Update... getting a bit personal

   To those, if any of you, who are still with me, thank you for sticking around.

   The past two months have been crazy. The new year came and went, I neared the end of my pregnancy and gave birth to our second daughter on January 14 after being induced for high blood pressure and Pre-Eclampsia. As of today she is almost 7 weeks old and we are getting a little more adjusted to being a family of four.  :)

   This weekend we are also moving out of our expensive townhouse to somewhere a little more cost effective and outside the ridiculous city limits. I was hoping to have already started posting again, but it's just too much right now between our girls, moving and also dealing with two of us being sick. (Newest addition included)

   So, for right now this is just a quick check I to let you know I am still alive and do plan on coming back to blogging, just not as soon as I had hoped. I do wish you all to stick around and enjoy the rest of 2013 with me!

New Year, Fresh Start - Happy 2013!

 

   So 2012 slipped out quietly for our household. Our 2 year old ran around till 11:30 then the hubby and I watched the ball drop on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve.

 

   2012 has been rough for my family and many things have been negatively affected in my life, this blog being one of them. But with the new year comes a new focus and concentration. The Pagan Blog Project is continuing in 2013, courtesy of Rowan Pendragon. And I myself will be bringing back my monthly study of crystals and herbs each full moon as well as the weekly (or bi-weekly) god/dess post.

  

   It's time to renew, refocus, and re-energize. Welcome 2013.

Santa's Pagan Too

   The Christmas/Yule season has finally arrived and with it hopefully the return of blogging for me. My family has been going through some really rough times and things aren't quite looking up yet, so I need a distraction and something to focus on. So to start, here's a cute song/video I found on youtube to get things going:



                          

Countdown to Samhain - Day 21

   Just wanted to start of today with a Witchy tip from the Facebook page "A Witch's Life" that I thought was nice.  :)

 

 

   Now, on to business!

 

 

   Our recipe today is a Halloween favorite and one I've been craving sicne seeing the picture! Candy Apples! But with a twist.

   From the blog, Lil Luna, comes the recipe for Blackout Candy Apples. Much nicer (and probably cheaper) than going to the store to buy enough for you and the family.

Ingredients

• 8-10 apples
• 8-10 skewers/striped straws
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 tsp. black paste food color
• 2 drops cinnamon flavor

Instructions

1. Place parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray.
2. Wash your apples and let dry. Recipe will make 8-10 apples depending on their size. Add your skewers and/or striped straws.
3. Cook sugar, water and corn syrup in a pot over medium heat. Stir occasionally until sugar is dissolved and starts to boil. Cooking for 10-12 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees. Or you can cook until a small amount of mixture dropped into a cold cup of water separates intro hard candy.
4. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon flavoring and food coloring. Mix well.
5. Dip each apple in mixture to quickly coat it and place apples on cookie sheet. Let set.

   I might have to make a midnight-pregnant-woman-craving run to Walmart and get some supplies!


Our craft today is aso great for kids, or nieces and nephews if you have them. It's SLIME! And what kid doesn't love slime at one point?  :)

  This is also from another blog, All Things Simple. I'll just provide the link for this one since she's got it all set up with pictures and seperate instructions for each step. Enjoy!