Oracle Cards, Jewellery Making & A Raw Christmas

Since my trip to London last month, i've been focusing on getting lots of oracle card readings done for my certification. I'm almost half way through, and it's been lovely connecting with so many people and using the cards to offer guidance and support. I'm loving learning about different spreads, and building my confidence in intuitive reading. I've been combining readings with meditation and crystals which makes them even more special and increases energetic healing. I've also been doing angel card readings, just for myself for now, and i'm really enjoying learning more about this too. 

I've also been making lots of jewellery over the last few weeks, some for Christmas presents and some for myself. I attended a metal stamping class, and made some Christmas decorations. I'm planning on buying some metal stamping supplies and making more of this kind of jewellery. I love that you can stamp any words or messages onto them and make them very personal.

Then it was time to celebrate Christmas. Christmas eve was spent delivering presents and visiting friends and family, then Christmas day was nice and quiet and we spent a relaxing day at home. The boys loved their presents and we had a lovely Christmas dinner together. Mine was a raw sun-dried tomato nut roast, warmed in the dehydrator, raw marinated vegetables and mashed sweet potato. It was delicious. We spent the evening snuggled up by the fire watching dvd's and I read my new book.

Today has been nice and relaxing too. We've built Lego, played basketball and watched dvd's. I made a batch of raw coconut cookies, which tasted lovely and enjoyed a little quiet time in the garden.

Here's an update on the boys as they've given me so many reasons to be proud of them this month.

After 18 months of training hard, and at times struggling not to let his dyspraxia get the better of him, Dylan got his black belt in taekwondo last month. It was definitely one of the proudest moments of my life and he was so pleased with himself, he even slept with his black belt hanging from the side of his bed for the first few nights. He works so hard and really deserved it. He's now focusing on doing more competitions and training for his 2nd dan black belt which will be next November.

A few days after this Luke took part in a dance show. He did a routine with the other boys, a free style and some flips. I always love seeing him up on stage, and the whole group did so well. I was so proud of Luke's flips which have really improved this year, and he got a big cheer from the audience which made him really happy.

He's also been enjoying some creative time in the kitchen, coming up with new recipes. I love seeing him enjoying himself in the kitchen and he always makes a very good mess too!

So it's been very eventful as always, and as 2013 draws to a close, i'm focusing on my plans for 2014, hoping to make it a healthy, creative and amazing year for me and my boys.