is one incredibly gifted, talented and compassionate medium!!!!!
When she held Mum's ring and called her name Mum came storming into the room and Karen told me her energy felt really dense - I said I knew she had not crossed over and Karen confirmed that with the way her energy felt.
Mum did not particularly like being called by Karen and yet she came anyway! I could feel her so strongly in the room. Karen called in AA Michael to support Mum as she was so angry and she instantly melted and cried - she could not fight his energy. We talked for a while and she showed Karen what had happened in her childhood that drove her to make the life choices she did. It made a lot of sense and bought me a sense of peace to know it.
She then asked for my forgiveness, she pleaded with me to tell her what she needed to do for me to forgive her...
I sat, and I breathed, and I knew in that instant there was no need for me to forgive her, she had to forgive herself - it was only that which would set us both free. I told her I wanted her to cross over - I wanted her to heal and I wanted her to be at peace. Karen asked AA Michael to take her to the light and she went willingly cradled in his arms. I felt her go and I cried tears of relief, sadness and joy all mixed in together.
I know she has a difficult journey of healing ahead of her. She has a lot to answer for. I know it is not for me to punish or judge her - I just want her to be free and at peace. There is no more anger, bitterness or hatred in me - only compassion.
Her crossing over has now freed me to move forward with my life and heal.
I love you Mum. Your choices hurt many of us but no-one more than yourself. Allow the wings of Angels to support you and the love of God to heal you. Be at Peace Mum, be at Peace. I love you.
Goodbye,
Your Baby Girl, Karen
Weeeeeee... hanging on...
I cannot believe it has been over a week since I was last here.
Life is very chaotic at the moment and my promised bits from Wildlt Wealthy will be coming once things settle down a bit more.
We are still looking for a home and offices.
We are still waiting for the purchaser to stop frigging us around and exchange contracts.
I am feeling the latest wave of energy in ways I haven't for YEARS - it has really knocked me sideways!
Sending everyone big hugs,
Karen
Life is very chaotic at the moment and my promised bits from Wildlt Wealthy will be coming once things settle down a bit more.
We are still looking for a home and offices.
We are still waiting for the purchaser to stop frigging us around and exchange contracts.
I am feeling the latest wave of energy in ways I haven't for YEARS - it has really knocked me sideways!
Sending everyone big hugs,
Karen
Wednesday, January 31
How to Be Wildly Wealthy Fast
It's here!!!!! Our copy of the Secret arrived yesterday... WOOHOO!! I have seen it once months ago and ever since I have just wanted to listen to it again and again and haven't been able to get a copy.
Well our little shop (which closes today - YAY!) has blessed us with the money to buy it and now it is here - I have it playing in the background now!!!!
I also received a copy of the book "How To Be Wildly Wealthy Fast" by an aussie woman - Sandy Forster - and she has done it too! It is easy to read so far and very funny - I will be sharing nuggets of wisdom from it as I read because ...
1. it is great!
2. I want to share it with you
3. it will help me to understand it more and make it part of who I am
I have already had the little and very noisy thought that I need to start teaching Abundance classes and here is the tool to do it with!
I also need to remember that I have a house to pack and move first as well as about 50 million other things! Okay then, 50 million is a slight exagerration - it's only 15,463 LOLOL
I am having my hair done today YAY and will be back tonight with some sharing from 'How To Be Wildly Wealthy Fast!
hugs to all!
Well our little shop (which closes today - YAY!) has blessed us with the money to buy it and now it is here - I have it playing in the background now!!!!
I also received a copy of the book "How To Be Wildly Wealthy Fast" by an aussie woman - Sandy Forster - and she has done it too! It is easy to read so far and very funny - I will be sharing nuggets of wisdom from it as I read because ...
1. it is great!
2. I want to share it with you
3. it will help me to understand it more and make it part of who I am
I have already had the little and very noisy thought that I need to start teaching Abundance classes and here is the tool to do it with!
I also need to remember that I have a house to pack and move first as well as about 50 million other things! Okay then, 50 million is a slight exagerration - it's only 15,463 LOLOL
I am having my hair done today YAY and will be back tonight with some sharing from 'How To Be Wildly Wealthy Fast!
hugs to all!
Sunday, January 28
Decision Made
So, it has been decided and it feels far more empowered!
We will stay living in Tea Gardnes/Hawks Nest and we will be buying a small and fuel efficient car.
We will be leasing office space in Newcastle and I will be travelling down at least 4 days of the week to work. We are looking for space that has two offices & a space large enough to hold at least 20 people for me to run my Kidspeak Seminars and my professional staff training from. We are establishing our training centre that we have been wanting to set up for the last 8 years! Yeah!!!
We will be focusing on building the business - ie Angels Embrace - which incorporates the Kidspeak Seminar training as well as The College Of Intuitive Arts. NOW it feels like we are moving forward again!
It feels so much more peaceful and sensible to be staying in town and putting our focus on growing the business rather than focusing on a really big move first. That being said - if premises were to become available which had the office space we need as well as the accomodation attatched we would seriously reconsider moving down.
So for now we have a plan and at last that excited, lets get going energy is back for both of us!
Wishing you a bright sparkly Sunday!
Amorah
We will stay living in Tea Gardnes/Hawks Nest and we will be buying a small and fuel efficient car.
We will be leasing office space in Newcastle and I will be travelling down at least 4 days of the week to work. We are looking for space that has two offices & a space large enough to hold at least 20 people for me to run my Kidspeak Seminars and my professional staff training from. We are establishing our training centre that we have been wanting to set up for the last 8 years! Yeah!!!
We will be focusing on building the business - ie Angels Embrace - which incorporates the Kidspeak Seminar training as well as The College Of Intuitive Arts. NOW it feels like we are moving forward again!
It feels so much more peaceful and sensible to be staying in town and putting our focus on growing the business rather than focusing on a really big move first. That being said - if premises were to become available which had the office space we need as well as the accomodation attatched we would seriously reconsider moving down.
