Weekend waffle

I forgot to mention yesterday that while we were having dinner with Christine on Friday (the remaining folks at La Era)Mike, Julia, the children and her parents turned up at B.N. for their last evening and cracked a bottle of bubbly which they very kindly shared with us with thanks for what we had done during their stay -(not a lot really), when I arrived at La Era yesterday morning they were bemoaning the fact that they had bought too much food and were having to leave it, so told me to take it home and enjoy it - hah - wish Frank had heard that - he and son bagged the bloody lot and I didn´t get a look in - THEN just as I was leaving he tells me we must work more quickly to save money eh hem whose money - well I guess this is how he is wealthy and we live day to day LOL - anyway I can´t work any quicker than I do and I am not a slow worker at the best of times and after a 4 hour stint of non stop working I really do lose weight it pours off me :) I shall drop Isabel a line or two later today, she can explain that washing cannot be hurried and children staying creates more mess just because kids are kids and generally create havoc around them at the best of times ;) Ah well needs must when the devil drives as the old saying goes
This morning gonna go down to the market and stock up with loadsa fruit and have a look see in the 60cents shop for yarn, also could do with new pair of reading glasses, taking Leigh n Martha with us so will stop off for coffee on the way home. Leigh Keith and friend Carolyn who is visiting all went out last night and we baby sat for a couple of hours, Leigh didn´t want a late night, just needed to get out the house without child attached for a wee while, Martha is now 2 and the terrible bit is just kicking in - both her parents are strong minded people so it is to be expected.....
As the dark moon phase is with us keep your thoughts high and in the light, stay strong and be still do not allow negativity to colour your day

Turning Away From Unhelpful Feelings and Taking the Power To Focus On What You Want
by Robert Wilkinson
We often let ourselves get distracted by thoughts about things that are already fading into our past. This saps our power to get and stay clear about the future we are striving to create, which requires that we focus our attention on what we want to see made manifest, hopefully much better than whatever past we are leaving behind.
The moment you turn from thoughts unproductive for you, or which distract you into an imagining that is already fading, you gain the power to turn your intention to that which is in your higher interests, determined by you rather than the reaction to the discontent of or caused by another. The moment you turn from that which distracts you, for whatever reason, you reclaim the power to choose anew.
This is the time to turn away from things rapidly fading, not because they are “bad” or unlikable, though they may be those. This is the time to use your focus with power and economy, and not let distractions past or present deflect your focus on the future. When we do not let the echoes and memories of the past distract us from what we want our future to look like, we gain all the projected power we gave away to that which distracted us.
Whatever is over is over. We cannot serve our higher interests by overly concentrating on whatever is past, except the part we played in our own victories or sorrow. Even then, the point is to distill wisdom from the experience, and use it wisely in our present to preserve what friends and initiatives we’ve launched, and keep furthering the future we are making by the day.
So take this moment to see how you can turn away from old unproductive thoughts and feelings, and turn your entire being toward that which might produce a better life, a better vibe, a better reality than the one already fading into the rearview mirror of your life.
© Copyright 2006 Robert Wilkinson

Leo 2007 - Great Hearted Royal Fire Spirits
by Robert Wilkinson
Today we celebrate the shining star that is the sign of Leo, and explore the qualities of this noble, giving, loving, powerful Fire sign that represents the principle of Solar Fire, one of the three cosmic fires that pervade our solar system. We all have this "kingly" or "queenly" royal quality somewhere in our charts, the area where we are the law, the light, and the center of power holding court in our own private solar system. Leo shows us the way to center ourselves in our higher law.............