Sunday, March 29, 2009. I’ve had a busy last two days.  Yesterday I was in Cassadaga, and Friday I was in Gainesville and Ocala.  I had to meet a client in St. Cloud first thing Friday morning, so I took the turnpike and I-75 into Gainesville.  I had not been there for several years, and immediately noticed there was eastbound traffic on University Avenue.  My timing put me there at noontime, and of course I was driving into downtown.  I noticed there were azaleas in bloom and dogwood and wisteria.  I love the look of the little houses and yards with their flower gardens.  I liked driving past the university and seeing the kids all out and moving about.  I like being in a college town, it’s one reason I enjoy living in Melbourne, with the young, eager, hopeful energy of the college students.  It makes me even more hopeful about our future. Continue reading →

An short and excellent video from Abraham-Hicks:
From Grief to Joy: Moving Up The Emotional Scale
http://www.lawofattractioninteraction.com/GTJ_excerpt_for_You.html

Excellent video Abraham-Hicks on the Autistic Revolution: Children in the Time of Awakening  at http://www.lawofattractioninteraction.com/TAR_excerpt_for_You.html

This Saturday 28th March  at 12 noon a vegetarian Uzbek Lunch will be served at Yogashakti Mission.  Nora Morgan, who was born and lived in Uzbekistan will cook  Mashkichiri, (a traditional Uzbek dish with mung beans, black-eyed peas,vegetables,spices and chopped basil), Also served will be Pirojki (individual sized baked or fried buns filled with vegetables and herbs). There will also be homemade salad.  Because of scheduling conflicts we are having this on the last Saturday of March instead of the first Saturday of April. Do not miss this chance to taste the first ever authentic Uzbek lunch  to be served at Yogashakti Mission! RSVP much appreciated so we may plan. Yoga Shakti Mission, 3895 Hield Rd NW Palm Bay, FL 32907    321.725.4024     www.yogashakti.org

This has been such a good week, getting a lot done and also having a fairly relaxing time at it.  I picked up my paperwork at my tax accountant’s and it weighed like 12 pounds.   I did feel much lighter after writing my check to Uncle Sam, though! I realize I probably do things the hard way for them, just giving them my statements and check registers, but no one’s told me to do it any differently yet, so it must be fine.  I am going to begin getting them their info quarterly and that will train me to be stay informed about it also.  Like today I decided to go through the check register and see what checks had been written for gasoline costs in 2008.  The first six months I had my Hyundai Santa Fe which averaged 22 mpg.  I paid about $240 a month for gas those first six months.  Then I bought my Toyota Prius, which averages 46 mpg.  I pay about $80 a month for gas now. Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 24, 2009. It’s been a great week so far.  From the end of October until March is when I have to do the magazines back to back, with not much time in between.  That’s to accomodate the holiday printing and delivery schedule of my printer.  As often as possible, I try to piggyback onto the delivery of another publication on the same truck, to decrease my delivery cost.  Even if it means a little more work for me, I like doing this.  And it’s not all that hard to do since (1) it’s a job I love to do, (2) since I love my job, I find it easy to do, and (3) I’m a workaholic, so working 24/7 is my path of least resistance. Continue reading →

Yesterday was one of my most restful Sundays ever.  Sundays are usually a flurry of activity for me, but I claimed yesterday as a day of rest and not having to do anything on anyone else’s schedule.   I ignored the pile of work on my desk and instead opted to play around putting together my new website at www.goddessgrub.com.  It had so much fun at it that it was easy to forget that it, too, was actually technically “work,” but of a different sort. Continue reading →

Sunday, March 22, 2009.  Happy Sunday.  I spend much of yesterday out in my far backyard, clearing out some vines and limbs I’d cut back in November.  Since keeping up with the yard is a big job, I do it in stages.  Last November, I  cut back a lot of vines and tangled branches in the turk’s cap and eleagnus shrubs I have.  I pulled out the easy branches, and left the more tangled ones inside, giving a few extra cuts to the vines and limbs all twined together.  So now, in March, it is easy to see the dead limbs and vines; they are dry and lighter and easy to pull out.  I also leave them in there since I know the Mulberry tree will go bare for the next few months, and the turk’s cap and eleganus can act as privacy from my back neighbor if I leave the clippings in.  Last month, the mulberry tree began filling out and that signalled to me it was time to remove the tangle of last winter and make room for the Spring growth. Continue reading →