So for now we have a plan and at last that excited, lets get going energy is back for both of us!
Wishing you a bright sparkly Sunday!
Amorah
Saturday, January 27
One Day At A Time
The last few days have been different and interesting.
I am struggling everyday to stop the anxiety from overtaking me, this is not an unfamiliar struggle - just one I haven't had to deal with for a while. Actually, I am not struggling, because I know what I need to do and I am doing it but it takes constant awareness and vigilance and it is very tiring.
I have done some of the most amazing readings in the last few days! It is really lovely to be reading for people who I read for last christmas, so many of them have sought me out and been so excited when they found me. One lady I have been reading for for about 2 years now keeps sending new people to me, everyone who comes up to stay in her holiday house has a reading - it is wonderful.
My readings have changed significantly though! I am being called to read differently and to be more direct. It is an interesting change and one a few readers who I talk to around the world are all experiencing. It feels like we have become the wake-up call now and we are no longer a little gentle tinkling bell, we are a great big clanging bell for the people who come seeking answers.
Where we are going to move to is still undecided. Beloved is really struggling with leaving Tea Gardens because of the promise we made her Mum. The suggestion made the other day was that we buy a cheap and fuel efficient car and move to Hawks Nest so that I can drive back and forward between Newcastle and here. That actually feels less scary than leaving all together yet my concern is that I will not have the freedom to do as I need to... by that I mean... Beloved is so precious and loving that she likes to accompany me wherever I go to make sure I am safe. Me driving long distance alone is almost unheard of since we got together. I LOVE that fact that she wants to take care of me and keep me safe - it makes me feel so special and loved - yet there are occaisionally times when it feels suffocating! We need to have a serious discussion about it today because if we stay here I intend to be coming into Newcastle most days of the week and it will not be practical for Beloved to come with me every time.
It has been incredible the number of local people who have come into our little shop and told us how much they will miss us being around, or who have been excited to see our new venture and come in saying "We've been waiting to see what you would do next..." and then seem really disappointed when we say it is only temporary. It has been really surprising to both of us to discover that we are held in high esteem by many, many people in this town - we never would have known. Very humbling!
Ahhhhh, what to do what to do.
I am grateful for:
I am struggling everyday to stop the anxiety from overtaking me, this is not an unfamiliar struggle - just one I haven't had to deal with for a while. Actually, I am not struggling, because I know what I need to do and I am doing it but it takes constant awareness and vigilance and it is very tiring.
I have done some of the most amazing readings in the last few days! It is really lovely to be reading for people who I read for last christmas, so many of them have sought me out and been so excited when they found me. One lady I have been reading for for about 2 years now keeps sending new people to me, everyone who comes up to stay in her holiday house has a reading - it is wonderful.
My readings have changed significantly though! I am being called to read differently and to be more direct. It is an interesting change and one a few readers who I talk to around the world are all experiencing. It feels like we have become the wake-up call now and we are no longer a little gentle tinkling bell, we are a great big clanging bell for the people who come seeking answers.
Where we are going to move to is still undecided. Beloved is really struggling with leaving Tea Gardens because of the promise we made her Mum. The suggestion made the other day was that we buy a cheap and fuel efficient car and move to Hawks Nest so that I can drive back and forward between Newcastle and here. That actually feels less scary than leaving all together yet my concern is that I will not have the freedom to do as I need to... by that I mean... Beloved is so precious and loving that she likes to accompany me wherever I go to make sure I am safe. Me driving long distance alone is almost unheard of since we got together. I LOVE that fact that she wants to take care of me and keep me safe - it makes me feel so special and loved - yet there are occaisionally times when it feels suffocating! We need to have a serious discussion about it today because if we stay here I intend to be coming into Newcastle most days of the week and it will not be practical for Beloved to come with me every time.
It has been incredible the number of local people who have come into our little shop and told us how much they will miss us being around, or who have been excited to see our new venture and come in saying "We've been waiting to see what you would do next..." and then seem really disappointed when we say it is only temporary. It has been really surprising to both of us to discover that we are held in high esteem by many, many people in this town - we never would have known. Very humbling!
Ahhhhh, what to do what to do.
I am grateful for:
- My Beloved who adores me and cares for me like no other
- My Puppies who I adore and who bring light and Joy into every day
- The blessing of doing readings and being able to support others on their journey
- My Sister and her family
- Our house selling and relieving a huge financial strain
- Teaching
- Writing
- My ever changing connection with Spirit
- A Course In Miracles
- Reiki
- Every day that I wake up and get to interact with others!
Wishing you a day filled with Rainbows and Joy!
PS: The Womens Retreat weekend is still being planned though it has been delayed a little because of our upcoming move... I will keep you posted!
Tuesday, January 23
I feel like
I am in shock today.
My head is foggy, I am soooo tired yet I slept well, I can't think to plan or be organised. All the wonderful empowered 'yay, lets get moving' energy has taken a holiday and I just feel...
numb
not sad
just numb
it will pass in a few days
the joy and the possibility will return
a friend told me there was icky energy being sent my way - I don't think I agree - I'm simply in shock - getting it over with so we can move forward.
aha
I have just this moment realised I am being stopped and pulled back into this present moment
taken out of the future and bought back to right now
I am grateful it is happening without the anxiety of the past
when i am anxious the only way to function is to remain focused on the right now every moment
I think that is the medicine for the next few days
be gentle, love me & my beloved, be present right now
I need to let go of a lot of stuff
physically
emotionally
mentally
spiritually
I have split - i can't remember the proper word for it but 'Karen has left her body' I haven't done this for a long while - no surprise, great change coming, will do some belief releasing
moving forward into Joy, a whole new life, i am excited and terrified
I am letting go.
