XII The Hanged Man and Today

Another day behind us.  We had a pretty lazy Saturday but those are exactly the kind of Saturdays and weekends that I like, a do nothing kind of day.  Of course, there was not a whole lot of relaxing as we did go out and do a few things like pick up a package from UPS, drop by the mall to replace our Smartphone screen protectors – didn’t happen; buy a few clothes, visit Ikea and pick up a few under bed shoe bins before returning home for lunch.

A few weeks ago, we used our Crock-Pot slow cooker and again noticed the smell of melting plastic; we’ve noticed this smell since we first used it.  This time I investigated the slow cooker more thoroughly and noticed a hole melted through the plastic in the back of the slow cooker base.  So I got on the telephone the next day and contacted the customer service office of Crock-Pot as they had no repair facilities anywhere near Vancouver.  I was not expecting much but they blew us away with their customer service (Thank You Loletta!) and concern over our defective slow cooker and beyond that , they said they were sending us a new one by UPS.  I scanned our original purchase receipt (June 2012) and sent it to them and they emailed information on the shipment of the new slow cooker to us.  I noticed that our address was incorrect in the email so I fired off an email stating this as a shipment had just left their office.  No problem, they’ll send out another slow cooker!

Well as it turns out the address was only incorrect in the email they sent to me and not on the two packages that arrived yesterday.  I refused the second parcel so it can go back to Crock-Pot.  They exceeded our expectations and will certainly be mentioned in our conversations with family and friends.  Thank You Loletta and Crock-Pot for your great service.

Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is “XII The Hanged Man: Living in the moment.  Being fully absorbed in the present.  Non-attachment to goals.  Seeing things from a new angle.”

Today is the only today so today is my focus.  I have all of Tarot Decks out on the table and Tarot and Spirit are top of mind.  No thinking about my future, no worrying about how I’ll survive life on the road in an RV with no fixed address or permanent employment to support my financial needs.  No, just a simple faith and trust in today and all that I have to be thankful for on this day and for all the seconds, minutes, and hours I have left on this “today”, this perfect moment in time.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

IV The Emperor and Respecting and Learning From the Past

I had another successful work day yesterday.  Had to tweak a few computers and deal with issues we could not possibly resolve on our own and that was trying.  Somewhere, someone dropped the ball but the mistake was fixed through the “backdoor” so-to-speak and lo and behold the computers suddenly had remote access.  Papers and supplies were organized and all the computers and printers are up and running.  I must give thanks to my previous co-worker for teaching me everything I know, barely know at that.  Thank You Spirit.

This cold I’m battling is getting me down and I have a hard time functioning between it and the drugs I’m taking to combat it so I more or less plunk myself down on the sofa and watch the world go on around me.  Actually, quite surprisingly I was able to read a little bit last night and thoroughly enjoyed the article I read in Sage Woman magazine Issue 83.  The magazine is aimed at the mature female witch but I find the articles and information quite useful in my own life as a witch.  Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is “IV The Emperor: Sometimes one must be a benevolent despot.  Organization.  Taking charge.  An authority figure.  Utilizing discipline to provide a structure for creativity.”

This is a very helpful card for me at this time as I need to take charge of my life and provide myself with some organization and structure and the best way I can do that is to respectfully learn from my past as well as to take time to make plans.  I need to write things down and commit my thoughts and ideas to paper so they become concrete and part of my purpose.  Having concrete ideas before me gives these ideas form, structure, and energy that will be intertwined with all energy that will help me bring them to fruition.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

9 of Swords - I Need to Smile Today

I worked for most of the day yesterday and then came home to then go off to a Strata Council meeting.  A busy day. I’m working again today.  I want to walk to work but the rain is heavy and it looks to be quite the nasty day out there but I’ll likely walk anyway.  Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is the “9 of Swords: Unquiet Dreams.  Stress.  Worries.  Mental tapes which play over and over."  I suffer from this quite often but for some reason seeing this card today makes me feel like I’m going to overcome such things and move beyond them by moving forward with my life and leaving such stress and worries behind me.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

