Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.

My son's wedding day !!

2012-01-31T00:34:00.000-08:00

Oh the pure joy .... we are so blessed as a family.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2012-01-11T00:07:00.000-08:00

Jamie's prompt this week is ... just what I needed (of course!!).

What do you wish to reclaim?

My soul spoke to me the moment I read the words ...

My heart.

I wish to reclaim my heart.

At this new time of my life,

I need my heart whole and undamaged by past experiences and love gone.

Beating strongly, unbruised and open.

Thank you God.

Happy Christmas !!

2011-12-18T02:32:00.000-08:00

I have been so unbelievably busy living ..actually particpating in the flow of life ..
I've not had time to post at all.

My school reunion ... 38 years after we graduated. Magical, memorable and fantastic!

Almost 40 years since I had seen most of them ...

And now the runup to Christmas ...Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with all my children and then my granddaughters are coming back with me for the week and New Year's eve here at the beach.

I am so blessed.

Happy Christmas dear blog friends, whatever that may mean to you.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-11-16T17:17:00.000-08:00

Big Question from Jamie this week ! Wishcasting .... is a wonderful magical experience that I have been doing for a year or two now. It amazes me how many have come true!!

What is my greatest wish?

Well ... being as honest as I dare..

I wish for love to find me again.

Yes I do.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-11-09T03:18:00.000-08:00

Jamie's prompt this week ..

Who do you wish to have tea with?

Two images danced through my mind .

I wish to have tea with Alice of course ... filled with fun and fantasy.

And I wish to have a wedding tea party with my next grand passion.

Imagination becomes reality so swiftly sometimes right out of left field.
Thank you God.

Cracks in the wall ......

2011-10-23T02:33:00.000-07:00

As I was just telling a blogger friend, .... it's a quirk of fate isn't it? .... that self discoveries can often be found, whilst looking at someone else's life, ....As a part of my journey to the Fiji Islands and back ... to Sydney for work and then back home to the mid-north coast of NSW ... where the beach castle sits proudly amongst the permanent seaside dwellers and those that come and go in more temporary abodes ....I realise that cracks have started to appear in the wall that surrounds my heart or holds my psyche together or is it that ... at this ripe old age I've arrived at, I'm tired of doing it all alone? On my return from my fabulous adventure I am, to be sure, filled with gratitude for what my life holds but also so prone in these last few days to fits of emotions and tears bordering on tantrums, all internal, nothing to show for it all, except on here!

I feel both relaxed and thankful, at the same time as incredibly fragile, vulnerable and likely to fall apart in a strong breeze. Not a good thing today with the sea breeze sending the palms bending, creaking and even snapping all around me. A reflection of how I feel, manifesting in the environment that surrounds me.I am, aware, as always, that all is well. I trust that things are unfolding as they should, but I'm also acutely aware of the shift inside me.I've been like a fortress really. I sometimes have dabbled at the thought of someone in my life, but at the first hello, I've always found it very easy to remove myself from any really connection likely to develop.And now? Like an earthquake slowly building silently the strain builds until the earth is forced to move and shake and realign itself, that is how I feel.

Like the Universe has decided to shift me. And how I am now? Unsteady, unsure and not sure what or who to hang onto. Nobody has stepped up except the sense of space where someone could come.

I wonder what the next move will be. I wonder what will happen now that I feel these cracks in my otherwise very centred being.Only God knows. I will have to believe (even though I'm faking it right now) that this is a gift ... the wish for something more so strong I can't contain it.Thank you God.

7 Book Club Girls do Fiji !

2011-10-17T01:03:00.000-07:00

A year ago almost exactly at one of our usual monthly dinner book club meetings our conversation evolved into a wish for an exotic location dinner meeting this year.

So we wished and we took action and it happened.

It seemed almost unimaginable at the time, but proves that anything is possible with the help of God and the Universe!

Fiji exceeded our expectations.

I hope the totally random selection of my photos gives a glimpse of our adventure.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-10-04T22:13:00.000-07:00

Jamie asks this week ...

What do you wish to do one day?

I was imagining ... a wedding day.

Do you think I can conjur that up?

I wish to be married one day.

I feel like I've been single again for long enough.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-09-21T16:44:00.000-07:00

Jamie

asks this week ...

What do you wish to immerse yourself in?

I wish to immerse myself in the flow of Universal love and life.

I wish to immerse myself in joyous abandon.

I wish to immerse myself in exciting and new adventures.

I wish to immerse myself in the energy and courage found with my Higher Power.

I wish to immerse myself in summer pleasures, along the ocean shore.

I wish to immerse myself in the delight of my son's wedding in January.

I wish to immerse myself in the pure happiness of my granddaughters.

I wish to immerse myself in God given solutions to all my cares.

I wish to immerse myself in my holiday with six girlfriends to the tropical paradise of Fiji, in a couple of weeks!

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-09-13T22:19:00.000-07:00

Jamies asks us this week...What guidance do you wish for?

I wish for Divine Guidance in all things.

I wish for guidance that leads me on the path of harmony and peace.

I wish for guidance that draws to me those things that my heart yearns for.

I wish for guidance to allow love to flow to me and from me.

I wish for guidance to heal and cherish, my family, my friends, my little piece of the world and beyond.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2011-09-11T01:52:00.000-07:00

Oh the joy of life full of blessings.

Today, whilst walking along the beach collecting shells, a pod of dolphins chose to perform amongst the waves. Diving high on the waves and lunging forward and riding them ... I was so excited I held up my arms and shouted to the Universe - thank you.

I looked across and other people who had been sitting or lounging on the sand also stood to cheer. It truly was a breathtaking spectacle for quite a long time.

Too quick for me to photograph, I wrote love on the sand when I found a shell shaped like a heart instead.

And the gratitude I feel for glimpsing and holding my two granddaughters this week, is impossible to describe.

That and such a busy social life, with friends and even strangers on a train.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-08-24T02:22:00.000-07:00

Jamie prompts our wish this week as ...

What do you wish to enjoy?

My first thoughts were ......

I wish to enjoy every moment, every day, every night, every high and every low.

I wish to enjoy the ride of my life, the adventure, the achievements and the near misses, and especially all the mistakes.

I wish to enjoy all the new things and all the old things tried again.

I wish to enjoy loving passionately and finding comfort in relationships of all kinds.

I wish to enjoy this time of my life, with all it's ups and downs.

I wish to enoy my family and friends and people I've met and all those I'm still yet to meet.

I wish to enjoy the work days and the weekends, the celebrations and the holidays.

I wish to enjoy the small things like the ocean spray and spring flowers and the bigger things like babies born and wedding traditions.

I wish to enjoy every opportunity, every open door and even the hallways of life where where it's time to breathe and trust a while.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-08-18T01:43:00.000-07:00

This week Jamie asks

What do you wish to choose?