My head is foggy, I am soooo tired yet I slept well, I can't think to plan or be organised. All the wonderful empowered 'yay, lets get moving' energy has taken a holiday and I just feel...
numb
not sad
just numb
it will pass in a few days
the joy and the possibility will return
a friend told me there was icky energy being sent my way - I don't think I agree - I'm simply in shock - getting it over with so we can move forward.
aha
I have just this moment realised I am being stopped and pulled back into this present moment
taken out of the future and bought back to right now
I am grateful it is happening without the anxiety of the past
when i am anxious the only way to function is to remain focused on the right now every moment
I think that is the medicine for the next few days
be gentle, love me & my beloved, be present right now
I need to let go of a lot of stuff
physically
emotionally
mentally
spiritually
I have split - i can't remember the proper word for it but 'Karen has left her body' I haven't done this for a long while - no surprise, great change coming, will do some belief releasing
moving forward into Joy, a whole new life, i am excited and terrified
I am letting go.
Monday, January 22
The First Day...
of the rest of our lives begins today...
We sold our house yesterday! Yay... I think...
It is exciting to be moving forward again, to creating new adventures and to open ourselves up to new possibilities and at the same time it is sad that we had to sell under the circumstances, that we couldn't wait to get what we know the property is worth.
We are not unhappy - actually - I am not unhappy with the price we got, Beloved is feeling very ripped off and unhappy about it - however - we can now move from a place of huge debt and no money at all to no debt and a small nest egg to invest and earn some interest from.
As much as I love our home, I would rather be debt free and renting or even living in a caravan than have a house that is not secure because we cannot manage the debt.
So, to new beginnings YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAA!
If anyone knows of or hears of any lovely rental homes in Newcastle that will accept two lovely dogs as well as their Human mothers please let us know! We would love to find a rental on acreage just outside Newcastle - we are putting it out there and trusting that the Universe will bring us exactly what we need!
:o( Beloved has a bladder infection, now we know why the vomiting and crankiness and generally not feeling well for the last few days. And now we can begin to treat it!
Have a wonderful day & I pray that you see it through the eyes of Angels!
Karen
We sold our house yesterday! Yay... I think...
It is exciting to be moving forward again, to creating new adventures and to open ourselves up to new possibilities and at the same time it is sad that we had to sell under the circumstances, that we couldn't wait to get what we know the property is worth.
We are not unhappy - actually - I am not unhappy with the price we got, Beloved is feeling very ripped off and unhappy about it - however - we can now move from a place of huge debt and no money at all to no debt and a small nest egg to invest and earn some interest from.
As much as I love our home, I would rather be debt free and renting or even living in a caravan than have a house that is not secure because we cannot manage the debt.
So, to new beginnings YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAA!
If anyone knows of or hears of any lovely rental homes in Newcastle that will accept two lovely dogs as well as their Human mothers please let us know! We would love to find a rental on acreage just outside Newcastle - we are putting it out there and trusting that the Universe will bring us exactly what we need!
:o( Beloved has a bladder infection, now we know why the vomiting and crankiness and generally not feeling well for the last few days. And now we can begin to treat it!
Have a wonderful day & I pray that you see it through the eyes of Angels!
Karen
Saturday, January 20
Receiving
Earlier this week, sales in our little temporary shop dropped right away and people stopped coming in to look.
We decided we would re-arrange the shop and shift the energy - which we did and it certainly bought people back into the shop but they still weren't buying. Not even out of the $1.00 bin...
I asked the Goddess what that was about and clearly heard "Receiving" Hmmmm
I then was shown an image of my aura and there were great big vortexes of energy going out - all the giving that I do, and squeeeeezed in between them were tiny vortexes of energy flowing in which is all the receiving that I do...
hmmmm just a little unbalanced...
I was shown that I needed to bring balance into the giving and receiving. That I needed to open up a large vortex of energy in front of my solar plexus into which all the abundance of the Universe flowwed with ease.
Every morning now, and as often as I think of it during the day I connect with that vortex - making sure it is open wide and I affirm "I receive the abundance of the Universe now. I receive love in all ways. I am willing to receive."
Sales have increased again at the shop with 90% of people who come in purchasing something!
And this evening we received the first offer on our house. I am very excited! We are still negotiating but we received an offer!
Is your energy balanced between giving and receiving?
Give yourself a gift and open up a big receiving portal right into the core of your being and watch your life begin to change!
May blessings of Abundance in all it's forms rain upon you!
Karen
PS Beloved is sick today :o( and disappointed with the offer we received for the house. I am praying that she feels the joy and see's the possibility that lies beyond the numbers!
We decided we would re-arrange the shop and shift the energy - which we did and it certainly bought people back into the shop but they still weren't buying. Not even out of the $1.00 bin...
I asked the Goddess what that was about and clearly heard "Receiving" Hmmmm
I then was shown an image of my aura and there were great big vortexes of energy going out - all the giving that I do, and squeeeeezed in between them were tiny vortexes of energy flowing in which is all the receiving that I do...
hmmmm just a little unbalanced...
I was shown that I needed to bring balance into the giving and receiving. That I needed to open up a large vortex of energy in front of my solar plexus into which all the abundance of the Universe flowwed with ease.
Every morning now, and as often as I think of it during the day I connect with that vortex - making sure it is open wide and I affirm "I receive the abundance of the Universe now. I receive love in all ways. I am willing to receive."
Sales have increased again at the shop with 90% of people who come in purchasing something!
And this evening we received the first offer on our house. I am very excited! We are still negotiating but we received an offer!
Is your energy balanced between giving and receiving?
Give yourself a gift and open up a big receiving portal right into the core of your being and watch your life begin to change!
May blessings of Abundance in all it's forms rain upon you!
Karen
PS Beloved is sick today :o( and disappointed with the offer we received for the house. I am praying that she feels the joy and see's the possibility that lies beyond the numbers!
Ohmygoodness
It never rains but it pours doesn't it?!?
Hectic hectic busy busy yet feeling like I am doing nothing!
We have another inspection on our house today - a woman who has seen it before is bringing her husband through.
