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Day 11

Today´s exercises were not easy...I saw an interesting interview with Byron Katie some time ago and it reallygot me thinking about relationships. I am ready to take responsibility for my relationship to my Mother and Father and my Brother. Those relationships have been plagueing me for as long as I can remember, I am ready to move past that. I am loved and lovable, yes I am!

Day 10

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Day 8

When I read the introduction I thought a lot of emotions would be coming to the surface but they aren´t. Last year was a big one with my divorce going through and the children and I having to move out of our house...it seems that I worked through my emotions in the process of sorting through our belongings, saying goodbye to our old life and dreams of staying in that house always and starting over in new surroundings. I cried a lot of tears and let it all out and now I recognise a shift that I wasn´t really aware of until now - I feel no bitterness, no regrets, no wish to complain about or relive anything in my past. The past has led me to this day.

Day 7

I have really enjoyed this week of letting "AIR" into my life. Taking the time every day to clear my head and my home, to make collages and connect with you all has increased my energy 100%. I thought about my soul mission all day yesterday and while falling asleep last night and I had no idea...while going about my business this morning and recognising how I do things and what I am appreciated for, it came to me loud and clear like someone was talking in my ear.

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Day 1

I´m a bit late posting about this as I was away on the weekend and have been sick in bed with a cold since I got back. I have been keeping up to date with my reading and the exercises in the book though and I´ve decided to make a collage journal to share here aswell as a written one for me - above is the title page and I´ll be adding a new page - front and back - for each of the 28 days. I look forward to getting to know some of you during these next weeks - all the best to everyone!

My View

When Erich has left for work and the boys have left for school in the morning, I open the windows to let in the new day and this is what I see.

Chocolate Cake Recipe

Here´s a cake recipe where I´ve replaced vegetable oil with apple sauce.

Ingredients: 4 free-range eggs, 1&1/2 cups brown sugar, 50g melted or grated chocolate, 1 cup applesauce, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder.

Preheat your oven to medium. Beat the eggs, sugar and chocolate with a mixer until thick and creamy(about 3 minutes) then add the applesauce a little at a time while beating on high. Combine the flour and baking powder, reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour a little at a time until just mixed through. Bake at medium heat for about 45minutes. My kids love this cake and I make it atleast twice a week. You can add a chocolate glaze and whipped cream for special occasions.

Apple Harvest

We are so lucky to live in an area where apples grow in abundance. I have a few friends who call me around this time of year and offer me baskets of apples. My favourite thing to do with them is eat them fresh ofcourse but I also like to make apple sauce...it´s so easy. I make it in batches over a few days while I cook dinner so it doesn´t use up a lot of extra time. Here´s how: give the apples a quick rinse, quarter and deseed them and put them in a large pot with a little water. Bring to a boil, turn the heat down and simmer for about 45minutes. Purée with a blender or bamix. Place some clean jars in a shallow dish of hot water and pour the apple sauce into the jars while hot. Use a potholder to put the lids on tightly. After the jars have cooled down and "popped" they keep in a cool place for atleast half a year. I use apple sauce in all cake and muffin recipes in place of butter or oil - a lot healthier and cheaper and tastier too.

DANCE!

I saw this at Hanna´s, it put a big smile on my face.

Dancing on Planet Earth

Holidays

Last week we returned from a wonderful holiday on the Istrian Coast in Croatia and Northern Italy. It was the perfect end to a long, warm summer as next week it´s back to school for the boys. We stayed in Umag, Croatia for a week, spent a day in Rovinj and travelled home via Triest (Mira Mare), Grado and Udine, Italy. Having grown up in Australia, I LOVE SUMMER! And I´m so happy to have discovered Istria where you can spend lazy days at the beach, surrounded by nature and without thousands of people around. The most wonderful moments were at sunset...watching my boys - who are all grown up theses days, being kids again.

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