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These are in no particular order....

1. Climb Mt Fuji and so obviously go to Japan.

2. Go to Norway with my dad.

3. Attend a ritual at Stonehenge.

4. Own a house in the country.

5. Get a backpiece that I drew.

6. Draw my manga.

Kathy and Charles got back a couple weeks ago so Saturday they held a full moon ritual. This is the third ritual I've been to now and this one was the best by far. They did a grounding and energy raising in it this time and that was awesome! I actually started wobbling from all the energy. Good thing we weren't standing because I would have fell over. It was definitely a good experience. After the circle, I talked to Kathy for a long time. We had a great conversation about many things... being married to a non-Pagan, Tarot, Pagan parenting, etc. Now I'm even more sad that I will be leaving them in a few months. They invited John, Aidric, and I to dinner on Wednesday. They said John can ask them any questions he wants about Paganism and wont have to worry about getting into an arguement like he does with me sometimes. I dont know how John feels about that...he tends to shy away from that kind of stuff. The only person he talks to about religion is me. I think it will be a good night though. I'm really excited.

Sorry thoughtskill, I said I was going to post pictures of Aidric and didnt...I've been really forgetful lately. I did post some Yule and X-mas pictures in my scrapbook a while back. I dont know if you saw those. I'll try and get some newer ones up within the next few days.

The past week I have kept getting a fleeting urge to pull out the manga I started drawing about a year ago. I would be trying to go to sleep, in the shower, or working and I would think about how I really need to start working on it again. Yesterday I finally pulled it out. I had about 3 pages halfway drawn. (If I keep going like this, it will take me probably 20 years to finish!) I sat down and read my script and rethought some of the dialogue. I also did a bit more sketching on the pages. I dont know how anyone ever finishes an entire manga, let alone several like some manga-ka. I am determined to finish though, even if it takes 20 years. I dont even know if or when I finish if I will try and get it published. I just think I have a good idea. Does anyone know anything about the process of making a manga or of any great books or tutorial sites?

We met at MEPS (the place you go to sign up for the military). I was leaving for the Navy (which didnt work out, thank all that is holy) and John was signing up for the Army. We met in the pool at the hotel they put us in for the night. At first he thought I was a lesbian because I had really short hair (I mean really short). He told me later that he told his roommate to "go talk to the lesbian". Heehee. So Ben (his roommate) came over and talked to me. Its funny because at first I thought Ben was hot. Later I found out he was weird. Anyways, we played volleyball in the pool and John just made me laugh. He was a big boy at the time but I didnt care. I thought it was cute that when he got out of the pool I saw his butt crack :) After that we went on a walk with Ben and a friend of mine leaving for the Air Force...John and I ran through some sprinklers and he broke his toe (now our song is Stories by Trapt because it has a line that says "Do you remember running through the sprinklers that night"). We just had a lot of fun. The next day I left for the Navy and I wanted to see John more than I did my parents. I had to get his address. I ended up getting out for medical reasons so I came back home and met John again. This time I saw him I barely recognized him because he lost a ton of weight. We started dating and about a month later we were engaged. We moved very fast to say the least...some of my friends didnt meet him until the wedding 4 months later. He said that he never cared about any of his girlfriends before but he found himself worrying if I got home alright and stuff so he knew. So did his mom...I was the only one of his girlfriends she had liked. As for me, he just made me laugh and we could talk about anything.

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.


Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you

I've mainly been busy working and spending time with John and Aidric lately. Not a lot has happened. I've been focusing most of my free time energy on learning Tarot. For the first time since I've started doing Tarot I'm learning the intuitive part of it figuring out my own interpretation of each card. Its amazing how much more understanding I have of the cards now.

I went to JoAnn's Fabric the other day and they were having a major New Years sale. I love going there and just looking at sales. I bought two beautiful rubber stamps that were 30% off, a corset images and a woman's face. I have been waiting for the stamps to go on sale forever. I also bought some bubble stickers for Aidric's scrapbook and some polymer clay that was only 50 cents because the packaging was opened a little. Yay! I love saving money. Now I just need to have a better organization for my art supplies, especially scrapbooking supplies. I feel like I dont even want to start organizing and putting things away since we're moving soon. So its either do that only to have it undone in a few months or be driven crazy by clutter in the dining room.

I started making the DVD of Aidrics first 7 weeks. I took me forever to capture all the video because for some reason my dvd authoring software's batch capture is all messed up and doesnt capture the whole segment of video and I had to do it all manually. I got it all done though. Now is the fun part, doing all the editing, transitions, and effects. I plan on making a few to send to my mom and other relatives.

My Yoga has been going good. I've actually kept it up and I feel really good because of it. I bought a yoga ball yesterady so I'm going to start using that.

