With thanks...
DECEMBER 2009
I am grateful for the beginning of a brand new project, and the full moon...
With thanks... Tuesday December 1...
Today I am grateful that it is Red Ribbon Day, and that around the world there are people promoting awareness, researching a cure for HIV, and putting pressure on governments to address some of the inequalities in terms of gay rights. (How ironic that on this day Tony Abbott became opposition leader. A step backwards for equality of any kind...)
I am grateful for a productive day at work, although it was hampered by a migraine that lasted most of the day (perhaps I'll blame Abbott for that, ha ha!). It's too early to know if the anti-tyramine program is working, so I'll persevere... Bit worried about the dizzy spell though :-(
I am grateful for a fun dinner with a friend, and the sharing of dreams, and book shopping :-)
I am grateful for a beautiful walk home in the night-time cool, and a few hours with my love to talk about our days and comfort each other over the annoyances and look forward to a day together tomorrow...
With thanks... Wednesday December 2...
Today I am grateful for a beautiful walk over to Clovelly just before sunset, for the cute little baby magpie (well, perhaps it was a teenager, but definitely not an adult) that hopped around my feet while I gazed at it, for the gorgeous gumnut babies tree, and later for the beautiful full moon that rose over the ocean and played hide and seek behind some pretty clouds...
I am grateful for the work I got done on the new project, and the amazingly swift response from the people I approached...
I am grateful for the interesting conversations/debates amongst friends about Tony Abbott...
I am grateful for dinner with my aunty and uncle, always full of lively discussions and much imparting of wisdom...
And I am grateful for the nice day with my beloved, watching Sleeping Beauty (for the good little fairies, of course!), for the comfort of knowing he was reading on the couch while I worked, for the beautiful walk and hand holding, and watching the beautiful moon together...
With thanks... Thursday December 3...
Today I am grateful for a day at home with my love. Even though I did a fair bit of work, it's so nice being at home together, pausing for little lunch breaks, to watch Snow White, to make each other (herb) tea...
I am grateful for the plans of the Triple Goddesses, and that we locked in the festivals for next year...
I am grateful for the glorious beauty of the moon, and its gorgeous golden light. It's much more golden tonight, after its silvery finery last night :-)
And now I am so sleepy that I am grateful for bed!
With thanks.. Friday December 4...
Tonight I am grateful and excited that a dear friend is flying to Sydney for a quick trip and we'll get to catch up tomorrow night...
I am grateful for my beloved...
I am grateful for my lovely friends, and their love and support, and to Sharne for her gorgeous message...
I am grateful for the brisk walk home listening to the new Powderfinger album...
I am grateful that the day at work passed (slowly though), and I hope that by tomorrow I'll have shaken off this greyness...
So, in some ways, I am grateful this day is over, and I can start again tomorrow...
With thanks... Saturday December 5...
Tonight I am grateful that I could catch up with my dear friend, who now lives far away, and drink herb tea and talk for hours...
I am grateful for the beautiful walk up to Newtown to meet her, the sky all pretty and painted in the last colours of the day, and for the gorgeous little toddler who was so happy as she ran after birds, trying to get close enough to say hello, clapping her hands in delight as she'd get close, then shrieking with laughter as they'd hop just out of her reach...
I am grateful for the midnight walk back home with my beloved, gazing at the beautiful moon, which still cast so much light...
And I am grateful for a morning with my love before we both started work...
With thanks... Sunday December 6...
Today I am grateful that we booked the Triple Goddess tour for 2010 :-)
I am grateful for a morning with my beloved before he had to go to work and I dove back in to my new project...
And I am grateful that we finished watching Snow White, and that although I found her voice totally irritating, we watched the bonus features and discovered how groundbreaking the film was, and that Walt Disney was the George Lucas of his day. Inspiring!
With thanks... Monday December 7...
Today I am grateful for the beautiful walk up to Newtown (still blazing hot though it was at 5pm), the walk down to Broadway with my love, our time with the ducks and the swamp hens, the fun we had looking through bookstores, and our lovely twilight walk home.
