Comments on: Blisters to Bliss

By: Sandy Weiner

Sandy Weiner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:40 +0000

What a great idea to be one with yourself on your morning walk, run, Renee. It is hard for us to be silent. Let me know what you discover.

By: renee

renee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:27:45 +0000

Sandy, my 2 year old daughter would agree with you fully. She has some sensory issues and has been traumatized by the leaf blowing that we hear every morning! She is very musical and so I have discovered that if I play music in the house it calms her down.

The raking is truly meditative and I can see why you enjoyed it so much. You are inspiring me to try giving up the music that I use for my morning walk/run. I might just enjoy the quiet at 6am!

By: Sandy Weiner

Sandy Weiner — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:45:27 +0000

Hi Julie,
Funny thing is that I own an electric blower and chose not to use it. I inherited this great rake from a friend who was moving and I LOVE it! You are so right, raking rocks for the quiet meditative state you can achieve, as opposed to the fumes and constant racket of all the leaf blowers going off all around my neighborhood.
Thanks for supporting me in my rake-atude.
Hears to us all moving, loving and playing more. Amen!

By: Julie Jordan Scott

Julie Jordan Scott — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:34:48 +0000

RAKE! YAY! The old fashioned, quiet, contemplative, meditative way it should be done!!!

(I am of the “blowers should be outlawed mentality”… some communities HAVE you know, outlawed them!)

Brava, persevere, move, love, play… in the perseverence.

By: Sandy Weiner

Sandy Weiner — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:09:53 +0000

Hey Mal,
Thanks for sharing your moment of bliss. I know that feeling of unpacking after a move. I am anal about not living with boxes, as I can’t stand the clutter and disorder and inability to find stuff. I love that you did it step by step, box by box, and the process seemed to have been less overwhelming. What a great feeling to sleep in your new home and have it all be unpacked and put away! Awesome.

By: Malerie

Malerie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:26 +0000

This is such a great, inspirational post, Sandy. I’d have to say that my moment of bliss came after doing all the packing and moving (of boxes, not furniture) from our last home to this one because Jeff was injured. Every day, I’d pack a bunch of boxes, put them in the car, bring them to the new house and unpack and put away stuff. It took a good 2 weeks, but it felt so awesome not to have to face boxes the first night we slept in our new home!