I got my swap from athame_art yesterday! I just came home from a long weekend away and was so excited to find my package waiting for me! Thanks so much, I love everything!

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This is the first Sabbat I've celebrated with my family. It has been such a wonderful day. We made one of those canned hams (not my idea, thats all the commissary had) which was actually very good, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, corn, and pecan pie.

I was so happy to have a tree with presents under it this year. We didnt have one last year. Since we were first moving in we actually had a "fire hydrant" that was a prop in the novelty routine from my junior year with only about 3 presents under it. This year Joni gave us a fake tree and we decorated it with our few ornaments.

We opened all our presents tonight. We were going to save some for Christmas but since we're going down to visit Johns dad we decided we didn't want to have to load them all up to make the 260 mile trip to Willow. Aidric got quite a few toys from us, an outfit, Green Bay Packer socks (which John loved and were from my Viking fan mom surprisingly), and a lullaby CD. I gave John a SOD CD, a Brett Farve book (which he loved), a wireless PS2 controller, and a vibrating lumbar support cushion. He also got a Swiss army knife from my mom and dad. I was soooooo excited about my gifts because for the first time I got Pagan things. John went all out for me this year. He got me candle holders for my altar, a pentacle book bag, a huge pentacle cloth, Kama Sutra pleasure balm (I recommend this to anyone!!), a Kama Sutra sampler kit, silver tapers, and a wolf mist maker. I also got an oil burner from my mom. It is awesome. The oil is called Hot Buns. I've been burning it for about 5 minutes now and the whole house smells already.

Since John is atheist, the only celebration we did together is lighting candles. I am going to be doing my ritual later.

I also, after about 2 1/2 years, finished my 1st degree on witchschool.com. I really only took it because I want to learn as much as possible but now reading more about Correllian Wicca, I find I really like it. I may try to get initiation into their clergy and take it more seriously. I started the 2nd degree. I feel like this is a very big step in my spirituality for some reason. I didn't even care too much about the class before (thats why it took so long to finish) but now that I have I feel very good.

You are The Moon

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Moon is a card of magic and mystery - when prominent you know that nothing is as it seems, particularly when it concerns relationships. All logic is thrown out the window.

The Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition. You may be going through a time of emotional and mental trial; if you have any past mental problems, you must be vigilant in taking your medication but avoid drugs or alcohol, as abuse of either will cause them irreparable damage. This time however, can also result in great creativity, psychic powers, visions and insight. You can and should trust your intuition.

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I got my package from dragonfligh today! I love it!

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Aidric had his first bite of solid food yesterday, baby cereal. He did such a good job, only getting about half of it on himself. :) We got the whole thing on tape. It was so cute how he'd take a bite, give us the I'm-not-sure face, and then look up at us with the sweetest smile I've ever seen. I just can't believe my little baby is getting so big. Now I know what my friend, Joni, meant when she said you will always think your child is the cutest child ever.

I started working last week after the problem with my router. I finally figured it out after so many unnecessary tech support calls in which all the people were foreign so I couldnt understand them and they took so much longer than they needed to and then they couldnt help me anyways. One guy figured it out that my internet connection was too slow...sure enough he was right. I just never thought cable would ever be too slow. Anyways, I love my job. I feel really lucky to be able to say that because how many people my age honestly can?

Yesterday, it was unusually warm for December in Alaska, 42 degrees. That was no jacket weather! I cant get too attached though, it wont stay like that. Next week will probably be 50 below like it was last winter over Christmas.

As for John's med board, its happening earlier than we were previously told, next week. We will be out of here much sooner now. Im not sure I like that, I wanted to stay here in our free house getting a paid and saving money for as long as possible. Oh well though, I'm excited to see my friends and family again. We're thinking of partially moving ourselves because they will pay us by the pound. Some guy when he was moving even bought a bunch of cheap weights from the thrift store and they paid him to move them. Once he was out of town, he chucked them. Gotta get the Army for every cent we can! Heehee.

I dyed my hair last week. It is now a lovely shade of coppery orange, the color I always had somewhat in my hair and always wanted. I really like it. I may just keep dying it now.

Yesterday John, Aidric, and I went to the Coven's Yule dinner at the Cafe Alex. That was a fun time. I got to meet coven members I havent met before which was nice and the food and atmosphere was awesome. We had a cheese ball with pepper jelly, praline baked brie, vegetable potstickers, and garlicky escargot and mushrooms for appetizers. John could not figure out for the life of him what the green was in the salad. It was dandelion leaves and it had bleu cheese on top...MMMM! For the entree, I had the macadamia crusted halibut with curry sauce and John had the angus steak with a chili coffee rub. He didnt like the rub but I did. Kathy and Charles are friends with Alex, the owner, so we got to try some of her truffles from a catering she was doing the next day. And for desert, I had the eggnog creme brulee and John had the peanut butter pie. It was hard to decide between the creme brulee and the peppermint mousse! It was all sooooooo good and Kathy and Charles took care of everything! They are such sweet people and I really feel like I belong with them. I'm going to be sad when we leave in about four months which I havent written about yet....

