Home Sweet Home

This week is moving house week.  You never realise how much stuff you have until you have to pack it into suitcases and boxes.   In my case, when you're moving from a 3 bed town house in a small town to a 2 bed flat in the city, you can pretty much guarantee that it's not all going to fit in.

Moving is a bit of a chore - my 2 pet peeves; packing and unpacking.  But the upside is laying out the furniture and your things exactly as you want it.

My aunt is a great believer in Feng-Shui and creating an energy within the space you live in to enhance your life.  She uses the following rules for guidance:

N - Relates to career

NW - Relates to helpful people

E - Relates to health

SE - Relates to money

S - Relates to popularity and social life

SW - Relates to relationships and romance
W - Relates to children and creativity

When I first moved into my town house in Banbury, my aunt walked into my place and was aghast with the picture I had above my bed; a gargoyle spouting water.

Pictures in Feng-Shui carry a lot of energy and so the wrong picture can go against the energy you want to create in the room.  So for Feng-Shui and my aunt, this picture has been contributing to my lack of love life.  So for the past couple of years, my aunt has been on my case to take the picture down.  Even my uncle asks from time to time - "has she taken that picture down yet?"

Well with this move; aunty and uncle, you will be happy to know it has finally come down!!  But what to replace it with is another question.

Do I believe in Feng-Shui? I'm not sure.  I like the concept, but does it really work or is it just a state of mind? A while ago, my aunt gave me a money tree (to bring in money) and bamboo (to bring me good fortune).  I placed them in the appropriate areas according to Feng-Shui principles.  A couple of weeks later I get a monetary award at work and a promotion - would I have got it if I didn't have the money tree and the bamboo?  Maybe Feng-Shui isn't the reason I got it, but perhaps it facilitated in getting it quicker?


Just in case, I've followed the principles loosely to ensure good chi within my new home.

Home Sweet Home.