The ritual of crossing over an invisible threshold isn't new at all but people have been doing it for a long time. Thousands of years even..So to me it isn't that weird to know that tomorrow will be 2013..
I am very excited about it and a little scared of course.
In the course of a year so much can happen it all becomes a blur and then you look back and you have a twang in your heart because of losses and violent separations between other humans and yourself. And it is all because we don't want to change..the reason it hurts so bad I mean.
Also we are self serving and arrogant..that is Saturn in Scorpio right and and next year too.. so there is that aspect on this whole vibe..it is awesome because we get to do it again and do better..
The thing with rituals and the crossing over is important to me and in my mind, cannot be under observed. Look at how we still have weddings and funerals in churches, where we cry and beg the divine spirit to not forget us at our ultimate demise..
When I was a little girl in Proti Florina Greece, I remember such rituals of Christmas and the new year with Ayios Vasilis which we celebrated this time of year..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TPGbbZf-Hc
Happy New Year
2013
Another chance to do it amazingly!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
still on etsy
yup still on etsy.
Ok. ok, sometimes I go through my mental stuff...I want to be in a peaceful honey space. And all the friking nail polish on etsy is annoying! Not every day, but , quite often there are more and more business people making etsy sites because they know about 500 million people a year go there.
Hey man, people like nail polish..who am I the nail polish police? No. but ..in in my mind I think....
" Like I want to see nails everywhere" They put layers and layers of chemical latex bonds on their nails and they may be all yellow underneath..but that is besides the point.. There are many other products I would rather not look at next to mine..but then...
Look at us!! We are on etsy, looking at pretty things reading pretty words..hopefully some of mine.
The point is that etsy is awesome..you want a red velvet cape ( which dang it but I need one of those..), you can get one. You can get any color cape that an artist made on etsy...Perfume with natural oils? Yup, there are many..always read the ingredients..cute witchy names don't always mean aromatherapy.
People make nice things though, like my friend Matt who makes those sweet tea shirts.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FullArkTees
he has taught his young un' Hungarian..so cute..
thank you by the way and have a wonderful day.
anastasia,
www.eleneetha.etsy.com
Ok. ok, sometimes I go through my mental stuff...I want to be in a peaceful honey space. And all the friking nail polish on etsy is annoying! Not every day, but , quite often there are more and more business people making etsy sites because they know about 500 million people a year go there.
Hey man, people like nail polish..who am I the nail polish police? No. but ..in in my mind I think....
" Like I want to see nails everywhere" They put layers and layers of chemical latex bonds on their nails and they may be all yellow underneath..but that is besides the point.. There are many other products I would rather not look at next to mine..but then...
Look at us!! We are on etsy, looking at pretty things reading pretty words..hopefully some of mine.
The point is that etsy is awesome..you want a red velvet cape ( which dang it but I need one of those..), you can get one. You can get any color cape that an artist made on etsy...Perfume with natural oils? Yup, there are many..always read the ingredients..cute witchy names don't always mean aromatherapy.
People make nice things though, like my friend Matt who makes those sweet tea shirts.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FullArkTees
he has taught his young un' Hungarian..so cute..
thank you by the way and have a wonderful day.
anastasia,
www.eleneetha.etsy.com
Saturday, December 29, 2012
the dud
For months after cutting the soap, I would walk by and smell it, put it down, and think, "not ready" for months! My friend Tonie would say, "leave it, it'll be good"
I had doubts and once again, she was my wisdom magnet.
After a while and more than two months later this product had transformed itself into a special and spectacular soap with heavy vibes of protection and steadiness..I can't seem to find the photo but you might have enjoyed a bar..that was the past..and....I was also going through a Saturn aspect in my chart..Saturn is really important and worthy of investigating where this giant is making magnetic angles in your chart...
Saturn teaches patience
integrity
humility
skill
knowledge
bones
teeth
logic
growing up
in allowing others to shine, you get brighter
say you are sorry
Saturn wants you too..plus Saturn makes you be you are sorry..true story::))lol
Today we have my gorgeous satsuma which I added a whole heap of orange wax to.
