Hey Y'all, Does anyone ever feel like what's in the picture above? If you don't know what a back burner friend is then let me tell you. A back burner friend is that friend who another friend won't contact or hang out with until they have no one else to talk to or have nothing to do, then suddenly they remember oh, I have back burner friend I can count on to answer or hang out when I am ready for them. Once non back burner friend has places to go and things to do you are put on the back burner once again.
See I have a friend like this, if she is busy with other people or has plans, I don't hear from her for days or weeks, until suddenly, you guessed it, she remembers that I exist. She'll text me and find out how I am doing. We try to make plans, I have canceled on her a few times due to my issues, and she has on me as well that is understandable, however, when I do text her about getting together, she has to check her calendar and pencil me in, and if I am lucky I get a morning spot for an hour or two because she might have plans later in the afternoon or right after my time is up, Really?! You can't make one whole day for me? See with me and her,she has to get back to me when she is free. We have never gone to the movies together, I have yet to meet her boyfriend, whom she has been dating for awhile, I have even suggested and asked that she, her boyfriend, I and my hubby get together and have dinner someplace, she tells me oh that sounds great we need to do that, I ask okay talk to boyfriend and you two come up with a date and time and let me know never hear back from her, I have asked and suggested a few times, I also have yet to really meet her friend of 20 some years, I think I got to say hello briefly to her other friend, but yet we three have never hung out together and have a movie, pizza night, and I have asked her on several occasions to come over to my house on the days that hubby is out late having dinner with his mom, which as he does every Tuesday night, or on the day once a month when he goes to his friend's house for dinner, she never comes over or tells me she can't. See I feel like I am being taken for granted, now mind you all, I can text her, but see I don't like doing that when people are working, see I feel if you're at work then you shouldn't be messing with your phone unless it's on your own time. You say well text her and let her answer you at lunch problem is she has her phone by her or near her at her desk, oh and another thing when she and I do get together she is messing with her phone, texting, or checking things or calling other people or talking to someone else, I feel that that is just plain rude. Anyway I feel that she feels or knows that oh Tracy will be around when I have nothing else to do or don't have anyone else to hang out with and Tracy will be willing to hang out. My husband has asked me why do you have her in your life if she is treating you that way and hardly has time for you? Good question, I am starting to wonder that myself, you see this girl is getting tired of being a back burner friend.
Hello and Merry Meet Everyone, Today I want to talk about something that riled me up. I won't mention names but I had someone say on facebook, oh it's that time of year again when everyone claims to be a witch. I read the comments and this person is saying she is from a long bloodline and a high priestess and that those that weren't from a bloodline wasn't really a witch. I was like hold on back up, I said I wasn't born from a long bloodline, but I consider myself a witch, because I put in hours and hours of study, and practice and I have faith in the craft and faith in myself, am I there yet that she claims she is hell no, it takes years and years and many hours of study and practice to get there, and this girl didn't look like she was out of her 20s yet and claiming to be a high priestess, anyho, I went on to say you don't have to be from a long bloodline to be a witch you just have to put in the time effort and study work and belief in yourself and it can take years, she replied back to me, any mundane (what are we Harry Potter Characters?) can read a couple of books and call themselves witches but that doesn't make them one, she is like I can work with energy and do magic. I said saying that you have to be from a long bloodline to be a witch would be like saying you can't be a college graduate unless you come from a long line of college graduates. She kept going on and on, so I had to delete her ya'll. See what she don't know, I was actually called by The Morrigan, I didn't seek her out she came to me and said I want you, you will walk this path. Also what this person didn't know or didn't even ask, is that I do work with energy, I am also an empath and a bit psychic, also my husband was sitting right here when the Morrigan came to me and he was like stunned as he felt a big energy charge in the air at the moment I started crying yeah I cried when she came to me, as I was torn about choosing to turn away from the Church I was raised in and seeking a new path at the time when Morrigan came to me I was thinking of becoming Catholic. So do you have to be born from a bloodline? No,I feel you do not..I feel as long as you put the work, time, effort, and study and have faith in yourself, and don't doubt and faith in the Craft then you are a witch. Now please don't take this as I am bashing those that have a long bloodline of witches in their family, I am not, but It just riles me up when there are those out there, that you know aren't old enough to be all powerful and a high priestess to boot, and I have seen a lot that call themselves highpriest or priestess and have only read a few books and didn't put the time and effort into the work, I don't dare call myself one even though I have been in almost four years of study, I am not even close. I may never get there. I know a high priestess an actual one, it took her 25 years of work, study and testing, by another high priestess, to become one. So no my dears you don't have to be from a long blood line to be a witch.
