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Month: April 2012 (Page 1 of 4)

Gratitude Sunday * April 29, 2012

~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~

Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!

Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!

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– A really wonderful bike ride today with my Honey. I needed it — and enjoyed it — so much!!!

– Having a second bike to use as a backup, after I got a flat tire a block into our bike ride. I don’t know why I get so many stupid flat tires!

– Beginning to harvest some beautiful produce from the garden! This week, radishes and arugula.

– Gorgeous weather on my birthday, garden time, tea & a nap on the grass under the lilacs, feeling great, a delicious dinner with family, a sunset stroll with everyone, the most thoughtful and wonderful presents (!!), awesome birthday cake, relaxing & not doing any have-to’s — how much better can a birthday get?! I loved it.

– My mom’s beautiful homemade-with-lots-of-love birthday cake!!

– Time with loved ones. It’s what life is all about, in my eyes…

– Lots of synchronicities lately. I see them as confirmation that I’m where I’m supposed to be, which helped a bit in the face of lots of fear and overwhelm this week. It was quite a roller coaster week, with wonderful highs and awful lows.

– Finding nettles.

– My aunt and her honey visiting this week — it was such a nice visit!!

– The weather allowing for lots of outside time.

– Laughter. Thank goodness for laughter, huh!

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A Special Nature Outing

Pelican

Just wanted to share with you some pictures from the wonderful nature outing I had yesterday! My aunt and her honey are in town visiting this week, and they, together with my mom and dad and I, all went to a nature spot that holds a special place in our hearts. I’ve been going there since I was just a toddler! The weather was sublime, and we had the place to ourselves. It was such a special family time, I’ll never forget it. I only wish my F could have been there with us, I know he would have loved it too. We saw some amazing bird & wildlife activity, including a bald eagle on its nest, a Swainson’s hawk, grebes, pelicans, a couple bullsnakes, a garter snake swimming across a canal (!), and a rattlesnake hunting a bunny!

The cherry on top, for me, was the discovery of a bunch of nettles patches around the place! I didn’t know nettles grew in dry Colorado, so this was quite exciting! More about that in the next post…

Here are some pictures:

Nettles, yay!!

This adorable sight was in the nature center!

Also at the nature center was a whiteboard where people write what they saw while out and about. I had a good laugh at one of the things on this list! Can you spot which one? 🙂

And I gathered two delicate blue speckled eggshells that had been chucked out of a nest, maybe to make room for growing babies. I added them to my nature basket at home. Aren't they beautiful!

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Free Shipping Today on Grassfed Beef, Bison, & Chickens (at Tropical Traditions)

Just a little note to you all, that Grassfed Traditions (which is part of Tropical Traditions) has Free Ground Shipping today (through Midnight EDT, April 23rd) on their grassfed beef & bison, and pastured chickens. Details here. I’ve never tried their meat before, so I can’t give my opinion one way or the other, but knowing Tropical Traditions, it’s likely of high quality.

To get Free Shipping (ground only), enter code FSF419 at checkout.

And if you’re a new customer, you can enter my User ID, which is 6032410. They might send you a free something-or-other (??).

When you’re going through the checkout process and you’ve added your shipping address and phone number, you will see the question “How did you hear of us?” Just choose “Referred by a friend” and then a new “User ID” field will appear below that where you can enter my User ID. (See screen shot below.)

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Gratitude Sunday * April 22, 2012

~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~

Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!

Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!

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– Our neighbor squirrels have BABIES! Two of them, we think. You just really can’t get much cuter. I feel privileged to be so close and be able to watch them! They live in the attic of the house right next door to us. Pictures hopefully coming soon…

– Gardening this week. It felt really really good. And was just what I needed.

– Being outside in my garden in the warm glow and long shadows of the evening sun.

– Lilacs scent while I gardened all day! Lilac scent in our apartment! Lilacs by my head while I sleep! What a gift scented flowers are, huh!

– Good music, played loudly, on great speakers. Sometimes it’s just what’s called for… something that’s bigger than you are, to drown out your own thoughts… and all that’s required is to listen and enjoy.

– Spare energy for hand stands!! 🙂 And the satisfaction of getting better and better at them, the more I do! What fun~~ There is such joy in moving my body like I used to as a kid!

– Accomplishing lots of moneymaking work, which always feels satisfying.

– Having that moneymaking work valued so very much by my bosses.

– Sitting outside with tea, in the fresh morning air. I’m liking that new ritual a lot.

– A birthday package in the mail from my sister — I can’t wait to open it! I don’t think the excitement ever wears off of seeing a package dropped off by the mail man, around birthday time!!

– Feeling that it’s an accomplishment that I’m here to celebrate another birthday (coming up soon). That sounds dramatic… (I don’t like drama) …but it’s the honest truth. I’m so glad I’m here for this birthday.

My loved ones.

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What are some gratitudes from your week?

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