Please send Goddesses and Angels and prayers and love bubbles and anything else wonderful that will help him to realise it's wonderful potential and qualities and make us an offer we can't refuse.
I can't stay long this morning- gotta make the house schmick and sparkly for the buyers...
Will be back with more tonight...
much to share about receiving and something else I wanted to write about but can't remember what it is right now but I know it is there... just below the surface waiting to burst out...
Have a great day!
Karen
Hectic hectic busy busy yet feeling like I am doing nothing!
We have another inspection on our house today - a woman who has seen it before is bringing her husband through.
Please send Goddesses and Angels and prayers and love bubbles and anything else wonderful that will help him to realise it's wonderful potential and qualities and make us an offer we can't refuse.
I can't stay long this morning- gotta make the house schmick and sparkly for the buyers...
Will be back with more tonight...
much to share about receiving and something else I wanted to write about but can't remember what it is right now but I know it is there... just below the surface waiting to burst out...
Have a great day!
Karen
Tuesday, January 16
From Maiden to Mother...
In a few years I will be forty... 40... I don't quite know how that happened. Many of my friends are much closer than me to 40 - some sneaking up on it and some sneaking away from it... :O) ... I have always been the baby... youngest of 5, youngest at school, youngest at Uni, youngest amounst friends ('cept for darling Deb - Love Ya!) by far younger than Beloved - 20 years younger!!!! (and I would not ever ever change one second of it!)
I feel like... it is strange and the only way I can describe it is that I am at last transitioning from Maiden to Mother, eventhough I have birthed no children of my own - I am Mother and Advisor to many!
I no longer feel like a little girl any more... I no longer feel small and unimportant... I have things to share and they are valuable and precious and come from a lifetime of experiences - 37 & 1/2 years worth so far...
I am a woman, no longer a child who can hide behind being a child and not knowing any better.
I am a woman, no longer a child who believes everyone else knows better than her.
I am a woman, no longer a child who does or does not do things because she knows she can get away with it.
I am a woman, no longer a child who waits for the approval or dissaproval of her parents and siblings and friends.
I am a woman, who knows and shares and loves with her whole heart, because she can!
It feels good.
It feels new!
It feels strong in a deeply calming way.
I feel like at last I have a right to be here and to share with others what I know.
My role now is to share and teach and stand strong in the knowledge of who I am & what I teach.
I teach simply by being one hundred percent authentically me.
No more hiding... I don't need to.
No more worrying about getting it right... I don't need to.
No more feeling less than... I don't need to.
No more hiding all of these feelings... I don't need to.
I do believe I would like to celebrate with a ceremony... will ask the Goddess to bring me one and then will gather as many of my new found and old found sisters to celebrate with me.
It is time.
I am here
and I weep with Joy and relief as I feel the arms of the Mother wrap around me and welcome me home.
Blessed Be xxxxx
I feel like... it is strange and the only way I can describe it is that I am at last transitioning from Maiden to Mother, eventhough I have birthed no children of my own - I am Mother and Advisor to many!
I no longer feel like a little girl any more... I no longer feel small and unimportant... I have things to share and they are valuable and precious and come from a lifetime of experiences - 37 & 1/2 years worth so far...
I am a woman, no longer a child who can hide behind being a child and not knowing any better.
I am a woman, no longer a child who believes everyone else knows better than her.
I am a woman, no longer a child who does or does not do things because she knows she can get away with it.
I am a woman, no longer a child who waits for the approval or dissaproval of her parents and siblings and friends.
I am a woman, who knows and shares and loves with her whole heart, because she can!
It feels good.
It feels new!
It feels strong in a deeply calming way.
I feel like at last I have a right to be here and to share with others what I know.
My role now is to share and teach and stand strong in the knowledge of who I am & what I teach.
I teach simply by being one hundred percent authentically me.
No more hiding... I don't need to.
No more worrying about getting it right... I don't need to.
No more feeling less than... I don't need to.
No more hiding all of these feelings... I don't need to.
I do believe I would like to celebrate with a ceremony... will ask the Goddess to bring me one and then will gather as many of my new found and old found sisters to celebrate with me.
It is time.
I am here
and I weep with Joy and relief as I feel the arms of the Mother wrap around me and welcome me home.
Blessed Be xxxxx
Monday, January 15
Back Again
I can't believe it has been 4 days since I blogged! Time has flown by - so much happening!
My back is much much better now thankyou to all who sent healing! I know it is all caused by the worry and uncertainty about our home. Will the bank take possession or will we be allowed to auction it ourselves? Each time my back hurts now I remember to stop, breathe and affirm the result I want - really the only one I will accept!
Chris and I have realised that we need to keep in action about our future - we had stopped moving forward and there is no question that we need to be out of this house and into Newcastle. We are going through the house and packing the bare essentials that we wish to keep and the rest is either being thrown away or will be sold in a clearing house sale - we have so many lovely things but we do not need most of them and it is time to start fresh. We both feel the need to get back to the absolute basics, simplify and zen eveything - so we are!
After the clearing sale we will begin to seriously look for rental accomodation in Newcastle - don't know which area - Fern Bay has been suggested - any other suggestions will be appreciated - we must be able to have our fur babies with us! I think we will most likely move out of the house before it is sold - It will be easier to sell vacant :o(
The lap banding is going really well, though I have found I am still eating waaaaaaay to much at most meals. I was loaned a copy of "The Great Australian Diet" by Dr John Tickkel - you know the guy off Celebrity Overhaul, and have been reading it over the last 4 days. Veeeery interesting... most of it I already knew -(just have never put permanently into practice) but one thing that has really struck me with it is that when you feel hunger - it only takes a few mouth-fulls to satisfy that feeling of hunger. There is no need to eat a whole tub of yoghurt when a couple of spoonfulls will do, there is no need to eat a whole banana when a 1/4 will do. A half a peice of bread with asparagus or avocado is more than enough. WOW - this is a whole new concept for me and has given me the answer for coping with the over eating even though I have already cut down heaps!
