Friday Fill-In

Friday Fill-Ins #73

1. On my laziest day I like to Sleep in late, read, drink tea and take my dog on a long lazy walk!
2. Making jewelry makes me feel like I’m being productive.
3. I love little things, things made in miniature and big Pillows.
4. This summer I want to Go to the ocean.
5. Jehara   made me start my blog.
6. Red Cherries and orange cantaloupes are very yummy!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to Sleeping, tomorrow my plans include organizing and cleaning house and Sunday, I want to go to White Rock Lake!

Hump Day Humor

  If I give her puppy dog eyes…   she will get my ball from under the dresser! 

It works every time.  Whoo Hoo!!   I have my ball, my favorite blue ball.

 

Ten on Tuesday

I found this from the holisticknitter

 

 

10 Superstitions, Traditions, and/or Personality Quirks

1.  Yes, I knock on wood.  I have to knock three times, always in threes, even numbers very unlucky!

2.  If you want something really badly, do not talk too much about it, do not tell people about it, if you do, it will never come to fruition.

3.  I believe in the rule of three!  What you do, good or bad comes back to you threefold. 

4.  Weathermen should watch the moon closely as a tilted moon pours water out in the form of rain.
5.  I learned this in a Feng Shui class:  If you leave the toilet lid up, all your money and prosperity go out of the house via the sewer.  Although I did think that this might be a clever way to make your man keep the toilet lid down! 

6.  Always re-enter your house through the same door you left to promote good luck.

7.  You need to eat black eyed peas on new years day to bring good luck.  A nice southern, Texas tradition/superstition.

8.  Never take a broom with you from an old house to a new one!  This is bad luck.  Always acquire a new broom.

9.  If your ear is burning, then someone is talking about you.  To determine whether what they are saying is good or bad, remember this rhyme, - Left for love, Right for spite!

10.  I believe Black Cats are good luck, even if they cross my path!   - Early Christians, fearing the old religions changed black cats from being a symbol of goodness, to one of bad luck.  In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat.  Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed.  In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches.  Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.  Hooey, what hooey!!!!

 

 

Taken From Izzybella

1. What is your occupation? Teacher, Artist

2. What color are your socks right now? I am not wearing socks.  I Hate wearing socks, unless I absolutely have to.  My BFF/Sister G always used to nag at me to wear socks.  Sorry G, i still do  not wear them. 

3. What are you listening to right now? I am listening to Desert Wind sing “Kali Ma”

http://payplay.fm/desertwind6

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Cheese and Bean Pupusas from my student from El Salvador. 

 5. Can you drive a stick shift? No….  I have always wanted to learn.  No one has had the courage to teach me…

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Why purple, of course!

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My friend Danica

 
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I stole it from izzybellas’s blog, and yes, I do.

 
9. Favorite drink? Regular Coke

10. What is your favorite sport to watch? yuck, sports on television, boring, boring, boring.  If I had to choose, it would be American Football.

 
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes, many times

12. Pets? My dog Cosmo, and my fish: Fishy Wishy

13. Favorite food? Any and every type of food from Latin America/South America.

14. Last movie you watched? Lady in the Water…  very interesting movie.

15. Favorite Day of the year? the days I get to see my sister, her beautiful daughter, and her prince charming husband.  They live in Virginia, so that is not often. 

16. What do you do to vent anger? Break glass…  hehehehe  …  remember Jehara?????  Usually, I paint, draw, use pastels, clay, something artistic to express my emotions. 

17. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Sasha Dolls and My Merlin.

 
18. What is your favorite, fall or spring? Fall

19. Hugs or kisses? Hugs

20. What kind of pie? I am a southerner…  Pecan Pie!!!  yummy yummy yummy

21. Do you want your friends to email you back? I’m not going to email it, I’ll post it on my blog.
22. Who is most likely to respond? I don’t know
23. Who is least likely to respond? No clue

 
24. Living arrangements? Looking for a new place!

25. When was the last time you cried? Today, while thinking about how much I NEED TO SEE MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26. What is on the floor of your closet?hehehe  everything….