I am heavy handed at times..orange takes a long time anyhow and now orange wax even longer..
At the very worst, we will have to toss it..or in 6 months it'll remind us of Italy in Summer..Italy should smell like mandarins and oranges and maybe you are on a marble patio overlooking the sea..with citrus trees all around and as you know you can always walk by and pluck a lemon blossom and blow yourself away because nothing you had smelled in a bottle can compare..unless of course you go to the next tree and also pluck a bitter orange blossom and you rub that one on your heart..
have a wonderful day"_))
Friday, December 28, 2012
the past
Have you ever written something, a poem perhaps and then gone back to read it years later?
I have a hard time with that. It is weird to go back and glance at the frame of mind you were in a year ago on paper.
I usually stay within a few weeks time frame because when going back to read, you have to edit yet more embarrassing errors. Or, you are like, "Did I say that? What a geek!"
The past is so messed up, yo!
In the past people fuck you over or you have done it to them.
Well, perhaps we expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.
All I am saying is, emotional drama happens, take it from me. With 7 children, there is always one giving me heartache..anger or sadness, it is still all the same heart wrenching human condition.
There is a trick to not getting too involved in their life but having boundaries enough to get your way in all things..
Do you think that is a selfish way to think? To demand your own way?
I don't. This is ma house..no smoking, no perfume unless it is mine or Justine's and no traffic in my bathroom..
More importantly in this little rant of mine is the fact that each morning you get a chance to do it all over again.
You can wake up and blame yourself for ruining your own life, blame everyone else. or smile and be glad and don't have a ruined life! What, one little thing crushes you and now you are dead? No!
Be glad and measure your talents daily and say thank you for all the goodness..all the goodness and wonderment of being. Remembering, having good food and being warm under a full moon on an icy winter's morning..
that's the stuff!
thank you:) have a wonderful day.
I have a hard time with that. It is weird to go back and glance at the frame of mind you were in a year ago on paper.
I usually stay within a few weeks time frame because when going back to read, you have to edit yet more embarrassing errors. Or, you are like, "Did I say that? What a geek!"
The past is so messed up, yo!
In the past people fuck you over or you have done it to them.
Well, perhaps we expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.
All I am saying is, emotional drama happens, take it from me. With 7 children, there is always one giving me heartache..anger or sadness, it is still all the same heart wrenching human condition.
There is a trick to not getting too involved in their life but having boundaries enough to get your way in all things..
Do you think that is a selfish way to think? To demand your own way?
I don't. This is ma house..no smoking, no perfume unless it is mine or Justine's and no traffic in my bathroom..
More importantly in this little rant of mine is the fact that each morning you get a chance to do it all over again.
You can wake up and blame yourself for ruining your own life, blame everyone else. or smile and be glad and don't have a ruined life! What, one little thing crushes you and now you are dead? No!
Be glad and measure your talents daily and say thank you for all the goodness..all the goodness and wonderment of being. Remembering, having good food and being warm under a full moon on an icy winter's morning..
that's the stuff!
thank you:) have a wonderful day.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Happy Full Moon
We had our first big snow fall yesterday. It is always exciting to see that much snow falling and covering everything white. So cold and the wind has been howling before all the snow came.
Wind is comes to clear the air.
It is about ideas and it is about cleansing both the body and the mind.
Now as winter settles in to it frosty rest, we too can take reprieve and rest our weary minds..
The full moon exposes true intentions and one must gather them and decide where one stands..you sit on the fence and get pelted by everyone..you take your place, be quiet, and you will be peaceful and calm..
Who am I a philosopher?
lol
Pluto is going to play it big for the next few months. I know this because I follow Pluto in my chart big time.
In my first house at this moment and perhaps for the rest of my life here on earth.
Pluto has had some touchy angles in the last few months and with Uranus involved, it can be violent and passionate at the same time.