I was thinking about it - as children - we say we are hungry and are given not just one biscuit with vegemite but 2 or 3 (I was anyway) We sit down to big meals which satisfy our hunger. We do not eat a little then come back for more if we still need it - we eat a lot to make sure the hunger is gone... We eat when the clock says it is time - not when our bodies say it is time. how often do your children tell you they are hungry an hour before dinner yet they had to wait for the clock?????
My back is much much better now thankyou to all who sent healing! I know it is all caused by the worry and uncertainty about our home. Will the bank take possession or will we be allowed to auction it ourselves? Each time my back hurts now I remember to stop, breathe and affirm the result I want - really the only one I will accept!
Chris and I have realised that we need to keep in action about our future - we had stopped moving forward and there is no question that we need to be out of this house and into Newcastle. We are going through the house and packing the bare essentials that we wish to keep and the rest is either being thrown away or will be sold in a clearing house sale - we have so many lovely things but we do not need most of them and it is time to start fresh. We both feel the need to get back to the absolute basics, simplify and zen eveything - so we are!
After the clearing sale we will begin to seriously look for rental accomodation in Newcastle - don't know which area - Fern Bay has been suggested - any other suggestions will be appreciated - we must be able to have our fur babies with us! I think we will most likely move out of the house before it is sold - It will be easier to sell vacant :o(
The lap banding is going really well, though I have found I am still eating waaaaaaay to much at most meals. I was loaned a copy of "The Great Australian Diet" by Dr John Tickkel - you know the guy off Celebrity Overhaul, and have been reading it over the last 4 days. Veeeery interesting... most of it I already knew -(just have never put permanently into practice) but one thing that has really struck me with it is that when you feel hunger - it only takes a few mouth-fulls to satisfy that feeling of hunger. There is no need to eat a whole tub of yoghurt when a couple of spoonfulls will do, there is no need to eat a whole banana when a 1/4 will do. A half a peice of bread with asparagus or avocado is more than enough. WOW - this is a whole new concept for me and has given me the answer for coping with the over eating even though I have already cut down heaps!
I was thinking about it - as children - we say we are hungry and are given not just one biscuit with vegemite but 2 or 3 (I was anyway) We sit down to big meals which satisfy our hunger. We do not eat a little then come back for more if we still need it - we eat a lot to make sure the hunger is gone... We eat when the clock says it is time - not when our bodies say it is time. how often do your children tell you they are hungry an hour before dinner yet they had to wait for the clock?????
This all teaches us several things:
- To stop listening to our bodies
- To eat according to the clock
- That it takes a lot of food to satisfy hunger
No wonder so may of us struggle with our weight.
Who remembers hearing - "You must not leave the table until everything on your plate is finished!" - that is not eating intuitively - it is eating to the 'rules' and goes against common sense. Our bodies tell us exactly what and how much we need to eat at any given time and yet the way we were taught and still continue to teach our children teaches us to NOT listen to our bodies - to tune out the feelings of hunger and satiety, most of the time we do not even know the difference between the feeling of hunger and thirst.
Hunger is a feeling based in your stomach
Thirst is a feeling based in your mouth
I often (and still occaisionally do) used to eat when I was thirsty because I didn't recognise the difference - and I would eat and not be satisfied and eat some more of something else and not be satisfied and keep eating a bit of lots of different things and STILL not feel satisfied - that's because I was thristy! And generally the more I ate the thirstier I became the more I ate?!?
For me - this usually happens in the afternoon - you know that time when you just feel like you need to have a snack - around 4pm - I have realised it is actually thirst not hunger. A glass of water and a cup of tea gets rid of the feeling until I begin to feel hunger in my stomach for dinner.
I teach a program called the Intuitive Weight Management Program (and wow does this one prove to me we teach what we most need to learn!) and one of my past students emailed me this link yesterday. Thankyou Susan!
www.LightLeanHealthyBeingMovie.com
Mary Robinson Reynolds has created a new online movie and it is simply wonderful - please do yourself a favour and go and watch it! I haven't seen the full version because I have chopped up my credit card and they don't take paypal :o( BUT the part of the movie (3 1/2 minutes!) that is shown at this link is so powerful - I highly recommend it!
So, now I head off into my day - day one of The Great Australian Diet which is not actually a diet but a whole new way of eating with my etheric lap band. WOOHOO!!!
Sending you blessing of Light and Joy,
Karen
Thursday, January 11
Healing Request
Don't want a be a bludger but my back is having a hissy fit and if you feel to send me some healing it will be gratefully received right now!
The new eating with the etheric lap band is going well - I am amazed at how little I actually need to eat!
Will share more once my back settles down - which WILL be soon!...
Hugs, Karen
The new eating with the etheric lap band is going well - I am amazed at how little I actually need to eat!
Will share more once my back settles down - which WILL be soon!...
Hugs, Karen
Wednesday, January 10
Etheric Lap Banding...
Hey, guess what... it really works!
I had a small conversation with the Angels - didn't get to do a big meditation - just a quick chat and asked then to fit a lap-band and shrink my stomach and then to help me recognise as soon as I have had enough.
I cooked my porridge for breakky yesterday morning - normal amount - and ate one third of it! The last two mouthfuls I realised I was eating just because it was there and tasted good so I stopped and put it in the fridge for today & tomorrow! For a moment I wondered if it would see me through until lunchtime then I figured it would and didn't think about it again.
By lunch time I was hungry but not starving - I just knew it was time for lunch.
I had a home made corned beef and salad roll and I was full before the end - I did keep eating becasue it was SOOOOO yummy - I will need to watch myself on that - that is where my determination will come into effect... But having pushed past the feeling of having enough I was really quite uncomfortable - far more than I would have expected.
I munched on a few minties in the afternoon - I got stressed - blerky phone calls from banks - but it wasn't chocolate! Will come up with a 'stressed plan' that does not involve eating.