 
27. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending/tagging this to? I’m going to tag anyone who wants to play on my blog.
28. The friend you have known the shortest amount of time that you are sending/tagging this to? See # 27

 
29. Favorite smell? Vanilla, Apples, Oranges, Lavender, cinnamon

30. What inspires you? Passion, Creativity, Compassion

31. What are you afraid of?  My nearest and dearest dying

32. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? I am a vegetarian, no meat for me!

 

 
34. Favorite cat breed? Siberian - they are supposed to be okay for those with allergies, and they are beautiful!  I have always wanted a cat, but never had one.

33. Favorite car? The one that’s paid for.  Ditto Izzy

35. Number of keys on your key ring?5 plus the electric thingymagig for the door at the school.

 
36. How many years at your current job? It is brand spanking new.

37. Favorite day of the week? depends on the day

38. How many provinces have you lived in? I’ve never lived in a province-I’m a lame American…Ditto Izzy
39. How many countries have you been to? 7, and there are sooooo many more places I want to visit!

Friday Fill-In #69

1. When I fell in love it was it was like drinking a very warm cup of hot coco on a very cold night!
2. I want to go to the beach when the flowers bloom and it heats up outside!
3. Oh no! The Internet connection is down, uh oh…  did i pay my Internet bill????? 
4. Cheaters,is the craziest TV show ever!  Why on earth do people want to humiliate themselves on national television?  Having your heart broken by infidelity and dishonesty is horrible, why on earth would you want people to see you experience it? 
5. Cheese and tostadas with homemade black bean salsa make a great meal!
6.  I have always wanted to grow my own herbs in a garden.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting ready for the art show, tomorrow my plans include the art show at the Angelika and then I am going to Jehara’s birthday party and Sunday, I want to get some much needed rest!

13 of My Favorite Goddesses

Thirteen of My Favorite Goddesses 1.  Kuan Yin - Goddess of Compassion.  Exerpt from Goddess & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan  Just as Catholic Christianity has provided an antidote to pure theological patriarchy by encouraging the reverence of the Virgin Mary, so Chinese Buddhism evolved a feminine bodhisattva, or Buddha-to-be, named Kuan Yin. And just as Mary captured the hearts of Catholic worshipers, so Kuan Yin far outstripped the male bodhisattvas in popularity. Both in Japan (as Kwannon, who is often pictured as male) and in pre-revolutionary China, this semidivine being was honored in virtually every home; she was the most powerful being in the entire Chinese pantheon. It was said that Kuan Yin was so concerned for humanity that, upon receiving enlightenment, she chose to retain human form rather than transcend it as pure energy. And so she would stay until every single living creature attained enlightenment. Her name translates “she who hears the weeping world”; Kuan Yin sat on her paradise island P’u T’o Shan answering every prayer addressed to her. The mere utterance of her name in prayer was said to assure salvation from physical and spiritual harm. Even better was the observance of Kuan Yin’s own testimony of peace and mercy; her most devout worshipers ate no flesh and lived entirely without doing violence to other beings.  **************  2.  Oya - Change 3.  Brigid - Inspiration. 4.  Isis - Mothering 5.  Hecate - Crossroads 6.  Pele - Awakening 7.  Maya - Illusion 8.  Artemis - Selfhood 9.  Vila - Shape Shifting 10.  Maat - Justice 11.  Lakshmi - Abundance 12.  Sekhmet - Anger and Rage 13.  Ix Chel - Creativity

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Friday Fill-In #64

Friday Fill-In 

1. Creating Art is so exciting!
2. Strawberry fields are something I have never seen.  I would like to go and pick my own fresh strawberries someday.
3. Warm-Chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream sounds like it would taste delicious!
4. Why does getting enough sleep make me feel so good?!
5. The Alhambra is something I’ve always wanted to see.
6. It’s sad when I miss my sister, when I see something That would make her laugh, When I wish I was more a part of her life, or when I think about how far away she is from me.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to working on my art projects, tomorrow my plans include Book Club and Sunday, I want to work on more projects!

