Clean Spirit: New! Fall Yoga and Wellness Retreat

Clean Spirit: New! Fall Yoga and Wellness Retreat

i work out...

let me introduce you to ani reits. she works out and is so faitful about it i mean just check out her back woowza... well beside that she has been my friend since we were 3 and 4. we go way back. she and her husband the cheif are two of my dearest friends. they kinda treat me like one would treat their younger sister.. i like it cuz in my family im the oldest and so the experience i get with them is unique and fun.
now when ever ani reits and i get together just for the day lets say the cheif is always raising his eybrow.. what are you two going to get into is all he is thinking. tatoos was our last escapade.. not too big of a deal after work on a wednesday or maybe it was friday but non the less we make memories and we make them count. we are both mothers of 3. massage therapists, taxi drivers,vacation planners, runners,4-h moms,at the very least 2 jobs at once, teach dance (me) teach power cut (her), we have a love for music stevie nicks for starters.. we have a club, we lay purple eggs, over commit, learn how to set boundries, lived through divorce, supported each other through thick and thin... two funny things i will share about ani reits the first one being her amazing ablity to create make up. now she can go to the dollor store and get all kinds of ghetto make up and make it work and look great.. now trust me this is not by her choice , she was buying the expensive m.a.c makeup pre kids.. and spared no mercy on the make up. but now things change and we get to belly laugh when she only has bronzer to dust over her face and she feels like a pumpkin.. or when she starts mixing different makeup asking her kids to look in the car for anything they can find to possible work for a quick pick me up look. just last week one of her twins found her some mascera between the seats of her car.., she was stoked, and used it. its funny to me( if im lucky i get mascera and lip gloss on.) i love hearing her make up stories. the other thing which is not so funny but very appriciated by me is, her ablity to be honest with me. she gives it to me strait and with love and she speaks truth and patience and self respect to me. we have a friendship that will last for many moons. not much in this life compares to her. . . she is mighty and little and loving and finding her voice as a woman, and im proud to call her friend... and ani reits...surround yourself with an ani reits life will never be dull.(or flabby) and thats one to grow on. now pump it up.i work out!

wedding bells

so this weekend was fun.. very interesting and exciting i left the hilton and went to a really sweet couples wedding in sunriver. beautiful weather like a kiss from jesus it was amazing for february and the weather set the tone for the fun. my siblings and their signifigant others as well as myself ... stayed together in a condo. it was pure sweetness and a riot spending time with my sis and ani kates...it made the weekend.. fast eddy and JH wernt too bad either! not going to lie got a little sideways .. learned some big lessons, had fun but, really and truly had an amazing time. this is the year of the dragon and i do believe that dragon breathed fire all over my ass this monday am.! when all the kick offs, dance offs,rip offs,dork offs and dumb offs were over, i realized.. one true thing that has settled in my gut. it is, give me a revelation something that holds truth. sideways = nostalgia and glasses that dont see normal color.. as my good friend sere says red wine goggles! no nothing too crazy or crafty happened.. it was just a time that we (family) were able to grow as humans and love each other thru it all and choose no judgement and look for acceptance towards each other.and with the bottom line being, that we are not home yet.. and we try our asses off to experience a space that numbs us up and half heartedly creates a vision of what we think it may feel like in the heavenly realms...(think about it)
i loved my footloose dance w the DJcc and i adore fast eddy sleepin on the living room floor, sis and her cowboy, kates and her sweetness,myself and my unpredictibility.... but, im telling you we need a camera .. you cant make this stuff up.sum it up we rocked rolled and loved our little shin dig down in sunriver land...long live cowboys and gypsys.

Grandma Jody visits the gypsy hilton

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wow we deserted the hilton for a few days and went on a dancing trip to portland...way fun! this morning im inspired to write about my grandma Jody..she is my oldest bestest friend. she dosent stop by the hilton very often but when she does its always a treat. she loves us unconditionally i mean really and sometimes one would say to a biased fault. she has always been a strong stable force in my life. talked me through many sleepless nights,laughed with me, bossed me around,smoked a few ciggarets with me,drank coffee, hit a few yard sales... you feeling me she is good people! i love to be wild and crazy around her she acts like she hates it but she loves it..all it takes is a snap shot with the fleetwood mac pillow, a pair of high heels, and some good ol jitterbug music and she is off! i enjoy my grandmas visits out to the hilton, she cares about nothing except what the kids have to show her, she sits and talks to them real close,hugs them,always compliments me about how cozy my hilton is. just good old fashion visiting....something all of us should do more of. front porch sitting, sunday drives, and drop in visits just because we love people in our lives... what a special feeling to lhave someone to visit and know they will welcome you with open arms.everytime. thats the oldest and bestest gift my grandma has given me. her TIME. (and a piece of her mind) if you asked her! so go on fellow gypsys make it a goal sit on your front porch,stop in and visit a friend,remember the simple things and if you need to spice it up go to a yard sale in your high heels and jammies! its fun..trust me..shoot trust grandma jody!

CREATE THE MOMENT

today i feel like there is a grey cloud over my gypsy hilton. good is happining all around us, sometimes we are resistant to seeing and accepting the good. it has been raining here for a few days so maybe the pressure or the wetness is seeping into my bones and creating feelings of gloom. yeah thats it... ! or it could be the project on delaware,the best assembly later today, the laundry,the lack of sleep,the outburst from lige, the tears bella shed this morning,its only 7:27 and im ready to go back to where i came from. ..my BED. i poured bella a cup of hot chocolate and on the package it reads CREATE THE MOMENT,i thought how sweet a moment between us before the boys are up and the day begins. it ended in tears and a stomp off..well that went just dandy i thought. i tried to relate to her and say i understood how she felt. how she feels about being the oldest, not looking forward to growing up,and living with divorced parents. isaac the kids dad and i are going on our 4th year of being divorced. the kids were little, but to bella i cant relate because im not a kid. you see my parents just got divorced after 36 years of marriage. talk about put a new perspective on how my children feel. wow its EPIC as my little friend cassidy would say. divorce bites the big one a delux with cheese and onions.bottom line its not the design but often times it is the result. so what are you going to make of it, peace or a lifetime of excuses? i choose peace. not everyone can or does, some do and it is just in a different time frame from others. we all need to be allowed time to grieve and patience. the process is just that a process.i have his everlasting loving arms wrapped around my heart and soul. one day bella will choose her path, i trust that the same everlasting arms are around her and hopefully by my example she is able to make that choice easily. creating the moment or allowing the moment..of joy and or pain (as much as we all run from it)when we sit there with all our stuff..something beautiful can happen,we allow ourselves to experience healing and love in our lives. so create the moments even if they go haywire your not in control any way the everlasting father the one "man" who never changes...he's got your back. the prince of peace. you were created in the image of love(god is love).. so go ahead love who you are.....

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