Lady day (VW BUS) for sale!

With VERY SAD REGRET, Mat and I are selling our VW Bus! We have had her for 7 years. We REALLY hate to do it, but she is the sacrifice for more land. You can check out the ad HERE. (click the word here) She really is the best VW you will own- she was the best we have owned- Mats had 2 before this and I have had 1 before her- Lady Day is her name-

WHat a great idea! ... DO you like to travel and want to do so as inexpensive as you can? Check out this website....http://www.workaway.info/ You basically stay and eat for free, all you have to do is work for your host doing whatever tasks you agreed to prior to staying.

~ Giveaway ~

Swing over to Tree's Blog I am her featured artist and I am giving away a pair of hemp pants!

Grandfather Mountain Feb 2011

Over the last few months I have been dealing with something very unusual. My brain has not been functioning properly, from dizzy spells to hallucinations my mind was telling me something is not right. I would dry heave, write backwards, and speak out of order. With my full time job of being a book keeper and my love for sewing both of which takes full concentration I have been seriously becoming depressed. Mat carries on a conversation with me and I am only half there, I have not been alert to my surroundings. Friends in passing along the drive home, I would not even notice them. I have been to the ER, Neurologist, and a family doctor, all looking at me and scratching their heads. Telling me “well I’m not going to prescribe you any medication today” – why would you? I wondered – you don’t know what is wrong and meds are not the answer to everything- in fact they are hardly the answer to most things. All along I knew I needed to follow my heart and get adjusted. However I wanted to be absolutely sure I didn’t have tumors, which is what my family doctor was concerned about. Once that was confirmed, I scheduled a chiropractor’s appointment. I went yesterday, finally someone who believes in natural simple reasoning. As I was filling out my paperwork he had a digital frame going and first photo I saw was a yurt! I knew right then that this was going to be a positive outcome. He started with Acupuncture, without the needles, on my face, and moved to my back for some adjusting, ending at my feet with some Reflexology. The outcome; poor blood circulation to my brain, I will have to practice yoga introverts (headstands ect.) on a daily basis. I already enjoy Iyengar Yoga regularly, this will push me to learn and do more so. I have been wanting to learn more about yoga along with nutrition, now I must for my well being-

I feel that all this has been and is going to continue on to push me into the path that I have been feeling at my fingertips. Land, living in the round, community, hostel, homesteading.

I am energized and this is just the beginning –

Namaste,

Abby

Simple Bright Moon

Making bread-

We have been craving homemade bread, but with work, sewing, social life, exhaustion, ect. I haven't had the time to make any. THEN I remembered our friend telling us about a recipe he got out of Mother Earth News magazine.... I looked it up, and got inspired to FINALLY make some. After all last Christmas or maybe it was 2 Christmas's ago Mat asked for a dutch oven so we could start making it. And few years later... here we go. We had a ummy dinner last night this warm bread and canned soup from our neighbor- You can get the recipe here

Waiting for the snow to go away so we can go look at this.... We have attempted several times to go view it but every time we get a foot + of snow a day or 2 before we can get there.

Darling Handmade Toys

Check this giveaway out! Tree is so creative, self sustained, and a great mama!

I'm amazed and thankful for the land we roam on~

I love Fall! Mat and I went to the Valle Country Fair Saturday, I have had a watering mouth for fresh squeezed apple cider since our first chilly day. When we pulled in that was our first stop!

We headed to the food area next, we wanted to get our fill before the crowd started coming in, I loved seeing the stew pots filled with homemade goodness! The smell of fall was in the air, apples, apple butter, hobo stew, bbq, fennel cakes.... mmmm!!!

There were rows and rows of vendors, I day dreamed about hoping next year I too will be in the rows of vendors selling some of my goods, and Mat talked about his Grandma, and Grandpa Gould how they use to set up at the festivals and loved it.

And then we saw the Alpaca's..... I overheard the owner of the farm telling a man how it was heaven on earth... as he looked at her like she was crazy, I tuned and and told her how it would be my heaven... and made my bones ache for our farm... one day soon ...

Lovely Comfy Pants for sale

Lotus Infinity Pants

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Women's Eco Friendly Hemp Organic Cotton Panel Yoga Inspired Skirt

Simple Bright Moon

Colorful Dreams

A year ago I made a duvet cover, and quickly became displeased with it. This summer I decided to ripped it or unsew it and turn into a quilt instead and headboard. The fabric on the headboard along with the matching squares in the quilt is the original fabric of the duvet cover. All the other fabrics are from my stash I had built up over time. Throwing out the idea of the skirts and hand bags the fabric original was baought for and made Mat and I this lovely bedroom set. The quilt is a king size, meaning a whole lot of fabric to work with. I am quite pleased. Not to mention that the headboard is an old frame I salvaged from a frame shop I use to work at, and that the back of the quilt is just as beautiful as the front.

quiet Sunday

Photos of the Boone Fork Trail, the 5 mile hike we did yesterday (10/02/2010)

