Rest in peace my beloved vacuum:(

So the motor on my vacuum died, and granted I hated the model of my vacuum I really can't go without one and it was a good lil sucker. I'm probably going to go insane. Anyway RIP my beloved vacuum, you will be missed.

It may sound stupid to some but going out and getting a new appliance isn't something I just grab and go with, it's like a ritual of it's own for me. It has to be the right model, right size, have the right attachments and be the right price. And because of  all the back to school stuff and other unforeseen bills...grumble grumble. a new vacuum will have to wait until the first of Sept.:(

What a week

I can't figure out of this week flew by or creeped buy but none the less, what a weeks it's been. Trinity loves school (thank the gods) and every morning wakes up and goes "is it head start day again?!?!"  Then yesterday we had our first freak out moment. As I was walking to the school to pick up Trinity, one of the other fathers was picking up his kid at the school. Well I guess he really really wasn't paying attention and when the lady who signs them out says: "For Trinity?" he said yes!!! For the record his kids name is nothing close to Trinity. So he signed my kid out and then they realized what happened and couldn't find Trinity. So they start calling the house and hubby starts freaking out over the phone. Turn out he took the right kid but signed the wrong one out. Trinity happened to be in the bathroom for all of this so when they were on the phone she pops out hearing her name and they got even more puzzled. I guess you can call that a freak out moment, It was for hubby anyway.

Okay so my recipe I'm sharing is more domestic than witchy but you can always empower your cleaning supplies to have purifying, calming happy properties. I do this with most my supplies I buy and of course the ones I make.

2 cups baking soda (for the love of the gods don't use powder.)
essentials oils of your choice about 1/2 oz total give or take depends on how strong you want it.

Mix these together really well and set on a plate to dry. Dont' use a paper plate because it will soak up all the oils, just a plain old dinner plate will do.

When it's dried you can jar it or put it some kind of shaker. I actually save my Parmesan cheese shakers and use them for this.

The baking sods picks up the old stale or ick smells and the essential oils make it smell that much better.

works great on hubbies or kids shoes

Feature Blog post about a, in my opinion, very important deity

I loved this post so much from Mrs. B that I felt compelled to share it with anyone who hasn't had the chance to see it. All credit to this post goes to Mrs B.





 Domestic Witchery: Hestia 101 by Mrs B of Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom

Spring Cleaning for the Kitchen Witch

Yes I know Spring is a lil bit aways but I know first hand when you have kids, junk can get added up fast. And I think i've been watching to much Clean House, but I really love that show. Has given me some really good ideas for the kids' room, but more to the point I think I watch it becuase its a motivator for me to not ever have my house look like some of those:S Anyway this was Posted in one of the email groups im a part of and I thought I might share it with the rest of you.:)

Happy Cleaning...

Cleansing the Home with Kitchen Magic and Spring Ritual
(if you need one email me or leave a comment on here *Spiritrunner*)

Kitchen witchery is more than just kitchen hocus pocus; it also makes
housework more enjoyable and places importance on the annual spring
clean!

Out with the Old, In with the New

What better way to sweep out old ideas or unpleasant situations, than with the simple act of sweeping out dirt with a broom?

Think of the things you wish to be rid of in the coming year, from
draining relationships to negative thought patterns. Visualise people,
situations or concepts being swept out of your life as you sweep.

You can apply this to numerous household rituals, such as clearing
clutter from the home. Let go of any negative associations, feelings or
situations that have attached themselves to the object, or the person
who gave it to you.

Attract New Opportunities

To experience opportunities, you have to let them in. Throw open the
windows to let the fresh air of spring breathe new life into the home,
dispersing stagnant energy. Visualise your dreams flying in on the
currents of the breeze. Bake fresh food from scratch to symbolise the
birth of new ideas, and grow plants to symbolise their growth.

List your desires for the coming year. Take a ribbon for each one and
weave them together to represent the coming together of those dreams.
Hang them in a window, attaching a bell, windchime, or sun catching
crystal, so that you are constantly reminded of your desires and can
visualise them drifting in abundantly.

Make Cleaning Fun

The kitchen witch finds joy and meaning in even the most mundane of chores, because she sees them as a way of honouring the home, and in turn, the goddess. She is also adept turning them into inspiring, fun activities. Why not try:

Creating a magical apron or enchanted crown to clean inPlaying inspiring, motivational music to boost your mood while you cleanAdding essential oils to your cleaning water, to create beautiful and mood-boosting scents throughout your homeMaking
your tools and utensils more meaningful by attaching ribbons, stickers
or gems, carving or painting special symbols on them, or anointing them
with essential oils.
Kitchen Magic for the Home

Turn everyday cleaning rituals into magical rituals! Using the tools
of the house, already deeply connected to both you and your home, can
create powerful spells.

Chant a spell or goddess song while you work, to invoke the goddess and focus on a goal or desireGive
the house a spiritual clean as well as a physical one. Conduct a house
blessing with smudge sticks, singing bowls and chanting, to clear
stagnant energy. Draw magical symbols in the air and create a circle of
protection around the home to keep it from harm.Be innovative
with your cleaning. Create a magic circle or magical symbols with dust,
before sweeping or polishing it away to be given up to the goddess to
manifest. Divine with mirrors as you clean them, or cast a banishing
spell as you flush the toilet after cleaning!
With a little
dedication and imagination, what was once perceived as everyday
drudgery can be transformed into magical manifestation!

Spring Blues?

