Mostly because his Godmother sucked hardcore at diaper changing and putting bitty arms through tight t-shirts. Bless his heart for being so patient with me. Although he did barf milk on me later as payback, I’m sure. He barfed on Cousin O’Love too and as far as I know, she knows how to change a diaper (for a boy) and get heads through shirts. In fact, I once saw her set the land speed record for diaper changing in a department store elevator so I’m pretty sure he didn’t barf on her for that.

I got to hold him lots and lots but also tried to remember to share the babyholding. When he cried was a good signal for me to trade off with someone. (Someone = the mama)

But we had such fun at Luke’s party. Lots of kids (kept my distance), cake (no distance, thank you) and presents. Kid presents are awesome! He wanted to play with them all right when he opened them. Lots of strategic hiding took place, don’t ya know? Anyway, here he is wearing the chef hat (but not the jacket) that Duty and I gave him. Cousin O’Cool says he wore it while out in the moon bounce too. YEY for picking out fun presents.

Newsletter goes out tomorrow. Wish me luck! At least I finally got it out before the end of July! heh

Happy Monday, (three) peeps! Believe it or not, I got in the pool TWICE this weekend! Neighbor Greg had rigged up some concoction where he recycles the water through a hose that is heated by the sun and runs it back into the pool. Bottom line: 85 degrees = me in the pool! I was in there for just a little while on Saturday but did about a half hour of floaties on Sunday while listening to the neighbor dude’s lawn mower. (Although loud sounds generally bother me, stuff like that doesn’t at all. In fact, I rather like it.) It was most luffly. Duty was sidelined all weekend with a headcold of some sort so I was mostly on my own.

So, check it: my buddy Kara at Conduit of Joy wrote the sweetest post about me and my mad intuitive skillz. That tickled me all to pieces. As I wrote in a comment under the post at her blog, from the moment we talked that first time, I knew we’d be fast friends. We speak the same language of the Woo but are also mental as well (not THAT kind of mental, kids!) – loving the research end of things and learning and whatnot. I just love her. (Can you tell?)

Not only that happy news but the nice young man I’ve been practice coaching (for free) over the past few months has asked to continue our coaching relationship as a paid service. YEY! He’s my first official coaching client. What’s funny is that he found me on a “totally unrelated to the woo-woo” board (AskMeFi) and he really didn’t know all the ins and outs of where, exactly, my intuitive skills come from. It’s been a growing experience for us both and when he raised the idea of continuing for a fee, I did a small dance around the room. heheh (Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, K?)

So, things are picking up and I will tell you (transparency and whatnot) that I am thisclose to making my manifesting goal for June ($450) raised ONLY through fees from PI stuff. (Word for the month: integration) – I am so not kidding, peeps. This manifesting thing WORKS if you do the steps. I swear. Each month I am raising the amount just by a bit and it appears. Out of thin air. I don’t even really wonder how – it just does.

Since I promised a newsletter in July, I suppose I should get working on that, eh? (Has a small spazz out but regains composure quickly. Sorta.)

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Oh, hello kids! I think I’ve been a neglectful blogger of late and so we must remedy that posthaste! I know you’re waiting on a list of just what’s been the haps around here and I shan’t let you down.

Here we go:

1. Today, after getting my bi-weekly manicure, I will be heading to the world of the “boz-man” aka Peterbella to play and hold and do all manner of fun stuff with Cousin O’gives me babies I can adore. hehe

2. Well pump is fixed and only (!) cost $700 instead of the $5000 we thought we’d have to shell out for a new well pump. That’s a big ass win in my books. Plus, water! We haz it.

3. Dude who’s been ignoring me at work? Still at it. However, *I* have completely stepped into my power and it no longer bothers me. I do wonder what’s up but since I’ve yet to find out, clearly it’s not mine to know. So, I released it.

4, Practically Intuitive is taking off splendidly and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve spent my days at work surfing sites and leaving comments on like-minded blogs and that’s been a wonderful way to meet new people. I spend the other part of the day learning all about “Search Engine Optimization” and how to get your blog out and noticed. There’s a wealth of information on that and lots of people to help so I’m taking what’s there and running with it. Kelly Diels and her partner have a cool service where they review your blog and give you tons and tons of ways to make it better, get it out there, etc. (Called League of Extraordinary Bloggers) They are raising their rates but I got in there under the wire for the old fee which was half of what their new fee is now. I’m excited to learn and grow and get better with this project. (Latest entry: Adventures of an Intuitive)

5. I added E-coaching as a service and already have one sign-up for it and one more who wants to think of what she will focus on and then commit. Wheee! I’m excited by that and the idea came after sifting through blogs and looking at what others are offering. It was a Mommy-blog that had the E-Coaching and I took that and came up with a version for my site. We’ll see how it plays out. I need to sit with my Guides and plot out a process as a basic structure. It just feels like this whole thing burst wide open and that tickles me. Also, I’m learning how to write in a less stream-of-consciousness way than I do here because, you know, people visit the site to learn something and I doubt they’ll care about my sekrit boyfriends or why my cousin hates me. heheh But that’s great because it stretches me as a writer. And you know me: all about the learning and growing.