Ace of Wands - Many Creative Ideas

I had a decent day yesterday.  Had a staff meeting for Elections BC and my upcoming office work for them here in New Westminster.  I will not be getting as many hours as I thought though that is a kind of bummer.  The staff meeting lasted more than hour and I was asked to come in today to help set up the office.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing or as relaxing as it could get as I’m battling a cold and I feel blah!  I’ve been thinking about working with yarn now as a new craft that is a little bit easier to do while wanting to sort of do nothing, if you will.  For example if I want to be creative with my cards I actually need to sit at my desk and work there whereas with crochet or knitting I can sit on the sofa a do it.  I purchased a few books online so now I have to get into a learning mode and learn how to crochet and knit.  Knitting I can understand a work with quite easily however crochet has a steep learning curve for me.  All fun though.  Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is the “Ace of Wands: A creative inspiration.  The beginning of a project or venture.”  This is certainly a reflection of my thoughts over the past several days perhaps even a week or more.  I’ve been thinking about ventriloquism, new crafts, and my longstanding desire to get on with a hobby that has fascinated me since my childhood.  I’ve been thinking about a studio, a mobile television studio, if you will and how to go about creating video productions on my own.  Then how to get people to want to pay for the videos I produce.  An idea...an idea that doesn’t seem to be going away.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

7 of Wands

I had a rough time sleeping for a short while, not sure what was up but sleep eventually overcame and I awoke around 7:00am.  We had an evening out last night, meeting a friend for dinner at La Casita before taking in the movie “NO”.  Both dinner and the movie were enjoyed.  We all made it home without incident.  Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is the “7 of Wands: Fighting the wind.  A Quixotic struggle.  Winning against the odds.  Confrontation.”  Hhhmmm...this card baffles me at the moment but I’ll let it percolate and see what happens throughout the day.  But, if anything I get the feeling that I have struggles coming up that I will work through and overcome.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

9 of Wands Open Your Heart

We had another social day yesterday.  We had a friend over for lunch and we visited until 7pm.  A long day weekend full of social activities.  Maybe we need to take weekend for ourselves.

Although, social activities filled our weekend I felt like I was also doing a lot of learning, developing my spirit and growing in my knowledge of myself and what life means to me; my life as well as life overall.  I feel good about things and get the sense that my path is more my own today than it has been most of my life.  I’m more in control of and steering my life more in the direction I want to go.

Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is the “9 of Wands: Don’t mess with me.  Defensiveness.  Putting up barriers to avoid intimacy.”  I certainly hope this doesn’t describe me and if it does I need to open my heart wide and be receptive to all the love that comes my way.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

Man of Coins

April Fool’s Day and Easter Monday.  I awoke early to take care of some pork tenderloin we have in the slow cooker, that was around one in the morning.  I was only to take the loin out of the slow cooker but I decided to do the next step of shredding it as well and then throwing in back in the slow cooker to marinate in the BBQ sauce and onions until later this morning where I turned the slow cooker back on.  Smells delicious.

I awoke a little after 6:30am and lay in bed until almost 7 and when I exited the bedroom and looked out the window to take in the beautiful morning my eyes fell upon the waning moon as she fades out of the brightening sunlit morning sky. Breathtakingly beautiful is she.

Yesterday was another day of social activity for us.  We met a friend for coffee and brunch not long after eating our breakfast.  The walk uptown stirred up hunger within me so I opted to eat a decent sized meal.  The eggs benedict were very good.  Maybe we'll give the Coming Home Cafe another chance.  My partner opted for coffee and a cookie.  We had a good chat and even met some new acquaintances.  We walked back down the hill, strolled along Pier Park before taking leave of our friend who had another date, this time for a simple coffee.

We came home and organized a little before going out shopping for a few things including today’s pulled pork sandwiches for lunch, another day of social activity with another friend.  We relaxed the rest of the day.  Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is the “Man of Coins: Responsible and hard-working.  Reliable.  Dependable.”  This sounds like my brother but should also be me and not for anyone else mind you although if I adopt these qualities (for) myself they will then also be a benefit to others as well.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.