Merry Meet All,
I know it's been awhile. So I am now down to 326 pounds I believe, I will weigh tomorrow. If that is the case then I have lost a total of 60 pounds. My darling husband just bought me a standing desk converter, what this does it sits on your current desk and you can raise it up and down to go from sitting to standing. I have really let my body go, I used to be able to stand for hours and now I can hardly stand at all, so today when my desk got here, I started standing every thirty mins for five mins at a time. I am not going to get discouraged, I am going to take it one day at a time. Yesterday I did a 20 min ddp yoga session, I did 30 squats while holding five pound weights in each hand, and then worked out my arms with said weights. I am determined to get rid of at least forty more pounds, to hit my goal of 100 pounds, I also have a goal to start walking again like I did when we lived at the beach and walked the boardwalk three miles a night. It's so easy to put the weight on and so hard to get off, but this time, I am determined, I have cut out a lot of sodium and now working on cutting out a lot of sugar. I am also slowly cutting out red meat and am going to try to the Beyond Meat, Beyond Burger product. If you are struggling to loose weight and feel like you can't do it or don't know how to start, well start by cutting sodium down, it may seem hard, but it's not, I make my own taco seasoning, I make my own pasta sauce, not hard at all I just experiment with spices. Like 21 season salute, from Trader Joe's or an all season blend from Costco, I use whole tomatoes when I make my pasta sauce, I just put them in the blender with spices and a bit of water and then just blend it and heat it, it is very good. If you can't hardly walk or get up, I recommend DDP Yoga I'll add the link https://www.ddpyoganow.com/
I am telling you this works, about two years ago I could hardly stand due to lower back and hip pain, I was doubled over in pain in the shower, I was about to give up thinking I was going to end up in a wheel chair, I saw this video https://vimeo.com/150671078
and I was like I am going to order this dvd set, my husband got it for me, I started out with the chair warrior, doing 16 mins a day, I thought to myself, this is not going to work. Then I watched the video again and again and again, and I kept at the DDP, I started dropping weight, I started to be able to walk a bit without pain, I now no longer have the back pain or the hip pain, I do admit that I did slack off starting in April as I went through a health issue and major depression but now I am back at it, and if I can do this, you can do this, I started cutting sodium, I starting eating smaller portions, started cutting out a lot of red meat, going meatless two days a week, drinking fruit smoothies, I don't miss the salt and trust me I used to be salt freak. Salt on everything, when I went low sodium after a month, I started tasting flavors the actual food, I can now say things have way too much salt in them, like french fries, I still eat fries, a small, I still get a cheeseburger, I still eat ice cream, I still eat pizza, cauliflower crust pizza from Trader Joes, or Costco, I make homemade mac and cheese, I eat potatoes, but I go low sodium, and smaller portions. You have to figure out what works for you, there is no easy solution and no quick fix, it's all up to you, I tell myself if I don't do this I am doing to die sooner than what I should be. I got my blood pressure down at last check from 151/96 to 138/87. I also drink more water, 80-120 ounces a day, I do still drink coke zero, I have one a day, sometimes one a week, it all depends on what I want to do, you don't have to deny yourself, or starve yourself. I am also getting a fitbit charge 3 for Christmas that is what I asked hubby to get me, I am loving my instapot, made a pot roast in it that was so tender it was falling apart and only in 30 mins. Baby steps, start out small, have faith in yourself and the wanting to do it. If you need help please ask me if you need support contact me here is my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010708119100&ref=bookmarks
When you ask for a friend request send me a message that you found me via my blog.
