My Everyday Magic
Sunshine Faerie
Fabulous Faerie Friday!
Happy Friday Everyone! I hope you’ve had another Fabulous Week!
My Magic:
Reading with my boys
Really enjoying and everyone benefitting from spending a little time everyday with each of my boys, one-on-one
Chatting with friends near and far and appreciating and loving my friendships so much
Writing
Spending more time indoors now that the weather has changed and enjoying the time to get caught up on things and do some fall cleaning
Conversations with my beloved
Playing the piano
Reading a novel that has me captivated
Finding more balance in my days and really loving how that feels
Radical trust
LOVE
This is my Magic…What’s Yours? Please post in the comments below and look for all the Fabulous and Magical Moments in your life!!!
Happy Friday, Sunshine Faerie, in all your FABULOUSNESS!!
My Everyday Magic
* Making my very first chicken noodle soup from scratch yesterday and the WHOLE FAMILY loved it and scarfed it down! (And the littles asked for seconds ~ INCREDIBLE magic!)
* My Dear Hubby eating half a loaf of my Zucchini-Love bread, declaring it his favorite sweet treat!
* Going in the yard this morning with my 2 year old and picking edible weeds and flowers for my morning smoothie!
* Organic Frosted Flakes! (The kiddos don’t like them, but hubby and I are enjoying them quite a bit!)
* Lemons and Honey and Raw Milk from The Local Beet!
(Obviously, I’m still hooked on Food Magic!)
* A good night’s sleep and fairy-like dreams!
* My Dear Hubby released his new project to his first wave of customers and it’s doing really well!!!
* Moments of love and clarity before bed last night, which felt simply amazing!
* Taking the littles on a stroller run RIGHT NOW!
Happy Fabulous Friday!!!!
I love your edible plant smoothies!!! FABULOUS!!!!
MEM
having a tough morn but determined to turn it around
our home visit
good food from pasta vita yesterday left overs for today
my sis coming for a long visit yesterday so much fun
my kids letting me sleep untill 930am!!
L changing little mans diaper this am!! and feeding her siblings breakfast
having wonderful family and friends in my life who i know will be there for our family when our baby is born w/ positive vibes and good food!!
my true confessions from wednesday–i missed the posting but will post them here:
i HATE cooking, there i said it, i absolutely hate everything about it, well not everything i do love eating and i love food but i hate cooking
i also do not like doing crafts
i do not like doing hair, braids etc…
the sad thing about these 3 things i dont like i have always been ok w/ untill recentl b/c my wonderful Lorettas favorite things are 1. cooking–she wants to be a baker 2. she love loves crafts and making things and 3. yup she loves doing hair and she is great at all of these so im trying to help her out in anyway i can
im a picker i like to pick anything i can on my body, toe nails, finger nails , scabs, anything!!!!
i think i wold die if i went a day w/ out candy esp. chocolate, and im always sneeking candy so the kids wont see but there on to me!!
My true confession is that I have not posted on MEM in many months. Why? Sometimes it is so hard to get on the computer. But the real reason is that I still find myself comparing myself to other women (as much as I really really don’t want to!!!!) and feeling like I am not living the full, rich, creative, loving life I want to live. Thank you Kate for encouraging me to get back on. I spent the last 30 minutes reading confessions and other wonderful magic. I want to be inspired by otheres and I want to be honest with others. My other confession that I need to share is that I homeschool my kids and often want to have about 4-5 hours/day all by myself doing what I want to do rather than housecleaning, shopping, laundry, playing. etc. I can get resentful of my kids and my husband for the lack of freedom I feel.
MEM
My daugther is playing so beautifully with friends and I am able to be on the computer.
The sun is shining.
Taking time this morning to do easy exercise.
Saying my affirmations.
Telling my husband that I do not want to go to the ice-cream social tonight at church and lead kids games.
You are loved, Kristen. Thank you for re-appearing and sharing your truth.
Kristen!! I just LOVE you and I KNOW how freakin’ FABULOUS you are!!! Do you know how many women must compare themselves to YOU and don’t think they add up? You are truly DIVINE!!! Thanks for coming back to us!
Kristen,
I know housework, etc. can be overwhelming. I don’t even have kids and I am overwhelmed often with that mundane stuff and feel a lack of time. But it doesn’t sound like you work (out of the house, that is) and I so envy that. I would love to be my own boss like you are and perhaps when you get frustrated you can be appreciative of the fact that you don’t have to get up and be in the rat race everyday. I can’t wait till I get married and have my first baby because then I get to stay home!!!
Here’s some extra faerie fabulous magic to help make your day a bit better.
That last post was for you, El.
