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Woohoo!  Samhain is coming!  Samhain is coming!

(long post ahead)  There’s been lots of activity around the house and other places this weekend.  Late Thursday, early Friday, the feeling of needing to clean things out came back with a vengeance.  Things are waiting for me, I can feel them, but I feel like I have to clean out stuff around here first.  I’m finding that when I clean, whether it’s getting rid of stuff I don’t use any more, or just the regular chores like dishes and laundry, I feel like I’m cleaning out part of my soul.  When I go through stuff and get rid of things I don’t use any more, it’s like cleaning out the attic of my soul, getting rid of things that don’t serve a purpose any more and making room for new people and things in my heart.

Last night I went to the weekly meet and greet at the Magyck Veil, as usual.  I like hanging out with the people there, it’s a good group.  I’ve been asked to teach there some, or rather, I’ve been asked if I want to teach there.  I think I do, I’m just not sure what to teach yet.  I know I could teach Reiki, it’s been suggested I do a crystal bowl meditation.  It’s an interesting idea, I just need to find some time to develop it and try it out before an actual class.

Cleaning continued today, although you might not infer it from the appearance of the place.  I didn’t get to vacuum, and the coffee table still has a bit of stuff on it, as does the computer desk.  But, I threw out some fraying clothes and did laundry, sorted through and got rid of some old paperwork I no longer need, got rid of some incomplete and old tarot desks that don’t work for me any more, and got rid of some games and books I won’t use or play again.  I put all my cd’s back into their holders as well.

Did I forget to mention that Samhain is coming?  I got out some Halloween decorations and put them up today as well.  I still have a few to put up, I didn’t have the fishing line for the spider web lights, or hoolks for the Halloween sign, but the window hangers went up, and the electric ‘candle’ light inthe window.  Gotta make a supply run to the store tomorrow so I can finish getting the decorations up.

Tonight for supper I made myself one of the foods of the gods: chile rellenos.  Most places here don’t really know how to make them, so I went online and found a recipe.  Well, a lot of recipes, but mostly they’re pretty similar.  They turned out really well, better than any restaurant I’ve been to here, if I do say so myself.  Most people don’t know that I’m actually a pretty good cook.  Before I wanted to do landscape architecture, or music, or math, or tree work, or computer work, I wanted to go to culinary school.  There weren’t any in Colorado at that time, so that idea dropped by the wayside, but I really enjoy cooking now and then.  I haven’t done some of the really complicated type stuff, but I can read a recipe and I get a lot of compliments when I cook, recipe or no.

The compulsion to clean is still there and still very strong.  I can think of at least half a dozen things to do without even trying.  It’s going to take a bit, I didn’t accumulate all this stuff overnight, it’s not going away overnight either.  Then there’s the records and cds I’m going to sell because I don’t listen to them.  I almost wonder if I shouldn’t just give some of them away - they’re so old or in such bad shape I can’t imagine anyone actually paying money for them.  We’ll see what happens when I list them on ebay.

Lastly, and most importantly, Happy 23rd Birthday to my daughter E!!! I called and left a message, guess you couldn’t get to the phone.  I love you.  Hopefully I’ll be back to visit you soon.

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