Changes

Things are all shook up right now with work. Management is changing everything and I'm not very thrilled about it. Its interfering with my personal life, my weekends off, and my school work. I didn't think they were allowed to but apparently there's what I call a "Fuck You Clause" in our contract that basically says management can change their minds as they see fit.

So for now I'll just have to grin and bear it and hope that some good comes out of it.

Until next time...

BB
Ami

Preparing for Fall Outdoors

I have been busy this morning with getting my yard looking fall-ish. In about a week or so I will start setting up my Halloween decorations! But for now, with Mabon being tomorrow (And it is tomorrow when Libra is 1 degree, not the 24th as another witch tried telling me), I thought it would be a sensational time to plant some mums and some tulips and daffodils for next spring.

I used some of my compost dirt as well. It was very cool to see all the fat red worms crawling around in there. That's how I know it is healthy soil. I use it near samhain to bury my garden, so when spring comes back next year, the soil will be very healthy to grow my next crop.

I have the corn stalks that I grew myself on my porch by the steps, and my fall wreath on my door, with three ears of corn from Terry. It isn't feeling very fall-like out today, but it is very hot! So I thought it was a good day to head outside and get things done.

My other porch plants are doing very well: my marigolds, garlic, onions, and dianthus.

I got a call from a co-worker saying staffing put my name on the sheet, but I know I am not due back til friday, so I called them, told them I wasn't on today according to the final schedule in the schedule book and that I did not pick up any days for anyone because lately I've only been picking up thirds, and they said that I was right, their mistake, so I'm not getting in trouble for a no-call-no-show.

Also, another thing that irked me today was that I found an animal trap next door in my neighbors yard. It wasn't a live trap like we have used in the past (where the animal goes inside, steps on the trigger that closes the door, and just cages the animal, not hurting them in any way.) Oh no! Not this one. This one was upright, spring loaded, I used a stick to hit the trigger, and it flys down with a horrific SNAP! So if there was food on the trigger and an animal trying to eat it accidently puts any pressure on the trigger from trying to eat the food off it, its head would be smashed between two steel plates propelled by a big spring. How horrible is that! Or if they put their paw on it, and it gets squashed in there?

With the cats I take care of outside, I couldn't imagine one of them with that kind of fate. So after I set off the trap, I pulled it out of the ground, and now it's in my shed, which hopefully, handsome will take to the metal place where they take scrap metal so I never have to see that dreadful thing again!

On a better note, I don't work and have no school today so I think I will work on more of my 3rd year studies.

I will have leftovers from yesterday (Steak, mashed tater, yams, rolls, deep fried mushrooms, and baked beans!)

Blessed Be!

Amistis

Late Night

I am sitting here online just going through my usual stuff. I am trying to blog more. It's frustrating when you cannot find time to do the things you want to do. It truly feels like there isn't enough time in the day, then again, I don't know how I would survive if the day was any longer! I get tired enough in just the 24 hrs we have here!

I didn't go to bed til 3 am yesterday (funny its almost that time again now!). I felt so drained, and I think I have come to the conclusion that I need to get a new pillow, cuz my old ones here are killing my neck. I wake up daily with a crick in my neck. Anyways...my love woke me up about 10 am and asked me if I wanted breakfast, and of course I couldn't turn that down!

What a great guy! Maybe that's his way of saying "thanks for getting me the goods to make me feel better!" He was running a fever and having chills and was lethargic. So I got him a bunch of feel good stuff and meds and a new thermometer and scoobie doo fruit snacks, gatorade, soup, etc.

I also found it adorable that he kept saying "come here, look at this", and naturally I said "what is it?" and being so mysterious as he is, he says "just come look", and sure enough, on the porch is a HUGE ORANGE PUMPKIN!

At first I was super thrilled! YAY he's on board with the seasonal change thing...maybe I can start putting up my Samhain decorations! Then it hit me....WHERE THE HELL IS MMMYYYY PUMPKIN! lol

But I thought it was really sweet, him cooking dinner and getting a fat pumpkin. Then after eating, we just sat on the couch, him letting me lay my head on his lap. We took a short nap before I had to work. I have felt so tired all day and my boobs hurt....they always do before my cycle. I'm getting a little impatient with that too....I know I'm due any day now, and I'm ready, but it just won't go! It'll probably wait til I have to work again, when I have to be on my feet all day...lol.

