Dustings from the School Bus

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Back to School Quest

Dustings from the School Bus

The Angels of Squidooville received a letter in their inbox that spoke of a special quest that was available. Since it is that time again when all of the School Buses are out cleaning off the dust and getting ready for the new school year to begin, the officials at Squidooville headquarters thought it would be fun to go on one last adventure before school officially started. Ms. Bonnie and Ms. Robin packed a lot of extra juice boxes and sent all of us Angels out to explore new territories in Squidooville. It was a seven day journey and each of us Angels were suppose to visit 10 new homes in a new territory each day for seven days. (I was really afraid we were going to run out of juice boxes because WOW this was a really fun road trip!) Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Reiki

Reiki-A Vision and My Journey

know there are a ton of pages written about Reiki, but I wanted to share my journey with this amazing alternative healing method. I will share how Reiki entered my life. Why I decided to do Reiki and my journey with it ever since. I will admit that I am not as active as a regular practitioner, but I do know I use it a lot for personal use. I have found that once you are attuned to Reiki, it becomes a natural part of you. My whole journey deciding to do Reiki came to me in a vision. I write about this further down this page. I can honestly say if it were not for that vision chances are I would not have been attuned. As odd as that sounds, I just have a very hard time charging for any kind of healing I am asked to do. At that time, the prices for your attunements were very high. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

Do you like Strawberry Shortcake? You will love Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes!!

One of the other things I LOVE is strawberries! As long as I have strawberries or Chocolate, this girl is set to go!! And oh, my goodness put the two together and it is like floating on a cloud!! When I was a teenager, I would always order me a ½ chocolate and ½ strawberry milkshake every time I ordered one! Since I am NOT a summer person at all, cooking is the last thing on my mind. So I have had to come up with things that are easy, do not take a lot of time and are light and refreshing. THESE cupcakes fit those categories. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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WhiteOak's Halloween Zazzle Store

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WhiteOak's Halloween

WhiteOak's Halloween Store

t is beyond me why I have waited as long as I have to start a Halloween Themed Zazzle Gallery considering Halloween is my most favorite holiday!! This year I have also opened a New Gallery highlighting my photography and another showcasing greeting cards and card stationary items-so I guess I figured why not open a Halloween Theme Zazzle store too. . What I have done previous years is create a special Halloween Card for my original Zazzle Gallery which is called WhiteOak Art Designs and Photography. I am not sure I will be doing that anymore considering I now have a gallery devoted to nothing but Halloween Designs but to be honest with me you can never tell.. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Wolf Totems

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Wolf Totem

My Spirit Wolf Totem

n the drumming circles I attended, someone mentioned that they were going to have a Shaman Class in a couple of weeks to help people find their "Animal Spirit Totems". I was so excited that I could not contain myself. I signed up and hoped to goodness that the money was going to manifest so I could pay for the class. I honestly believe that when things are meant to be, everything will come together and that is exactly what happened for me and the class. There was a pretty big group. I knew most everybody but there were a few new people that I had not meant before. It was a one day workshop that would turn out to be one of the most fascinating days of my life. Finally, I was going to meet my "Dolphin" the animal that I knew with all of my heart that was my Animal Spirit Totem. Little did I know that we are not the ones that choose our guides, our guides choose us. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Glass Decorative Witches Balls

Legend of the Witch Ball

Witch Balls are beautiful colored spheres of blown glass. They are created in a way that thin strands of material gather on the inside of the sphere creating somewhat of a web design. They are perfect for any home's décor, especially for the kitchen. I have two, one green one that hangs by my kitchen window and a new aqua blue that I plan on hanging in my living room. The Witch Ball is full of history dating back to the 18th century. The designs became very refined back in the Victorian Era. They are hung in the window for protection against evil spells and negativity. It is said that the beauty of the sphere attracts these spirits and their energy gets trapped inside the glass sphere, protecting your home and environment from harm. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Living off Grid

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Homesteading-Living Off Grid

Self-Sufficiency

What is the definition for Homesteading? Broadly defined homesteading is a lifestyle, a simple life and/or a life of being self-sufficient. It takes you back to the days of the Wild West and the old pioneers that lived a very hard life and lived with very little. Homesteads today are living off grid, some consider it The Path to Freedom being able to live without electricity bills, phone bills, televisions and all of the modern day niches. It is getting up and taking care of your small farm and growing a good portion of what you eat. It is raising your foods without chemicals and pesticides, feeding your animals hormones and food that may not always be chemical free. Some may call it a "Simple" life, but working that hard to survive is nothing simple. What is rewarding is the connection from becoming a family again, and not having to depend solely on outside sources for major finances. You learn to live with little and become very grateful for EVERYTHING you have!! Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Woodstock