It is like "he loves me he loves me not"
he love me
"he" meaning he, she, them, it, god..
look at it like this
you have a ram and a goat serpent in a battle or grazing peacefully on the mountain range enjoying their lives....
because in the end, it is about happiness and contentment and that there is never an end..everything is always continually expanding, changing, disintegrating, coming back together because each cell has a memory.
now my brain is thinking about this;
if all that is true and each cell has a memory, and in the beginning after the big bang , our planets formed, the exploded in heat so hot that it is inconceivable to fathom and that is what mystics back in time may have thought was Hell and God punishing us..maybe some have visions of what happened as we have formed in time...
maybe it is our cells remembering all that and yet through that, fire and brimstone, we have flourished and become more intelligent than ever before!
now my brain hurts for all that big thinking!!
lol
have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara
Matt Smith (Dr Who) is Scorpio and his new companion Clara is Taurus in real life..
They have a certain chemistry which ooses brain plus sex..
That is Taurus and Scorpio together..intense, sexy and earthy with a little sting...
what do you think??
Dr Who Ideas by me, anastasia...lol
update after the episode: The Snowmen 12/26/2012
In spite of all the commercials and breaks I loved it. I need to see it again because Moffat is so fast, you are like supposed to already know stuff..I love the doctor, all of them...and we still cried at the thought of Amy..
My daughter Emily, was a little confused as he is married to River, as you may recall, .but you must also know that River died in the Library episode and they are in reverse time with each other.
One of my favorite and most creepy..they are all a little creepy. Dr Who;The Library..
I hope that you get to see this and as for me, I will wait for the box set of the season to really indulge in The Dr and Steven Moffat's style of writing.
I still miss Russel T..he made me cry at every story. He can rip your heart out with words that man can..
They have a certain chemistry which ooses brain plus sex..
That is Taurus and Scorpio together..intense, sexy and earthy with a little sting...
what do you think??
Dr Who Ideas by me, anastasia...lol
update after the episode: The Snowmen 12/26/2012
In spite of all the commercials and breaks I loved it. I need to see it again because Moffat is so fast, you are like supposed to already know stuff..I love the doctor, all of them...and we still cried at the thought of Amy..
My daughter Emily, was a little confused as he is married to River, as you may recall, .but you must also know that River died in the Library episode and they are in reverse time with each other.
One of my favorite and most creepy..they are all a little creepy. Dr Who;The Library..
I hope that you get to see this and as for me, I will wait for the box set of the season to really indulge in The Dr and Steven Moffat's style of writing.
I still miss Russel T..he made me cry at every story. He can rip your heart out with words that man can..
because he's the doctor
but dr how, he saves the planet all the time and never stops to bow..he's the doctor, but dr who......
sung by charlie on youtube.
Tonight, and all for us..Dr Who Christmas Special -The Snowmen
Merry Christmas!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/24/interview-with-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99-star-matt-smith-%E2%80%98the-essence-of-the-show-is-the-same-old-alien-hot-chick-travel-through-the-universe%E2%80%99/
sung by charlie on youtube.
Tonight, and all for us..Dr Who Christmas Special -The Snowmen
Merry Christmas!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/24/interview-with-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99-star-matt-smith-%E2%80%98the-essence-of-the-show-is-the-same-old-alien-hot-chick-travel-through-the-universe%E2%80%99/
Monday, December 24, 2012
aerobics
Remember when jane fonda had dance exercise books and we would go to Bally fitness and do aerobics?
Well, in the olden days we would learn routines that we did to the beat of each song and they were the same every time.
I still think I can do the whole set of 9 to 5 with dolly parton or something..hah hahahaa
By the time I started teaching aerobics ..you know, you go to class so much you fly through that..I was an ok dancer..if it weren't for my bow legs I would have gone far..lol not really..I went to real dance classes all the time and could not keep up to save my life.
But I still loved the movement and excitement of dancing.
and by the time I began teaching, I wanted to dance to billy idol and the kinks..people would walk out of my class. Oh man that hurt.
Then, something happened. My classes became so full that there was a waiting list.
I made it fun, it was loud, I ran next to them, I did 500 or more sit ups a day.
