Thomas and Camilla January 2018 Date Day

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Camilla

January 12 2018:

Thomas and Camilla January 2018 Date Day!

Last stop – Quick and short detour to admire this view!!! WOW!!

Next! – A short walk. My favorite part of our date!!

Next stop – Sledding! Thomas is the small speck near the top of the hill in the first picture. He had great fun!

Second stop – Kings Beach … We’ve never stopped at this little park! Just beautiful!! I just love having conversations with Thomas. More and more they are philosophical and I feel so inept! HA! Even though! I adore it!!

First stop – India Kabob & Curry as he requested Indian food. We had India Kabob on a date day years ago so he requested a revisit!
Two plates of assorted vegetarian dishes for me. Loved the peas and potatoes. That was my favorite!!

Have You Ever Had One of Those Mornings

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Camilla

January 11 2018:

You know one of those mornings, after you’ve meditated for 45 minutes and it felt like 10 minutes. And, then you’re writing in your journal and stuff flies through your fingers into your journal that is exactly what you need to hear.

And, then you connect with some deep pain. And, then sob like crazy. And, then a beautiful, perfect, blissful, peace comes over you like you just had a two hour long massage. And then you have an hour and a half Shamanic Reiki healing session, facilitated by an amazing friend, where your traveling through the Aurora Borealis for the entire session?

Well, maybe not.

Yet, that happened for me this morning!! And, I’ve been feeling like James Brown singing “I feel good” all day long!! There’s some coiled latent energy thats uncoiling. Hold on tight! xoxo

(Photo by Markus Kiili)

Solo Dance Party and Soul Book and Fuji Apple and Veggie Chili and Peace and Love

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Camilla

January 7 2018:

Just finished a solo dance party …. The Bee Gees, K.C. & The Sunshine Band, Chic, and Lipps Inc …. Felt so good!

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Ending the day with a food-for-the-soul book and a juicy, crisp Fuji apple. xoxo

January 8 2018:

Veggie Chili tonight …. from beginning to end. So beautiful. And delicious with a piece of sour dough garlic bread! Mmmmmmm ….. xoxo

January 9 2018:

Peace. And. Love. And arts and crafts with Lillian.

January 10 2018:

The stuffed little vegan chili burger that could ………..
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……. fall apart with the first bite!!!! So, so yummy!!!

Foodies artichoke burger, sautéed sweet onions and mushrooms, Roma tomato, mustard, ketchup, sea salt, black pepper, sweet & hot jalapeños, a dollop of my veggie chili, and romaine lettuce …. all snug inside of two slices of garlic sour dough bread with a cute lil kosher dill pickle.

I knew there was a reason I chose a bowl instead of a plate. Ha!!!

Lillian and Thomas are not vegetarian. I made a cheese, mushroom, and onion quiche for Thomas (which I haven’t made in years and years). I mostly don’t eat eggs so he gets it all to himself!

Thomas moans and groans about me being vegetarian leaning towards vegan; yet, he will scarf down that yummy vegetarian goodness!! Steals my food all the time! I prefer to let them make their own choice about becoming vegetarian. I am at about a year and a half of being vegetarian.

January 11 2018:

It may look odd, yet it’s one of my favorite dessert type treats. Frozen wild blueberries in almond milk. Some of the milk freezes into blueberry milk ice chunks. I let it sit for 5-10 minutes before devouring! Yum!!

Dearest Thomas: May You Ever Know

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Camilla

January 19 2018:

Finished Thomas’ Gift! Now I can move on to the 2018 Theme Poster!!

Who else likes to use recycled items for gift making?

I so much loved making this. I like to use recycled items so this is on a piece of cardboard. The top and bottom border, flower stem, and two hearts are candy wrapper (Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Honey Mints) as Thomas loves the color and we save them (and I love that they are only 3 ingredients).

The tree is from an old calendar, the cow is from an old issue of Edible Reno-Tahoe magazine, the house and cat are from an old Trader Joe’s circular, and the rest is glitter glue! Made to hang with a piece of old hemp shoe string. About 5 years ago a friend gave us rolls and rolls of this hemp string. Still using it!

He loves trees, cows, and cats, and I know he would love living in that house … xoxo

Dearest Thomas

May you always ask questions,
May you always engage others in conversation,
May you always seek to understand.

May you ever know there are times when silence is the Way.

May you continue to be an explorer in the sea of knowledge,
May you filter that knowledge through the knowing of the Heart,
May you love this life and live it to the fullest.

May you ever be connected to the knowing of your Heart,
May you ever still …. Go here to read more …

Poetry: May You Ever Know

Beautiful and Majestic Moon and Poetic and Cold and Wet and Smile

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Camilla

January 1 2018:

First walk of 2018 with Lillian. Incredibly beautiful and mild. And WOW! What a moon! Big, majestic, and graceful!! xoxo

Walk with Lillian Vintage Lake 1.1.18 #1

Walk with Lillian Vintage Lake 1.1.18 #2

Walk with Lillian Vintage Lake 1.1.18 #3

Walk with Lillian Vintage Lake Heart 1.1.18 #4

January 3 2017:

Solo walk this morning. Stood next to this tree for a bit. To quote Thomas, “Incredibly poetic.”

