Looking Good!

Hi and Merry Meet,
My cleaning up is doing wonders around here. Stale energy is being swept out and fresh clean energy is moving in!

One thing I have managed to do wad empty out one wire tower storage cubes. I thought I wanted to break it apart and get it out but Husband stopped my madness and talked me into putting it in my witchy room. That was a great suggestion. Now all my books and crystals are in one place! I'm still not sure if I will leave them out when guests are here, but I'll worry about that later.

The photo is of my books happily in one easy to find space!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Fresh Start

Hi and Merry Meet,
As you may know by now I have been on a mission to clean my house. Not just clean it but, clear it of unnecessary clutter.

When I arrived home this afternoon my poor over worked Husband was sound asleep on the couch. He has been working 75+ hours a week for the past three weeks. I really wasn't surprised to find him zonked out. However, that meant I could come upstairs and getting things done. My witchy room and the spare room have gotten out of hand. My witchy room just needs to organized and all the stuff put back in its home. The spare room however needed decluttering!

So far I pulled out clothes that don't fit, don't like or just plain never wear anymore. I rearranged some of met books. I am trying to clean out a wire storage cube that Husband built for me because I have three of them in there and they are filled with stuff!! Time to have that second garage sale.
I am working slowly on my goal of decluttering. It wasn't all collected in a day so it will take me some time to weed it all out.

My gardina candel is burning on my altar to help infuse me with relaxing energies so I don't get too overwhelmed by the mess I've bern making!

Here is the spare room as it looks now. Maybe tomorrow I can get it looking better!
Blessed be,
Autumn

End of 2009!

Hi and Merry Meet,
It has been a hectic past few weeks! I've been so busy with work and family that I haven't had time to blog much lately!

I hope everyone had a great Yule! I just did a very small ritual and enjoyed the day. My husband and I went home to celebrate the holidays with our families. It was nice to spend time with them and be able to enjoy their company. My mom and I did some major shopping after the holidays. I didn't buy too much, but it was being able to spend a whole day just the two of us that meant the most to me. I also got to see my brother and his fiancee!! I haven't seen them since September. It was nice to have them home even if I only got to see them for a few hours!

My husband and I are preparing to spend the New Year's together. Mrs. B had some great ideas about cleaning out for the new year! Check it out here. I am going crazy cleaning my house before Jan 1. I feel it is important to start the year with a clean house, even if that is the only day of the year it is clean for! ;)

I feel like there are big things coming in 2010. It is just a feeling I have, but I feel like big changes are coming.
Blessed be,
Autumn

Nature Is Awesome

Hi and Merry Meet,

We have been very busy here in clean up mode. My manager from Japan is coming soon!!! We have been trying to get everything in order so her stay is wonderful. Husband and I have been trying to finish up painting, and clean up the room she will stay in. I've stated a pile of stuff that can go on ebay and in a future garage sale. That is something that needed to be done a long time ago!!! I'm feeling great that we are not only bettering our house, but getting rid of unneeded stuff!

Tonight I was greeted by this when I looked out my kitchen window:Nature is so awesome and it was so nice to be reminded is such a beautiful way.

Blessed be,

Autumn

Cleaning Up!

Hi and Merry Meet,
Today I have adopted the mantra "A clean space makes for a happy witch!" So, with much vigor and passion I pulled out my vacuum and got to work.

I did a bit of house work this morning and then I got side tracked by all the clothes that we own. I started to pull out jeans, shirts, and other things that we haven't worn or don't fit anymore. I know that Spring has passed and I'm a little late to the Spring cleaning fad that people talk about, but I do try to weed out old clothes several times a year.

My hubby, who two days ago joined the gym to get in better shape, has many pairs of jeans that don't fit. Why are we keeping them?? Because he might fit into them again one day.... hummmm.... why not give them to someone who needs them now?

So, my donation bag of clothes has grown over the past few hours as I ransack the house looking for items that can be given to those in need. I am a big believer in Good Will, or Salvation Army stores. I think that they do a great job and people who can't otherwise get clothing can.

I also love to dig though all the stuff and see what kinds of treasures I can find. I found my alter libation bowl at a Good Will a while back. I also found a great set of wooden candle stick holders for my illumination candles. Easy way for me to set up my alter when I don't have a lot of money to spend. Also, I love that all the things I find are unique and individual in some way. It makes them special and they have a good energy about them.

I'm back to vacuuming and dusting after I go though some more stuff!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Cleaning Up!

Hi and Merry Meet,

Today I had a moment where I decided that my bookshelves were too messy! I keep reading over and over that if your space is messy, then your spellwork will be messy. I'm so sick of clutter and mess that I finally grabbed the bull by the horns and got to work.

Cleaning is not one of my favorite things. This is something that I am striving to be better at. My cousin is a neat freak, my mom is the queen of no clutter, and my grandmother feels that if she has owned it for 30 days and has not used it out it must go! I want to be more like that. Not so extreme, but more on the less cluttered side of life.

So, I tackled the spare bedroom that I started using for my tarot room, and it has become my sacred space for rituals and such. The bookshelf that I went after is in my study which is next to the spare bedroom. I would very much like to make my sacred space in the study, but it was just too cluttered to do so. I have been trying to make small changes so that I can someday (ha ha, in the next 20 years, maybe) use that room for my rituals. That way I could be close to my books and not have to lug all of them over to the other room when I need to look something up. This is major progress in my world.

Anyways, here is what the shelves looked like when I started:

They weren't that bad, but they looked junky to me. Here is the new look of my Wicca shelf:

So much better! To have all my books in one place were I can find them is so nice!!! I'm not too worried about guests seeing this shelf and outing me as this room is on the second floor and not used by anyone but me. When I do have guests, they don't go in the study due to its very messy nature. I'm really bad about putting things back there... once I take them out, then I just kind of heave them where ever when I want to put them back. Once I have things in a nice order, I'm pretty good about keeping the order. I need to order the rest of the room before I can really use it for anything other than a catch all room.

Other news, all three of my Silver RavenWolf books are now here. All three of them have the old covers! Retro, check it out:
Blessed be,
Autumn