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was playing around with the looks of the blog and couldn't remember wich one I had to begin with

I decided instead of driving myself nuts trying to find the old lay-out to just go with the flow and choose a new one. So TADAAAAA I introduce my new blog lay-out and background

YEAH I finished my yoga bag....

.... but now I am too tired for yogaclass :-( I am going to cook and than take a nap perhaps I can recharge and go show off my bag LOL

Ok this is just a really quick post caus I need to start cooking!

The bag modelled by my big lil man ;-) Don't ya just love purple and pink :-D

Idle hands are the devil's playground.

Have you ever heard of http://www.ymib.com/? If so you are probably just as hooked as I am. Since discovering YMIB it has become my lil sanctuary online. It's THE place to find inspiration, relaxation, information, support, beautiful passionate natural living sister, it is my home on world wide web.

I never thought of myself as the creative kind, never had the patience to create. Visiting YMIB has put me in touch with a whole different side of my being. A side that loves making life beautiful, see the sisters @ YMIB enjoy all aspects of living. Cleaning the home, cooking dinner they have simply made an art out of every day otherwise trite activities.

Creativity not only feeds the soul it also doesn't give the devil time to put insecurity and fear into my head. Being stressed out about the lil man being ill, and being home with him 24/7 put a lot of fear in my head. I was so scared that there was something horribly wrong with my baby. I needed to stop doomthinking and needed something to concentrate on.

My cousin was here with me and since we were not able to leave the home and do any outdoors activity (read: shopping) We decided to try collaging. Well it certainly stopped me from doomthinking caus I was getting frustrated as h*ll with cutting out and glueing tiny pieces of paper. Creativity cannot dwell in the same place as perfectionism I soon learned. It took me 6 hours to finish my collage in between taking care of my son. I love the end result but was pretty sure I would never ever do that again.

About a week later I found myself by the phone staring at it wondering when it would ring. My lil man was feeling much better and wanted to go to the daycare. Dh had just brought him but I was worried sick that it might be to soon and stayed staring at the phone just in case they would call to tell me to pick him up. Devil was putting all kinds of horrid thoughts in my head again and I needed to shut him up! I decided to go to my online sanctuary and read some. Suddenly the urge to create was to hard to resist, and I decided to make another collage. While searching through magazines, cutting pictures, words and quotes my soul was easing a bit. My brain stopped the negativity and I was truly enjoying myself.

Thank you YMIB for teaching me patients to create, for helping me let go of my perfectionism and for giving me the tools to exorcize the devil ;-)

Blessings,

Chayil

Yoga bag drama...

Okay forget about all the other projects I told you about ;-) I started yoga and being me, having a yogamat (cute pinkribbon yogamat) in a large shopper that says intertoys, cramps my style LMAO

After searching for a yoga bag in all (3) sport related stores in this lil village and having very odd stares and a few recommendations for a large sportingbag to fit my yogamat I decided to continue my search online. I found one fell in love and after noticing the price fell back out of love real quick! Bagprices ranged from 45 euro's and up!!!

I decided that making a yoga bag would be a great challenge and project and would test all my new sewingskills. I searched all over the net for a free yoga bag pattern and found one

This project was turning out to be much much more challenging than I imagined. First of all all the measurements are in inches and my tapemeasure is in cm, so I had to start turning all inch into cm wich was horrible caus now I was left with measurements like 75.8 cm :-(

Than I discovered that I needed lining for the inside of the bag. Since I didn't have that either I decided to make the bag without lining. So far so good I cut out all the patternpieces and started assembling my bag. Only to discover that I cut the circle (bottom of bag) and added seem allowance wich wasn't nescesarry caus it was already in the pattern LOL So I had to trim some off didn't want to go back and remeasure so I just took a guestamate. Because the original patterns and explanation expects me to use the lining I had no idea how to attach the strap neatly. See they made it disappear somewhere in the lining. Well I did the best I could improvising and eventhought the bag is cute I will not take it out of the house LOL So now the bag is used for hanging the mat on my door for @home yoga.

I started making a new bag lining and all even cut out all the pieces but I want to adjust the pattern just slightly so the bag will close with a drawstring. Back to the drawingboard. Will keep ya posted.

Here is a pic of the first yogabag (modeled by dh) always great for a chuckle or 2 The fabric kind of sux but it was the only suitable fabric I had in the house. (fabric by ikea) The next bag will be dark purple with pink trimmings :-D

Blessings,

Chayil

weightloss so far

Thank you's and Letting go!

Thank you for all the comments and sweet remarks I am definately coming to visit each and everyone of you for personal thank you's. For now I will have to do it this way caus my youngest son is ill we have no idea yet what is wrong with him he has really high temperature and swollen glands in his neck. Blood results will be in on thursday till then the doctor put him on broxil to make sure that wherever the inflammation is it won't spread out. I am worried sick but refuse to start doomthinking caus I know that will stress me out and put me in the hospitalbed.

I decided to just pick a gateway that "speaks" to me from "sacred woman" and start there. The gateway that spoke to me most is sacred space. I have been really dissatisfied with my house. It's small, damp, cluttered and cold! After doing a lot of calculations I came to the conclusion that renting a bigger house is something we just cannot afford right now and buying is not an option either since we have no idea whether or not we are staying in this country. My only option was to be make due with what I have. Like Cicero said: "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." I am ungrateful for not seeing the blessings of my home! We have a roof over our head, running water, plenty of healthy produce in the fridge and games/tv's and so on enough for hearts desire! I started with the heart of my home the kitchen, my dh helped me to scrub the entire kitchen from ceiling to floor. It took us a good 6 hours to clean out every nook and cranny of the sticky, icky kitchen. We trew out everything that we hadn't touched in 12 months to make sure that everything we needed and loved had it's own space in the cubboards. The results are astounding! The kitchen smells fresh and looks clean and inviting! Best of all it did not cost me a dime!!! All I needed was hot water, green soap and elbow grease! Since reclaiming the kitchen everyone seems to love it no dishes are left on the counter, no messes are left after fixing a sandwich everyone pitches in to keep it clean and clutter free without me having to demand (read scream and throw tantrum) in order for it to be done! My kitchen is super duper tiny 2,5 by 4 meters but it feels huge now that all the clutter is removed. I tackled my sons their bedrooms in exactly the same way and they love playing in their rooms now! Wich gives me and dh some more alone time caus the boys go upstairs to play a lot more wich leaves us to enjoy the livingroom by ourselves. It was almost like the housing company read my mind caus they started dubble glazing the windows and doors in order to tackle the dampness and cold. I have read up on the subject of making the house dampfree and started applying some of the tips and tricks so far so good the house is feeling a lil warmer so we are on the right track.

Letting go of the clutter and the dissatisfaction, has somehow helped my body to let go of all the extra weight I now have a healthy bmi of 24.7! Since it took me a good 2 yrs to get rid of all the extra weight, eating healthy is now a habit and not something I dread!

I have to go now caus the lil man is not feeling well and dh is about to go to the office for a converance call.

Blessings and thanks again,

Chayil

Just a little loc update...

It's a little over a month and my babies are doing great. No signs of budding yet put patience is a virtue, I've been told :-P


I wonder why I didn't start this journey sooner! I absolutely love this spritz and go lifestyle. It has even effected my moods for the better I feel sexy even when I wake up! Those bad hair mornings are over! Now when dh tries to cuddle in the morning I don't kiss and fix hair with the other hand LOL I can firmly grab him with both ;-) Okay TMI

This is a pic of my progress so far:


Can you see the progress around my waist and under my bra! I am so glad those underbra lovehandles are disappearing


Blessings,
Chayil