http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:14:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your horoscope - Week of August 30, 2010 You are certainly busy and this phase of heightened activity looks set to continue for some time. You are taking your goals very seriously and plotting your course for the best possible results. You are ready to take it to the limit and ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1534 This weekend I'm folding a lot of laundry. And putting it away into full closets and drawers. Our freezers are jammed with food, as is our cabinet. We have a bounty of herbs, tomatoes and soon, a second crop of lettuce. Our children are beautiful and healthy. We have each ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1532 the one where hubby loses his job. Again. I'm so tired of this - it's been a decade, at least, of struggle of one sort or another. I'm tired of not making money when we are both talented people. I'm tired of having to scrape by. I'm just plain tired of it. ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1528 ...grows So if we focus on a problem, we see....more problems. If we focus on good outcomes, on ease, on abundance, we get that. Let's see - focusing on a new business. Making my own money (and more of it). Doing my creative projects. Volunteering. Spending time with my children. Rebalancing. So let's ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1526 This isn't a WWYLLLI post, but I'll post it under that category anyway, since it fits. It's really a longing for something I don't have and maybe did want. Today I'm sitting on the big exercise ball bouncing my six week old son (wrapped up in a carrier on my chest) ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1522 I spent a few minutes looking back at the posts I wrote just before and just after finding out I was pregnant with Christian, and am amazed this process happened! I mean, what are the odds! It's really been a joyful experience (colicky, cranky 1 month old, nonwithstanding).  From pregnancy ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1517 I am packing up all the maternity things I borrowed. I'm pretty much back into my larger clothes now, and I have enough of my own maternity if needed to suffice for a few more weeks. It's sad to see it go. I know I won't do this again. Friends ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1514 I am going to work on some small projects - fixing our comforter and making some matching shams, pillows for outdoor chairs (maybe even slipcovers, too), napkins, digging out some things we already have like candles and other outdoor decor. It's time to use up the things I have and ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1512 Here's how I envision my new work life: I'll be back semi-solo again. That's OK. I plan to use more technology and start using changes as a profit center. This is both an estimating communication item and a technology item (online time tracking for all staff.) I intend to take ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1509 I'm doing a much better job this time of just sitting and marveling at this new life we've created. That I nurtured, and gave birth to just a little over a week ago. It seems I could sit for hours in the rocker, in front of the window, just holding ... http://paradise-graphic.com/paradise/?p=1507