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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Sunday Round Up

From: Witchy Woman


From: Southern Fried Witch


From: The Secret Life of the American Working Witch


From: Pagan Culture


From: The Witch of Howling Creek


Entertainment
Cauldron Born

Brave "Families Legend" Trailer


From: WitchSchool International


From: Outside The Lines


From: About.com Paganism/Wicca
For those South of the Equator- All about Samhain


From: About.com Ancient/ Classical History


From: Patheos


From: Politicususa


From: The Baylor Lariat


Fitness

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Giveaway Update

As of this moment I have 91 likes on my Facebook page!! My giveaway is any day now and I've decided there will be two winners, the first will receive this beauty


A lovely handmade (by me) copper and teal book thong with two teal amazonite stone beads. Amazonite is a stone known for it's protective qualities. The first winner will also win a 20% off coupon to my Etsy Shop. The Second place winner will receive a 10% off coupon to my Etsy Shop.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Fitness Update

I've lost 4 pounds since I started my mission. I keep going on and off my workout routine and I've got to be more regimented. I really need to be trying to burn a minimum of 500 calories a day. My ultimate goal was to lose 20 pounds by August, and 10 by the middle of May. I've really got to get my but in gear if I want to make that happen.

I've been trying to make healthier choices when we go out to eat but I need to try and make healthier choices at home too. This morning for breakfast I had two egg whites on a pita with a little mayo and Swiss cheese. I have to get more produce into this house. Things will be so much easier once we finally have our own place. I'll have more room and I'll be able to have a little bit more control over what food is in the house. Until then I'll just have to work hard and make the best of the situation.

Any suggestions or tips for me? I could really use some help so if you've got anything I could try let me know.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Women are people too

I was looking through some of my old AllVoices articles and came across one I wanted to share (edited to improve the content). I hope you like it.

~I frequently receive articles from WebMD and I recently came across one that really pissed me off. One of the newsletters I subscribe to deals with sex and relationships, and I received one that was titled "Sex Drive: How do men and women compare?" My first thought was 'this should be interesting', because like any other rational women I expected them to dispel some myths by saying that women are just as interested in sex as men, but I was mistaken. Why do people in medicine keep perpetuating these stereotypes that men and women are from different planets and we need interpreters to figure each other out. We don't, we want the same things, I can have sex with candles, without candles, and in any place me and my husband can fit comfortably, whether that's our bed or our kitchen counter. I know plenty of women of all ages who feel the same way. For ALL people out there (men and women) there is no game, there is no dance, there is no trading off of niceties until you can hop in the sac. We invent the games to amuse ourselves and prolong the excitement.. and we both do it! Women are just as capable of being sexual as men, and we don't just do it to make them happy, or because we want jewelry. If any of you women out there are simple enough to think sex is some type of tool you use to get what you want, you're sorely mistaken. While you're waiting for him to cave (and suffering in the process mind you) he's just going to do something else to satisfy his need, now that doesn't necessarily mean he will cheat on you, but it does mean you're not getting any, why suffer? Get a job, and buy your own jewelry (note: I know this specifically has nothing to do with the article, but the article is just one of the many idiotic attempts to give stereotypes logical credence that really tick me off). Furthermore why is it that people are always trying to psychoanalyze strippers, porn stars, or any other woman that happens to be in the sex industry. If a man has that type of profession everyone says he must feel like the luckiest man on earth, but if it's a woman, she has daddy issues, she's insecure, etc... Perhaps this isn't too popular a theory, but maybe some of these women just enjoy the attention. Maybe some of them just like themselves, and they like that other people like them, and they use it pay some bills. It doesn't have to mean she has some sort of psycho-sexual problem. I bet there are plenty of women out there who wish they felt secure enough in their own skin to do those things, I know I do. If some middle aged woman clumsily wraps herself around a pole in her bedroom she's trying to spice up her marriage, but if an attractive, flexible, open-minded women notices that there may be some profit to be made in that arena it must be because she was sexually abused as a child. Come on people when are you going to get it, women like sex.. a lot. Stop trying to stuff us into a tiny box because you're uncomfortable with the thought of your mothers as sexual beings.~

Saturday, April 21, 2012

One of Those Days

Ever had one of those days where nothing really happens but just all of a sudden life.. just the entirety of life hits you like a ton of bricks. You look around and it dawns on you how badly you need to clean.. but you don't want to clean you feel too depressed to clean, and you know it's not going to get done and it just depresses you more. You're not happy with the way you look and the way you feel but you just don't know where to start. Every option feels like it will take forever and it's almost not worth it and you just feel helpless. You feel so spiritually disconnected that you're just floating, not even happy and there's never any time to center and get to the place you need to be. You know you need a change but you're afraid of that change and you're like a hamster on a wheel, running and running and running and not getting anywhere.

I'm having one of those days. We NEED to move, that's definitely part of it. I need my space, I feel trapped, and as much as I love my parents.. I really have to get away from them. I spent most of my day looking for apartments on Craigslist. Even though the need to move is a big part of it, it's not all of it. It's me, I need.. something, something to motivate me. I just feel so creatively fucked (if that even makes sense). Everything feels bleak and I just want to bite down on a pillow and scream. I feel like I need to take a step back from everything and prioritize. So that's what I'm doing. I'm putting some of my other projects on hold and I'm just taking a step back until I feel right in my own head again. Right now I feel like that's the only option I have. It seems as if life is just slowly piling up around me and pretty soon I'll be buried by it and I don't know how to get out.

I need to.. meditate, read, spend time outside. I need to have a moment where I do absolutely NOTHING, and have that be okay. I feel like I'm always doing something and nothing gets done, so maybe if I do nothing, something will get done. I don't even know if that makes sense but it feels right. Sometimes while my day is whisking by, I feel like I've lost myself. I need time to be a little crazy, do something I'm not supposed to, and just plain be myself. It's like I have to be this other person, this person I don't even recognize to get through the day and the real me is shrinking and shriveling up inside this unfamiliar shell. It scares me how true those words feel. Something is not right, something is not well, and something is not happy. I need to find out why.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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I LOVE this cartoon. Actually my whole family does. It's one of our favorite family shows. It's a great way to introduce the four elements, the spirit world, meditation, reincarnation, and balance to your child. This along with important values like honor, friendship, goodness, responsibility, and overcoming our differences make it a perfect show for families. It's funny, sweet, and gives you the opportunity to discuss important issues with your kids on a level they can understand.

This Asian inspired story follows Aang, the last Airbender and current Avatar who is destined to save the world by mastering all four elements and taking out the Fire Lord who is bent on taking over the world. He is the last of the Air Nomads, a group of Monks from high up in the Mountains. The show aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 -2008 and has been turned into a movie. The show itself has a sequel coming out soon called The Legend of Korra.

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