Bon Voyage

Well, here it is 6:30 in the am and I am up, showered, dressed, packed and eating breakfast. . . do you think I might be excited about today? Yessss I am!!!! We are going to Virginia to see Tiff & Shaun & JIMMY!!!!! He is 15 months and busy as he can be. The last time I saw him, which was on his birthday, he wasn't even letting go of things and standing on his own, and now he is running all over the house and backyard. Can't wait to see him and all his new abilities.

As for my last post, things are going pretty well with Abby. She is a puppy with puppy energy, but she seems to be learning well (only a few puddles) and I still think she is a good dog. Chris is leading the way in the training, and I am very glad to have him and Danielle here for the first few months. I think she will be pretty well trained by then and I can maintain the regimen. We have to keep a keen eye on her as she, of course likes to chew.

Well, gotta go check last minute details etc. Oh did I mention that we are not leaving here until 9:00 :) (yes, I am excited)

See ya soon!

I can't believe it!!!!

Background: I have been very sure about the fact that I don't want or need a dog at the present time. Some time in the future, yes I will probably get a dog BUT it will be one that DOES NOT SHED. Right now I still travel a lot and I don't want the hassle of arranging pet care. Besides, I had children, I've done the nuture thing. This is my break time. The kids are grown and I am enjoying my relatively free days here. . .and yet.

Tuesday someone dumped a puppy on our doorstep, literally. Danielle saw a car stop out front and then speed off with a black fur ball chasing it. She went outside and there was a black puppy. Yes indeedy. A black puppy delivered to my door by the universe. (Jane I can hear you laughing from here) Well long story short. Her name is Abby (for abandoned). She does shed. Best guesses at lineage are black lab or border collie. She's black with a white patch on her chest and a little white on all four paws. She seems to be a very sweet dog, and hopefully easily trained, as we don't have any idea what we are doing. Anyway, trip to the vet (yes she's healthy) and dog store for supplies and we have a new definition of the words "free dog". Wish us well, we will need it!!!!

Good news is she made it 7 hours last night without an accident. I think that's pretty good!

Home Again

Got home yesterday afternoon. Had a lovely week with my friend Jane in Johnson City. She was house sitting for her brother who has a lovely place outside of town, complete with calf, guinea fowl, deer and wild turkey. What a great time I had!!! We did a little touring (Fredricksburg, Llano, Lukenbach, Enchanted Rock) and some stay at home and swim too. All and all, the week couldn't have been more perfect. I even got to revisit the Elisabeth Ney museum in Austin on my way home. I highly recommend all of the above places. Llano was an adventure in eating BBQ. Coopers BBQ was the best I have ever had and an experience in the bargain. Enchanted Rock is just what it says. The museum is Ney's sculpture studio and is very interesting. And best of all was time spent with Jane. We got to catch up and even shared new pics of Jimmy that Tiff e-mailed us. Always makes me smile. :)

Have had a couple of aha's lately.

First: Babies. . . I love babies. I have always loved babies. What I realized recently was that being around babies puts ME in an energy of love. I feel better in their auras. Once a friend who never had children said to me that she thought mothers knew things that non mothers didn't. I of course could see that the journey of parenthood would bring different lessons than non parenthood, but the recent realization was that it is the experience of having your day to day bathed in the energy of love that is one of the most important lessons of the journey. It introduced me to being in the energy of love in a more profound way than any thing else I had experienced before. The course (A Course In Miracles) says everything is love or fear, but that ultimately fear is just a cry for love, so it is either love or a cry for love. Motherhood moved me much closer to that lesson.

Second: Lack. . . I came into a family that has had the energy of "not enough" run through it for generations. I am trying to shift this into an attitude of abundance. My personal truth is that I have never had a hungry day in my life, never been without clothes or a roof over my head, never really faced serious deprivation. My ancestors did and I believe the energy of fear that they experienced has been passed on to their offspring. I am shifting this. My children are shifting this. The aha came while Jane and I were talking about this being a part of her story also. I realized that shifting this energy is part of our soul agreement. When enough of us make this shift and critical mass is reached we will realize that there really is enough resources on the planet to take care of all it's inhabitants. This is a big aha for me. :)

Well that's about it, glad to be back home, grateful for wonderful friends, and especially my terrific family. . .just enjoying the journey :)