Outlandish Knitting Treat, Cooking, Loving Fall

Today I received great news!!  

I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and I love knitting.  This is no secret. So this news comes as a double joy for me.

Diana Gabaldon's publisher, Random House has published a book for knitters!! YAY!!

Outlander Knitting will be available on October 27. I can't wait!! The fall and winter just became more interesting!

I love to knit!  I have a new pattern and yarns that I am looking forward to doing.  There are some new techniques in the pattern that I am looking forward to learning how to do.

What I love about knitting is that I can do it while watching television, listening to books on audio, or listening to music when the pattern is simple.

I also love knitting because I can make things for others that come from the heart. 

It also gets me inspired as the seasons change, I can knit anywhere at any time. 

Someday I want to learn how do more in the textile/yarn arts arena...spinning yarn, dyeing, weaving, and other things related yarn.;

I have been getting more excited about cooking recently.  Usually I don't like to cook because it is only myself that I cook for, and I don't want to spend the time to cook just for myself then do the dishes afterwards, but recently I have been WANTING to cook for myself. I have been getting a comfortable feeling when I do.  I think that I am getting tired of microwaving my meals or ordering from Door Dash.

The scent of food cooking in my home that has been making me happy. So does baking.  I get a sense of nostalgia when I cook the meals that I used to eat when I was growing up and with my family. 

I have also been getting more into my Auxiliary commitments lately too.  Since the slow opening of the state and country, it is nice to be able to be around that side of my family.  I missed them so much. I can't wait until things get put into a sense of stability.

Last week, I took care of the problem at my job. While things got a little better, I don't think that anyone quite figured out what I did or why I did it. I'm not surprised by this. It's hard for their minds to understand that people shouldn't be treated as I had been treated. They didn't get it that the manager/owner did his job because my supervisor wouldn't do hers.

I had to set things right because my work anniversary has come, and I don't want to work in an environment that will make me uncomfortable since I am hoping to retire from that job. I also have rights as an employee.

I am looking forward to the fall.  It is my favorite time of the year.  The changing colors always soothe my heart. It is also a great time because the best holidays coming up...Halloween, Thanksgiving, Labor Day...my favorite holidays!! It is also time for the kiddos to go back to school (for what it is right now).

I hope that I can move before the fall comes so that I can get settled in and decorate. I plan to make my next place my permanent home...at least until I may have to move back to my hometown to be close enough to my family so that I can take care of them.

I have two brothers and two sisters, but one of my brothers has Multiple Sclerosis, and I plan to be there to help take care of him when the family elders pass away. He can take care of himself and things on his own, but someday he won't be able to, so I want to be near when that happens.

This is why I want to get my future savings plan set, and have job security. I want to take care of my family members and be able to live the rest of my life comfortably. I want to make sure that I stay healthy for them too.

With my anniversary at work, starting my 401k at work and putting money into my savings account, it is time for me to get my medical and dental situation going.

It looks like things are starting to get better, now I just have to keep going on this path.

Blessed be!

Circle Sanctuary And Short Term Goals

 As soon as I get settled once again, I want to become a member of and visit Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve in southwestern Wisconsin once it is safe again to go out into the world and explore its wonders.

Circle Sanctuary is a nature preserve that was founded by the amazing Reverend Selena Fox, who has done so many great things for the Pagan/Wiccan community. 

In creating this sacred space to revel in, she gives us an opportunity to enjoy Mother Nature in all her glory.

One of my many dreams in life is to meet this amazing soul and thank her for lobbying for the Pentacle to be allowed as a religious symbol on the graves of our brave soldiers-pagan warriors-who died in the line of duty.

Even though my father isn't a Pagan, he is a veteran, and I love and respect everyone who has served in the armed forces. So what Selena did deserves my respect as a veteran's daughter AND a Wiccan.

My one year anniversary at my job is coming up this week, and with that I will get a paid vacation.  I am going to save my money and use my vacation time to try to go during a festival or holiday when this pandemic is over, even if it takes me several years to save for this, I will go. This is like my own version of Disney World.

You can't help but admire a woman who has stuck by her convictions, stood her ground and kept a piece of Mother Earth pure and magickal. It has stayed that way in her hands for forty six years, and will remain that way long after she is gone because others will continue on with her legacy.

I would love to live on land that is far from others where only the animals, trees and streams are the only other occupants...where the lights are not artificial, and the Goddess walks freely, giving inspiration to those who look with their hearts and not their minds.

I will go there some day, but until then I will persevere through the things that I must so that I am free when I am able to go...I just ask the Goddess to keep Selena with us until that time.

I am having some problems recently with someone I am working with, but I will be making sure that I can protect myself from that person...and I will do something that nobody has done to this person before.  What I am planning to do will not be bad, nor will it harm them or my karma.  When I do what I MUST to feel comfortable and safe at my job, I will do so in a positive and loving way.

This psyvamp must learn that what they are doing isn't only draining for me and for others, but illegal. It is time that they learn that what they are doing is harassing and inappropriate in the workplace.

Once that issue is dealt with, I think that I will be able to feel free from the oppressive demon that seems to leach on my life. It will be one more step closer to getting what I need to get done in the future. 

By next month, if I do things according to plan, I will have a new home-September or October should be the second step in the changes that I need to make in order to be where I need to on my path. 

I am hoping to find a place nearby that is easy walking access to the places I need to go and quiet enough that I don't have to worry about the neighbors getting nosy and the landlord is nearby so that I know that if things need repairing, I won't have to wait for a long time to live with the problems...and I need a landlord that isn't shady.  I am hoping to find that soon.

While I am doing this, I am doing a bit of purging and packing.  I don't want to drag things that have darkness attached to them, and since I am only a pack rat when it comes to paperwork, it is mostly that.  

As for the financial side,I have purged a lot of the bills-paid them in full-so that I am not left with any financial burdens from the past. I do need to pay down my credit card again, but that won't be too hard here soon. 

I can't wait to get these things all done so that life will get a little smoother before the end of the year.. With the next phases of my goals being set into motion, I feel the weights of negative energies leaving mu shoulders.

Have a great night!

Blessed be!

Raven