Making some progress ...

Good morning ALL! Not too much new going on lately here on my end. I hope everyone has been well? As you know, I have been desperately trying to shed a few pounds off of this old body of mine. I must admit that it has been a very slow and difficult process and I still have a long road ahead of me if I wish to reach my goal of 130 pounds. ;)

So, here are the before and after pics of my progress thus far.

My Priestess handfasting dress 25 pounds ago ...

and this dress now ...
  

(and the only other "old" dress I am able to fit into ... LOL)

Also, I am planning another Wiccan Life Give-Away in the up-coming month. I will keep you all posted as to the details!  Have a wonderful weekend ALL!!!

Brightest Blessings,

Kim

Much ado about change

Change. Just hearing that word usually makes me want to simply run and hide underneath something. As it has always seemed to be in my personal experience, change has never been easy. In fact, things more often than not turned out rather badly. But after very recently speaking to a close friend of mine of many years, I am beginning to think a bit differently about it now.

She, herself, has gone through quite a number of life changes throughout the years and she knows that taking risks is sometimes a necessary part of life. Let's face it, change is going to happen whether we like it or not and/or are ready for it!

Where I used to look at it as a "necessary evil" type thing before, I am beginning to recognize the fact that there may sometimes be great advantages to it. Accept change? Bring it on!

I'm back from nowhere ...

My dear friends, I am finally back!!! My deepest apologies for being away from Blogland for so long. I had some things to take care of here at home and, amongst other issues, I had been hacked which meant that I needed to change all of my passwords on my accounts ~ both blogs, my Facebook, and my personal Yahoo mail. Somewhere along the line; however, I managed to get locked out of my Yahoo mail!!! I believe that  I finally have it straightened out ... I hope!

Anyhow, I hope everyone had a very blessed Ostara and, for all of my Christian friends out here, a Happy Easter!!!

So what have I been up to lately? Well, I have been trying very vigorously to lose most of my weight. Not just because I will feel better about myself, but because it helps my bad knee a great deal. In fact, I have lost 15 so far and my knee has improved greatly! No pain pills, no constant reiking myself, no huge cortizone injections ... no pain!!! I have a long, long way to go yet, but I am trying really hard!!

Well, that is about all for now everyone.  Have a fanstastic weekend ALL!!!

JUST IGNORE IT!!!

Good afternoon, my friends! It would appear that someone has hacked into my blogger, e-mail, and Facebook accounts! It had been brought to my attention that strange e-mails are being sent to some of you in my name. I assure all, IT IS NOT COMING FROM ME!!!!  Apparently, there are people out there who simply do not have a life!!!!Please just delete the message as I have changed all of my account passwords just today!! Thank you!

Fun Friday ~ "Let's Be Natural"

http://youtu.be/kXE1W6s_JQ8

 

(Sorry this is a day late! I had a lot of trouble loading You Tube from my computer. Have a fab weekend ALL!!!)

"I Must Be in Love" by The Rutles

http://youtu.be/oKHDCqGqNWk

Solitary? Absolutely!

I find it rather peculiar how so many non-Wiccans and even many Wiccans as well tend to assume that "every" Wiccan thinks and believes in exactly the same way in regards to pretty much every subject matter.

For example, I may be a bit more on the "conservative side" than most Wiccans whom I know, but that is not to say that I am in any way an extremist. Personally, I feel that extremism whether it be conservative or liberal is a very dangerous thing! Let's face it, too much of anything no matter what it may be is not necessarily a good thing.

Sure, I am a Wiccan and therefore I most certainly do worship, revere, and respect the Goddess & God, The Old Ones, and Nature. I practice, as most do, many of the sacred rites of my faith, I believe in the Three-fold Law of Return (a basic Universal Law) or shall I say the "treating others with the same amount of respect in which you would wish to be treated" mindset. But most of all, I very strongly believe in the Wiccan Rede which teaches us, among many other things, "... and it harm none, do what you will."

Being a solitary practitioner allows me the freedom to follow both my heart and my own personal beliefs without being labeled such names as, if you will please forgive the term, "fuzzy bunny." I always consider myself an idealist at heart, but a realist in reality! I must admit; however, that the majority of my Wiccan friends tend to believe in many of the same ideals and values as I do which only proves to me that perhaps I am not the only Wiccan out there who does not conform to all of the more strict ideals of what a Wiccan does or does not stand for.

And, I believe in doing things for the "good of all" even if it does not necessarily go along with some, if not the majority, of my fellow Wiccans' beliefs. After all, the Lord and Lady gave us so many good things and the free will to think for myself is most certainly one of them!

A Saturday Smile!

Happy weekend everyone! I am leaving you all with a cool little song which I used to sing many years ago from Melanie Safka called, “Lay Down (candles in the rain).” She also sang the hit song, “Brand New Key” which I also sang as well.  She was a pioneer in the 60’s & 70’s of the women’s pop/rock movement with a very powerful voice! I really love this version of her singing with The Edwin Hawkins Singers, a fantastic and popular gospel group in their day who loved this song so much that they collaborated on it with her against their Rev.’s wishes and he eventually allowed them to sing on her record.

Wishing everyone a blessed weekend!!!!