Dreams come true

Time is flying as it generally does. Summer already and many changes since the posts such a long time ago. If there's anything you can count on in life it is change whether we like it or not.

My biggest, and most important change is the passing to the other side of my most loved partner Chuckie. What can I say about the dear man who changed my life and helped me improve in ways un-numbered? Changed my life you did Charlie-man! He is my living proof that dreams come true. Over fifteen years ago I put out a wish (actually I did it as a private joke to myself but said it outloud to the ether) for my ideal man. My list was reasonably simple but probably was a version of my beloved, and long ago departed, Daddy. I laughed to myself and went off to work. I can just see my Beloveds on the other side laughing their heads off saying "Let's really surprise her and get her just what she asked for!" Yes, they did answer my request in the most magnificent way by following it to the letter. What made them laugh you ask? I didn't actually say human and Chuckie was a dog. :D ! For fifteen of his seventeen years I was so deeply happy with the most wonderful man/dog in the world. He was a great Daddy and raised our child, Angel (who is a cat by the way) to be a fine young puppy/son. He was friend to all - human or animal - well, except squirrels of course. A much-loved lady's man who was also a manly man. He took the house-husband duties seriously by caring for all the cats that came our way. Gorgeous and kind hearted with s silly sense of humour. Fifteen years together and every day a good day is what immediately comes to mind when I realize he's on the other side. I'm still walking "last block" with him every night and I imagine that if I could see it I'm surrounded by Chuckie, Maxie, Prin, and Ginger (she wasn't my dog but I think of her as being so and that makes it true. :) ) I am the luckiest girl in the world to get such an amazing wish come true! I'm also sort of more careful of what I wish for because I also know that my Beloveds have a sense of humour and the monkey's paw theory has a potential for mischief from them.
Believe!

Dehoarding and the Law of Attraction

One thing I have found since I started watching the Secret DVD, and reading the books, is I have to face I haven't found my bliss yet. I've spent too many years reacting for other people and now it's my turn to react for me. My current happy making activity is de-hoarding all the things that I bought to mask from myself what I should be doing. I have so many talents, in so many areas, that I have spent my money on potential projects never done. When I look at all the things, my unrealized dreams I know longer dream, I donate to charity shops I am just happy to send them off and know someone else will use them.
The Secret gives us the chance to de-hoard both our inside and outside lives. Happily give away anything you really don't need. Ignore what it cost to buy these things because that was the past when you bought them - when you were looking for yourself in all the wrong places and thought owning things would give you your passion. Keep your pleasures and good memories and gratefully wave goodbye to all the other things that tie you down. Put yourself in a place where you look at what you have and be happy and grateful that your hoard, in your head and out, is gone and you have all that fresh and friendly space for the future.
When you are working The Secret, stop where you are and look at how you are living. Are you surrounded by things that make you feel uncomfortable? Do you have too much stuff? Are you being reminded of your unhappy past instead of thinking of the future? Become Aware and let your hoard go. See yourself living in an area with lots of space and room to breathe. Choose the area you most want to clear and see it as you want it when you are done. The Secret isn't just about getting things from the outside for yourself. It's also about honouring and doing things for yourself and your bliss. As you deal with one area at a time you will be using the LAO for your passions and you will see, every day, that you can change your own life.

The Magic and Expectations

"What are the good things that happened yesterday?" A good question to ask yourself in the morning. I've just had a day that very little comes to mind.
I've just finished day 28 on my second round of lessons. When I get to day 28 and read the magnificent list of all the wonderful things to be received it might make one depressed because none of them happened. Is it because I am not good enough? No. Is it because I don't really believe in the LOA? No. I have had proof it works and is a real thing. Am I put off because what I want hasn't materialized? No. I look at that list and realize that, though big wishes are important to me, my list is a few simple things yesterday. My beloved 15 year old dog is still with me and able to get about. I wanted rain very badly for all of the nature in our area which has been without watery sustenance for weeks now. It rained yesterday. I received some excellent advice, to help me sleep, from the other side. My magnificent outcomes are small but they are important and the big ones are on the way.
I want to say this is not a race to get the most stuff fast tracked with the LOA. Small things can be magnificent if they make you happy. Not everyone wants the same things, thank God, and don't let the big items on the day 28 list put you in that place you were before you started. Compete only with yourself and be happy today. Be happy now! Isn't life happier now, and more positive, than before you started this journey? Start the lessons with day 1 again and be thankful that you have the determination to have a happier life. You are worth the effort.