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1960's Music

Woodstock-Summer of Love

Back in the 1960's our record collection was very much like today's musical CD's. Music for me is something that has always touched the core of my being. I actually use to play music all of the time especially in the sixties. My stepfather was a music junkie so needless to say we always had a good music setup. Since no one was allowed to touch his stereo equipment, most of the time I would have a very inexpensive recorder player and would play my 45's all the time. If you were to ask what people remember most about the 1960's, it would be the hippies, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Woodstock. Woodstock was 3 days of Peace and Music held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York on 600 acres. During that weekend, 32 acts performed in front of 500,000 people. I found this information at Wiki. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Gothic Bathroom Accessories

Gothic Toilet Brush Holder

This picture started my whole thinking process for this lens. My husband was looking through a catalog and when I seen this picture of the Skull Toilet Brush, I immediately thought WOW, that would make an interesting SQUIDOO LENS! My husband just looked at me and shook his head! I happen to love Gothic Theme rooms. When I was single, I had a few my rooms decorated in a Gothic Theme and loved it! Everybody has a bathroom, right? Why not have it decorated with a Gothic Theme as well, especially during Halloween? During my search for items to show in this lens, I also found some fantastic sites that sell Gothic Theme bathroom accessories. Of course you could go with the solid black, but adding a touch of electric blue, burgundy or blood red just adds a little more of a mystical feel to the interior décor. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Kitchen Witch

Exactly, what is a Kitchen Witch?

A Kitchen Witch: is a woman who has placed magick in every aspect of her home, her hearth. She is the Keeper of the Home who ensures it is safe, cleaned of negative energies and it is nurtured on all levels. I choose to post this description because it best describes me and my experiences. In a sense I am more like a Hedge-witch. A Kitchen Witch puts so much energy in her home that most of the time the kitchen becomes the Heart of the Home. I have had people gather in my home and most of the time we gather in the kitchen. We will share a wonderful herbal tea and a cake filled with magickal energy, or a beautiful spring salad with all of the trimmings. We will sit and talk and share so much that time actually fly's away. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Beauty of the Garden

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Walk Through the Botanical Gardens

Beauty of the Garden

Follow me and let's take a walk through the Botanical Gardens. Along the way stop for a few moments and take in the warm fuzzy feelings that the beauty of the garden can give to you. Recently, as most of you already know I have set my goals and focus on becoming a more serious photographer. I believe that each artist has a certain focus and places a lot of attention into that focus. Photography has reached the top of my own personal goal list, I know what I want to focus on and I know what I want to accomplish. But as with every goal, we must learn to take those baby steps and try not to run before we can walk. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Chocolate Dippers

Okay, that is taking it a little overboard, but you get what I mean. I LOVE chocolate!! This is lens 2 of 30 for the challenge I am doing. I know the niche of dipping things into chocolate has been covered and I will post some of those links, but I had to write this page. Do you want to know why? When I was a teenager I had a few different jobs at once (three to be exact) and on the occasion when I could get a day off I would take a little bit of one of my paychecks and go downtown; at that time I was living in Colorado Springs. Even being that young I knew how important it was to treat yourself once in a while, this is how I treated myself: I would go to the Goodwill store and see if they had any ripped jeans that fit me, I would buy them and patch them up. (Yes, my hippie days) Than I would get me some chocolate covered popcorn from a vendor wagon. This was a HUGE treat for me. Nowadays, you see chocolate popcorn everywhere, but not back then. Since I am known for liking different food combinations, I thought I would share of my favorite things dipped in chocolate. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Zombie Costumes

This of course is a SquidBOO page and everyone that knows me, knows I am hooked on writing Squidboo lenses. This page is for a challenge called Monstrosity SquidQuest. If you visit comments and ratings are welcomed and appreciated. http://amplify.com/u/a19ssw

Psychic Children are very Gifted

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Psychic Children

Psychic Children are very Gifted

Psychic Children I am creating this lens for a few different reasons. I just finished watching a show on T.V. about Psychic Children, and the one thing that kept going through my mind was, I wish someone would have taken the time to help me learn about my gifts as a child, instead of making me feel like a freak. Plus, I believe this is a very important subject because children are so attuned to the Spiritual World and Psychic Abilities when they are young. The problem is; they do not know what to do with these abilities and are unsure how to use them. Last, I believe children need to safe enough in the family to have open communication. Many Gifts are lost in children because they become afraid or unsure of what they are experiencing. They begin to wonder if what they seen were real or pretend is this good or bad, doubt is a horrible emotion to feel and unfortunately it begins at a very early age. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Avatar-The Movie

