Monday, September 29, 2008

Pictures of my Retreat in Ojai, California....






It's all connected...how we are doing on the inside to what's happening in our lives on the outside.

I've just spent a week in California with 11 other women all who either have kids, don't have kids, have PHD's and/or have never graduated from high school, etc...

We were represented by every religion and no religion.

What we all have in common is that we are humans and we are women. Women who have pain in their lives, failures, success, disappointments, celebrations, etc...

What a joy it was to experience this gathering of women and to watch what each of us found by having the courage to go inside of ourselves and find our own inner truths.

What I saw every time was that what is going on outside of ourselves is representative of what is going on inside of ourselves. Now that is amazing. Absolutely 100% of the time that is where it all can be found; on the inside.

So do we dare say yes to life and all that it shows us...about ourselves? The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, the courageous, etc...

I say YES!!!

I'm opening a new business. It's www.GetandKeepaMan.com I will be doing love and relationship coaching. Go to my website for more information.

If you know of anyone needed my services please let me know.

Love and hugs,
Tracey Huguley

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

A quote about rhythm

"As I watched the seagulls, I thought: That's the road to take: find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust."

Nikos Kazantzakis

We are getting back into our rhythm for the school year after a fabulous summer of having fun and letting go!!!

Can't wait to see some of you at our local home school get togethers.

Hugs,
Tracey

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Summer 08 Update....

We are having a blast even though Austin is having record heat and some days I don't want to step outside.

We have gone swimming a lot. We have been busy gearing up for next year's home schooling. We've been signing up for our local Waldorf home school communities classes. The kids haven't been reading a lot but I have.

A teenager friend of mine introduced me to Stephenie Meyer's books....ok they are great....if you haven't had the chance to read them check them out.

We're excited to get back into the swing of things this fall. Our rhythm at home has been gone with staying up late and sleeping in....but that's ok because I've been working until 12 am 5 days a week this summer to earn some extra money for the family.

I'm really enjoying having these lazy summer days.

Brooke and Britney went to Austin Museum of Art's Art Camp last week. They had so much fun. I will post pictures of what they created soon. Interesting to say the least.

Brandon will be going next week. He's taking Anime Studio. He loves making stop motion video movies and he really wants to learn animation. Maybe he'll be another Steven Spielberg....wouldn't that be nice. I'm happy he's found something he really loves.

I'll post some pictures soon.

Enjoy your summer and stay cool.

Hugs,
Tracey Huguley

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Our school year coming to an end and our new year beginning....

Our school year is coming to an end. We will be finished with our official home schooling next week.

I keep a spiral bound notebook for the school year to document what I'm doing throughout the year.

If we have a bad day or week, I can glance at my notebook, and know right where I need to pick up.

It's nice at the end of the year because I can go back and look at everything we've done. I include all our field trips (including play groups, etc...) in my notebook. When I go back and look at everything we've done for the year I feel very good. I see that I actually did something.

Sometimes I don't feel like I've done much, but this shows me I've done a lot.

Summer is here in Texas and we are so happy to get out and enjoy the pools, parks, etc...

Austin is a great place. There is so much to do and we love our home school community here.

The summer for us is a time to celebrate our past year and enjoy ourselves. It marks the beginning of a new year for us. So we will be out celebrating and we hope to see some of you.

Hope you have a wonderful summer.

Hugs,
Tracey

***Britney took the pictures below. Who says we have to be boring and glum? We are actually quite silly!!!

Britney's photo's and our silliness......