Photos from Susan Seay- My photos are all on film

Wring, Twist, Turn- Iyengar yoga

Last night was my Tuesday yoga class, we focused on twist: Benefits of Twisting poses are: Deep cleansing and nourishment on the physical and emotional levels. Release of tension in the physical and emotional levels Improved circulation and energy flow, especially in the areas of spine, shoulders, neck and hips. Also, twisting poses improve digestion and remove sluggishness. It was enlightening. HARD. but. Enlightening. My body hurts in every movement, this is not a bad thing. I sit at a desk all day long hunched of feeling my body all out of wack. and the soreness I am experiencing today is my body trying to line itself back up. Shoulders back. spine straight. tail bone down. organs relocated (slightly). *Sigh* However today my energy is low. I'm tired. and in a fog. I forgot it was payroll Wednesday. I love it all. not to mention the fall fresh air I have blowing in through the windows. the two owl pillow bodies sitting on my sewing table waiting to be finished. and a garden slowly getting ready for some fresh compost to be piled on it and covered for the winter. Life is good. lovely. and patient.

Update on that land-

Well I fell in love with land that was perfect..... until... we walked it with the Realtor....*SIGH*.... the 21 beautiful acres has 2 ares right in the middle of it that is owned by someone else! Total Strange and a complete deal breaker! the hunt has begun!

Simple Bright Moon

I have a new website! Please take a look. I also just completed this new skirt "Crazy Petal", and it is for sale at simple bright moon along with Etsy

My forever love.... my hostel!

I have been waiting patiently to get some land and to form MY HOSTEL. A piece of property fell into my lap recently, and Mat and I went to look at it last night. It is perfect, the location, the layout, the fruit trees, and the cabin (unfinished, perfect). I know this will take A LOT of work, patience, time,and MORE WORK, however I feel I just can't let it pass me by. I am going to go out with the Realtor tomorrow to walk the grounds, ask questions, get answers, and a better feel.(as if the feeling of the land isn't amazing already). I know my mother is reading this and flipping out, but it is my dream, my love and my goal in life. I have wanted this since April 3 2005, I have been waiting, pondering, and looking for the right place ever since, and I believe I have found it. Now I know it is still not in a hands grasp, but once it is I will good a firm grip and not let go.

a deep breath, and a loud scream

I was wearing my favorite dress yesterday, long purple festival dress, but something kept pricking me in the back of the leg. As I was making change at our register I finally took a moment to see what it was. I found a seed with sharp ends on it as I pulled it out of the bottom of my dress I cursed it getting ready to throw it away, when a friend/ coworker says," isn't that amazing? Us as people are considered to be the smartest living thing, but look at plants that attach them selves to objects to spread around in order to continue existing" I took a moment and completely agree with her! What a lovely way to look at it. As we all need to be reminded of the simplest things in life. And learn how to adjust with existing with a better out look. I am preparing to have a yard sale this weekend, and am about ready to sell all my knickknack STUFF. I have STUFF, and the way I feel about it is if it doesn't hold sentimental value, or has not been used in a year get rid of it! Clutter- I am ready to get rid of clutter. I am a messy person, because my brain is always going on to the next project not giving myself anytime to clean up the last. I'm tired of things sitting around and if I move to a more simpler lifestyle then the one Mat and I already live (pretty simple as it is ) then my life will not be so filled with unusable items and bring happiness into others. We shall see how far I get with the already long list for the week. Again that better out look. One thing I can not have a better out look on is my student loan debt! I am drowning and nothing can be done- I have paid off two of my loans, but I still have the big daddy! starting out at 64,999.00 down to 61,489.00! I have paid $20,000.00 to them and it has not even gone down 4,000.00! There is nothing I can do about it! I want to stop paying but where will that get me? homeless? bad credit score? taken out of my paycheck? I pay 700.00 a month! that is a mortgage payment! I looked into bankruptcy but private student loans are not eligible - why? just because- no answer. I am not going back to school now, I am trying my damnedest to go off the grid, or as self sufficient as we can. Mat and I can't even think about getting married or kids! He/they would be responsible for my debt. the US can bail out the banks that lent the money but can't bail out the people who make payments - struggle to make those payments - but find a way to do such b/c it is the right thing to do? What about the fact I have paid 20K and my loan has not gone down but a measly 3,500.00? Who is responsible for ripping off students? Students who are told "follow your dream, you can do anything". Oh just take out a loan and it will be fine. Please if anyone knows of any outreach in this subject please contact me. I am drowning alive, and can no longer sweep it under the rug!

Today my heart hurts, I long to speak to my beloved grandmother. I miss her and think of her every day. I dreaded the that I would hear the news, that she passed on. When Mat came up the stair the first of March I knew something just was not right. He had a look in his eye of pain, he spoke the words, as I fell in his arms and to my knees crying so hard and so painfully. I couldn't stand, speak or even open my eyes. My grandmother believed in me like nobody else, she listened to every word I spoke and her voice filled with joy when I would call and say hello to her most Thursdays before sewing. I am so glad I called her and spoke to her on the Saturday before she passed, she sounded good and filled with spirit. She had been sick the weeks leading up to her death. I remember, telling my father that I promise to carry on the last name White, and now I hope I can fulfill this promise, I am today the only person left in my family to carry it on. I am what is left of the White side. In loving memory of Bethel M White, Frank White, and Wayne White --