Day 26

Today I am thankful for knowledge.


                  Knowledge comes in so many forms. In my personal opinion life is about gaining knowledge and learning from your experiences to raise the level of your own consciousness and hopefully in turn help raise the universal human consciousness. Without learning we can not grow. We must pay attention to learn. For me this is where it gets tricky, I have a great thirst for knowledge in a lot of ways, but I am very easily distracted. I have learned many techniques to consciously focus my mind on the present moment in order to get, well anything done at all. I take pride in learning new things, even little things. I get a great joy out of learning a new word in Spanish, something new about someone I know or a new recipe. I am a person who likes to know the truth, so I am a factual kinda girl, so naturally I am drawn to history and science. This is the Capricorn in me. I am also make a lot of my choices based on the facts mixed with how I feel about the facts. This is the Aquarius in me. Learning is something I hope I never stop doing and warmly invite you to start paying attention to all the "insignificant" things you learn everyday.

Day 25

Today I am thankful for healing.

           Healing is a universal need for all living things at one point or another. Sometimes we get it, and sometimes sadly we do not. I have been pretty ill for almost a week and I really hate depending on the Dr. or meds in general. I am trying to be very natural in my life. I tried a few homeopathic remedies but they just were not kickin my over abundance of mucus in the butt like I needed them to. So because I am prone to such sicknesses that are dangerous for adults to have I decided to go to the quack. Just kidding, I see Dr. Daniel Sewell who I must say has a great bedside manner and isn't one to just hand you pills. Although this time he did. I am on day two of the Zpack and I am already feeling better. I have 3 more days and I am expecting to be fully recovered by then.

           As much as the pills are helping, there is one homeopathic remedy that is really helping me and I am truly blessed to have. My husband. He has taken such great care of me, and continues to do so. He held my hair and cleaned me up when I vomited for an hour and half and has even worked  couple of my shifts this week. I am not sure how I would have survived without him.

           I have always been very drawn to heeling people. I really love healing people with energy and touch. For a long time I didn't think that I was doing that, or I thought I had to achieve something else or grow in a certain way in order to do this. Recently I have discovered that I am a healing person just by having that intention. I do want to grown in technique and within myself to be able to actually lay my hands on people and heal them. I have a little ways to go, but I am excited about fine tuning my abilities.

Day 24

Today I am thankful for being a wife.



           





                    Not only am I thankful for being a wife, I am thankful to be Adam's wife. I didn't realize that things would actually be different. I mean nothing major as we lived together before hand so we knew each other quite well. Small things are different, mostly my mind set I guess. To think that I am somebody's wife is a bit strange, but very cool. I really think about so much more than just me and what I need or want. I have a great partner to help me make life's hard choices. A hysterical man to share my laughter and good times with. A creative, kind man who not only shares my dreams but enhances them and reaches for them with me. A sweet sexy man who loves me so thoroughly both emotionally and physically. A selfless thoughtful husband who makes it so easy for me to be the best wife I can because he is so good to me all I want to to be that good if not better to him. I am so lucky to have this amazing person to create and live out this exciting life with. I have never felt so secure, or loved or beautiful in my life, it only gonna get better with time. I am thankful that I am over the part of my life that is sifting through the jerks and drama for the prince charming and fairytale. Now on to the next chapter!

Day 23

Today I am thankful or trying something new.

            I have been doing a lot of this lately. The newest thing I have done ( literally like 20 minutes ago, well actually more than that by the time I post this) is start walking the dogs. Ha more like walking myself! I have heard that is takes a month ish to make something a habit. We are house sitting for almost 2 months, meaning we walk the dogs (ourselves) everyday. This is great! The best part is we still have "Bucky" to walk when we get home! Sure it will be more difficult physically, the road behind our house has a pretty good hill. Also harder road wise as we have no side walks but that's what the next couple of months are for...training! 