I am grateful and excited that I saw A Magical Journey in a bookshop! And there were two of them! I hadn't seen one yet, so it was very cool (funny too, that SSS is in the travel section, and AMJ is in the "new age" section)...
I am grateful for a productive and busy working day...
I am grateful for the magic of Fairyland - which has turned into a winter wonderland, with snow falling, and mine still has its Halloween night sky with the cute little witch flying around through the snow...
And I am even kinda grateful that I have a migraine, cos it looks like the crazy tyramine and tealess life they suggested isn't making any difference, and soon I will be able to drink tea and eat chocolate, tofu and seeds again! Hooray!
With thanks... Tuesday December 8...
Today I am grateful that A Magical Journey has finally appeared in shops! And that it had a very cute table display at Adyar, with a few copies there, and another one on the shelf. Not sure why it's just started turning up, but I'm glad it has!
I am grateful for the dark skies, cool breezes and gathering storm - and that I made it home just before it started raining. I was a bit worried, cos the sky was black the whole hour I was walking (I usually love walking in the rain, but I had Chrissie presents in my bag), but it held...
I am grateful that I got all the presents wrapped to send off to the family in WA...
And I am grateful that my beloved should be home soon from his work Christmas party, so we can share stories of our day and hug and be hugged...
With thanks... December 9...
Today I am grateful for our Fairy Goddess High Tea, which was so much fun. I am grateful for tiny little fairy-sized cakes, and lots of laughter, and dreams and schemes, and friendship.
I am grateful for beautiful, thoughtful gifts...
I am grateful for a morning with my beloved...
I am grateful for the small bit of work I got done (Wednesday/Thursday is my "weekend")...
And I am grateful to a fun night with my love, for the walk up from the harbour as the sky coloured, and the walk home in the cool breezes of twilight.
With thanks... Thursday December 10...
Today I am grateful that my head didn't hurt :-)
I am grateful for the time I could snatch with my beloved...
I am grateful that I got a lot of work done while Cutes was at rehearsal, and then at a band meeting, and again tonight while he was at another meeting...
I am grateful for the walk up to Newtown with him, and the cute birds we encountered on our way...
And I am grateful that *soon* he will be home (I hope) so we can have a tiny bit more time together before bed...
With thanks... Friday December 11...
Today I am grateful that my beloved came in to meet me after work, so we could have a cute little dinner and walk home together hand in hand. I am not grateful for the tomato attack from said dinner, and the crippling, stabbing stomach pains for the whole painful hour's walk home (couldn't find a cab) and the clammy weird dazed flushed foulness of it all. I *am* grateful that the difficulty breathing thing didn't occur this time though, and that I'd already taken painkillers for the migraine I already had!
I am grateful that I found Seven Sacred Sites in the huge Dymocks store in the city in my lunch break, while buying a present for someone - I thought they didn't have it, but it's just filed under "Travel Inspirations" not 'Travel Narrative"...
And now I am grateful for bed and the sweet, healing oblivion of sleep...
With thanks... Saturday December 12...
Today I am grateful for the late evening sunshine sky as I walked up to meet my beloved after work, for the last bunch of jacaranda flowers clinging to the now-green tree after all the others had fallen, and for the massively loud sound of bird song in the other huge tree as they celebrated the end of another day...
I am grateful for a lovely dinner with Cutes, but not so much for the migraine I had all day, and how violently ill I was after said dinner. Hence I am writing this the next day...
And I am grateful that I got some more work done on my new project, and that our Triple Goddess page had 150 fans within a few hours. Thank you! xx
With thanks... Sunday December 13...
Tonight I am grateful for the cool midnight breeze and the bats circling overhead as I went down to get milk...
I am grateful that I am finally starting to feel better after being nauseous all day...
I am grateful that I got some work done despite feeling sick...
I am grateful that another store in WA wants to stock my CD, and that it will be available Australia-wide from February 1st...
And I am grateful for my night with my beloved, and for extra conversation cos our telly died today :-)
With thanks... Monday December 14...