I wish to choose the path to love.

I wish to choose the path of least resistance.

I wish to choose the path to greater good.

I wish to choose to live in the light.

I wish to choose the way to serenity and peace.

I wish to choose to live my life to the fullest.

I wish to choose what is best for me and my new life.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-07-27T01:39:00.000-07:00

Every Wednesday I follow Jamie's Wishcasting prompt. It gives a lovely focus to my weeek. An intention is, I've found, the best, very best way to direct my energy. God and the Universe takes care of the rest.

I'm amazed at just how many of my wishes have come true since I started doing this more than a year ago!

What do you wish to nourish? ...she asks ..

I wish to nourish my sense of adventure. I've been more adventurous in the last year or so than at any other time of my life! I want more of that excitement, joy and laughter. As well as that feeling of achievement, that once again I've leapt right out of my safety zone!

In addition ...

I wish also to nourish my ability to trust. This helps, of course, with my willingness to be a life adventurer!

Thank you God.

Lazy Winter Sunday Afternoon.

2011-07-17T02:16:00.000-07:00

At the end of my street is seven mile beach.

Spent the afternoon strolling and feeling nothing but gratitude.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-07-13T01:23:00.000-07:00

Jamie our beautiful Wishcasting Leader prompts this week...

What do you wish to ask for?

Here goes ...

I wish to ask for Cupid to help love find me.

That's it.

My blessings abound lately. So I need not ask for much.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-07-06T02:05:00.000-07:00

Jamie asks this week..

What do you wish to make progress on?

Wishcasting Wednesday .. is such a good focal point for my week.

I love love love to set an intention and to let the Universe work it's magic with me.

I wish to make progress .. improving my gorgeousness. I've lost a couple of kilos this week and I have a some joyful events in the offing to inspire me. A trip to tropical paradise island Fiji for a week in October. A school reunion 38 .. I said THIRTY EIGHT years after we graduated in December! (OMG I haven't seen most of these people since I was about 18) and my eldest son's wedding in January of next year.

I feel better and better about myself, anyway, being in my new lifestyle here at the coast. I'm so much more outdoors and walking on the beach before and after work, I've even been buying myself some new sexier clothes!

Which leads me to ..

I wish to make progress .. in my spiritual journey and my romantic journey.
Both are interlinked. I can't do the romance without my Higher Power, for courage. I haven't really dated since ummmm the very early 70's ... I'm a little wobbly in this regard, having been out of the race for so long. (MAJOR understatement)

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2011-07-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

Glorious day, mid winter, at my new coastal location.

I feel so truly blessed to be living here.

Spent today traipsing around Saltwater National Park, just half an hour from my front door.

It's a Sacred Aboriginal site ...and it did feel profoundly spiritual to me, particulary where Khappinghat Creek flowed into the ocean at Saltwater Beach.

The creek reflecting the clouds and sky above. Pure magic.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-06-22T00:23:00.000-07:00

Jamie's wishcasting prompt this week is ..

What do you wish for summer?

But since ...on my side of the Universe, here in Australia, it's winter....

I'm altering it to ..

What do you wish for this season?

I wish for time to explore the beaches and breathtaking scenery that I now call my own!

Thank God for the Beach Castle.

I wish for time to take more and more photos. I'm so so so loving it.

I wish for time to play with my granddaughters. They've just spent a week with me, that's why I missed last week!

I wish for time to redefine my gorgeousness. (I'm walking and eating better and enjoying my new more outdoor lifestyle)...

I wish for this season to be the one where after years of hibernation I really come alive, regardless of the time of year.

I wish for this season to be my best season for personal growth ever.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday.

2011-06-08T01:51:00.000-07:00

Jamie has a fantastic wishcasting prompt as always ...

What do you wish to begin?

I wish to begin to heal my heart.

I wish to begin to learn to love again.

I wish to begin to live more couragously, less nervously!

I wish to begin to enjoy each moment as it comes, living in today only.

Thank you God.

My new hometown.

2011-06-07T02:24:00.000-07:00

I've always loved taking photos ..but now my scenery is so amazing it can't really fail!

All taken at the weekend.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-06-01T01:32:00.001-07:00

Jamie's prompt this week is a gift, as always.

What is your money wish?

I wish to remain truly grateful for the money I have already received.

Out of the turmoil of my recent divorce (after 35 years of marriage) I came out with enough to buy my Beach Castle ..the joy of living by the ocean again after most of those years away, is boundless.

It doesn't matter to me that other people may have wanted more.

I wish to be satisfied with the money I have and the money I make at work.

I wish one day not too far away to be able to retire with enough money ...
to live a little, love a little, travel a little, spoil my children and grandchildren a little, to make a little difference in the world from time to time, by continuing to sponsor children, as I do. Perhaps even enough to do more, like work from time to time in an orphanage in Cambodia ...the Universe will decide the details.

I wish for a enough money for abundance and a little frivolity.

I don't need or want more money than I know what to do with.

I wish only that all my needs are met and that I can ... buy a bottle of perfume or a bunch of flowers or a friend a new pair or shoes ...with some ease.

I wish also to remember that the Universe has always provided for me.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-05-25T02:08:00.000-07:00

Jamie my wishcasting guru - prompts this week ...

What do you wish for your health?

Ohhh such a good wish for me right now.

In my new life, the one that is coming true day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute ..one of my goals was a new lifestyle towards better health.

So right here living my new coastal life ...I do do do get the opportunity to walk more, for fresh ocean breezes, to swim, to explore, to be less of a cold mountain couch potato. Living as I do now so close to my new office, I no longer have three hours driving daily just to and from work! I have ... 5 minutes. Oh the bliss.

I wish to continue this new way of living, to nurture my body, my spirit, my mind.

I wish to improve and maintain a healthier body, especially my joints and limbs and heart and blood pressure ...Oh and my skin too!

I wish for a curvy healthy weight.

I wish also to have good balance, in so many ways. My middle ear issues that rise up and make me dizzy, happening less and less ...

And also I wish for healthy balance in my emotions and thought patterns.

I wish for a healthy balance between work and play.

I wish for a healthy balance between family and friends.

And I wish dear Universe for a healthy relationship to heal the scars in my heart.

Oh the joy.

Thank you God.

Celebrate

2011-05-24T03:33:00.000-07:00

It has taken me many life years to understand ....

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”

“Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”

“Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.”

And thankfully ...many golden moments ...now that I know.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2011-05-21T15:50:00.000-07:00

Spent Saturday traipsing around One Mile Beach and the Forster-Tuncurry Harbour in the afternoon.

I feel so blessed that my dream has come alive.

