Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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I just did an hour of yoga on {yogatoday} for the first time in a very long time. I feel wonderful. And a bit tired. I've lost a lot of the strength I had built up when I was doing it regularly. I was careful not to push myself beyond what I could do today . . . But it was sad to realize how much ground I had lost. I want to commit to doing this more often. The session I did today was focused on opening up the shoulders, the heart and the throat chakra for doing a shoulder stand - which I did! I don't think I've actually ever been able to do a shoulder stand before! I didn't hold it as long as the instructor did, but I was pleased nonetheless . . . Plus the session was filmed in Sedona where was I recently reunited with my nearest and dearest friends- so that was a nice memory.

One of the things the instructor said really hit me. She was talking about the throat chakra (5th chakra) and how it is a bridge between our hearts and our minds and how it can help us become more connected to everything around us. When it is purified, we can communicate more clearly and become more balanced people by connecting our hearts and minds with each other and to connect with the Oneness of life (some call this god/dess, some call this the energy that holds atoms together . . . etc, I haven't quite decided what I call it yet). She said something that I immediately wrote down and decided to set as my intention for the session and for the day . . . for my life, really. And that was this (paraphrased to the best of my memory):

"I want to diminish the state of separation I have created in my life
and come to a space of oneness
and a state of union"

The way I want to apply this, especially in light of my recent reunion with old friends, is that I don't want this separation due to space to keep me from being united and one with my family and friends in heart and mind. I also want to melt away all the things that are holding me back - that I am allowing to hold me back - from being connected to people and places and things here in New England. I have had a really hard time feeling at home here - esp when the progress I make in connection is undone so easily by a trip home and a reminder of what I am missing out on.

I want to feel at home.
Wherever I lay my head, I want that to be home to me.
Whoever I meet, I want them to be brother and sister to me.
I want to grow my roots deep in to the earth.
I want my branches to reach high up to the heavens.
I want to leave each place my foot steps better than it was before my footprint was there.
I want peace to trail behind me and to run out before me.
I want compassion, respect and understanding to fill each square inch of air between you and me.
I want you to be sure of my deep and abiding love, as I am in yours.
I want you to feel at home.
I want to feel at home.
I want to make a home.
I want a home.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

august and everything after: 5 years


five years ago, on august 21st, i married my love.

this year, we celebrated our anniversary in style with family and friends! i wholeheartedly believe that it takes more than just two people to make a marriage work - so it makes sense to celebrate the success of a relationship with the people who have helped it to succeed. so, we've decided that we will do just that . . . at every 5 year mark, we will invite our friends and family to join us in celebrating our love and in a way we will be able to say "thank you" to what they have given to our adventure.

here is the night in photos:

the awesome decorations and amazing food:
my sister, cousins and dear friend caroline all came early to help decorate. the party was a potluck style, funky-formal themed party . . . and i couldn't have been happier with the outcome (except for if it hadn't have been so hot! we were so sweaty!)

sister, deborah and i in our party dresses:
we had a "how well do you know jon and tabitha game" . . . the winner won this lovely bull fighting statue purchased by jon from "savers" (like value village for you west coast kids). guess who won? our roommate lisa. no fair. she lives with us. of course she knows us the best!
we showed a video of our wedding that a friend edited and overnighted to us so it would arrive on time. afterward, jon and i toasted to each other:

the whole crew from 175 ives: now only 3 of the originals remain in that house . . . it's lonely.
our friends really rallied to the dress-code. it was AWESOME!
good food and beautiful people:

some people even brought us a CAKE!

after cutting the cake and stuffing it in each other's faces (we didn't do this at the actual wedding, so it was fun to have a second chance), we had a "first dance" followed by lots of dancing to playlists made for us by our friends:

brian and emily (our cousins) came down on the train and stayed for a few nights! soooo fun!

teegan was wiped out from all the dancing:

it was sooooo good to have my sister deborah there! she flew over from alaska for a week before heading to oklahoma for her senior year in college:

i love him

he loves me

the end

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Friday, September 25, 2009

it's fall


it's fall and i've pulled out the crock pot . . . jon made cornbread. looking forward to apple picking and going to the pumpkin patch!

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Monday, September 21, 2009

our summer in a tiny tiny nutshell

well, we've been busy . . . what can i say? in june we went home for sara and peter's wedding . . . in july we hung out at the beach (below is a photo of tabitha, jon and jon's beard hanging out at a bar on the beach with some friends [friends not pictured])



jon went to spain for a week in july . . . it was hot in spain. it was hot in rhode island that week too.
in august, tabitha turned 28. and jon and tabitha celebrated their 5 year anniversary . . . in style.
jon surprised tabitha with a camping trip in vermont for her birthday. she's a leo, so she built the fire.
tabitha's sister deborah came to visit for a week at the end of august. we did summer-ish things like a trip to the beach, a bike ride and lots of sweating (Cause it was hot) . . . she was able to stay and celebrate our anniversary with us! sweet!


i know, i know . . . that was sooooo detailed and fulfilling! but jon needs to steal the computer so he can keep studying for his prelims (prelims = 9 hours of exams in november concerning 300 books that he is supposed to have read by then . . . which means we need to buy a second laptop just for a jon . . . maybe one of the little ones they have out now? in fact, yes, we will and we are currently accepting donations. jon's birthday is next week. send us some moolah if you want to contribute to his birthday gift . . . this will benefit you because he will have his own tiny laptop and tabitha will have her own big laptop which in turn means she will blog more which means you will have more interesting things to read on this blog.)

the end.

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Saturday, September 05, 2009

to tide you over

until i get time to post again, here is a photo of me and my sisters from when we were in oregon for sara's wedding in june.

enjoy!

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