The dreadful omellete!

My mind these days has been a little all over the place. It kind of still is. I am thinking one moment a potion i want to make to boost someone's confidence and the next i am thinking about my boyfriend. I can not stay focused on a simple task and i am always focused. I can not dig deap enough to find the reason behind all that. It can be that i am overworked or something astrological, or parapsychological. This is the main reason i have n't been around for almost a couple of weeks. I have been thinking of going back to school( i have taken a break from it for about a year). I like school. School for me is kind of a hobby- vacation thing. I learn about stuff and i get to meet new people. I do not stress over taking my degree because i do not intend to use it( there goes the hobby thing). I visit libraries and study courses that are interesting, instead of staying home and working(there goes the vacation thing).]
In greek universities attention is not mandatory and it is free. So you can take long breaks and not mention it and fail as many courses as you want. Ironically enough, there is not a "greek" system in Greece. We do not have fraternities and sororities. Which is a shame, cause it seems like a lot of fun..Unfortunately our last goverment -and current one- decided that the one great thing our nation had, which is free education, had to be destroyed,so i do not know for how long i get to keep my "hobby". I hope i have n't bored you with meaningless details about my life,or given you a headache from jumping around from one subject to another, but that is what blogs exist(not for the headache part!).
Just now my boyfriend was cute enough to bring me dinner that he made. It was horrible! I have no idea how you can screw up an omellete that bad, but i had to swallow and smile! I did not want to hurt his feelings especially since he was so considerate and caring!!!I have to go before he sees what i wrote. Blessed be**

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great Beltane. I had a lot of fun! Blessed be**
Sorry for the short post but i have to go to sleep. I promise i will come back soon!

Ashes to ashes...

I wrote a post and it deleted itself!Puff! One minute it was there and the other..gone! :(
Anyway, as i already wrote once today, i have never shared something of my family tradition before with you. That is what i am about to do now.
When a spell is cast with an incense burnt sometimes you return the ashes back to mother earth. You burry them near a tree or a plant and the plant has the magickal purpose of your spell(as the tree grows the spell becomes stronger-good for marriages,pregnancies etc).
Sometimes though, you spead the ashes to the wind, then the wind carries the message of your spell(good for people who are away,metaphysical connections etc).
Sometimes you throw the ashes in the sea-or a river, lake..- then the energy of the spell travells all around the world and back to you(good for money spells, you can expect the first results with the first rain, or cleansing-sending away negative energy and expect back positive one).
Sometimes you spread the ashes on the external of a candle(or use them as an ingredient to that), whenever you burn that candle the flame keeps the energy of the spell alive.
Sometimes you can combine the power of all four elements to enhanse your spell.
But, since i begun practicing my craft i started keeping some of the ashes i made. They are in a wooden box.This box contains all the energy of the rituals, that the ashes come from. When i have a child i will pass it on to it. Then if needed she will use some of the ashes to connect with that energy.
This is where it becomes a bit morbid. When i pass, the ashes of my rituals will beput in another box. One that contains the rituals of my family line. When needed we use these ashes to tap into our ancestors power.
If you start your own box of ashes, pick a beautiful big wooden box. Always be careful! Never put the ashes in the box , if they are still burning. Blessed be with a bit of my family tradition**

Frape, the greek coffee

It is a beautiful day and when the sun comes out as a truly greek woman i have to drink "frape". Of course instant coffee is the thing you drink instead of the real one when electricity goes down. I feel the same way when it comes to hot coffee. But this is different, and you should try it. You put in a blender a spoon of instant coffee, two spoons of sugar and two spoons of water. You mix them, then you put the cream you made into a big glass and you add ice, milk and water. It is simple, as low fat, low sugar you want(you can also make it with aspartame) and yummy!!!
You would normally expect that i would post a recipe for musaka, but this is simplier and i enjoy it in a daily basis! So enjoy!

