cheap thrills and how to make your do rag smell pretty

i have a serious crush on peacock feathers. this mug is my new “go to” cup in the mornings. it’s filled with either mocha latte or herbal tea. i got it at target about a year ago. it was the LAST one on the shelf. I elbowed a sweet couple out of the way just to get first forced dibs on the thing. kidding. but i would’ve. i have guns and will power. if you want one of your very own maybe you can check the on-line store. good luck.

 

lately my do rag, braids, hair in general smells of lemongrass and patchouli. i keep wiffin myself cause i smell so darn delectable. i get high from sniffin patchouli. read about the health benefits here. not of sniffin yourself, but of using patchouli.

 

 

last and certainly least, my fancy dollar store fly swatter. if you are going to have a fly swatter hanging in your rv, pad, or where ever you dwell, it may as well be a fancy fly swatter with a big ass purple flower on it. it’s so pretty i don’t even want to use it. i just want to look at it. oh, pretty fly swatter.

 

upcoming news teaser:

we will be selling our motor home and buying a travel trailer

we are blowing this joint — leaving alvin

we are thrilled!!!! and i will give you more detail when my lucky unicorn gives me the green light.

 

tweezers, backbone and lipstick

 

what i feel every girl needs

comfy pants

the right to think and reason like a woman without feeling condemned

her signAture wine (or beer)

a backbone

tweezers

a body pillow

love for her hips

her signAture scent

enough security within herself to be able to support other women

her signAture lipstick or gloss

her own opinion

tenderness

grit

a real journal and pen

a good luck charm(s)

the ability to never undermine or second guess her gut instincts

a creative way(s) to express herself

to unapologetically stand her ground

mascara

the ritual of picking flowers for herself

 

it’s flake-n-bake! and i helped!

 

 i use to view myself as rather flakey — jumping from one interest to another. I can never just simply be “a part” of something i am interested in, i have to “own” it. over a decade ago, i couldn’t just be in a play. i had to manage or be an overseer of my fellow thespians. later on in my journey when i saw that people could make their own candles, i couldn’t just purchase one of their candles, take it home and enjoy it. i had to start making and selling my own candle line… which i enjoyed immensely. especially since i had an infant at the time and needed to have a silent type of play time that was just for me. not to say that being a nurturing mama wasn’t enough… later on …i saw that i could make soaps, lotions, etc. sold those. then i saw that i could make salves and herbal teas. made flashy labels, made homemade looking labels. set up shop at a farmer’s market and did quite well. several years ago i couldn’t “just get a massage”, i had to become a massage therapist…and of course i couldn’t work for somebody else. i had to have a house where i could set up my own practice. the point is, i can never just experience something, i have to own it. and when i am a part of something i am passionate about it. the enthusiasm really is legit. and i get so many people involved in what i am doing. i give people whiplash with all of my latest shenanigans. even tho i have enjoyed each new hobby or interest with a fierce passion, i have felt sort of flakey, ya know? how is that one little person can be so excited about so many things — get so many people involved and then shift shapes on them? again and again? a few weeks ago i was feeling like i cannot commit to anything. even the fun things. i was looking at my shape-shifting as a flaw. i started to really think about the bottom line as to why i change so much and wondering why i didn’t have any stability in any of my interests. lucky for my sanity, i like the practice of getting still and listening when it’s time to get good and serious about something. a few weeks ago, i took these questions to my getting still retreat and got some favorable answers. here is what i was told: “your true interest has never changed. in fact your TRUE interest has always been as consistent as the honey you use to sweeten your homemade herbal tea with… you are interested in creativity. you are interested in learning. you are a consistent learner, creator and marketer. you haven’t changed a bit. the essence of who you are has been consistent throughout your bohemian eclectic  journey. don’t undermine who you are. celebrate the fact that you love to learn and create and draw other people into your experiences.” and with that sweet piece of epiphany, guess what i did? i owned that too!

 

latest interest include, but are not limited to:

pin-up photography & editing

flamboyant picture frames and hair pin making

zen-sational green (aromatherapy) house cleaning

scentsy – multi-level marketing

 

it’s been awhile

i have some things i have been stewin on. i’ll be blogging about them very soon. for now here are a couple of nuggets that keep clankin in my head.

