My Mala*

This is the first mala I made, the one I learned with. It's not perfect and that's ok. After I made this mala, I made another for myself and one for Lisa and one for Melissa. The malas are awesome. The smooth, roundness of the beads as you touch them and the energy from the gem stones and the charms make them so sacred. It really is hard to stop touching them.

This mala is made from carnelian beads. Carnelian reminds us to be in the present moment. It vitalizes the physical, mental and emotional bodies and aligns the physical and etheric bodies. It also enhances attunement with the inner self.

The charm is Ganesha. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles. I have started a new 40 day cycle which includes meditating with this mala and calling upon Ganesha to remove the obstacles in the way of my goals. I touch each bead and mentally recite the mantra, Om Gaum Ganapatayeh Namaha. Hopefully this will help with the mental obstacles that don't want me to not drink caffeine for the 40 days!

Goodies for the Girlies*

This weekend was girls weekend with 3 of my girl friends of the last 20 years. We were all roommates in an apartment for about 4 years or so. Now of course we are all in committed relationships and live anywhere from an hour to 3 hours away from each other. So for the last three years we have been doing girls weekend at least twice a year.

We've gone to the woods, we go to Maria's home, we've gone to the Renaissance Fair and we've gone to a ski resort. We get together, drink and party, make and eat kick ass food and hang out.

When we have girls weekend, there are almost always presents and goodies for each other. Usually it's been a few months since we have all seen each other, so there may have been a birthday or two or maybe christmas. There's always just the reason that we like to give each other stuff.

These are the malas I made for Lisa and Mo and Maria's charm necklace. We love the girls weekend goodies.

An Extra Day Off*

The possibilities when there is an extra day off ...