MOVING SALE

MOVING SALE!!

I guess things aren't really "for sale" really free of charge... or maybe there is a small price to pay... VISIT MY NEW BLOG!! You Love My Life!

I am not promising daily posts or witty comments, but I am going to work on it! You try to juggle a full time schedule at work AND school, a relationship, family, cutting hair, extra circular classes and activities ... etc...

Here is my concern of the NEW blog...it was created by the master blogger!
Do I have to know html? Have a special humor that possibly I don't have! (THAT isn't true!) or simply have exciting things to write about? I am working on creating exciting things to write about, that aren't dangerous or stressful...
And by the way, I don't have ANY new posts up on the new blog yet, because I need to be taught just how to log in! I haven't been given my login by the Mama....so stay tuned!

But really, this will be fun!!

See ya there!

V-day!

For "V-day" some friends (and family) went to the Vagina Monologues together. It was the most fun I have had in a long time! The Vagina Monologues is a series of monologues that a gentleman combined after interviewing women about their vagina. Some are about awareness of abuse and mutilation, others are hilariously funny and the things women want to say but don't dare... Some were of little girls views of their vagina, and some of older, experienced or inexperienced women.

There were moments we were laughing so hard our stomachs hurt, others of crying and sadness that such horrible things go on in the world.

We went to dinner at the Olive Garden before hand, and had a wonderful meal full of bead sticks, salad, pasta and raspberry lemon aids!!

Some of the group at OG.

They hosted a "Close line" thing where they had victims (men and women) of sexual abuse come and write on t-shirts of awareness. It was beautiful!

This is one of my favorite ones! It says "LOVE heals, forgive". I love this one because it is all about love. Some of the t-shirts were very angry and blaming (which I don't discount that) but I thought this one, with the least amount of words, spoke the loudest.

The shirts lining the stairway, beautiful!

The whole group with our "V" fingers!

Be proud of your vagina!!

Birthday month

February is my birthday month. I am setting the intention to create a month of celebration of my life and existence.

I was pondering what a birthday month means to me. I was born in February. My Zodiac Sign is Pisces. I am a fish. This month is about water. I have pondered what water means to me, it is a rebirth, cleansing, purifying. I feel free when I am in water! In the Symbols of Astrology, water is: Soul, Emotions; power of the unconscious mind; connecting to the source; reception.

"Pisces Secret Desire: To live their dreams
and turn fantasies into realities."

This statement is so true. I am a very passionate person, and seek to fulfill goals and desires. I am a determined person with many life goals.

February is the month of LOVE. And this year I am becoming more aware of all the love I surround myself with. I am treating my heart, mind, body and emotions with love and respect.

This month is the closing of one year and beginning a new one on the Julia calender. I am continuing my life in happiness and progression. Each year brings me new experiences and this year I am choosing to do everything with grace and ease.

I am reflecting on where I have come and what I accomplished in this past year of my life. I have come far. I started on a path of healing and that I can't even imagine where it will take me. I have started to chip away the rough pieces of my heart to reveal the angel inside. I started school again. I attracted an amazing relationship with a man who is on the same path as I am and he supports me. I gained the courage to begin life dreams that seemed to scary to begin. ie: Painting, pottery, dance, photography...etc.

water belly

went to yoga tonight.

It was giggle yoga!! 2 of my siblings came with me and Ben, and 2 of their friends and it was hilarious! It was the 4 of their first times! I wish I could share John's face while doing the intense hip opener poses. It was sheer pain. hehe I was giggling the whole time. I was not in a meditative state at all.

water belly

I just took my herbal supplements, all 50+ of them. On a full stomach and now I can feel the water sloshing when I walk or lie down.

tired

did hair last night until 12:30. Couldn't fall asleep right away so I read some philosophy that I didn't understand (maybe because of the hour) and slept through my first class because the "on" switch for my alarm was half way between "on" and "off" and obviously didn't go off. I awoke at 8:30, as my first class was beginning. Despite that, it was a wonderful day at school.

journey

on the way home from yoga tonight we jammed out to "Open Arms". I was sweetly reminded how my dear friend, Rachel, and I would do kitchen ice skating duets together when we were 18 to this song. You can only imagine how dramatic it was.

Joy

I don't really know what to say. But it is such an interesting feeling and experience to have someone come into your life who understands a lot of the same things you think. Feels what you feel. We are conscious about creating a healthy relationship of communication,
healing and love.

Today's affirmation from Louise Hay is:

and that's what Ben does for me...
and I do for myself.

life is a dance

yes...it is finals week and I am learning...I got a 86% on my math final for crying out loud! Not too bad considering that the test didn't reflect anything we were told to study on the study guide that I STUDIED inside and out all weekend. Imagine that huh?

but the kind of learning that I'm talking about is the kind that only come with experiences. The kind that sometimes you have to be pushed and pushed until you break to learn.

I get it that I am an amazing girl, but I am also learning that people don't love me for the things I do and give. They love me for me. Period.

I received this message today,

You can "dance" with the illusions of time and space, Julia,
choosing your "steps" based upon things and events as they now are,
or you can dance with your dreams, choosing your "steps"
based upon things and events as they will be.

And I bet you can guess which steps will perpetuate today's illusions,
and which ones will change everything...

life is a dance. I am choosing to have happiness and joy in my life. I was discussing with a mission companion yesterday that you can live anywhere in the world and be happy. Happiness isn't outside. It isn't a product of what you own or how much you have. It is in your heart and soul. It is a conscious choice and no one else can tell you if you are happy or not.

so I dance the dance of life.

"Love is our true destiny.
We do not find the meaning of life
by ourselves alone --
we find it with one another."

-Thomas Merton