Today I am grateful for the time I spent walking through the rain - it's such fun to skip through the sprinkles and feel the cool water on my face - although I am also grateful that it didn't rain for the whole two hours I was walking with my love :-)
I am grateful for our sweet night together, searching for a telly, having a cute dinner in town, walking back home again, reading together, chatting, celebrating a great PB review...
I am grateful for the sweet bats soaring across the grey sky near our lake, and the noisy birds singing from the tree tops...
I am grateful that I did a lot of work today, and that although it wasn't what I'd hoped to get done, it was necessary none-the-less...
I am grateful for hilarious project discussions with my faery teapot friend, and exciting artistic briefs and anticipation...
And I am glad that, despite a migraine (which was thankfully dulled by several painkillers), I feel like myself again! It seems I've shrugged off the inderal-haze that made me short of breath and dizzy and weird. It was a revelation to have the bounce back in my walk!
With thanks... Tuesday December 15...
Today I am grateful for the long walk with my beloved, and for holding hands and chatting about our days as we wandered home through the early evening inbetween time...
I am grateful for my new gym shoes, and the bounciness they create...
I am grateful that my work day in Princess land was fairly productive, and that I'd kept an email proving that I *had* let someone know about a certain page, so she had no right to be narky...
I am grateful to Angela, who rang me so excited to tell me she saw Seven Sacred Sites in a shop in Byron. Thanks Sweet One!
I am grateful, in a strange, conflicted way, that my migraines are still plaguing me, cos I reckon when I go back to the specialist on January 4 I can say for sure that this "no tea, no fun stuff" program doesn't help prevent them in the least :-)
And I am ever so grateful and excited that sweet Daniella is going to add her brilliance to my new project...
With thanks... Wednesday December 16...
Tonight I am grateful for dinner with a lovely friend, and lots of laughter and sharing and fun...
I am grateful to my beloved for lugging our new telly around...
I am grateful for the new telly, which is pretty cool :-) Pretty huge, for us, and with all these strange new channels we didn't even know existed. Not that we want to watch more TV, but still... Can't wait to watch NCIS on this screen!
I am grateful for the fun adventure with my Cutes to find it, our brisk walk through the hot sunshine, and walking home together tonight, in the dark night with the beautiful cool breeze, and the dark moon energy... and Matt, halfway home, and dreams and schemes and plans...
With thanks... Thursday December 17...
Tonight I am grateful for the wild and beautiful storms, the lightning that's illuminating the world, the rain that's washing everything clean, and the new moon energy that will activate new beginnings, spark creativity and bring inspiration to all...
I am grateful that i got some work done on my new project...
I am grateful for the moments I stole with my love, although they were few and far between, as he had a few pesky commitments :-(
I am grateful we watched Cinderella, which was very cute :-)
I am grateful for our walk in the pre-storm twilight, and the energy charged air...
And I am grateful that we stayed up late to snuggle on the couch and watch Lawsie on our big new shiny telly. Goran rocks! x
With thanks... Friday December 18...
Today I am grateful that 100 copies of A Magical Journey were ordered into stores in the last month :-) For a few months there it was on zero, which was puzzling, as Seven Sacred Sites was selling. Not sure what happened to all of a sudden make all those stores order the newer one, but I'm very happy!
I'm grateful that I eventually got to work this morning, and that someone finally told me there was a bus strike as I stood there waiting... and waiting... for the bus... And I'm grateful for the soft rain that was falling as I walked to the train station...
And I'm grateful for a beautiful night with my beloved, meeting at Broadway to run a few errands, and have a little dinner, then visiting the swamp hens (and feeding them toast from breakfast that I saved for them), and marvelling at the bats wheeling overhead, and walking home hand in hand through the misty twilight...
With thanks... Saturday December 19...
Today I am grateful for the interesting debate that went on in my head, and the battle I had with procrastination. Funnily enough, I did spend a couple of hours updating my website, so I was hardly lazy... And I did a bit of research, and a little bit of writing. What I sort of remember from last time is that early on in a project I often feel I'm not getting anywhere, yet I'm doing a lot of the groundwork, sorting out the framework, doing all the other things that aren't writing but still need to get done... and that soon, when I have all this straight in my head, the writing will start to come... Patience hey? Not my best quality :-)
And I am grateful for sweet and encouraging comments from my friends, and hugs from my beloved, and for the wall calender I update every day with the little things I've done, which reminds me how much I've actually done...
