Hello again...seems like a while since I've posted but really only a week.  With spring coming, (I can hardly wait!!!) this week I've really started planning for my witchy garden this summer (I think I daydream about it all winter long - lol!)  But yesterday I got down to business about planning it.  I used to have a garden in the yard at my old house, but at this house there isn't much space that gets sun.  The back yard is almost completely shaded.  There is a tiny spot on the side where i've considered growing a few vegetables and herbs.  I usually grow my herbs in pots on the back porch, along with some magickal flowerpots and the plants I have growing up around the porch.  It's small, but deliciously bewitching back there.  I've decided on the ol' herb staples of basil and mint again, and this year I think I wanna try chives too. Yum!  Last year I tried oregano, but it didn't do well.  I did tomatoes last year too but ... I'm not a tomato person (blah...don't like them).  It was actually a tomato plant my grandmother had bought and began to grow before she died (she always grew tomatoes), and when she died I just hated to throw it out, even though it was sorely neglected.  I can't throw out plants!!  I just can't do it.  You know what I mean :D  So, I nursed it and it turned out ok.  But this year, I'm thinking maybe some hardy veggies to start out.  Like carrots, peas and maybe leaf lettuce...YUM!   There are just so many plants I'd love to work with... lol!  Oh and sweat peas to grow up the iron work along the porch...sigh.  

I'll start my seeds inside the weekend of the 12th (going by the moon :) ).  I have a busy week ahead of me - I did get that job I thought I didn't...some sort of mistake!  Woohoo!  So, longer hours this week.  But happy longer hours anyways- I feel very peaceful about this job.  I may be onto something here... *hopes*

Wishing everyone a great week!  Blessed be!

Well, hello!  I'm back...I'm thinking that a once a week post is maybe the best I can do...busy girl I am.  Most evenings after work the brain is pretty damn fried and posting takes a bit too much energy.  I do love to check out and read others blogs though.  Just had a lovely walk through the park.  A bit chillly in this neck of the woods but the sun was shining beeautifully and the brook made such nice watery sounds. Lol.  A bit sad though tonight too, I didn't get a job I was hoping for...I was too nervous at the interview...too quiet.  Sigh. 

In other parts - this week in particular I got thinking about being in the damn broom closet! Ha ha.  I am and am not...Some people know and some don't.  (Perhaps the penchant for black and the crescent moon pendant are too subtle-lol.)  I guess I keep it that way because it seems easier than dealing with the crap that sometimes happens when people find out you're a witch.  Perhaps this is my own fear of conflict...I live in a prettty conservative area (my town anywho) - and people just assume (because you're such a nice girl) that you're Christian.  *Cackles *  Hmph. Well, this nice girl is a pagan.  And sometimes I feel a wee bit guilty because I think...wouldn't that surprise this person if instead of just keeping my mouth shut, I told them what I believe, and maybe, just maybe broke through the stereotype of what so many people think "pagan" or "witch" is...

I don't pretend to be something I'm not, if someone asks I will tell.  They usually don't.  But I'm growing more and more annoyed with letting people assume things like that.  I've been trying to come up with something witty/humorous to say to people...after all this really shouldn't be something that ignites conflict.  Whats the big deal, right?  Aren't we all just talking about hte same thing in the end?  Anyways, I still feel butterflies about it. 

Well, Happy belated Ostara!  Its spring!!!!

Well, I had planned on writing a nice new blog today, but another migraine scrapped that.  Blah.  It started yesterday and I called in sick to work today and plan on hibernating for the rest of the day here. 

Oh..and happy St. Pat's Day to everyone!

Sigh. It was a long day at work.  I'm home now, enjoying a hot cup of tea and grabbing a bite to eat...mmm oreos!  Hehe not the healthiest choice.  I'll cook something up in a bit.  I'm loving covenspace, I have to say.  There's some fantastic sites here!  I'm new to this blogging thing, though.  I feel kinda silly, lol.  I'm not sure what to say - I've kept a journal for years...almost everyday, but I'm usually an intensely private person so figuring out what to post feels funny.  Well, my puppy is calling me- time for a romp with the tennis ball...or maybe a walk. Its a beautiful day.     

Hello.  My name is Iva, I'm 28 and from NY State.  I'm new to Covenspace and still building my site but just wanted to say hello and introduce myself!