10 Blessings

Today I am writing my 10 blessings that I'm thankful for, in my journal...

1.  I am thankful for the all the passion parties guests purchases. Because every purchase brings me closer to my goals.
2. I am blessed to have a good running car. Because that enables me to get to my parties to make money to pay my bills.
3. I am blessed to have a family that cares & loves me. Because not everyone is that blessed.
4. I am thankful for the food in my home. Because it gives me fuel to have the energy I need to do my work.
5. I am blessed to have the use of my legs. Because I enjoy walking in the fall leaves.
6. I am thankful to have my eye sight to see all of the wonderful beautiful things in this universe.
7. I am thankful to have a large widescreen t.v. because I don't have to always wear my glasses to see the t.v. guide since the screen is so large.
8. I am thankful for the plants I have. Because they make me feel happy when I look at them.
9. I am blessed to have a pellet stove. Because I don't like to chop kindling
11. I am blessed to have footies. Because they make my feet all warm & cozy.
    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
    
    Everyone ready for Samhain!?? 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
           

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A Pool of Thoughts...

 I have SO much going on right now. In a way I like being busy & moving forward on my path. On another hand, it does not come easily to me. It's a lot to juggle 3 jobs. I've never done that before. I've just always gone to work, come home, then get up the next day & do it all over again. *lol*

My Passion Parties business is really taking off & growing! 'You get out of it, what you put in.' So true!! As soon as I started giving to others to help them; no matter what my financial situation was. I started receiving gifts in my business. Leads for parties in Wyoming starting popping up for Jenny to hand to me. And have been traveling to do them no matter the distance or circumstances. I bought a Passion Sister a pkg of 250 business cards from Vista Print when she could not afford to do it for herself. All of a sudden I have started running into an old friend at the motel I worked at for four years, when we first moved out here to Wyoming. How many years have I been going to this motel to get an orange sunkist bottle of pop and never ran into any of the old crew I worked with. Then I started devoting Tuesdays to working my business for Passion Parties. And just all of a sudden I'm running into the manager all the time when I go there to get a cheap pop *lol* And she read my magnet on my car & said oh! I should have a party! I told her YES!! You SHOULD!! *lol* I didn't have any cards or anything on me at the time. But I did tell her I will bring her one later on. And so I did. I took her 3 biz cards, & 1 of my 'Shades of Winter' catalog inserts. Pointed out to her that these are our winter sales & on my website is the regular catalog & a shopping cart, contact form, other info, etc...

I now have my extra nursing clients all scheduled in too. I picked up seven new housekeeping clients, in addition to my currently eight clients I already had. Now almost every day of the week is filled! WOOHOOOO!!! mo' money bebe!

I should be able to qualify to be paid as a 'Team Leader' and get my title officially changed now.
The first title elevation you do is 'qualified' consultant. You want to elevate to that level immediately. When you sign up you purchase a starter/demo package. That gets you to the consultant status only. When you sell 250.00 or more in retail products in 1 month, you are then qualified. And can begin growing your business ie: (booking parties, vendor events, signing consultants under you...)
I now have 1 qualified and 1 non-qualified consultant. When a consultant has 1-5 consultants signed under theirselves I then have certain qualifications to meet for my title to change. Team Leader is my next elevation title. To be paid a bonus check I must do:

1.  at least $300.00 in personal retail sales
2. have at least $100.00 in retail sales by my frontline. (or downline, which is consultants I have signed).
   
   I've passed my goal for personal retail sales. Now I have to make sure that my frontline has a combined total of $100.00 in retail sales.
   
   

Don't Understand this Sadness...

I should be so much happier than what I am. I don't know whats wrong with me though. I can't even recognize growth and accomplishment when I have it. I drove to Billings, Montana for the 1st time for a Passion Party. And I got orders. So that is a good good thing. I freaking drove to Billings. I went through with it. I didn't cancel. I didn't get scared and back out. I went through with it. I conquered it! That is huge personal growth. I do not drive anywhere I am not 100% familiar with. I live in a very small town. I don't ever drive into the big cities. That kind of anxiety has held me back in my life. Maybe I just have too much that I'm worried and scared about right now. And can't see the good things that are happening. I've been living off of my retirement and workers deferred compensation benefits for over a year now that  I accumulated while being a state employee for 6 years. That is all now gone and so the pressure is really on.

