Easter Sunday

I know I've been slacking again on the postings. I've been really sick. Ostara came and went without too much going on in our home. The stomach flu and other child-borne viruses saw to that. I haven't even switched over my altar yet.

As with everything else though... it will just take a bit of time. I really need to acquire a new altar cloth for the spring season. I believe its the only season I don't have one for. The blue I use for the winter is so pretty I don't usually want to switch. That; and I haven't found anything that really shouts SPRING to me.

Daddy recently showed a co-worker of his a picture of my altar (apparently it was brought up in conversation) and he said it was completely NOT what he expected. I get this a lot from certain pagan groups a lot. I feel that each altar, of which I have 4, should be very personal and sacred to the individual. It shouldn't have to follow a mold or conform to anyone else's ideas.

Not surprisingly, that is also how I live each and every day of my life. I don't do things the way I'm expected to. I do things my way, the way that brings out my happiness. Not saying I never do things I don't want to do... this is real life after all.

And that brings me full circle, I don't personally celebrate Easter. I do it for my boys and extended family. But today is a bittersweet day for me. The eldest is with his biological father. Daddy and I were discussing it today, our family is always incomplete on these days. It just doesn't feel right to not have him with us.

Busy as bees and sick as dogs

The past few weeks have been rough in our home. I came down with the stomach flu. The following week the baby got it. Then the minute he started getting better big brother caught a cold and gave it to the baby... then me... then Daddy. Fun fun!

Aside from all the illness, we've been beyond busy organizing and repairing the house. It has been so gorgeous outside that the boys and I have been walking a lot too.

Oh yea.... I forgot to mention, The eldest and I have decided to take on a pretty weighty project. We are each going to do a 365 day creativity project. Each day we will do something different based on a common theme. The eldest will be doing his on the day to day life of a group of Lego stormtroopers. I am going to help him set up his very own blog for this and everything. (Link will be posted and promoted on here) My theme is going to be pagan based. I'm really looking forward to this.

It is really late... I haven't been sleeping more than 3 hours a night and its starting to catch up with me.

Brightest Blessings!!