Some may have noticed but I’ve been consciously trying to be more active on Pinterest. I’ve always loved the site but trying to juggle so many things is tough at times. If you’re on there follow me and I’ll follow you back!
Playing Paint at quirky momma Kids Activities Blog
Felt tulips over at While She Naps
A Sheep Mug Mat at Wool Free and Lovin’ Knit
First Huge News!!
We are now just www.treegoldandbeegold.com! Yes we are now our own domain. All our old links will continue to work so don’t worry.
Next, I just wanted to share some of our photos from some fun in the great spring weather this past weekend at our house.
Here is Lil’ R playing in the dirt
Wee Rose has come upon her big brother in the dirt
It’s Monday Again?!
This past week we:
The first blanket is for the Future Warrior in your family. Find it in the Etsy Shop.
The other blanket is for the Goddess Blessed little one.
I’m sad if you missed it but it isn’t too late.
Monday update is coming on Tuesday this week because I was very busy yesterday. Today we have more talking about School, New item in the Etsy Shop, and getting an Award.
First I’d like to thank everyone who left comments on the Sweetheart Sheep Tutorial. He’s gotten some great reactions and as a creator that makes me feel great! I’m seriously considering making a few for the Etsy Shop but I’m going to try to do it entirely by sewing (no hot glue) and to use fleece instead of felt for the coat. I hope to start the first one by this weekend.
I spent the entire day at a local High School doing classroom observations. I was definitely a learning experience. I feel a lot more comfortable being in a High School again.
Also I spoke with the head of the Math Department. It seems there is an ESE position available right now for the rest of the year and then maybe a geometry in the fall. Teaching ESE scares me because I have no basis of knowledge on how to teach it differently. But it'll get me in the door and lead to something better. It's also only for 3 months so I'll probably take it. Maybe I'll like it and want to stay, who knows.
I've been working on a few new items this week for the Etsy Shop. Unfortunately the one I'm most excited about, a new pagan baby item, isn't finished but I'll give you a peek. It's a security blanket with an embroidered flannel top and super soft minkey fabric on the underside.
I've also modified the Triple Moon Goddess patch. I have made a smaller 2 inch version and stitched it up in multiple colors. These are $4 each for the plain colors and $4.50 for the metallic. I have even more colors available but I thought this was a good beginning selection. 
Half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.
Carl Zuckmeyer
It’s Friday again and it’s time for my first D contribution for the Pagan Blog Project. You can Visit all the other D blogs for this week Here.
Previously I talked about Courage: It’s for Everyone, if you didn’t see it or what more of an intro to the Nine Noble Virtues you can find it there.
When I’m talking about discipline here I’m talking about self discipline. This isn’t about the type of discipline you as a parent use with your children or your own parents used with you. First though we need to define it.
What I’m discussing is related to #6 in that it’s we’re looking at self appointed rules that we have determined to follow ourselves. These rules can apply to many things such as:
Discipline is something we all shy away from at one point or another because well It’s Hard.
I’ve been talking on and on about this toy for weeks now I think. It definitely took me longer to make then I expected. I’m happy to say that it is complete!
Wee Rose is very happy to hear that too. It is now her sheep to play with. Though half the time she calls it a cow.
A bit of a background: This sheep starts out as a sock and does involve some machine sewing. It isn’t a whole lot, and I’m sure you could possibly get away either by hand sewing or working around it. You be the judge though if machine sewing is not up your alley.
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This Monday I wanted to talk with everyone a bit about my reactions to my classes for becoming a teacher, how Lil ‘R is driving me crazy and that Tomorrow the Tutorial for the Sheep toy will be out!
Trying to adjust to new addition of school work is becoming a bit of a struggle. Especially here in the beginning were I have loads of other things besides just the classwork.
Last Tuesday I had to go get my finger printing done so that today I could
approach a school asking if I could do my field work there. I still need to check on my financial aid process also.
