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Maybe not the best way to start the GP, but what can I say? Better late than never.

Day 1 - The first was my first day of photography class. It was so awesome. It felt so great to be back in a structured learning environment again. I was grateful to have finally had the guts to go back.

Day 2 - Saturday I was grateful that it was a holiday weekend, and class was postponed until the following Friday (my class is Fridays and Saturdays). I don't get to spend a lot of time with WD these days. We both work too much, and now that I am going to school, there will be weekends where we don't really see each other at all.

Day 3 - Sunday I don't remember terribly well, but I am grateful that I found that special swim shampoo that Vicky was talking about. With all the heavy conditioning I have been doing lately, the removal of the chlorine makes my hair look and feel like the Pantene commercial girls.

Day 4 - Monday was BC day - a bank holiday to even the stats out for this time of year. I love being out on stats because the city is quiet like a Sunday morning when everyone else is at church. I was grateful for the peace.

Day 5 - Tuesday is another day that passed in somewhat of a blur. I was very grateful for our swimming pool. The added stress at work, and the lack of any foreseeable vacation has caused my insomnia to flare (which means that regular things like housework and many smaller projects get lost in the haze of sleep deprivation. Swimming these days is the only thing that helps me to sleep normally. I am thinking of moving it up to four or maybe five days a week.

Day 6 - Wednesday I finally redid my resume and applied for those other jobs. I am grateful for the courage to toss all my new plans out just to see what happens.

Day 7 - Thursday I was grateful for WD. Thursday afternoon was rushed because he had to go to work just a couple hours after I got off work, but we still managed to have a decent dinner together and make a quick trip to the library (hooray for Poe!)

Day 8 - Today I am grateful for memories. I had a very strange dream about losing my black pearl (it's a necklace that my mother gave to me when I was young). I remember chasing after it and running over and swimming through half frozen water. I woke up trying to remember whether or not I actually still had it at all (a lot of my things are lost in storage at the moment because this apartment is too small to have ever fully unpacked).

I do have a treasure box where I keep all of the very special things that I inherited from my mother. I opened it up after crawling out of bed, and there it was, shining out from its little gold cage. I never really wear it because I don't wear gold jewellery, but I think I will today. I think it is important.

--Phae
Haven't been feeling terribly grateful lately. I have actually been feeling a little ... hazy lately. I never know how to explain it. I just know that I need to find some way to help ground myself or October is going to be a really weird month.

Anyway ... Gratefulness:

1) I am grateful for the cooking channel. One of the best parts about the Harvest Home season is finding new and interesting recipes to try. Mmm, plum and fig glazed pork chops!

2) I am grateful for hot coffee. The simple act of drinking warm drinks helps to remind me of the here and now.

3) I am grateful for growth. Sometimes I feel like I should know things before they become as obvious as a smack in the face, but I am glad that I am not so set in my ways that I can't recognize when something needs to change.

4) I am grateful for good friends. Everyone has so far been so great in encouraging me with my new passion. WD has even suggested creating a storefront for my hair falls once I get going with it.

5) I am grateful for the fall. I may have said this already, but I absolutely love the cool and misty time of year. It's very magical for me.

6) I am grateful for resilience. WD has been having a tough time of things lately, but he is resilient enough to not let it get him too far down. He is also vocal enough so that I can try to help him before things get really bad.

--Phae
My mini vacation puts me a bit behind in my GP again, but it did give me a lot to be grateful for :)

1)  I am grateful for cool, clean island air.  It makes an amazing difference in my asthma, skin and hair.  Yay for a decent level of humidity!

2)  I am grateful for my beautious laptop.  Movies, music and wireless internet connection no matter where you are ... well, almost anywhere (the middle of the ocean does not have a very strong wireless signal ;)

3)  I am grateful for pink hair!  Got a lot of weird looks on the island (I guess not a lot of people have brightly coloured hair there), but I love my hair too much care what folks think!

4)  I am grateful for WD, who took me to all of the places we went when we were first dating.  Lots of gorgeous pictures, and lots of beautiful memories. 

5)  I am grateful that the truck decided to wait until we got back before the engine exploded.  We are very sad at having lost our new truck after only a month (and $1500), but it could have been a lot worse.  Still a little dazed and unsure of what we are going to do for transportation.  I need to find my St Christopher's medal and find a recipe for a good vehicle protection spell.

6)  I am grateful that it is still warm and sunny and we have some beautiful fall weather while we figure out what we are going to do for the winter.

--Phae
With all of the ridiculous crap of yesterday, I wasn't thinking much about gratitude (bad Phae!).  Today was met with a very nice suprise.

Today, I am grateful for my little online shop.  I made another sale!  Yay!  It isn't much, but I love the notification emails that tell me that I just earned some more money on my witchy designs.  Hooray for Phae Wear!

Also, I am grateful for the mini-vacation that is JUST on the horizon.  I really need to relax and unwind.  I am starting to have dreams of being at work.  *shudders*

--Phae
24th - I am grateful for super crazy overtime.  Working 7 days straight is going to suck, but it will be worth it for two days at double time and a half.

25th - I am grateful for WD's charisma and people skills.  He has managed to work out three of the four days for our anniversary weekend.  I tried not to get too excited, but it's too late!  *happybouncydance*

26th - I am grateful for the mildly cool weather.  The heat gets to be a bit much for me (especially when you have no time to go to the beach or fully enjoy the summertime), and it is nice to have cooler days interspersed with the hot, sunny days.

27th - I am grateful for BBQ juice.  It is really nice to be able to use our BBQ again. mmm, tastey!

28th - I am grateful for COFFEE! *drools*  Coffee is my love!  My heart and soul! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

--Phae
Today I am grateful for the return of autumn. The tell tale smell and the cool breeze in the air is an unmistakable sign that fall is on the way. I love this time of year. Fall is home to my favourite holidays and my anniversary. It also holds an ingrained feeling of new beginnings (start of the school year), and a chance for transformation.

I love fall!

--Phae
I never seem to do this on the weekend, so I am playing catch up yet again. This weekend I am grateful for:

1)  Michaels. I know it is a big corporate craft store that drives littler craft stores out of business, but they stock the strangest things that I wouldn't even think to look for there. Yesterday, I bought a 5' stick of bamboo. Now, I have the body of my new rain stick! Yay! Mmm, weather magic ;)

2)  My ability to read dreams. I haven't been paying close enough attention to the signs right in front of me lately, and it smacked me in the head yesterday. Hind sight is nice, but I know now what work needs to be done. I'm not going to let it slip by me again.

3)  The perspective of age.  It is helping me to let things go.  Very little in this world is important enough to get truly upset over.  Perhaps I can finally put 'don't sweat the small stuff' into permanent action.

4)  WD's romantic streak.  Flowers for no reason are a wonderful thing to come home to :)

--Phae
Time for a little catch up.

1) I am grateful for wasabi.  My new addiction.  Who knew it would be so tastey on everything??

2)  I am grateful for late summer sunshine.  I love this time of year.  It reminds me of when WD and I were first together.  The return of that tiny night time chill makes me feel young again :)

3) I am grateful for my shift supervisors who understand that the bizarre knee-jerk reactions of the management are going to hurt production more than help it (and don't put that weight on our shoulders).

4) I am grateful that I get paid every Friday.  While it does tend to bring out the latent shopaholic in me, it also lets me keep an even amount of money and avoids the 'until payday' crunch.
Today I am grateful for Wintersdark.  I could not get through life without him.  I love you, Nook!

--Phae