Turning a new leaf

I returned today from the store, and stocked up my house on whole grain products, brown sugar,cereal bars, wholemeal breadsticks, etc..I even bought lemons so i can replace diet coke with homemade lemonade. It sounds ambitious, but i hope it lasts. Although i have to be honest i am not so sure about that brown rice. It seems... well, nothing like rice. So, i am cutting down on aspartame, white sugar, salt, and a little bit, on fat. Everything is light on fat in my refrigerator and to top it all, i even bought an icecream maker! No reservatives in my icecream. I hope i can make something eatable with it!! Today all day after a long time i have been proud of the stuff i have been eating. Usually i order so much take out food that i dont have to go for groceries very often. So this is a big change and a huge step. My soulmate( who by the way is so skinny that pisses me off) is not so happy about my new organic healthy craze. He loves his coke( he drinks 2 litres a day of that thing!!), he loves his greesy pizza and he really hopes that i will get over it soon.
At this point i have to add that i hate diets. I hate the whole concept behind them. I hate how eating disorders have taken over the western world. And i hate the facism of corporate media and the unhealthy body image that we are so used to it that our original healthy archetypes have been corrupted-hopefully not irreversably. So this is definitely not a way to lose pounds so i can fit into something, although i am chubby. It is about health and making my body stronger. So, the last couple of days i have been eating healthier and i broke my 2 meals per day habbit. I had a lot of snacks and a sufficient breakfast every day and i realised that although i am pmsing i am not craving for candy. Most of the times during the day i want a chocolate, a cookie or a dessert more than once. So, me not killing for something with frosting on it, while i am expecting my period is weird and absolutely out of the ordinary. I believe that this is a result of the frequent meals. By the way, i have a new obsession and it is mini breaks with cinnamon by all-bran.They rock! The bags are ridiculously small, but the upside is: "they can fit in any purse i am carring..."
As witches or pagans we are constantly trying to improve ourselves. Eating is a big part of our lives, it is the way we take care of us and our families, and this is the way we should consider it. Food is not our enemy, something that when it comes to our system we should feel guilt for. Food is not calories we h a v e to burn. Loving our body can get difficult sometimes because of our influences, but it is a big step that each and every one of us has to take on the path of self improvement. What i am saying is we should all take a good look in the mirror and concentrate in the things we like and then see that our "faults" are not really existing. I am sure that the advertises of cosmetics companies would like to prove me otherwise, and would hate to hear you say it. Just to see how serious i am, i will say it.
I love my stretch marks!! I invite you all to say things that you love on yourself either weight watchers and plastic surgents would want you to or not!!
That 's all from me, your almost crazy greek witch. Blessed be!

Queen? I am honored!

I am so happy today!! I have visited blogger -like always- not in the best mood because it is Sunday and i had to work and what did i find out?? I am a queen!!!! I am a queen because of my beautiful friends Spiral Dancer and See through green! My sign is Leo and i have always dreamed of being a queen and because of you two i now am! Thank you, we shall rule in peace and grace!! By the way, it is unbelievable how much i am enjoying this, and probably a litlle bit disturbing lol! I AM A QUEEN!!
I am sending lots and lots of love towards your way,can you feel it although you are in Scotland and Canada? I know it is pretty far but i feel really close to you guys. But i would like to pass on this honor to Tracy of Every little thing she does is magick and Dolly of Dolly and the black dog. I would also like to pass it on back to you although i know it is pretty pointless,but it is just my way to show my appreciation to you my fellow queens!!!

My pendant was delivered today..

I just performed a beautiful ceremony to bless my new pentacle pendant. If i ever manage to achieve that level of technological skill, i will post a picture. It is actually a silver pentagram on a circle shaped white mother of pearl and it is handmade by a dear friend. I love it. I will charge it tomorrow while celebrating the esbat. The timing is perfect. Since i am pmsing i was n't in the best mood but the arrival of my pendant made my day. Blessed be**