Okay normally im not a big fan  of spirng only for the fact that im soo alleric to everything in the air during the spring, so not fun always miss out on alot fo things becuase im sneazing my butt off. ANYway I got hit with a case of spring blues. I got up this morning and looked and around my house and kinda has this dumbfounded wtf I need to do somehting about this hosue and it dreary winter bitterness, lol. SO I busted out my cleaning supplies, pulled out the spring renewal febreeeze and got to work. Gotta say I feel way more accomplished, and when Im done i'll take a cleasning bath with some homemade bath salts and run around burning some sage to add a finaly touch to it.

Cleansing bath salt ingredients:

sea salt or epsom salt (2 cups)
1/2 tsp lavender oil
1/4 tsp sandlwood oil
1 tsp crushed sage leaves
(you can add others this is mainly what i use:)

mix em all together reallllly well.
you can add them straight to the bath or put them in a sachet and have it run under the hot water of the bath

enjoy:)

Magickal Housecleaning...Turning you environment into harmony

Okay I didnt write this (so totatly wish I did tho) But this is borrowed from Silver Ravenwolfs' To Light A Sacred Flame.

Im not the best housekeeper byt any means but damn it i do try for the most part but when you have a sink that wont drain and two lovely but very destructive little hurricanes (The kids:P) It makes it kinda hard soemtimes. Anyway I do this about every 6 months although I know I should do it more But I thought it would be a nice gesture to share this with everyone. Gonna be a long one bare with me...

Yor home should be a place of Enlightenment, harmony and protection. If your home doesnt measure up to your spiritual expectations, then the time has come for you to do something to transmute the negative energies that have collected there. Houses like people can and do collect negative energies.

Mundane house cleaning

Let's start with a pitching spree. Put on some music, grab the trash bags/can and start chucking. If you think the task will reach monumental proportions, then work room by room. Get rid of anything broken. Those dead plants. Clean out the junk drawers and toss out all that little clutter tha manages to grow nto mountains when your not looking.

Throw away all things given to you by negative people. Not even close to kidding. If your sister in law gave you a crystal bowl but you disliker her intensly and never use it, why are you keeping it around? If you cant bear to throw stuff away give it away to the salvation army or any other charity organization. Discard old cloths, torn cloths , cloths that will never fit you or that yu look horrible in.

Take down old pictures that don't appeal to you anymore. Get rid of old projects you never managed to finish. Repaint if you can afford it, if not wash the walls with a blessed wash (will give a nice recipe later in the post)

Get rid of old memorablia..that old boyfriend who betrayed you on august 10th 1972...why do you still have pictures of the vacation to disneyland, throw that crap away!

Now look again. Remove all visual clutter. Take a plastic garbage bag and start at one end of your house/apartment. Walk slowly through every room and dump what you can out away what you cant. If it comes down to it put things in a box for a yard sale. Not only will someone else get some use out of it but you might be able to make a little scrap cash on top of it and who doesnt need a little extra money now adays.

Even if you live with people who dont aproove of a magickal cleansing ritual, there is no fool on earth who would turn down a cleaning service:)

I also sweep with a cinnamon brrom when im sweeping after ive done the intial actual  cleaning sweeping. you can get them for around 7$ or so from any grocery store that sells flower too as a rule like Winn Dixxie on the east coast Or albertsons on the west, sorry guys in the middle I havent a clue what you guys have there:S but you get my point.

Cleanse, consecrate and empower all you cleaning supplies. Yes i know it sounds a tad bit odd to empower windex but trust me it work and helps with the proccess. Ask the goddess to help you cleanse away all negative residue in your home and do the same with every other cleaning supply you are working with.

Light a white candle while you work and ask the lord and lady to gie you strangth while you clean.

After you have finished your cleaning spree, take a cleansing bath. If the job takes more than one day take a ritual bath/shower at the end of the day..

Empowering your cleaning supplies for success

Moon phase: New or Waxing

Day of the week: Sunday

Planetary ruler/hour: Jupiter/Sun

Candle Color: orange/white

Quarter: South

Element: Fire

Totem animal: Buffalo (abundance and good fortune)

You will need:

Gold ribbon, basil, parsley, willow, lilac oil, mortar and pestal and a gold or white candle(and if you're more of a modern witch you can sub the moratar and pestal for a coffee grinder, I have one specificly for grinding and powerdering herbs, nothing beats the good old fashion moratar and pestle but just saying.)

Gather all your cleaning supplies together, put them on your altar/shrine. If you dont have one of those just toss em on the table top:P

Tie a peice of riboon around each container. Crush the basil(sympathy), parsley(prosperity) and willow(love and abundance) in the moratar/grinder and ask the god Lugh to empower the herbs to bring success and universal love into your home. Add lilac oil to the mis and sprinkle a little bit into each container and put some also in the bottom of a new vacume bag or if u have bagless in the bottom of the cansiter.

Dress and empower the candle and ask lugh again for his help.

Cut an extra 11inch peice of ribbon and tie it around your wrist and say:

Everytime I touch this ribbon I bring success and universal love into my life.

Light the candle and let it burn to nothgin as you work and afterwards if u have a stub left after its gone out burry it in te back yward or in a flower pot.

Wall wash recipe and other recipes for magickal cleaning

Wash:

Water

Salt (not a whole lot)

Sage oil if you can find it or lavender oil

 Add together shake and visualize and out it in a spray bottle or bucket and wash away:)

I always light an incense before and after im done cleaning and light a sage smudge stick after im done and have it lit during my ritual cleeasning bath/shower.

On another note if you'rr like me and don't have a bathtub(currently we only have shower and it blows)

make a ritual wash by taking some natural liquid soap or any kind of mild liquid soap add some chamomile powerdered flowers and some powered sage and lavender oil (make sure anything you put on ur skin is pur essential oils, the synthetic crap can sometimes burn your skin)