I'm in home healthcare now. But not making as much as what I've become accustom to. I was expecting this huge instant success in my Passion Parties business. But it hasn't happened for me this way. I keep telling myself its like magick. I will get out of it, what I put in to it. I havent been putting in enough effort, to receive the results that I'm wanting.

Finances have become so desperate now that I have to cancel all my monthly automated payments. My checking account was enormously overdrawn a few days ago. And its not that I'm spending money that I don't have. It is online automatic payments through paypal. So I'll have to cancel my forum I love. that is $60.00 a month (ning.com forum) http://thewitchesgarden.ning.com and my website for passion parties has a shopping cart on it. So, now I'll have to downgrade my site until I can rightfully afford it. *sigh* Passion Parties by Julie. I can't do anything about my prescriptions I have to have. I can't go without my imitrex (for migraines), can't go w/out my anti-depressant! Now I'm being treated for an ulcer & H-pylori. One of the h-pylori meds are $100.00!!! In November my husband will have the opportunity to add me onto his insurance. But I'm sure I'll have to hear about how that is going to cost him more money.... *ugh!* I feel like such a burden, not being able to pay my own way. I haven't had to rely on someone else money-wise for a long time. I do not like feeling like this at all!!

                                                                               siggie a gift from my pixel sis Jacqui

PBP-Harvest

What have you harvested this year?

How are you saving your harvest so that it lasts through the winter?

What other preparations are you making before the snow falls?

 

I've harvested higher self esteem! In the spring (back in April) I joined a wonderful company called Passion Parties. Part of my goal was to build a stronger me. A little more outgoing. And I am doing that. I am believing in myself more. Standing up for what I feel & believe to be right. Not settling for being treated like dirt & thinking that I deserve it. Knowing that I deserve more & demanding it, and not taking anything less than what I do rightfully deserve. I feel stronger in my spiritual beliefs as well. If someone had come up to me last spring and asked me if I'm a witch. I would have been shocked and possibly even denied it. But now I feel like I would embrace the opportunity to talk about my religion & spirituality. I own it now!

I have learned a lot about self worth from passion parties in the past 6 months. I find myself being less depressed too. And realizing how much a waste of time that is. There is no reason to feel bad about my weight or anything. I can make the choice to change it at any time :D When the time is right. It will happen...

Blue Moon 2012

Pretty well unhappy that I've been looking forward to our Blue Moon for months and now its all overcasted sky and I cannot see the moon at all!

PBP-Lammas

Lughnasadh is just around the corner.... It is the first of the 3 harvest festivals.

As we begin our descent into the dark half of the year, what harvests are you seeing in your life?
What things did you start in the spring that are beginning to come to fruition?
What are you hoping to harvest before the cold arrives?
Prompt by Pagan Blog Prompts

What a perfect blog prompt! It's in the autumn that I feel most connected with nature. It's always felt like a truly magical and special time to me.

I opened up a new chapter to my life this past spring. Something that I never saw myself doing. But I suddenly felt like I could. I signed up to be a Passion Parties Independent Consultant. I have never been outgoing, one to get up in front of people and talk, or talk to people I do not know, go places I've never gone before. But I was gradually beginning to see myself as a person who could do that. Who wants to do that. I bought my demonstration kit in April. April 3rd to be exact. I just became a qualified consultant this month. Which thrilled me to no end & took some pressure off.  I am seeing so many positive things coming to light right now.

I want so badly to be successful in this business. My 1st party ended with retail sales of almost $600.00!! Woohooo!!! No too shabby =D I'm signing my very 1st consultant early August which marks the beginning of building my own team. Which I didn't think would come for a long time. What a fabulous brilliant feeling.