So I just wanted to check in with you, and let you know I am learning to stand again. Blessed Be, Everyone.
Hey all,
Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile, I have so much to catch up on and so much I want to blog about. So I finally got my book of shadows and let me tell you I found the one, I love love love my new book I got it from this place https://www.etsy.com/shop/CountryPinecones?ref=l2-shopheader-name
She does excellent work and is a real sweet heart, I will be ordering another book from her.
The picture of the cover does not do it justice, in the light you can see a pattern of what looks like ivy and flowers and it really pops, you can get the book blank or filled with information in it already as well as get something on the cover I choose to have a blank cover, it's about 1400 pages front and back.
The paper is from an antique paper mill and good quality. Ya'll I showed this book to my mother-in-law, she thought it was 100 years old! yes the book looks like it has been passed down from Great-Grandmother to Grandmother to Mother to daughter, if you get my meaning. The book took about two weeks to arrive, some of them take about three weeks.
The clasps I picked out, it normally comes with a latch and book locks, I wouldn't go with the book locks and the latches that I have in the picture sometimes do not want to stay closed. I hope you are all doing well. This heat is killing me ya'll, there I go channeling Ember again, I am from the midwest, Missouri and we tend to say Ya'll. I just ordered 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764354922/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaw08pU8yCM here is a link to Ember's review on this deck. Amazing I cannot wait to get it. I also just got these in
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AeonMoon?ref=l2-shopheader-name
Beautiful rune set and natural oak wood.
I recommend this shop if you are wanting natural wood witches runes, they gather the wood themselves from the ground when a branch falls, they do not cut the tree at all to get the branches. That is why I picked this shop to buy my witch's runes from. It does come with a booklet, a rune pouch does not come with it, but you can buy one from their shop.
Sorry for the long blog post but I wanted to show you all what I got and what I have coming in. Take care blessed be.
I just found out today that my grandma passed away, I haven't seen her in ten years I think. She loved the colors pink and purple and loved to fish, as well as put puzzles together, she loved to read the Alex Cross series by James Patterson, she made the best snicker doodle cookies as well as egg noodles and yeast rolls. She was mother to nine children and several grand children, as well as great and great great, and great great great grand children. She was an amazing strong woman, who after her first husband died leaving her with nine kids worked hard to provide for them until she met her second husband, who also preceded her in death in 2006. Grandma I love you and miss you. Grandma as I held your hand and looked down I didn't see the age spots
or the wrinkles, I saw two hands that comforted her babies and her
grandchildren, I saw two hands that lovingly made quilts for her family,
and cooked for them, I saw two hands that baked the best snicker
doodles and zucchini bread and egg noodles and yeast rolls and cakes and
pies, I saw two hands that wiped away the tears of her children and
grandchildren and tended to our cuts and scrapes and booboos, I
saw two hands holding the brush that brushed our hair and held us when
we needed hugs and cuddles, I saw two hands that tended to her husband
as he lay dying of cancer, I saw two hands that worked hard to provide
for her children after their father (her first husband) passed away at a
young age. I saw two hands that held cards and a fishing pole, I saw
two hands covered in dirt from the garden as you brought in tomatoes,
green beans, and squash, I also saw those two hands smack our bottoms
when we were acting up, I saw two hands pouring cups of black cherry
koolaid and making bologna and cheese sandwiches, I saw two hands folded
in a lap that would always welcome me with hugs and comfort, Thank you
grandma for those two hands and for you, Always loved and never
forgotten,
Hello and Happy Litha everyone,