I just love it when he notices and says this about scenery and events.

January 5 2017:

Wee little adventure this afternoon. We drove to Boca Reservoir. So incredibly beautiful. And. Cold. And. Wet. I swear the heart shaped rock has a face and is smiling!

Finished a Year Long Project

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Camilla

December 31 2017:

Just finished a year long project! YaY, YaY, YaY!! I’m done! I’m done! Let’s Dance!

This year long project is a different one from Lillian’s book! I finally got every meaningful post and photo off of here and onto the Team TLC blog!! Every day I went through “On this Day” and copy and pasted into our digital journal at https://www.theteamtlc.com …. THAT was a TON of work.

Yet, now there are no worries about losing memories and photos! Facebook does not make it easy to search through posts so that’s why I had to wait for the “On this Day” feature every day! Whew! You cannot even imagine how much time this took! Wahooooo!!!

Poof! I Finally Know the 2018 Theme Word

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Camilla

January 16 2018:

For the past 4 or 5 years, I’ve had a theme word for the new year. It usually becomes clear some time in December; at least by January 1st, what the theme is to be. Except for this year. I was getting kind of discouraged that it had not come to the surface.

….. Until last weekend …. Poof! There it was! Sign after sign after sign! Talk about chills and goose bumps! Wheeee! Can’t wait to share it. I’ll be writing a blog post about it. Here’s last years … Along with a beautiful rose.

First, I need to finish with Thomas and Lillian’s hand made Christmas gift. I got a bit behind this year! HA! Will share that when I’m done too. I’m done with the writing part; just need to make it into wall art now! Getting caught up is a beautiful thing!! Ahhhhhh …. It’s a bright, bright, sun shiny, pink rose day! xoxo

Dearest Lillian: May You Always

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Camilla

January 17 2018:

Finally finished Lillian’s hand made Christmas gift! Just need to add string for hanging! xoxo

Dearest Lillian

May you always live with an open and light heart,
May you always live knowing you are unconditionally loved,
May you always live knowing and allowing peace, joy, and abundance.

May good fortune smile and shower upon you,
May joy stalk you and be hidden in every nook and cranny of your life,
May peace float always above you as a puffy cloud in a bright blue sky.

May the shadows ever be …. Go here to read more …

Poetry: May You Always Know

People Say I’m Crazy

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Camilla

December 29 2017:

Just back from running a very quick errand. This song came on the radio. I turned up the volume and drove right on past the turn for our condos.

Sang as loud as I could muster and drove until it was over. Made a u-turn and headed home. That felt sooooo good! I love this song … Causes my heart to open and melt into the beauty of knowing .. xoxoxo

People say I’m crazy
Doing what I’m doing
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin
When I say that I’m okay, well they look at me kinda strange
“Surely, you’re not happy now, you no longer play the game”

People say I’m lazy
Dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I’m doing fine watching shadows on the wall
“Don’t you miss the big time boy, you’re no longer on the ball?”

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people ask me questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there’s no problem
Only solutions
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me, as if I’ve lost my mind
I tell them there’s no hurry, I’m just sitting here doing time

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round

I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go – John Lennon

Book Musings: Peace to All Beings – Veggie Soup for the Chicken’s Soul

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Camilla

January 13 2018:

Peace to All Beings – Veggie Soup for the Chicken’s Soul

I initially put this book on hold thinking it was an easy and short children’s book that we could read before bed. When it came in, I saw that’s not what it was at all. I asked Thomas if he wanted to read it. After looking at it, he left it on the kitchen table.

One day last week, I sat at the table and was moved to pick up the book, turn to a random page and read. I did not put the book down until I had nearly read to the end of the book (from where I had randomly opened it). After that, I began at the beginning of the book.

I am a vegetarian so obviously this book speaks to me. It wasn’t only that, though. It seemed to be speaking directly to other areas of my life as well. I’m not even sure how to describe this one. So, I will pull a quote or two from it with a few more of my own words added.

“Every thought is a prayer,
Therefore, let us
Think compassion
Think love
Think peace
For all beings everywhere.
Every act is a prayer.
Therefore, let us
Be compassion
Be love
Be peace
For all beings everywhere.”

This is a powerful book about peace, compassion, and reverence for life; with references to St. Francis, Jesus, Albert Schweitzer, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, and many others of similar persuasion. The overall theme of the book is Ahimsa.

“Each object in the world is not merely itself, but involves every other object and, in fact, is everything else.” -Avatamsaka Sutra

The words and concepts in this book spoke to my soul so deeply and powerfully. To say I loved and enjoyed it is an understatement!

Team TLC = Thomas, Lillian and Camilla

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