Well, I think I'm going to take a long hot shower, pick up my midnight meal, then go to bed. I normally would wait til my love got out of work 5-6amish but I do have school tomorrow at 4p, and I don't want to feel like I did today. I do love my sleep....its when i get the best movies! From my head!

Ahhh can't wait til they can start recording them for playbacks!

BB
Amistis Reudan

p.s. sry no photos!

Mabon!

Today we had our Mabon Circle. I think it turned out very awesome! We didn't even mess up anything too bad, and the only thing that did was fixed before we were too messed up! (Just candles in the wrong quarters after moving the altar!) But even though it was a small gathering this time, I feel it was great! Would of been better with a fire going (I'm always cold has it is!) The food was awesome!



We had roasted chicken, coleslaw, bread, salad, green bean casserole, yammers!, wine and apple cider!!! Like a mini-thanksgiving!!!



It even felt like a fall-ish day. It was rainy and cloudy, a little cooler but not too shabby. OH! And I got to wear my new cloak. Its so heavy, but I really like it. I want to get more ritual garb, and try to get others on board with doing so. I don't know why, it makes me feel more official? I don't think that's the right word I'm looking for....um....maybe like.....more in ritual mode???? If that makes any sense.



And I like the idea of a Degree System Bracelet or something like that. It would be nice to have something to show "hey I put all the work into obtaining this knowledge." I feel like everything is getting on track right now. We got a decent amount of donations coming in, we got an awesome place for ritual for at least another year, and we will do our best to get it for 2012 and every year after that.



Its amazing how much the feeling of ritual changes as members change. I really hope these two new members who just joined decided to attend next Sabbat. I posted in the Events on WitchVox.com about our public circles. Terry helped me edit it so they have to join the yahoo group to get more info, like location. And just by having it posted for a few days, I got three new requests. It had almost 100 views last I checked!



Also, I paid for 4 days of ConVocation this year. I am really excited to go. We were going to get a hotel room, but Terry said we can drive each day. So we'll see how it goes when the time gets closer. I wonder what kinds of classes they will have. I wish I could go to all of them and video tape them. I don't want to forget anything!

Anywho, this is getting long, and I need to take care of some paperwork. So talk to you later!

BB,
Amistis

Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

Don't these just look tasty!!!! Not bad for my first try!!!

Take some green peppers, cut off the tops and gut them (seeds and such). Rinse them off, take a pan (I chose this one because it has a lid, but any will do with some foil on top if needed), I sprayed it with cooking spray as well as drizzled olive oil on the pan so it doesn't burn/stick to the pan. Place peppers in pan bottoms down, so they look like little bowls.

Next is the filling. I just got back from vacation, so I had a lot of farmers market veggies hanging out, so this was my way of using them up. I only didn't put any meat in it because we didn't have any left from camping other than hotdogs...and thats just weird.

Anyways enough rambling....I chopped up one large yellow sweet onion, some chunks of tomato left over from the salad below, chopped the tops we cut off the peppers (minus the stem) into bite size chunks, boiled some plain white rice (I used the 5 min pre-cooked rice), boiled a ear of corn and cut it off the cob, picked some oregano leaves from my garden, put it all in a bowl, dumped a can of tomato sauce in, added a little sprinkle of salt, pepper and garlic powder, then stirred it well.


Then stuffed the peppers with the mixture til it was full, but not overflowing (tried to keep extra filling from falling out onto the pan so it wouldn't burn or make it hard to wash after it cooked.)


Then I sprinkled the tops with shredded mozzarella, a dash of salt and pepper, and garlic powder. Then placed them in the oven at 425 degrees until they look like...


THIS!!! The pepper is mushy, and the cheese is toasted brown. You can hear it sizzle when it cooks!


I think this was a great turn out for my first attempt! And its healthy!


Doesn't it just make you want to salivate! Time to dig in!!!


So JUICY!.....and HOT!


For sides, I picked purple green beans and green beans from both gardens (Purple Green Beans [ or what I like to call Amish Green Beans because the first time I bought them was at a Farmer's Market in Boyne City where some Amish people were selling them at their stand] turn green when they are cooked, so its kind of idiot proof to cook them!) I also added some of the corn that I cut for the peppers.


