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Finding Heaven

June 15th, 2011

Me and the boys cleaned out the van yesterday and got loaded up, ready to go fishing.

When everything was ready, we got in and I started it up.  The song that came on the radio as the van roared to life was Brad Paisley, I’m Gonna Miss Her.  A song about fishing.  We laughed at that.  How synchronous ♥

When it was finishing up, Michael says, “Wouldn’t it be funny if  She Thinks We’re Just Fishin by Trace Adkins came on next?”

The song ends.  We all hang in the silence, waiting for the next song to start… It’s not Trace Adkins.

Among a chorus of  “Awwwwww”  from the back seat I say, “Well, what are the chances they’d play two fishin’ songs in a row?”

And then the new lyrics begin…

Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge.  A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa fished.

All our heads whipped around and we stared at each other…. Then we all burst into hysterical laughter!

I thought it was ironic that the song that synchronously demonstrated just how close heaven really is was called, “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” by Justin Moore.

Which was apparently the theme of the day thereafter because we then heard Offspring, Gone Away whose chorus says, “And it feels, yeah it feels like, heaven’s so far away”… Then Warrant sang for us, “Heaven isn’t too far away… Closer to it every day…

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Full Moon today, with a lunar eclipse!

The Moon Group is meeting from 4:00 – 4:30 pm EDT(NY) for a group meditation.  The Moon is completely full at 4:14 pm and the eclipse is total at 4:12 pm.  How convenient.

For more information on how to participate, you can visit this page.

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June’s Lunar Garden Planting & Transplanting

June 3rd, 2011

My favorite days of June are here!

The kids are officially home for summer vacation.  Our days will be filled with walks, swimming, cookouts, swimming, library visits, swimming, bike rides, swimming.

I ♥ Summer!!

As a side note to the lunar planting, our summer solstice (here in the North) will be happening on June 21st.  And on Wednesday June 15th there will be a full moon with a lunar eclipse.  We had three awesome group meditations for the New Moon and solar eclipse on June 1st.  The group meet on the Full Moon promises to be awesome!  If you’d like to attend, you can sign up here.

At 4:36am EDT yesterday, Friday June 3rd, the moon reentered the sign of Cancer.  That means I’m spending the weekend transplanting the seeds that I started in Cancer last month.  I love playing in the garden!

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This month’s transplanting schedule is as follows:

Saturday June 4th is waxing in Cancer.  I’m transplanting cabbage, lettuces, tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, and my herbs.

Sunday June 12th is waxing in Scorpio.  I’ll be transplanting beans, squash, peas, peppers, and pumpkin.

Tuesday June 14th is waxing in Sagittarius.  Time to transplant the onions.

Thursday June 16th is waning in Capricorn.  Good for potatoes, beets, carrots, and radishes.

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The best days to destroy weeds and trim to retard growth are:

Tuesday June 7th and all day Wednesday the 8th~

Tuesday June 14th and  Wednesday June 15th~

Saturday June 18th and Sunday June 19th~

Thursday June 24th and Friday June 25th~

Tuesday June 28th and Wednesday June 29th~

These all make great days for mowing the lawn too ;)

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Favorite Memories & Finding a Better Way

May 9th, 2011

Greetings Friends!

I hope all you mothers had a great day yesterday, and I hope all you children spent time with your mothers.

Here are some of my favorite moments in mother history.

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This is my mom and I on Easter 1980, one day before my first birthday~

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Michael 2yrs 10 months and Eddie 6 months

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Michael 5 and Eddie 3

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Alan, Michael, and Eddie

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And being that I am eight years older than my oldest brother, and thirteen years older than my youngest brother, they were really like my kids too….

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~ J and D ~

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But they’re not so little anymore.  Here is my new favorite pic of us.  This is us at the creek for Mother’s Day for our annual, family picnic.

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There was rum at the picnic. __Snicker*__

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After we got home from the picnic, I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with my hands in the dirt, tilling and planting.  I got my new garden beds dug out and refilled with compost on Saturday, so yesterday was spent just playing in the dirt and planting the first round that was scheduled to go in while the moon is in Cancer.

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Tomorrow is the group call with Guruji!  I’m finding myself really super excited about it.

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Today, I’m building a split-rail fence out of twine and substantial sticks from the woods.  I refuse to spend up to a couple hundred dollars for fencing to go around my garden bed when I have four acres of natural, unsprayed materials that are free and green.  The sole purpose of the fence is to catch and disperse errant dog pee.

The dog isn’t picky on price.

He’s an equal opportunity urinater.

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