I wrote yesterday that my tenant of nine years was moving out of the mobile home I own at Holiday Park in Palm Bay.  A friend asked me why that could happen to me since I’m “such a positive thinker.”  I always have to laugh when I get that question because why would someone assume that me losing a tenant is a bad thing?  And it wasn’t really out of the blue.  I always know when things are shaking up for me that I’ve done something to attract it.   I’d written earlier this week that I bought a new bed and re-arranged furniture in the bedroom and sitting room areas.  I also changed up my spiritual practice, and re-did the altar in the living room fireplace.  My life experience tells me that anytime I start moving stuff around like that, that is the butterfly wing that puts the waves of change into motion.
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Yowza, I just got on my scale for the first time in a week and am down below another landmark number. I’m now at my 1996 weight without even trying. Too cool.

My new bedroom

After I bought my new bed last week, I took a few days to redo my bedroom for the first time in several years.  I took down the heavy royal blue velvet drapes from the sliding glass door, and replaced them with navy sheers and a blue and yellow silken sari draped overhead at the curtain rod.  I can see right into the garden and I love the new look.  My former king bed was so big that it basically took up 1/3 of the room.    Tuesday I moved a large white credenza out of the bedroom and into the sitting room, behind the daybed.  What I call the daybed used to be the futon, however I just moved the heavy wooden futon base to the shed and replaced it with a standard twin bed frame.  It’s much more functional and now there’s  room for the chi to flow underneath the bed — good feng shui!  Continue reading →

When you focus upon an unwanted aspect of something in an effort to push it away from you, it only comes closer, because you get what you give your attention to whether it is something that you want or not.  It is up to you to focus upon and attract what you want.  How do you know what you’re really focusing on?  By what you are attracting into your life.

I love the cool sailing weekend in the Keys pics a pal posted on Facebook, but I’d remind her to check the windows for reflected bare skin and oh yes take that bag of weed off the bench for the next shot.

I saw part of a reality show on tv the other day and a bride to be was talking about why she wanted to find a husband:  she wanted someone to tell about her day when she came home from work and someone to help with the chores around the house.  A bachelor friend of mine told me he “wouldn’t mind a woman around the house to cook and such.”  Good grief.

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I spent Sunday alternately working on final layout of the the August issue of Horizons, and moving furniture around.  I’d read at a few feng shui websites to learn the beneficial  placements for a bed after I bought my new bed last week.  The first thing I learned was that I needed a headboard.  The past 10 years, my giant king bed had been positioned in the corner, with a dozen pillows arranged like a large settee.  I was glad to downsize to a double bed.  And since the head of the bed would be angled at a corner, I clearly needed a headboard. Continue reading →

My new bed

I bought my new bed last week.   I noticed a distinct chemical odor.  I Googled to find out what it was and found that is normal for a new mattress and that it’s simply an out-gassing of the internal materials, which are largely composed of chemical foam.  See below for how to remove it.  All bedding is non-returnable for health reasons.  State laws require a merchant to remove all the covering to the spring core and rebuild the mattress, even if its only been used one night.  Any merchant that accepts returns eats the cost of that re-manufacturing process, which is considerable.  Flame retardant is required by law.  Continue reading →