Weekend? What weekend?
May. 14th, 2011 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodsong1I had to work today due to three sale cars being picked up. Fortunately, I was able to skip out before the third because my part in it had been done Friday and I saved The Boss from the second. woot.
IDK and Nephew Tall Person went to see Thor. In 3-D. I did not, because 3-D triggers my migraines. So I went to Imagicka, a pagan shop I've been wanting to visit for, oh, YEARS. When I walked in I closed my eyes and extended my senses and was instantly welcomed. I love shops like that. I prowled the entire shop, stopping as needed. I picked up a copy of The Witch's Bible by the Ferrars, but when I started thumbing through it, I realized I'm beyond the experience level of the book and, well, let's be honest. I started Solitary and while I'm enjoying the small group, I'm still doing a lot of my own Work alone. So I put it back and kept looking.
I found Cottage Witchery by Ellen Dugan. She has a frank style of writing that mirrors my own thinking processes and her introduction spelled out EXACTLY what I'm trying to do with MY house. Score!
After finishing my initial prowl, I went back to the stone and mineral table, grounded, and started feeling for stones to use in my protection spell-in-the-works. I ended up with six, and most of them were a surprise. But that's the nature of the Craft. Following my instinct, I also picked a jar of herbal bath soak, complete with linen bag and wooden spoon, off the clearance table, and grabbed a bag of elder berries and cut nettles for my Herb Craft. I spent just over $50, but it was all well worth it.
Lunch was spent at Java Joe's, munching a turkey & apple & cheese panini, sipping a cafe au lait, and reading my new book.
The cafe au lait, as well as the chai latte I bought on my way into work, and the cup of sakura green tea for breakfast, made for a dehydrated Queenie. By now it was after 2 and I figured the movie would be done around 3, so I headed back to Vestal, missing turns and having to backtrack. I blame the pondering over fairies and brownies and suddenly realizing I couldn't see or feel my house spirits because I've been too sad. Fairies tend to pack up and go when there's a death, and since I've lost Wolf AND my kitty Mist, there's been a lot of sadness and therefore, a lot of spiritual blindness.
I have a nebulous idea on inviting more in as I keep working on the house. Cuteness will probably help with this, she's already attracted fairies once. They liked to tickle her in the mornings. And They did enjoy playing with Mist.
I've put out a general call for inviting another cat. My only conditions are that it be an adult cat and short haired.
I did stop by Dress Barn looking for more work shirts and managed to find two really cute short sleeved sweaters on sale. One's a similar shade of orange sherbet as a blouse I found at Macy's and the other's a nice shade of blue. By then it was just after 3, so I headed for the theater to wait for IDK and Tall Person.
Thirty-five minutes later, they come out. THEY HADN'T WAITED FOR THE END OF THE CREDITS!!! I shook IDK (gently by the shoulders) and scolded him while Tall Person laughed and the Mundanes gave me funny looks. So now I HAVE to go see Thor so I can see the teaser because that's what Marvel does.
IDK had been coughing most of the day, so we picked up Cuteness, dropped off Tall Person (Zahde, I gave Drya the tank, she thinks it might be a bit snug in the bosom, but she liked it.) (I also got a bottle of water because Drya stocks such things.) and headed to Cost Cutters. Both kiddos got cuts and then IDK got sick in the parking lot.
*sigh*
We came home. IDK plunked down on the couch, Cuteness claimed the computer and I set about reclaiming the kitchen, charging my new stones with their work (used incense and the North candle), putting things away and clearing off the dining room table. I have a spicy concoction simmering on the stove to clear out the fumes of the last few weeks, incense still burning in the Ritual Room, and Wolf and Cat have fresh candles in their freshly cleaned holders.
I intend to take a cleansing bath tonight with my Japanese bath fizzies and my new herbal soak. I'll have to figure out a temporary drain plug, as that bathroom still isn't fixed. Maybe a votive holder?
