Rhiannonn's Ravings

3 year plan

2009-10-29T00:12:25Z

I made made a comment to my Yoga instructor a few weeks ago that by the time I turn 50, I want to have reinvented myself. I wanted to be in better health and in better physical shape. I am on my way. So far, I have taken 14 weeks of Yoga. I have increased my flexability, and core strength. I still have loads of room to improve, but I am on my way.

This week, I have started hitting the gym. This being only my second time, but I have increased the time and difficulty on the treadmill. I walked two "laps" at 2.5 mph and at a 2 incline. I tackled the Elypical machine today. I have really weak thighs and knees, so I was dying while doing that! I kept having to stop and start again after my legs would quit quivering. I also worked with some free weights.

I have a feeling I will be really sore tomorrow morning. Yoga will feel really good after today! Some good yummy stretching...

5 things

2009-10-21T22:39:21Z

I had seen someone in the past post 5 Daily things they are thankful for, so I thought maybe I should too.

1. My health. I'm not in the best of shape, but it could be a ton worse. I don't have anything chronic, other than the overweight thing. So many of my friends have this or that ailment.

2. My job. Such as it is. Things have improved so much in the last few months. I think June, July and August were the worst. I am current on all my work and have little backlog (scanning)

3. My friends. They are always there for me, if I were to need them. This is the first time in my life that I am comfortable with the amount of close friends that I have. In the past I have been sorely lacking of them. I have 269 friends on Facebook. I can say that I have know or have met 98% of them.

4. My iPhone- just because it's an awesome piece of technology that helps me stay in touch with the world at large and can calm me with music.

Scared, but interesting

2009-10-11T18:42:09Z

I went out on the porch to read for a bit and catch some fresh air when a yellow jacket came and lit on the edge of my book. He stayed there a while. I guess he was tired and was catching his breath. ?! It took a great deal to stay perfectly still and not freak. My heart sped up and I realized this and purposely slowed it down, along with my respiration and tried not to emit any "scared shitless" vibes, or hormones. I didn't want to take the chance of getting stung.

He then flew up and away, where I thought was "away" only to find him lighting on my leg. Oh Shit. I hate stinging bugs with a passion having been stung a few times in my life, where the first time was at a friend's house playing around on her old swingset. A wasp got me. I ran home, crying and freaking, because it hurt so badly. Mom got out the stinger and we both watched as my thumb swelled, and swelled more and it was so swollen, it looked like it was a ripe tomato ready to split. I can't remember what she put on it. Some homemade "poultice", I think it had some kind of mustard in it? All I knew as not only did my thumb hurt like a mo-fo, it looked hideous and now, thanks to the "poultice" it stunk. I finally got over that event, but it imbedded a deep fear of all stingy things.

Anyway, what seemed like an hour, was really only maybe 5 minutes. He say there and took a "bath". Cleaned his hands and face and head, which looked liket it could spin all the way around like Linda Blair, and then cleaned his torso and wings and then back to his head and hands. He finally finished and flew away. He thanked me for the respit, by doing a couple of close facial fly-bys and then I got up, and walked away. I mentally told him he was welcome and to have a pleasant day and to please not come back.

arkayem @ 2009-05-20T19:10:00

2009-05-20T23:10:09Z

I think it's time to update my resume.

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arkayem @ 2009-05-17T18:40:00

2009-05-17T22:40:57Z

I am hoping since I finally brought some music into my life, other than that commercial drivel on the radio , that I am finally starting to feel my witchiness come back. I feel as though my muse is back as well. Even though I felt like shit the last couple of days, this has been a good weekend. I have been motivated (thank you muse) to clean the spare room/library. I now have another "quiet" space to go to other than the porch to meditate and re-charge. I am going to have to make a concerted effort to distance myself from all the stress at work somehow.

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Nice visiting, but I wouln't want to live here

2009-05-11T13:36:03Z

I think it took all of a couple hours to get over being homesick. The heat is unfuckingbearable. We had briefly entertained the idea of coming back , but once it got to 95 with a heat index of a hundred in MAY, it cured us!

