MOON MAPPING

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I am feeling a deep void returning to my bones.  Maybe its just a seasonal cycle I have not yet brought into my awareness.  It's been amazing watching my moods and longings shift with the moons patterns.  I haven't been disciplined enough to really keep track of it, but the times I have made the connections, I find so very interesting.  For as long as I can remember I have felt the pull of her tides, like I have always just known she is holding my hands while guiding me through the oceans of life, sometimes with huge waves crashing down and sometimes beautiful calm waters with sunny skies.  All with their own purpose.  Yet in my humanness, purpose seems to not feel so wonderful in the moment.  Sometimes its hard to see through the salty waters stinging my eyes to know the tides will go back out.  Having my Planet ruled by the moon, feels like an ever-changing flow of emotions.  As if while floating down a river, everytime I come to a rock that bumps me, or the waters flip my body upside down, I am on to a new emotion.  It is common to feel a wide range of emotions all within an hour for me.  And it is the same for how I feel about people, places, ideas, etc. 

I just spent some time mapping out my next month so as the moon moves through each sign I will know what house it is affecting at a glance.  I'm learning to do this through the Transit Reading class with KV and I'm loving it!  She has broken it all down so it is so simple to understand.  I can't wait to go back and see the connection to my emotional states during certain times in the cycle.  Its also been fun to look up the specific placements in my birthchart and re-read them to see how it is connecting with me at the moment.  This process is never-ending and ever-evolving, I love it!

(The photo is just from a lunch yesterday while reading my chart, snacking on some yummy fruits...)

INSTALOVE // LIFE

I did some revamping to my bathroom... added twinkle lights & feathers on the cabinet door

I did some revamping to my bathroom... added twinkle lights & feathers on the cabinet door

Finding this beautiful shelf at a thrift store is what sparked my bathroom makeover...

Finding this beautiful shelf at a thrift store is what sparked my bathroom makeover...

I also scored this amazing stool, and obviously Bella loves it...

I also scored this amazing stool, and obviously Bella loves it...

James and I took a walk by our riverside and found a bunch of turkey feathers...

James and I took a walk by our riverside and found a bunch of turkey feathers...

Ive been eating some of the yummiest things this week from the Deeply Rooted Cleanse...

Ive been eating some of the yummiest things this week from the Deeply Rooted Cleanse...

I got in the most amazing herbals from LaLa Earth (check out her button on the sidebar for her shop)

I got in the most amazing herbals from LaLa Earth (check out her button on the sidebar for her shop)

And her sweet kitty sent my kitty a toy, so sweet!

And her sweet kitty sent my kitty a toy, so sweet!

James and I had a date night this week to see a band we love in Bandera...

James and I had a date night this week to see a band we love in Bandera...

Lady Jane Gray, the band we saw.  These guys are way  sweet!

Lady Jane Gray, the band we saw.  These guys are way  sweet!

violet snuggling up with her teddy in my eye mask, ha ha!

violet snuggling up with her teddy in my eye mask, ha ha!

NEW MOON INTENTIONS

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Since we are still in the energy of our second beautiful new moon of the year, I spent some time this morning with my New Moon Journal from Aquarius Nation (I love this thing).  I wanted to last night, but after eating three tostados, I was feeling a bit of a food hangover, and James was home with the tv on... so I decided to wait until this morning when I had nothing but the quiet silence of the early morning.  There is such a special feeling around a new moon.  I'm a list and goal oriented person (even though I'm too scatter brained to remember to look at them after making them)... but the intention is there... and something about physically writing things down in this manner tend to make them stick for me.  Plus I get to reflect back when I sit down to make my next new moon intentions, and see which ones have already manifested, or which ones are the works, or which ones are still taking time to grow...  Such a fun process!

I have been working my little tail off this month, and I have decided to take some time off this weekend to clean my house and get things back in order.  Create new space that feels alive again.  And I think Im going to start that process today. 

Happy New Moon!  (for info on this moons energy check out this post on the bohemian collective)

CELEBRATING THE BIRDIE

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On Monday I got to celebrate my girl Bird's 30th birthday with her.  The perfect excuse to get all dolled up since we were going to meet for sushi.  (real outfit post coming soon, I haven't even had time to get them off my camera yet)  We had a really nice dinner with the yummiest sushi.  Then we went back to the coffee shop she works at in our home town to have some drinks and do karaoke.  I never in my life thought I would actually do karaoke, even that night I had made up my mind that I was not brave enough.  But alas, with a few drinks and some coaxing I found myself up there sandwiched between my two friends belting out Garth Brooks, ha ha!  And I had so much fun doing it!  Luckily it was in the 'safe bubble' as they were calling of it, of just her friends and co-workers.  So even though I got some rad pics of my Bird wearing an afro wig while belting out her tunes, I can't share those photos!  And no one got a photo of me, which Im actually kind of sad about b/c it was a landmark in my life, let me tell you.  This night also truly made me realize how much I miss my time with friends, b/c it has been slim to nothin' lately.  Oh, I also had my first Mai Thai, so there was more than one first!  Yay for firsts!

Oh yeah, and one of the best things that came out of my job at the restaurant was making friends with this girl.  The girl who at the time thought she couldn't make good friends with another girl, and I won her over. ;)