I dreamed last night that I won the lotto and gave the magazine away. I woke up and it felt so real my first thought was there was no hurry to check email.  That felt pretty free!  Since I’m getting ready to win the lotto, I thought – well, why not give the magazine to someone and go play?  I’m not joking.  The whole kit and kaboodle.  No, there are no debts or anything like that 🙂  So who should I give it to and why?   If you know someone or want to be considered, let me know. (Of course obviously everything would be handled legally and all ad contracts fulfilled, etc.)

Who and why. This way, when my ticket wins, I’ll have a list handy and have made my decision already.  No strings.  Seriously.  What would you do if it was yours?

I had a good surprise when I got home today, a notice that Amazon.com had sold a book I had listed with them for sale.  When the tv show The Real Housewives of New Jersey came on, at the center of controversy with the character Danielle Staub was a book called Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher by Charles Kipps.  When I saw the book cover, I knew I had the book here. On 6-6-09,  I wrote on Facebook: “I just realized I have an out of print book here that is suddenly in the news, so I listed it to sell at a ridiculous price at amazon.com. Let’s see what happens.”

Then on 6-8-09,  I wrote on Facebook: “OMG the book I listed on amazon.com the other day is now the only one available. Too funny. I listed it on a whim.”

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YinYang is very territorial and I’ve seen her pitch her little fits

My cats each have their own favorite places to sleep and hang out. Giant Maine Coon Izzy likes to be stationed either at the hallway, so he can see anything that comes in the cat door or the front and back doors.  My sleek haired, black and white masked harlequin YinYang likes to be in a box top on top of an end table by the tv, with a view toward the living room and backyard.  When Izzy finds YinYang in his spot every so often, he just acts like he didn’t even notice and goes elsewhere.  When Yinny finds Izzy in her spot however, she goes all King Kong on his fuzzy butt. Continue reading →

Today is typically the day I do my paperwork for the magazine mailing this weekend, but I was smart this time and did it all yesterday.  In fact, I did it in record time – about 5 hours – since I managed to stay off Facebook and Twitter.  It’s amazing how quickly the work goes when I jump right into it rather than whining to myself for an hour that I’d rather play instead.  I learned that if I do the work a day early, then I am not rushing at the last minute.  That idea was as helpful as learning to bill early enough that the payments are all in by the time the bills need to be paid.  I’ve now got it down to a science. The next  best idea was pre-paying my printer every week so that by the time my job goes in, it’s paid for.  Last year I got behind with them just from not paying attention to what I was doing. When they finally called it to my attention I was really embarrassed.  Now I just order a check sent several times a month and by the time it goes in, it’s paid for. Continue reading →

A Belgian teenager supposedly fell asleep while getting her face tattooed and woke up to 56 Rihanna-style stars on her face. Now, she’s suing the tattoo artist. The original account claimed she “was happy with the work when she left the tattoo shop, but changed  her mind when her father saw the stars.”  The next version of the story, in the next publication, said that she “is only peeved because her boyfriend dumped her after seeing the monstrosity.”  Who knows what this story will end up being by this time next year.  Don’t believe what you read.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009.  Happy Summer Solstice. I did a half assed blog post this morning since I had worked until the wee hours finishing the July Horizons Magazine.  Then I woke up and had to leave right away to drive to The New Way to hang with the POD. A mile from my house, I stopped to get gas, and also filled the small 2 gallon can I use for my lawn mower.  I decided to drive it back home rather than keep it in the hot car with me for several hours.  Even though it would make me late, I felt strongly about taking it back to the house before continuing on my day.  Inexpicably, as I dropped the can inside the garage, I was compelled to go inside and change clothes.  That’s something I rarely do.  I throw something on and that’s that.  I keep it simple.  A fashionista, I’m not.  I put on a short knit sundress I hadn’t worn in 18 years, with a pair of leggings and ran out the door.  All in all, I dawdled and it was a good 20 minutes later before I was back on the road. Continue reading →

