Can't sleep

'Sleep' by Lindy Longhurst

It is late but I can't sleep. I'm too excited! It's fun to be so excited about things again, my head racing with ideas of things I want to do RIGHT NOW! Being sensible and trying to sleep didn't work so now I'm just going to run with it.

Firstly - excited about the delicious breakfast I have planned for tomorrow morning before work, I can't wait to get out of bed and eat already!

Excited about taking banana bread to work and sharing it with Nicky.

Excited about eating some juicy juicy pineapple I cut up yesterday!

Excited about coming home and crocheting a few granny squares that will go towards my warm winter blanket.

Excited about clearing out my room, simplifying my life and throwing out a lot of stuff I really don't need.

Happy to have found these beautiful artworks on Lindy's blog:

'A New Beginning'
(originally titled 'The Journey that Gives Life'... which seems appropriate as I'm reading a book on the cycle of the Hero's Journey)

'Spirit Stone'
(this one makes me feel so grounded.)

'Travel Together'
(How beautiful that he carries their home on his back! Like a snail!)

Deeply contented that I am maintaining my bubble of self care, looking forward to working deeper and deeper within myself, and having more quiet time. I'm really enjoying this solitude I am creating.

Reading 'Soulcraft' by Bill Plotkin and really enjoying it. I don't really want to try to explain it... but lately I've felt strongly drawn to shamanic practices, energy healing, and body wisdom, and I feel like this book is a step in the right direction for me. I can't see where this pull will take me but I'll just be moving forward one step at a time and see what unfolds.

ALSO! I'm excited about creating and living my life the way I WANT TO, with no limitations or shoulds, living an ABUNDANT life exactly the way I want, that fills me with love and joy and a sense of fulfilment and rightness!
I'm already starting this by saying NO to a lot of 'shoulds', like NO to full time work at the moment because self care is more important right now. And saying YES to the Universe, trusting that I will be provided for if I follow what is right for me.
Already I am living an abundant life! =)

xo

Friday Night Baking

I have been super inspired by my friends Christie and Yas lately and really excited to take more time preparing and cooking good food! I've known for a while that taking care of myself has to be top priority, going right back to the basics of better eating and getting more sleep.

So on Friday night, I had the house to myself and got stuck into the kitchen!


Banana bread, the recipe for which I've already posted here, but I mixed chia seeds through this one and sprinkled cinnammon on top! Yum.


Delicious Spinach and Fetta muffins, shown to me by my friend Sofiyah, but I added shredded zucchini as well to make up the spinach amount (her idea also). I'm going to freeze most of them so I have snacks for later!


And my favourite - chocolate and raspberry cupcakes! I just took a really basic chocolate cake recipe and mixed frozen raspberries through it, then iced them with chocolate icing and added another raspberry! They really do taste as good as they look =)

Ooh also today Sofiyah lent me her food processer so I'm really looking forward to trying some blendy new things very soon!

The Complete Healer

Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
Find Page 123.
Skip the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.

"Love and hate, joy and sadness, generosity and greed are polarity energies that reside within all of us. Wholeness means that we have to accept both sides as being part of us. If we reject one or other aspect, then imbalance occurs and illness or disharmony must result."
-The Complete Healer, David Furlong

(I haven't read this book yet.)

Uncanny because this is exactly what I've been talking to a few people about lately. Perfect because I've developed an interest in the connection between body and mind and have a strong belief in the wisdom of the body, and that it knows what we need for us to heal ourselves.
At college recently we looked at Yin and Yang and finding the balance within to ignite the spark, to then connect it with our dreams and live powerfully with heart.

Such exciting stuff! I love what I'm doing.