(you can still see my six pack under a nice smooth layer of fat that there is at this moment:)
In your 20's you can do so much more physical stuff. I know, I know, you are as old as you feel. It is true but your bones can only take so much abuse not matter how much botox you squirt in your eyebrows....
then again that crease would go away..botox...really? For about 1500 dollars, you can inject enough filler to make your self look 20 years younger....
the future is creepy sometimes and then it is just like we are making it, I suppose.
I mean I think my mom who never wears make up looks really pretty..she was so pretty as girl, we all were.
I think I will not mind my crone phase at all, I'll be graceful as I age.
happy festivus
2013= 6
Well, in the olden days we would learn routines that we did to the beat of each song and they were the same every time.
I still think I can do the whole set of 9 to 5 with dolly parton or something..hah hahahaa
By the time I started teaching aerobics ..you know, you go to class so much you fly through that..I was an ok dancer..if it weren't for my bow legs I would have gone far..lol not really..I went to real dance classes all the time and could not keep up to save my life.
But I still loved the movement and excitement of dancing.
and by the time I began teaching, I wanted to dance to billy idol and the kinks..people would walk out of my class. Oh man that hurt.
Then, something happened. My classes became so full that there was a waiting list.
I made it fun, it was loud, I ran next to them, I did 500 or more sit ups a day.
(you can still see my six pack under a nice smooth layer of fat that there is at this moment:)
In your 20's you can do so much more physical stuff. I know, I know, you are as old as you feel. It is true but your bones can only take so much abuse not matter how much botox you squirt in your eyebrows....
then again that crease would go away..botox...really? For about 1500 dollars, you can inject enough filler to make your self look 20 years younger....
the future is creepy sometimes and then it is just like we are making it, I suppose.
I mean I think my mom who never wears make up looks really pretty..she was so pretty as girl, we all were.
I think I will not mind my crone phase at all, I'll be graceful as I age.
happy festivus
2013= 6
Sunday, December 23, 2012
the pope
It is blasphemous to talk about the pope..course their kind made up the word so we would all be afraid..and believe me, we were in light of the consequences.
What does that guy have to do with making the rules of who goes to heaven? Or who has sex with who?
Honestly, I don't think a so called monk need avail himself in current events but instead should be in his cave meditating.
and Santa..what is this modern day retail booster have to do with solstice, sneaking into bedrooms making lists..??
He knows if you're awake..la la
he can go to jail for that I am sure and yet every year we sing his song!
Santa is Oden, modernized by Coca Cola..
see back about four thousand years ago while cultures on earth, decided they were the chosen people, the northern people were making up stories of their idea of god, Oden, Thor, Freya...others were looking at other options to say god..
after about two and a half thousand years, a collective group of Christians had a meeting and made Jesus's birthday be around celebrations of yule that simply would not go away....people have their customs!
Even after 500 years of hearsay, after he was gone, they most likely did not know..they only knew where the stars were during a roundabout time...some say that is January 6th others say, March, April....point being, everyone wanted to partake of feasting during Saturnalia and all that fun.. so this is Christmas..and what have we done..
Oh, The Romans celebrated Saturnalia during Solstice..and the druids had their own thing...
It is pre dawn here on pre Christmas eve...
I can't sleep. This does not often happen as I usually sleep like a log..a yule log!
God's name is sweet in any language..
What does that guy have to do with making the rules of who goes to heaven? Or who has sex with who?
Honestly, I don't think a so called monk need avail himself in current events but instead should be in his cave meditating.
and Santa..what is this modern day retail booster have to do with solstice, sneaking into bedrooms making lists..??
He knows if you're awake..la la
he can go to jail for that I am sure and yet every year we sing his song!
Santa is Oden, modernized by Coca Cola..
see back about four thousand years ago while cultures on earth, decided they were the chosen people, the northern people were making up stories of their idea of god, Oden, Thor, Freya...others were looking at other options to say god..
after about two and a half thousand years, a collective group of Christians had a meeting and made Jesus's birthday be around celebrations of yule that simply would not go away....people have their customs!
Even after 500 years of hearsay, after he was gone, they most likely did not know..they only knew where the stars were during a roundabout time...some say that is January 6th others say, March, April....point being, everyone wanted to partake of feasting during Saturnalia and all that fun.. so this is Christmas..and what have we done..