I just took a lap around the property spraying the  Air Potato Vines with Round Up – yes, Round Up.  These vines are so invasive and choke out everything else, the native plants, the exotics, everything.  Here’s a great article on Combating Invasive Plants – The Great Air Potato Roundup in Gainesville.  The first couple of years, I simply dug them up and threw them into the campfire.  I’d get hundreds of them.  Once I paid my yard guy’s daughter 10c each for them and let her do the work.  It was worth it.  If I catch them early in the season, and spray the 1.5 solution of Round Up on the emerging tiny leaves as they break the ground, I can nip the invasion in the bud.  I used to just pull up the small plant when I saw the tiny leaves, but, more often than not, that leaves the potato seed in the grow to sprout again.  The big problem the last couple of years is that a neighbor has them and likes them, so they are left to overgrow their fences.  The birds drop seeds over here, too, so my property – the big bird hangout – gets overrun with them.The entire acre on the corner is choked with air potato vines, and I also spray those lots.  Anyway, see this stuff in your yard?  Round Up.  Nothing else works.
UPDATE: This was the last time I used Round Up

Monday, June 15, 2009. Sunday was the final day of the 12th Annual Universal Lightworker’s Conference. The morning began with rousing music by Ron Gosio, Michael Mirdad, Armand and Angelina, Steve and Amy Sciulli, with Steve wailing away on some crazy kind of wild flute.  That was followed by an open hearted meditation, co-led by all the presenters.  Michelle Whitedove was the opening speaker and she told of her death experience at age 18 and the bargain she made with God when she was in that in-between place, before coming back to Earth to fulfill her mission.  She told of how the doctors said she’d have permanent disabilities and never have children.  She proved them wrong on all counts.  Being a fire sign, she bucks authority and has no qualms about it.  She knows what she knows.  She encourages people to disregard any pessimistic news they may hear from (well meaning) doctors, and just focus upon wellness and know God can get you there.  No matter what someone else tells you.  I agree that’s the thing to do.  I agree it’s not easy to go against the crowd.  Only the brave dare and Michelle is one of the brave.  She’s wonderfully delightful to listen to and looks in person just exactly like she did when she won Lifetime TV’s  America’s Psychic Challenge.  And yes, Michelle Whitedove is that good.  She convinced me. Continue reading →

Sunday, June 14, 2009. Saturday morning began early with the vendors open at 8:00am and the music began at 9:00.  It was a rousing tribal beat, perfect for waking up.  The best part of waking up is NOT Folger’s in your cup 🙂    Don Miguel Ruiz was the opening speaker.  He has such a quiet yet powerful way about him, and his words are simple and profound.  He told a story of how as a young teen, he once sat with his grandfather and told him all his teenage ideas and philosophies.  He began to see a slight smile cross his grandfather’s face after a time, and he thought, “Oops.”  But it was too late,  It was his grandfather’s turn to speak.  His grandfather told him that he had just heard Miguel parrot many ideas that others had told him.  He did not hear any ideas that came from Miguel.    Don Miguel Ruiz learned from his grandfather that we search for everything we believe we don’t have, not knowing that everything we are looking for is already inside us. We are born with it.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.  No one else.  Us.  We do it.  We don’t need to seek outside ourselves for guardian angels.  There are 6 billion of us on the planet.   Life is a dream and you are not who you think that you are! There are 6 billion Messengers on Earth… Angels who give & receive messages. What kind of messenger are you? Powerful stuff. Continue reading →

Saturday, June 13, 2009.  I’m in Fort Lauderdale at the Universal Lightworker’s Conference. it began yesterday, from 4:00pm until well into after midnight.  At most conferences, you spend the first day being kind of shy, and opening up the second, so by the end of the conference, you feel you have a new family and have bonded with all the other attendees.  With the ULC, in their opening ceremony they get everyone up and dancing together.  By the end of Friday evening, you are feeling bonded with everyone else.  The weekend definitely has a reunion feel to it.  A reunion of new friends. Continue reading →