Hey Stacey, I forgot to congrat you too, I made you a moderator as well....just let me know which board(s) you would like to moderate, I would be delighted to do that for you! You can also access the Moderator's board...it helps us with the running of our castle, and your input has been so wonderful and thoughtful.....you deserve to be a part of the moderator team.

Blessings Bright and Dark,

Thank you so much, Lady Elaine. I will try to add more than the occasionally funny internet site in that case.

Hey we need humour too Stacey!

You'll do wonderful LE. Sometimes our life sends us down these rocky roads for a reason and it usually involves growth, which is never a painfree event, but in the end, the transformation we have undergone will leaves us that much grander of a being.

Hah! I can still sound the wise... ass that is, lol! ( I meant it from the bottom of my heart though!) (love)

Well hello everyone. I am so honoured Lady E for you making me a moderator, many thanks for your trust and warm welcom into this castle. I love coming here, reading all of the info and just feeling one of the clan in general. Once again THANK YOU I feel blessed for the chance.

Congrats to you also Stacey.

I didn't drop by yesterday, was unwell and had a few family issues to tend to.

I hope you are all well. I am off for a look around, then some catchup house work. I will be back in later to add a few more things to the crystal room.

Kath

Well my day is coming to an end, and I am off for the weekend for family time and the kids sport.

I know some of you are not to the weekend yet, but I will wish you all a safe, relaxing enjoyable one. Stay safe and happy.

See you all again in a couple of days.

Kath

TGIF!!!!! Cuppa clan!!!

Bout damn time Frday finally got here. One more day to work then two days of 'relaxation, which will inevitably involved, again, work, but work of my choosing, not what is mandated.

Actually I can't complain the new job is cool It gets crazy chaotic at times, but only in bursts, and that I can handle, no probs.

Stopped by the old place and boy, it just feels nasty. Side of the road, dead critter, in the middle of summer heat nasty, without the stink! (lol figurt the visual would help, lol. )

need to get some things done this weekend, hell any day for that point, so might be a tad scarce this weekend. Will try to get into the walks on a doily basis here asap.

Seems with new breathe being breathed into here, it is beginning to come to life after a short bout of breathe holding.

Love wht all of you guys are adding to the place. I will get to it, promise.

have one more tech call I have to get made on this puter to hopefully fix the vga card, and the bus thingy, that or Novia might be getting another new puter cause this one's done pissed me off!!

So if I go awol again it's cause I'm puterless again and no place will let me on the site. Not work or the library. So..

Hugles and tigger pounces to All.

Good morning all!

I am sorry to hear about the family issues, Kath. I hope things work out.

Howdy, Novia. Things do appear to be shaping up. I am glad the new job is going well.

I got to work especially early this morning. My parking lot is being repaved again. It seems last week they couldn't finidhed because it rained. And what is the forecast today---scattered showers. But, on the bright side, I can leave work early.

Well, have a delightful weekend everyone!

Yes, TGIF! We've got some serious unpacking to do. We moved almost two months ago and have one room that has been designated "box room". I guess we'd better unpack it before it's time to move again!

Is anyone celebrating Lammas? Tommorrow I'm attending a public ritual through the Unitarian Universalist church here and am SO excited about it. My sisters and I have had informal circles (just us and friends), so this will be a new experience for me. I'm trying to be braver. That's a goal for me....it's hard because I hate to try new things by myself, but since I'm the only Pagan I know.....well....gotta get out there!

Anyhoo, Happy Friday everyone! (boogie)

I have that whole living with the box thing- I'm totally feeling you. My spare bedroom is the "box room"- we are waitin on our next move.

I would love to attend a Lammas ritual in my area, but I am still new to the area and dont want to go all by myself. This is my first holiday away from my coven and it will be hard to not be there.

I think I'll finish Harry Potter, and sing a few chants about Lugh.

Hey there everyone, I hope you are all finishing your weekend well. Mine was good. We finished the cahirs, I wish I had a digital camera so I could share them with you all, they look great.

Cresent I feel for you with the box room, have had enough of those myself. All will work out with time.

Have had some daughter issues, teenagers, this will be a post in the out of bounds I expect.

Off for a look at what everyone has been up to and posting.

Good day everyone.

Kath

Ick, Boxes!!! I remember those 'box rooms' well!!! Used to be a point in time that every 2 years of my life, I moved. So, somethings just never got unpacked.