1. closed doors are not god’s/spirit’s/the univ’s way of saying  ”no” to a situation. closed doors can very well create an opportunity to blow your roof off…what is better? an open door? or a roof that has been completely blown off?

2. i don’t need to force solutions on so called problems. I need to accept how things are right now. everything is EXACTLY how it needs to be.

3. i’ll expound later with the 7 spiritual laws to life.

xxox

 

favOrite things

Little things make me happy. Here are a few:

I love orchids! They are unusual and touchy and delicate and beautiful. They eat 3 ice cubes a week. That’s how they stay alive. Weird, but I can handle that.

This is our little fart. Fable. My Fable Bear. He is very good when he isn’t being bad. He is Saber’s half brother. Saber was our Min Pin that we formed a strong attachment to because we got him in a very transitional time. When we lost Saber, we needed a new baby to love, but we knew it wouldn’t be fair to make our new puppy into another Saber. And we haven’t. Fable is only part Min Pin and the other part is Pomeranian and the other other part is Satan. He has his own unique little way and we adore our new fart. He is a favorite thing for sure.

Not just because he is my son, but he also teaches me. Parents parent their children, but children teach their parents.

Has this week kept you from thinking about the good things and people in your life?

What makes your heart go pitter pat?

 

paper magic for free

I believe that whatever you think about you bring about. Maybe that’s why in every religion Christian or not – new age, pagan, etc being particular with your thoughts is a serious practice and not just another yeah-i should-start-doing-that-cause-it-would-help-my-situation idea! What is the opposite of fear? I think faith and showing gratitude would create the opposite type of energy you want to project. Whatever you give out you get back. Think Einstein, but then again these teachings have been in sacred religious texts for a zillion years, right? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if I want good vibes and good circumstances, I need to give out good vibes. Instead of focusing on what I don’t want, I need to focus on what I want. And I need to be grateful for what I have now. For an example, say I don’t want to mess up on a speech I have to give. Thinking, “I don’t want to mess up, I don’t want to mess up” is not a good idea. Why? Because I am still focusing on messing up. “I don’t want to MESS UP.” What if instead I thought: “I am a confident speaker and people love hearing what I have to say.” What if that was what I said and believed about myself. What if I kept telling myself that to the point of rewiring my brain. What if I told you that we have the ability to physically rewire our brains by what we think about? MRIs have proven this. Our thoughts have creative power. So let me tell you a little secret. I was feeling irritated with people who are critical and feeling the need to place their 25 cents in our lives. I was focusing on their comments and I could feel my blood boil. I wanted to verbally bitch slap them. But I also wanted my good vibes and peace. Bitch slap, tell off, peace, good vibes, the chaos this creates! The genuine good vibes it does not create! I was sitting in my saucer chair feeling tormented with my polar opposite feelings and I asked God to help me combat and have master over my thoughts towards people who chap my hide. Because I was not feeling gratitude toward these sandpaper people. At all. I know in my head the right thing I should do, but I am such an intense person. And I definitely wanted to use my intensity for good. Welp, I had this idea to get a box and decorate it. And to put slips of paper and a pen inside.

 I thought what if I physically wrote down on paper something nice about the person and to show gratitude toward that person. And then turn that paper over and just write out a couple of other things I have gratitude for. If I have to do this exercise 3-5 times a day to help me rewire so be it. You see my goals and where I want my life to be is going to take work and energy. We are always putting our energy somewhere anyways, right? Why not build my life? When we show gratitude, we are showing God our thankfulness and appreciation to what He has given us. Think about the husband that gets excited because he got a raise, but his wife still isn’t happy that it wasn’t a big enough raise. Her husband now feels like crap, she feels like crap and they have a crappy life of just being stuck. You know that couple? What about the couple who the smallest things rock their world? Woohooo you got a raise, babe! That’s awesome! I am so happy they had to notice how badass you are. The husband feels great, the wife is happy and they always seem to have good things work out for them somehow. You know that couple? And how it “somehow” works out for them is they have real gratitude. News flash! let me make it plain again. Bitchy people create more bitchy circumstance. Boo-freakin-hoo I don’t feel sorry for you…because you are the common denominator. People who spaz out and celebrate simple things collect more of those moments. This is a universal law that applies to everyone. Here are some fancy shmancy pictures of my gratitude box. This is my new therapy to help get my mind in the right place when someone hacks me off. I can take their destructive energy and allow it to cause me to have those feelings too, or I can be glad that we share a love for herbal tea together or whatever. And how I wish they get nothing but green lights the next time they are out and about. Seriously. I am creating what I want for my life by what I send and wish for their life. It seems so backwards I know, but I know this works. Whatever we give out, we get back.