John is not going back to Iraq now. He needed help with some issues and went in to the mental health clinic in town. He ended up in the hospital for a while and now the Army doesnt want him. We both are pretty happy about going home soon but like I said, I'll be sad to leave my friends I've made here. Hopefully I can find a coven back in North Dakota. That will be a toughy.

Step One



- Make a post to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related to medium to really big or even completely unrealistic. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true.
-You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
-There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

My Wishlist:

1. Any Pagan, Buddhist, Art, or motivational books. Well I guess any books to do with my interests.
2. Altered things, atc's, and other handmade things.
3. To learn to finish things I start.
4. The DVD "What the Bleep do we Know".
5. Neat picture frames.
6. Alterable things...lamps, cds, decks of cards, etc.
7. More information about becoming an art therapist.
8. Size 6-9 month or larger baby boy clothes (especially sleepers).
9. Collage and scrapbooking supplies.
10. Basic altar supplies.

Heres my awesome swap from thoughtskill in full_moon_swaps! I really loved everything I received. She went with a native american theme because she said their spirituality has many similarities with the way she practices Wicca, being in tune with nature. It is a wonderful swap. Thanks so much!

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I pick John up today at the airport at 4:15. I'm so excited and the time is going by so slow! Aidrics asleep right now and Im just watching TV bored out of my mind. I guess I could do some laundry...blech. I wish I could work on the art doll I started yesterday but of course while shopping yesterday for all my materials, I forgot beading needles. Grrr... I always end up forgetting something. I would just run out quick and get them but I hate dragging aidric out of the house just for that. I have to get groceries anyways...

You know your really fitting the part of housewife when you're lying in bed with the TV on thinking about sex and what you're going to do to your husband when he gets back after being gone for 3 months and a disposable toilet brush commercial distracts you...

My internal dialogue went something like this:

Then I'll... Oooooh... that toilet brush has a really neat shape. I bet it works to get up around the top of the bowl. That would be great, that area always gets so gross and is hard to get to....

I started doing my yoga routine yesterday. Its amazing how doing what seems like so little makes such a difference. Its also amazing how much flexibility Ive lost since high school and dance. Hopefully by doing this yoga and some stretching I'll gain that back. I am going to try my hardest to actually keep up with this exercise routine. Everyone of my past attempts has failed to be consistent.

John called yesterday and said he had not left yet but was waiting for a flight. He was not going on any missions because he could leave anytime. Thats looking up; we at least know now that they are not just trying to fuck him over like they have done so many times in the past. I havent heard from him today yet.

We finished my curtains yesterday and they turned out really nice. When I went to hang them though, I remembered I dont have a drill so I'll have to go get one.

It snowing tonight. Thats good news; it must have warmed up some.

Today I went to the post office to send my swap box to thoughtskill. I feel very accomplished because I actually got something done before the deadline. Anyways, on the way to the post office I noticed people staring at me as I was driving. Hmmm... I get there, go in, and send my packages with some difficulty with holding aidric and writing addresses at the same time. When I came out I realized why I was being stared at...I forgot to unplug my car when I left and my bright blue extension cord had been dragging the whole time! Of course it was just a matter of time before forgetful me would do that.

Today I start working on my curtains for my bedroom. Uggh, this is going to be interesting. I havent sewn for like 6-7 years... Home Ec. They better turn out or I will cry because I spent $19 a yard on the black suede fabric! Maybe Ill post a picture if they do.

John is supposedly leaving tomorrow to come home. I cant wait! Its only been like 3 months since he left but it feels a lot longer.

Just got home a week ago. Aidric did so well on the plane. He only really cried once, on the 5 1/2 hour flight. It was a looooong day though; 13 hours all together.

Ive had a pretty crappy week. First I had left my parking lights on in my car which I have no idea how I even turned on because I didnt try. I didnt realize it until that night so my battery was dead. I got a friend to jump me but since its pretty cold already here, the battery ran down overnight again. Now I have to get it jumped again and get the battery replaced. Uggghh.

Then the other day I got ambitious and decided to cook the butternut squash soup recipe I have. It was hard to make and when I tried it, it was HORRIBLE. Not just Oh I dont really like this...I could not eat it, it was so disgusting. So of course, I was all upset over that.

The only real good thing is that John comes home in probably about 2 weeks. Oh and that I am participating in my first swap for Full Moon Swaps. I cant wait!