Today the whole brood is headed to Pirates Cove to look for sharks teeth and then on to Little Talbot Island for some drive on beach fun....will take all of an hour and we will be burnt to a crisp!! We did bring some sunscreen.

arkayem @ 2009-05-09T14:55:00

2009-05-09T18:54:48Z

Damn it!!!!! We are now crawlin. @ mile marker 54 . Why does GA always have to gave construction on 95?....ok, whew that was close, we are back up to 55. Still not the 75 we were doing. We were making good time

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arkayem @ 2009-05-09T14:48:00

2009-05-09T18:47:47Z

It's fucking hot down here! 58 miles to FL state line

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arkayem @ 2009-05-09T09:43:00

2009-05-09T13:43:28Z

Just had breakfast. I am in heaven, got my kids the whole weekend. And we are road trippiing, although NC needs to resurface their roads, it's hard to type!

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arkayem @ 2009-04-29T19:57:00

2009-04-29T23:57:58Z

I am so addicted to the labryrnth app for iPhone it's ridiculous. I'm on level 8 so far.

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arkayem @ 2009-04-28T18:38:00

2009-04-28T22:38:18Z

Love coming home to a cooked dinner !

While at work, I've been contemplating my current path and why I have been feeling so "lost" lately. I'm not sure why yet. I used to feel a fire in my belly so to speak for becoming clergy, but not sure where that went. It has definatly died down, but wondering if there is any embers left. Still contemplating.

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arkayem @ 2009-04-26T16:46:00

2009-04-26T20:46:07Z

So, have I mentioned that I am ready for the pool to open?

I went to the store to get some new summer clothes for our mini vacation to Florida. Love love the clearance rack!

Also got some chocolate for this week at work. ;)

Got a gnome to take to Florida. Lol!

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arkayem @ 2009-04-26T12:53:00

2009-04-26T16:53:35Z

Great weekend so far. Not sure what I want to do today. Have a couple of errands to do I wish the pool was open!
All hell will break lose tommorrow at work with the new system. Not looking forward to that. I just need to concentrate on today.

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arkayem @ 2009-04-22T21:48:00

2009-04-23T01:48:05Z

This is just a test

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lazy day

2009-04-11T03:41:02Z

I just love thunderstorms. The energy of it.....yum. Yea, I know weird huh? Yum? Well?

I am trying to journal every day. to make a habit of it. to make it a daily ritual. may not be much, but I will try to make an entry.

I thought it would never get here!

2009-02-28T01:02:58Z

The weekend that is.....It has been a horrendous week at work for both of us. Problem clients and OCD squared boss...but we are both excited that we got our problems taken care of and we don't have anything hanging over our heads to worry about over the weekend.

The girl that I took her office and clients from last June that got transferred to another dept got fired today. I guess that fresh start didn't work so well for her, when you have bad habits to fall back into....I think her sister that is still in my Dept may have walked out, she took all her personal belongings out of her cube.....Oh gee. Can we say insane asylum? That is where the rest of us will be headed for if that is the case. We already have too much on our plates now.....BUT, that will wait until Monday.......This weekend is for me and Rick.....no work, no thoughts of work....no checking work email at home....nada.

We have been going all weekend every weekend since we moved, we ain't budging this weekend. We shopped yesterday for everything we could think we could possibly need. He's planning on gaming, I plan on knitting and spinning and since my new Addi 's came in the mail today, I will also attempt to start on a pair of socks. Yes, a pair. Both feet at the same time, with circular needles. I'm psyched!

Almost there

2009-01-12T02:02:32Z

Well, after two solid days of packing, we are 3/4 done. I will be so glad when it is all over.......in case some of you weren't nosey enough to check out the website for the community where we are moving to. Here are some previews......

This is the kitchen...except my walls are a pale yellow on one wall.