There are seminars to go to. But they are for a limited time only. I didn't think I had any hope what-so-ever of getting to go to one. But all of a sudden there is this huge light at the end of the tunnel! But it feels like its only just the beginning :) I have a CNA job interview this Wednesday. If I get the job I can go. And I have a job to come back to. And I'll be all pumped up with new info for my passion parties business when I get back from the Passion Power Event! Theres even another consultant that already has a room booked. So all I have to do is just pay 1/2 the price of the room. :D


So many good things...

Passion Parties Sale!

Today, I'm offering up a sale to my facebook friends & those who LIKE my fanpage
http://facebook.com/PassionPotion

You will recieve 15% off your order by entering code: FBPASSION when placing an order.
Sales don't last forever though. right! :D So your order must be submitted before August 1st 2012. at Passion Parties by Julie.
We are currently having a Shades of Summer sale too! So, don't miss out. Quantities are limited. Sale ends September 15th. But supplies may run out before that date. So don't wait until the last minute ;)

We are also having a sale on 1 of our starter demo kits for new consultants.
When you order your demo kit (Passion Fantasies-PassionPac) for a limited time you will recieve the Leaf Vitality ($140.00 value!) This is a new & very popular item!! Don't miss out!
http://juliejenks.yourpassionconsultant.com

I am currently looking for awesome ladies to build my team!
Did you know that Passion Parties has a convention once a year in Las Vegas!!!
can you say: F U N!!!

Julie Jenks - Independent Consultant
307-899-2946
http://juliejenks.yourpassionconsultant.com
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Feeling Very Blessed

I'm feeling very very blessed today. The day has gone back and forth and this evening i'm just left with the feeling of feeling very blessed with much love and abundance in my path. Actually not even 100% sure why I feel this way.

Friday I had my very 1st Passion Party. It was SO fabulous!!! So much fun! And did really well with sales. We all had so many laughs. What a really really great group of ladies. I didn't know any of them prior to the party. But I'm so glad that I met them. My party actually came about because the hostess is a friend of my sister-in-laws. My party closed today ending with a total of $597.00 in retail sales. I was hoping to have a super duper party with $1,000.00 in sales. But heh! That is darn good for my 1st party. Plus the number of guests went from 4 to 20 then back to 4. *giggles* So that is really excellent for a total of 5 orders! :D

 

I'm super super excited, because now I am a 'qualified' consultant!!! Wooohooo!!! AND this way on Friday the 13th. Which, before now. I actually never left the house on that day. *lol*
My hostess was very happy with all the discounts that she qualified for. So maybe more people will start hearing about me now :D

Then just on an ordinary cruiz thru facebook this evening I happen to see a post that mentioned one of my witchy sisters. And ended up meeting a wonderful fellow witch; filled with so much love & light! She is doing something very profound. It really inspires me to be a better person. A better witch. She offered for anyone to send her a message with their address, if they would like to recieve a gift from her. After spending a little while on her profile page it struck me as like a pay it forward type of kindness. Perhaps a little of her light now shines within me. And come to find out she is into pixels also. And I think she is also a virgo like me too :)

Well this week has really really turned around for me. I think I shall like to keep this high energy going & participate in some of the blog challenges this week. I know Pagan Blog Prompts are on Thursdays.
So I'm looking forward to that. Now, if I can just get a certain lil witch to get back into doing (i believe it was called) Wednesday Kitchen ?? hmmm that doesnt sound right. *lol* I should send her a lil' emaily

Have you stopped by my witchy forum? The Witches' Garden ?? It's free. I'm looking for individuals to help me build the content. Do you have knowledge & experience you could share for free? Do you like to write? Stop by & make new friends :D
Magickal Love & Light ~

Quick Change...

Isn't it funny how quickly things can change?