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Avatar-3D Animation

Avatar-The Movie

James Cameron's 300 million dollar, 2 ½ hour sci-fi fantasy movie was released in theaters, December 17, 2009. Cameron spent several years co-developing the 3D Fusion Camera technology that was used in the movie. This movie is classified as "hyper-real" since the facial capturing system took 18 months alone to perfect. What is an Avatar? An Avatar is an additional body produced to host a spirit/likeness/personality/soul without its own original life force. According to the examiner.com in Atlanta, the movie is exciting and yet has disappointed some people because of the story line. The one thing that everyone agrees with is how great the special effects are. They are saying the 3D version of the film is phenomenal!! Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Who are Star People

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The Star People

Exactly, Who Are Star People

Often times when we are asked questions, we think carefully how to answer it. In my case when I am asked a question and do not know the answer right off the top of my head, I research until I find the answer. While I was doing my lens Psychic Children, I was asked questions that lead too me to writing Star Children, which lead me to this lens. I ordered Brad & Francie Steiger book called The Star People and through that, I have learned many things and wanted to share it with some of my loyal readers of my lenses. Buckle up, because I know for a fact, many of you are going to be floored! But the question remains: What is a Star Child and/or Star People? According to a fantastic site I found: Star children are children who have been sent here from all areas of the universe to help the earth and the people on it. They possess psychic, spiritual, and other extra sensory abilities. To Read full article please go to: Star Children Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Legend of the Witch Ball

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Witches Balls

Legend of the Witch Ball

Witch Balls are beautiful colored spheres of blown glass. They are created in a way that thin strands of material gather on the inside of the sphere creating somewhat of a web design. They are perfect for any home's décor, especially for the kitchen. I have two, one green one that hangs by my kitchen window and a new aqua blue that I plan on hanging in my living room. The Witch Ball is full of history dating back to the 18th century. The designs became very refined back in the Victorian Era. They are hung in the window for protection against evil spells and negativity. It is said that the beauty of the sphere attracts these spirits and their energy gets trapped inside the glass sphere, protecting your home and environment from harm. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Crystal Children

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The Crystal Child

Crystal Children

Once back in the mid nineties when I was doing a reset job at a department store, I looked over and seen this beautiful child-she was so young I would hate to guess her age. She had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen on a child. My supervisor was working this particular job with me and I told my supervisor that the child was an Old Soul. But I knew there was more to her than just being an old soul, she was unique and special. The funny thing about this is after all of these years I can still see her face in my mind. After reading Loreen Virtue characteristics of a Crystal Child I now know that the child I seen and connected to, was a Crystal Child. She had to be, when we locked eyes, it was as if she and I were talking on a much higher level. When her and her mother were leaving the area, the little girl smiled at me as if to say, we will meet again. I know that sounds odd but its the truth. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Feng Shui for the Kitchen

Using Feng Shui in the Kitchen

As I have mentioned on several of my lenses, my kitchen is the "Heart of my Home". I have learned that the kitchen is the heart of many homes, which I only find to be amazing. I really wanted to write this lens to share more ideas from Skye Alexander's book which I will highlight in this lens again, but I wanted to share a few of my own ideas as well. Since I have been keeping house (which has been many years) the one place in my home that always seems too remain balanced with good energy is the flow of the energy in my kitchen. I love kitchen gadgets and I am a pack rat (did I just say that?)! But somehow, some way I always keep my kitchen flowing with a warm gentle energy. One of many things I do is hang a lot of wind chimes throughout my home, especially in the kitchen. And I love dragonflies so I have them fluttering throughout my kitchen as well. But before I get into too much here let me just say that doing Feng Shui is easy, does not have to be expensive and helps with the health, prosperity, and wealth in your home especially the kitchen. To begin, start with one thing at a time. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Emotional Power Within

We are Goddesses

Finding Our Place of Power-What in the world does this mean? First I am not sure if "Power" can be described in the sense I am speaking about. The experiences you go through can explain "Power" because it is the things you go through that makes you create the inner power you have. When you find your place of power it is the same as finding the inner God/Goddess part of yourself. It is reaching that part of you and being able to handle situations and experiences that you have gone through and coming out of those experiences with an understanding of what the experience meant. To me: the journey of you finding your place of power lies within the strength you used during your experiences and the understanding of the lessons you were taught. We gain power by going through unexpected struggles, loss, betrayal, disappointments; things that make our reality spin out of control. The process we go through handling these situations is how we reach our place of power because we learn how to recapture our inner balance. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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