Good morning all and Happy Friday!
I said my first "hey" up in Paganchick, but I'll introduce myself again - I'm Terri, have been on and off haunting alternachick and another thread for years now and have finally decided to just hang out here. I'm a happily divorced eclectic witch and sensitive (so I've been told anyway). I live with 3 sister cats - Luna, Stella and Maia - in my first home (love owning a home!) on 5 acres in central Oregon. Deer, racoon, quail, skunks and a variety of birds are my neighbors. I did have an owl living in one of my trees, but he moved on after mating season ended - thankfully - my mom lives about 100 yards away was worried about her outside kitties while Mr. Hoot was hanging out in my tree!
I have a close circle of girlfriends here and we get together often. I also have two very long time girlfriends in CA - one of which is 18 weeks pregnant so I'm gonna be an auntie again!!!!! Her daughter is 14 so it's been a long time since I've held a baby... I've been invited to the home birth of another friend (due 12/17) and was asked to give the baby a blessing after her birth - which I'm very scared and honored to do! No significant other as of yet, but I've been told that one's on his way - I have a male friend in L.A. that has the potential to be 'it'. We shall see.... I really think I might've become too independant to let anyone into MY space again!
Weight wise, I've lost and regained over a hundred pounds over the years. At one time I worked for Weight Watchers as a leader, which I loved doing. But a variety of traumas - divorce, my mom's breast cancer (I was her main care taker - she's fine now!), a LOT of deaths - both my grandmas in a year, grandfather, best friend's son, mom's best friend and finally stepfather, all just took their toll on my will and want. I just haven't cared about my body or how it feels. But I feel all that slowly changing... I guess I'm kinda finally coming to after the last couple years of all the bad stuff.
I have a trip to Fiji planned for September 2006. I really, really don't want my weight to be an issue by then - I don't want to stress about what will I wear? What CAN I wear? Ya know... I want to be able to hang out at the pool, with a swim-up bar and not think about how I must look. Not to mention being comfortable during the 18 hour plane trip!
So that's me, I'm looking forward to getting to know you guys. Goddess Jessica, you've already had me laughing! What a naughty koala!
Terri