Those people who are judging and criticizing you, guess what they are creating in their lives? Wish them well and move on. Let them create their life. You create yours! Choose to live in gratitude. Rewire and put energy into your life. Don’t sweat the small stuff! Celebrate and work up a happy sweat over the small things turning big in your life! Write it out so you can physically see your thoughts. Burn incense or create a nice ritual while doing this. Make it special. Then you will see your thoughts physically manifest in your life! This is going to be a super nova year!

live creatively!

Selena p xxox

ps did you know “fear not” is in the bible 365 times? 365 days in a year.

 

popasquat stew. kitchen open.

Popasquat Stew Recipe - A delicious stew first tried and tasted by a little popasquat who has a very fluffy cotton tail…that needs to be rubbed…and likes chocolate…and sparkly things…at a discount…

Items needed:

One open mind

The ability to dream

Words to encourage others with THEIR dreams.

Knowing what is a priority

Knowing what is not

Knowing who you “click” well with, but not depending on them to fill your every need.

knowing that only YOU can validate who you are.

Knowing when to give hugs and emotionally pull people in

knowing when to refrain

knowing that you create what you think about.

knowing and being comfortable with the fact that it’s natural to feel attracted to certain people

knowing and being comfortable that it’s natural to repel certain people

Knowing that your dream is going to happen. And so it is, mote it be, Amen and Amen.

 

I hope you try out my recipe and add some of your own personal flavors. In fact, I would like to hear what some of them are. My soup kitchen is open to you for some out of sight Popasquat Stew. Partake at your own risk. Seriously, I would love to know what flavors you would add to the mix.

 

PS I am taking some time to read and journal in a real book with real pages. I have some creative ideas in the works and some neat add-ons to the work I am already involved with. If I seem quiet or distant, I’m not. My mind is very active and very loud, but it definitely needs to be fixed with a strong gaze and a stubborn tenacity. See you in a few.

 

 selena p. xxox

live creatively!

 

 

 

My Fortune Cookie Said: FACEBOOK is for losers!La-hoo-zer!

I would like for people to see and get my perspective on issues, who doesn’t? But it is not by any means a need that I have. I am going to be a peculiar person if I go against the traditional flow. Of course I am going to stick out like an infected puffy thumb….with pok-a-dot nail polish. Duh. And honestly, I am content with this. My need, my true good-for-my-soul need is to seek and find comfort in TRUTH and firmly stand by it and not follow worn out unchallenged thought processes. In other words, I’m not much for small-minded human reasoning or logic. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” Albert Einstein. ::sigh:: I lub you Al! Something else I have been thinking: People that purposefully cause division…have divided hearts – a fortune cookie I read. Ok, just kidding. It’s my own personal opinion formed by observation. But If I ever get into the fortune cookie making business (wouldn’t be a shocker if that was next…), that’s going to be one of my first proverbs. That and: never play leap frog with a unicorn.

Another thing I have been tossin about in my thinker: I have the neatest most quality friendly connections with people. I cannot get over how many amazing (and this word doesn’t even do them justice) individuals I get to do life with. And this leads me to…

Facebook is for losers. Absolutely not!!! But my marketing side told me to use that word to stir and whirl and spiff up interest in my little offbeat blog post, and here you are. Seriously though, people may scoff and laugh at my active use on facebook, but the thing about it is, most of the people that I interact with on FB are people I have shared face to face moments with. I have truly valued each moment with each one of my friends. You have made me a very rich person. Thanks to you, I don’t wanna be anyone but me!

 Now off to google “how to start a fortune cookie business”!

