Sachets, Massage, Food and a Play

.

~ ~ ~

Sachets now 30% off,
just $.88 each -
with $5.00 minimum purchase.

~ ~ ~

Simon got a buzz cut today, thereby losing his gelled, spiky hair he's been sporting for 6 years. He said he started wearing it like that in the 7th grade. I would have guessed 3 years. Time flies.

He can now wear hoodies and hats. Just time for a change he said. And once he mentioned it to his friends, there was no turning back or he'd look like a wimp, he said. He's happy.

~ ~~

I went out to breakfast with Pam yesterday morning at Steve's Place. She gave me two soy candles she bought at a candle party, from a woman who lives in Bloomfield. The woman's card was included - I don't think she has a store or website - must be party only. I've always wanted to try a soy candle. These smell heavenly - Georgia Peach smells good enough to eat. The other is lavendar which I have burning now. Mary, my massage therapist, has one of those oil/reed diffuser things on the room where she gives the massage, that's lavender. So smelling that candle immediately puts me in a massage state of mind.

Speaking of massage - wow, Friday night's massage really unleashed some emotion. As I've said, overall work is going much better but Friday afternoon was very stressful. I was driving to my massage appointment after work, feeling like I wanted to get drunk. What?? I've hardly ever felt like that in my life and I really don't drink anymore. Weird. I focused on happy thoughts and was able to shake the stress before I got there. I thought.

The massage was wonderful as usual. At the end, Mary did a little more Reiki than she normally does. I thought that's what she was doing but all I knew for sure, is I was getting uncomfortably warm. The table is heated, which is usually just comfortable. I was thinking that I better have her turn that off next time - I was having one of my "power surges". She finished and leaned over and whispered to me, "You've got some crazy energy going on there."

I didn't know what to make of it but I felt good, stopped to pick up our pizza and went home. I started talking to Steve and burst into tears. It was the work stuff pouring out of me. He talked some sense into me but I had myself a decent little sobfest. It was weird because even I, who really appreciates a good cry, felt this was different, deeper than usual. It wasn't for a few hours that I realized it probably had to do with the massage.

So I emailed Mary to ask her about it and she said:

Rekhi is energy work, it has ALOT to do with intention. My intention during the massage was to help you heal yourself. Both emotional and physical, your jaw tension, job stress etc. It is not unusual for a client to have an emotional release either during or after a massage. It is like opening, sorry to use the pun, the floodgates. Positive energy flowing thru you helps with this release. It is just your body giving you an out, to release negative energy.

So yes, the massage can facilitate this type of reaction, and it is a good thing. The warm sensation you had could definitely be the acceptance of your body to take in positive energy, my hands are only the channel through which it passes, consequently the heat. I try to add a little Rekhi into all my sessions but maybe this time your innerself decided it was time to really take in all you could. That also is a good thing.

I love this stuff. I've had a massage every Friday after work for 4 weeks now. Each week is a bit different. Good stuff.

~ ~ ~

Saturday afternoon I went to Geva Theatre with Lynn and Linda to see Inherit the Wind. It was a good production, just not very entertaining, to me. They won't all be winners when you have season tickets. We went to Alexandria's for dinner afterwards. We each had a homemade pasta dish. I had basil pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese. (It usually comes with olives, but I asked them to leave them off.) It was really delicious. I only brought a little bit home - which Simon finished off today. Judging by the number of sun-dried tomatoes I saw in the sink afterwards, I take it the boy doesn't care so much for them.

~ ~ ~

Steve and I went in the hot tub first thing this morning, then read the Sunday paper. I made breakfast bagel sandwiches for breakfast, using the leftover bagels I brought home from my work breakfast on Friday.

Then I tackled my Pine Tree Designs inventory. I needed the figure to continue on my income tax return. Everything is very organized on shelves downstairs so it was a breeze, working on my laptop on the workbench. I knew it would be a good exercise to perform - to get me jazzed up about "growing my business". (I really hate that overused phrase as much as I hate "take it to the next level"!) Plus I like seeing the cards I've made.

I categorized everything on a spreadsheet in several ways so I can use this information in a number of ways. The first thing I want to do is work harder to get rid of the wholesale product I have left over from when I rented space at the gift shop co-op in Fairport. Thus the sale on sachets mentioned at the top of this entry. I'll continue to feature items every so often. It's all under Discontinued Items on the Pine Tree Designs website.

Like I said, I really broke down the inventory very specifically to make the information useful, besides just for my taxes. Can you believe I have 1037 items in inventory?! That's every single magnet, card, postcard, etc. That's 284 Stefani Cards alone. I'm totally surprised by these numbers!

~ ~~

We had roast chicken earlier this week so I'm making chicken noodle soup this afternoon from the remains. Guess that's dinner tonight. Maybe I'll go throw some ingredients in the breadmaker too. It's probably in the 40's today - very sunny! I swept off the deck and filled the birdfeeders even.

It's a good day.