Month: November 2007

  • Back on Track!

    3.5 pounds down this week! Yea Me! Despite the stress and self doubt I
    have been experiencing over the past few weeks, I managed to get
    focused again. New mini-baby goal...hit my first main goal by my Christmas party on
    December 15th.


    I have danced around it for months...sneaking up
    within 2 pounds of it, then with a teasing laugh, backing away by just
    a few pounds. I'm tired of this particular dance.....time for a new
    Dance, with new Steps.

    It is a beautiful day here in Sin City. We are finally below 85 degrees. May I just say that there is something inherently wrong with 85 degree  weather in November? Oh wait...did I already vent about this? *LOL* Prolly so! In any event,it is only supposed to be about 73 degrees today with chance of showers this afternoon. Cool beans! *does happy dance*

    I have been working on my vision board this week. I still feel as if I need to add a couple of things to it, but it is going to be a marvelous map for what I want, deserve, and WILL have in my life very soon! 

    I have also started baby stepping with meditation. It has always been so difficult for me, but with the stress of the last few weeks, I need something I can do to ground and center myself. I found a meditation on meeting Brigit at her Forge on Beliefnet.com. I like it, and it is a good place for me to begin.

    Well I need to go put my laundry away. I do love the smell and feel of warm,freshly washed/dried clothes and towels. *sighs happily. It is the little things, yanno?

    Brightest Blessings,
    Amethyst

  • Catching up

    Hmmm...November
    already! Why is it that the summer takes a year to get through, but my
    favourite time of year flies by faster than the speed of light? Grrrrrrr

    Last
    month was my local faire and I had a marvelous time. I met up with
    faire family, spent time with some of my favorite people and I was
    happy. Every one that has commented on my one pic from Faire says I
    look so happy. I was
    happy, I was at faire with people that I love. Next year I will be
    going to more California Faires. One year sabbatical was enough...no
    more...I NEED to be faire on a regular basis. It is good for my soul.

    I
    love this time of year, especially when DST reverts bnack to normal.  I
    have always enjoyed this time of year, when it is dark early and I come
    home to a warm, welcoming, safe sanctuary that surrounds me with
    comfort and light. Yes, I know, I am very weird, but I have always been
    this way, and I resent that  "they"  whomever "they" may be, decided to
    shorten this time of year even more than it was already.
    ***Okay...slight rant...and this is my own opinion...why can't "people"
    just leave nature well enough alone? The day has it's own natural
    rhythm...it's own natural ebb and flow, that was just hunky dory until
    men decided they needed to improve on it. You can't improve on nature
    INMHO. To me it seems that Daylight Saving Time just screws it all up.
    Yes, I know, people want more time to do more things. *Shakes head* 
    The very small, sarcastic part of me wants to say "Then get up earlier,
    " But I won't allow it to do so. I try to understand, but I don't think
    I ever will. **Rant over**

    I
    have started my own parttime business and as I expected, it is taking
    it's time getting off the ground. I know it will pick up, however
    patience has NEVER been one of my strong points! Ask anyone that knows
    me! *LOL* I will succeed at this...

    These
    past couple of weeks have been really rough and I found myself (Not to
    my surprise!) stress eating. I have gained 6 pounds. That ...as they
    say...is QUITE enough!

    Since my Darling Dark Team on the weight support site has new
    challenges beginning tomorrow, I went in and re-figured my stats...new
    baby goal of 21 pounds by my birthday which will make 45 pounds gone in
    just over a year. Not shabby at all.

    I have GOT to find that excitement and motivation I had when I first
    started out. Not sure how...but I shall find it. Part of my wanting to
    pick up again came from a totally surprising source. I love to watch
    watch Ballroom Dancing. I have been captivated by "Dancing with the
    Stars."

    Last night I watched the Ballroom Smooth dance Championship competition
    on PBS and I had this feeling in the pit of my tummy....butterflies and
    excitement. I can SO see myself in a beautiful, diaphanous , flowing
    gown, dancing in the arms of a strong , handsome man, looking as if we
    were dancing on air. (Have I ever mentioned that I am SUCH a
    GIRL???*LOL*)

    I think, once I lose enough weight that I don't feel and LOOK like an
    elephant on roller skates, I would LOVE to take dance classes. I may be
    very much a girly girl, but I am a not so graceful one at that. I think
    I would also love to take some ballet classes to at least try and
    become a wee bit more graceful. One of my very favorite actresses, Jane
    Seymore is on this season of Dancing with the stars...when I grow up I
    want to look like her and be as graceful as she is when she dances.

    So, the bottom line is....Back in the saddle....Onward and downwards (as in weight)...I CAN SO do this.

    I
    think there may be a very small possiblity that I may be moving
    sometime in the not too distant future, but I am not going to dwell on
    it at this time.  Don't want to jinx it.

    Overall...Life is good, speedbumps not withstanding. *Smiles* I am happy.

    Until next time...*hugs and snugs*

    Love, Light, and Laughter,
    ame