 

When STINK Happens!

Something I doubt that you know about me is that I have this secret wish (or goal) to become successful in a direct sales company. I kind of laugh at MLMs and make my jokes to beat people to the punch, but really I LOVE the idea of going into homes and selling products. I am a salesperson. I really get a kick out of marketing and selling. The problem that I have had in the past is picking things to sell (usually natural bath & body items) that I knew I could make myself, and probably better. So I would start whippin up my own recipes again and selling those. BUT now that I have thought about it, it doesn’t really satisfy my need to be involved in a direct sells company, grow a down line, encourage my team and make some mulah having parties. I seriously dig that stuff. Our dear friends know that this is a year of striving for and reaching goals here in our little household. What better time for me to come on out of that RV closet and boldly say: I love direct sales! I am fascinated with how they can work for people who take them seriously and work them. A couple of months ago our rv was having some stinky funky plumbing issues. And during that time my friend Krystal made an announcement that she had some smelly good things called Scentsy. I didn’t want to buy anything, but I wanted and NEEDED something for our stinky bathroom. So I hosted a party and got to pick out some wonderful smelling things for Rio (our rv) for free! Notice I call her Rio again, now that she smells good. Other than loving the products – wickless candles. Small wax bars go inside decorative warmers that heat up from a light bulb. I’ll go on about this later. But anyway, other than loving the products, I noticed that they had one kit to get started. This kit has every scent and everything you need for 99.00. What’s so great about that? Other companies usually have several kits that are very expensive. So when you get the cheapest one you can afford, it really doesn’t have everything you need. Also other companies sell their DVDs for extra cost. I am impressed that they just have one kit with everything including 2 DVDs and it’s only 99.00 (plus shipping) Really with what you get, I don’t see how they are making a profit off of selling the kits. It really appears to be a company that wants women (and men) to succeed. Something else that impresses me about this company is that they do not sell any products off of their website or anywhere else unless it comes from a consultant. Wow. And last but not least, I almost fell out of my chair when I read that the couple that started this company lived fulltime in an rv and traveled to sell things at fairs when they first started out! So, yeah, I am feelin it! These are just a few of my favorite things about the company. There are more that I will boldly blog about in the future. I am hoping to send off for my kit next week and start putting a dent in my not so secret wish/goal.

 

Scary Sacred & Archaic Angelic

So what do you do when you’ve put your brain power and faith into creating a goal and things are just moving sooooo fricken slooooowly? Welp, You get a job! Ha! In a nut shell, we want to be a work from home family. Skipper wants to help people discover, develop and enjoy their passions. I want to help him do that. I also want to have my own little business aside from his. We want to live in an RV and do some traveling. We want to simply live the abundant life. Six months ago Skipper left a very nice paying job to make this happen. And though this reaching of goals has taken a lot longer to accomplish than we anticipated we have absolutely no regrets. None. We wouldn’t do anything differently.

This has been a very scary and sacred time. This has been a very chaotic, but peaceful time. You would have to walk a plank in our flipflops to know exactly what I mean here. My eyes are open and wide and I see that this is something that has bonded Skipper and I in a way that if we lived in a different time or place that not even angelic or archaic words could describe. We’ve always loved each other. And more importantly we’ve always liked each other. But this albeit physically stationary (we live in our rv, but it hasn’t moved) but emotionally mobile journey has made us dig each other. Can you dig it?

All digging aside. Life must go on. We have been able to pull this off for the past 6 months. We have had our own clients just like we wanted. But it has been sporadic and not back to back as we had hoped. And when things are moving slowly we can either bite our nails and wait or work and wait. We decided to work and wait. But with a game plan. Skipper would not be driving in traffic. He would not take on a job that would mentally wear him out from staying focused on our dreams, goals, etc. In other words, an easy job to make ends meet, but a stress-free job where he can still put his energy into his own business. He was offered another six figure position, but he declined. When you commit to that type of pay, you are also committing to that type of work and very little energy would then go to our own goals. So Dish Network in good ol’ Alvin, Texas it is. I agree with the woman that interviewed him at Dish. “You are either a genius or insane, but let’s go with genius!” And I can dig it!