Okay...I have been having a lot of fun! Now that I have figured out how to do it! Bwahaahaahaahaah! Tomorrow is Friday...Huzzah!! And there was much rejoicing! 
This weekend I am going to get HTML for Dummies! I will figure all this out! Bwahaahaahaahaah!
Bright Blessings to all, I remain, Giddily, your
Amethyst 
Huzzah for Wednesday! The week is better than half over and the weekend looms large in front of me. Winter has finally settled in! We topped off at 42 today, but with the wind blowing so hard, the wind chill was much colder! I LOVE IT!
I saw Lady Jane as I was driving home tonight…I looked at the car next to me and said to myself: "that looks like Jane and her car!" Sure enough, we had just enough time to say "Hi". I do miss having her at work!
I just found out my favorite guys (Brother) will not be here for St. Patrick's Day. I am afraid I didn't handle it well and got rather petulant! (Okay, I threw full fledged, foot stomping tantrum!) I have been planning for St. Patrick's Day since last summer (they are just such a blast! Totally awesome!) And now I find out they are going to be in Houston of all places! FRACK!!!!!!!! I feel another tantrum coming on…
Ahem…now that I have had some time out and have only my jutting lower lip to show how disappointed I am, I have other things to take into consideration. Imbolc is this Saturday and I need to find out what our Goddess Temple is planning for Ritual. (Note to Self: Send URL to Princess Leighcherie!) A time of Spring Cleaning and seed planting (Not necessarily on the mundane plane, although that is part of it!)
I also am ready to dedicate myself formally to my study of Wicca, and will be celebrating my dedication on my birthday! I am very excited to finally feel ready to commit to my path. This is a very good thing!
Roxy, Hang in there dear heart…Things have a way of working out…You have already seen evidence of that! Hugz and warm fuzzies to you!
Actually, Hugz and warm fuzzies to all my friends here on Xanga…You make me smile, you make think, you make me laugh out loud, you make me ponder, you give me something to look forward to when I come home at night!
Love and Brightest Blessings to you all,
Amethyst
Thanks to Dread Pirate for throwing down the gauntlet...and to Draig for throwing out the challenge! Actually I took the challenge years ago and am still challenging myself.
I am an ex-mormon who is now fully Pagan and who is more at home in her own skin than she ever was attending a Christian church. I try new things, things that were frowned on in church and have found they are not evil! I am not evil nor am I willing to place the responsibility of my actions on anything or anyone but myself! Maybe because I wasn't actually raised in a family of devoted church goers(I didn't join the church until I was 17 and I was the only member), but I always had a difficult time with the concept that "satan" would lead me to do wrong. I guess I never really believed in "satan". Sorry, I didn't mean to digress and this is not really pertinent to the subject at hand!
I love how exciting it is to act outside the comfort zone! In fact, I need to spread my wings and push myself a bit further now! I wonder what my next big adventure will be? Wee Wench is giving me an adventure of getting a butterfly tattoo to celebrate my metamorphosis as well as my birthday in a couple of weeks! This is how I know this is an adventure, when I tell people I have known for at least 3 years that I want and indeed am getting a tattoo, their jaws drop practically to the floor and they look at me as if I have been possessed! 
Anyway...Thanks to the Cap'n and Draig. This has been an enlightening evening. I enjoy anything that makes me stop and evaluate myself, my goal for this year is self knowledge, every step along the way is another light upon my path!
Bright Blessings and warm Fuzzies,
Amethyst
The month keeps speeding by and I'm running to keep up with it. I don't want to miss anything! My goals for the new year progress beautifully(although turning off the TV is harder than I thought it would be...can't figure out why, even now everything is mostly reruns! )
I have been pondering my marriage as of late. Michael and I struggle with our relationship...well, only one facet really...his drinking. We have so much at stake...not the least of which is his degree he is working so hard to earn. I am so proud of him...he has a 3.75 grade point average and his teachers love him! He only (Still?) has two years to go!
He says he sees himself in a destructive pattern and he wants to change and I believe him. I know it takes time and I'm willing to give it to him, but at time it is so hard and I wonder if it is worth the heartache. I did not wait my whole adult life to get married (I was 36), just to have it end in divorce 5 sort years later. But how long is long enough?
Almost everything else is fine. Work is going well as I face almost thirteen years at my job. Our Pirate group is going really well and I must admit I am already looking forward for the Faire season to begin!(March 22, 23, 24 is Palm Springs...First Faire of the season...Huzzah!!)
I am studying more and more and I'm ready to further my understanding of Wicca and in order to do that, I need to know myself better. Thanks to Shadow-Dancer for the link I found on his site. He put it up for the astral travel course, but I am going to take the on-line course about self-discovery. It sounds interesting, and if I do well with this course and like the way it is presented, I will try the astral class.(I'm not quite ready to deliberately leave my body right now...too much to learn here IN my body!)
I found my bestest friend after 10 years of wondering if she was dead or alive(She alive and kicking...thank the Goddess!)
I still find joy in the simple(and not-so-simple) things in life and for all the problems I may have in my life...there is so much more that is right!
Love and Brightest of Blessings,
Amethyst