Hope everyone's weekend went well.

Mine went. Rested alot actually. Was nice.

I know one thing I sooo need to clean my space. It is once again getting icky. My own fault. Not cleaning/cleansning as I shold. Laziness getting the best of me these days.

Well I'm off to do one or two things before I have to 'get up' lol and move mine arse!

Good Monday everyone .

Crescent, when last I moved, I made a mistake that turned out to be a blessing when it came to unpacking. I forgot where I packed my shower curtain and didn't want to ruin my bathroom by taking a shower without it. I unpacked everything within two days searching for that damn curtain, and sure enough, it was in the very last thing I unpacked. Given, I only live in a one bedroom apartment, so I'm sure it's not as much as you have, but wanting to take a shower after moving during a 95 degree day was a motivator.

Faerychild, I just borrowed Harry Potter from a friend. It sure is filled with a lot of action so far.

Kath, it's great that you finished the chairs. I wish I could see them. I just can't seem to imagine them in my head.

Howdy, Novia. A restful weekend is the best kind.

Well, I have a funny event from my weekend that may bring someone a laugh. Saturday morning, I was doing a full clean out of the litter boxes. I was taking some stuff outside to rinse off. I opened the door, and this huge wolf spider charged in from outside. I know that many of you are from Australia or the US southwest and are accustomed to big bugs, but I have never seen a spider this big out of the zoo. To this east coast girl, it was a big ass spider.

So, the spider runs under my sofa, and I knew that I would never sleep a restful night again until this spider was out. I cannot stress how much I hate bugs. My usual method for getting rid of bugs is to suck them up into the vaccum, but I had my doubts this would work with this spider.

Being the coward I am when it comes to bugs this size, I knew I needed help, so I called a friend. She came over and we spent about half an hour trying to scare the spider out from under the sofa so she could kill. The spider, of course, was no where to be seen.

So, we decided to tip over the sofa, to get underneath. Because I have the ugliest sofa on the face of the earth, I cover it in throws and quilts, so I bergan taking those off. So, my friend is standing by with a shoe in one hand and a tennis racket in the other while I get ready to move the sofa. I get my composure, look to the side and see the the spider sitting on the back of the sofa next to me.

Being the brave soul I am, I screamed like a child and hid behind my friend who promptly managed to vaccum it up. We threw out the vaccum bag, and called it a day.

That was pretty much the most excitement I had over the weekend, but I think I would have prefered boredom.

Good morning everyone.

Stacey now that I am back on my chair, I am hearinf ya bout those spiders. They are on of my fears. As you said we have heaps of the wonderful creepy things here. Many years ago my ex had a mowing business and we had a job doing a yard clean. It was up north so it was rainning ( as it did alot) we had a huge pile of palm fronds to get rid of in the clean. I had on boots, shorts, shirt and a rain coat. This huge ( the size of a small dinner plate) huntsman spider ( the hairyest legged thing) ran up my leg and on to my shoulder. I turned my head tp look at my shoulder and it was near my face I went off. Screaming, running, flapping of arms. My ex was trying to hit the thing as it was running from shoulder to shoulder. The owner of the house came out grabbed me, my ex flicked it off and stomped it. I was a tearful mess at the end. But the guy said the price of getting the yard cleaned up was worth more because of the show. So I understand about the spider thing. I also hate cane toads.

Anyway my day is starting, I am off to do the school run. Then breakie, shower and off up town to pay some bills etc.

Hope you all have a great day.

Kath

Well my loverly clan. I am sitting on the phone with the hp techie as I type this as he figures out wtf to do with me now,(errrr deer fix my damn puter might be a friggen option/idea/brainfart!)

so if I go poofers for a spell yeah know either a he finally broke it. b I finally broke it, or c I stuffed the fucker in a box and am shipping it back!!!

Hello all,

Good luck with the computer. I know this has been going on for a while and I keep saying that, but it will work out eventually.

Kath, if a spider the size of a dish was crawling on me, I would either die of a heart attack or have a nervous breakdown.

Well, the work day will be over in a little bit for me. I hope the time flies by. I am talking with a friend about updating my computer so that I can get a decent internet connection at my apartment. That would make me very happy. I will be cat-sitting for the rest of the week. A friend will be camping until Saturday, so I'll be dividing my non-work time among three cats.

I hope everyone who normally joins us is doing well and that our new members will join in when they feel comfortable. Have a great rest of the day!