Shake Up the Chakra

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First things first. I was happy to be able to talk to Annie and Laura on their blog radio show last night. The love was all around me as I heard them squeal when they found out it was me on the air with them. Thanks ladies for making me feel so welcomed. I do have to laugh when Laura asked me if I had a dog that passed, as she saw a pack of dogs all around me that were happy. (I think I got that all right) Well I had to tell her that maybe that was because I had my 5 dogs all around me then. Well I hope that y'all get to listen in sometime soon. It was lovely to hear and enlightening too!

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I took a Chakra test to just see what it would say. Kathy over at 1,112 diet journal did this on her blog. And since I did not know much about Chakra, I thought it would be interesting to find out.

It said that my root chakra and my crown chakra were lacking. So I wondered what that meant.

Base chakra

It says I am under active with the Base chakra. It is about being physically there and feeling at home in situations. If it is open, I would feel grounded, stable and secure. I would also feel present in the here and now and connected to your physical body.
I tend to be fearful or nervous, so my Base chakra is under-active. I easily feel unwelcome.

Crown chakra

It says I am under active with the Crown chakra. It is about wisdom and being one with the world. When this chakra is open, I would be unprejudiced and quite aware of the world and myself.
It is under-active, so I am not very aware of my spirituality. I am quite rigid in my thinking.

Well they have me pegged there, that is true!

I am anxious most of the time. Yes, even bold lil me is nervous. I do my best not to let it show but I normally am quaking in my boots out in public. And I always want to have a plan. To be 100% sure of what I am doing and where it will lead. Even in the unknown realms.

Take this free chakra test and find out how open each of your seven chakras are.

Marie Antoinette Award

1st off don't forget all the give aways listed on this blog.
Go here to see all the excitement.

Jewel at Pink Ink has been kind enough to give me an award. I am all a twitter about it. THANKS JEWEL. Honestly I am honored that she reads my blogs and comments so often. Jewel is one of you that help me stay focused so often. Actually my followers are few but all great women. I am honored that you have chose me to follow.

Now, on another note. I have an award, YEAH ME! Ha Ha. I am looking forward to presenting this award to you also. What is the Marie Antoinette award for you ask? Well it is not for chopping off heads (even though I feel like it sometimes). This award is for bloggers that blog about real life. Yeah simple enough. We all do that. I know that I so use this blog as my sounding board. As a matter of fact that is why I came again today. Only to find I was a chosen one. So it helped me feel a bit better. (Seasonal stress is hard)

I now get to pose a question to you and let you then pose one back to me. I will be willing to answer any and all. Just remember you get what you ask for so be afraid. LOL I am willing to let you know more about me if you wish.

My question is not easy really. It is one that deals with you soul and spirit.
Just how do you get the Christmas spirit?
I do the cooking, gifts, music and decorations. But it just never seems to get there. I know why we have Christmas and do not like all the commercialism of it. Jesus birth and the grace that has been bestowed on us as a gift is amazing. I can be in awe of that alone now and any time of the year. But I just never feel excited about this season. And I really want to.
So again, tell me how do you get the Christmas Spirit?

And what do you want to know about me?

I hereby nominate the following 7 bloggers who must pass it on to 7 bloggers. Or not, depending on their aversion to blog awards. These are bloggers whom I can always count on to give me a wonderful peek into their REAL selves. Here goes:

• All that and a bucket of chicken
• Gourmet Mom on-the-Go
• Mindless Junque
• Pennies In My Pocket
• Sunshine and Lemonade
• Texas Word Tangle
• writers and witches, and words...oh my!
  

Holiday Spirit or Just the Blues?

Don't forget the give aways for the week. You can visit them all here.

Question?

How do you get into the holiday spirit?

I have the hardest time every year trying to.
Seasonal depression does not help.
I do not really like holidays at all.



But I really want to.



How?



Tell me what helps you get excited about this time of year.

Personally, I do no like the large expectations put on so much.
Lots of gift$ to buy with little money.
Tons of food to fix for so many and then tons of cleaning to do too!
Fear of disappointing people in every way.



How?



I try playing holiday music to make me feel happy.
I light scented candles to make the place smell "good".
Decorations but not too soon.
I purchase gifts all year long to try and help out with the cost.



How?



Share your holiday pick me ups.

Please.