Wiccan Whirlpool

So I got the new “wonder drug” in yesterday’s mail. It’s loaded with caffeine–a fact two which i had paid no attendtion. THese things usually make me so sick to my stomach and generally jittery that I can’t take them, but what the heck–there’s a money back guarantee. So I took one before breakfast. I do feel a little jittery, but my heart isn’t racing or anything stupid and my stomach is fine. It feels very effedra-like, a highly useful substance when used intelligently (thanks, morons!), and one I miss. Breakfast was a Carnatian Instant made with super-skim milk and I do not feel hungry three and a half hours later. In a bit I’ll go eat a giant salad. Giant salads are probably my ace-in-the-hole. I take a mixing bowl like you would use for a double batch of cookies, and fill it with an entire bag of salad mix. typically I split it between spinach and mixed greens, and top it with low fat dressing, fat free cheese, tiny cooked shrimp, and whatever raw veggies I happen to have in the fridge. This giant bowl is an entire day’s worth of veggies, a serving of lean protein, and enough fiber for a small horse. Eating one of these babies nearly every day keeps the intestines quite healthy…

Most times I have a small piece of whole wheat bread to finish off because it makes me feel full. I get the kind that has Omega-3s in it, and I apply a little bit of Omega-3 spread. Combined it still doesn’t have as much of the fatty acid as a good piece of salmon, but it’s cheaper and I don’t have to grill it.

Once my hellians go down for a nap I think I’ll go for another walk. Read the rest of this entry »

So, a while back I thought I’d be able to get it together and get some weight off. I lost six pounds because I started eating a healthy diet and exercising again, and then I totally blew it and I’m heavier now than I was before. My size 12 swim suits don’t fit. That’s intollerable. I can’t afford more swim suits, and I certainly can’t afford to be seen in these as it stands now.

It’s Friday, a sucky day to start anything, but I don’t care. I’ve invited my coven to get fit with me. I started a little fitness table on the yahoogroup so we can log our progress, or so I can publicly log mine.

My new, snifty hoodia filled weightloss pills are on the way with some serious vitamins. They should be here next week. Hopefully that will help curb the hungries and make me think less about food. Now all I need to do is get off my ass and go to the gym!

Must…take…inches…off…waist…

Hey, that’s a good mantra for when I’m doing crunches…

Wanna join me? Leave comments! Read the rest of this entry »

How’s that for a change!  Unlike the relatively frequent dreams I have of somehow finding out that I technically did not graduate and must now return to highschool, in this unprecedented dream I discovered that I would need to teach at my highschool, and literature to boot.  Aside from currently taking British Lit and being an avid reader I don’t have much of a connection to the literature world, and I would never consider teaching it.  In fact, in the dream I was not qualified to teach lit and kept telling everyone that, but they wanted me to do it anyway.

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My coven is walking as a team for Walk America this year in Allentown.  We need money.  Tradition people, including me, have already donated about $100.  Our goal is $1000–twice what they ask from a new team, but I KNOW we can do it–with YOUR HELP.  PLEASE. Even ifyou can spare a buck, if 50 people give us a buck we have 50 bucks.  It adds up.  It’s legit.  I don’t want your cash, I want you to go to the Walk America site and use paypal or your credit card and give the $$ right to The March of Dimes so I don’t have to deal with it at all.  They’ll even give you a snifty receipt you can use next year at tax time.

http://www.walkamerica.org/388082

Help my coven help make a good name for Pagans in a public way!

Moi??

This is a link to my latest at witchvox, an article about sex and Wicca.  In one day it’s gotten some nice, if frightening, emails in support.  I’m impressed with the overall quality of the articles this week…please take the time to check them out.

http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=11334

http://www.witchvox.com/

This is my third essay at witchvox, and yet again an example of my opinionated self.  A surprising number of people have sent me email regarding this essay, and they have been overwhelmingly positive.  One email seemed unhappy with the essay but wasn’t very readable.  Another respondant said her students just automatically call her Lady, which frankly I find hard to believe, unless they saw it or heard it someplace else first.

But decide what you think for yourself, and feel free to leave comments!

http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=11641

or http://www.witchvox.com

AKA an excuse to send my kids to the in-laws for a long weekend!

We just got back from a stay at Niagara Falls, which I had never seen before. Our official excuse was to go up for an Ostara ritual held by Kat and Phoenix, which we did actually attend, and which was quite nice. It’s great to ritual with people who are more-or-less all on the same page and whom you’ve known for a while. But unofficially we had a mini-vacation at the Falls. We stayed at the Brock on the Canadian side, and it was quite lovely. The view from our room was spectacular! I’ll have to see if I can figure out how to post a picture to the blog…

We didn’t really go do much because it was so cold, but we did go see the Butterfly Conservatory, which is most excellent. I totally recommend a visit if you’ll be anywhere near there. It’s a huge indoor space filled with fragrant exotic plants and oodles of butterflies, fluttering silently about. We can’t wait to go back when it’s warm to see the botanical gardens.

Wait, I think maybe I stole that phrase from Mikki, but  it’s so short and to the point!  Anyway, that’s what I want you to do.  Go to my store and buy my stuff.  I don’t work for anybody else anymore, I am now devoted to being a student, finishing a degree, and getting a real job.  In the mean time I’ve been making jewelry.  Go buy some!!

http://hecates.ecrater.com/

Yeah, I know the photography isn’t all that hot, but my good friend Tracy is going to reshoot everything for me like a pro one day soon…

What the heck is that guy’s name, anyway?

I was at this wedding which was taking place after some kind of weird halloween/easter combo event in my old neighborhood. The people getting married had big money, and this was a huge affair. Read the rest of this entry »