             I also have tried a couple of new recipes that were good but need perfecting so I am not ready to share. But I am willing to share a new adventure The hubs and I had with Ethan, Mel and one of their friends who doubles as the O.T.P. marketing guy (I believe) Russ. We went to Mt. Vernon Winery to taste some really good wine. We tried 7or 8 of their 16 varieties. My favorite as usual is the Old Vine Zinfandel. We are looking for some great placer county wines and I think we are going to make a "thing" of this. There are 16+ wineries on the placer county wine trail! I KNOW RIGHT!  I was shocked. Apparently we have great soil for it, I had NO idea!! I digress, so we are thinking that we are gonna try for every Friday we hit up a winery on the trail! I am so excited. Especially because this Friday is my birthday! Whoot Whoot! We are not sure where we are going this week yet but stay tuned for reviews! Or if you have any favorite Placer county winery please share!

Peace and love to all. Namaste.

Day 22

Day 21 Today I am thankful for fresh starts


        I am really not a resolution kinda gal. I believe that you should always be contentious of what your goals are, how you are going to achieve them and where you are at in that process. Making your life experience better is not some thing I want to focus on only once a year. I do however appreciate that the new year does bring with it a scene of starting fresh, and a refocusing of energy. I am not going to focus on the bad habits I want to stop doing or the food I am not going to allow myself to eat because these things are really not realistic for me. ( kudos to those of you have the will power and focus to change theses things.) Instead for me it is better to focus on the attractive energy field of setting positive goals. This is much easier way for me to stick with it. So 2012 holds in store for me: 

Loving myself

Spreading love and light throughout my world
 

Yoga to help my body be stronger, leaner, and more comfortable in general
 

More veggies and foods that give me energy when I indulge in them
 

Mediation everyday! I am feeling a strong pull to perfect the skill of stillness
 

Growing my business and education as to sever my clients better and make more money

Slowing down, living in the moment, and making time for the moments of fun and joy with people I love

I hope that this year brings everyone blessings and happiness. Let us remember that the energy that we put out to the universe is what we get back, so put out some positivity. Peace and Love to all.

Namaste

Day 21

Day 20: Today I am thankful for Food/Cooking.

              I love food! I love all kinds of food and trying new food. Which is a big growth from about 10 years ago. All I would eat was mac-n-cheese and PB&J. Now I love veggies, and fish! Although my Dad always tells the story of how he used to put me in my high chair ( which clipped to the side of the table) and feed me broccoli and holindays sauce until I was covered! Still my favorite way to eat broccoli. One of my first memories is having my favorite childhood dinner with Tommer, pork chops with mac-n-cheese and creamed corn. I used to only eat Kraft mac-n-cheese now I have switched to Annie's cheddar buns.
            Now not only do I love food I am completely fascinated by cooking. I could being the kitchen an cook all day just for fun. I have recently discovered  so many food recipes and food blogs! I never knew cooking could be so creative. I have tried some, but the possibilities are endless. One of the things that got me into cooking was baking. Baking makes my heart sing! Baked goods are one of the first things I remember "cooking" on my own. I love to bake all kinds of things  savory or sweet and share them with everyone! I have recently made empanadas, mini pot pies and chocolate chip cookies lately. I am a total experimental chef. for instance today I am trying to make my own teriyaki sauce. (recipe at bottom) I did a bit of research in to what the ingredients needed were and I using things in my cupboards that can be substituted so I don't have to spend to much money. So its really going to be an experiment. I am always open to new recipes and exchanging ideas so please share with me your favorite things to cook. 

Teriyaki sauce:
Soy sauce
ground ginger
Garlic
Dark Karo syrup
Apple Cyder vinegar
Lemon Juice
brown sugar
pure cane sugar

combine in small sauce pan to boil, reduce heat and let simmer until thick. Remove from pan and serve.

Day 20

Day 19: Today I am thankful for honesty and openness 

                  It is human nature to be insecure. It makes it very easy to hide yourself or try to make yourself in to something else. Being open to honestly share  your self with others is one of the hardest, but most fulfilling experiences of a persons life. It has helped me to build or rebuild relationships with family, friends and the most amazing man. Honesty fosters trust communication and is the foundation to life. In order to grow you must be honest with yourself. It all seems to come back to honesty.