Had a great first week in my new job. Life at the Beach Castle is beautiful.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-05-18T04:10:00.000-07:00

I've been so busy living the dream ...amazing and miraculous as that seems ....

It's as if almost all of my wishcasting wishes have come true ....

Jamie asks this week

What dreams are you wishing for?

I don't have much left to ask. What a grateful statement that is ..
I'm so thankful for the blessings I have received lately ....

Exactly as I wished ... my Beach Castle, my new job, my new granddaughter ...
my new life.

The dream I still have that I'd wish for?

Only one thing sprang to mind.

Love, I wish for love.

I wish for love, romance and a new relationship.

Thank you God.

New life in more ways than one.

2011-05-09T00:33:00.000-07:00

Been so busy haven't had time to post really.

Had a few days with my gorgeous daughter and her two babies ...such joy to be a part of that newborn special time ...I feel so blessed to be so included.

Then a couple of days settling and unpacking finally at The Beach Castle ...then a quick drive back ...to spend a very special Mother's Day with my two granddaughters!

Followed immediately by my very first day on my new job - training in Sydney for a week.

All my wishes, dreams and desires are unfolding and coming to life right before my very eyes.

Thank you God.

Harriet - my granddaughter arrives!!!

2011-04-30T04:07:00.000-07:00

What a glorious week it's been.

On the night of the Royal Wedding, I babysat Matilda as her Mum ...went into hospital to deliver us her sister - Harriet Lisa.

My new life is so full of magical wonderdous God-given events, I am so grateful.

Thank you God.

Easter blessings ..

2011-04-24T16:32:00.000-07:00

Spending Easter with Giraffe boy at the Beach Castle, it has been bliss.

Seriously bliss ... perfect weather and wonderful beach walks.

We are still on baby watch!

We drove down and had lunch with Miss Spirit, Mr G and Matilda who is so grown up and ready to be a big sister!

Easter blessings ... I'm so grateful I can't even express how fortunate I feel about all my recent life changes.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-04-20T02:42:00.000-07:00

Jamie asks this week....

What do you wish to tend?

So easy ...

I wish to tend to my daughter ... she is due to deliver a baby any day now,
in fact she was due last Sunday!

I wish to tend to her every need, to protect her and nurture her.

I wish also to tend to my gorgeous granddaughter Matilda as the miracle of a new sibling unfolds for her too!

A magical, spiritual time is birthing ..

I'm on Grandmother (they call me Lulu) call !!!

Thank you God.

Tangled ....but almost there!

2011-04-17T00:33:00.000-07:00

You know that feeling?

The one right before everything comes right, but when everything is messy, tangled and not yet totally sorted?

That's the one I'm in ... that state ...that cycle.

Most of my belongings are at the Beach Castle ...I'm at the Mountain House ... the rest of the things here (mostly clothes and odd assorted things like the bbq) ...are semi packed in stripey bags or plastic boxes.

I feel a little deranged!

I've given notice at my job and I start the new one in a few weeks ...I don't know what I'm doing because I'm awaiting news of my daughter delivering her baby (due yesterday) ...

I'm, with Giraffe boy, going to the Beach Castle for Easter ...with most of my leftover belongings, but we don't when, because of the as yet unborn baby!

It's all happening here...

I'm so blessed to be caught up in all these changes. Much prayed for.

Thank you God.

Wishes DO come true.

2011-04-12T04:24:00.001-07:00

I got the job ... the one I really truly wished for.

The one just a couple of blocks from the beach castle ...in the same street!

Such miracles unfolding in my life.

I can move fulltime from the mountains that have been my home for close to 30 years.. to the beach where my heart and soul are calling. I grew up on the coast and it still feels like home to me.

I'm pinching myself ...how blessed am I?!

I have raised my three children in rural Australia ...up high in the cool country of the New England Tablelands and I will always be grateful for the town and environs providing such a nurturing environment...

And also thrilled to be moving to a tropical paradise ....heaven on earth.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-04-06T03:27:00.001-07:00

Jamie prompts today ...

What do you wish to transform?

Ohhhh so perfect for me right now ....

I wish to transform my work life, my love life and my living arrangements...

And I'm on my way already ...

I have an interview on Friday ...right down the road from the beach castle ..
And my heart... I leave the Universe to make that dream come alive.

Thank you God.

Google - Art Project.

2011-04-03T00:12:00.000-07:00

Walk through ...
some gorgeous artworks.

I love this site.

Enjoy.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-03-30T02:27:00.000-07:00

Oh Jamie how could you know !??!

How do you wish to be brave?

I'm on the cusp of my new life ...ok I'm already living my new life ...the one where I'm braver, bolder, more sacred, less anxious, a tiny bit scandalous (don't laugh - I'm leaning into not be so so so afraid to live and love a little more) ..

Having said all that ...I went for an interview yesterday for a wonderful position at the coast where the Beach Castle is!

I wish to be brave enough to step right into the life that the Universe is delivering!

I wish to be brave enough to step into the dream of mine that is coming alive right before my eyes.

I wish to be brave enough to make my final move to the coast, to live in my Divine Beach Castle. It means of course leaving the town I've lived in now for close to 30 years, up in the mountains.

I wish to be brave enough to accept the offer of a new job next week when it will surely come and to leave the one I've been in for the last five years.

I wish to be brave enough to believe in myself and my abilities to create the life I've always wanted.

I wish to be brave enough to go forth into the blessings that are arriving.

I wish to be brave SO brave and to say outloud - bring on the new and out with the old.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-03-23T02:35:00.000-07:00

Jamie's prompt for this week intrigues me!

How do you wish to sparkle?

I wish to add sparkle to my life, days and nights.

I wish to add sparkle to the lives of those people I love now and will love in the future.

I wish to add sparkle to those people who cross my path, that are in need of a lift to their spirit and soul.

I wish to be remembered for my sparkle too, especially by my grandchildren.

Thank you God.

Paper tigers ...

2011-03-21T01:51:00.000-07:00

Had a challenging day in many ways...

Some work issues, some family issues and a small car accident on the way home from work.

I feel very grateful for the many blessings that abound and I always think it's at these times that the focus needs to sway towards being thankful.

I'm also aware (I love how the Universe works) of the expression Paper tiger...

Paper tiger is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐ lǎohǔ (simplified Chinese: 纸老虎; traditional Chinese: 紙老虎), meaning something that seems as threatening as a tiger, but is really harmless. This Chinese colloquialism is similar to the English phrase "its bark is worse than its bite". (Thanks Wiki.)

The phrase is an ancient one in Chinese culture. I love to borrow useful concepts, phrases, prayers or ideologies from other cultures.

Paper tigers are easy to beat. I never used to see them like that? And now I can.

Thank you God.

