My artwork and crafting goes in cycles. I made several socks in the spring, including 2 complete pairs, 2 singles and part of another single. Then I got bored and spent a few weeks reading and drawing/art journaling. Then I went back to knitting and finished the half completed sock and made its mate; and I'm around half way through the first of yet another. Plus, there have been several aborted attempts that I unraveled and re-stashed the yarn.
I had a circle last night in my living room. I haven't been able to do much lately since my mom is living here and the living room is now her bedroom. So last night I sent her, the dog and one of the cats into the bedroom for the evening and sat up the whole thing. My space is wonky for deliniating the cardinal points, plus I have dog toys and mom-stuff all over the floor. I really want some candleholders like C has for the coven. She got them at Ikea and said they were cheap. D has ones I like even better, but they came from Pier 1 and were not cheap. So I had a weird, lopsided circle with randomly placed candles for fire safety.
The ritual itself went well. I used my own version of the trad circle opening. It was nothing like it is with the whole group but it probably would have been decent if I had a working partner. The energy was definitely there. Without everybody else there it went fast. Roo stayed in the living room with me. Since the circle was already lopsided, I went ahead and drew her in. She just hung out on her pink bordello bed, watching. Roo loves any kind of energy work. I also did a spell but the whole thing took less than half an hour. I'd like to do another one tonight, but its a hassle to evict everyone from the living room, move the furniture, fight the candles and set up/take down the altar for such a short ritual. So I can work on my version of the script instead.
I have to go and get an emissions test because my tabs need to be renewed this month (which seems to be ending next week), Blah. I think that's a huge scam to get money out of people. My car is 7 years old and had an emissions test the year before last. They just want the 20 bucks I could be spending on groceries.