Oh, The Romans celebrated Saturnalia during Solstice..and the druids had their own thing...
It is pre dawn here on pre Christmas eve...
I can't sleep. This does not often happen as I usually sleep like a log..a yule log!
God's name is sweet in any language..
Friday, December 21, 2012
Happy Winter Soltice
xoxo
libra men
Libra men are zealots!
They are collectors and love metal.
I meet one now and again and we totally hit it off. Libra men are funny, quick witted and overweight by what, 60..50??
Sorry guys, I meet a lot of men and by the time they get to be my age and if they indulge in beer and cookies, they break down just as much as all of us women..
When I was 20 ish I ran, rode my bike, went to the gym and then martial arts after that..now I go to work, walk about 10 miles up and down stairs, come home and rest from all that. I never go to the gym as i have developed some sort of aversion to the sweat factor on equipment from other people.
Anyhow this story is about Libra men...and how they always like me..not many men do..it is complicated lol~
Like this overweight Libra dude that came in last night, he was my age, rather tan, and spoke of his cars and his accomplishments in collecting and how he bought a car from warner brothers from the dukes of hazard..
"oh, cool" I said, when I saw them..he had pictures.
And then asked him why needs so many..9....(maybe he has money, it is very opulent in bloomfield hills michigan)
He spoke of his mom a couple times and how he can't leave her..awe!!!
I love my mom like that, I thought to myself right away.
But Libra on Libra just doesn't work for me..too many Libras in a room and I get very tired of boasting after a while..see how it is complicated? I am like the princess and the pea about men...
Libra loves to have been accomplished, they do good work and have high intuition. They can see light around people, at least I can. I can see the obstruction if I want to look. I am never wrong..it is a gift from God, ma'am!
there I go boasting,lol
xo
They are collectors and love metal.
I meet one now and again and we totally hit it off. Libra men are funny, quick witted and overweight by what, 60..50??
Sorry guys, I meet a lot of men and by the time they get to be my age and if they indulge in beer and cookies, they break down just as much as all of us women..
When I was 20 ish I ran, rode my bike, went to the gym and then martial arts after that..now I go to work, walk about 10 miles up and down stairs, come home and rest from all that. I never go to the gym as i have developed some sort of aversion to the sweat factor on equipment from other people.
Anyhow this story is about Libra men...and how they always like me..not many men do..it is complicated lol~
Like this overweight Libra dude that came in last night, he was my age, rather tan, and spoke of his cars and his accomplishments in collecting and how he bought a car from warner brothers from the dukes of hazard..
"oh, cool" I said, when I saw them..he had pictures.
And then asked him why needs so many..9....(maybe he has money, it is very opulent in bloomfield hills michigan)
He spoke of his mom a couple times and how he can't leave her..awe!!!
I love my mom like that, I thought to myself right away.
But Libra on Libra just doesn't work for me..too many Libras in a room and I get very tired of boasting after a while..see how it is complicated? I am like the princess and the pea about men...
Libra loves to have been accomplished, they do good work and have high intuition. They can see light around people, at least I can. I can see the obstruction if I want to look. I am never wrong..it is a gift from God, ma'am!
there I go boasting,lol
xo
Thursday, December 20, 2012
my name is anastasia
"what's your name again"
people ask me all day..all day I say!
ann ana anastasia tashoula and yes they all have their own profile..
ann, innocent but still a zealot and unconventional
ana, more compassion and guilt than ever before
cried a bunch during that phase..
which is why some people pull you towards them. To purge something. i would guess that my marriage to, you know, that guy..was the cause of much of my sadness ( he loved to prove how diabolical I was, ass!))..oddly enough, I did some great work back then..as good as now?
No way! I can still use all the best oils, avocado, shea butter, cacao..they are all at my finger tips and any oil I want comes to me as much as I want..but not all there is because there is enough for all of us! This is what i love, and this is who I am right now.