St Patricks Day 2011 Flashmob. Central Station, Sydney, Australia.

2011-03-17T03:04:00.000-07:00

I love Central Station, I've caught a train to or from there many times in my life.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-03-16T01:53:00.000-07:00

Jamie's prompt this week is so pertinent.

What do you wish for the world?

I wish that we will all support, love and help each other through disasters and tragedies, big and small.

I wish that we will learn from our mistakes, and nurture each other and our environment.

I wish that we reach out and that good comes out of bad.

Thank you God.

Please join me in prayer for Japan

2011-03-14T03:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Mother Earth, Light of all being, Divine Wisdom in all of us,

Please help and protect our Japanese friends.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-03-09T00:09:00.000-08:00

Jamie asks this week.....

What gifts do you wish to share?

I wish to share my new beach castle and the pool and magical surrounds ... with family, with friends, old and new.

(Just like my youngest son with my granddaughter in the pool right there!)

I wish to give a some of the serenity, the joy, the beauty that I find there.

I wish to share my heart, my love, my care, my passion and my desire to live life with all those people I love now and will love in the future.

I wish to give of myself to those people who need a helping hand, a bit of encouragement, a shoulder to cry on.

I wish to give back to the Universe as much as I can, in appreciation for all the wonderful blessings I have received.

I wish to give the wisdom and experience I have gained through all my own challenges, adventures, blunders, mishaps, wrong turns and ultimate bliss!

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2011-03-05T23:25:00.000-08:00

So busy having a blessed, charmed life I haven't had time to blog.

Ask me how grateful I am to be making that statement!?!?

Saw Matt Damon in The Adjustment Bureau today. Loved it. I seem to have let go of any idea of a fairytale for me, but I enjoyed the concept of a man doing whatever it takes, to love someone. Through all obstacles, as if they were truly meant to be, and so it came to pass.

Also saw Jeff Bridges, (and isn't he a honey ?!) in True Grit, also with Matt Damon yesterday. I'm not usually into westerns, but I will admit a cowboy might do it for me~~!

And on Friday night I went to my monthly book club meeting, where we are busily planning a meeting (for a week) in Fiji in September.

The miracles in my life keep on coming.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-02-24T01:12:00.001-08:00

Jamie asks this week ...

What do you wish for your home?

I wish for my home to be filled with love, laughter, joy and peace.

I wish for my home to be filled frequently with the sounds of babies and children happily playing. I adore my grandchildren!

I wish for my home to be a retreat from the world for myself and my family. A safe haven from worries, a place to relax and be content to unwind.

I wish for my home to be where I continue to rediscover myself and where I open up my heart.

I wish for my home to be exactly where it is, just up the road from the ocean, the dolphins and the waves that soothe my soul.

I am so blessed.

Thank you God.

without pomp and blare.....

2011-02-22T02:31:00.000-08:00

"Perhaps, after all,
romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare,
like a gay knight riding down;
perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways;
perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose,
until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music,
perhaps… perhaps… love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship,
as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath

- 'Anne of Green Gables' L.M. Montgomery"

Thank you God.

Please vote for my Granddaughter!

2011-02-20T23:35:00.000-08:00

Matilda!

Having her in my life is such a blessing.

Thank you God.

My date with Michael ...

2011-02-15T00:23:00.000-08:00

Me... St. Valentine's Day ...and the wonderful Canadian Crooner ..

Michael Buble in Sydney ...what a hot date!

Went with my daughter (very pregnant) and my soon to be daughter in law and her sister ..oh it was the best date I've had in years!

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-02-09T00:59:00.000-08:00

Jamie's prompt this week ..

What do you wish to dare ..

I remembered doing this one before ...so I had a look and yes back in April almost a year ago and most of that wish ...probably all of it, truth be told, did come true.

I had NO idea the endless possibities available. So exciting.

And this time?

I dare to be me.

This week at work ...we had a shocking time, really.

I made myself a tinfoil helmet to keep out the bad thoughts hahaha ...

Before long most of the office team had joined in!!

I'm completely over not being daring.

I wish to be more daring.

I wish to dare to live my life with passion and humour.

I wish to jump and dance and sing and play games in the moonlight.

I wish to dare ... how daring? SO daring.

I wish this Valentine's Day to be daring and to release all of the past memories of the day in other years and times.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday and changes.

2011-02-06T02:43:00.000-08:00

So appreciative of getting older and understanding a little more how life can work.

Does work ...

I can change my mind, reinvent myself, my life, my taste in anything, even men!

How exciting ... I never knew any of this before, I'm clearly a late bloomer!

I used to get to a crossroads and not be able to choose which way to go ...

Now I'm very discerning and loving choices.

Choices are amazing fun.

The discoveries are even surprising me!

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-02-01T21:39:00.000-08:00

Oh how magical is Jamie's prompt this week?!

What burden do you wish to put down?

Feeling this so very keenly today ....

I wish to put down the burden of working so hard.

I wish to put down the pressure, the stress, the worry, the workload, the panic, the deadlines, the audits ...

Yes yes yes to a new more pleasurable job coming my way.

Thank you God.

p.s. Please pray for all the Australians facing Cyclone Yasi. My birthplace of Innisfail is right in it's path. I'm living in the state below so we will not get the brunt here. Click on this to see just how huge the cyclone is ..

Dear Intuition ....

2011-01-27T01:16:00.000-08:00

Help me to know what to do next ...guide me, speak to me, lead me forward.

Give me ears to hear and eyes to see, let me not lean on my understanding but on God, the Universe and my soul.

Straighten my shoulders and strengthen my back, in order to act on what feels right, regardless of what is in front of me.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-01-26T00:50:00.000-08:00

Jamie prompts this week ..

What do you wish to enjoy?

As always, she asks me something I need to know...

A focus...

I wish to enjoy each moment as it comes, without fear of what is coming later or not.

I wish to enjoy a man who I invited into my life a week ago.

Just enjoy him, and how he makes me smile, today.

I wish to enjoy my new life, lived with passion and trust.

Thank you God.

Australia day and other blessings ...

2011-01-25T01:15:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow - January 26 is Australia Day.

I feel so proud and grateful to be Australian.

I'm thankful for all the blessings I'm afforded in my life.

New adventures.

New challenges.

New paths to take.

Choices I can make to move toward or walk away.

New things to try.

And perhaps best of all? I can change my mind whenever I want.

Thank you God.

Wishes .... that come true ..

2011-01-24T00:55:00.000-08:00

You know if even for one day your wishes came true ...

How exciting would that be?

Dear God,

Please send me a kind of cross between Sean Connery and Billy Connelly.

Just for today will do.

Thanks very much,

Amen

Yeahhhh like that's going to happen?

Exactly that happened.