But, of course, anyone can soak up some of that fabulousness magic!
Oh El! I thought you must be the QUEEN of crafts with all you got going on at your house! Oh, how I’m LOVING your confessions!!! and I LOVE that you sneak candy (I have my own private stash of chocolate!). Big HUGS for a better day!
I love chocolate too especially dark chocolate which has a lot of antioxidants and other healthy properties. Don’t hide it, just say it is healthy for the body and nourishing to the soul!
I also missed my confessions this week and I had such a good time reading everyone else’s. So here goes….
*I like animals more than children (hopefully that will change when I have one of my own)!!!
*If I need cash, I take it from M’s pile that he always leaves on the dresser (without telling him). I know I am a thief but it’s not like I am taking more than a little at a time! And I deserve it for picking up after him all the time!
MEM:
*My chrysanthemums from last year are all blooming beautifully!
*The weather is gorgeous
*Coco and I are going to take a walk later with a friend of mine
*M won a $150 at work for any restaurant of our choice
Dinner out sounds fabulous! Timely too, with yesterday’s food magic!!!
reading that Kristen compares herself to other women….because I do the same thing and know exactly how you feel!! I love feeling connected!!
feeling quite tapped out and knowing change is most likely around the corner!!
It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kids enjoying their day and not too much arguing going on with them!
ordering a pair of shoes I have been wanting for months!! AND they are all for me!!
Enjoy those shoes!
Treating ourselves is such an important thing to do! Fabulous!!!
My son deciding he wanted a home day, when I really wanted one, too, but thought he was attached to our plans.
Rain last night
The old woman who chatted with me while I was working on my flower planters for the garden club, and was so happy when I gave her some of the dried marigold heads I was snipping, so she can add that yellow to her garden next year. Think I’ll save some for my yard, too, now that she gave me the idea!
snuggling with my boy, and hearing him laugh
When I first started posting on MEM, I read all the other magic and thought, “jeesh, these people are so lucky. I can’t even think of anything to post.” Like Kristen, I compare myself unfavorably to everyone, both on here and in the world at large, tho less than I used to. And MEM has been one of the things that changed my perspective on my life — helped me find the magic that was right in front me of all along! Thank you MEM!
And I could totally have written your confession — I stay up til the wee hours of the morn to get the “alone” time I need for myself after everyone else is done with me for the day. I don’t recommend this approach tho — I’m so drained (and cranky and unable to be the person/mom/wife/friend/etc. I want to be) all the time because of it. I’m working on finding better ways to have that without burning myself out. But hugs to you, and i hope it helps to know you’re not alone!
Lots of magic here today!
* finding that my day had changed due to a flashing check engine light, I worked hard to let go of my original vision of the morning and go with the auto repair flow
* my beloved children, who help out more than I give them credit for in my mind
* an old friend, who amazed me by generously spending his afternoon talking to a bunch of folks he doesn’t know at all about knife safety and whittling
* my honey, who gave in to my pleas for him to put his stinky hockey gear in the unused bathroom tub instead of all over the living room, so that as I type, I don’t get whiffs of eau de locker room and can enjoy the living room once again
* having help with dinner, even if it only comes in the form of “no, mom, don’t put cabbage in that salad!”
* my lovie dealing with bedtime so I could wash dishes and check email in relative peace
* the roku, which lets me listen to unlimited amounts of pandora, and through which I found the gorgeously animated and free to watch movie Sita Sings the Blues, based on the Ramayana (free online too!)
* my kitty, Mushka, who offers me a warm lap and a loving poke with a wet nose more often than I appreciate
* time enough before bed to get in more yoga and maybe even a little meditation tonight!
* but for now, I’m off to be a snuggle sandwich with two people who love me most in the world. life is good!
WOW! That is some FABULOUSNESS!!!
~*~ My Everyday Magic*~*
Technology. I just have to remember that it’s like a two-year-old: amazing and full of potential but guaranteed to act up at the worst possible time. 
Grown-up ice cream drinks (see mention of technology above) 
M playing so nicely with her little cousin 
M and her daddy on a make-believe search for dragons tonight. They went to Paris, England, and Egypt I believe. 
Procrastinating 
Looking forward to making a hoop for my nephew tomorrow morning (before his b-day party, see procrastinating) 
Ordered M’s Halloween costume this morning and she was good about it not being in stock until the end of the month. 
heading to bed early with my book
Oh, I LOVE the technology analogy!
I’m loving the True Confessions Part II!! Thank you El, Kristen, Mary Jo, Sabrina, and Sioux for putting yourself out there ~ it really is amazing how it brings us all closer together! I love you all so much!