This is the pool

Here is the gym

and here my patio...

and if you want to be nosier...... http://smokycrossing.com

actually, if you go to the site and go to the photos area, you can click on the pics to get a bigger picture.

Super Woman

2008-12-07T21:28:56Z

I would say today has been a very productive day. Comparatively speaking to my laziness the past very weeks in disparragement over the F-ing house.

I have done my laundry, both loads. I have dusted and vacuumed the front rooms and kitchen, even the ceiling fans, cleaned up the area around the woodstove. I finally placed most of the Yule decorations up and about the front part of the house. (realizing that after 20 some years that we have been together, I have a real paltry collection.) I also lit some of the yummy holiday scented candles that I received last year. The ones that crackle. I have brought in a couple days worth of wood and also a weeks worth of kindling.

I can get quite a bit done when I am left to my own devices and are alone....lol. There is no telling what I might get into Thursday! Rick has his team Xmas dinner and Cammie has her company xmas party and I will be all alone! Muuuuhahahahaha!

Haircut!!

2008-12-07T04:11:13Z

Well, This is what I ended up with.....pretty much what I got the last time I got it whacked......I kinda wanted to go alittle shorter, but Cammie would not let me.

Haircut?

2008-12-06T01:13:30Z

So yea, I am wanting to go and pamper myself tomorrow afternoon with an eyebrow wax and haircut & style, so that all I have to do is makeup and change clothes for the company xmas party......

I like these.....what do you all think? Or course, picture it with brown hair and my face...LOL.
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My Kids

2008-12-01T03:01:19Z

Taken after dinner....Cammie actually was the one that suggested it to Bobby.....

This shot just confirms my wonderings lately......we do have visitors in this house too. Camie remarked earlier how she paused a movie in her room to pee and then jumped back into bed and didn't touch nothing (no remotes) and the movie resumed all be itself.

My First Yarn

2008-11-10T02:19:29Z

I really should have posted pics well over a week ago, but forgot where the camera was......

This is my first 2 ply yarn spun from the bumps of Romney I got from Mel over year ago. Each ply were slightly different color, that when spun together make a rather nice looking nekkid (undyed) yarn......LOL Sorry the second one is a tad blurry....

I must say that I have taken to spinning like a duck to water.....I do believe that I did this before in at least one other previous life...

arkayem @ 2008-10-28T06:53:00

2008-10-28T10:55:14Z

By the time I get home, "my precious" should be here

Weekends....they are never long enough.....(daydreaming)

2008-10-20T22:25:43Z

I would really like to go to a 4 day work week…..Even while gas was threatening to go past (and in some cases it did) the $5.00 per gallon mark, a lot of employers were looking at the option. Even my employer was looking at the feasibility of it. There are a handful of folks that drive a good bit to get to work where I work. We have some driving in from Dandridge/Kodak area, Friendsville, Niota, Athens, Lafollette, and some from Straw Plains, Lenoir City, Maryville and Oak Ridge, Coryton, Powell, Halls. There are some days, a lot of them actually, that I wish, we didn’t live so close to work and the city. Sure, we have the convenience of being so close, but we also have increasing crime rate, (It is a rare day indeed when we DON’T hear a siren or the startling sound of a gun being fired anymore) More and more of our neighbors are of the Latino persuasion. Which there is nothing wrong with the general idea (they have some excellent cuisine), except with the good, you have to take the bad and most of the time the bad outweighs the good 3-1 or so. But of course now, that gas prices are falling, they have placed that discussion on the back burners…..hello, ever hear of conservation? What happened to all that “green talk” we would hear about leaking from the conference room? Even if they did offer the 4 day plan, they would probably only offer it to those that live outside the city. That would be my luck!

