Post originally from Rue de Vamp. Design ramblings and pretty things from fellow punkymoms Mme Paulita and Satakieli.
I went to a Blessingway
A friend of mine, is having a baby in a few weeks and had her baby shower about 2 weeks ago. I got an invitation for a blessingway however for her that was being held at a local yoga studio. I’m open minded and of course want to support her, so I made plans to go. I was asked to bring a bead and a vegetarian dish..easy enough
Well we got there (I drove her and 2 other friends) and immediately I felt out of place haha. I was blessed with sage (I’m cool with that) before I went into the yoga studio, of course had to take off my boots (good thing my socks matched!). When I walked in they had strewn fabric onto the floor in a path that went into a coil. My friend was brought in blind folded and we each took her hand and whispered something in her ear. I was at a loss of something powerful so I just told her I loved her. She was guided to the middle of the coil and then they played some chanting music and everybody sent vibes to her. Hands up in the air and chanting. Then the leader did a little dance and instructed us to face all directions as she danced about and chanted.
After that my friend was sat in a throne in the front of the room and everybody put something at her altar to give her strength for her delivery (cool). Then however we were asked to massage her, braid her hair, and write on her belly with henna. I passed and sat with my other two girlfriends, both of who were hungover. I’m fine with having a friend give me a massage but I don’t think I could be comfortable with 6 people doing it to me at the same time, and especially so late in the pregnancy.
After some more chanting it was time to feast and we all dined on what we brought!
Pros: Wonderful sense of community among women..two mothers were breastfeeding throughout the whole thing, blessingway meals (which everyone signs up to be assigned a day to make food for the parents after baby is born)
Cons: Multiple massages. I felt like people were rolling around me
Nach-yo Mamas Nachos
Happy Cinco de Mayo punkies! Tortillas are like bread in my house so I am looking forward to having some good food today. The following recipe was posted a few years ago on our Kitchen of Chaos board from one of our longtime members DangerDame. This recipe is easy!
1lb of ground beef (or whatever meat substitute you want)
1 pkt taco seasoning
1 1/2lbs of cheese of your choice (thats a lot a cheese!!)
1 small container of sour cream
1 cup of jalapeños
1 1/2 cups of salsa
1 can of refried beans
1/2 bag of rest. style tortilla chips
1. Cook beef and taco seasoning as directed,
2. Blend/chop cheese and pour on to beef melt in pan,
3. Add 1/2 a cup of salsa, stir until well blended and gooey!
4. Fill pan (She used a glass pie pan) with chips place cooked beans in the middle top with salsa, the jalapeños, meat/cheese, and lastly sour cream. Add chips on side for a flower effect. Yum!
Add or take away ingredients as desired. Dangerdame likes to add more jalapeños.
**Even great reheated the second day without chips
Member Dianajeanne's backyard is the picture perfect Mexican retreat.