***special
elder hawthorn red clover soap with red clover extract, violet leaf, elder co2, marjoram, african lavender, rosemary...
leave this be for as many and three, four weeks
and it will unfold something nice..your hearts desire as clover opens the heart and hawthorn protects it. Knowing your higher purpose and doing good deeds is the way to freedom...clear your mind from all debris, all sadness.
we are one
breathing light from our sun
thriving
each cell with a its task
gladly knowing what to do
instinctively
saying, "i love you"
:):))))
people ask me all day..all day I say!
ann ana anastasia tashoula and yes they all have their own profile..
ann, innocent but still a zealot and unconventional
ana, more compassion and guilt than ever before
cried a bunch during that phase..
which is why some people pull you towards them. To purge something. i would guess that my marriage to, you know, that guy..was the cause of much of my sadness ( he loved to prove how diabolical I was, ass!))..oddly enough, I did some great work back then..as good as now?
No way! I can still use all the best oils, avocado, shea butter, cacao..they are all at my finger tips and any oil I want comes to me as much as I want..but not all there is because there is enough for all of us! This is what i love, and this is who I am right now.
***special
elder hawthorn red clover soap with red clover extract, violet leaf, elder co2, marjoram, african lavender, rosemary...
leave this be for as many and three, four weeks
and it will unfold something nice..your hearts desire as clover opens the heart and hawthorn protects it. Knowing your higher purpose and doing good deeds is the way to freedom...clear your mind from all debris, all sadness.
we are one
breathing light from our sun
thriving
each cell with a its task
gladly knowing what to do
instinctively
saying, "i love you"
:):))))
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
cacao to cacao
I am so in love with vanilla or should I say vanillas?
The Madagascar version is my favorite..funny so is vetiver from there.
Everything I get from Madagascar is fragrant, smooth. Don't get me wrong, I love all of them, the Tahitian vanilla total is fantastic.
What better to pair with than cacao??
That is how you say it now. Not cocoa but "cacao".
Why the change in wordage, you might wonder?
Well the people that harvest and roast cacao beans speak mostly Spanish but not limited to. Anyhow the rest of the world calls the chocolate, cacao after it's processed in to a dark brown powder or paste..
The seeds are harvested and roasted..to be raw I would assume at very low temps below 115 degrees.
I tried making cacao when I was in Costa Rica, but it was such a pain in the aasss that I quit. I only had like 5 or six beans anyhow. It takes a long time to do anything without equipment but the people there adapt well..us, not so much.
There was a time when Costa Rica produced a ton of cacao, but there was some sort of thing that killed most of the cacao in the northern areas..sad..don't worry, there are people down there who are planting new crops and maintaining the plants health organically.
Vanilla grows in the same areas too. Hot, damp, rainy, sunny, well drained..Ah, what a life for some. I would love it, if my mom and dad and all my kids were there with me..my family, what with all their little quirks, that is where I am happiest, I think.
xx
The Madagascar version is my favorite..funny so is vetiver from there.
Everything I get from Madagascar is fragrant, smooth. Don't get me wrong, I love all of them, the Tahitian vanilla total is fantastic.
What better to pair with than cacao??
That is how you say it now. Not cocoa but "cacao".
Why the change in wordage, you might wonder?
Well the people that harvest and roast cacao beans speak mostly Spanish but not limited to. Anyhow the rest of the world calls the chocolate, cacao after it's processed in to a dark brown powder or paste..
The seeds are harvested and roasted..to be raw I would assume at very low temps below 115 degrees.
I tried making cacao when I was in Costa Rica, but it was such a pain in the aasss that I quit. I only had like 5 or six beans anyhow. It takes a long time to do anything without equipment but the people there adapt well..us, not so much.
There was a time when Costa Rica produced a ton of cacao, but there was some sort of thing that killed most of the cacao in the northern areas..sad..don't worry, there are people down there who are planting new crops and maintaining the plants health organically.
Vanilla grows in the same areas too. Hot, damp, rainy, sunny, well drained..Ah, what a life for some. I would love it, if my mom and dad and all my kids were there with me..my family, what with all their little quirks, that is where I am happiest, I think.
xx
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