Time flies

when you're doing your own thing and enjoying it. It's been almost a month since I was here. I've been sewing and painting furniture and just doing a lot of most enjoyable everything I want to. I love this life!
My most recent project was to paint a plain wood sidetable - it was a bargain at the cost of totally free by picking it up from the side of the road - my favourite green. Once green it looked a bit plain so I used some lovely "shabby chic" mactac from Michaels and lined the drawer. The drawer inspired lining the inside drop-down door. Now the floor of the inside of the cupboard looked pretty plain so that got mactac'd. Then with the two drawers closed the front looked plain so I mac'd the outside of the door. The drawer needed a bit of dazzle so on went the mackytacky with a co-ordinating pattern. Hinges on the drop down door too dark? Painted them. Thought I was finished last night and now I'm looking at it and have to do the top too. At least my personal description of myself as "the luckiest girl in the world" held as I got the crystal "shabby chic" drawer pulls in pink and green I needed for my roadside work-of-art. Michaels had them and they hadn't had them in over a year - lucky, just like I said. :) When I saw them I danced about like a ballerina on crack. Having fun!

From Victorian to simple

in one not-so-quick jump. The Christmas holidays are over and the goal is to put away the decorations and clear the space again. Naturally we pretty well got no snow until the day I took the tree down. Not complaining though - no snow equals no ice and I'm still upright when walking which is all that counts. Still sorting and donating decos though. Looks like I'm pretty well only keeping my traditional and nothing modern. Gotta admit I do love it. Nothing like sitting, on a chilly winter night, in front of a fake fireplace, eating cinnamon buns,  watching "Red Dwarf"on Netflix on the tv next to the sparkly Christmas tree while a cat hawks up furball which, thankfully, does not sparkle. My life is full.

Now let's consider Pinterest which is my new obsession. It is so full of things to see I now have to set a timer for 30 minutes to prevent me from spending three hours perusing all the wonders the internet puts in my face. Instructions for just about everything you might be interested in can be found. I'm closing on 2000 pins and counting. Is this good for me? Am I allowing other people to dictate, albeit not their intention or fault, my creativity? I shall spend more time on doing things for myself and then post them so others can benefit from my wonderfulness. Or not.

"Thoughts become things." I know this is true. I am going to believe and use it. Never too late for a new point of view. I look back and realize the life I have lived is the life I made. The one time I used the "Secret", not knowing it existed, I got just what I asked for but, like the monkey's paw theory, I didn't realize it can all be in the details and my ideal man turned out to be my beloved dog, Chucky, and to tell you the truth my forgetting to mention human in the list was a great thing. :D

Positively Victorian in scope

is my Christmas decorating. I've got so many Xmas decos out now the only way I'll get out of the apartment is up my chimney which won't be easy because my fireplace is a fabulous fake! I've dehoarded the Christmas dekkie closet and I've still got tons not even put up. Quite naturally my momentary attempt to put tinsel on the tree was diverted when my cat found the only one piece that got away. In my successful attempt at getting it back from the gullet of the boy who would at Christmas rename himself as MrSparklyPoo I ended up throwing away all that cheap Chinese made tinsel. No festive litter tray this year, My Angel.

I remember those days of 50's Christmas trees - not just from the "Christmas Story" but the real thing - that dripped with aluminium/tin tinsel hanging there solid and sparkling in the big bulb lights. No twinkle lights for us yet. They were to come. This new mylar tinsel is pretty enough but it gets away in the slightest breeze and sticks to you like burnt on sugar sticks to the cookie sheet. I gave in and spent money on Christmas decos, which I had planned not to this year and have been pretty good about it, and bought some real tinsel on Ebay. Thick, heavy, made of metals - this tinsel will hang like it should on a festive, overly decorated Christmas tree. The only problem is it's used and I'll have to iron each strand. That's a kicker - a person who avoids ironing like it spreads tuberculosis ironing 19' long strands of tinsel. My life is full. :D

Christmas decorating - pleasure or just plain work

I suppose things would be different if I wasn't single and have more decorations than most families of fifteen do. It's not like I can convince myself to do the same thing year after year. How I envy those people who have their trees with white lights and a few baubles and that's it. I'm going for simplicity this year if simplicity can be found in a closet full of decos. My new colour scheme doesn't go with many of my deccies so I have to disguise the colour scheme. And where am I putting the Christmas tree this year??? When it's done it's always lovely but getting there will take a week. I should be like my Sister and keep my tree up all year round. Maybe not.