This past weekend we had our drumming group over to our house for the fall equinox/Mabon gathering. I was so amazed! We had *25* people show up to our house – our house in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road that no one usually wants to drive.
The ceremony was really nice, though. I called the directions after our friend smudged and another smoked a peace pipe. We did a little ritual to celebrate the harvest, and our personal harvests, where we sprinkled a cornhusk with a little bit of ground corn flour and put it in the fire while recognizing our blessings. The formality of this simple ritual really spoke to my heart. I guess it spoke to many people as they all commented on it at the end of the evening, saying how wonderful it was. Then we drummed about five rounds, before dismissing the circle and pulling out the telescope to look at the stars.
All in all, it was a perfect evening. Even the weather cooperated. I had a thought at one point during the evening. We often do meditation and I feel very unified with this group. It’s become my church and many ways, my family in others, and I feel like I truly have friends who know me. That was one of the things I was grateful for.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
counting calories?
I had the flu last week so I’ve been trying to catch up on life and decided I need to be more regular about this. Except it comes time to write it and I can’t remember all the cool things I thought of to write.
Oh, I remember one. The past few weeks we’ve been doing an experiment that’s actually turned out to be rather fun.
We’ve been calorie counting. I know, I know. It doesn’t sound like fun but it has been. I found out that I wasn’t eating enough and started eating more. DH decided he was going to restrict his calories by 500/day to see if it was really true that a certain number of calories, if below your BMI, makes you lose weight. We’ve had a lot of fun with this.
… and then I came down with the flu. During which, I ran a fever and didn’t eat which is bad when you’re trying to gain weight. But the counting calories has been very useful, because I know how many I need every day to try and gain back the weight I lost. Onward.
I have to say, even when I was really thin I was never this skinny, and it has honestly scared me. For those curious, I am almost 5’9” tall. I was 120, which was thin but not terrible. I am now 106 pounds – WAY too skinny in my opinion. But I am being conscious of what I eat, making sure its quality, and making sure it’s enough. I hope to be back up to 120 plus very soon.
I have to say DH's experiment has worked fabulously so far and I'm enjoying the Eye Candy a lot, now that he's lost his 'inner tube' and is exercising more... :]
Oh, I remember one. The past few weeks we’ve been doing an experiment that’s actually turned out to be rather fun.
We’ve been calorie counting. I know, I know. It doesn’t sound like fun but it has been. I found out that I wasn’t eating enough and started eating more. DH decided he was going to restrict his calories by 500/day to see if it was really true that a certain number of calories, if below your BMI, makes you lose weight. We’ve had a lot of fun with this.
… and then I came down with the flu. During which, I ran a fever and didn’t eat which is bad when you’re trying to gain weight. But the counting calories has been very useful, because I know how many I need every day to try and gain back the weight I lost. Onward.
I have to say, even when I was really thin I was never this skinny, and it has honestly scared me. For those curious, I am almost 5’9” tall. I was 120, which was thin but not terrible. I am now 106 pounds – WAY too skinny in my opinion. But I am being conscious of what I eat, making sure its quality, and making sure it’s enough. I hope to be back up to 120 plus very soon.
I have to say DH's experiment has worked fabulously so far and I'm enjoying the Eye Candy a lot, now that he's lost his 'inner tube' and is exercising more... :]
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