April 28 – Tuesday–
–Technical glitch kept me & others from joining in the every other Tuesday meditation/healing circle. Instead of getting upset, Awesome Julia focused on sending white light and healing energy to my friend in Nepal and all who were affected by the earthquakes and avalanches during that time.
–Later saw a post from my friend saying he and his team are doing well and trekking back down the mountain to work on an exit plan from Nepal.
–Festival task of a specific bit of advertising for artists addressed. And sent out reminder emails to everyone on our list about the deadline just a month away. Took the rest of the morning to re-write and fill out the form properly and send the emails.
–Two opposite responses from a group about the PARAB challenge. Actually most of the group said I wrote a very thoughtful and solution-based note. One was arguing more in PARAB’s favor and said I should not “demonize” these hard working volunteers and be willing to cooperate with them. Odd, I try very hard to look at solutions and I removed the harsh words that had been raged at me the other night. And I have over the years offered to meet with them many times and never been contacted. Hard to work together when not invited to the “party.”
–And that email is making me think twice before doing what the newspaper reporter called and asked me to do today, send her a shorter letter than what I said at City Council. When I do go to the paper, I need to be sure I don’t have anyone interpret in any way but looking for solutions that can work for all parties. So postponed that letter awhile.
–Discovered a client’s web site was down. Called Springs Hosting and a tech helped get it back up. A glitch on their server. Since it was caused by the WordPress update, he then made sure all my other sites were OK and they are. Awesome technical support!
–Walked 1/2 mile to & from Branding meeting for CMWL.
–Time to go and do a different healing meditation for myself tonight.

April 29 – Wednesday–
–Walked 1/2 mile to & from an early (yawn) morning meeting for Art Walks in Manitou.
–Got a tour of the beautiful new Sun Water Spa building that opens Friday. Awesome energy put into this building. Can’t wait to see it open and in full use. And get a soak in the mineral waters.
–Called my plumber friend who I owed lunch and he was available today. So did that. Ethiopian Restaurant in Old Colorado City. Bought some expensive chocolate as late birthday gift to myself.
–Worked on how to present Memorial Park use to City Council. Will look at it once more then send it to the Chamber to get feedback, as she will be at the meeting also and it affects their events also. Using the map of the park with notes on it to make my point. Visuals always seem to help. Put the $ value of booths that will be lost in those spaces. Making a very big suggestion to designate that park as the Event/Festival Park which would mean coordinator would always be invited to discuss changes.
–Got told by the person I asked to read my point by point response to consider not sending the response to the person with an opposing view. Still thinking about that . . .
–Did chat with someone else who brought me starts for berry bushes and saw the other person’s response to my carefully worded speech. She too was confused by the reference to me “demonizing” PARAB. Didn’t read what I had said that way at all.
–Breath & stay calm. Stand in my Truth. Keep working towards a viable solution for all.
–Worked on client’s web site request. I really don’t want to do web sites for other people, but have a few clients from the past that still want me to do the work . . .
–Paid a pledge to our local PBS radio station-KRCC. Made sure could afford it by paying as many bills that were due and projecting ones that will arrive soon in Quicken.
–Dinner and TV, kitchen cleaning and adding pieces to the Council presentation. Sort of took the evening off, but got tasks accomplished also.
–Used the Celusizer for 1/2 hour also!

April 30 – Thursday–
–Finalized the map with comments & the idea sheet for the talk with City Council about how to work with Event/Festival coordinators that have used Manitou’s Memorial Park for 15-40 years. Shared a “Big Idea” and suggestions of how PARAB could work with us better. Sent it out to different groups for feedback before the May 12th meeting.
–Cleaned up a door I want to paint different colors (white & black) on each side to use as a backdrop in my outdoor Photo Studio.
–1 hour in the garden. Cleared most of the weeds from one raised bed and some other areas in the front garden.
–Getting excited as the Poppies are about to pop and create a riot of orange for so many people who walk by my home to enjoy.

–Arranged times to work with a client who waited until the last minute to work on her manual for a class that starts on May 12 & she is traveling for a week before.
–Got the Kindle version of the Squirrel book created & made corrections in the CreateSpace version that I found while doing the Kindle. Added some words to the Glossary. Both are ready to publish.
–Made progress on the bonus piece for the Squirrely book to invite people on to a list.—Listened to a recorded webinar and missed a live one-didn’t see the email for it.
–Started to get lost in FaceBook and need to get to sleep for early appointment in the morning.