Each class I go to I learn things that seem to make great sense and instill in me a sense of purpose. That was one thing I always felt like I was lacking in my previous jobs, a good Why?
I found this recipe for Calzone Hearts last week and decided it would be a great thing to do for the family Valentine's Day dinner.
But the final picture of what dinner looked like. 
This weeks 2nd C post for the Pagan Blog Project has been a tough one for me. Originally I started writing about children and then I realized it was beginning to sound like a post I wrote back in October.
So I scraped that post and decided to go on a different topic.
Make sure to take a look at all the other posts from the other bloggers Here.
Each of us is involved in many different communities in our lives.
Some of our communities overlap with each other and others are completely autonomous. Examples of communities you may be involved with are:
I’m sure each of you have different communities you are involved with then just this list. It’s only to stand as an example of possible ones.
Every month Laughing Purple Goldfish offers a free pattern for those who wish to join in. One month it’s a Crochet pattern and then the next it’s a Knitting pattern.
I decided to join in because this Giraffe is just too cute. I still haven’t decided on the color yet but I know I want to add the spots with felt.
I did jokingly say I was going to put a purple Tu-tu on it and give it to Wee Rose.
If you want to join in too just follow the Link to the blog post and there are instructions on how to contact Sharon.
Now get to creating!
There is more than one way to have Courage
It’s Friday again and it’s time for my first C contribution for the Pagan Blog Project. You can Visit all the other C blogs for this week Here.
There is a principle that was set forth in Modern Heathenry and followed or respected by most practitioners called the Nine Noble Virtues. The Nine Noble Virtues were codefied by the Odinic Rite in the early 1970’s. Though many Heathens are not a part of the Odinic Rite and do not follow the Nine Nobel Virtues in the sense of them being “Laws” or “Rules” they are no matter what good principles to follow.
The following is directly from the Odinic Rite Website:
The moral codes of the Odinic Rite were codified from The Hávamál and The Sigrdrífomál (poems from the Elder Edda) in the early 1970′s by two of the OR’s founding members, John Yeowell (aka Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (aka Hoskuld). Since that time they have been widely adopted and although others have felt the need to change and adapt them, to us they remain as laid down by our founders.
Courage – Truth – Honour
Fidelity – Discipline – Hospitality
Self-reliance – Industriousness – Perseverence
I’m sure we all have grow up on stories full of courageous acts. Where a hero in front of overwhelming odds continues on no matter the cost. We here of them in real life also; the solider who fights on to protect and save others, or the fire fighter who rushes into a burning building to safe another. We all knows those are Courageous Acts and we would never question that. People past and present who have shown such large acts of Courage are spoken and sung about for ages to come. They inspire others to know that they too can be courageous. Most importantly they inspire each of us to know we can be Courageous in our every day lifes.
I want to talk more about the Courage of the every day person. How each of us can live day to day being Courageous.
First though a Quote from the 2003 version of Peter Pan. Bravery being a synonym for Courage, I see this as fitting.
Mrs. Darling: There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams.
Michael: Where did he put them?
Mrs. Darling: He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.
Sometimes in our lives we will be faced with choices to do actions that very obviously take Courage to act on. Many of us will never be faced with the choice to run into a burning building though.
That Courage may be a simple as telling someone the truth about something. It may be doing an action you know if the right course but may result in negative consequences.
Truly though what have Courage means is not allowing Fear or Doubt to decide your fate.
Is there something recently you have done that took Courage to do?
For me, I’d say deciding to switch careers after my lay off last September. I’m scared and anxious about this. Will we have spent money we don’t have on this venture or will it’s possible I won’t be any good at teaching. But I have to take care of my family and that is what matters most.
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Stacy Evans, the blogger behind A Simple Life Inspired is writing a series of E-books called Sabbat Cooking. Each E-book contains recipes themed specifically for each Sabbat. At the moment she has one out for Samhain and one for Imbolc.