I was so down and distraught earlier today. Then I got all cleaned up, put on some makeup,
went in to my altar gave thanks to the universe for all that I have and all the gifts that I am shown. Held me flourite stone in my hands. And wahlah! It's a whole new different day *giggles*

And after talking to my husband. My work prospects are looking so much better. Plus I also went & met with a hostess today, that is having a passion party on July 13th. WoooHooo! So excited. Both of us are.
yaaaah! for the sun shining upon my heart again :D

Defeated Again

Feeling defeated, beat-down, all alone & on the outside. For the past months I've been talking to the administrator of where I used to work. (a state retirement home) Left a year ago. And have been trying to go back. Brick wall, after brick wall, after brick wall. Why am I doing this to myself? Like the abused woman who just keeps going back to her abuse husband or boyfriend. Why does she go back? Not because she likes getting beaten up. But because go back to something familiar is so much easier than starting anew and unfamiliar path.

I've missed my support circle of friends so much. I did go out and work someplace else and it was horrible!! I want my life to be complete and put together again. I want to be thankful for all that I have. But I do need a job to pay my bills. And I can only do that as a CNA. And if I don't get back to work I'll loose my license. And I really don't want that to happen. Kind of feel like I am at a crossroads. But I don't know which was to go anymore. Feels like I just absolutely fail at everything I try to do.

I've also started doing some shadow work the past couple of weeks. In looking into my soul and the things that have happened in life. My sister and I talked for nearly 3 hours yesterday. And I feel like I accomplished a lot! A lot of really really meaningful work.

Love & Light to all

So many AH HAH Moments today!

Today I started off reading up more on Summer Solstice to put articles into my forum. The Witches' Garden. But 'eh felt kinda gloomy & not inspired to do any of my own writing really. And ended up copy/pasting info from about.com (with credit links of course)

Then somehow I ended up on youtube looking more at Charming Pixie Flora's videos. I hadn't watched any of her stuff since last spring. Found myself looking at all sorts of videos. That were really deep, meaningful, and that I sincerely identified with. What was going on? I was being drawn in closer & closer. And even crying. Because what Flora was saying was so true. Because she was hitting on so many things I've thought. How could another human being possibly have thought the exact same things I've thought & said.
Was this all happening for a reason. Well of course. What is the reason? To get me excited about my path again? Possibly...

In fact I did end up being so moved that now I really felt like writing in my blog. I tried one of her summer solstice incense oil recipes. And love it! And why shouldn't I. It has peppermint, which I was just reading only a few days ago lifts your spirits, relieves depression. And now here I was feeling so uplifted and inspired. How amazing. I even added some of her videos to my forum. Then thought!
O-M-G! What if I feel this inspired all the time. What if I go look at 1 video a week and blog on my thoughts based on that video. Share how it makes me feel. Then just what if other people see my posts and start blogging along with me! *giggles* How fun would that be :)

So, I decided to write to Flora & share my idea with her. It is not an original idea. *lol* I already belong to some pagan blog prompts afterall. Maybe it will catch on and be fun though. It would be really nice to have someone to blog back and forth with. 

IN OTHER NEWS

I'm in 2 upcoming auctions on Tophatter. (Live, real-time, virtual auctions). I'm loving tophatter!
Hosted by me: HeartCraft Handmades-Art with Heart June 30th
Facebook Group to ask questions, stay up-to-date on future auctions... - HeartCraft

I'm also involved with a wonderful group of pagan ladies:
Enchanted Arts Auctions. These are once a month. Our 2nd one is coming up July 5th.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/enchantedartsauction/

Blessed Be )O( WiccanMoon xo 

Everything Happens For a Reason...

They say everything happens for a reason. And I've always believed that. We don't always understand at the time why the particular thing or chain of events is happening to us. Especially if its not a very good experience. But 'after the darkness, comes the light'! Yes I am just a bundle of sayings. *giggles* Good things come to those who wait. I believe that one too. And am actually experiencing all of these right now.

All of a sudden i'm running into family members of residents from a nursing home I use to work at. Left, and am now actually trying to get re-hired at. So, that has to be a sign of something good. Right?! I feel like it is. They say really wonderful things to me that make me feel so so good.

I'm also finally starting to sell some of my crafted products! woohoo!!! And yesterday I even put together my own logo/label to put onto my products. Just need to find some help in printing them out in the correct size so they are no all pixeled out. *lol*

I'm so so excited about upcoming Litha also! It is my favorite sabbat of all. Family, food, fun, outdoors...