With thanks... Sunday December 20...
Tonight I am grateful for a fun catch up with a dear friend, for sharing and Christmas spirit...
I am grateful for the late night cup of (herb) tea and faery-sized cupcakes with my beloved...
I am grateful that I got some work done today, and was a little more patient with myself, accepting that the research and the framework has to be done, and dreamed up, before the real writing can begin, and that I have to allow ideas to swirl and dance through my mind, and be rejected, and changed, and sorted, before they can settle and my pen can start flowing...
(I am not so grateful that this note disappeared into cyberspace and had to be redone, but it's a good test of memory I guess...)
With thanks... Monday December 21...
Tonight I am grateful to my beloved for taking time off work to come with me for my brain scan, and hold my hand while I waited nervously, and reassure me that I'd be okay going into that weird metal contraption (which was like standing next to a jackhammer! so loud!)...
I am grateful for our cute date night, racing into town to see It's Complicated, the new Meryl Streep movie, which was funny and sad and really cool, and have a cute dinner, then walk up to our favourite park and chat to the ducks who were still awake at that hour, and admire the bats swooping overhead, and giggle at the sound of the swamp hens as they celebrated Midsummer Night's Eve, and relax against the comforting trunk of the ancient figs, then wander home in the midnight dark, stopping occasionally to put up some Platinum Brunette posters for their gig on Thursday night :-)
I am grateful for the beautiful smiling crescent moon, which danced behind the wispy clouds, and peeked out shyly, and was so pretty and golden and delicate...
I am grateful to Lucy for offering to be with me etherically as I lay in the MRI thingie, and offering not to tickle my toes, although I almost started laughing at the thought of it :-) But I controlled myself, and stayed very still, and they got it all done in half an hour, and didn't have to inject me with dye, thank goddess...
And I am grateful that I got a bit of work done in between it all - I kinda like sitting in cafes with a cup of (jasmine) teas and a notepad and scrawling out ideas...
With thanks... Tuesday December 22...
Today I am grateful for an enchanted summer solstice. A blessed Litha to all! :-)
I am grateful that I dragged myself out of bed when the alarm went off just after 5am, and climbed the mini-Tor in the park across the road from us to watch the sun rise on the longest day of the year, star jasmine in my hair. I almost went back to bed, having looked out the window and spied a few clouds, but I'm so glad I went. When I'm away I always do such things, and it's important to me to bring the magic into my "real" life, and ensure that every moment is full of wonder and joy, not just when I'm on holidays... It was so so beautiful up there, with the cool breeze on my cheeks, and the sky slowly colouring, then the sun rising in a golden ball of fire, energy and inspiration.
I am grateful for the work picnic Christmas lunch thingie, in Centennial Park, and the lovely people I work with, and I am grateful that they include me even though I am part time...
And now I am grateful to rest my weary head - I'm not used to these early mornings!
With thanks... Wednesday December 23...
Tonight I am grateful for a cute night with my beloved, wrapping last minute gifts, chatting, eating thai and chilling out, for a conversation with my sister (and my nieces), and for a lovely package from Pauline and the egg fairies, and new photos of them ?
I am grateful that I got a lot of last-minute things done in my lunchbreak, despite the craziness of the city and the slowness of people wandering so slowly don the streets and up the escalators, and for a little early mark from work…
And I am grateful for berocca, since I’m so tired and achey I went to bed without writing this (oops!)…
With thanks... Christmas Eve 2009...
Today I am grateful that I got all the last minute things sorted, card written, the last few pressies wrapped, groceries bought, all that jazz...
I am grateful for the (rather miniscule amount of) work I got done...
And I am grateful that Juz's gig went well, the Santa suit was put to good use, and everyone loved the new songs...
With thanks… Christmas Day 2009...