How are you celebrating Litha today? As I stated in my last post, I will be having a picnic with my hubby, later this evening. I am still awaiting word on when my book is going to ship, I was told it was going to be done June 5th and then a couple days before it was due I get a notice that there is going to be a ten day delay and that it would be done and sent on the 15th then I get another notice that their schedules got messed up and that it would be sent sometime this week, when I asked what day, I get no reply, this is the exact same thing that my scammer did to me, so what do you all think you think I am going to get scammed again, now I have seen that other people have their books that ordered from them, but so did other people that ordered from the person I ordered from? I will give her until July first then I will get a refund. This is just so frustrating. Sorry for this rant but yeah you would think that they would be on the ball and get the customer's order shipped, I mean they expect money up front and paid off before working on the book you ordered but then have no issue delaying your item. Wonder if doing a spell would get my book sent out faster LOL, I found something on facebook for homemade Headache Salve
Stress Headache= Lavender and peppermint essential oils
Migraine- Peppermint and Basil Essential Oils
Congestion= Eucalyptus and Peppermint Essential Oils
Normal Headache= Peppermint Essential Oil
What You'll Need To Make:
2 glass bowls different sizes
Hot Water
Oils
Small Metal Container, or glass baby food jars with lids
Virgin Coconut Oil
Put hot water into larger bowl, set smaller bowl ontop of larger bowl add in coconut oil, let sit until coconut oil is melted ( I guess however much you want, there were no measurements for this ) add drops of oil enough to where you can smell it, I would say about 1-3 drops, stir gently and pour into container. Let it harden, if you live in a warmer climate you may want to store it in fridge. To use dab onto your fingertips and rub into temples, back of your neck or sinuses or where ever needed.
If I can find it I also have oil for pain I can't remember if I got it from Lady Gravedancer https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLadygravedancer or Ember Honey Raven https://www.youtube.com/user/EmberHoneyraven/featured?disable_polymer=1
But when I find it I"ll post it in my next post as well as Lady Gravedancer's cough drops or cold drops.
Wonderful women I highly recommend their youtube channels, please subscribe to them you won't regret it.
Oh on another note I am now at 327 or 328, so I am at a 56-55 pound weight loss now.
I just felt like Blabbing today.
Update July 8th I finally got my book of shadows a few days ago, the cover is amazing, however, the paper inside is not archival acid free, it's just plain old printer paper, the paper is hard to get out of the binding as they put the posts in the spine along the side and not through the middle flap, you cannot add more paper or even good quality paper without not being able to add much, also the inside covers are not cloth but printer paper with a printed design on it, and the title page is not hand done as they state but printed out and it was already chipping the ink off when I got it, my husband ended up with it and I am waiting on my new one to come in on Friday from a different person, this one is a practical magic style and is made to look antique.
Hello and merry meet everyone, I hope you are doing well today.
Can you believe that it is almost summer and also the time for Litha, What are you going to be doing on Litha? I think Hubby and I are going to have a picnic, maybe have some french bread, some cheese, grapes, cucumber, hummus, some sliced turkey or chicken, iced tea for me and not sure what for him to drink and I think we may go to the park.
What is Litha? For me it is the time to honor the Sun God, also the longest day of the year, it is celebrated on or around the first day of summer normally the 21st of June or as close as you can get, so I guess it would be 20-22nd. This is a time to worship the sun and fire plays a big part, from burning a balefire to lighting candles. It was a time to celebrate the crops that have grown and thrived, knowing that harvest was around the corner.
You could decorate your altar by using reds, golds, yellows, summer flowers,such as sunflowers, and herbs, maybe sunflower seeds, perhaps feed the birds the seeds or enjoy them yourself,
Foods to eat for your litha feast could include
Summer veggies and fruit
Bread, milk, cheese, fish, chicken, fruit breads, cakes, pies, wines
light some sandalwood incense
Make a pinwheel or a solar wheel or a witches ladder, reaffirm yourself to the God and Goddess.
This is also the time for hand fasting and weddings.
No matter how you celebrate the day, I hope you make the most of it and enjoy it and have a blessed and beautiful day.