I don't care what tomorrow brings, it will take care of itself and perhaps the dream will fade or fizzle or explode.

But for today?

Thank you God.

It's raining men ....

2011-01-23T02:35:00.001-08:00

Don't get me wrong ...that's lovely and wonderful and amazing ...but it's also potentially quite ummmmmm ... gee are we sure I'm up to this?

Yes I know I've been wishing ....

Bravery ... ok good. Deep breath.

Thank you God.

Life...

2011-01-20T00:20:00.000-08:00

Saw this on my facebook friend Jules ...post today.

It's where I'm at in life too.

There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING.

Thank you God.

55 today ... I'm on my way ...

2011-01-19T03:03:00.001-08:00

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A cake at the office today that I wasn't expecting.

Many blessings and many lessons learnt.

I'm on my way to bliss ..

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-01-12T16:53:00.000-08:00

What do you wish to renew?

Asks Jamie in this week's Wishcasting Prompt.

I wish to renew my faith in men and love and relationships.

I'd like to keep it that simple this week. Direct and with direct intention.

Thank you God.

Please pray for flood victims ...

2011-01-11T01:12:00.001-08:00

Australia is awash ...

Terrible tragedy unfolding ...worsening ...

I was born in Queensland ...I live in the north of the state immediately south ...
where the floods are now also happening....

Deadly Australian floods spark evacuations in Brisbane

By Ed Davies
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Authorities urged thousands of people to leave the outskirts of Australia's third-largest city, Brisbane, on Tuesday as floodwaters raced eastwards after a surging two-metre wall of water killed nine people overnight.
Cars and pedestrians were swept away on Monday night when a "super rainstorm" sent water raging through the streets of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. Police said more than 40 people had been pulled from rooftops by helicopters, but by mid-afternoon 59 were still missing.

The worst flooding in Queensland state in 50 years has killed 13 people in the past two weeks, but police warn the death toll could rise significantly.
Traffic jams formed in central Brisbane as people headed out by car amid heavy rains and initial flooding, residents stocked up on food supplies and families started filling evacuation centres in the city and the neighbouring town of Ipswich.
Brisbane Mayor Campbell Newman said some 6,500 homes, businesses and properties would be flooded by Thursday

"The situation has obviously demonstrably deteriorated, Newman told a news conference. "Today is very significant, tomorrow is bad, and Thursday is going to be devastating for the residents and businesses affected."

The floods have at times covered an area bigger than France and Germany combined and caused an estimated $6 billion (3 billion pounds) in damage. Floodwaters have brought the state's $25 billion coking coal export industry to a virtual standstill, hit tourism and devastated agriculture.

The flood crisis will also hit economic growth this year, heighten inflation as food prices rise, dampen retail spending and is forecast to prompt Australia's central bank to delay an expected interest rate rise from February to May.
The Australian dollar sank to a three-week low on Tuesday on concerns that Queensland's flooded coal mines, supplying Asia's steel mills, may take months to return to normal production.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the flooding would not derail an expected budget surplus in 2012-13. But the National Australia Bank said the floods would reduce growth by 0.25 percent over this quarter and last.
CALL FOR CALM AS FLOODWATERS RISE
Newman said Brisbane's main dam, which had so far protected the city from flooding, was full and authorities now had to release water which would send floods into Brisbane.

Authorities said the Brisbane flooding could be worse than devastating floods in 1974, when the Brisbane River burst its banks, flooding thousands of homes and killing 14 people.

"Ipswich and Brisbane are facing their greatest threat and their toughest test in more than 35 years," Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said.
"The situation continues to deteriorate. We need to make every effort to stay calm and stick together. If you live on high ground now is the time to reach out and offer help to neighbours ... and offer a bed for the night," said Bligh.
Workers deserted high-rise office towers in the centre of the city as constant rain continued to swell the Brisbane River, which was lapping boardwalks and riverbank buildings.

"It's taking on new proportions and getting worse by the minute," said Gary McGowan, a businessman who lives and works in a western suburb of the city, noting boats and pontoons were being swept away by the flood surge.
Local Brisbane woman Julia Zhu piled sandbags into a Mercedes and made plans to defend her high-end gown business in a low-lying part of the city.
"We have half-a-million dollars worth of stock and no insurance cover," Zhu told Reuters.

A Coles supermarket in the city's West End area was doing a roaring trade as residents stocked up, with bread and vegetables already sold out.
"They've been grabbing potatoes and other things," said a shop assistant in front of long queues of shoppers at tills.

Crocodiles at a nearby Sunshine Coast zoo founded by the late television wildlife star Steve Irwin were being tied up in case they escaped in the deluge.
The Queensland floods have been blamed on a La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific, with Australia recording its third-wettest year on record in 2010, with two wet-season months to go. Weather officials are also forecasting an above average cyclone season.

"The Queensland floods are caused by what is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, La Nina events since our records began in the late 19th century," said Professor Neville Nicholls, an environmental science expert at Monash University.
BROWN FLOODWATERS LIKE INLAND TSUNAMI
Television footage showed brown floodwater gushing through the centre of Toowoomba on Monday laden with debris, as people clung to telephone poles and rooftops to survive.

Panicked motorists climbed onto cars to escape the deluge, which destroyed homes and bridges, and hurled cars into trees and buildings like corks.
"Early reports would indicate that what hit Toowoomba could best be described as an inland, instant tsunami, with a massive wall of water that's gone down through the Lockyer Valley," Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said.
The Queensland floods, which started in December, have paralysed operations that produce 35 percent of Australia's estimated 259 million tonnes of exportable coal.
Australia contributes two-thirds of world exports of steelmaking raw material coking coal.

Coal seam gas drilling in the Surat Basin, a big source of gas for an estimated $200 billion in proposed liquefied natural gas projects, was halted on Monday by flooding.
Global miners Anglo American, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and BHP Billiton, have been hit by the floods, and all have made force majeure declarations, which release firms from delivery commitments.

Flooding has begun to recede in the main Bowen Basin coal region, but many mines remain flooded and will take weeks to drain and resume full production. While some rail links between mines and the ports have been opened, others are under water.
Coal stocks were running low at the key coal port of Dalrymple Bay, but it was receiving enough to keep loading ships, while the port of Gladstone said it could be days to weeks before it starts getting coal supplies back to normal.
Hotel operators said the rain had caused cancellations in popular tourist strips on the Sunshine and Gold coasts, which claim a large slice of the $32 billion tourism industry.

(Additional reporting by Amy Pyett, Michael Smith and Michael Perry in Sydney)
(Writing by Rob Taylor; Editing by Mark Bendeich and Dean Yates)

Reuters

Stop saving the good china...

2011-01-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

Read the following on my friend Angel's facebook page...it struck a chord in my today....