For dinner I cooked a beautiful chilli with mashed potato - comfort food - it did have fresh asparagus on the top! :o) I ate the asparagus first - (I LOOOOOVE FRESH ASPARAGUS!) and actually felt that i had eaten enough !?! I was amazed but I didn't stop... a few mouthfulls of chilli and mash turned into the whole plate full and I am still feeling uncomfortable and full this morning.
Soooo, the etheric help from the Angels really works! I already knew that but I had never thought to ask them to actually shrink my stomach before. I am recognising when I have had enough really quickly and even not wanting to serve myself as much.
I am realistic and know that I will eat to excess at times - bingeing has been such a part of my life for so long - yet I am ready to surrender it this year and I am no longer making it wrong - it is just a part of who I am and I love it!
Beloved and I have decided to go out and buy a whole new dinner set - we will probably go to a catering supply store and buy ourselves some square plates - we need to do something really different - I know this will help me to begin to serve less - we bought a new baby wok the other day which is certainly helping me to cook less.
So, this morning I feel like an uncomfrotable bloated blerk BUT I am feeling positive and now I recognise what will happen when I push it past full and I Don't Like It!
It is amazing you know - I have never been more comfortable with my body shape and size than I am now - and now I am beginning to change it. The Angels always told me I had to love myself EXACTLY as I was, accept myself EXACTLY as I was - it took a while for me to realise that that meant physically as well! I can be a bit slow sometimes.... hehehehe
Being as big as I am has almost served it's purpose - it's last gift to me is for me to discover a whole new level of commitment, love, courage and strength as I do whatever it takes to allow my body to be it's perfect size.
I know I will never be 'skinny' and I don't want to be - I want to be healthy - 85 Kilo's - here I come!
Have a wonderful Day and love yourself today exactly as you are - let go of the expectations and pressures and realise that you - right now - is exactly who you are meant to be in all aspects and YOU ARE GORGEOUS!
Karen
I had a small conversation with the Angels - didn't get to do a big meditation - just a quick chat and asked then to fit a lap-band and shrink my stomach and then to help me recognise as soon as I have had enough.
I cooked my porridge for breakky yesterday morning - normal amount - and ate one third of it! The last two mouthfuls I realised I was eating just because it was there and tasted good so I stopped and put it in the fridge for today & tomorrow! For a moment I wondered if it would see me through until lunchtime then I figured it would and didn't think about it again.
By lunch time I was hungry but not starving - I just knew it was time for lunch.
I had a home made corned beef and salad roll and I was full before the end - I did keep eating becasue it was SOOOOO yummy - I will need to watch myself on that - that is where my determination will come into effect... But having pushed past the feeling of having enough I was really quite uncomfortable - far more than I would have expected.
I munched on a few minties in the afternoon - I got stressed - blerky phone calls from banks - but it wasn't chocolate! Will come up with a 'stressed plan' that does not involve eating.
For dinner I cooked a beautiful chilli with mashed potato - comfort food - it did have fresh asparagus on the top! :o) I ate the asparagus first - (I LOOOOOVE FRESH ASPARAGUS!) and actually felt that i had eaten enough !?! I was amazed but I didn't stop... a few mouthfulls of chilli and mash turned into the whole plate full and I am still feeling uncomfortable and full this morning.
Soooo, the etheric help from the Angels really works! I already knew that but I had never thought to ask them to actually shrink my stomach before. I am recognising when I have had enough really quickly and even not wanting to serve myself as much.
I am realistic and know that I will eat to excess at times - bingeing has been such a part of my life for so long - yet I am ready to surrender it this year and I am no longer making it wrong - it is just a part of who I am and I love it!
Beloved and I have decided to go out and buy a whole new dinner set - we will probably go to a catering supply store and buy ourselves some square plates - we need to do something really different - I know this will help me to begin to serve less - we bought a new baby wok the other day which is certainly helping me to cook less.
So, this morning I feel like an uncomfrotable bloated blerk BUT I am feeling positive and now I recognise what will happen when I push it past full and I Don't Like It!
It is amazing you know - I have never been more comfortable with my body shape and size than I am now - and now I am beginning to change it. The Angels always told me I had to love myself EXACTLY as I was, accept myself EXACTLY as I was - it took a while for me to realise that that meant physically as well! I can be a bit slow sometimes.... hehehehe
Being as big as I am has almost served it's purpose - it's last gift to me is for me to discover a whole new level of commitment, love, courage and strength as I do whatever it takes to allow my body to be it's perfect size.
I know I will never be 'skinny' and I don't want to be - I want to be healthy - 85 Kilo's - here I come!
Have a wonderful Day and love yourself today exactly as you are - let go of the expectations and pressures and realise that you - right now - is exactly who you are meant to be in all aspects and YOU ARE GORGEOUS!
Karen
Monday, January 8
Getting Healthy
Well, I have been to the Doctors this morning and it was an interesting visit...
I asked him about either using those meal replacement plan milkshake thingo's or about going on medication like Reductil.
He told me there was another option and we seriously discussed lap banding. That's when they basically put a rubber band around my stomach to make it REALLLLLLLy small so I simply cannot eat very much at all.
I didn't really want to think about it but it actually seemed like the better option of the three choices we discussed sooooooo
armed with a referral I came home and rang to make an appt with the specialist and his receptionist was just loverly and it felt good until she told me it would cost me $13,ooo yes, thirteen THOUSAND dollars to have it done. Hmmmm me thinks, after I pick my ample self up off the floor - there has to be another way.
As I sat and pondered the Angels told me they could fit an etheric lap band if that is what I really wanted - I simply need to ask and then follow their guidance - seems like a plan seeing I have written a weight management program based on exactly that, doncha think?!
Then I was reminded about Sureslim which I have been drawn to for a really long time but always hesitated because of the cost - compared to $13,000 it is really cheap so I will be popping in to have a chat with them in the next week or so - I can at least check it out.
