Newest Inspiration

So, I will attempt to go raw on the 1st of May... right? If you don't succeed the first time (or the 100th), try and try and try again. :)

My most recent idea is to open a raw cafe. Now, this certainly won't happen for at least a couple of years. Primarily, I want to completely ween my daughters off of nursing, and having to rely on me for that. Secondly, I want to be raw consistently myself for at least one year before journeying into sort of a point-of-no-return adventure - I mean, if I try it and it doesn't pan out, or if I can't remain raw, then what the hell am I doing? Thirdly, financial abundance is a necessity - have lots of work to do there. Fourth, I must try my darndest to perfect my recipes and get all the measurements and presentation specs down to the tee - sooo important.

I mean, what better job to have and what better place to be? In my own raw cafe, working my bootie off and blissing out on my amazing creations?

I envision this..... Finding the PERFECT space for my cafe venture, having abundant funding, acquiring sustainable and recyclable and earth-donated materials, having a brief but varied menu to start and expanding that over time........ Waking up at 5am (just because I have amazing, incessant energy and I loooove waking up in the mornings now and taking advantage of the WHOLE day!!!) and going to jog for an hour...... Go into work and start the food prep for the day and get the cafe ready to open....... Go home and hang out with my girls for breakfast, before they are off to the Waldorf School each morning....... Head back to work, open up to cafe, and invite loving, healthy energy into my space, serving people and advising them on their journey to health......... Have an extra comfy room, or two, in order to practice my massage and colon hydrotherapy.......... Greeting my husband as he comes in for lunch every day after picking the girls up from school - they pig out on some healthy cuisine that I've whipped up for them and they tell me about their day with excitement and enthusiasm because they absolutely loooove their school, their classmates, their teachers, and their school/work projects........ My employee(s) take over for the afternoon/early eve as my family and I go home to get things in order, do some light chores, then go to the park to play and frolic, blow bubbles and play on the slides and swings....... Then, nap time for them around 3pm and my husband and I get to cuddle for an hour or two.......... Then, everyone wakes up and we have a family dinner, after which, I head back to the restaurant for dinner service, desserts, closing, and cleaning - out by 9pm, latest, to come back home and read/draw/create with my daughters and send them off to a happy-dream-filled-night of slumber...... I remain awake until 1am, loving and appreciating the life I have and the goals that I have accomplished with my husband........ We fantasize about the next vacation we want to take and put that energy out to the Universe, wanting to make it a reality soon......... Sleep for four or five hours then do it all again the next day!!!

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH................. Really, I know that this much work is difficult, but doesn't it just sound beautiful?! Perfect?! That's me, I guess - the Idealist. Here and now, I put these thoughts out there to the Universe, willing this reality to be mine in a matter of a few years time from now (or less!).

In other news, I have actually taken a good step to making this dream a reality for me. I've started a meetup group in Denver for both Raw and Cooked Vegans, called Denver RCV group at meetup.com. I'll be hosting potlucks at our home every other Thursday, from 4-6pm. Soooo excited to just get some folks in here, helping me to stay on the raw path more consistently, getting my name out in the community as a supporter of this lifestyle movement, and just socializing with some folks who have similar interests/goals with my own.

Anyhoo, must be off - that late night/early morning bedtime looms for me and I have a very busy massage-filled weekend ahead of me.

Love.....