today has had a much better aura. i discovered a few things out of place that have seemed to put the house more in balance:

finally got my invocation of hestia up on the mantle. hestia is the goddess of the hearth and home. my invocation reads:

dear hestia, please grace this house with your presence. Grant us peace and serenity within these walls. 

and i realized our sad absence of music. husfriend is usually mixing the music and i hadn’t realized i’d been overlooking that bit of our normal home atmosphere. today we’ve been spinning:

tennis – getting geared up for their show in 2 weeks. eeek. and my old faithful. rumours literally saved mealtime. as soon as “you can go your own way” started i suddenly didn’t care anymore that darla wasn’t eating her meal.

we’ve had a lot more nice, quiet moments to enjoy like this one.