Friday’s Feast

Appetizer

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting?

That would definitely be a 1.  I hate my handwriting!

Soup

Do you prefer baths or showers?

I love them both!  A relaxing bath is always wonderful, but when I am in a hurry I love showers.

Salad

What was the last bad movie you watched?

American Pie - I know a lot of people like that movie, but I hated it.  I just wasn’t in the mood for crude/crass humor.  I will have to watch it again when I am drunk, maybe it will get better????

Main Course

Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life.

I am addicted to regular sodas - especially Pepsi and Coke.  This addiction adds calories to my diet and pounds to my body.  I would drink the diet variety if I wasn’t allergic to phenylalanine and sucralose.  I am going to try to quit.  Is there a Coke/Pepsi Anonymous?

Dessert

Which instrument is your favorite to listen to?

I love the flute and all of its close cousins - piccolo, pan flute, Peruvian wood flute.

Thursday Thirteen Plus One Extra

Thirteen Things About Colors - Plus One WHITE Meditation/  Dream: Truth of the highest order. Enlightenment. Energy in its most pure form. Divinity. Aura: Never a predominate color in the aura unless you are looking at an angel or an ascended master. Healing: Charging the energy field,  bringing peace and comfort, divine light or whole white light entering.   VIOLET  Meditation/  Dream: Conjures feelings of enchantment, wishes fulfilled, of dreams made fact. Transformation of the self or of some aspect of your life into a higher form. Connecting to your higher self. Aura: This color in the aura is the highest vibration for the human spirit. A person who is in command of his life and energy. A visionary. Violet with a gold outline is a person who is one with spirit and is in service to mankind. Healing: Connecting to spirit, the opening of the third eye, the clearing of the head, purging the auric field of distortions.   BLUE  Meditation/  Dream: Blue is the energy of pacification, self protection, sweetness and tenderness, and of loyalty. It represents contentment and reunion with the Earth. Aura: Blue in the aura represents a teacher or a very sensitive person. They are kind and caring and will do much to help others grow.  Healing: Cooling, calming, restructuring of the etheric level, taking away pain when doing deep tissue work and work on bone cells. Blue also helps to expand a person’s field to connect to his/her life task.   GREEN  Meditation/  Dream: Taken most directly from nature, these hues often are expressive of constancy, self-affirmation, security, self-esteem, and of deeply rooted pride. A healing meditation may contain green, as it is the color of new growth. Aura: Green in the aura signals a very intellectual person who may possess healing gifts. At the very least it signals a nurturer personality and one that will do what they can to make another comfortable. Healing: Charging the heart chakra, balancing the aura, general healing, sometimes charging the aura to ensure well being and health, and to remove illness.   YELLOW  Meditation/  Dream: Representative of cheerfulness, radiance, relaxation and release from burdens. It is warmth of sunlight, the halo around the Holy Grail. Yellow is hope and also intelligence. Aura: Yellow, like green also signals a very intellectual person. They are powerful thinkers, and idea makers. Healing: Charging the brow chakra, clearing a foggy head.   ORANGE  Meditation/  Dream: Symbolic of fire, of expanding energy, power and the omnipotence of the sun and the majesty of sunsets. Energy to accomplish ones goals. Aura: A very ambitions person who needs to succeed and has the energy to do so. Healing: Charging the auric field, increasing sexual potency, increasing the immunity system.   ROSE  Meditation/  Dream: In meditation or dreams represents self-love, also resurrection. The color of flesh, of sensuality and emotion, romantic love, and supportive love. Aura: A person in-love with another or in-love with one’s created environment. Healing: Subtle healing and love. This energy puts back a sense of self love and self worth.   RED  Meditation/  Dream: Red represents the will to achieve, energy, intensity, and struggle. It is also appetite, desire, and reproduction. It is life in the “now.” Aura: People with mostly red in their aura are fiery spontaneous people. They are often fearless, or appear that way. Red’s make good police and firemen and soldiers. Red will also be found in the normal aura for brief periods during great anger or passion. Healing: Super charging the auric field, burning out cancer, warming cold areas.   