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.

- Mary Manin Morrissey

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2011-01-04T20:21:00.000-08:00

Dearest Jamie asks this week ..

What do you wish to say yes to?

Hmmm historically yes was really hard for me to admit to, say outloud ...

I'm getting so much better .... such a great prompt for me at this time ...

I wish to say yes to ... my new life.

I wish to say yes to ... new love.

I wish to say yes to ... renewed good health.

I wish to say yes to ... a new occupation, a new passion, a new pastime.

I wish to say yes to ... my new location/home/cabin/castle at the coast.

I wish to say yes to ... abundance.

Thank you God.

The old and the new ... Blessings to you !!

2010-12-31T21:13:00.000-08:00

2010 was an exceptional year for me ... so many changes, all very much needed. I guess I could say 2010 was the year I stepped out of my box and out of my rut!! Hallelujah.

I bought a cabin at the beach, something I wished for during the year, but this time last year? I had no idea that was a possibility and I hadn't even dreamt it might be! Endless miracles .... I practised being expectantly joyful .. feeling what I wanted to feel more of ..and it worked!!!

I got a divorce ...I've made moves towards permantently relocating to the beach .. set about looking for a job .. my children are all supportive of me and my new life, plus of course they can have unlimited beach holidays at Forster-Tuncurry!

I'm just coming to the end of a fabulous wonderous week here ..it's been such a good way to recover my health and my sanity.

2010 was my break free year, breaking free mostly of myself and all my long-held fears! Woohhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

As for this new year ... my older son Le Chef will be marrying beautiful Karla! Miss Spirit will deliver me another grandchild! Giraffe boy will continue to amaze with his flourishing career.

And 2011 is the year I will continue to follow my bliss. That's my phrase this time ...

Make a wish, dream a dream, take small simple actions towards whatever it is ... never worry ..about the how .. worry is simply praying for what you don't want! Expect God (the God or your own understanding perhaps), the Universe or the Force to work out the details for you ...

Wishing you ..my loving friends bliss for this new year too.

Much love,

Thank you God.

Blissful Christmas ...and heading to the coast ...

2010-12-25T18:30:00.000-08:00

Glorious Christmas, got visits from all my children at various parts of the day from early morning .... Le Chef and Miss K came before their trip to her parents in Tenterfield...

Miss Matilda and her Mum and Dad, Miss Spirit and Mr G ...came for brunch with my Mum.

Giraffe boy had his little niece laughing so much, even though she was actually sick and not really herself on the day.

She loved all her presents ..

Brunch was delicious ..

And both my daughter and my 83 year old Mum had a great time ..

Off to the coast in the morning ... Miss Matilda, Miss Spirit, Mr G and Giraffe boy are all coming with me!

Thank you God.

Happy Christmas, whatever that may mean to you..

2010-12-23T14:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas is a profoundly spiritual time for me ....
but whatever it might mean to you, a day off, a meal with friends and family ...
may it be blessed and special and filled with love.

Thank you God.

Summer Solstice .....

2010-12-21T14:14:00.000-08:00

Doing better, it's been a slow process. I do slow badly!

Of course, having a smiling toddler to cheer me, does help.

Summer solstice ...I'm sure that's a time of high energy and it's healing me.

Thank you God.

Coming alive and other Christmas miracles...

2010-12-18T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well I've been absent because I was rushed into hospital with acute asthma and pnuemonia....

A builder on the site next door leapt into my car and got me there. I'm very blessed he was around.

The scene in the E.R. was just like on tv ...lots of rushing around and needles and masks and tubes and I don't know what...then several days on a ward and I'm home!

Miss Spirit and Miss Matilda flew up ...Giraffe Boy and Le Chef and his gorgeous fiance have been very loving and supportive.

Hasn't the baby grown? She's a little girl now and so ready for Christmas!

Thank you God.

The sunset and other glories ...

2010-12-11T02:01:00.000-08:00

How about the view at the end of my road? I adore pelicans ...

Been away in Sydney for training ...so happy to say I finished my Certificate IV in Assessment and Training~!

I was so sick during the couple of days....found a sweet Indian doctor who gave me a big dose of antibiotics ...

So I'm relaxing now in my little beach castle ..for the weekend until I'm well enough to drive back up the mountain and go to work again.

What do you think of the castle as the sun sets? Isn't my garden just magic?

Thank you God.

Sunday kind of love

2010-12-06T16:26:00.000-08:00

Thank you God.

Christmas is for giving ... please do.

2010-12-04T23:52:00.000-08:00

Giraffe boy and I are decorating the Christmas tree, while dinner cooks.

We want, for nothing. Oh sure, we could conjur up lots of things we might want, but seriously we have all our needs met and more.

So ... we each like to help the world a little too. I'm so happy he joins with me in this, having only started working himself in the last two years.

That's him up there with our Matilda, his niece in the bath. We are so blessed in our family with good health and much happiness.

But it is not the same for all the children in the world...

which is why we support.. World Vision.

This Christmas we have purchased a chicken, a goat and a emergency cooking set for someone who needs it ...

Why don't you do something too?

Wishes do come true ....

2010-11-29T02:03:00.000-08:00

Just back from my new beach cabin (Lulu's Castle) ...

Giraffe boy helped me move more things in and made beds etc for me.
Everything these days, says ... needs assembly!

Slept well in my new bed, despite having an interview for a new job in the area today.... I think I did pretty well, it's all in God's hands now.

So looking forward to relaxing here ...I'm so blessed.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-11-24T01:55:00.000-08:00

Jamie's prompt ...oh so easy.

What do you wish to invite in?

My very first thought,

Love, passion, romance and a longlasting relationship.

Love ....please find your way into me.

Thank you God.

Wish me luck please, all prayers gratefully received.

2010-11-23T00:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I sent off an application letter and resume for a job.

The position is located nearby my new beach cabin in a town called Taree, about 20 minutes drive inland.

The name Taree is derived from "tareebit" the local native Biripi (aboriginal) word meaning tree by the river, or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig.

This morning they called and asked me for an interview on Monday!

I didn't even have to wait 24 hours.

I was stunned by the speed of the Universe delivering me such a gift.

Magic does happen.

I could move .....if I get it.

Oh the bliss of follwing a dream.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2010-11-20T17:38:00.001-08:00

So grateful today for so many blessings....

I'm grateful I have learnt to trust my intuition!

I'm grateful I can make choices to look after myself, like saying no, I don't think so and move along cowboy I think you should ride off on that horse you just rode in on. *smile*

I'm so grateful for friends and other Universe telegram delivery methods....so I know what I'm doing.

I'm so grateful for the sound of cicadas, heralding summer almost here.

I'm so grateful for my journey. I love my life.