I am off now to do a meditation with my Angels and explore this etheric stomack shrinking prospect a little further
I shall keep you posted....
The Psychic fair at Soldiers Point was AWESOME yesterday - I did 14 readings and had a wonderful, wonderful time, the energy was just beautiful and the organiser Gay is just bloddy wonderful!
Then the visit to the Spiritualist Church was lovely, a small crowd with a smiling Jen in the front row and such lovely soft and yummy energy. Thanks for your feedback Jen!
I will be in town this coming weekend at the Adamstown Psychic Fair - I don't have the details yet but I know it is over both Saturday and Sunday and I was thinking Saturday evening would be a lovely opportunity to all get together and connect for the New Year. What'd'ya think?
Anyway - the Angels are getting really loud and there is even a Dragon or two here as well so my presence is definately required elsewhere!
May the Gentle energy of the Goddess fill your heart with Joy.
I asked him about either using those meal replacement plan milkshake thingo's or about going on medication like Reductil.
He told me there was another option and we seriously discussed lap banding. That's when they basically put a rubber band around my stomach to make it REALLLLLLLy small so I simply cannot eat very much at all.
I didn't really want to think about it but it actually seemed like the better option of the three choices we discussed sooooooo
armed with a referral I came home and rang to make an appt with the specialist and his receptionist was just loverly and it felt good until she told me it would cost me $13,ooo yes, thirteen THOUSAND dollars to have it done. Hmmmm me thinks, after I pick my ample self up off the floor - there has to be another way.
As I sat and pondered the Angels told me they could fit an etheric lap band if that is what I really wanted - I simply need to ask and then follow their guidance - seems like a plan seeing I have written a weight management program based on exactly that, doncha think?!
Then I was reminded about Sureslim which I have been drawn to for a really long time but always hesitated because of the cost - compared to $13,000 it is really cheap so I will be popping in to have a chat with them in the next week or so - I can at least check it out.
I am off now to do a meditation with my Angels and explore this etheric stomack shrinking prospect a little further
I shall keep you posted....
The Psychic fair at Soldiers Point was AWESOME yesterday - I did 14 readings and had a wonderful, wonderful time, the energy was just beautiful and the organiser Gay is just bloddy wonderful!
Then the visit to the Spiritualist Church was lovely, a small crowd with a smiling Jen in the front row and such lovely soft and yummy energy. Thanks for your feedback Jen!
I will be in town this coming weekend at the Adamstown Psychic Fair - I don't have the details yet but I know it is over both Saturday and Sunday and I was thinking Saturday evening would be a lovely opportunity to all get together and connect for the New Year. What'd'ya think?
Anyway - the Angels are getting really loud and there is even a Dragon or two here as well so my presence is definately required elsewhere!
May the Gentle energy of the Goddess fill your heart with Joy.
Friday, January 5
Happy, Busy Tired Me
I had forgotten how much I really enjoy the contact with people that comes with being in retail.
I have been doing many readings and selling lots of stock and simply meeting and chatting with lots of interesting and diverse people!
I have decided to see the Doc about my weight on Monday and discuss some of my options. I need to take some action to get me kick started - my spine simply cannot carry all the weight I ask it to for very much longer and I am sick of living with cronic pain in my lower back, between my shoulders and in my neck. I know that losing a lot of weight will help that pain and I know that I can do it. I also know that I need help to get started and to shift the first 20 or so kilo's. Apptment is 8:30 Monday - wish me luck! I am sure the Doc will be glad to discuss it with me - I am currently classed as 'morbidly obese'. I know I will never be a size 10. I will be happy with a 14 - 16. I like being cuddly - I am a soft and cuddly person but I do not need to suffer this pain any longer. I am done with suffereing!
Going to the Psychic Fair at Soldiers Poit this Sunday and then doing Platform at Newcastle Spiritualist Church at 7pm Sunday night. Should be fun - a big day but certainly a nurturing one!
I am putting the finishing touches on the program for a women's retreat weekend to be held in Tea Gardens at the end of February. More details coming soon... it is called Sacred Connections and is a residential weekend designed for women to renew their connection with themselves, the Goddess & each other. I am so excited! The cost will be minimal and numbers will be limited to 8. Watch this space for more details coming really soon!
Sending my Love and Blessings to all who need it this night. Feel my Love and the Light of the Goddess enfold you, nurture you and renew your spirit.
Karen
I have been doing many readings and selling lots of stock and simply meeting and chatting with lots of interesting and diverse people!
I have decided to see the Doc about my weight on Monday and discuss some of my options. I need to take some action to get me kick started - my spine simply cannot carry all the weight I ask it to for very much longer and I am sick of living with cronic pain in my lower back, between my shoulders and in my neck. I know that losing a lot of weight will help that pain and I know that I can do it. I also know that I need help to get started and to shift the first 20 or so kilo's. Apptment is 8:30 Monday - wish me luck! I am sure the Doc will be glad to discuss it with me - I am currently classed as 'morbidly obese'. I know I will never be a size 10. I will be happy with a 14 - 16. I like being cuddly - I am a soft and cuddly person but I do not need to suffer this pain any longer. I am done with suffereing!
Going to the Psychic Fair at Soldiers Poit this Sunday and then doing Platform at Newcastle Spiritualist Church at 7pm Sunday night. Should be fun - a big day but certainly a nurturing one!
I am putting the finishing touches on the program for a women's retreat weekend to be held in Tea Gardens at the end of February. More details coming soon... it is called Sacred Connections and is a residential weekend designed for women to renew their connection with themselves, the Goddess & each other. I am so excited! The cost will be minimal and numbers will be limited to 8. Watch this space for more details coming really soon!
Sending my Love and Blessings to all who need it this night. Feel my Love and the Light of the Goddess enfold you, nurture you and renew your spirit.
