Michael and Jaspenelle

Nightmares and Dreams

I had a bunch of dreams last night, all very disjointed and some nightmarish (though a little funny upon waking up.) These are the ones I remember clearly enough to describe:

Michael and I had just bought a house and were standing in the living room, which had wooden floors and lots of windows. I noticed the living room window was a drive thru window. I stuck my head out and a car pulled up with two of my friends (in the dream, I don’t know them in real life.) The woman, who was South African, gave me a $20 bill for something and drove off to catch a plane. She had a bear decal on the back of her car. I took the $20 to Michael and explained we should split it 50/50 so he gave me $10 of his money from his wallet and took the $20. I decided I was going to put my $10 in my gardening fund jar. I went to find the jar.

Then I woke up briefly. It was raining outside. I laid in bed for a few listening to that lovely sound and enjoying the fresh air. I dozed off.

I was walking in the forest eating a carrot when I saw a huge brown/gray bear. It saw me too and started coming towards me. I stopped, rang by bear bell and yelled at it, which didn’t affect the bear walking towards me. Apparently bear bells and yelling don’t work in dreams (I have heard they pretty much don’t work with some bears in the wild either.) The bear started trotting and I ran, at which point I realized I didn’t have shoes on - still had my carrot though! A crow flew over my head and led me to a I found a hollowed out tree stump and hid in it. But the bear found me and started ripping at the tree stump with his claws. I was utterly terrified, I knew the bear wanted my carrot and would kill me for it but I didn’t want to give it to him because, well, it was my carrot!

Then Damian woke me up. 3am! Time for potty and a boob, and then back to sleep.

Back to Michael and my new house, we had just finished moving in when a pipe broke upstairs which leaked through the ceiling onto my altar and ran the paint of a painting I made that hangs on the wall above it. I moved all the stuff and was frustrated because now we had to pay to have that problem fixed.

Then a friend came over (again a dream friend, don’t know her in real life) she had a harp with her for whatever reason. All I remember about her is that she had a mass of lovely curly hair. Her husband and a little girl were with her too. She helped me clean up some water and then played the harp to help me relax as we waited for the repairman. We talked about breastfeeding and parenting and music. Michael was playing with Damian, who was a bit older as well as the little girl. We ate chili and cornbread together too after the repairman came. Oddly enough his business logo was a bear.

Then the alarm clock went off, dang it! I have reason to believe that AZ from Kitsch and Giggles was the lady in the last dream as she plays the harp and I have found out today has curly hair. She and I have spoken a few times about breastfeeding too, (she should totally be an LLL mom.) AZ also had a dream about me last night.

Coincidence? Synchronicity? What about the bear symbol in all the dreams?

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Help for a Friend

As a lot of you know, one of my friends as well as the woman who made the gorgeous corset for Michael and my handfasting is Graywolf. Recently her little ferret, Duncan has gotten really sick right and has racked up quite the vet bill. I know not all of you are as avid animal lovers as me, but it breaks my heart when one of my cats gets sick, I can’t imagine having that happen and not being able to figure out what is wrong!

Click here to read how you can help Duncan.

You can donate money to Graywolf directly or buy one of the adorable paw print pendants she has made to help raise money to pay for his surgery and care. Any little bit helps!

Largest US Beef Recall Ever

This story is so incredibly horrific to me, I am nearly beyond speechless. Is our food inspection system so broken that incidents like this can go so long without notice or punishment?

If you watch the video, was taken by an undercover Humane Society person, you can see abattoir employees pushing cows too diseased to walk with forklifts and pulling them with chains, as well as hitting them in the head with cattle prods and brooms. How can people treat animals like that? Oh My God! I want to push those employees around with a forklift and see if they like it, there is no excuse for torturing an animal, no matter if it is a pet or food! And people wonder why I rarely eat meat. I really hope this makes some people look into where their meat is coming from.

So now that this video has surfaced of course, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is ordering the recall of 143 million pounds of beef from “Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.” The meat was mainly disturbed to schools and fast food places. It affects all beef products dating all the way back to February 1, 2006 (so check your freezers just in case.)

I am so disgusted by the actions of people at times.

Winter Rally