May 8th

The big day is coming. May 8, 2014 will be the last day I be the program manager of an all girls group home. It has been six years. Six amazing and hard years, but it's time I move on to the next phase of my life.

Rather, maybe the last phase of my life... It's all kind of confusing at this point. I went to massage school and owned my own practice for years. When I injured my shoulders I stumbling into social work and stumbled into the lives of ten girls living in a house. And now with newly rehabbed shoulders I move back to massage and the life I once knew. This time I hope with greater perspective and more gratitude.

May 8th.

It sounds like a holiday. It sounds like a premiere of something. But it also feels heavy.  My dear friend Liz keeps reminding me that change is hard, but it is also necessary. She as always is right. I think over the course of the next few weeks I will have to reflect on what this new (old) chapter will look like and what the past six years have meant to me.

My latest obsession is playing with an app called Cameo. I can't say that any of my friends enjoy them as much as I do since they are always the subject. But.... well you know...

Just a reminder...

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I need to remember this.

I love this...

Beautiful athletes

So let's talk about the weather. Its nice out finally. It feels like I wont die in my garden each night when I water my flowers. Lets cross our fingers crossed it stays this way. The desert heat this summer was killer! For us and our plants!  I just transplanted a rose bush and I planted a few hyacinth bulbs for my hubby. How will he ever know I love him if they die from heatstroke?? ;)

Cooking Lesson One

Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables 

1 whole chicken
2 lemons
butter
bulb of garlic
carrots
celery
fingerling potatoes
golden onion
salt/pepper
olive oil

Mash up butter and garlic cloves to taste. Chop up root vegetables and place in bowl for later use.
Clean chicken then season with salt and pepper and olive oil. Make cut just under the skin of the chicken and insert butter garlic paste. Add lemon wedges in chicken cavity with some carrots and celery. Mix cut vegetables and garlic butter with a tablespoon of olive oil and lay in a roasting pan. Place dressed chicken on top of root vegetables and cover with tin foil. Roast in oven at 400 degrees for 45 min. Take tin foil off and roast until outside skin turns brown and crisp. Let sit for 10 minutes. Enjoy.

This is my go to recipe when I don't know what else to make. It is quick and delicious. Plus it always seems more impressive than it is because its French. Go figure. Add a turnip to the veggies and suddenly you are a Cordon Bleu graduate. Hannah, my oldest friend asked me today to teach her the recipe.

Of course by teach she meant me cook while she ate ceviche and chips.

Day One!

Its time to go shopping for home renovations! Today's adventure in the Old Pueblo will include tiles, trading massage and skin care for tiling job and lunch. Let's get this started.

New Clients!!

By tomorrow I will have worked on 8 clients in 7 days. Not a bad start to rebuilding my practice. I can’t begin to explain how good it feels to help other people in feeling well.

Tomorrow in between clients I am going to write down my professional goals and create a time line. I think this go around I will be more organized and focused this time.