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A Charm for Goal Setting

December 23rd, 2009

I just wrote a charm for my journal and I love it so much I want to share it. I got to thinking about the section of my journal where I write out my goals and intentions and I wondered if there was anything I could do to make that space more…. special…. sacred…. specifically focused.

My journal is a big, fat, three subject notebook. The first section is my journal. I use it for my everyday journaling about whatever. The second section is extra. I use it for jotting down things or writing out spells, charms, or affirmations. I have a three ring binder where I keep all of these things for organizational purposes but that’s a whole other post.

The third section is where I write my goals and intentions, along with any thoughts or feelings I have about them. On the thin cardboard separator that serves as the “cover” of my intention/goal journal, I’ve written this charm:

~ I call upon the powers untold ~
~ I will the desires herein, unfold ~
~ For the highest good of Everyone ~
~ As it has been written, so it shall be done ~



I read through this charm once before I even open my journal and then again after I’ve written whatever I’m writing. I know it takes faith and I know magic is a very personal thing and I want to encourage you to have faith in whatever YOU believe in. As far as your magic goes, the more of yourself you put in, the more you’re going to get out.

If you’d like to copy my charm and use it for yourself, I give my full permission for that. However, I implore you to at least change it up a little. Add your own words or feelings. Make it your own. Life is subjective and so is magic.

Here we are, only a few days after the Solstice. The light is building and so is your life. It’s taking shape for the next year to come. Take advantage and grab the reigns. You’re in control and you have the power!

Manifest the life of your dreams!!!

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A Trick for Warm, Dry, Gloved Little Hands

December 12th, 2009

We’re having quite a snow storm today. Blizzard, totally! It’s tapered off at the moment, for the first time since 6pm, last night. We were the only school in the county that was in session today. My boys went, but we drove them to and from instead of having them ride the bus.

(Snow Storm)Michael came home from school and went straight outside to play in the 3 feet of snow we’ve gotten in the past 20 hours….

He comes in after about 5 minutes and says, “Mom, can you get me new gloves and help me fix my coat so the snow doesn’t go up my sleeves?”

I take his flimsy, cotton gloves that are all wet and help him put on a more appropriate pair of gloves. I tuck them in his sleeves and send him back outside to play.

Ten minutes later he comes in again. “Mom, can you fix these gloves. I can’t keep the snow out and my wrists are really cold!!”

This is when I was struck by absolute genius!

I unzipped his coat and pulled his arms out. I got a fresh, dry pair of the flimsy cotton 1 size fits all gloves and put them on his hands. Then, on top of them, I pushed on a pair of pink (for breast cancer awareness), rubber, cleaning gloves. The kind you would wear when you do dishes. They went almost to his elbows. After that, we pulled his coat back up and tightened the bottom of the sleeves and zipped him back up.

He was insulated, water proof, covered all the way up to his elbows, and with the grip of the rubber, he can even turn door handles on his own!

That new 2 pack of rubber gloves is the best $3 I’ve ever spent I think. Never have we found such a grand solution to this problem. When he came back in, I asked him how they felt. If he was cold at all. He said his hands were warm and dry and while he would NEVER take pink gloves to wear for recess at school, he completely agreed on the value of wearing them at home.

So, that’s my tip for keeping little hands warm and dry in the winter wonderland of white outside this winter season.





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Awesome Gift Idea!

December 11th, 2009

I have just received my first holiday gift and I have to share it with you all!!!! If you’re looking for something to send, especially to someone far away…. this is BRILLIANT!

My fantastically wonderful BFF Ash sent me a gift from Restaurant.com!! I got an email from HER email address, so I wasn’t afraid to open it. It was a beautifully colored and festive notice saying my friend had sent me a gift to “Feed it Forward”. To redeem, click here and be ready with “this” code.

Once at the site, I put in my code in an obvious place and verified. Then I typed in my zip code and was given a list of restaurants in my area. This was super easy to use. I do believe I’ll be “Feeding it Forward” this year too.

What a fantastic idea! Thank you again, Ash :) You’re an angel. XoXo!




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