GOLD  Meditation/  Dream: Divinity transforming lower energy to upper energy. Spiritual power in all aspects operating for the greater good. Aura: Gold in the aura is rarely a predominate color, however you can find it as an outline to another color, like violet. Gold as an outline in the aura adds the dimension of spiritual nobility and rank, a person that has and is achieving great spiritual progress and work. Healing: The restructuring of the seventh layer of the aura.   GRAY  Meditation/  Dream: Grey in a dream or meditation signals excessive energy being burnt off. it is also a lifting of intense fear or some life-threatening situation. Aura: A person who’s life-force is leaking away due to unhappiness, sadness, depression, or illness. With the color black a person with advanced cancer. Healing: Only used during a healing when excessive energy must be removed because the person can’t handle it.   BLACK  Meditation/  Dream: In the shinny black variety it is a closing in of energy and resource to protect ones self. The velvet or shinny black is not a negative color to get in a meditation, especially if you are feeling burnt out. A velvet black light opens up the Aura so that it can accept higher colors. Aura: A dull lifeless black in the aura shows a person who is very far removed from the constructive forces of the universe. With the grey streaks, it shows a person being destroyed by his or her own actions and lack of spirituality. Note: Wearing black is very common and it opens up the human aura to all the other colors.  Wearing black also protects your energy from leaking out to others. Healing: The velvet black color is used to bring a patient into the state of grace, silence, and peace.   SILVER  Meditation/  Dream: Silver relates to the moon, the subconscious, and the female aspect of the universe.  Aura: Not a color usually present in the aura in any great quantity. Healing: Used to purge the auric field and to charge the sixth level of being (karmic level), to remove old karma that is no longer needed.   INDIGO  Meditation/  Dream: Purple or indigo in a dream or meditation signals  some kind of psychic power or ability or some kind of psychic force. Aura: In the aura shows a very intuitive person, a person with prepackaged abilities that come from before birth to be used physically in this incarnation. These people tend to be square pegs as far as society and fitting in is concerned. This will change as  more of the current generation is born with this color and takes its place in society. Healing: The opening up of intuition or of some psychic ability.   CRYSTAL  Meditation/  Dream: Transformation into a new form or a higher energy state. Crystals amplify and a crystal light will amplify your own energy to a higher level. Aura: A crystal aura around a person is clear but will have other colors intermingled with it. This is the ‘chameleon’ aura. People with this aura will take on the attitudes and ways of those around them. The aura of others becomes their own aura. It is important for these crystal people to only surround themselves with the best influences possible, for obvious reasons. A person with a crystal aura must learn how to separate themselves from everybody else.  Healing: Sometimes used to fill in an empty spot where some energy was removed, so that nothing unwanted takes it’s place, till the person’s energy field can replace the vacuum with its own energy field.

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Friday Fill-In

1. Ahhhh, it’s so nice to drink a warm cup of tea on a cold day!
2. One of my favorite things on my desk or bureau is my large amethyst cluster.
3. Japanese Cherry Blossom Tea is a wonderful blooming flower tea.  http://www.herbs-teas.com/
4. Curled up in my bed when it is cold, or, outside under a tree by a pond and on a blanket is my favorite place to sit and read.
5. Spiral Diner’s vegetarian barbecue sandwich and 8 layer burrito are delicious!http://www.spiraldiner.com/
6. I love to watch Magic in movies.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting some rest, tomorrow my plans include the momentum meeting and Sunday, I want to go to circle and see my friends!

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