Today I am grateful for a lovely morning with my beloved, giving each other our presents (which we usually do Christmas Eve, but last night was the PB gig and we were delirious) and expressing our love...
I am grateful for a happy day lunching with family, delicious cherries, mango salad and a few naughty chocolates (yes, I cheated a bit on my migraine diet today - oh well!)...
I am grateful for beautiful messages from friends, and awesome presents...
With thanks… Saturday December 26…
Today I am grateful that I was productive and got quite a bit written (at last!)...
I am grateful for the walk to meet Cutes when he finished work, skipping through the gentle rain, giggling at the sweet little Uluru birds (aka crested pigeons), our fun little dinner, and walking home together, Juz trying to keep me dry with his umbrella, laughing as we were splashed by passing cars, and half of each of us got a bit wet :-)
And I am grateful for a cute night in, watching the first two episodes of True Blood (one of my Chrissie presents). Not quite sure about it yet - it's different to the book, but kinda cool...
And now me and my aching head are grateful for bed...
With thanks… Sunday December 27…
Today I am grateful that I went to yoga, for the first time in a while :-) It was good to be back, although a little harder than usual - she said she was going to take it a bit easy on us, it being the festive season and all, but she did not :-)
I am grateful for a walk up to Newtown afterwards, to pop in and give my beloved a kiss while he struggled through his work day, and a successful mission to Broadway...
I am grateful for the cute little ducks in the lake, and the little brown birds that look like they're dancing when they hover in the air, cos of the white under feathers...
I am grateful that I got a bit of work done...
And I am grateful for a cosy night with my love, and that he watched several more episodes of True Blood with me, even though he doesn't like it all that much. It's certainly different to the book in many ways!
With thanks… Monday December 28…
Today I am grateful for the yoga ache in every muscle of my body :-)
I am grateful for the work I got done...
I am grateful for the gentle rain that feel this morning, and the lovely walk as the sun was low on the horizon as evening fell, and the skies cleared...
And I am grateful for another night in with my love, watching the other half of True Blood and pretending to be vampires :-)
With thanks… Tuesday December 29...
Tonight I am grateful that Juz was my guinea pig, and that he liked the little honey cakes I made for a midnight treat...
I am grateful I got quite a bit of work done today, and that things are starting to fall into place and flow with my new project...
I am grateful for new faery penpals on the other side of the world...
I am grateful to my beloved for pointing out the beautiful moon, sailing all bright and golden across the sunset coloured sky. So pretty!
And now I am grateful for bed (and not so much for my naughty staying up late)...
With thanks… Wednesday December 30…
Today I am grateful for a beautiful day with my love...
I am grateful for our walk up to our favourite lake to feed the swamp hens (who are so kind and considerate with their babies, but once they've grown up, it's every duck for itself!), then lunch nearby...
I am grateful that I spent the afternoon - and night - baking, testing out a bunch of recipes, so it was actually work, but kinda fun... Faery wand cookies, faery wing cupcakes, choc chip cupcakes, choc chip shortbread, little scones, jam drops, and even strawberry jam :-)
And I'm grateful that they turned out okay, and that Juz was happy to test everything out (well, he's got a couple left to try tomorrow, cos he was all full up, but what he tasted he liked)...
With thanks… Thursday December 31...
Today I am grateful for 2009, a year of amazing achievements - Seven Sacred Sites was distributed nationally, I wrote and published A Magical Journey, and created the CD Sacred Journey - wonderful friendships and beautiful moments with my beloved, spending precious time together in Glastonbury and Cornwall, and even more beautiful time in our Paradisical Realm...
I am grateful that we could be at the afternoon wedding of our sweet friends Pixie and Pixette today, and share their lovely ceremony, and wish them well as they embark on a new adventure in their life together...
And I am grateful for the beautiful new year's eve party we had with two dear friends at our house, for laughter and sharing, for party pies and cheezels, for them loving all my faery baking, for our time outside climbing our hill to watch the fireworks at midnight, for our intention setting ritual and the beautiful vanilla candles we used, for the gifts of 2010 calenders to hang on our walls and fill with all the things we'll achieve this year, so we remember how much we have done...
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