Missed my Valentine's Day post Oooops

Valentine's Day has come and gone again. 

How did you celebrate this special day?

My sister brought me my favorite- a box of chocolates.

Chocolate--yummy feel good food! 

My momma watched my youngest, who was home with the sickies, and my guy took me to lunch. 

We had some good down-home cooking at a local restaurant.

And of course I bought the kiddies some V-Day candies.

Gave my momma her favorite perfume.

And made my famous No Bakes for my sister and her family and my guy. 

I think they are more addicted to my No Bakes than I am to chocolate. 

But I got something a little different this year. 

Remember my "Love You" post?

I love flowers! 

I bought myself a bouquet of pink and white daises.

I'd take a pic and post but they are all droopy and look a little sad now. 

That's not all though...

I reserved my cabin! 

I am going to be spending a weekend by myself in this gorgeous cabin!

www.ohiorivercabins.com Hideaway

I have a deep love of nature! It grounds me. 

What better way to love myself than to take a weekend to unwind and release all the negativity that gets bottled up inside. Not only is this park nestled in the Hoosier National Forest but it also sits right on the Ohio River. Oh and did I mention I have access to my own private hot tub?! 

This trip is going to be amazing!

I truly hope every one of you had a magical, love filled Valentine's Day too!

Love to you!

Love you

 This photo was shared on Facebook. 

It originated with a page called Divine Love Notes

This is a great reminder to each and every one of us. 

Remember to love yourself.

You are amazing. You are beautiful. You are loved.

House Cleansing

The girlies and I celebrated Imbolg a day late. Ooops

I had tons of homework and of course the dreaded tax preparation.

A couple of weeks ago I went for my first Reiki session with Weeg. 

We talked about the spirits that reside in my home and he offered his advice on how to get them to move on. 

Now, this is still a new path to me and I still have much to learn about the Pagan holidays. 

The other day I was reading a bit about Imbolg and was surprised to find that some of the traditions surrounding Imbolg are spring cleaning and cleansing your space of negative energies. 

Spring cleaning has always been my thing at this time of year. I wish wish wish I could be deep cleaning my own house like that now, but work has me entirely too busy. 

However I took Weeg's advice and "cleaned" house. 

First he suggested we make ten minutes of awful noise. So I turned the girls loose with pots, pans, and my wooden spoon. *Note to self Get new skillets and wooden sppon :) *

Once that was finished, we formed a train. Hallie in front banging like a mad woman. She's really great at that job. I was in the middle with an abalone shell filled with white sage and a feather to whisk the smoke into all the nooks and crannies. The cellar gives me the heebies something awful, but we did it too. And Caitie was the caboose. She swept up all the negative energy with a cinnamon broom. Once our train trekked through the entire house, we sealed the outside perimeter with a circle of salt. 

Not done... 

Back in the house we had a candle burning on the kitchen table and the three of us formed a circle there and called our extra residents to us and then released them. 

Hallie told Mammaw to stay, but I told her Mammaw was really just here to look after us while the other spirits were in our home. I also told Hallie that Mammaw may have other work to do somewhere else. We told Mammaw we love her and she's welcome to stay but if she needs to move on we understand.  

The house feels much different now. For the first time in almost three years, it feels like the house it really ours and just ours.  :) 

Kick Off the Month of Love

Awe... February.. the month of love!

It's wonderful to have a special someone in your life. 

I have lots of special someones in my life, but the one I want to share with you today is....

Our lover Rufus

 

Rufus loves to have his nose kissed and snuggles in close at night. 

He is also the best nurse. 

Anytime any of us are sick, Rufi stays by our side until we are better. 

Oh he also loves the camera...