I put them in a bowl with some butter and garlic powder, yum!


I was going to make a salad as well but the lettuce didn't survive the trip. So I made a no-lettuce salad, with just a big red ripe tomato and a fresh cucumber, sliced up into bite sizes.


Then covered them in ranch--my favorite---tho any dressing will do---experiment to your liking!


Then I heated up some leftover campfire potatoes from camping. They are like a baked potato without the skin. They are peeled, mashed up, smothered in butter, salt, pepper, with a chopped onion, and maybe some garlic powder as well. They taste just like the camp fire they were cooked over!

What a Day!

I am so exhausted. I worked 16 hours yesterday (3pm saturday to 7am sunday) and from 11p-7a I was the ONLY person to work the floor for almost 40 patients. How safe is that? And I couldn't do all my perfectionistic charting and the like. All i did were vitals from most of them (nurses did some) charted those, then went from one end to the other back and forth for 8 hrs stopping where I was needed to take care of the patients who needed me most. Luckily some slept all night without needing me for anything. But others...well.....lets just say they kept me busy. I had 3 sitters to relieve too, so luckily 2 were covered by their nurses then I just had one to worry about. Then I went home, showered, slept for about 4 hrs, then turned around to come back in at 3p sunday.

I signed the book to work OT again, but they didn't call me today. Kinda happy but I need the money too, once I get back from camping next week bills will be waiting to be paid, and it kind of helps to have money for that heehee.

I did sign up to work second and third shift the rest of the week so hopefully I will be called one or two more times before I go on vacation. I am soooo happy I got approved, especially after beinng denied the first time around. Takes a big weight off my shoulders having to worry about how many days I'll get off, what I need to cover, and if I have to call in any days I can't get covered, because I'm not about to miss my first vacation as a complete family (Lily is coming this times, as well as kevins mom dad and grandma!)

I have to work tomorrow then I'm not scheduled til sometime after I come back from up north, so hopefully they have the schedule out tomorrow before I leave so I know when I'm due back. Otherwise I'll have a co-worker text it to me or something. But its nice to know in advance.

I am sooo tired, and feeling a little down because I haven't seen my boyfriend very much since Thursday other than a quick hi and bye. He woke me up from my 4 hr power nap between working when he gave me a kiss---just thought it was kinda sweet that he kisses me when I'm asleep. I usually wait up for him to get off work when he does 3rd shifts, but I am soooo drained, and being that I have to be back tomorrow and possibly get to work another double, I feel I should get the sleep while I can. I'm no good when my tank is on E!

Lamms ritual is coming up, got a new skirt to wear, only problem is its light colored so its kind of see through, so I have to find something I can put under it to keep from showing my goods lol.

Off to take a shower now, then going to sleep. I know that all this non-sleep and non-boyfriend stuff will be worth it. As he says....5 more days!

p.s. gotta go up to mott before me go to get a hold on my loan if it isnt processed before we go.

p.s.s I had to stop up at kevins work to drop off some bleach i got from meijer after work for him, and he let me sit there even though there was a car behind me cuz they were waiting on his food, and he said after I left to head some, the other car pulled up and said "never been behind a witch before" lol. Silly!


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Finally Done!

I have officially transferred all blogs to my new email, so now its in sync with my youtube google info! I am so tired right now, I am staying up again to wait for handsome to get off work. Watching bait car, some ppl are so dumb. I can't believe how these ppl think they can just take off with a car and not get caught. I'm glad they are doing this though. Catch those mother-effers! Went with my sister to see Despicable Me, which we have had to attempt 3 times before actually getting to successfully watch it. First time power was out from a bad storm so they couldnt play movies, the second try was yesterday (monday) and my sis ended up having to stay over at work and didnt call and tell me, so i showed up to an empty house. So she made up for it by buying my ticket today (tues) and i just had to buy my pop and popcorn.

My brain is starting to hurt a little from sleepiness and staring at the computer so long. So I think I should take some excedrine real fast.

Then I'm going to start my 3rd year assignments. I created another blog to track my progress as I do my assignments. YAWN.

So TTYL!

BB
AMI!