Rick wants to rent (mostly worry-free) a condo or loft in the city. I want an old farmhouse out in the woods that has acreage. Hello honey!!!! We need to get rid of this sedentary lifestyle!! (even something that didn’t have access to TV signal would be nice) ‘Would definitely need Internet….Hell, they are putting TV shows on the web now. Some free range chickens would be cool….of course I guess with Lucy, I would have to set them up in a fenced area or I wouldn’t have many for long or they would be too stressed to lay eggs….I would like to get a couple of sheep too, to support my spinning habit (and the habits of others as well). Not a common breed either, that way, their wool would be worth more. J Speaking of Honey, if we had acreage, we could keep bees too!

Well, anyway…..enough daydreaming….<sigh>

Cammie gave us quite the scare yesterday….She went out to a Bonfire Saturday night with a few friends….I woke up Sunday morning and there was no jeep in the driveway. Crap….she didn’t come home. I checked my cell, no voicemail or text. We have told her and told her that we didn’t mind her staying out late, but if she was staying way late or overnight, to call our cell phones or text us that she was ok, that she was coming home later, etc. That way, we would not worry that she was in a ditch somewhere, or kidnapped, or whatever. My mind was thinking, bonfire, someone slipped her a Mickey or ruffy and they had their way with her and she has no clue where she is, or that she was crashed in a ditch and unconscious or worse (like that couple that got carjacked, etc, etc… (Brain tried not to go that route, but I was losing)….anyway, you get the idea, way too many scenarios going through the head!! The later it got, the more messages we left for her and the more texts we sent. She finally called about 2pm. She had just woken up, she was at a friend’s house, and they stayed up til 7am watching TV and her phone was dead. We had no telephone numbers or names to start calling friends….I could have beat the crap out of her when she walked in the door, but I just hugged her neck instead. Now we have a list of numbers on the fridge in case of emergencies….

Ok, next topic! My new spinning wheel that is being shipped to me as of this writing!!!! <Rubbing my hands together, giggling> Found a really killer deal on EBay. The lady at the Spinnery in G-burg wanted over $600 for just the wheel itself by the time you tacked on the taxes….Rick found this one, Brand new, which included 3 bobbins, a niddy-noddy and a pound of wool to spin! And get this all for $440.00!!! Plus, we had a 10% coupon from EBay, saving us an additional $40.40! WOOT!!! Ooooh, did I mention free shipping!!!!!!!!!!!! It should be here before the end of the week!!! I will have the assembly instructions already (from the Ashford website) with the required tools to assist in the Assemblage and the Tung oil….Crap….If I want to decorate it, I will have to do that before the assembly….hmmmm. Now I need to go to Lowe’s and see how much the colored stain is. Damn……Celtic stencils…..need to find some really nice Celtic stencils. Oh what color???? Blue? Purple? Green? Ok, step back, breathe…. <talking to myself>

Ooooohhhhh!!!!! The wheel……the wheel of the year!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohhhh, the orgasmic thought of it!!!! <wildly giggling- my co workers probably think I have lost it entirely!!> Ooooh, the mind spinning possibilities!

Hmmmm…

Wheel= Wheel of the year

The Mother of All= a Goddess symbol

The 4 legs= the 4 elements…..probably too busy

The peddles= One for the God and One for the Goddess

Or …….

Or, if some strange reason I have to sell it….all that decoration will inhibit a good reselling price or at the very least limit it to one demographic…….<sigh> Damn, I hate it when my brain plays Good Cop, Bad Cop!

Yea, I am having a hard time concentrating on work today. Between the anticipation of a new playtoy and a field trip coming up this weekend, I was doomed…….LOL

Proud new owner....!!

2008-10-20T00:31:20Z

Dear arkayem1964,

hi, thank you for your order, your spinning wheel, niddy noddy and extra
bobbin will be shipped from my distribiter in washington state tomorrow ups.
i will forward the tracking information as soon as they send it to me. the
wool will ship priority mail tomorrow from here in new york. i am always
happy to answer any questions and offer support,now or months from now. i
want you to be able to get the most of your new wheel.

Now, when I get back from SAFF next weekend, I can start playing with all my new things!!!!

Yup Yule came early to our house this year!!