Thank you God.

Dating somewhere between 50 and 60 ....

2010-11-19T03:22:00.000-08:00

I think it was easier when I was a teenager in the early very early 70's.

I wish I could say I know what I'm doing ...I don't.

I am however, wishing ...imagining ...taking baby steps and giving everything else up to the Universe.

Sarah Lulu dating is wishing it was easy ... light ... passionate and lasting.

There you go. You heard it first.

Thank you God.

Fabulous concert ...

2010-11-11T21:39:00.000-08:00

Probably only the Aussies amongst you will appreciate ...

John Farnham is a legend in our music industry ...and about my age.

Oh and he's had more comebacks than Phar Lap~!

Great concert last night in Tamworth. I really enjoyed it!

His support act Katie Noonan was also lovely.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2010-11-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

I have so many blessings, it's hard to know which ones to mention this week!

SO grateful for Giraffe boy coming to the beach cabin with me, last week to put together furniture and move some of my belongings down.

Everything comes in flatpacks these days! We were both exhausted by the end.

I'm in awe of the garden at the beach cabin ... a tropical rainforest.

Miss Matilda, my granddaughter, continues to fill me with delight, and I can't wait for her brother or sister due next April either!

Here is Matilda's Mum, Miss Spirit, she's my eldest child with her youngest brother Giraffe boy this week, at my house in the mountains...

I hope to have moved from the mountains to the coast in the New Year sometime, God willing.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-11-03T03:23:00.000-07:00

Dearest Jamie asks today ..

What do you wish to enjoy?

I wish to enjoy ...

My new life as it unfolds so beautifully ...

I wish to enjoy ...

My new cabin by the beach ... isn't it gorgeou?
Peeking between the tall tall trees and huge cabbage palms ...

My family. Here is my youngest Giraffe boy, feeding the kookaburras that will land right by our feet, to be fed bits of meat at the cabin. We had half a dozen last weekend, when we were there. It's totally amazing ...and a part of my wish to enjoy a peaceful, relaxed life.

I wish to enjoy ...

The loved ones in my life, sweet Matilda my granddaughter, my, as yet unborn, grandchild, her brother or sister already becoming more real and more ready to enter the world in April of next year ...

... my daughter and two sons, their partners, my friends and the man about to walk right into my life and shake it up.

... and all those gone before ... some for a short time and some still so special in so many ways.

... I wish also to enjoy my new job when it arrives.

I wish to enjoy everything that comes my way... including each day.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-10-27T19:44:00.000-07:00

Jamie ..I love the prompt this week so much!!

What do you wish to shed?

I wish to shed ..

.. old ideas, old beliefs, old relationships, old bruises, injuries, hurts and aches!

.. and all the old versions of myself that no longer serve me!

Thank you God.

Guess who's ?

2010-10-25T12:54:00.000-07:00

....coming for a visit on Wednesday?

Thank you God.

serendipity ...

2010-10-22T03:45:00.000-07:00

Lawendula over at Woven Letters is making collages for people ...

She just made this for me!

Aren't I so lucky. I love it.

Thank you God for giving me such good blogging friends.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-10-20T03:00:00.000-07:00

Oh my Jamie is asking for some bravery in the face of vulnerability today!

...she asks What does the “soft animal of your body” wish for?

and I also quote the poem ....that she is, herself, quoting ...

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

© Mary Oliver.

*deep breath*

My soft animal of my body wishes for ...

... long embraces and passionate kisses ...

... flowers and other scents, signs and feelings,

both emotional and physical of love and desire...

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2010-10-16T16:16:00.000-07:00

I am certainly so blessed and thankful today.

My new castle ...the cabin by the ocean, just as I have dreamt of for so long, actually became mine this last week.

The area is so beautiful, so peaceful, tropical flowers and gorgeous beaches and walks ...

I'll be moving there in the new year ...in the meantime I'll grab weekends when I can and move bits and pieces down there.

Never give up on anything before the miracle happens.

Thank you God.

Who twitters? Uses Messenger like MSN?

2010-10-16T02:42:00.000-07:00

I'm just interested to know ....

I do love blogging ...

I admit I Facebook to keep up with old friends and children mostly ...

The children have just started me on Skype ... which is a marvelous way to see and hear and speak to my granddaughter!

But that's about it ..I do have a twitter account but it doesn't seem to ummm do much?

How about you?

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-10-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

What do you wish to fly free from?

So says Jamie's prompt this week ...

The timing is nothing short of incredible....

Synchronicity at work.

I walked out of the lawyer's office 15 minutes ago ...having signed my divorce papers for court.

I got in the car ... feeling as if I was flying free ...

Came home, made a cup of tea, sat down and decided to blog ...

Checked out Jamie's prompt for this week which she had not long posted ...

How perfect is that? The Universe is supporting my choices.

I wish to fly free of my old marriage, lasting three decades but not serving me now.

I wish to fly free old hurts and bruises, broken hearts and broken dreams ...

... and to fly freely in my new joyous love-filled life.

Thank you God.

And thank you to all of you my fellow wishcasters and bloggers.

Thank you thank you for lifting me whenever I felt I did not have the wings to fly.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-10-05T22:32:00.000-07:00

Jamie asks this week ...

Where do you wish to grow in confidence?

Hmmm my very first thought was ... in a personal intimate relationship.

I wish to feel confident enough to attract a man for a romance, a long lasting intimate relationship, a lover, a best friend.

I wish to grow in confidence in my heart and in my self-esteem.

I wish to grow in confidence in my adventurous spirit.

..... that is happening right now here in the city ...as I bravely walkabout between the training course I'm doing ...

and ... with my new about to happen move to the coast ...

But I'm still doing it with some trepidation, some shivers, some shakes and some serious wobbles! I wish I felt more confident about the whole thing, the move, getting a new job, feeling a part of a new community ... it's 30 years since I moved anywhere!

....oh that picture I took there last weekend, does make all the wobbles seem worth it! That's my closest beach ...I can walk there!

But the man thing?

Truly daunting!

BUCKET loads ...no TRUCK loads of confidence I wish I wish I wish!

Thank you God.

Hyde Park and the Domain..

2010-10-04T01:39:00.000-07:00

Had the most blissful of days ...

Between Hyde Park, the Archibald fountain, St. Mary's Cathedral, the Domain and the Botanical Gardens as well as ... hours at the Aboriginal Exhibition and the N.S.W. Art Gallery.

Thank you God.

Long weekend in the city ...

2010-10-03T15:17:00.000-07:00

Having a gorgeous time, sightseeing and shopping!

The three day break between my two training weeks and I'm still in my fabulous hotel.

As you can see ...lots of other tourists in Sydney at the moment.

I've been to the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Rocks ...the Opera House foreshores ..