So, PI has been the big focus this week. It’s been a productive one, that’s for sure. YEY me!

I’m wasting what is left of my four day weekend by lamenting the end of my four day weekend. That’s so me, isn’t it?? LOL I did have fun, though. Here’s a smattering of what I did (with some pictures to prove I left the house, even!):

* Did three of the five readings I had to do and got such great feedback, too. One person asked for some mediumistic work (i.e.: contacting a deceased family member) and while I’m not as well versed in that, it worked out fine. She’s a gifted intuitive herself so I was a bit intimidated to read for her (I know, right?) but I should know better. I have a couple more to do, probably this evening.

* Went shopping at Kohl’s with my $10 Kohl’s cash and a 15% off coupon. I didn’t buy the store out but got a few nice items – skirt and blouse for the baptism, some jewelery, two frames etc (all for $51! I rock the discounts!)

* Watched three eps of True Blood and had to kick Duty out of the TV room today. He’s glued to that thing watching all manner of (what I consider) crap. I have a few more to go before I finish the season and the new season starts June 13. I’m psyched.

* Cleaned the bathroom! Woo Hoo!

* Got in some excellent baby-holding with PeterBella this weekend and even had playing time with big brother Luke. I don’t know how Cousin O’Cool (or any mother for that matter) does it. I was exhausted just watching them. Next Sunday is the baptism and I will have to share the babyholding so we got it in early. Even Duty got to hold him. (Wanna see the picture?)

Work has become so S L O W and dreary that I dread going back but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do, right?

Big Brother Luke

This baby LOVES his mama!

The Godfather of Love

On days where the news really gets me down and everyone on all my forums (political or otherwise) are gripey, sad and mean, it helps me to remember all the the things that bring me joy in my life. This isn’t a complete list by any means but just a little sampling to put out for all the world (and my three readers) to see.

Joy is:

+ watching television with LucieCat curled up next to me on the couch, purring her head off

+ seeing my new tomato plants thrive and grow. I talk to them every day when I water them and tell them how pretty they are

+ meeting a new friend who totally vibes on the same wavelength as I do – could have talked with her for hours and hours

+ having lots of eps of “True Blood” on demand, just waiting for me – now if only I can pry Duty away from the big screen tv so I can watch them!

+ visiting all my friends online and reading their blogs (waves to Gal, Sarah and Jenn) – I love seeing how people present themselves in writing

+ listening to the rain

+ chatting with the Guides and Teachers while doing readings for people

+ touching stuff in stores

+ holding my Godson of Love (on tap for today, thankyouverymuch) and just looking at him – what marvelous creatures babies are!

+ getting email from my own Godmommy of Love who loves and hates me at the same time for getting her hooked on Hope’s Cookies (heheh)

So, yeah.

GO UNIVERSE! Woot Woot!!

I got a couple last minute requests and the amounts were over and above the suggested donation and that put me right up close to the goal of $400. As I was telling Duty about it, he said he meant to tell me earlier that he’d like me to do a reading for a friend of his and he’d kick in the last $20!!

YEY!!! I’m happy that I did it, that so many people wanted readings and that the manifesting piece of it worked out perfectly even though, as noted, I lost a bit of steam last week. Apparently, the Universe decided I needed a boost and jumped right in. Gotta love it!

So, a big thank you to my fans Jody and The Gal for helping carry me through this (dissonance and all) and for being so supportive of my work. Thanks, too, to my friend Jen-Jen for being one of my good cheerleaders on Facebook!

What have we learned? We learned that we can get through dissonance, we can come out from behind our curtain and CLAIM who we are (why am I talking in the third person?) and we are ever so much more sure that this is truly our soul work. I’d say that’s a good thing, yes?

I found this while perusing my friend Jenn’s LJ page (I’d link but she keeps it locked down to friends only) and it was too cute not to share. Here’s what she said about it:

We saw an axolotl at a zoo and I’ve been in love with them ever since. Unfortunately, they are very endangered. One of the most interesting things to me about axolotls is that they have the ability to regenerate lost body parts, entire legs.

The first thing I said when I saw one in person was, “It’s a Pokemon!” I probably wouldn’t have believed it was real if I hadn’t seen it swimming and smiling myself…

This cheered me up because, as usual, I am dragging my ass going in to work. I got some feedback for one of the readings I did this weekend and wanted to share a piece of it: “I am shaken to the core. EVERYTHING You’ve gotten is so correct.” So, thank you angels, teachers and guides for giving me that. It’s a lovely validation of the work I do and reminds me to keep moving even more deliberately toward that path where I do this full-time.

I am doing the manifesting work this month to assist me with raising funds for the “Readings for Hope” project. Word for the month is: SERVICE. Service to self, service to others, service to the Universe. One of the ways I am bringing that down into the physical is by not making pissy p/A comments about co-workers as I am wont to do when I get fed up with the BS. Wish me luck on that one. Talk about making a stretch! heh Oh well. It’s for a good cause, right?

Happy smiley fishey Monday!