Karen
Wednesday, January 3
Thoughts for the Day
"There is nothing I can give you
which you have not;
But there is much, very much that
while I cannot give it, you can take.
No haven can come to us unless our hearts
find rest in today. Take haven!
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden
in this present moment. Take peace!
The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet within reach is joy.
There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see,
and to see we have only to look.
Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by
their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard.
Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it
a living splendor woven of Love by Wisdom with Power.
Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that
brings it to you.
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty,
believe me that Angel's hand is there; the Gift is there, and
the wonder of an overshadowing Presence.
Our joys too: be not content with them as joys.
They too, conceal diviner gifts.
And so at this time I greet you.
Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with
profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and
forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away."
-fra Giovanni 1513 A.D.
which you have not;
But there is much, very much that
while I cannot give it, you can take.
No haven can come to us unless our hearts
find rest in today. Take haven!
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden
in this present moment. Take peace!
The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet within reach is joy.
There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see,
and to see we have only to look.
Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by
their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard.
Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it
a living splendor woven of Love by Wisdom with Power.
Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that
brings it to you.
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty,
believe me that Angel's hand is there; the Gift is there, and
the wonder of an overshadowing Presence.
Our joys too: be not content with them as joys.
They too, conceal diviner gifts.
And so at this time I greet you.
Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with
profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and
forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away."
-fra Giovanni 1513 A.D.
Monday, January 1
Psychic Fairs and New Years
The Hawks Nest Psychic Fair came and went on Saturday with about 150 people attending. Some readers were busy and others only had 2 or 3 readings for the day - dissappointing! I think the problem was the day - it was changeover day in town which means many many tourists going home in the morning and many more arriving in the afternoon. I did 8 readings for the day. Lovely!
Having been in business in town for four years I am well aware that traditionally change-over day is very quiet all round so all in all a reasonable response!
It was a great shame the evening show was cancelled! We had a great deal of interest but I think insurance was the biggest hassle - a shame really.
I had a GREAT day at the psychic Fair - I read in new and wonderful ways, I had wonderful people to read for and connected with some dear friends I have not seen for a long time. The energy was lovely in the reading room and an enjoyable day was had by all. We missed you Lisa!
New Years Eve for us was spent packing up one shop and moving it into another! Basically our landlord kicked us out of the shop we were in (it's a long story!) and yesterday morning we rang a real estate agent to enquire about an empty shop in Hawks Nest only to be offered a brand new shop on the Tea Gardens waterfront for UNBELIEVABLEY reasonable rent until the end of the holidays! Chris and I are so grateful and were overwhelmed by the generosity of this wonderful woman that we both cried!
Then when we went to begin to pack the shop we ran into three people and told them what was happening and they offered themselves and their cars to help us move! So what would have been an all day event took us 4 hours to pack up and deliver to the new shop! We then spent another 6 hours unpacking and organising before staggering to the waterfront for a moonlight BBQ ~ because of course there are no lights at the bbq's on the waterfront in tea gardens or hawks nest GRRRRR thank Goddess for the moon and matches to see by!
We thoroughly enjoyed our sausages and onion in bread with a little wine and a splendid veiw of the fireworks over the water - absolutely beoootiful! Then it was home and falling into bed - we did not see midnight but the New Year came anyway!
Up at 5am this morning we had the shop ready to trade by 9am! (because some dingleberry - me - told people we would be, forgetting that Beloved said we could have the day off on NYD! Bugger!)
I did one reading today - lovely - and we sold some of our goodies to lovely people and took enough to cover the first weeks rent YAYAYAYAYAYAY and then closed at 2 pm because it was VERRRYYY quiet - usually is on New Years Day!
This is going to be a wonderful year.
I wish all of you many blessings and much giggling for the year 2007!
And now I am going to have a biiiiiiig snooze - my body feels like it has been through the ringer!
Blessings to you all!
Karen
Having been in business in town for four years I am well aware that traditionally change-over day is very quiet all round so all in all a reasonable response!
It was a great shame the evening show was cancelled! We had a great deal of interest but I think insurance was the biggest hassle - a shame really.
I had a GREAT day at the psychic Fair - I read in new and wonderful ways, I had wonderful people to read for and connected with some dear friends I have not seen for a long time. The energy was lovely in the reading room and an enjoyable day was had by all. We missed you Lisa!
New Years Eve for us was spent packing up one shop and moving it into another! Basically our landlord kicked us out of the shop we were in (it's a long story!) and yesterday morning we rang a real estate agent to enquire about an empty shop in Hawks Nest only to be offered a brand new shop on the Tea Gardens waterfront for UNBELIEVABLEY reasonable rent until the end of the holidays! Chris and I are so grateful and were overwhelmed by the generosity of this wonderful woman that we both cried!
Then when we went to begin to pack the shop we ran into three people and told them what was happening and they offered themselves and their cars to help us move! So what would have been an all day event took us 4 hours to pack up and deliver to the new shop! We then spent another 6 hours unpacking and organising before staggering to the waterfront for a moonlight BBQ ~ because of course there are no lights at the bbq's on the waterfront in tea gardens or hawks nest GRRRRR thank Goddess for the moon and matches to see by!
We thoroughly enjoyed our sausages and onion in bread with a little wine and a splendid veiw of the fireworks over the water - absolutely beoootiful! Then it was home and falling into bed - we did not see midnight but the New Year came anyway!
Up at 5am this morning we had the shop ready to trade by 9am! (because some dingleberry - me - told people we would be, forgetting that Beloved said we could have the day off on NYD! Bugger!)
I did one reading today - lovely - and we sold some of our goodies to lovely people and took enough to cover the first weeks rent YAYAYAYAYAYAY and then closed at 2 pm because it was VERRRYYY quiet - usually is on New Years Day!
This is going to be a wonderful year.
I wish all of you many blessings and much giggling for the year 2007!
And now I am going to have a biiiiiiig snooze - my body feels like it has been through the ringer!
Blessings to you all!
Karen
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