The last photo is of Sydney Town Hall.

I love the mix of old and new buildings.

Going out this morning ...I'm going to hop on a bus and see where it takes me!

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-09-29T01:26:00.000-07:00

Jamie how did you know!?!?! *smile*

Her wonderful fabulously timed (of course) prompt is ...

What did you wish to step into?

My new castle! I wish to step into my new home.

It's a cabin by the ocean .... I'll be paying for it next week!

It's going to be mine ....

Wishes do come true. Yes they do.

Oh thank you God.

City life - the big smoke - Sydney ...

2010-09-28T04:05:00.001-07:00

Staying in a posh hotel ..right in the heart of the city ..

I'm working, of course, very full training days all day ..

But how blessed am I?

First I got to see Matilda ...and stayed the night there ...then on to here for 2 weeks!

How amazing is my window view? I'm so very grateful.

It's a gift from God, truly.

Right above Central Station ...a block away from Chinatown.

I'm having a fabulous and amazing city adventure.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-09-22T01:21:00.000-07:00

Jamie's prompt today reminds me that I have come a long way on this Spiritual Journey...

I have thankfully leapt right out of believing ...there is never enough ...and now I believe quite the opposite!

There is more than enough ...for everyone. Oh the bliss of that realisation!

What do you wish for an abundance of?

Love, passion and a new life partner...

Money and fun travel...

Time and connections with children and grandchildren...

Thank you God.

Oprah ...is coming to visit with a few friends!

2010-09-18T01:06:00.000-07:00

I think it will be fun ...

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-09-15T22:27:00.000-07:00

Jamie has a very challenging prompt for me this week!

How Do You Wish to Come Out of Your Shell?

I wish to come out of my shell ... personally, intimately, sexually and socially.

Did I just say that outloud?!?!?!

Thank you God.

A path with heart ....

2010-09-13T04:10:00.001-07:00

You know ...God and the Universe are supporting your dreams, visions, hopes ...

When everything falls into place so easily ...all the doors open, the sun shines ...

Birds sing ...

I'm going to move ...to paradise on earth ... I visited there this last weekend,
put an offer in on buying my cabin by the ocean (on my wish list) ..and it was accepted!

I have much to do ...before I go, a job to find, the temporary castle to pack up ... children to settle ...But all will be well. I feel it. Perhaps in the new year I'll be there!

And I'll be closer to the littlest member of our family ... how magic is that?!

Thank you God.

Sydney and blessings ....

2010-09-06T00:09:00.000-07:00

I'm away this week.

Work/training in Sydney....and I'm where I often get to stay ... SO blessed....
The hotel is situated right on Botany Bay right across the bay from Sydney Airport. Such fun for a country (now) girl like me to watch the planes take off from my balcony.

Really nice walkway above the highway from the hotel...to the beach..

My room is very spacious with a living room, bedroom, spa ...and room service... I never fail to be grateful for what we are given.

The view from my balcony ..to the left the bay and to the right the city ...

Got to spend some time with Miss Matilda, the night before I got here ...and I'm going there again on Friday.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-09-01T02:46:00.000-07:00

Jamie's prompt this week ....

I've decided to go with my very first thought ....no hesitation ....

What do you wish to begin?

I wish .... to begin a new romance.

....that's it.

I'll leave the blissful details to the Universe.

Thank you God.

Grateful Sunday

2010-08-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

My life is unfolding .... after a very long, what seemed like, becalmed stage.

I'm so grateful.

Thank you God.

Wishcasting Wednesday

2010-08-24T21:50:00.000-07:00

The lovely Jamie has given a wonderful prompt this week ...

How do you wish to spend some time?

Well ...I can't say relaxing ...having just come back from a fabulous cruise!
(see a couple of posts below) ..

But I can say this ...

I wish to spend some time conjuring up my new life.

Letting the Universe assist me to let it all unfold.

Imagining, taking simple steps and actions and letting go of the rest.

Ohhhh and it's working, yes it is!!!!!!!

I'm going to buy a little cabin by the beach ....my new castle.

Perhaps at Forster NSW or maybe Port Macquarie....I'm leaving the finer details up in the air...who knows where I'll land.

And ....

I wish to spend some time letting love right into my life.

Thank you God.

Patience is a virtue .....

2010-08-22T19:39:00.000-07:00

It can take a long long time for what you are expecting..anticipating..imagining..hoping for to come down the chute!

I'm finding it can involve lots of breath holding .. probably if I kept breathing, let go, trusted God's plan more .. the whole thing would happen faster!

Dear Lord,

Please takeover my divorce and financial settlement. I can't be hanging onto it anymore it's making me crazy. I thought, in Sarah's Plan, it would all be completely over by now.

I'm accepting now that Your plan is unfolding as it should.

I need help to get out of the way of myself!

Thank you God.

Amen

Grateful Sunday

2010-08-21T16:50:00.000-07:00

My last day of holidays (this time) ...back to work tomorrow.

I'm grateful I have a job to go back to.

I'm grateful for my friend Julie, who invited me to cruise with her. We had a blast!

I'm grateful to come home to visit with my gorgeous granddaughter Matilda!

I'm grateful to feel rested and relaxed.

I'm grateful to be in the process of redefining my life and who I am.

I'm grateful for the many and varied opportunities for growth and spiritual renewal.

And ....I'm grateful now I can conjur up another destination ...now where will I go next?

Thank you God.

My wish came alive ...

2010-08-19T16:08:00.001-07:00

Just back from my Pacific Island cruise ....

I can check it off my wish list.

I'm so grateful for the knowledge that my dreams can come true, if I take a little action, imagine better, accept what is and leave the rest to the Universe to deliver ..

If you had asked me five years ago if I would be able to go on an island escapade, to another country and another part of the world, I never would have believed you!

Thank you God.

3 sleeps .....

2010-08-03T00:17:00.000-07:00

...until I go on my cruise of the Pacific Islands ...

I need this break, this new start, this change of pace ...so much.

And the Universe has seen fit to deliver me this.

I'm so grateful.

SO grateful.

It's been the hardest of years. I have at times felt almost too broken to continue, but guess what? I've been supported by angels. Yes I have.

I've been very sick, from the strain of it all, but that too is passing.

You know what they say? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ...I'm like steel!

I've learnt so much, particularly about myself, what I need and want and some serious lessons about other people in my life.

A light has been shone on some problems I have tried to ignore. Of course the Universe always sends more of what we try to pretend isn't there!

Deal with the bad stuff, Sarah Lulu, deal with it.

I am. I am.

And now ...I will float on the ocean waves and visit tropical places and smile and laugh and dance and lounge around and play.

Let life unfold a little more and joyfully accept more blessings and lots of love.

Thank you God.