Tomorrow is laundry. We have plenty of food in the house, I can go grocery shopping either Monday or Thursday after work.
IDK and Nephew Tall Person went to see Thor. In 3-D. I did not, because 3-D triggers my migraines. So I went to Imagicka, a pagan shop I've been wanting to visit for, oh, YEARS. When I walked in I closed my eyes and extended my senses and was instantly welcomed. I love shops like that. I prowled the entire shop, stopping as needed. I picked up a copy of The Witch's Bible by the Ferrars, but when I started thumbing through it, I realized I'm beyond the experience level of the book and, well, let's be honest. I started Solitary and while I'm enjoying the small group, I'm still doing a lot of my own Work alone. So I put it back and kept looking.
I found Cottage Witchery by Ellen Dugan. She has a frank style of writing that mirrors my own thinking processes and her introduction spelled out EXACTLY what I'm trying to do with MY house. Score!
After finishing my initial prowl, I went back to the stone and mineral table, grounded, and started feeling for stones to use in my protection spell-in-the-works. I ended up with six, and most of them were a surprise. But that's the nature of the Craft. Following my instinct, I also picked a jar of herbal bath soak, complete with linen bag and wooden spoon, off the clearance table, and grabbed a bag of elder berries and cut nettles for my Herb Craft. I spent just over $50, but it was all well worth it.
Lunch was spent at Java Joe's, munching a turkey & apple & cheese panini, sipping a cafe au lait, and reading my new book.
The cafe au lait, as well as the chai latte I bought on my way into work, and the cup of sakura green tea for breakfast, made for a dehydrated Queenie. By now it was after 2 and I figured the movie would be done around 3, so I headed back to Vestal, missing turns and having to backtrack. I blame the pondering over fairies and brownies and suddenly realizing I couldn't see or feel my house spirits because I've been too sad. Fairies tend to pack up and go when there's a death, and since I've lost Wolf AND my kitty Mist, there's been a lot of sadness and therefore, a lot of spiritual blindness.
I have a nebulous idea on inviting more in as I keep working on the house. Cuteness will probably help with this, she's already attracted fairies once. They liked to tickle her in the mornings. And They did enjoy playing with Mist.
I've put out a general call for inviting another cat. My only conditions are that it be an adult cat and short haired.
I did stop by Dress Barn looking for more work shirts and managed to find two really cute short sleeved sweaters on sale. One's a similar shade of orange sherbet as a blouse I found at Macy's and the other's a nice shade of blue. By then it was just after 3, so I headed for the theater to wait for IDK and Tall Person.
Thirty-five minutes later, they come out. THEY HADN'T WAITED FOR THE END OF THE CREDITS!!! I shook IDK (gently by the shoulders) and scolded him while Tall Person laughed and the Mundanes gave me funny looks. So now I HAVE to go see Thor so I can see the teaser because that's what Marvel does.
IDK had been coughing most of the day, so we picked up Cuteness, dropped off Tall Person (Zahde, I gave Drya the tank, she thinks it might be a bit snug in the bosom, but she liked it.) (I also got a bottle of water because Drya stocks such things.) and headed to Cost Cutters. Both kiddos got cuts and then IDK got sick in the parking lot.
*sigh*
We came home. IDK plunked down on the couch, Cuteness claimed the computer and I set about reclaiming the kitchen, charging my new stones with their work (used incense and the North candle), putting things away and clearing off the dining room table. I have a spicy concoction simmering on the stove to clear out the fumes of the last few weeks, incense still burning in the Ritual Room, and Wolf and Cat have fresh candles in their freshly cleaned holders.
I intend to take a cleansing bath tonight with my Japanese bath fizzies and my new herbal soak. I'll have to figure out a temporary drain plug, as that bathroom still isn't fixed. Maybe a votive holder?
Tomorrow is laundry. We have plenty of food in the house, I can go grocery shopping either Monday or Thursday after work.
